As a gardener if you’re actually looking
for something a little bit different that no one has in their garden, you may
want to try growing globeflower plants. These particular plants are not
commonly found in the perennial garden, but you may find them growing in bog
gardens or near a pond or stream. The globeflower plants have a reputation for
being difficult; growing them actually is not complicated if they are planted
in the right place and if you also practice the right globeflower plant care.
Furthermore, the globeflower plants are
members of the Ranunculaceae family and they are striking perennial wildflowers
that bloom in spring. The plant is shaped like a ball, a goblet, or a globe,
flowers in the garden bloom on stems rising above the foliage in shades of
yellow and orange. Finely textured foliage of growing globeflowers has a
mounding habit. The globeflower plants grow happily near a pond or in damp
woodland in USDA plant hardiness zones three through seven. Properly located
globeflowers in the garden can reach about one to three feet in height and
spread to two feet.
Globeflowers Varieties
There are a lot of cultivars of globeflowers that
are available.
If you don’t have a pond or bog
garden, T. europaeus x cultorum, the common globeflower hybrid ‘Superbus,’ actually
performs in soils that are less than consistently moist.
The T. ledebourii, or Ledebour
globeflower variety, reaches about three feet in height with vigorous, orange
blooms.
The T. pumilus, which is the dwarf
globeflower, it has yellow blossoms that take on a flat shape and it grows to
only a foot (31 cm.) tall.
The T. chinensis ‘Golden Queen variety’
actually has large, ruffled blooms that appear as late as May.
How to Care for Globeflower
The globeflower plants in the garden
are best started from cuttings or by buying a young plant, as the seeds can
take about 2 years to germinate. The ripe seeds from the growing globeflowers
germinate best, if you decide to try this method. With the right location, the
globeflower plants may re-seed.
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