Perennial Of The Day

Solidago canadensis

Common Goldenrod

Type Perennial

Hardy range 5A to 10A

Height 18" to 4' / 45cm to 1.20m

Spread 24" to 30" / 60cm to 75cm

Growth rate Average

Form Upright or erect

Exposure Partial shade or partial sun to full sun

Persistence Deciduous

Bloom Color Yellow

Bloom Time Summer and Fall

The flowers are suitable for cut flowers and suitable for dried flowers.

Environment This plant tolerates drought. This plant will grow in dry to moist soil. Suitable soil is well-drained/loamy or sandy. The pH preference is a neutral soil.

Leaf Color Green

This plant has attractive foliage.

Culture Notes To propagate, divide the clumps in the spring and allow the seeds to fall after flowering in the summer and self sow. Can tolerate shade if soil is well-drained. This species of this plant is considered a weed because it naturalizes so easily. Often confused with ragweed.

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Perennial Vine Of The Day

Clematis terniflora syn. Clematis maximowicziana

Fall Clematis, Sweet Autumn Clematis

Type Perennial, vine

Hardy range 5B to 9A

Height 12' to 15' / 3.60m to 4.60m

Spread 6' to 8' / 1.80m to 2.40m

Growth rate Fast

Form Upright or erect

Exposure Partial shade or partial sun to full sun

Persistence Deciduous and evergreen

Bloom Color White

Bloom Time Fall

Environment

This plant tolerates some drought. This plant will grow in moist soil. Suitable soil is well-drained/loamy, sandy or clay. The pH preference is an acidic to slightly alkaline (less than 6.8 to 7.7) soil.

Leaf Color Green

Fall Color Copper and purple

This plant has attractive foliage and attractive fall colors.

The flowers are fragrant and showy.

Culture Notes

This is an easy to grow, late blooming Clematis. In mild winters, foliage will not drop until late winter. Seed can be sown in spring and stem cuttings can be taken in summer.

When using a trellis, apply compost and cow manure to the base of this plant in early spring. Also use a soluble or 15-30-15 every two weeks from May through July.

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Southern White Cedar, Evergreen Shrub, woody plant

Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Heatherbun'

White Cypress, Atlantic White Cedar, Coast White Cedar, Southern White Cedar

Type Shrub, woody plant

Hardy range 4A to 9A
Height 36" to 4' / 90cm to 1.20m
Spread 24" to 36" / 60cm to 90cm
Growth rate Average
Form Rounded
Exposure Partial shade or partial sun to full sun
Persistence Evergreen

Bloom Time Spring

Perennial Of The Day

Sedum 'Frosty Morn'

Sedum, Live Forever, Rose Carpet, Showy Stonecrop Sedum, Stonecrop

Type Perennial, succulent

Hardy range 4A to 9A

Height 18" to 30" / 45cm to 75cm

Spread 18" to 30" / 45cm to 75cm

Growth rate Average

Form Rounded and upright or erect

Exposure Partial shade or partial sun to full sun

Persistence Deciduous

Bloom Color Pink and white

Bloom Time Summer and Fall

Environment This plant tolerates drought. This plant will grow in dry to moist soil. Suitable soil is well-drained/loamy or sandy. The pH preference is a neutral soil.

Leaf Color Green and silvery

This plant has attractive foliage.

The flowers are suitable for dried flowers.

Culture Notes Rose-pink flowers turn a deep red and then to bronze as the plant ages. This Sedum is one of the most hardy perennials and will bloom until frost. The clump can be dug and divided in the spring and cuttings can be rooted in the summer. Even in the winter the dried flower clusters are ornamental.

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Beechwood Landscape Pool Of The Day

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