Dusty MIller as a Perennial?! Believe it!!
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Winter survival of Dusty Miller.
Comments (15)Even here in zone 8, I took some chances on different plants, too. For example, I read that amaryllis can be planted with even as much as half of the bulb above ground. That works fine in warm weather, but because I leave my bulbs in-ground all year, I found that planting them up to their necks helps them survive a cold snowy or icy weather, when it does sometimes happen. Another case would be that while many vinca do die back with the frost, there seem to be some plants that at least retain leaves and greenery, and grow back in the following spring. As a result, I tend to remove some plants in the following spring, not during the bleak winter months. Doing this, I have found that dianthus and snapdragons, sometimes vinca, can survive through the winters here. And most of the bulb plants can stay outside, too, such as gladiolus, amaryllis, dahlias, etc, including being in pots....See MoreHave Dusty Miller and Perennial Geranium
Comments (1)Don't know if they will survive in zone 3 but I have tons of variegated hostas that have multiplied in zone 7 with much abuse from two dogs. Love to trade for your ladybelles and geraniums...PLMK Thanks Ann...See MoreDusty Miller flowers?
Comments (7)The flowers don't open up any more than this picture shows. Don't think they resemble Indian Paintbrush. I read somewhere else on this forum that they're annual and I don't understand that...I still have the tag from mine: "Perennial. Beach Wormwood. Artemisia stelleriana 'Silver Brocade' Zones 3-9."...See MoreDusty Miller: Off the Annuals list
Comments (10)They'll get better as the season goes on. I usually test various plants to see how they do in my area. I generally trust the perennial and annual labels, and even what people say, but there just seems to be some plants that I like which I want to see how durable they are. I have an annual salvia that has been growing for about 5 years without dying back. I thought it was the salvia itself that was defying its label for my region, but last year, I planted another same plant in another area of the garden, and it died. So now I have realized, the random spot next to the house that I planted that first one, was just a lucky spot. It must have the right microclimate to survive the winters....See Moredeeje
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