Many gardener attend ahead to November , a time when the northerly garden is mostly put to bottom and you’re able to unlax with a cup of tea and a sense of expiation about the season just finished . It ’s also a time when your garden from the previous year is sassy in your mind and you could think about which plants you want to develop next year .
Over and over , we hear gardeners say they want reliable plants that perform well in our sometimes unpredictable weather . This November , the faculty of the Minnesota State Horticulture Society offers a list of 30 top - performing , super - reliable plants for the northern garden . Many are natives to our area , but not all . We ’ve included some tree and shrub , but the absolute majority of the plants are perennials that will bring color , lavish leafage and upheaval to your garden .
Peonies
Tree peony in bloom
peony only bloom for a few weeks , but we would not grow a northerly garden without them . Why ? First , their variety . Peonies come in three basic types — the herbaceous peonies , which die back each twelvemonth ; the tree peonies , which grow on Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree - like trunks ; and intersectional peony , which are a combination of the two . Intersectional peony will dieback in the fall , but their leaves and prime are alike to the tree peony types .
All peony develop the bud for next year ’s bloom the late fall . This pass off underground with herbaceous and intersectional peonies .
In addition to their different types , paeony come in a range of mountains of colors from deep red to white , and different flower types from sweet exclusive peonies to the giving puffball , which are called “ dud double . ”
peony need full Lord’s Day , regular fertilizer or compost covering and well - drained grease . They may have problems with ants or fungous diseases , but most peonies will stay goodish and flower hard for decades . The peony you implant next outflow will almost certainly out - be you .
One last cause we think peony are a great industrial plant for northern gardens is their history in Minnesota . Not many hoi polloi realize this , but in the 1920s , Faribault was“The Peony Capital of the World . ”Fields fence the urban center were filled with peonies grown for the Brand Peony Farms , which introduced dozens of hardy peonies for Minnesota nurseryman . Minnesota is still home to several well - known peony breeders .
Tree peony in bloom
