Now that fall has arrived and it is assessment time. Which perennial performed the best for you this year?
My aubrieta bloomed for about 2 months. It was beautiful, a real showstopper. And it still looked nice as a green groundcover when it was finsihed. It is a definate keeper.
There were a few others that were exceptional this year, but lets hear what yours were.
Which Perennial Performed the Best for You
This year it was my Hardy Ice Plant.
Wow! It grew and bloomed all during our
hot/dry July & August with practically no watering.
Simply the best! I'll be planting more of these.
Oscarsdotter :-)
My iceplant bloomed alot this year too, and the blue and red lobelia were really pretty but I would have to say my Pink Bush Clover as always was the star of the show. It is a perennial but it get's about 5 ft tall with light purple flowers. The branches are thin and it just hangs down and it is just fantastic! I talk to this plant all the time (in a whisper) so none of the other plants get jealous, and tell it just how pretty it is! Take a look, this is from plant delights catalog not my yard!!!!!!
sue
http://www.plantdelights.com/Catalog/Current/Detail/02003.html
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Wow, I had no idea, I have had it for about 4 years and it has not spead at all. It just keeps getting taller!
Thank's for the info Sis I WILL keep my eye on it and do what I need to if it start's to spread.
You know I was thinking maybe I could send you guys in KS some NJ moles/voles I know that they could kill it, they kill everything else. Thank's again for the warning!!!!! sue
Baa
Oct 07, 2001
Well mine has to be as ever Vicia sepium - Bush Vetch. A native weed that I managed to start from seed, but since it has bloomed from early April and still has a couple of flowers on it, theres not beating it.
Shasta Daisy - alaska. It bloomed continuously from late June till early September, despite its being crowded by any number of things I seeded too close to it (mainly cilantro, which is starting a 2nd crop from self-seeding).
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Janie
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Oscarsdotter
My hardy iceplant was spectacular too. It is still flowering, and I started with just a little tiny pot last spring, this year I have shared with everyone I know and still have an area about 4' x 3' of it. It is a great fast spreading ground cover.
I was really happy with my Campanula. It bloomed from June until the frost we just had a couple of days ago. The bell flowers are so delicate looking and a pretty purple/blue - seemed to compliment everything else that was blooming at the time.
Cindy
My heliopsis, summer sun, was a ball of golden yellow this year. Everyone wants to know what it is. Also the lantana just gets bigger and prettier every year. So far, I have been lucky enough to have it make it through the winter and come back bigger every year. It is golden yellow and orange and covers about a 10 by 10 ft. space with one plant. But most of the other plants weren't bad either.
Janette
lindap
Oct 14, 2001
I'd have to say that my new Knockout Rose really was spectacular, blooming all summer long and STILL in heavy bloom here in zone 5. Amazing cherry-red incandescent color, absolutely disease & pest free (& I'm an organic gardener who is usually pretty afraid of roses!) This is a wonderful plant; I only fertilized it 3 times this summer (with manure tea) because I was so busy, & it still churned out those amazing blooms relentlessly. Be good to yourself: GET one of these beauties!
My "Kiss Me or I Tell" is blooming profusely right now. I do not know if it was the most spectacular perrenial I had. These perrenial salvias have really put on a show also...coral nymph salvia, pineapple salvia and Mexican salvia.
Angel Face! Still have bud that may open! If the frost doesnt kill her! Runner up..Rosea, and Moonbeam coreopsis!
Lamb's Ear. First year for it and it looks like it's been there for years. It's planted beside my pond to help keep the neighborhood children away. Well, at least that was the plan; but the kids love the softness.
Well here in England we have had quite a nice summer and ALL my perennials did well, so cant really pick one out, but i think it was the Shasta Daisies only because of our mild weather it is again in bud, it must think its spring and no frost forecast for next week.If roses come into this category well they would be my top plants and some are on their 3rd blooming period.
Baptisa (False Indigo)
It was a slow starter. I started it from seeds 3 years ago.
It took off this year was truly specatular.
Paul
my lupins pink 'russel hybrids' did the best for me. they started flowering in may, and with some dead-heading (when the spikes were half-gone) flowered right through until the end of august with huge spikes. the foliage looks really lush and exotic too, and still looks good now.
Daylilies (always) and perennial salvia guaranitica. The hummers love it and it blooms most of the summer, can take a light frost, will grow in full sun or part shade and it's blue.
My Rudbeckia goldstrum did very well this year, I hope to divide my plant this spring.
Well, all my perennials were newbies this year. But like Sledder, my Lamb's Ear looks like it's been here for years. I've already divided it, and replanted the divisions along the border of a new bed. Also traded some. And still have more than enough to say grace over :)
The Anise Hyssop (Agastache) did almost too well. I definitely need to relocate it to a spot with more room.
My Baptisia surprised me by blooming this year, it wasn't huge or anything, but what a treat to see it bloom!
Malva 'Zebrina' was a tiny little seedling in June, and really bloomed its heart out for me. Elena's gifts to me all did well - Perilla, Linaria (Butter & Eggs), Phlox, pink Monarda, Sundrops, Mexican Primrose, Love Lies Bleeding, Summer Poinsettia and Prince's Feather.
The 'Pink Pewter' lamium from Bluestone Perennials has really performed well, too, and is spreading out nicely.
I just can't choose a favorite - sorry!!!!
Ruddbeckia Hirta(Indian Summer),Ruddbeckia Goldsturm, Gaillardia, Clematis Jackmanii, Echinacea Purpurea, Papaver Orientale, Japanese and Siberian Irises, Buddleia,Queen Elizabeth climbing Rose and Pacific Giant Delphiniums to mention a few
Echinacea purpurea; it is STILL blooming and we've had 2 killing frosts. :)
I have to say most everything did great.But my daylilies out did themselves this year!
Gerber daisys and lantana. Oh yeah throw in those purple cone flowers that seems to always do good here. I think they like this Georgia clay soil.