Perry's Perennial Pages

For the Industry Professional

The Perennial Plant Association's perennial of the year for 2009 is Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'

The Perennial Plant Association's perennial of the year for 2010 is Baptisia australis

The Perennial Plant Association's perennial of the year for 2011 is Amsonia hubrichtii, Ozark bluestars

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 
• Hardiness factors, article  -- New 1/10
• Slide show on Perennial trends (pdf file) -- New 1/10
• 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

All you have to do is send your email address to the list manager Sarah Kingsley-Richards (skingsle@uvm.edu)
Please indicate which email lists are of interest:
__greenhouse,floriculture   ___nursery,landscape   ___garden center,retail
 

Questions? suggestions? New sites? lpperry@zoo.uvm.edu