Dana, Bonnie, and Becky attended a recent continuing education seminar entitled “Perennials for Local Landscapes.” Five speakers dished out the good, the bad, and the ugly regarding mostly new perennial varieties for our area.
Plants we will use more of: bush-form Clematis, Blue Heaven Little Bluestem, and the Twilight series Baptisias. Plants to abandon: sorry, but most of the new Echinacea (Coneflower) varieties. While the names may be appealing (Sunrise, Harvest Moon, Razzamatazz, Green Envy, etc), their performance is not.
