![]() Roses are another safe plant for your garden space. Even with a fully planted garden, it’s hard to keep my young dogs from getting into my garden beds from time to time! Adding safe plants will take the worry away and lead you to explore new plants for your garden! Robust and established perennials such as astilbe and nepeta are excellent as they are strong and can better withstand dogs walking through your garden beds. These will give your dogs the much-needed shade in those hot summer months.Įven though my dogs might not be inclined to ingest harmful foliage, I still want to add pet friendly plants to my garden. Your dogs will also appreciate larger plants such as rose of sharon (hibiscus) and tall grasses like pampas grass (cortaderia selloana). These varieties have added a lot of gorgeous colour to my garden. A few of my favourties I have in my garden are coreopsis (tickseed), coral bells (heuchera), phlox, and kniphofia (red hot pokers). I always ensure my garden contains non-toxic plants, and thankfully there are many perennials to choose from that are safe for my dogs. Although you cannot monitor what is planted in your neighbourhood, you can make sure your outdoor space is safe for your pup to roam free. Getting too close or chewing on the wrong type of plant can be harmful to your dog. They learn from the scents they encounter which might get them into trouble when it comes to plants. Plants to Avoid in Your Dog Friendly GardenĪs very curious animals, dogs want to know about their surroundings.So, the next time you are looking for a great new perennial, look to Purple Coneflower. Purple Coneflower is an adaptable plant has great uses for most any growing conditions and therefore could be added to your landscape. It can be found in prairie planting seed mixes and as containerized plants to put into landscapes. This plant can be found in most any color to fit your landscaping needs. It can be taken as a tablet, juice, and tea.Ĭoneflowers are a great addition to any landscape setting, on an acreage or otherwise. The USDA NRCS also states that Echinacea was used by the Plains Indians and was followed in use by the early settlers for nearly every kind of sickness. It is used as a painkiller and to help fight infections and reduce the length and severity of a common cold. When aster yellows appears in your plant, the only management practice is to remove it before it spreads to other aster plants in your landscape.Įchinacea is used widely today as an herbal remedy, according to the USDA NRCS. It can cause witches brooms, green or discolored flowers, distorted flowers, and other problems. Aster yellows is a virus spread by a leafhopper that can cause deformation in the leaves and flowers of the plants. It is often found in wildflower and prairie seed mixes.Ĭoneflowers don't face many disease and insect problems, the most damaging problem they deal with is aster yellows. They can be used as a specimen plant, placed together in a grouping in a garden, or planted throughout a prairie location. They will tolerate dry conditions so they are a great choice for a dry, warm location in your landscape. They prefer full sun and average to well-drained soils. They will tolerate most any growing conditions. There are also the 'Cone-fections' choices in pink and white as a double-flowering variety.Ĭoneflowers are very resilient plants. Another great choice is 'Fragrant Angel' which is a white flowered coneflower. Some varieties of the purple coneflower include the 'PowWow' series that are found in brighter colors than the straight species. Echinacea pallida is the pale coneflower that is a pale purple-pink color with droopy flowers. ![]() There are many different species and varieties of coneflower to choose from for many colors and growing habits. The flowers bloom throughout the summer into late summer. ![]() The flowers on a purple coneflower are a purple aster or daisy type of flower with an orange center. The plants grow up to 3 feet tall and wide. Coneflower leaves are dark green, oval shaped with serrate or toothed margins and they become smaller and more lanceolate shaped at the top of the plant. It is a herbaceous perennial, meaning that it comes back from the roots every year. Purple Coneflower, Echinacea purpurea, is one of the many different species of coneflowers readily available at local nurseries and garden centers. This is why coneflower is a great choice for the July plant of the month. These plants bloom well through the summer months and continue through to the fall. The coneflowers are very drought tolerant and adapted to very hot conditions that we see in the summer. One of the staples of summer perennials is Coneflower.
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