Posted by admin | Posted in Plants | Posted on 28-02-2006
Tags: flowers, garden, Gardening, groundcover, perennial
Gardeners grow two types of plants basically, annuals and perennials. The annual plant grows from a seed, flowering follows and the mother plant dies after of the new crop of seed has matured. The perennial plant does not have a life that is limited to one year, unless it is grown outside the area. For example, the tulip bulb is a plant perennial that grows in the Netherlands, but in much of the United States, the decline in tulip bulbs and not flower again in many States, so the tulips are planted thereafter as an annual-not to return next year. The environmental factors of heat and humidity limit the planting and growing of tulip bulbs in most parts of the United States as a perennial.
Elephant ear bulbs can be grown as a perennial in warmer climates, where elephant ear bulbs grows in size each year to form large groups. Elephant ear bulbs when planted in the northern states like New York will not survive outside temperatures of snow and ice and must be grown as annuals bulbs unless the elephant ear is dug up and stored indoors.
Of these perennial bulb examples, one can show the importance of temperature are factors in the survival of the plant. Other environmental factors are important, as the intensity of the light. Cassava plants and agave plants growing in hot, dry, sunny conditions, and although these plants are grown in low light, the descent, which eventually results in death of the plant.
Desert plants such as agave plants, yucca plants, and aloe plants can survive in the dry sands of the desert heat, drought, and intense sunlight that other plants could not tolerate. The yucca, agave and aloe plants could not survive tropical jungle shade and moisture.
Ferns are very adaptable to almost any environment imaginable, from rocky heights in the Arctic, such as mountain tops, the heavy shade of tropical forests, ferns thrive. As a nursery plant, ferns are grown as bedding plants in sun or shade or indoor potted plants like maidenhair ferns delicate lace peruvianium Adiantum, and the foxtail fern, asparagus meyerii.
Groundcover perennial plants are important for controlling erosion and reducing soil evaporation. Some plants form vegetative cover and other groups, like ivy, form vines that can grow up quickly to cover bare spots or cover walls and buildings. Ivy grows rampantly once established and is popular for use in pots and hanging baskets. Iron plant, Aspidistra lurida, grows well as a plant shade and some forms aspidistra are covered with white spots on the leaves of green wax, while others are varied with white stripes, Aspidistra elatior 'Variegata'. Palm grass, Curculigo Capitulate grows very well as a shade plant near pools. Dwarf mondo grass, Ophiopogon japonicus nana, is an excellent cover of liriope aggressive type that leaves no room for weeds and grows green and white landscape of contrasts. The reptiles fig vine, Ficus repens, rapidly covers walls and can cover areas of land they are sterile. Ficus repens, the figure of a vine, can be sent quickly to outbreaks of leaves that grow a foot a week. Liriope perennial vegetation cover are among the most popularly grown because they are colored, dense, ever cleaner and grow in many sizes. The most popular cultivars are Big Liriope Liriope Muscari 'Blue,' Liriope muscari 'Royal Purple;' Liriope muscari 'Super Green Giant, and Liriope Muscari Variegata "."
Flowering evergreen hydrangea Bush are plants native to the United States, and many varieties of hydrangeas have developed new in bright colors of red, blue, white, purple and pink. Hydrangea lose their leaves during winter, but spring to life in spring, covered in flowers.
Flowering vine perennials are grown to cover fences, trellises, and walls, some with evergreen foliage, others with flowers with a bonus of many colors, including red, coral, blue, purple, pink, white and yellow. Jasmine Carolina, Gelsemium sempervirens, covers the entire vine with yellow flowers that are fragrant and fast growing. Confederate Jasmine, Trachelospemum jasminoides, flowers with yellow flowers or white, perfumed like other sweet jasmine vine perennials. Bleeding heart vine, Clerodendron thomsoniae, flowers bright red, heart-shaped blooms and climbs as a vine rapidly for privacy screens. Coral vines, leptopus Antigonon, are famous in southern heart-shaped leaves and delicate fragile clusters flowers pink or white. Coral vines are known locally in Florida as the Tallahassee vine.
The Butterfly Bush is sweetly scented and easy to grow as an evergreen shrub or hedge. A swarm of butterflies in the summer and autumn flowers that are resilient and can easily become established underneath pine trees in the bush, some are documented to have persisted for over 40 years in one place. Important butterfly bushes flower flowers red, pink, purple, white and yellow. The important cultivars grown are lindeyana Buddleia, Bonnie Buddleia davidii ',' Pink Buddleia davidii 'Delight', and Profusion Budlleia davidii 'White'.
Ornamental grasses have secured an important place in the landscape garden. As a bedding plant, ornamental grasses, such as black fountain grass, papyrus Egyptian, lemon grass, Pink Muhly grass, Red fountain grass, Umbrella grass, Tricolor society garlic, North Sea oats, Pampas grass, Cortaderia selloana, and grasses Japanese have found valuable placement in office building landscapes.
Angel trumpet plants (Datura) are very suitable for growing in warm climates. The flowers of trumpet flowers open as fragrant one foot, falls as the day progresses. Flowers of many datura, angel trumpet plants, cover the shrub all summer and autumn in a blaze of color: red, pink, white, yellow, orange, violet, etc. datura (angel trumpet) plants are hybridized easily in many attractive interesting color combinations, known technically as "Candida x 'Brugmansia'."
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