By Mary Jo Baur
Just recently I planted two perennials that are new to me. I got them at a discounted price, so even though this is not the ideal time to plant, if I make sure to baby them along by watering them often, they should do okay, establish a good root system and make it through the winter.
The first I bought because I was intrigued by the name Eupatorium. I had never heard of that before, so when I got home and checked my trusty perennial book, I found out it was Joe-Pye weed, sometimes called boneset. This plant is a cultivated variety called "Chocolate" because the leaves are a very dark green shading to brown. It's a very attractive plant which will bloom with white flowers in the late summer and early fall. At least that's what the label says.
The other plant I purchased was Liriope, also known as lilyturf. My cultivar is named "Silver Dragon" and it has narrow varigated leaves that reminded my daughter of a spider plant. Basically it is a groundcover for shady areas. It will have flowers in late summer that will turn into glossy black berries that last into winter.
Both plants seem to be doing well. I'm just hoping the moles and chipmunks don't get to their root system, as they have done earlier this summer to other things I have planted, and destroyed the plants.
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