Re: [gardeners] Perennials for the south
Harry Boswell (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Thu, 10 Sep 1998 21:09:08 -0500
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> From: Michael & Bambi Cantrell <cantrell@onslowonline.net>
> To: gardeners@globalgarden.com
> Subject: Re: [gardeners] Perennials for the south
> Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 8:13 PM
>
> Hi Matt,
>
> Park Seeds is from SC and Plant Delights is from NC, although they
> carry more unusual stuff and are more expensive for that. Southern
> Perennials and Herbs (I think that's the name) is from Miss. so they
> would be good in the South too.
>
Southern Perennials and Herbs can be reached via the web at
http:// www.s-p-h.com
or go to my website http://www2.netdoor.com/~hboswell, take the Garden
Links
and take the link there.
They seem to be really nice folks, from my e-correspondence with them.
Park Seed is a great source for seeds, and tho I've never ordered plants
from
them, I would expect their plants to be very good, also. For daylilies,
try
Gilbert H. Wild, in Sarcoxie, Mo.
An often-overlooked perennial is spiderwort, with tall, grayish-green
leaves
and small, brilliant-blue flowers that open early and late, and on cloudy
days.
Often found in roadside ditches, but I like it with daylilies and
rudbeckia.
For light shade to part sun, you can use Stokesia (Stokes Aster), which has
powdery blue blossoms in late May - early June (Zone 8 - Mississippi).
It's one of those "what flower is that" flowers. My favorite
chrysanthemum/
dendrathemum is Clara Curtis aka Country Girl. tall, with lavendar
daisy-like
blossoms in mid-fall.
Enough for now...
Harry