What's Coming Up 38: Divide Perennials, choose a kousa, beware treated lumber

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Achillea, yarrow
            dividing WU38 Pg 5
Anemone x hybrida
, Japanese anemone
            dividing WU38 Pg 5
Aquilegia
, columbine
            dividing WU38 Pg 5
Asclepias
, butterfly weed
            dividing WU38 Pg 5
Astilbe

            dividing WU38 Pg 5
baby's breath, See Gypsophila
balloon flower, See Platycodon
blanket flower, See Gaillardia
bulbs
            dividing WU38 Pg 9
buttercup, swamp buttercup, See Ranunculus acris
butterfly weed, See Asclepias
Camassia

           dividing WU38 Pg 9
Colchicum autumnale
WU38 Pg 9
columbine, See Aquilegia
Cornus

            Cornus florida flowering dogwood WU38 Pg 2
            Cornus kousa, Chinese/Korean dogwood WU38 Pg 1-2
crocus, fall, See Colchicum autumnale
design
            four-season plants WU38 Pg 1
Dianthus
, pinks
            dividing WU38 Pg 5
dividing
            frequency WU38 Pg 8-9
            guidelines WU38 Pg 7
            perennials WU38 Pg 3-7
            root type as guide for dividing WU38 Pg 5
Euphorbia

            Euphorbia myrsinites myrtle euphorbia
                        transplanting WU38 Pg 9
fern
            ostrich, See Matteucia
flowers
            suppressed by shade WU38 Pg 1
Forsythia

            propagation by layering WU38 Pg 5
Gaillardia
, blanket flower
            dividing WU38 Pg 5
gardener's health
            life-extending work WU38 Pg 9
Geranium
, cranesbill
            dividing WU38 Pg 3-4
gooseneck, See Lysimachia
groundcover
            Aegopodium
                        dividing WU38 Pg 5
            Ceratostigma plumbaginoides, plumbago
                       dividing WU38 Pg 5
Gypsophila paniculata
, baby's breath
            dividing WU38 Pg 5
Hemerocallis
, daylily
            dividing WU38 Pg 5
herbs
            mint WU38 Pg 5
Hosta

            dividing WU38 Pg 5
Hydrangea

           transplanting WU38 Pg 2
Juniperus

           transplanting WU38 Pg 2
Lamium

            dividing WU38 Pg 5
Lavandula
, lavender
            dividing WU38 Pg 3-4, 5
Leucanthemum
, daisy
            dividing WU38 Pg 5
Limonium latifolium
, sea lavender
            dividing WU38 Pg 5
lumber
            rot resistant cedar, Juniperus WU38 Pg 7-8
           rot resistant cedar, Thuja WU38 Pg 7-8
            treated WU38 Pg 7-8
Lysimachia clethroides
, gooseneck
            dividing WU38 Pg 5
Matteucia
ostrich fern
            dividing WU38 Pg 5
Monarda
, bee balm
            dividing WU38 Pg 5-6
myrtle euphorbia, See Euphorbia
Narcissus

            dividing WU38 Pg 9
ninebark, See Physocarpus
Physocarpus ninebark
            transplanting  WU38 Pg 2
Paeonia
            dividing WU38 Pg 5
pasqueflower, See Pulsatilla vulgaris
perennials
            dividing WU38 Pg 3-7
                        frequency WU38 Pg 6, 8-9
            root type as guide for dividing WU38 Pg 5
Phlox
, creeping phlox
            dividing WU38 Pg 5
Platycodon
, balloon flower
            dividing WU38 Pg 5
pollution
            treated lumber as source WU38 Pg 7-8
propagation WU38 Pg 7
            layeringWU38 Pg 3, 5
            offsets WU38 Pg 4, 5
            rhizomes WU38 Pg 5
            running roots WU38 Pg 5
            tap roots WU38 Pg 5
Pulsatilla vulgaris
, windflower
            dividing WU38 Pg 5
quotes
            plants... behave like new furniture
            working like this for my life... WU38 Pg 9
raised bed
            wood used as retainer WU38 Pg 7-8
Ranunculus acris
, swamp buttercup
            dividing WU38 Pg 9
roots
            indicate coming year's spread dividing WU38 Pg 6
            type of root as guide to dividing WU38 Pg 5
Rosa

           transplanting WU38 Pg 2
Sedum

            dividing WU38 Pg 5, 9
shade
            affects flowering of shade tolerant species WU38 Pg 1
            importance of moderated temperature WU38 Pg 2
shrubs
            Clethra alnifolia WU38 Pg 5
            layering to propagate WU38 Pg 3-4
spurge, donkey tail, SeeEuphorbia myrsinites
sweetshrub, SeeClethra
temperature
            affect on tulip stems WU38 Pg 8-9
            moderated temperature in woods WU38 Pg 2
toadlily, See Tricyrtis
transplanting
            timing WU38 Pg 2
Tricyrtis
, toadlily
            dividing WU38 Pg 5
Tulipa

            stems unusually short WU38 Pg 8-9
vegetables
            cool season crops WU38 Pg 9
            raised bed WU38 Pg 7-8
watering
            watering levee, watering ring WU38 Pg 2
weeds
            biennial weed eradication WU38 Pg 8
            garlic mustard WU38 Pg 8

windflower, See Pulsatilla vulgaris
wood, treated lumber WU38 Pg 7-8

 

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