With Mother ’s sidereal day just around the corner and the weather start to warm up up ( slowly ) , many homeowners and gardeners will be outplant shoppingthis weekend . Choosing works is exciting and fun , but it helps if you roll in the hay how to read a works tag to make the best choices for your garden .
flora tags motley a chip , but most of them turn back important information about works size of it , blooming , care needs and more . Recently , I bribe some‘Ballerina ’ cranesbillfrom the MSHS bulb and plant sale . Here ’s all the information on that simple flora shred .
It ’s Pretty and Perennial !
The front of the ticket contains an image of the crane’s bill in bloom , so I know it will go well with all the imperial , jaundiced and white flowers I have in my garden . The top of the tag distinguish me the works is recurrent , meaning it will return season after season . Mostperennialsactually take a couple of years to reach full size in the garden , but I know this plant is a foresightful - full term investment . The sun symbols indicate that this plant grows well in both full sunshine and part sun . The area I design to plant it has shade in the morning and sun in the afternoon — it will grow great in that amount of light .
The tag also include both the common andbotanical nameof the plant . All plant have an official botanic name , which tells you a lot about plants its related to and how it mature . Common names are ones people may use to describe the works but common gens motley from place to spot and person to person , so they are less reliable than botanical figure .
How to uprise and Care for the Plant
The back of the plant tag includes a lot of information about how to grow and give care for the plant . It includes a verbal description on the top that tells me what characteristics this plant has that make it attractive or utilitarian in the garden . Below that , the rag says when the industrial plant blossom . This is beneficial to have a go at it because while it ’s tempting to bribe all the industrial plant in bloom at the nursery when you are shopping , you want flush and color all season long . crack this to make indisputable your garden has natural spring , former summertime , late summerandfall blooming plant .
The back of the tag also gives precaution instruction . In this subject , the flora likes a clean moist situation . No trouble — my backyard is a bit moist . It also tell you the height and breadth of the works . geranium are low - growing plants . That ’s fine with me , because I ’m using it as a ground cover or living mulch . The tag also tells you whichcold hardiness zonesthe plant survives in . The northern part of Minnesota is USDA Zone 3 . The southern two - thirds of the state is zona 4 . This plant life will thrive anywhere in Minnesota .
Finally , at the very bottom of the tag end , there is an image of a deer with the “ no ” symbolisation over it . This means thatdeer do not care this plantand probably wo n’t bother it . ( If they are hungry , cervid will eat anything ! ) I do n’t have a cervid matter , but it ’s good to know .
Keep Your Tags !
It ’s a adept idea to keep your industrial plant tags . I have a very dirty folder that I keep with tag for all the unlike works in my yard . Sometimes I clean it out and polish off the I that have died or I got rid of . Keeping the tag end aid me remember what I ’ve planted where and reminds me of the concern needs of plants in my yard .
Have a great time plant shopping this spring !
