Ageratum
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Blue flowers for the garden are sometimes difficult to grow. Choices are limited and most require a full sun location. Ageratum plants, with fluffy blue flowers, add the desirable blue color to your garden, even if it is partially shaded. Caring for ageratums is simple and easy, particularly for the beginning gardener.
The ageratum flower most commonly found in the garden is a hybrid, growing in a petite and compact form. When you learn how to plant ageratum and grow it successfully, you will always have a blue flower option for the bed or border.
Ageratum plants grow from seed or from small seedlings sometimes found in garden centers. More than 60 cultivars of the blue ageratum flower are available, often reaching only 6 to 8 inches (15-20 cm.) when fully grown. The wild ageratum is a taller specimen that reseeds abundantly, but most available seeds of the ageratum will be from hybrid types.
Ageratum plants may be started from seed when the soil has warmed outside. Cover seeds lightly, as seeds of ageratum plants need sunlight to germinate. For an early start to blooms of the ageratum flower, start seeds indoors eight to 10 weeks before planting in the spring garden.
An annual and sometimes perennial flower, the ageratum flower blooms from spring until fall when receiving proper care. Caring for ageratums includes regular watering until the plant is established. Use warm water to irrigate the plant for a bounty of blue blooms.
Most common ageratums, \"Hawaii\" for example, are a short 6-8 inches when full grown. Tall ageratum are also available in seed catalogues. They are about 18 inches in height with blue flowers. There is also a medium height snowcapped variety, white top on blue flowers. The blues are most popular and common, but colors also include violet, pink and white. Their size and color makes ageratums good candidates for rock gardens, bedding, and containers. They grow well in sun or partial shade, from early summer to first frost. They are quite easy to grow, producing a profusion of fluffy flowers all season long.
The color blue, a rarity in the gardening world, is highly coveted by avid gardeners. Ageratum is grown for its whimsical pompom-shaped flowers that occur mostly in shades of blue, though colors also include white, pink, lavender, and red. These popular bedding plants are most often purchased as nursery starts in tray packs or flats, but can also be grown from seed. With sizes ranging from a few inches high to three feet tall, ageratum can be grown in containers, used as edging along pathways or borders, or massed in displays.
When planted in the ideal site, ageratums are resistant to most pests and diseases. Too much shade, lack of air circulation, or high humidity can cause fungal diseases such as powdery mildew. Poor drainage or overwatering can result in root rot. Possible insect problems include spider mites, aphids, and whiteflies.
One of the tallest ageratums, the height and multi-branching habit makes this a favorite of cut flower growers. Plant midway in a mixed border, in combination with other cottage-style plants, or in a cut flower bed.
Blue Horizon Ageratum, commonly known as floss flower, is the first F1 triploid ageratum strain for cut flower cultivation. This variety grows to approximately 30 inches/76 cm tall with a spread of 8 inches/20 cm. As a triploid, Blue Horizon produces very vigorous plants with strong, sturdy stems, numerous branches and larger flowers than the traditional ageratum.
General Information: Landscape ageratum series forms a dense, mounded hedge of color, growing taller and more vigorously than any other ageratum. Outlasts standard bedding types outdoors in gardens and Mixed Containers.
Plug crop time: 4 weeksTransplant to finish: 7 to 9 weeksDense, mounded hedge of colour is taller and more vigorous than other landscape ageratums. Outlasts standard bedding types in gardens and mixed containers. Strong branching fills out packs and pots quickly. Self-cleaning and easy-care. Also well-suited to indoor plant programs.
Forms clumping mounds with colors of pink, white & blue from May through October. Dependable flowering annual. Confused with ageratums that are perennials with tall, erect stems and leaves well-spaced out, but similar in appearance with leaves and flowers.
Growing hardy ageratum: Mist flowers prefer a good, well-drained but moist garden soil in full sun or partial shade. They like a bit of shade in places with hot summers. Plants appear late in the spring; digging them up by mistake should be avoided.
ageratum related species: Both Eupatorium maculatum and E. purpureum, now classified in the new genus Eutrochium, are handsome American wildflowers called joe-pye weed. E. maculatum grows to 6 feet tall and bears rounded heads of many small, thinly fringed, purple to light purple flowers on stems that are shaded or spotted purple. E. purpureum has stems that are usually green, and the flowers smell of vanilla. Both are spectacular in the back of a border. Although adaptable to average garden soil, they prefer an evenly moist spot.
Blue mist flower, or wild ageratum is a perennial wildflower that can reach up to 3 feet in height. The leaves are opposite, hairy, ovoid, toothed and have short petioles. The blue to purple flowers occur in flat-topped clusters at the top of the stem. The clusters can be several inches across in width. Mist flower plants arise from a dense system of underground rhizomes, so they can be mildly weedy if introduced to the home garden.
Hardy ageratum prefers full sun to part shade, but full-sun conditions ensure the most abundant blooms and compact habit. These natives grow best in average, medium to wet but well-drained soils and grow all throughout North Carolina. They prefer fertile environments. Propagating these plants is easy; clump division in early spring is best. Also consider a springtime prune as well, again, to encourage a denser plant and reduce the need to stake later in the summer. These plants can get weedy if not cut back.
Despite its propensity to be overzealous, hardy ageratum can be a solid addition to your landscape. A workhorse of a plant, it supports wildlife like beneficial insects and birds while at the same time managing to be deer and rabbit-resistant. Keep an eye out for it now through November and imagine what it might lend to your garden.
For a finer look at the taxonomy changes for hardy ageratum formerly known as Eupatorium coelestinum, the University of Arkansas extension site outlines the journey of scientific classification
Scheduling annual bedding plants in flower for specific market dates is of increasing importance to many greenhouse growers. During the past several years at Michigan State University (MSU), we have performed experiments with many seed propagated annuals to quantify how temperature and daily light integral (DLI) influence flowering time and plant quality. In the fifth article of this series, we present information on ageratum and cosmos and then use crop timing data to estimate greenhouse heating costs at different locations, growing temperatures and finish dates.
When plugs were ready for transplant (27 days after seed sow for ageratum and 16 days for cosmos), they were transplanted into 4-inch pots and grown in greenhouses with constant temperature set points of 57, 63, 68 and 73F (14, 17, 20 and 23C). At each temperature, plants were grown under a 16-hour photoperiod with two different DLIs provided by a combination of shade curtains and different light intensities from high-pressure sodium lamps.
Crop timing data was used to develop mathematical models to predict flowering time and plant quality under different temperature and DLI conditions. The scheduling models were validated by growing ageratum and cosmos at three different constant temperatures to compare predicted flowering times with actual times. The Virtual Grower software (available free at www.virtualgrower.net) was used to estimate the cost to heat a 21,504 square foot greenhouse (about half an acre) to produce each crop for different finish dates and at different locations in the United States.
We can use this crop timing information with Virtual Grower to determine if it is more energy efficient to transplant a crop earlier and grow cool versus transplanting later and growing warm. For example, to produce an ageratum or cosmos crop for April 1 in Grand Rapids, Mich., New York, N.Y., or Cleveland, Ohio, heating costs per square foot would be 27 to 42 percent lower at 73F versus 58F (Table 2).
At some locations, the production temperature that had the lowest heating costs per square foot per crop varied between market dates. For example, ageratum grown for April 1 in New York had the lowest predicted heating costs when grown at 73F. In contrast, for a market date of May 15, estimated fuel costs were lowest if grown at 63, 68, or 73F. In this example, because there is no difference in heating costs to produce ageratum for May 15 in New York at 63 to 73F, other factors such as plant quality, availability of labor, overhead costs and opportunity costs could be considered when selecting a growing temperature.
Blue mistflower or crucita is a deciduous sub-shrub in North America. (It is a shrub in the tropics.) Branched stems curve upward and are 2-6 ft. in height. Somewhat triangular-shaped leaves are virtually evergreen in extreme S. TX. Lilac to bright purplish-blue flowers cluster together into showy, ageratum-like flower heads. Dies back to the roots in hard winters. It is native from Tropical America to the Gulf States, SE Texas & the Rio Grande Plain. You can see the Texas counties where this plant is native at the USDA website. 59ce067264
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