My Flowers Live » Perennials http://www.myflowerslive.com Just Wild About WildFlowers and Information and Resources about Them!!! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:20:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= en hourly 1 Perennial Plant Feature–Wild Ginger http://www.myflowerslive.com/perennial-plant-feature-wild-ginger/ http://www.myflowerslive.com/perennial-plant-feature-wild-ginger/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:14:55 +0000 JB http://myflowerslive.com/?p=5 By Dr. Leonard Perry, Extension Professor University of Vermont

The Wild Gingers (genus Asarum) are excellent perennials to mass in shady or wooded areas for groundcovers. Given moist, well-drained soil in part to full shade, they are low maintenance.

Wild Gingers are six to 10 inches tall and spread 12

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Golden Aster

Chrysopsis mariana

Flower-heads–Composite, yellow, 1 in. wide or less, a few corymbed flowers on glandular stalks; each composed of perfect tubular disk florets surrounded by pistillate ray florets; the involucre campanulate, its narrow

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White Asters or Starworts

In dry, open woodlands, thickets, and roadsides, from August to October, we find the dainty White Wood Aster (A. divaricatus)–A. corymbosus of Gray–its brittle zig-zag stem two feet high or less, branching at the top, and repeatedly

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]]> http://www.myflowerslive.com/white-asters-or-starworts-2/feed/ 0 Daylily http://www.myflowerslive.com/daylily/ http://www.myflowerslive.com/daylily/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 12:51:58 +0000 JB http://myflowerslive.com/?p=303 Daylilies are many gardeners’ favorite plants. They are dependable perennials, they are prolific and colorful bloomers, and they are relatively free of pests. Daylilies are tolerant of drought and flooding, immune to heat stress, tolerant of most soils and grow well in full sun or light shade. They grow well in all areas

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]]> http://www.myflowerslive.com/daylily/feed/ 0 Growing Perennials http://www.myflowerslive.com/growing-perennials/ http://www.myflowerslive.com/growing-perennials/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:45:25 +0000 JB http://myflowerslive.com/growing-perennials/ Herbaceous perennials generally live for three or more seasons, but usually the tops die back to the ground each fall. The crown and roots of the plant resume growth in spring. A few perennials are evergreen or keep a green rosette of leaves at the base in winter. Hardy perennials can live through

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]]> http://www.myflowerslive.com/growing-perennials/feed/ 0 Dividing Perennials http://www.myflowerslive.com/dividing-perennials/ http://www.myflowerslive.com/dividing-perennials/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:39:47 +0000 JB http://myflowerslive.com/?p=278 The three main reasons for dividing perennials are to control the size of the plants, to help rejuvenate them, and to increase their number. Dividing and replanting keeps rapidly spreading perennials under control. Dividing will rejuvenate old plants, keeping them vigorous and blooming freely. Dividing perennials is an easy and inexpensive way to

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