Passionate about perennials

Passionate about PerennialsGriff Sprout

Owner Sprouts Greenhouse

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Lets talk about Passion

Our hearts desire

What we love

Creates a sense of excitement

A longing for and want desperately

A time and a season

Willing to put effort and work for desired results when we have it

Nothing will fullfill that like growing a perennial garden.

What is a perennial?

Plants come back year after year and give and give beauty without any effort and give a lifetime of beauty and enjoyment with no work, magically choking out all weeds and flowering from spring to fall, and if we are lucky even in winter.(Ha Ha)

If you want less effort grow annuals

If you want more enjoyment grow perennial

If you want to learn to love plants and become a passionate person watching perennial will give you a world of enjoyment!!!!!!

Lets talk basic-Soil

Soil

Needs to have organic material in it but does not need amended like annual bed.

Best suggestion is light amendments in the beginning with something like soil pep. Heavy clay soils are the hardest to deal with.

Best advice is work with what you got

Fertilizer

Don’t go crazy!!

They are deep rooted and are going to get most of what they need out of the soil.

My favorite is bone meal!!! Naturally a time release fertilizer

Some perennial sometimes need iron supplimentation

Never granular fertilizers-liquid, liquid liquid……………

When to plant?

Whenever you can

Spring/fall best, but can be done anytime

Fall naturally best time to divide

WATERING

Deeper less often

What does that mean?

It is all about you soil and what kind of plants that you are planting.

Now lets get to it!

Tried and true

Hot sun lovers

Part sun lovers

Shade lovers

I have not seen you before?

Griff’s favorites

What zone am I?

A zone is a generalized statement about a plant saying how harsh of a climate it can withstand. Range from 2-10. We are around 2-4, sometimes five.

You quite possibly might be about 3

Zoning is not an exact science

Recognizing plants in area that you are at is biggest clue to a plants hardiness

TRIED AND TRUE

Columbine Daylily

German Iris Double Hollyhock

Silver Mound Aster

HOT SUN LOVERS Bee Balm

Rudbeckia Purple Coneflower

Dianthus Gaillardia

Hen and Chick Penstimon

Oriental Poppies Russian Sage

Salvia Sedum

Shasta Daisy Yarrow

PART SUN LOVERS Basket of gold allysum

Campanula Jacob’s Ladder

Lupine Speedwells

SHADE LOVERS BLEEDING HEART

CORAL BELLS LAMIUM

HOSTA

GRASS

KARL FORESTER BLUE OAT GRASS

I HAVE NOT SEEN THIS BEFORESILVER SPIKE GRASSAchnatherum calamagrostis

KANNAH CREEK BUCKWHEATEriogonum umbellatum v. aureum'Psdowns'

BLONDE AMBITIONBouteloua ‘Blonde Ambition’

JOE PYE WEEDEupatorium purpureum 'Gateway'

GRIFF’S FAVORITESZauschneria garretti ‘Orange Carpet’

Nepeta x faassenii ‘Walkers Low’

Echinacea ‘Sombrero Salsa Red’

Dianthus Ideal series

Euphorbia polychroma ‘Bonfire’

Castilleja integra

Geranium Johnsons Blue

Trollius 'Golden Queen’

Festuca valesiacaglaucantha

Echinops ritro

Stachys byzantinalanata

Asiatic Lilies

WhestcountryLupines next year

LUPINUS Westcountry ‘Tequila Flame’

Introducing our premium line of Westcountry Lupines.

Great news! We are excited to introduce a new series of incredible lupine from W estcountry breeding in the UK. These are disease-free tissue culture varieties that create a spectacular show of spikes...in magni fi cent colors never dreamed of until now. We recommend planting our 72-cell liners into fi nished containers in the late fall and vernalize over the winter . Vernalization is the key to larger blooms (and more of them) in the spring. W e’ll send a culture sheet with every order to ensure success. The quantities are limited this year , so please contact your growers and get their order into us as soon as possible.

As a valued customer and experienced grower , we feel you should have the fi rst opportunity to grow these specimen plants. We’ve brought in the two purple/violet varieties in greatest numbers as they are truly new and dif ferent than any lupine we’ve ever seen. Because the fl ower spikes are so large and impressive we suggest using these in mixed pots or as focal points in the garden. They’re more expensive then normal lupines so you will need to give them the featured space their color display demands. W e know this series will create a buzz at any retail store; the color palette and fl ower power of this series is unlike any other perennial on the market!

In addition to the lupine we suggest you seriously look at selling perennial geraniums (such as Geranium ‘Rozanne’) in the fall. These geraniums will have the best show of color when vernalized over the winter in their fi nal pot. Other perennials that should be on your overwintering list are: Aquilegia, Armeria maritima, Aubrieta, Coreopsis, Dianthus, Doronicum, Iberis, Lithodora, Phlox paniculata and Phlox subulata. All of these need bulking to give a good display of color that will fully cover the pot the following spring. Aquilegia also must be past a juvenile stage to fl ower properly. Ordering today will insure you have the best plants possible for your retail and wholesale customers. W e will have vernalized 2 ½” pots of many of these varieties available for spring sales as well, but we urge you to plant in the fall for best results, particularly for gallon or larger pots. We are looking forward to another great season working with you! Please contact your favorite broker salesperson or call us today , and we’ll get you set up with the new Westcountry Lupines and other perennials to start this fall.

LUPINUS Westcountry ‘Terracotta’ LUPINUS Westcountry ‘Gladiator ’LUPINUS Westcountry ‘Desert Sun’

LUPINUS Westcountry ‘Beefeater ’ LUPINUS Westcountry ‘Manhattan Lights’ LUPINUS Westcountry ‘Towering Inferno’

LUPINUS Westcountry ‘Red Rum’

LUPINUS Westcountry ‘Masterpiece’

72-cell Tray • 32-cell trayWestcountry ‘Beefeater ’ Westcountry ‘Red Rum’Westcountry ‘Desert Sun’ Westcountry ‘Tequila Flame’Westcountry ‘Gladiator ’ Westcountry ‘Terracotta’

Westcountry ‘Masterpiece’ Westcountry ‘Towering Inferno’

Westcountry ‘Manhattan Lights’

Westcountry Lupine Varieties

great news for perennial growers!

Salvia nemorosa‘Plumosa’-My all time favorite