Horticulurist, Jerry Goodspeed from the Utah State University Extension Office, offers expert advice on how to keep your perennials looking good all season long.
couple of keys to keep perennials looking good as long as possible:
a. Keep healthy (water, fertilize in the spring, weed)
b. Deadhead (Remove spent blossoms)
c. Divide and clean up plants in the fall or early spring. Perennials can get too big, old and thick and this reduces their health
2. Choose perennials that will bloom in the summer. Actually, all perennial beds should have some perennials that bloom in the spring, some in the summer, some in the fall, and some that either have interesting foliage all season or do bloom all season long.
3. Five of my favorite summer blooming perennials:
Echinacea
Scabiosa
Rudbeckia
Spiderwort
Daylily
4. Five of my all season perennials:
Gaura
Homestead Verbena
Tri-color sage
Hyssop (Agastache)
Powis castle silver sage
For more information on raised bed gardens or other gardening topics contact
Jerry L. Goodspeed
Utah State University Extension
Weber County
Director – Ogden Botanical Gardens
(801) 399-8201
extension.usu.edu/web
or information on upcoming workshops, plant sales, and more go to The Odgen Botanical Gardens’ new blog at http://ogdenbotanicalgardens.blogspot.com/
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