During this informative session, Caitlin Splawski from Michigan State University discusses:

Considerations for scheduling herbaceous perennials for retail. She goes over vernalization requirements, lighting needs and day length requirements. Caitlin also talks about things you can do to alter finish times like adjusting temperatures, trimming plants, and applying PGRs. Working with the plant's natural attributes like bloom period, foliage interest and other notable characteristics is important as well. Lastly, she talks about how you can utilize succession planting to have retail-ready crops all season long.