A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall Willy's Log Suggestions?

I am looking for suggestions for:

New Plant profiles to write... about plants that are pertinent to the current season(s) as well as a few common House Plants

Plant profiles that should be highlighted as a 'Plant of the Day'
Must be:
*Plants that are pertinent to the current season(s)
*Plants that already have a profile written for them

Thank you!

Bill, I am not sure I understand.

Do you mean plants such as Mums for autumn or more like Christmas cactus for the coming holidays?

Well for us in the higher zones Strawflowers, Helichrysum bracteatum are still viable.
Ornamental Cabbage and Kale, Brassica oleracea
My roses are still doing great.
African Daisies (Osteospermum) are good until first frost that I havent had here yet.
Beautyberry (Callicarpa bodinieri) has fall interest but you may want to save it for winter or use it for both.
Brazilian Plume, Jacobinia carnea
Zinnia mine are still going strong
Paper Daisys (Bracteantha bracteata)
Statice (Limonium sinuatum) good until frost
Treasure flower (Gazania spp.)
Vine Maples, Acer circinatum Fall Leaves rather than blooms but definitely a seasonal show stopper
Yellow Corydalis (Corydalis lutea ) this is a definite maybe?

I hope I have helped.

Both! I will be writing up Christmas cactus soon, and it will obviously become a plant of the day...
I want to get some new profiles up that will coincide with what people are, or will be buying and planting in the next couple months... and consequently will probably be Googling for information about their care. It takes a while for Google to find new pages sometimes, so plants that will become popular in the 'near future' are good choices.
Does that make sense?

I just planted pansys.

Good idea Bill...so 'new and upcoming' plants from my area are good also???

Oh I misunderstood lol. Don't I always.

You did good Tammy..those are plant suggestions for your area.

Yes, thank you, Bill, It makes great good sense. I will work on this after dialysis when I can look at the pages you already have up.

Just popping in here before leaving to go take mom to her cardiologist, and I'm not sure if this is what you are asking for, but here are a few plants that popped into my tired mind right now...

Asters
Motauk Daisy
Wandering Jew (shhhh - I took a few cuttings from the rehab where mom was!)
Pencil cactus (again - SHHHH!)
Ponytail palm (I have a few small ones hanging - don't usually see them that way, but it works great for me!)
Jade

Giving me an excuse to do my fall interest plant shopping may not be a good idea lol.

Acer griseum, Maple, Chinese Paperbark
Achillea 'Anthea', Yarrow
Actaea pachypoda, Dolls Eyes
Anemone t. 'Robustissima', Windflower
Arbutus unedo 'Oktoberfest', Strawberry Tree
Arisaema triphyllum, Jack-in-the-Pulpit red berries in the fall
Baptisia x variicolor 'Twilite Prairieblues', False Indigo - seed Pods
Berberis thun 'Rosy Glow', Barberry - Fall Berries
Buddleia davidii 'Santana', Butterfly Bush
Carex testacea, Sedge, Orange - Fall Color
Cotinus cogg. 'Golden Spirit', Smokebush, Golden - Fall Color (leaves)
Crinum 'Sangria', Crinum lily
Cyclamen cilicium, Cyclamen, Hardy
Disanthus cercidifolius, Redbud Hazel
Must have Chinese Lanterns and Money Plants
Euonymus alatus 'Fire Ball',Burning Bush
Eupatorium rugosum 'Chocolate', Snakeroot, Chocolate White
Euphorbia amygdaloides 'Purpurea', Purple Wood Spurge
Fatsia japonica 'Variegata', Japanese Aralia, Variegated
Ginko Biloba 'Autumn Gold', Maidenhair Tree
Helianthus s. 'First Light', Perennial Sunflower
Lycoris radiata, Red Spider lily
Parthenocissus henryana, SilverVein Creeper
Saxifraga fortunei 'Silver Velvet', Saxifrage
Symphoricarpos 'Amethyst', Coral Berry
Tricyrtis 'Imperial Banner', Toad lily

My earlier post should be considered for the plant of the day picks.

Hope this is helpful.

Very helpful... Thank you all!