Rob
Rave's Weekly Bodacious Garden Tip's: Week of May 7th 1.) Spray
Liquid Fence for deer and fertilize your plants. 2.) Are
your grasses and perennials cut back yet? 3.) Look for
Sawfly on your Mugo pines. Spray with Sevin if you see
any.
More Bodacious Tips
Large and showy,
semi-double, golden flowers bloom on sturdy,
loosely branched stems mid-summer to fall. Grows
48-60" tall and 18" wide. Does not require
staking.
Zones
3-9
Heliopsis
'Prairie Sunset'
Multiple gold daisy
flowers with red markings. Blooms late
June-Sept. Dark purplish green foliage with
burgundy stems. Grows 4-5' tall; more compact
and bushier than the native.