Perry's Perennial Pages

For the Industry Professional

The Perennial Plant Association's perennial of the year for 2012 is Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost', Siberian bugloss

The Perennial Plant Association's Perennial Plant of the Year for 2013 is Polygonatum odoratum 'Variegatum'

Please choose from the following list of documents. New documents will become available as they are formatted and developed. Also see Sustainable Perennials Research.

• Book on Perennial Production
• Propagation Table 
• Keep Up to Date, email lists 
• Dates, Meetings, Events 
• Industry Statistics for New England
• Slide show on Hardiness Methods and Factors (Buffalo, NY 2009)
• NEW 3/12 Slide show on Hardiness (Quebec, 2012) (French version courtesy IQDHO)
• Hardiness factors, article  
• Slide show on Perennial trends (pdf file) 
• Slide show on Vegetative Perennials (pdf file) 
• Slide show on Propagation Basics
• Slide show on freezing studies (C. Bruce)
• Slide show on Hardiness and Overwintering
• Slide show on Perennial Container Production
• Vermont Winter Soil Temperatures, 12yrs+
• Math in the Garden and Greenhouse, samples and calculations

• Perennial Container Production--considerations (pdf file) 
• Perennial Container Overwintering and Hardiness  (pdf file) 
• Perennial Container Production--finishing  (pdf file) 
• Perennial Plug Propagation Basics
• Perennial Vegetative Propagation for Growers
• Internet Applications for the Industry
• Herbaceous Perennial Production
• Herbaceous Perennial Research
• Powdery Mildew on Phlox and Monarda
• Perennials for Spring Sales
• Marketing Perennials
• Starting a Greenhouse or Nursery
• Perennials for Cut Flowers
• Postharvest Handling of Field Cut Flowers