Hosta Empress Wu

Hosta Empress Wu

Hosta Sieboldiana Hybrid Empress wuthe largest hosta of the world!!!! Our readers might remember that in my in introductory of the Hosta article of the November issue, I wrote the following: ‘Hostas are one of the most popular perennials sold all over the globe. These...
Ligularia

Ligularia

Synonym: Senecio Common names: Golden Groundsel ;Golden Ray; Leopard Plant; Ragwort Ligulariabelongs to the family of Asteracea. The name Ligularia can be traced back to the Latin name ligüla, a diminutive of lingüa which means tongue. It alludes to the fact that the...
Paeonia

Paeonia

Top 10 reasons why paeonia does not flower 1, They are planted too shallow or too deep. 2, They are getting too much nitrogen. 3, They are over or undernourished. Peonies thrive with little care and limited amounts of fertilizer. 4, The buds were killed at late frost,...
Papaver

Papaver

FIELD POPPY;COCKROSE; PERENNIAL POPPY Papaver belongs to the Papaveracea family. This plant family includes200 varieties, classified in 26 genera of which Papaver accounts 100 varieties. Papaver is native in most of the mild areas of Europe and Asia, but also in...
Pennisetum

Pennisetum

Common name:Fountain Grass New in Pennisetum:Pennisetum setaceum Fireworks Pennisetum setaceum is a grass-like graminaceous perennial. Pennisetum setaceum is the most important bedding grass in the USA, extremely popular because of its colour range. Pennisetum derives...
Peonies

Peonies

How an impossible dream came true Welcome to the Wonderful world of Intersectional Peonies, the peonies of the New Millennium. Nickname or common name: Itoh Hybrids. The introductory of my previous article about New Introductions of Herbaceous Peonies was as follows:...