When choosing a Medallion Perennial look at the label for an upright habit and longer stemmed variety. The perennials that have nice flowers on a shorter stem are not as useful and are usually weaker in stem strength. The stronger stem allows for better handling and longer vase life.



Care and Maintenance

Now that you have purchased your Medallion Perennial, you are excited to get it home and plop it in the garden. A few steps must be put in place first. The first thing you must do is be sure the perennial that you have purchased is suitable for the spot you had in mind. After planting your Medallion Perennial make sure they are watered well until they are established. As the plant grows it will probably need to be staked. Most of the Medallion Perennials that have nice flowers for cutting will be tall. To prevent the flowers from being bent or spoiled they must be staked. There is a list below of some perennials that are suitable for use as cut flowers.

Perennials that are ideal for use as cut flowers:

• Achillea mill. `Summer Pastels' (Yarrow)
• Aquligea (Columbine)
• Astilbe ( look for the New varieties) (False Spirea)
• Astrantia `Major Claret' New (Major Claret Masterwort)
• Centaurea Montana ( Hardy Cornflower)
• Chelone oblique (Turtlehead) Chrysanthemums (Hardy Mums)
• Cimicifuga ramosa Atropurpurea (Purple Leaf Bubane)
• Delphinium (Larkspur)
• Echinacea (Coneflower)
• Echinops ritro (Globe Thistle)
• Eryngium plan. `Blue Diamond'
• Hemerocallis (Daylily)
• Heuchera (Coral Bells)
• Heucherella Viking Ship New (Viking Ship Foamy Bells)
• Hosta (Plantain Lily)
• Iris germanica (Tall Bearded Iris)
• Lavandula angustifolia `Munstead' (Munstead Lavender)
• Liatris (Blazing Star)
• Lillium (Lily)
• Lupines (Lupine)
• Monarda (Bee Balm)
• Nepeta `Dawn to Dusk' New (Dawn to Dusk Catmint)
• Paeonia (Peony)
• Penstemon digitalis `Husker Red' (Husker Red Penstemon)
• Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian Sage)
• Persicaria Firetail New (Firetail
• Knotweed) Phlox paniculata (Summer Phlox)
• Polygonatum (Solomon's Seal)
• Rudbeckia (Daisy)
• Salvia nemerosa `Blue Queen' (Blue Queen Salvia)
• Sedum spectabile (Stonecrop)
• Tiarella (Foam Flower)
• Verbascum (Mullein) Veronica (Speedwell)
• Juncus effuses `Unicorn' (Twisted Swamp Grass) Buddleia (Butterfly Bush)
• Caryopteris (Bluebeard) Hydrangea