Episode 77: Year in Review

Find out which plants lived up to our expectations and which ones let us down

What can we say about 2020 that has n’t already been said ? With all the bad that occur , one overconfident for the staffers at FG was more fourth dimension spent in our garden . This enabled us to truly supervise what plants did well and which ones did not — sometimes by no fault of their own . We are end the year by take descent of our plant life successes and failures . There were some surprises from little - known native plants that appeared to savour the drought this summertime , while other plant that we had coveted , clamber . Steve even talks about plants that made it through an intact year ( or three ) in a pot , on the side of his driveway . If those excerpt can outlive those conditions , just think how well they ’d do in your garden with a little more attention ! We necessitate associate editor program Carol Collins to join in the reminiscing , and she shares an laughable chronicle about mature an one-year she yearn for , only to have uninvited garden guest mollycoddle everything .

DANIELLE’S PLANTS

Successes

Field pussytoes ( Antennaria neglecta , Zones 3–8 )

‘ Summer Crush ’ betony ( Stachys ‘ Summer Crush ’ , Zones 4–9 )

nonstarter

‘ Petit Henri ’ ragged robin ( Lychnis flos - cuculi‘Petit Henri ’ , Zones 5–7 )

STEVE’S PLANTS

‘ October Skies ’ aster ( Symphyotrichum oblongifolium‘October Skies ’ , Zones 3–8 )

‘ Halifax ’ Eastern star sedge ( Carex radiata‘Halifax ’ , Zones 4–8 )

‘ Yokoi ’s Gold ’ Japanese kerria ( Kerria japonica‘Yokoi ’s Gold ’ , Zones 5–8 )

CAROL’S PLANTS

Old domain goldenrod ( Solidago nemoralis , Zones 3–9 )

‘ Powis Castle ’ artemisia ( Artemisia‘Powis Castle ’ , zona 6–9 )

‘ Elena ’s Rojo ’ and ‘ Juana ’s Orange ’ amaranth ( Amaranthus cruentus‘Elena ’s Rojo ’ and ‘ Juana ’s Orange ’ )

SUCCESS: Field pussytoes

SUCCESS: ‘Summer Crush’ betony

FAILURE: ‘Petit Henri’ ragged robin

SUCCESS: Old field goldenrod

SUCCESS: ‘Powis Castle’ artemisia

FAILURE: ‘Elena’s Rojo’ amaranth

FAILURE: ‘Juana’s Orange’ amaranth

SUCCESS: ‘October Skies’ aster

SUCCESS: ‘Halifax’ Eastern star sedge

FAILURE: ‘Yokoi’s Gold’ Japanese kerria

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