Are Celosia Perennials

This is why it's important to know the botanical versus the common name when you're hot on the trail of a new perennial you've decided you must have in your garden. I say clump now because we've had our plant long enough for it to form into its mature...

Here's my refreshed Ox-eye daisy, with room to spread. Nicolaus, (critterologist). It's linked to the first highlighted words Ox-eyes in this article.The list of easy perennials was part of a list found in the very informative Clemson University Home...

During that time, it has proven itself to be a long-lived, high performing perennial. It has been in the place where I planted it ever since; never spreading, never reseeding, but blooming year after year after year and proving itself to be an attractive...

By the following morning, these flowers will be spent and another group will open a bit farther up the stem. Plants will respond by putting on new growth and a new crop of flowers.

With all these selections nobody need go without fireworks for the Fourth of July or any other day of the year. Too many plants are available that are capable of adding sparkle, crackle, and pop.

For one thing, it is not necessarily purple. Flower shapes range from the familiar tall cone with drooping ray flowers to those that hold their ray flowers horizontally, those that are semi-double to fully double, and others that produce amazing pom-pom...

Stems are close to the ground and resemble oak seedlings. Bees, flies, and other flying creatures use the flowers as a source of nectar. While gopher apple tolerates moderate amounts of salt-laden wind without injury, it cannot withstand long-term flooding...

Daylilies are beloved garden plants world-wide and just about anyone with a patch of sun is able to grow them. Some areas do consider the wild forms serious pests to grazing and crop lands.Even though they like water (for their best show) they do not...

Look for an opening to reduce the amount of cutting damage, place a shovel edge against the root mass, and stomp down. I better discard that badly damaged part. While I have the tools out, let me show you how easy it is to plant the divisions.The dividing...

This is one of those plants that will fill almost any cubby hole, space, or soil condition you can throw at it. If given time it will take over its area and if left to its own will bully out other plants around it.

Their significant gift to gardeners has resulted in the following exciting new cultivars of Heuchera villosa.Following the tremendous success of his introduction '', he has continued to generate new selections which have inherited the strength, vigor...

We have had temperatures in the winter down to -30C (-22F)and they still keep coming back, bigger and better every year. Just when you may think they have succumbed to the ravages of winter, give them two, or three, more weeks.

Some other Ligularia species/selections include L. If large imposing perennials are your thing, then you must grow Ligularia. For the back of the border, they are second to none! As long as they have steady access to soil moisture, Ligularia will provide...

Full sun is best but they will tolerate dappled shade in warm climates. If you don't grow this wonderful plant, I highly recommend you track down a balloon flower for your garden; you won't be disappointed.I would like to thnak the following people for...

Fertilize lightly in spring and water weekly during dry weather. All species bear clusters of five-petaled flowers with tubular bases. Flowers areborne in large, cylindrical, terminal clusters up to 12 inches long at the tips of the stiff, upright, red-spotted...

I suspect that, as with other species, the solid green form is more vigorous than the variegated form of the plant. How many of us have placed an order for a plant we just had to have only to find that it did not flourish in our gardens?

(Editor's Note: This article was originally published on August 4, 2009. Such a diversity in habitats translates into variable cultural needs and hardiness. You may be familiar with lungworts (Pulmonaria) and bluebells (Campanula) but there is another...

Its origins in South Africa give greater credence to the common name "African lily." The plants are grown and admired in warm to temperate areas in all parts of the world.In summer, clusters (umbels) of funnel-shaped blue, purple, or white flowers arise...

Spicata are 'Foxy Lady', 'Royal Candles', 'Red Fox' and 'White Icicles'Often considered as hybrids are the cultivars 'Sunny Border Blue', 'Pink Damask' and 'Eveline' The speedwells exhibit considerable variation in size and form, from low and creeping...

That means that every three years you need to plan to dig up and divide most iris. So, I have been there, looking at stunning gardens cared for by someone much my senior. Is money an issue?

Some varieties, however, are particularly easy to grow from seeds. Transplant the young plants into plastic cell packs containing potting soil, water thoroughly, and then keep the seedlings in natural light.

I have read that the word ‘Daisy' came from ‘Dad's Eye' and morphed into ‘Day's Eye' for the similarity of a daisy to the yellow sun with its white ‘rays'.Shasta Daisies are hardy in zones 4-9 and often characterized by an unusual and somewhat...

Kendell Clark', 'Summer Skies' and 'Plenum Violaceum'whose double white flowers have a purple-pink center!Some new purple-leaved cultivars include 'Midnight Reiter', 'Black Beauty' and 'Okey Dokey'To date I am not aware of any meadow cranesbills with...

Height and needs, and the bloom. Even with some flowers they might tolerate just being thrown in here and there, but not so with iris. With annuals you might be able to get away with just pulling and planting at whim.

The only true way to get the right color is to buy your iris locally and in bloom. We have seen the millions and endless millions of online sites with their photos of all the iris.

Hybrids that result from crossing species within the sameSuch hybrids normally do not survive in nature because the resulting plants are sterile.Sterility results from the fact that the parent plants each have a different number of genes.With human intervention,...

Dividing perennials provides you with more plants of the same variety -- perfect for adding to other places in the garden or trading with friends, family, or neighbors. Smart gardeners know that most perennials should be divided every few years.