3/7/2009 1 “Techniques for Growing Outdoor Flowers” By Sharon Morrisey Consumer Horticulture Agent Milwaukee County UW-Extension UW-Extension 15 th “campus” of the UW System Federal, State, County Partnership 4 Program Areas 4 Program Areas Agriculture/ horticulture 4-H/ Youth Development Family Living CNRED Gardening Resources UW-Extension Resources UW-Extension Publications UW-Extension InfoSource UW-Extension Diagnostic Services UW-Extension in the Media UW-Extension Horticulture Website Garden Flowers Define: Annuals Perennials “Bulbs” Others: Tender perennials Hardy annuals Biennials Native plants, wildflowers and weeds Annual Flowers Flowering plant grown for one season plant annually Grown mainly for flowers Flower all season long Majority require full sun Majority are warm-season plants Mostly planted as transplants vs. seeds
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3/7/2009
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“Techniques for Growing Outdoor Flowers”
By Sharon Morrisey
Consumer Horticulture AgentMilwaukee County UW-Extension
UW-Extension15th “campus” of the UW SystemFederal, State, County Partnership4 Program Areas4 Program Areas
Tender perennialsHardy annualsBiennialsNative plants, wildflowers and weeds
Annual FlowersFlowering plant grown for one season
plant annually
Grown mainly for flowersyFlower all season longMajority require full sunMajority are warm-season plantsMostly planted as transplants vs. seeds
3/7/2009
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Herbaceous PerennialsSome part survives from year to yearHas a season of bloom – not all summersummerGrown for flowers and/or foliage or habitProvide multiple seasons of interestPlanted as transplants or divisions“Sleep, Creep then Leap!”
“Bulbs”Perennials which survive via an underground storage organ