Showing posts with label stock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stock. Show all posts

Friday, November 18, 2016

Perennial Garden

Today, while strolling through the perennial garden in 74 degree F sunny weather : ) I took photos of the remainder of the flowers that are still blooming.



Clockwise, starting at the top left are rhododendrum, sundrop fall foliage, yellow mum, pansy, rosebud, creeping phlox, yarrow, pincushion, stock, and veronica.  The spicy, sweet smelling stock isn't a perennial, but I'll save the seeds to plant new ones in the spring.  


The rhododendum normally only blooms in early spring.  


Yesterday, I dug out the gladiola corms or bulbs to save through the winter and re-plant in the spring. I'll store them in a paper bag in the basement.   I also dug the striped spider plant from an outdoor planter box which I'm now hanging in the dining room.   



This summer I planted a few English lavender plants and was able to gather a small bunch of flowering branches that I've hung in the kitchen window.  They smell so wonderful!


Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Perennial or Annual?

What is the difference between perennial and annual plants?  Perennials are plants that, with good care during the growing season,  re-grow in the garden year after year. Annuals are planted in the spring (in northern climates), die in the fall and new ones have to be planted the next spring.

Some examples of perennials that I have in my garden are: coreopsis, coneflower, daylily, iris, lobelia, phlox, hosta, hardy chrysanthemum, lupine....

Examples of annuals in my garden are: stock, cornflower, zinnia, petunia, gerbera daisy, impatiens ....



                        Perennials:
Hardy Mum
                          
Phlox
Iris
Lupine

Lobelia
Daylily

Coreopsis
Coneflower
Hosta
                         

                            Annuals:


Petunia


Zinnia

Stock

Gerbera Daisy
Impatiens
Cornflower