{"id":3474,"date":"2012-08-03T12:00:50","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T16:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=3474"},"modified":"2012-08-03T11:47:01","modified_gmt":"2012-08-03T15:47:01","slug":"the-boys-or-girls-of-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2012\/08\/03\/the-boys-or-girls-of-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Boys Or Girls of Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shasta Daisy, Purple Coneflower, Black-eyed Susan<\/p><\/div>\n

Gardeners are looking for simple plant combinations and this photo,\u00a0shot at Kingwood Center in Mansfield, Ohio, shows three\u00a0easy to grow\u00a0perennials, “no-brainers” as some\u00a0might call them. Originally, all\u00a0three plants\u00a0emigrated from the prairie\u00a0where each coped with\u00a0hot summers\u00a0without much rainfall.<\/p>\n

In the hands of modern plant breeders,\u00a0each perennial has been greatly improved.\u00a0All are disease and pest resistant. Some cultivars are fairly new, others are old-timers,\u00a0and all are reliable:<\/p>\n

‘Goldsturm’ or ”Little Goldstar’\u00a0black eyed Susan\u00a0(Rudbeckia fulgida<\/em>)<\/p>\n

‘Becky’ or ‘Amelia’\u00a0Shasta daisy (Leucanthemum superbum<\/em>)<\/p>\n

‘Kim’s Knee High’, ‘Magnus’ or ‘Pow Wow Wild Berry’\u00a0coneflower (Echinacea purpurea<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Buy from local greenhouse growers\u00a0or garden centers where you live.\u00a0\u00a0You may also order from reliable plant dealers on-line. All perennials should be purchased as vegetative cuttings and\u00a0from “true to type” seed sources.<\/p>\n

Prepare the planting bed in late winter.\u00a0 All perennials listed above grow in average garden soil, although\u00a0they do benefit from generous additions of compost. Fertilize (10-10-10 or equivalent @2 lbs. per 100 square feet of garden bed) after planting the perennials. In addition, spread Preen\u00ae weed preventer over the bed after planting and\u00a0irrigate\u00a0after\u00a0all chores\u00a0are finished. Water\u00a0your new\u00a0perennial bed as needed through long dry spells during the\u00a0first 6 weeks. Usually these tough prairie plants\u00a0should handle the\u00a0summer weather conditions ahead.<\/p>\n

By mid-autumn after frost, cut (mow) the bed\u00a0to prevent the distribution of perennial seeds. Rake up the plant debris and apply a\u00a0fall application of Preen\u00ae to prevent germination of winter annual weeds.<\/p>\n

Over the next 3-4 summers your new perennial bed should look glorious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gardeners are looking for simple plant combinations and this photo,\u00a0shot at Kingwood Center in Mansfield, Ohio, shows three\u00a0easy to grow\u00a0perennials, “no-brainers” as some\u00a0might call them. Originally, all\u00a0three plants\u00a0emigrated from the prairie\u00a0where each coped with\u00a0hot summers\u00a0without much rainfall. In the hands of modern plant breeders,\u00a0each perennial has been greatly improved.\u00a0All are disease and pest resistant. Some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,398,911,768,645,806,665,602,774,202,843,912,630,706,904],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3474"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3474"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3481,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3474\/revisions\/3481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}