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NJBob

Feb 10, 2012 6:01 PM CST

Moderator

Name: Bob
Vernon N.J. (Zone 6b)

You can only keep 5 kinds of Perennial plants on your property . What would they be ? Keep it to just 5

For me:
Heuchhera
Echinacea
Helleborus
Hakone grass
Japanese Painted Ferns

NJBob
Echinaceas cubit
Mid Atlantic Musings cubit

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springcolor

Feb 10, 2012 6:46 PM CST

Name: Julia
Washington State (Zone 7a)

Mine would be
Heuchera
Helleborus
Daylilies
Echinacea
Hosta

Sempervivum for Sale

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virginiarose

Feb 10, 2012 7:01 PM CST

Name: Susan
Virginia (Zone 8a)
God is the only thing that matters.

Echinacea
Hostas
buddelia
lilies
knock-out roses

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29

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jmorth

Feb 11, 2012 2:58 AM CST

central Illinois

Lilies
Echinacea
Rudbeckia
New England Aster
Gloriosa

Nothing that's been done can ever be changed.

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SongofJoy

Feb 11, 2012 5:38 AM CST

Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)

Excluding winter-hardy veggies:
Lilies
Ornamental grasses (sorry, I can't color in the lines either)
Opuntia
Agastache
Rudbeckia

...or maybe Buddleja ... or Salvia

I garden for the pollinators.

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Last edited by SongofJoy Feb 11, 2012 6:52 AM

virginiarose

Feb 11, 2012 7:42 AM CST

Name: Susan
Virginia (Zone 8a)
God is the only thing that matters.

If shrubs don't count I will choose the Agastache and Rudbeckia.

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29

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sheryl

Feb 11, 2012 8:20 PM CST

Name: Sheryl
Hot, hot, hot, Feenix, AZ (Zone 9b)

Oh *man*.... Five????

Okay....

Sedum (can it be all or just one type?)
Lilies ( " " " )
Zinnia
Iris
Heuchera

I'm already upset!

In the end, only kindness matters.

Science is not the answer, it is the question.

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NJBob

Feb 11, 2012 10:43 PM CST

Moderator

Name: Bob
Vernon N.J. (Zone 6b)

That's what makes it a challenge keeping it to only 5 trying to have color the whole season.
Lillies What kind?
Sheryl you can pick another Zinnia is a annual.

NJBob
Echinaceas cubit
Mid Atlantic Musings cubit

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Weedwhacker

Feb 11, 2012 10:52 PM CST

Name: Sandy B.
Ford River Twp, Michigan UP (Zone 4b)
(Zone 4b-maybe 5a)

Hmmmmm...

Sedum "Autumn Joy"
Bleeding Hearts
Iris
the heirloom lilies from my husband's grandmother (I think Regal lilies)
Hostas

“Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight." ~ Albert Schweitzer
C/F temp conversion

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philljm

Feb 11, 2012 10:55 PM CST

Name: Jan
Hustisford, WI

Daylilies
Iris
Hosta
Coral bells
Peonies

Are asparagus considered a perennial.? If so, does that mean I have to throw one of my choices out to add them to my list? If so, I will toss ( not looking and already cringing.....) hosta ~ Jan

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SongofJoy

Feb 12, 2012 4:49 AM CST

Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)

Oh, phooey, I forgot Sedums. To quote the Sharks, I'm out.

I garden for the pollinators.

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kqcrna

Feb 12, 2012 5:43 AM CST

Name: Karen
Valencia, Pa (Zone 6a)

Echinacea
Rudbeckia fulgida
Rudbeckia hirta
A. tuberosa
Coleus, even though they're a pita to overwinter in the house

Karen

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Ispahan

Feb 12, 2012 9:45 AM CST

Name: Corey
Chicago (Zone 6a)

Lilies
Allium
Geranium
Phlox
Crambe maritima...or Silene...or...

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kqcrna

Feb 12, 2012 9:53 AM CST

Name: Karen
Valencia, Pa (Zone 6a)

Oh, I forgot about geranium...

Karen

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virginiarose

Feb 12, 2012 10:30 AM CST

Name: Susan
Virginia (Zone 8a)
God is the only thing that matters.

I forgot my new perennials Eucomis

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29

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