Must Have Plants for the Garden

1
Must Have Plants for the Garden

• Dennis Patton
• Johnson County K-State Research and Extension

2
Extension

• Research- based information
• Non-biased
• How to Utilize
• Call
• Walk-in
• Web
• E-mail

3
Gardening Hotline

• [phone]
• garden.help_at_jocogov.org
• Extension Master Gardener volunteers
• Extending Extensions reach into the community
• Hotline, demonstration gardens, youth education,
  speakers bureau, garden tour

4
Why These Plants

• Durable with little care
• Multiple season of interest
• Range of shape, size, color, location
• Its my list.

5
Perennials

• Multiple seasons of interest
• Easy to grow
• Low maintenance
• Not fussy

6
Peony

• Queen of the Garden
• Full sun
• Range of colors

7
Tree Peony

• Woody shrub
• Morning sun

8
Iris

• Garden favorite
• Full sun
• Drought tolerant
• Divide often

Immortality
9
Daylily

• Garden favorite
• Full sun
• Repeat blooms
• Little care

10
Hosta

• No. 1 Shade Plant
• Variety of sizes
• Leaf colors

11
Pulmonaria

• Lungwort
• Part sun to shade
• Flowers and leaves of interest

12
Garden Phlox

• Taller, background
• Range of color
• Summer bloom

Mildew Tolerant - David - Starfire - Bright
Eyes - Orange Perfection - Robert Poore -
Miss Mary
13
Shasta Daisy

• Cheery white flowers
• Deadhead
• Moisture

Becky
14
Heuchera Coralbells

• Morning sun
• Shade
• Leaf colors
• Flowers
• Organic soil

15
Nepeta

• Green-gray foliage
• Bluish flowers
• Spring until frost
• Sun to light shade

16
Japanese Anemone

• Fall blooming
• Light shade
• Taller plant

September Charm
17
Artemisia Powis Castle

• Zone 6, short term
• Gray foliage

18
Asclepias Butterfly Milkweed

• Kansas native
• Monarchs

19
Solidago - Goldenrod

• Fall blooming
• Native origin
• Drought tolerant

Fireworks
20
Eupatorium Joe Pye Weed

• Native
• Drought tolerant
• Butterfly nectar source

21
Stachys - Lambs ear

• Foliage and flowers
• Sun to light shade

Hummelo
22
Sedum

• Fall color
• Rock gardens
• Butterflies
• Ground Covers

Autumn Joy
23
Vines

• Dependable
• Great flowering
• Easy to grow

24
Clematis

• Hardy and vigorous vine
• Many colors, shapes
• Cool roots
• Even moisture

Duchess of Albany
Madame Julia Correvon
Jackmani
25
Varieties

• Jackmani
• Duchess of Albany
• Duchess of Edinburgh
• Polish Spirit
• Pink Champagne
• Etoile Violette

Pink Champagne
Polish Spirit
26
Hyacinth bean

• Annual
• Colorful
• Easy to grow

27
Roses

• Disease resistance a must
• Grown on own roots
• Easy to prune

28
Roses

• Easy care no spraying
• Home Run
• Julia Child

29
Knock Out
Pink Double Knock Out
Double Red Knock Out
Rainbow Knock Out
Red Knock Out
Pink Knock Out
Blushing Knock Out'
30
Additional Roses

• Carefree Celebration
• Quietness
• Belindas Dream
• Easy Does It
• Cinco de Mayo

31
Drift Roses

• Compact ground cover type
• 1 x 2
• Free flowering
• Colors
• Red, pink, peach, coral, apricot

32
Climbing Roses

• Westerland
• Dublin Bay

33
Shrubs

• Multiple seasons of interest
• Disease resistant
• Does not require difficult pruning

34
Annabelle Hydrangea

• Summer flowering
• Large white heads
• Cut back in spring

Invensiball Spirit
Incrediball
35
Hydrangea Paniculata

• Tardiva, Limelight, Pinky Winky
• Blooms on new wood
• Not as fussy

Pee Gee Tree Form
Limelight
36
Hydrangea Oak leaf

• Range of size
• Blooms on old wood
• Flowers, bark, fall color

Alice Snow Queen Sikes Dwarf Pee Wee
37
Blue Mist Spirea

• Summer Blooms
• Cut back each spring
• Easy care
• Butterflies

38
Vitex

• Summer Blooms
• Cut back each spring
• Easy care
• Butterflies

39
Viburnums

• So many great choices
• Juddi
• Brandywine
• Popcorn
• Korean spice
• Shasta

Doublefile - Shasta
Korean Spice - fragrent
40
Itea - Sweetspire

• White flowers
• Fall color
• Shade or sun
• Drought tolerant

41
Fothergilla

• Blue-gray foliage
• White spring flowers
• Fall color outstanding
• Red, yellow, orange
• 3-5 feet

42
Spirea

• Spring flowers
• Low growing
• Easy pruning

Tor
Magic Carpet
Goldflame
43
Crepe Myrtle

• Winterkill issues
• Prune late after leafing out
• Summer blooms
• Varieties
• Tonto (red)
• Centennial Spirit (pink)
• Victor (red)

44
Deciduous Holly

• Ilex verticillata
• Males
• Jim Dandy
• Southern Gentleman
• Female
• Red Sprite
• Winter Red

45
Ornamental Grasses

• Multiple seasons of interest
• Does not flop
• Not aggressive
• Can divide if needed

46
Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass

• Calamagrostis
• Cool season
• 3 -5 feet
• Long season of interest

47
Shenandoah Switchgrass

• Panicum
• Red/purple foliage
• Great fall color
• 3 -4 feet

48
Little Bluestem

• State grass
• Blue Heaven
• 3 -4 feet

49
Evergreen Shrubs

• All have some issues
• Right plant right place

50
Falsecypress

• Chamaecyparis Mops
• 3 x 3
• Morning sun, afternoon shade

51
Boxwood

• Versatile
• Varying height and shape
• Green Mountain
• Green Velvet
• Wintergreen
• Green Tower (upright)

52
Little Rascal Holly

• Blue Boy sport
• 2 - 3 by 2 - 3
• Small leaves, dense
• Dont prune or shear

53
Evergreen Trees

• Nothing is perfect
• Nice characteristics
• Somewhat adaptable

Taylor Juniper
54
Spruce Bakeri

• Nice size
• 20 tall
• 10 wide
• Nice blue cast
• Nice form and habit
• Even moisture best

55
Spruce Riverside

• Serbian Spruce
• Height 30
• Width 10 -15

56
Green Giant Arborvitea

• Great habit
• Rich green foliage
• Adaptable, fast growing

57
Trees

• Adaptable
• Flowers or foliage
• Fall color
• No insect or disease

58
Witchhazel

• Arnolds Promise
• First to bloom
• Late February
• Part sun best
• Even moisture

59
Cornus masCorneliancherry Dogwood

• Bright yellow flowers
• Late winter
• 15 x 15
• Interesting bark

60
Seven Son Tree

• Heptacodium
• Small tree, large shrub
• 20 x 15
• Late summer flowers
• Pink sepals
• Peeling bark

61
Magnolia Brackens Brown

• Evergreen small tree
• 15 20 feet
• Sun to light shade
• White flowers

62
Magnolia Saucer type

• Yellow flowers
• Similar to Saucer

Jane
Butterfly
63
Sweet Bay Magnolia

• Small tree 15 -20 feet
• Moist to wet soils
• Fragrant flowers

64
Fringe Tree

• May flowering
• Small tree
• 15 feet
• Light shade
• Full sun

65
Japanese Maple

• Bloodgood
• Crimson Queen
• Morning sun

66
Flowering Crabs

• Prairiefire
• Sugar Tyme
• Snowdrift
• Sargentina

67
Japanese Tree Lilac

• Ivory Silk
• 20 x 15
• Flowers later spring

68
Bald Cypress

• Durable
• Adaptable
• Wet soils
• Great fall color
• 30 - 40 tall
• 20 30 wide

69
Annuals

• Long bloom period
• Not fussy
• Nice foliage
• No insect or diseases

70
Coleus

• Sun varieties
• Container
• Mixed plantings

71
Vinca

• Tough as nails
• Dont rush to spring plant
• Cold and wet soil root rots
• Thrives in summer heat

72
Lantana

• Takes summer heat
• Vigorous grower
• Hummingbirds
• Butterflies

New Gold
73
Dragon Wing Begonia

• Takes the heat
• Sun to shade
• Pinks and reds

74
Cleome Senorita Rosalita

• Vigorous display
• Best in masses
• 2 tall
• Downside, expensive

75
Care

• Soil add organic matter when possible
• Mulch everything
• Cools
• Moisture retention
• Weed control
• Nutrients
• Water as needed depending on plant
• Right plant Right Place

76
Dennis PattonJohnson County Extension
Horticulture Agent

• Johnson County Extension
• 11811 Sunset Drive, Suite 1500
• Olathe, Kansas 66061
• [phone]
• dpatton_at_ksu.edu