tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post2213307595375049156..comments2023-09-29T10:04:33.858+01:00Comments on Roger Brook - the no dig gardener: What is a biennial?Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-8612887222122646652014-01-21T14:38:46.974+00:002014-01-21T14:38:46.974+00:00Great to get a new perspective from other parts of...Great to get a new perspective from other parts of the world Michael. I used to tell my students that plants did not always conform to what the school botany books say - and certainly not gardening books. Plants just won't obey the rules!Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-25193722159886739722014-01-20T11:06:56.669+00:002014-01-20T11:06:56.669+00:00Want to complicate the question further?
Add a mid...Want to complicate the question further?<br />Add a mid-year winter, as we have in the Southern Hemisphere, where biennials can be sown towards the end of one growing season and flower in the next, all within the same calendar year. Despite this, we were still taught - inexplicably - that biennials were plants that lasted two years. Ignorant and highly confusing! Hardy annuals, of course, can Michael McCoyhttp://thegardenist.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-32443325246965244252013-11-13T16:36:15.675+00:002013-11-13T16:36:15.675+00:00Its good to hear your news from Niagara Donna. I e...Its good to hear your news from Niagara Donna. I enjoyed your recent post about your lovely Autumn colour over there.Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-25474283137620807882013-11-13T00:11:08.168+00:002013-11-13T00:11:08.168+00:00Excellent post Roger, and very well explained. I l...Excellent post Roger, and very well explained. I like the in depth portion on vegetables. Foxglove seeds profusely in my garden, but not every year are the flowers tall and strong. Many times some squat flowers bloom in the snow. Same with parsley. I have both now topped with a dusting of snow. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-62180267142641592122013-11-10T22:24:39.576+00:002013-11-10T22:24:39.576+00:00i think you are right to introduce monocarpism Ric...i think you are right to introduce monocarpism Rick. Biennials are the classic example of a plant flowering and then dying and setting seed. Those perennials such as agaves, the century plant are a classic example of a perennial that does the same thing- flowering after a number of years growth before it dies and I see how you link biennials and perennials. Lets face it plants are extremely Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-86977405231623418952013-11-10T20:17:48.771+00:002013-11-10T20:17:48.771+00:00A real teaser this one, as for the difference betw...A real teaser this one, as for the difference between the biennial mysotis and the nigella, I think that broadly speaking biennials flower and set seed in the earlier part of the year giving them a long growing season to establish ready to flower and fruit early the following year. Annuals on the whole flower later mainly from seed sown that year, the fact that the seed of some does actually Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-13523181288579055732013-11-07T12:20:17.025+00:002013-11-07T12:20:17.025+00:00 Keep it simple for the kids!
I think most things ... Keep it simple for the kids!<br />I think most things in my life especially gardening starts with the simple recipes until as you get to know more you adjust your techniques to your own circumstances.<br />My friend and bridge partner Elaine teaches bridge- the fundamental principles that are basic to the game, especially the bidding need to be taught, but as you learn more you become more Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-43528440732713165712013-11-07T09:54:11.255+00:002013-11-07T09:54:11.255+00:00I have a website about flowering plants for school...I have a website about flowering plants for schools and simplified biennials by describing them as plants with a life cycle that lasts two years but thinking about it - they don't do they? Many of the things we call biennial e.g. sweet Williams are actually annual plants that just span two calendar years but their life cycles are often completed within a 12 month (or less) cycle.<br /><br />Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.com