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 | Perennials can be a challenge to grow commercially, if for no other reason than there is so much variability between crops. Paul Pilon’s comprehensive book covers all aspects of producing perennial crops—propagation, fertility, media, pest and disease management, weed control, height control, and overwintering. And, of course, a large section is devoted to forcing perennials into bloom to maximize sell-through at retail. Perennial Solutions presents specific production guidelines for thirty popu ...
Amazon / Ball Publishing / Book
 Price: 97.42 $ |  | Geared for professional perennial growers, this updated reference helps growers fight the most important factors leading to plant loss: insect and mite pests and diseases. The destructive pests are each given a chapter, with headings covering identification, life stages, monitoring, and controlling each species of each pest. Similar chapters do the same for diseases—with disease updates from the U.S. and international markets added. The lists and descriptions of beneficial organisms have been up ...
Amazon / Ball Publishing / Book
Price: 44.11 $ |  | Aster alpinus (Alpine Aster) Daisy-shaped flowers, up to 2 inches wide (5 cm), in late spring to early summer. The foliage forms a dark green, dense, ground hugging mat, 6 inches high. Dividing in late summer keeps them compact & excellent looking year after year. ...
Amazon / Hirts: Perennials; Sun / Lawn & Patio
Price: 34.99 $ |  | Summer Sun Heliopsis (Heliopsis helianthoides) False Sunflower, also called oxeye, has 2 to 3 inch golden yellow flowers that are beautiful when used in floral arrangements. The plant grows 2 to 6 feet tall in light shade to full sun. It grows best in average, well-drained, moist garden soil. This hardy perennial tolerates drought but increases more rapidly in fertile soil. Flowers attract nectar seeking butterflies and birds enjoy the ripe seeds. This is an exceptionally long-blooming flower fo ...
Amazon / Hirts: Perennials; Sun / Lawn & Patio
Price: 34.99 $ |  | Postproduction Care & Handling of Flowers. Topics: Light, Food for respiration;temperature;irrigation;preservatives;plant growth regulators; handling damage; chemical effects;floral foams; advice for specific flowers; tulips;hydrangea;lilacs;amarayliss, sweet pea;snapdragon, china aster and many more ...
Amazon / Ball Pub / Book
Price: 32.95 $ |  | Paul Pictons new book on asters is a comprehensive study of these popular late-summer bloomers. A leading aster specialist, Picton offers detailed descriptions in the A-Z listing of species, revealing the vast range of plants available and enabling readers to identify the best for garden, container, and cut-flower use. ...
Amazon / Timber Press, Incorporated / Book
Price: 22.99 $ |  | Aster tongolensis (Wartburg Star) This is an extraordinarily floriferous Aster that is rare in the trade, easy to grow, long lived, very showy, & makes great cut flowers! Arresting violet-blue 2 inch flowers with vivid orange centers bloom freely all summer atop 1 foot stems. The foliage forms a dark green, dense, ground hugging mat, 6 inches high. Dividing in late summer keeps them compact & excellent looking year after year. ...
Amazon / Hirts: Perennials; Sun / Lawn & Patio
Price: 17.99 $ | | | Aster alpinus (Alpine Aster) Daisy-shaped flowers, up to 2 inches wide (5 cm), up to 2 inches wide (5 cm), in late spring to early summer. The foliage forms a dark green, dense, ground hugging mat, 6 inches high. Dividing in late summer keeps them compact & excellent looking year after year. ...
Amazon / Hirts: Perennials; Sun / Lawn & Patio
Price: 17.99 $ | | | Summer Sun Heliopsis (Heliopsis helianthoides) False Sunflower, also called oxeye, has 2 to 3 inch golden yellow flowers that are beautiful when used in floral arrangements. The plant grows 2 to 6 feet tall in light shade to full sun. It grows best in average, well-drained, moist garden soil. This hardy perennial tolerates drought but increases more rapidly in fertile soil. Flowers attract nectar seeking butterflies and birds enjoy the ripe seeds. This is an exceptionally long-blooming flower fo ...
Amazon / Hirts: Perennials; Sun / Lawn & Patio
Price: 9.99 $ | | | Aster alpinus (Alpine Aster) Daisy-shaped flowers, up to 2 inches wide (5 cm), up to 2 inches wide (5 cm), in late spring to early summer. The foliage forms a dark green, dense, ground hugging mat, 6 inches high. Dividing in late summer keeps them compact & excellent looking year after year. ...
Amazon / Hirts: Perennials; Sun / Lawn & Patio
Price: 9.99 $ | | | Aster tongolensis (Wartburg Star) This is an extraordinarily floriferous Aster that is rare in the trade, easy to grow, long lived, very showy, & makes great cut flowers! Arresting violet-blue 2 inch flowers with vivid orange centers bloom freely all summer atop 1 foot stems. The foliage forms a dark green, dense, ground hugging mat, 6 inches high. Dividing in late summer keeps them compact & excellent looking year after year. ...
Amazon / Hirts: Perennials; Sun / Lawn & Patio
Price: 9.99 $ |  | The first dwarf Stokes Aster! Large violet blue flowers emerge over a plant with a short, compact habit combine to a form that doesnt open up (fall apart) with maturity. Blooms in early July with sporadic rebloom. Great for high heat and humidity! ...
Amazon / Hirts: Perennial / Lawn & Patio
Price: 7.99 $ |  | An incredibly suitable name for such a hot plant! This fantastic quilled mum has spoon shaped petals that are golden yellow with fire red tips just like a matchstick. The flowers are nice and full, topping the green foliage from early to mid-fall. In our trials, the plants formed nicely compact, upright clumps that did not require staking. This would be a fantastic plant to use in containers-looks like fireworks in a pot! Chrysanthemums are easy-to-grow plants for the perennial border or contain ...
Amazon / Hirts: Chrysanthemum / Lawn & Patio
Price: 4.99 $ |  | This stunning mixture of blue perennial seeds grows only 12 - 30 tall. The assortment does best in a sunny location. It is hardy in zones 4-9. Start the seed indoors in pots to get a jump on spring. You will get 50 seeds, enough to plant approximately a 10 x 5 perennial bed. This mix contains species and varieties such as Campanula: C. glomerata var. dahurica, C. medium, C. patula; Delphinium: D. grandiflorum Butterfly Compactum; Lavandula: L. angustifolia. L. latifolia; Linum: L. narbonense, L. ...
Amazon / Hirt's / Lawn & Patio
Price: 3.99 $ |
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