Establishment

Plants were set on May 25 - 26, 2006.  Herbaceous perennials were spaced 12" X 12" in 3 rows per bed or 30 plants per plot.  Woody perennials were spaced in a single row 3' apart or 3 plants per plot. 

Plants were watered in after planting and trickle irrigation was set up using 15mil T-tape. 

Landscape fabric was used between rows and covered with a bark mulch. 

One-half inch electrical conduit was bent (Joe Schmitt technique demonstrated at the Wisconsin Cut Flower Growers' School in 2006) and used to support Hortanova netting