23 Mar 2010

Gardening with Wildflower


Invasive plants to avoid

Austrailian swamp stonecrop(Crassula helmsii)

curly waterweed(Lagarosiphon major)

Floating pennywort(Hydrocotyle ranunculoides)

Green seafingers)Codium fragile)

Parrot's feather(myriophyllum aquaticum)

Water fern(azolla filiculoides)

Easy-Care Favorites
http://www.gardeners.com/Growing-Wildflowers/5023,default,pg.html

The following varieties are widely adapted, reliable performers that are not terribly fussy about soil type. All require at least a half day of sun:

 
Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)


Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus)


Lance Leaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)


Plains Coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria)


Catchfly (Silene armeria)


Annual Baby's Breath (Gypsophilia elegans)


Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus)


Gloriosa Daisy (Rudbeckia hirta 'Gloriosa')


Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)


Toadflax (Linaria maroccana)


Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)


Rocket Larkspur (Delphinium ajacis)


Shasta Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum 'Maximum')

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