Achillea Ageratum

A cut flower grower's favorite. The height and multi-branching habit of Blue Horizon make it an ideal cut flower for farmers' market and roadside sales.

Cloud Nine Blue brings growers a new ageratum series with advantages over competing varieties. Their smaller leaves are less "cabbagy", giving the flowers room to sit on top of the plants for better display.

Cut flower growers and florists love this cut flower Ageratum. Sell on its own for wholesale markets, or is a great addition to mixed bouquets. The height makes it ideal for cutting.

Aloha Blue dwarf Ageratum is an excellent item for packs and 4" pot production and has proven garden performance. Masses of flowers cover the well branched plants.

Impressive performance has led to increased demand for Blue Diamond. Blue Diamond is early to flower and can be successfully sold in jumbo packs and 4" pots. The strong branching plants with a more vigorous habit make it highly ideal for garden beds,...

Cloud Nine White Ageratum brings growers a new series with advantages over competing varieties. Their smaller leaves are less "cabbagy", giving the flowers room to sit on top of the plants for better display.

Aloha White dwarf Ageratum series is an excellent item for packs and 4" pot production with proven garden performance. Masses of flowers cover the well branched plants.

Caring for ageratums includes regular watering until the plant is established. Theis a taller specimen that reseeds abundantly, but most available seeds of the ageratum will be from hybrid types.Popular varieties of the ageratum flowers offer a range...

There are now well over 30 named cultivars of yarrow, which extend the colour range from white, pink, red, orange, yellow and innumerable shades in between. Well they have! This article will introduce you to this rising star.

Flower are vibrant and long lasting. The Achillea Red Shades has great habit and vigor with predominantly darker red color.

Bred for compactness and pack performance. The Aloha Blue delivers excellent garden performance.

Once established in the grass, it is difficult to dig out, though it is susceptible to several herbicides. One method of keeping it from spreading afar is to dead-head the flowers after they have bloomed to prevent the formation of seeds, but this will...

The white yarrow is still there.It's time to design a new place to put my beloved pink yarrow and the other yarrows as well. The yellow yarrow kept its growth habit but now tends to lean to catch some sun.

A good rule is that you should still be able to see the soil the plant was grown in after back-filling the hole. Yarrow tends to grow more and more stems on the outside, leaving the inner stems to die away, which is why its also recommended to divide...

Check the plant daily for the first week or so and then every other day there after. The flat flower heads introduce a different shape into the perennial border. It creates a barrier between the roots of the plant and fungus and pathogens that can cause...

Achillea Moonshine reliably blooms on the seasons new growth, so prune to the ground during late winter or very early spring before growth starts. This is not to be rushed. In the garden Achillea Moonshine is similar to .

I was proud to be there beside Aunt Bett.Songs were sung and the sermon commenced. I doubt that poor Goldie even had one.Most of my Aunt Bett memories are triggered by her recipes and her herbal directions that I was fortunate enough to inherit.

* It is a frequent component in butterfly gardens. * Yarrow has a high reputation and is widely employed in herbal medicine, administered both internally and externally. * The familiar yarrow from which many garden cultivars have been derived; grows in...

When to Cut: When 2-3 flowers have opened in the cluster. Placement & Cultivation A must for the cutting garden or as bedding plants; also a perfect way to edge paths and attract butterflies and other pollinators to a variety of settings, as it is not...

* It is a frequent component in butterfly gardens. * Yarrow has a high reputation and is widely employed in herbal medicine, administered both internally and externally. * The familiar yarrow from which many garden cultivars have been derived; grows in...

Its flat-topped, canary yellow flower clusters and bright silver foliage light up the garden.This is a clump-forming selection that blooms over a long period beginning in early summer.

Dense clusters of small, yellow, button-like flowers.

Fertilizer: If soil is poor, mix in about 2" of compost or some organic granular fertilizer before planting. Self sows.Sowing Instructions: Depth: Surface sow; sprinkle lightly with vermiculite or straw to prevent washing out.

* Ageratum houstonianum ( Flossflower , Bluemink , Garden Ageratum , Blueweed , Pussy Foot ) syn. ) is a cool-season annual plant often grown as a bedding plant in gardens . Ageratum mexicanum Hort.

Flat topped clusters of bluish-purple Ageratum-like flowers are born atop sturdy stems in summer and sometimes into fall. Blue Mistflower is often listed as an excellent butterfly plant but we find mostly bees using it.

* Ageratum houstonianum ( Flossflower , Bluemink , Garden Ageratum , Blueweed , Pussy Foot ) syn. ) is a cool-season annual plant often grown as a bedding plant in gardens . Ageratum mexicanum Hort.