Monday, January 24, 2005
Saponaria
Saponaria
Soapwort, Caryophyllaceae,Pink Family
How to say: sap-oh-NAH-ree-uh
Description:
Soapworts produce masses of 5-petaled pink flowers for several weeks in the summer.The flowers crown leafy stems clothed with opposite oval leaves.Plants grow from fleshy white roots that produce new shoots as they creep.The floppy stems often root where they touch the ground.
Types of Soapwort:
Saponaria x lempergii- Soapwort
S. ocymoides- Rock Soapwort
S. officinalis- Bouncing bet
How to Grow:
Soapworts grow in average,sandy or loomy,well drained soil in full light or light shade.Rich soil causes them to overgrow and flop. s.sofficinalis self-sows prolifically;avois problems by choosing double-flowered cutivars, which do not set seed.After flowering cut plants back to encourage fresh growth;s. ocymoides may rebloom.Divide plants in spring or fall to control their spread.Propagate by division,or take cutting any time during the summer.
How to Grow From Seed:
Temp should be 15-20°C
Sow seed Febuary-July
Cover with thin layer vermiculite/compost
Germination takes 2-4 weeks
Landscape Uses:
Choose S.ocymoides for the rock garden or for edging along walks and step.It also makes a good groundcover for a sunny well-drained site.In the border,combine soapworts with summer-blooming perennials such as artemisias,yarrows,daylilies,speedwells,lavender(Dwarf) and sedums.
Soapwort, Caryophyllaceae,Pink Family
How to say: sap-oh-NAH-ree-uh
Description:
Soapworts produce masses of 5-petaled pink flowers for several weeks in the summer.The flowers crown leafy stems clothed with opposite oval leaves.Plants grow from fleshy white roots that produce new shoots as they creep.The floppy stems often root where they touch the ground.
Types of Soapwort:
Saponaria x lempergii- Soapwort
S. ocymoides- Rock Soapwort
S. officinalis- Bouncing bet
How to Grow:
Soapworts grow in average,sandy or loomy,well drained soil in full light or light shade.Rich soil causes them to overgrow and flop. s.sofficinalis self-sows prolifically;avois problems by choosing double-flowered cutivars, which do not set seed.After flowering cut plants back to encourage fresh growth;s. ocymoides may rebloom.Divide plants in spring or fall to control their spread.Propagate by division,or take cutting any time during the summer.
How to Grow From Seed:
Temp should be 15-20°C
Sow seed Febuary-July
Cover with thin layer vermiculite/compost
Germination takes 2-4 weeks
Landscape Uses:
Choose S.ocymoides for the rock garden or for edging along walks and step.It also makes a good groundcover for a sunny well-drained site.In the border,combine soapworts with summer-blooming perennials such as artemisias,yarrows,daylilies,speedwells,lavender(Dwarf) and sedums.
Sunday, January 23, 2005
Trollius
Trollius Globeflower
Trollius, Ranunculaceae,Buttercup Family
How to say: TROW-lee-us
Description:
Globeflowers are showy spring perennials with waxy bowl-shaped single or double flowers.The flowers themselves have no petals but instead they have orange and yellow petal-like sepals.The palmately divided leaves have 5-7 incised leaflets which are carried on long stalks.Plants produce basal rosettes from thick fleshy roots.
Types of Trollius:
Trollius chinensis (Chinese Globeflower)
T x cultorum (Hybrid Globeflower)
T. europaeus (Common Globeflower)
How to Grow:
Plant globeflowers in constantly moist to wet soil in partial to full shade.Plants prefer cool weather and preform best in Northern zones.Clumps increase by slow c reeping roots.Divide plants in early spring or fall. Sow fresh seeds outdoors in summer,stored seeds germinates poorly.
How To Grow Seed:
Temp should be 20°C
Sow October to November in a cold frame The cold winter months help to break the seed dormancy, or cold stratify by sowing seeds for up to 4 weeks and then refrigerate for 4-6 weeks, return to heat to germinate. This seed can take a long time to germinate.
Cover in average layer vermiculite/compost
Landscape Uses:
Globeflowers produce bright spots of color in the spring garden.Plant them in a moist soil garden or at the water edge with water loving irises and other plants that love moist conditions such as;ladysmantle,forget-me-nots,primroses,meadowsweets,ligularias, violas,hostas and ferns.
Trollius, Ranunculaceae,Buttercup Family
How to say: TROW-lee-us
Description:
Globeflowers are showy spring perennials with waxy bowl-shaped single or double flowers.The flowers themselves have no petals but instead they have orange and yellow petal-like sepals.The palmately divided leaves have 5-7 incised leaflets which are carried on long stalks.Plants produce basal rosettes from thick fleshy roots.
Types of Trollius:
Trollius chinensis (Chinese Globeflower)
T x cultorum (Hybrid Globeflower)
T. europaeus (Common Globeflower)
How to Grow:
Plant globeflowers in constantly moist to wet soil in partial to full shade.Plants prefer cool weather and preform best in Northern zones.Clumps increase by slow c reeping roots.Divide plants in early spring or fall. Sow fresh seeds outdoors in summer,stored seeds germinates poorly.
How To Grow Seed:
Temp should be 20°C
Sow October to November in a cold frame The cold winter months help to break the seed dormancy, or cold stratify by sowing seeds for up to 4 weeks and then refrigerate for 4-6 weeks, return to heat to germinate. This seed can take a long time to germinate.
Cover in average layer vermiculite/compost
Landscape Uses:
Globeflowers produce bright spots of color in the spring garden.Plant them in a moist soil garden or at the water edge with water loving irises and other plants that love moist conditions such as;ladysmantle,forget-me-nots,primroses,meadowsweets,ligularias, violas,hostas and ferns.
Tulip
Tulipa
Liliaceae, Lily family, Tulip
How to pronounce: Tew-lih-puh
Description: Tulips are classic spring bulbs.The 3 petals and the 3 petal-like sepals form lovely that are borne singly or in groups atop naked stems.The flowers come in every color except for true blue.Shades of white, yellow,red and pink are the most common.The long broad leaves have wavy margins;they may be green, dark spotted or striped.Several species are available,but most tulips today are hybrids.
Types of Tulips:
Single Early Tulips
Double Early Tulips
Triumph Tulips
Darwin Hybrid Tulips
Single Late Tulips
Lily-Flowered Tulips
Fringed Tulips
Viridiflora Tulips
Rembrandt Tulips
Parrot Tulips
Double Late Tulips
Kaufmanniana Tulips
Fosteriana Tulips
Greiggi Tulips
Wild Tulips
(Each of these are the head of many different species of tulips)
How to Grow:
Tulips are easy to flower the first season because they are planted with the buds already developed.Many Hybrids decline after the second year, so many gardeners treat them as annuals and replace them every year. Darwin hybrids and single late Tulips are the longest lived and the most dependable.Species tulips are also very reliable as perennials,often persisting and increasing every year.
Tulips need ample food in water when actively growing and a reasonable dry summer dormant period.Plant them in well drained,fertile,humas rich soil that is moist and the spring and fall but dry in the summer.
Plant new tulips in the fall at a depth of 8 inches from the soil surface to the bottem of the bulb.If you planting them as a bedding display be sure to plant them all at the same depth or they will bloom unevenly..Space bulbs 2 inches -6 inches apart,depending on the size of the plant.Do not remove the foilage until it is fully yellow,no matter how strong the temptation is,unless of course you are discarding the bulbs.Next years flower production depends on the previos year's foilage.
Landscape Uses:Tulips are lovely planted in mass bedding schemes in single or mixed colors,combines with other spring bulbs or planted with perennails and shrubs.
Liliaceae, Lily family, Tulip
How to pronounce: Tew-lih-puh
Description: Tulips are classic spring bulbs.The 3 petals and the 3 petal-like sepals form lovely that are borne singly or in groups atop naked stems.The flowers come in every color except for true blue.Shades of white, yellow,red and pink are the most common.The long broad leaves have wavy margins;they may be green, dark spotted or striped.Several species are available,but most tulips today are hybrids.
Types of Tulips:
Single Early Tulips
Double Early Tulips
Triumph Tulips
Darwin Hybrid Tulips
Single Late Tulips
Lily-Flowered Tulips
Fringed Tulips
Viridiflora Tulips
Rembrandt Tulips
Parrot Tulips
Double Late Tulips
Kaufmanniana Tulips
Fosteriana Tulips
Greiggi Tulips
Wild Tulips
(Each of these are the head of many different species of tulips)
How to Grow:
Tulips are easy to flower the first season because they are planted with the buds already developed.Many Hybrids decline after the second year, so many gardeners treat them as annuals and replace them every year. Darwin hybrids and single late Tulips are the longest lived and the most dependable.Species tulips are also very reliable as perennials,often persisting and increasing every year.
Tulips need ample food in water when actively growing and a reasonable dry summer dormant period.Plant them in well drained,fertile,humas rich soil that is moist and the spring and fall but dry in the summer.
Plant new tulips in the fall at a depth of 8 inches from the soil surface to the bottem of the bulb.If you planting them as a bedding display be sure to plant them all at the same depth or they will bloom unevenly..Space bulbs 2 inches -6 inches apart,depending on the size of the plant.Do not remove the foilage until it is fully yellow,no matter how strong the temptation is,unless of course you are discarding the bulbs.Next years flower production depends on the previos year's foilage.
Landscape Uses:Tulips are lovely planted in mass bedding schemes in single or mixed colors,combines with other spring bulbs or planted with perennails and shrubs.
Violas
Viola
Violaceae ,Viola Family, Violet
How to say it: vy-OH-luh
Description:
Violets are loved in the spring because of their distictive, colorful blooms.
The irregular flowers have 2 upper and 3 lower petals that are joined into a short fuzzy spur. The inside of the petals may have a fuzzy beard or bright yellow markings.There are 2 groups of violets which differ in their growth habit.
Stemless violets have leaves and flowers that arize in a clump from a creeping rhizome.
Stemmed Violets produce sparse basal leaves and upright stalks that bear both leaves and flowers, they also grow from a creeping ryizome.
Types of Violas:
Viola canadensis( Canada Violet
V.cornuta (Horned Violet)
V.labradorica (Labrador Violet)
V.odorata (Sweet Violet)
V.sororia (Woolly Blue Violet)
How to Grow:
Plant Violets in moist humus rich soil in light to full shade.They can spread by creeping stems and self-sown seedlings may become invasive.Divide in Spring or fall.Transplant new seedlings.
How to Grow Seed:
Temp should be 20°C
Sow march- sept
Sow july for autumn plants
Sow september for spring plants
Withstand heat better than pansies. Grow in fertile moist well drained soil in full sun or partial shade.
Cover in average layer of vermiculite
Landscape uses: Violets are lovely foilage plants for year round groundcover effect especially under trees and shrubs,however; they are also beautiful as an edging in shaded or semishaded beds because of their colorful apperance which begins in early spring and usually ends in the late fall.
Violaceae ,Viola Family, Violet
How to say it: vy-OH-luh
Description:
Violets are loved in the spring because of their distictive, colorful blooms.
The irregular flowers have 2 upper and 3 lower petals that are joined into a short fuzzy spur. The inside of the petals may have a fuzzy beard or bright yellow markings.There are 2 groups of violets which differ in their growth habit.
Stemless violets have leaves and flowers that arize in a clump from a creeping rhizome.
Stemmed Violets produce sparse basal leaves and upright stalks that bear both leaves and flowers, they also grow from a creeping ryizome.
Types of Violas:
Viola canadensis( Canada Violet
V.cornuta (Horned Violet)
V.labradorica (Labrador Violet)
V.odorata (Sweet Violet)
V.sororia (Woolly Blue Violet)
How to Grow:
Plant Violets in moist humus rich soil in light to full shade.They can spread by creeping stems and self-sown seedlings may become invasive.Divide in Spring or fall.Transplant new seedlings.
How to Grow Seed:
Temp should be 20°C
Sow march- sept
Sow july for autumn plants
Sow september for spring plants
Withstand heat better than pansies. Grow in fertile moist well drained soil in full sun or partial shade.
Cover in average layer of vermiculite
Landscape uses: Violets are lovely foilage plants for year round groundcover effect especially under trees and shrubs,however; they are also beautiful as an edging in shaded or semishaded beds because of their colorful apperance which begins in early spring and usually ends in the late fall.
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