5.2 Perennials

PERENNIALS 67
waste land, roadsides, and old fields, N.E. and s. and w. USA. 23 .
Verbesina alternifolia (L.) Britt. ex C. Mohr
(syn. Actinomeris squarrosa Nutt.; A. alternifolia (L.) DC.)
yellow ironweed, crownbeard, wingstem, golden honey plant, verbdsine
per. -29° to -23° C Aug-Sep 1.5-2.4 m N(P?)
Value for honey: freely worked by honeybees, and has a very good reputation as a N
source in Canada 35 .
Notes: coarse plant that is best grown in a "wild" garden or used for naturalizing; sun
or part shade; needs rich soil; yellow flowers that form globose heads when mature;
rich thickets and borders of woods, N. to N.Y. and s. Ont., also beyond Can. limits 23 .
Veronica spicata L.
(syn. Valerian australis Schrad.)
spike speedwell, veronique en dpi
per. -37° to -29° C Jul-Oct 60-90 cm NP 36
Value for honey: no bee garden should be without this plant 35 ; never fails to attract
bees 35 .
Notes: blue to pink flowers borne in dense racemes; very neat appearance; popular
garden ornamental; roadsides and rocky banks, Que. and n.N.Y.; naturalized 23 .
Vitis vulpina L.
frost grape, winter grape, chicken grape, raisin, vigne
per. zone 2 climbing vine Jul N
Notes: fragrant white flowers and edible fruit; river banks, bottomlands and rich thickets
in parts of USA., N. to se. N.Y. 23 ; see Table 18.