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November 12, 2006
Dazed and Confused
Friday, while planting the roses, I looked over at another plant and had to look a second time; it was getting ready to bloom. This plant had been planted in June and had divided quite nicely, but hadn't put any buds out. Apparently, either it likes cold weather or thinks it has already been thru winter (with the couple of weeks of cold weather we had earlier) and it is spring. The plant is a Keys of Heaven - and its brethern, planted in a different area, has not shown the same inclination.
Then today, I noticed the Perennial Bachelor's Button has greened up nicely and is starting to bloom.
I have a feeling that it is going to be a rough winter for some plants!
Posted by Bogie on November 12, 2006 at 04:13 PM in Yard Work | Permalink
Comments
how lovely. and thanks for the education bogie. ive been mistakenly calling the bachelors button cornflower for years! you learn something new everyday.
Posted by: bod at Nov 13, 2006 1:44:33 PM
Actually, you are not incorrect. Although the annual version (Centaurea cyanus) is most commonly called cornflower, the perennial version (Centaurea montana)is also sometimes called perennial cornflower.
To make matters more confusing, the annual can be called annual bachelors button, and Centaurea americana is called basket flower (as the other 2 are at times).
Posted by: bogie at Nov 14, 2006 3:59:00 AM
Do you perform the field trials for all of those plants in your area? You have an amazing array of plants. My bachelors buttons are annual, and re-seed themselves, copiously. I normally think of only the blue bachelors buttons as cornflowers (as in "cornflower blue"); but didn't even know there was a perrenial version, so you can see how little I knew. I always liked the little bed of bachelors buttons that my great-grandparents had.
Posted by: Cop Car at Nov 14, 2006 8:08:32 AM
I wish I performed field trials - I could save a ton of money that way! The companies wouldn't like me as a grower anyway since I have found several plants that just don'e survive even though I am supposed to be in that plant's "zone".
I have such an array of plants because I can't really bring myself to get more than 2 of any one plant. I don't have nice beds of a single type or color - but rather an eclectic collection that rarely has a real focus for one's attention.
Any professional landscaper would call it a nightmare (on a nice day), but it works for us.
Posted by: bogie at Nov 15, 2006 3:47:32 AM
