Category Archives: Long Blooming Plants

Thalictrum rochebruneanum and Other Fabulous Flower Fireworks

By Ellen Cool | Published: 2012/07/02

Thalictrum rochebruneanum is a Star for the Fourth of July. You can expect Lavender Flowered Fireworks, every year. … Sometimes called ‘Meadow Rue’, or ‘Lavender Mist’, this plant is elegantly vertical. When in bloom, each individual is like a 6’ magic wand, with delicate foliage and perfect lavender sparkles, which fluff out at the top [...]

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Long Blooming Hardy Perennial Plants : Prizewinning Series, May 2012

By Ellen Cool | Published: 2012/05/08

May 2012 Awards A First Prize in the category of Longest Blooming, Hardy Perennial Self – Sowers goes to: Corydalis lutea and to Corydalis lutea alba. …… Easy, long flowering friends can be found among the many perennial choices in the plant world. Among the handsomest of hardy, long blooming plants, these two enthusiastic Corydalines [...]

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Hypertufa and Stone Container Gardens

By Ellen Cool | Published: 2012/03/07

The Smallest Gardens Miniature gardens can be very satisfying elements within the small personal landscapes that many of us inhabit. Hypertufa and stone troughs and pots are very versatile planting containers, remaining in place outdoors through all the seasons, and lasting for many years. After a while, when in touch with the earth’s surface and [...]

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Long Blooming Hardy Plants : Prizewinning Series 2011

By Ellen Cool | Published: 2011/08/24

August Awards A First Prize in the category of Longest Blooming, Best Standing Self Sowers goes to: Linaria purpurea (purple) and to Linaria purpurea Canon J. Went (pink) Linaria purpurea Canon J. Went The pink form of this Linaria is named in honor of Canon J. Went (ecumenical), and was his horticultural ‘goal’ plant. This [...]

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Euphorbia, Beautiful but Sometimes Dangerous

By Ellen Cool | Published: 2011/07/06

EUPHORBIA WARNING!!! BE CAREFUL OF THE SAP !!! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ When you trim ANY Euphorbia variety – and there are many lovely ones among the 2000 or so species in the Genus – Be Careful not to get the latex like sap that bleeds from cut stems onto your hands or face ……and Oh my Goodness, [...]

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Long Blooming, Self Sowing, Comeback Plants

By Ellen Cool | Published: 2011/04/10

Prizewinning Naturalising Plants : Annuals and Perennials .Self Sowing Comeback Plants for Zone 5BIt is a good feeling to have some favorite plants that you know are So Happy in your place that they will be coming back of their own accord, year after year, through generations of new individuals. These are your Naturalisers. Some [...]

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November Nor’easter

By Ellen Cool | Published: 2010/11/14

………………………………………………………………. * The small grove of Maples I pass each late night Today were moon – lit Cross black blue and star white. …………… Nor’easter behind them, Their yellow leaf hands Waved wildly at me, Those last leaves of the stand. ……………… Soon to be fallen, tonight was so dear, “Till next year” we said [...]

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Long Blooming Vines: Loniceras

By Ellen Cool | Published: 2010/10/06

Favorite Long Blooming Vines: Some Prizewinning Honeysuckles If you find a place in each view for one or more kinds of the longest blooming plants, and build your landscape pictures to complement their colors and character, your beds can nearly always be freshly beautiful. These Loniceras are tough and reliable and contribute substantially to a [...]

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Plant Names and Why They Matter

By Ellen Cool | Published: 2010/09/30

“Most of us are bored with gossip and photographs of people we do not know. The beginner feels the same way about plants”[1] … The plant scene becomes more interesting when you understand the cast of characters a bit. To develop relationships with the plant players, you will want to get to know them as [...]

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Propagating your Clematis

By Ellen Cool | Published: 2010/08/02

Certain methods of propagation are so simple that it would be a shame not to use them. If you take a stem or branch of some cherished woody plant, bend it down and bury it a few inches (or more) in the ground adjacent to the parent, you will have a good chance of getting [...]

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Pruning Your Clematis

By Ellen Cool | Published: 2010/08/01

Prune After Flowering. This is the the General rule for all Clematis, as it is for most plant materials. But When After? This is the Question that has the Longer Answer, but the shortcut to remembering easily what to do and not to do is contained in this rhyme : CONCERNING FALL CLEANUP “If it [...]

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The Longest Blooming Clematis of my Acquaintance

By Ellen Cool | Published: 2010/08/01

LONG BLOOMING SMALL FLOWERED CLEMATIS In my experience, the longest blooming Clematis are mostly found among the smaller flowered kinds. Their myriads of small sized flowers combine to make as exciting a show as any of the large flowered Clematis can offer. I find that their stems and foliage also last more nicely and [...]

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Clematis Clues

By Ellen Cool | Published: 2010/07/30

Clematis Vines Training and Pruning

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Category Archives: Long Blooming Plants

Thalictrum rochebruneanum and Other Fabulous Flower Fireworks

Hypertufa and Stone Container Gardens

Euphorbia, Beautiful but Sometimes Dangerous

November Nor’easter

Propagating your Clematis

The Longest Blooming Clematis of my Acquaintance

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