Show Me Perennial Plants

For outdoor sowing, plant seeds with 1/8 soil lightly sprinkled over them in early spring when soil is workable.Seeds will germinate in 8 to 14 days if kept moderately moist. The plants will produce flowers a year from the next spring.freestar.queue.push(function()...

Fertilize forget-me-not plants once or twice each season, once in spring and again in autumn, if neededfreestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });Understanding how to grow forget-me-nots leads to their placement...

Grow these in shady areas or in full sun. When planting next to forget-me-nots, don't forget the greenery. You'll get the bulbs first, then the forget-me-nots, with a little overlap that adds great visual interest to a bed.have all of their beauty up...

Once it escapes its boundaries, controlling forget-me-not plants can become a major challenge. However, the plants will soon resprout if you don't remove every bit of the roots.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1");...

You can avoid invitinginto your stands by covering young plants with row covers until they're established.have a special kind of notoriety about them. They look a bit like tiny potatoes and don't move once they start feeding on the undersides of plant...

Don't cram them into the container either. And, of course, you can always grow these flowers in pots to enjoy them indoors.Potted forget-me-not care is important because these native perennials are adapted to growing outside in certain conditions.

Those plants that have been biding their time burst into bloom. The gardens and the gardeners wither. Are bursting at the seams with new plants and possibilities for their gardens.

She lost the tag (or was it I?) so we don't know the variety name, but I'm not complaining because it hasn't affected the plant's ability to do what a POY should. I say clump now because we've had our plant long enough for it to form into its mature shape...

It grows fast and transplants poorly, so you won't find seedlings in the store., so store them in the fridge for a few weeks beforehand in the spring, or sow them directly in the ground if you acquire them in the fall.Sow them by pressing the seeds lightly...

Included are the scientific name, the cultivar name, the score, the common name, cultural requirements, and tolerances. The "Classic City Award" winners are the ones that perform best in the UGA trial garden throughout the summer season.From these trials,...

Sedum plants, also called stonecrop, require very little water to survive. An over-watered sedum is likely to flop over and die more quickly than an under-watered sedum.Sedums have fleshy leaves that store water for dry seasons.Water sedums in the garden...

They thrive on heat and sunlight, so give them plenty of both. A mature papaya is juicy, with a flavor not unlike a cantaloupe. The leaf blade, deeply divided into segments, can grow to 2 feet wide.The trees bear fleshy flowers, some male, some female,...

More often though, I share plants as an act of friendship. I hope my instructions have inspired you to divide your own daylilies. Here's a pictorial tutorial about dividing and sharing daylilies.

Visions of Grandmother's garden filled with tall, nodding stalks of brilliant blue, pink, and whiteadorns many a children's book or notecard, and for good reason.are one of the most beautiful of summer's flowers.

It was popular in days gone by and it is still popular today.- There are many gold to yellow iris in the historic world, but many are dull and a little boring. This is an intermediate iris, good for the middle of the flower bed.

Plumes of fragrant white flowers bloom periodically year-round. Two to three new branches will develop where you made the cut.Prune off a trunk or cane flush to the ground, if pruning away multiple trunks.

If you're worried, rinse the African violet two hours after treatment to remove the insecticidal soap residue.If you live in a warm enough climate to grow African violets outdoors, or if the weather is warm enough to bring houseplants outside, Upper Pinellas...

Pour a 1/2-inch-thick layer of the drying mixture into the bottom of the box, place the tulip on the drying mix and fill the rest of the box with the drying mix. Cover the box and set it aside in a warm, dry spot for two weeks.Chemical drying works similar...

Apply a general-purpose, water-soluble houseplant fertilizer at half the rate recommended on the package. Temperatures can drop as low as 62 F at night. One of the primary reasons the plants suffer is from improper care.

A plant for pond edges, bog gardens and other wet sites, horsetail (Equisetum hyemale) grows in stands of bamboo-like, dark green stems. Place a sheet of fine mesh, such as screen mesh, over the drainage holes to prevent horsetail rhizomes from growing...

They all work well as borders or specimen plantings.Poinciana (Caesalpina pulcherrima), also known as bird of paradiseTypical orange bird of paradise (Strelitzia reginae) bloomStrelitzia are clumping or tree-forming evergreen perennials with long leaves...

Anthurium is a genus of tropical flowers native to the West Indies, Mexico and South America. Division is the fastest method to propagate anthuriums and can be done by the average home gardener.Anthuriums are tropical plants often used in bouquets and...

Eliminating snails' habitat and regularly removing the pests by hand are a simple and effective way to control snails on kangaroo paws. The plants are susceptible to frost damage, but planting them close to the south-facing side of a building offers some...

Perennial balloon flowers earn their name from their large, balloon-like flower buds. Deadleafing, or removing dead leaves, is closely related to deadheading and usually performed at the same time.

Keep it well watered until the first frost; that will give the plants plenty of time to establish healthy roots in the garden.Fill a seed starting tray or container with sterile potting soil or seed starting mix.

Most children had a grandparent (or more than one) taking care of them in those times. In ancient Egypt it was discovered they had soothing properties for sore throats. Since I've discovered they are related to hibiscus and have learned so much about...

These cattails both require full sun. When growing cattails in pots for container water gardens, the edge of the pots should sit just below water level.If fish live in the pond or water garden where you are planting cattails, adding fertilizer is not...