Perry's Perennial Pages

Articles relating to flowers, perennials
Appropriate for Anytime

The following articles are largely taken from Green Mountain Gardener news columns issued in the past from the University of Vermont, and include those on perennials and related flower topics. Author names are listed for contact purposes, as a few of the articles have been adapted from other sources. Articles may be listed under more than one topic. Other flower topics are listed by season.
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The How and Why of Flower Color

Garden Flower Botany Primer-- classification

Garden Flower Botany Primer--roots, shoots, flowers

Garden Flower Botany Primer--leaves

Garden Photography for All Seasons

Photographing Flowers--Some Useful Tips

Photographing Flowers--the Basics

The Language of Leaves

Flower Word Power

How Flowers Get Their Names

Where do Your Plants Come From?

Understanding Plant Names

Fragrance in Flowers

A Garden Worth Ten Scents (flower scents)

What is Peat?

Kindergardening

Design

Designing a Garden

Garden Design to Reduce Stress

Drive-by Gardens

Creating a Monochrome Garden

Garden Styles and Design

World Garden Styles

Hiring a Landscape Professional

Landscaping with Ornamental Grasses

The How and Why of Flower Color

Singing the Blues (blue flowers and beds)

Designing an English Garden

Exterior Color Decorating

Color Me Purple

Developing a Landscape Plan

Landscaping with Family Needs in Mind

Fitting Ornamentals into Your Landscape

Sounds or Silence?(using sound in the garden)

Does your garden make Scents? (using fragrance in the garden)
 

Garden History, stories
Legends of the Chrysanthemum

Origins of the Dutch Bulb Industry

Famous Botanists and Horticulturists, from A to C

Famous Persons of Horticulture D-F

Famous Persons of Horticulture G-I

Famous Persons in Horticulture J-K

Famous Persons of Horticulture, L

Famous Persons of Horticulture, M-O

Famous Persons of Horticulture, P

Famous Persons of Horticulture, R

Famous Persons of Horticulture, S

Famous Persons of Horticulture, T-W

Profile of an American Gardener

Plant Lore: The African Violet and Impatiens

Grandmother's Garden

Women of Horticulture

Famous American Landscape Designers

Landscape Designers of England and Europe

Of Historical Interest--Perennials and Gardens

Famous British Plant Explorers

Horticulturists of Note--Frederick Law Olmstead

Lesser Known Botanists and Horticulturists
 

Indoor Gardening

Gardens in Glass

Houseplants need Humidity

Indoor Water Gardens

For Now and Ever After (everlastings)

Add Hours to Your Flowers

Growing Ferns Successfully Indoors

Let's Party--A 12-month Primer of Party Flowers

Creating Indoor Topiaries

Man-eating Plants? (carnivorous, insectivorous)

To Repot or Not

Watering Houseplants

What Causes Houseplant Leaf Drop?
 

Indoor Plants
Easter Lilies

African Violets: Seven Steps to Success

Naked Ladies Among Your Houseplants? (amaryllis)

Choosing Orchids to Grow in the Home

Growing Orchids Indoors

Chinese Evergreens

The Thanksgiving Cactus

The Best Succulents for Houseplants

Low Light Houseplants

Your African Violet

The Norfolk Island Pine

Care of Peperomias

Plants of the Zodiac

Consider Cyclamens

Amaryllis as an Alternative
 

Outdoor Gardening

The "Bee"-friendly Garden

Safety in the Garden

Pruning Evergreens in the Landscape

Planting Trees Correctly

Weather for Gardeners

Choosing Deer Resistant Landscape Plants

Microclimates: What do they mean to you?

Rain Gardens for the North

Phosphorus and Lawns

Creative Container Combinations

Pruning Lilacs Properly

Grow Healthy Lawns with Less Nitrogen

Garden Cover Crops

Creating Attractive Butterfly Habitats

Kid-friendly Landscapes with Grown Up Appeal

Garden Stretches

Healthy Gardening

So You Want to Grow Perennials

New On-line Herbaceous Garden Plants Course

Responsible Gardening (natives, invasives)

Water Gardening

Accessible Gardening for the Physically Challenged

Low-maintenance Gardening

Sounds or Silence?(using sound in the garden)

Developing a Landscape Plan

Landscaping with Family Needs in Mind

Fitting Ornamentals into Your Landscape

The ABCs of Pruning

Dogs and Deer Fences (controlling deer in gardens with fences, dogs)

Oh Deer! (Controlling deer in gardens)

Deer Resistant Perennials

The Buzz on Bees (bees and gardening, attracting them)

Garden Railways

Planting a Windbreak

Gardening on the Rocks

What is Peat?
 

Outdoor Plants

Perennials for Shade

Alternatives to Buckthorn

Alternatives to the Norway Maple

Lady in Black

Alternatives to the Bush Honeysuckle

Salt Tolerant Perennials

Alternatives to the Burning Bush

Cool Catmints

Meadow Rues

Peonies

Versatile Violas

White Oaks for the North

Red Oaks for the North

Stately Oaks

Fabulous Firs

Growing Fall Asters

Growing Daylilies

Dazzling Daylilies

Bluestars

The 2006 Perennial Plant of the Year (dianthus)

Columbines

Colorful Annual Climbers

Alternatives for Invasive Plants

Hardy Orchids

Black Plants for Green Thumbs

Lady's Mantle: A Useful Perennial

The How-to of Hostas

Beautiful Barrenworts

Hardy Perennials for 2005

The Lovely Lenten Rose

Ten Top Hostas

Native Shrubs for Dry Sites

Consider the Coralbells

Native Shrubs for wet sites

Perennials to Consider

Canadian Explorer Roses

Year of the Dianthus

Japanese Painted Fern

The New Coleus

Winterberry, Our Native Holly

Delightful Dahlias

Nasturtium: A Favorite Old-fashioned Flower

The Versatile Clematis

Growing Roses in Vermont

Perennial Sages

Perennial Plant Feature--Ladybells (Adenophora)

Perennial Plant Feature--Lady's Mantle (Alchemilla)

Perennial Plant Feature--Blue Stars (Amsonia)

Perennial Plant Feature--Sea Pinks (Armeria)

Perennial Plant Feature--Goat's Beard (Aruncus)

Perennial Plant Feature--Wild Ginger (Asarum)

The Year of the Zinnia

Peonies

Landscaping with Vines

Plants for Water Gardens

Selecting Flowering Crabapples
 

Pests and Problems

Avoid Lyme Disease While Gardening

Alternatives to Japanese Barberry

Woodchucks in the Garden

Chipmunks in the Garden

Useful Facts about Insecticides

A Feast of Weeds

Common Flower Diseases

Common Vegetable Diseases

Viburnum Leaf Beetle

Deer-scaping

Effective Deer Fences

Deer Deterrents--Taste and Touch

Deer Deterrents--Sight and Sound

Deer Deterrents--Scents

Choosing Deer Resistant Landscape Plants

Deer Control Strategies

Moles and Voles

What Weeds Can Tell You

The Other Side of Weeds

Avoiding and Controlling Rose Diseases

What Causes Houseplant Leaf Drop?

Why Plants Fail to Flower and Fruit

Dogs and Deer Fences (controlling deer in gardens with fences, dogs)

Oh Deer! (Controlling deer in gardens)

Deer Resistant Perennials
 

Trends, Health, Lifestyles and Hot Topics

The Social Value of Landscaping

Recycling in the Garden

A Billion Trees

Plants at Work, Indoors

Digital Garden Photography-- Equipment

Fuel-efficient Lawns and Landscapes

Coping with Heat in the Garden

Alternatives for Invasive Plants

Rain Gardens for the North

Five Reasons to Garden

Garden Trends in 2004

Choosing Perennials, Ecologically

Let the Buyer Beware

The Therapy of Gardens

Decorating Your Garden

Improve your Love Life with Flowers

Vermont Community Botanic Garden

Wedding Flowers

Door Decor

Does your garden make Scents? (using fragrance in the garden)

Garden Railways

Oh Deer! (Controlling deer in gardens)

Invasive Exotic Plants

Horticultural Health

Plants of the Zodiac

For suggestions of articles, comments or corrections contact leonard.perry@uvm.edu. Appreciation is expressed to Lisa Halvorsen for editorial assistance. Distribution of these news releases is made possible by New England Grows-- a conference providing education for industry professionals and support for Extension's outreach efforts in ornamental horticulture.

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