Greenscape Gardens Green Blog

THE OLD SIGN PHILOSOPHER, THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY!

GARDENING IS CONTAGIOUS!

EVER STOP TO THINK......AND FORGOT TO START AGAIN

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The Missouri Department of Agriculture will survey the state for emerald ash borer. "Right now our staff is working hard to educate the nursery industry, tree care specialists, arborists and professional foresters about what to be on the lookout for," said Mike Brown, MDA state entomologist. The state's ash trees are vulnerable to the pest, and state officials want to be prepared should it enter the state. Brown said Missouri nursery growers must know where their trees are coming from.

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PERENNIALS ENDURING LIGHT SHADE

Althaea rosea (Hollyhock)
Anchusa italica (Bugloss)
Aquilegia hybrids (Columbine)
Campanula rotundifolia (Harebell)
Chelone Lyoni (Pink Turtle+head)
Cimicifuga racemosa (Cohosh Bugbane)
Doronicum plantagineum (Leopard's-bane)
Linaria (Toadflax)
Monarda didyma (Bee-balm)
Paeonia (Peony)
Physostegia (False Dragonhead)
Polemonium (Valerian)
Pulmonaria saccharata (Bethlehem Lungwort)
Pyrethrum (Chrys. coccineum) (Pink Daisy)
Saxifraga (Saxifrage)
Silene pennsylvanica (Peatpink)