Are Gazanias Perennials

If they all re-start, I'll have a full-looking plant that much sooner.Be patient. Keep watering and caring for it, and that dead plant may reward you with little green sprouts!After a long cold winter, many of my perennials came up late, and some failed...

A selection committee takes it from there and after they've scrutinized the candidates, 3 or 4 plants are chosen to go on the ballot. Luckily, Baptisia is one of the more common perennials and it's found in gardens nationwide.Choosing the winner is a...

They won't thrive and should be discarded.The daisies I divided here are the same as the kind in the articleby Jill M. Here's my refreshed Ox-eye daisy, with room to spread. Here's a novice gardener's basic step-by-step guide to dividing a perennial plant.

In warm desert regions where it remains evergreen, it tends to be a woody shrub. It is a long-lived, beautiful addition to the herb garden or perennial border. Soil must be very well drained, as the stems will rot in consistently wet soil.

Every morning during summer, pinkish buds open to expose white flowers along tall, wiry stems that wave in the breeze or dip and dive with the weight of bumblebees as they gather pollen or nectar from the flowers.

With all these selections nobody need go without fireworks for the Fourth of July or any other day of the year. Fireworks are plentiful this time of year, but not only in the night sky.

Other growers recommend dividing every three or four years, so I suppose we'll have to make our own decisions about whether to divide or not to divide. Even after the petals have dropped, the cones add interest to dried arrangements.

However, I have successfully transplanted small pieces removed from the roadside with a few roots attached. From this resemblance comes the common name, ground oak. The fruit is edible, and reports from "having little flavor" to "tasting like bubblegum"...

They're easy to ship and generally handle the move well.and we encourage you to browse the beautiful images shared by our members. Some areas do consider the wild forms serious pests to grazing and crop lands.Even though they like water (for their best...

If you have time, water the prospective dividee the day before you work.Here's a big old clump of daylilies in my garden. I hope my instructions have inspired you to divide your own daylilies.

So why should you give up some of that space to iris? Space in the garden is a premium. They might not be the stars they could be but they are there – growing and waiting for its chance to shine.I want to thank Pajaritomt, Jackieshar, Avmoran, Irisloverdee,...

The foliage of 'transforms from shades of ginger in spring to hues of smoky rose and silver as it matures. If you're an avid Heuchera fan, this book provides information on the history and background of the Heuchera family as well as "extensive listings...

I push bamboo stakes in the ground in 4 or 5 places around the plant and wrap whatever I have handy around the stakes, like a fence. Fearing a cat had escaped from the closed in porch I ran out ander!! I ran back in and grabbed my coffee, preparing for...

For the back of the border, they are second to none! As long as they have steady access to soil moisture, Ligularia will provide you with the ultimate plant for Big, Bold and Beautiful!

Full sun is best but they will tolerate dappled shade in warm climates. These plants are more compact and bushy than some of the older varieties, reaching 40 to 50 cm (15 to 20 inches).

Fertilize lightly in spring and water weekly during dry weather. Choose mildew resistant cultivars, especially for the humid South.cultivars include ‘David' (white), ‘Mt. Fuji' (white), ‘Prospero' (white with blush of pink), ‘Bright Eyes' (pink...

Behind it are various ferns and shade-loving perennials. Graceful swirls of handsomely variegated leaves, green with a central yellow stripe, form neat, rounded clumps and are fully evergreen in the South and partially so in more northerly areas.

Habitat varies considerably from high alpine regions of the Rockies, Alps and Himalayas, to moist woodlands and streamsides and even along sandy beaches extending well into the Arctic.

They are popular as potted plants at poolside, on decks and porches, and are even adaptable to seaside locations because of their salt tolerance. Each cluster may have up to 100 florets, and the stalks may reach up to 6 feet or more tall in some species.

This article will introduce you to the taller types of speedwells; the species, cutlivars and hybrids that make ideal plants to use in the middle or back of the border. The speedwells exhibit considerable variation in size and form, from low and creeping...

I wonder how do they do it. There is something great here.It is the best thing you can do, really… this is gold when you think about it! Every three years you can share your prized iris with friends, family, fellow DGer's, the list just goes on and...

Transplant the young plants into plastic cell packs containing potting soil, water thoroughly, and then keep the seedlings in natural light. Although growing your seeds indoors is more time-consuming, it produces larger plants and increases the likelihood...

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...

S-bill, bassinets, Loving Andrews (after Saint Andrews, the Patron Saint of Scotland), Gratia Dei (Grace of God) and OdinThe plant was valued for its blue flowers as blue was often considered a sacred colour.As Christianity moved into the British Isles,...

There are some iris on the market that have great bloom counts at the cost of strong stems. A special thank you Wandasflowers for all the wonderful photos of bearded iris. It is a matter of how much you want to spend to start with.

We have seen the millions and endless millions of online sites with their photos of all the iris. Then I had to add some yellow for contrast -- and the rest is history.” I think that is a repeated story for so many of us.We may not be looking for the...

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,...