The Well-Tended Perennial Garden The Essential Guide to Planting and Pruning Techniques, Third Edition

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hybrid globeflower

ranunculaceae

Yellow or orange globelike flowers; dark

green leaves

18–24 in. high; 24 in. wide

Part shade

Blooms June

Zones 3–7

pruning The foliage on hybrid

globeflower usually declines after all

flowering is finished; cut the plants

back at this time and keep them moist.

Slight rebloom may occur in the

autumn. Feeding the plants after

cutting them back may help to

encourage rebloom.

other maintenance Constantly

moist, high-organic soils and cool

climates foster best performance of

this perennial. Not a good perennial

for dry, hot regions. Provide supple-

mental irrigation during dry periods.

Plants do not like to be disturbed, and

division is not needed for many years.

Divide in the spring only if essential,

as plants are slow to establish

afterward.

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