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Garden Mums (Home Horticulture News - September 2008)
Garden mums are one of the most popular color plants for the fall landscape.

Confederate Rose (Home Horticulture News - October 2008)
Confederate rose is a great plant for fall flowers in Louisiana landscapes. These plants go by the scientific name Hibiscus mutabilis.

Fertilize Herbaceous Perennials Wisely, Lightly
Bed of Herbaceous

Herbaceous perennials are winter hardy ornamental plants that reappear each spring from their crowns or root systems. Many species can be used as groundcovers or landscape plantings to provide color for extended seasons. Some major species in production and landscape use are daylily, lantana, verbena, purple coneflower and black-eyed Susan.

Newest Cannas for 2008 - Photo Gallery
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Three new canna varieties from Horn Canna Farm in Oklahoma debuted in 2008. They are being evaluated in landscape performance trials at the Hammond Research Station.

Nutrient Requirements of Herbaceous Perennials in Newly Established Landscape Plantings
herbaceous perennials are gaining popularity
Herbaceous perennials are continuously gaining popularity in landscape plantings. However, nutrient requirement of many species in this group during their first year establishment in landscape is still unknown. Seven herbaceous perennials were studied for their growth, flowering, and overwintering survival in respond to a variety of fertilization regimes and fertilization recommendations were generated based on the restuls.