Whats your favorite perennial & why?
Looking for something special
and can't find it?
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Donna
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What's Your favorite Perennial?
My favorite is a Veronica that came as a weed in a different plant I bought. It looked so good I wanted to eat it. Can't figure out what kind it is, though. I couldn't find any seeds but it managed to spread anyway.
I'll only pick 2 - I think that's good.
certainly coneflowers are a favorite, my favorite of them this year was Fatal Attraction
'Chelsea' helenium I liked a lot also.
bigcityal just lovely!
claypa you got a picture of your veronic?
Here's one of my pick's
Salvia guaran. Purple Majesty
No, I wish I did. The flower head was about 3" diameter and 5" tall, kind of barrel shaped. That salvia's a great color!
I'll keep a watch for that Veronic!
Need your input on this thread, please!
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/668139/
I'll stay out of any invasive arguements.
Certainly harder to find plants or natives would set you apart from a lot of sellers. I go to a LOT of plant sellers and the word gets around who has the best selection.
here's one not for sale in this state - "Henry Eihler's' rudbeckia
My favorites are the salvias:)
Salvia Indigo Spires.
oooh, ouch, hard question. I was pretty impressed this year with shasta daisy 'Highland Dream'
Al picked 2, so I will, too
Ruby Giant conflower
Actually I had 3 because I lie a lot. I love Ruby Giant also. What's up with the small pic Gram?
I'm very modest..is this better
That's better - as a married man I no longer have any imagination left.
Geez, you guys and gals are light years ahead of me -- I've heard of all the plants -- Daisy, Rudbeckia, Salvia, Echinacea, but I have never HEARD of the varieties! 'Highland Dream' is a Dream & 'Henry Eihler's' is so unusual I'd never guess it was a rudbeckia!
i'm embarrassed to say my favorite perennial is one I've had for over 20 years. I guess it got renamed Thalictrum roch__ something. LOL. Call it Lavender Mist Meadow Rue. Sorry about the picture -- I've posted it a million times, the plant in question is the tall six-footer on the right growing in way more shade than it would prefer.
Suzy
Peace Rose
Veronica 'Red Fox' (only 10" tall)
Rocky Mtn. Penstemon
you guy's and gal's ROCK!!
Keep on posting!
Donna
Great tread! Love all the photos ;o))
This year it is Echinacea purpurea "Alba", one of the many “first timers” this year.
Well, mine is the Peoni....I wish that it would bloom all summer...But then again I love my Christmas ferns, It's a good thing ~ I have them all over the place!
iris--daylilies--iris--daylilies How can I choose? In May, you can't pull me away from my iris.
In July or August, my daylilies are enchanting. Can't I have more than one favorite?
My fav this year was a daylily..Rosy Returns. Bloomed all summer right until frost hit it. Very impressive, sorry I don't have a pic.
New England Aster
everytime I see someone else's I think I change my favorite...iris
or daylily
oh, oh, I waited all year for this to bloom...oriental lily stargazer
edit to add: ok, I'll stop now LOL
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Grampapa
I don`t blame you there are so many beauties that it is hard to decide LOL
Love the iris!
Oranges and Lemons gaillardia was real nice
Wonderland's poppy
Winky columbine
I love seeing everybody's favorites. It's like a potluck supper where everybody brings their best dish and you get a really great meal. It will make my 'next year' list longer LOL
How can one ever pick a favorite? Maybe phlox becuse it blooms when most of the other perennails are done. Nice and tall and so many colors...
My favorite....well, let's see. Salvia May Night....the flowers bloom for quite some time and will intermitently throughout the growing season and into the fall....most coneflowers....my rudbeckia Black Eyed Susan....it was gorgeous this year....daylilies.....bleeding heart...was wonderful this year....coreopsis moonbeam....the included pic is of one of the beds I redid with coneflowers, daisies and coreopsis.
Ooops...grabbed the wrong pic...this is the correct one....
Ed
Hmmm. And I was just wondering how long to blooming size on your western perennial.
I do love my Purple Cone Flowers. They never fail to bloom and even give a little beauty in the winter with there dried seed heads. I have some Pale Purple Cone Flowers too that are pretty.
Cuckoo
grampapa,
your right about next years list, I'm sure is getting long!
Ok lets say a favorite could be
WELL BEHAVE perennial,
That you love the color
It's not to fussy
The bugs don't bother it!
One of mine would be
madrensis Forsythia Sage
I just let it go & grow! Though I should support it,
use large looper when cutting back, it had a Big stem!
Great fall blooms - butteflies & hummer's seen to enjoy
it too!
I'm a bit of a foliage nut, but if we're talkin' flowers, I love daylilies, lilies and peonies.
Sandy
Daylily 'Scarlet Orbit' screams 'hey, look at me!'
