5.2 Perennials
5.2 Perennials
5.2 Perennials
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58<br />
and beyond Can. lirnits 23 .<br />
PERENNIALS<br />
Paeonia L.<br />
peony<br />
per. Jun-Jul 45-180 cm P 35<br />
Value for honey: single cvs. (only) are an excellent P source 35 .<br />
Notes: remarkably free of pests and diseases and also very hardy; will grow in any<br />
well-drained soil (slightly acid soil is best); does not like to be disturbed, and should<br />
not be transplanted more frequently than is necessary.<br />
Papaver orientale L.<br />
Oriental poppy, pavot de Toumefort<br />
per. -50° to -29° C late May-Jun 60-120 cm<br />
Value for pollen: P is highly attractive to bees (not unusual to see 3 or more bees<br />
gathering P at the same time in one blossom) 35 ; P may have a narcotic effect on<br />
bees 72; P from P. somnifertun (opium poppy, pavot somnifere) has been implicated in<br />
serious mortality of foraging bees': see Section 10.<br />
Notes: among the longest lived poppies; should not be transplanted more than is strictly<br />
necessary.<br />
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch.<br />
(syn. Vitis parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Lamb.; Ampelopsis quinquefolia (L.)<br />
Michx.)<br />
Virginia creeper, vigne vierge grimpante<br />
per. zone 3 Aug less than 17 m (clinging vine)<br />
Value for honey: H yield of 7-11 kg/colony/season 17 ; highly attractive to bees 72 .<br />
Honey: slightly reddish in colour, classed as light amber, flavour distinctive 17.<br />
Notes: rapidly growing vine with ornamental foliage and inconspicuous flowers; also a<br />
good ground cover for slopes and banks; woods and rocky banks, N. to se. Me., Vt.,<br />
sw. Que., N.Y. and S. beyond Can. limits 23 .<br />
Penstemon barbatus (Cay.) Roth.<br />
bearlip penstemon<br />
per. -50° to -29° C Jun-Jul 90-120 cm N 35<br />
Value for honey: valuable to help bridge the June gap in N flow.<br />
Notes: loose panicles of bright red flowers.<br />
Penstemon grandiflorus Nutt.<br />
large flowered beard tongue<br />
per. -37° to -29° C Jun 60-150 cm<br />
Value for honey: similar to P. barbatus (bearlip penstemon)<br />
Notes: thrives on a hot dry bank in full sun.<br />
Physostegia virginiana (L.) Benth.<br />
false dragonhead, obedience<br />
per. -50° to -29° C Aug-Sep 90-120 cm N(P?)<br />
Value for honey: attractive to honeybees /2 .<br />
Notes: soft tubular pink flowers in close spike; moist, slightly acid soil; useful<br />
ornamental for borders and wild gardens; river banks, damp thickets and waste land, s.<br />
Que., s. N.B., N.E. and beyond Can. limits23.