Perennials

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How to Grow: Cyclamen

Listen to this podcast on how to grow and care for cyclamen flowers.   This houseplant and, sometimes garden plant, originated in the Middle East and has spread throughout Europe, Asia and North America. Its name is derived from the Greek, “Kuklos”, which means circle, referring to the shape of the tubers and leaves. It's a beauty, but also was use medically to treat depression. The tubers were even fed to pigs, hence the common name, pig bread. What's this flower? It's the cyclamen. This time of year you'll see many florist cyclamens...

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How to Grow: Dahlias

Learn about dahlias, including how to plant and grow them. Listen to podcast: podcast transcript How to Grow: Dahlias Dahlia hybrids   Other Name garden dahlia   Sun Requirements full sun, part sun   Bloom Period and Seasonal Color late summer into fall in colors such as pink, salmon, white, cream, red, and bi-colors   Mature Height x Spread 1 to 5 feet x 1 to 3 feet   Added Benefits attract beneficials, attracts hummingbirds, deer resistant   If you're looking for a big showy flower to cap off the end of the growing season and...

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How to Grow: Daylily

Hemerocallis spp and hybrids   Other Name Tawny daylily   Sun Requirements full sun, part sun   Bloom Period and Seasonal Color Early summer to late summer in colors such as orange, yellow, pink, red, purple, cream and bi colors   Mature Height x Spread 1 to 4 feet x 1 to 4 feet   Added Benefits drought tolerant, edible   If you’re looking for a carefree, low maintenance perennial flower to grow, consider the daylily. This plant is hardy and tough and almost always flowers as long as you give it at least one-half day of sun....

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How to Grow: Delphinium

Delphinium spp and hybrids Other Name larkspur Sun Requirements full sun Bloom Period and Seasonal Color Early to mid summer in colors such as blue, pink, white, rose, and purple Mature Height x Spread 2 to 6 feet x 1 to 2 feet Added Benefits attracts beneficials, deer resistant There is no more stately a flower than the delphinium. This English garden standard has spiky flower stalks that can reach 6 feet tall depending on the variety. They are breath taking when grown in clumps. The flowers are single or double with contrasting colored...

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Garden Design & CarePerennials

How to Grow: Dividing Perennials

Learn how to divide and care for your perennial flowers including information on which flowers to divide when and the proper way to divide common perennials such as daylilies and iris. Listen to podcast: In his book Pass Along Plants. Felder Rushing talks about passing a long or sharing special garden plants he's had for years with friends, family, and neighbors. I love this idea. It's like having a remembrance of your friend in your garden. One of the best ways to pass along a perennial flower is to divide it and, for certain perennials,...

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HouseplantsPerennials

How to Grow: Easy Houseplants

Learn the easiest and best houseplants to grow indoors. Listen to podcast: I've talked before about the air cleaning benefits of houseplants. Well, houseplants can help us in many more ways, especially in the dead of winter. Researchers for years have verified what many of use already feel about plants. Having plants in the home and workplace reduces blood pressure, raises attentiveness and well-being, reduces anxiety and increases productivity. But for black thumbs in the audience having houseplants that die can just contribute to plant...

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How to Grow: Echinacea

Learn about the varieties and how to grow this popular perennial flower. Listen to Podcast: podcast transcript How to Grow: Echinacea Echinacea purpurea   Other Name Purple coneflower   Sun Requirements full sun, part sun   Bloom Period and Seasonal Color Early summer to late summer in colors such as purple, white, yellow, pink and orange   Mature Height x Spread 1 to 4 feet x 1 to 2 feet   Added Benefits Native, attracts beneficials, drought tolerant, deer resistant   Known for its medicinal benefits, coneflowers also a...

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How to Grow: Edible Plants with Seasonal Color

One of the popular ways to have color all season in your foodscape yard is to grow plants that flower in each season. This common concept is used to make cottage flower gardens look so great from spring to fall. You can use it in the foodscape, too. You don’t have to exclusively use just foodscape plants, but they can help provide color, especially ones that will continue to bloom all summer. These might include eggplant, citrus and roses. Some foodscape plants, such as daylilies and bee balm, may flower for a limited amount of time and...

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How to Grow: Euphorbia

Listen to this podcast on how to grow and care for Euphorbia or spurge perennial flowers. This group of plants is extremely varied. Some are large, cactus-like trees and shrubs, while others are ground covers. Holiday poinsettias and crown of thorns houseplants are included in this group. Some of these succulents can also grow as hardy herbaceous perennials. That's why I'm excited about growing euphorbias. Euphorbias have the unflattering, common name of spurge, which is derived from the old English word “to purge”. It comes from the use...

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Garden Design & CarePerennials

How to Grow: Fall Garden Cleanup

  Fall Garden CleanupAs the leaves start dropping, many gardener's attention turns to fall garden cleanup. While this is an autumn tradition, there's some new advice about how and when to cleanup the yard and garden that might help make the work easier and help our bees, beneficial insects and birds. The best way for me to remember these new tips is to think of one of my commands for our dogs, “leave it.” Leaves on the lawn should be mowed and left to decompose. This creates a thin leaf layer that earthworms will feed on and enhance...

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