Choosing Perennial Plants to Suit Your Garden and Gardening Style
Perennials are the basis of most gardens and there are more and more to choose from. Whether you are looking for a long season of bloom or minimal maintenance, here are some tips for finding and choosing the perennial plants you're going to love.
Hens and Chicks (Sempervivum tectorum) - Low Growing, Evergre…
Hens and Chicks (Sempervivum tectorum) are low growing evergreen succulent plants that look a little like rubbery roses. They are considered alpine or rock garden plants, because of their hardiness and drought resistance. The original rosette, the ‘Hen’ produces tiny rosette offsets that are known as the ‘Chicks’. Hens and chicks are perfect for rocky areas and very easy to grow.
Hens and Chicks (Sempervivum tectorum) are low growing evergreen succulent plants that look a little like rubbery roses. They are considered alpine or rock garden plants, because of their hardiness and drought resistance. The original rosette, the ‘Hen’ produces tiny rosette offsets that are known as the ‘Chicks’. Hens and chicks are perfect for rocky areas and very easy to grow.
Perennial Plants that Don’t Need Deadheading
Flowers that repeat bloom throughout the season are often the most coveted by gardeners. But these plants don’t come without a price and often that price is vigilant deadheading. Deadheading is time consuming but it isn’t difficult and the resulting long season of bloom is certainly worth it. Just balance your garden with a few plants that don’t need any deadheading at all. The plants …
Flowers that repeat bloom throughout the season are often the most coveted by gardeners. But these plants don’t come without a price and often that price is vigilant deadheading. Deadheading is time consuming but it isn’t difficult and the resulting long season of bloom is certainly worth it. Just balance your garden with a few plants that don’t need any deadheading at all. The plants …
Easy Care, Low Maintenance Perennial Plants
There is such a thing as an easy care, low maintenance perennial plant. It may vary from climate to climate and season to season, but there are many wonderful perennial plants that can be labeled low maintenance, providing undemanding easy care interest and bloom in the perennial border.
There is such a thing as an easy care, low maintenance perennial plant. It may vary from climate to climate and season to season, but there are many wonderful perennial plants that can be labeled low maintenance, providing undemanding easy care interest and bloom in the perennial border.
Selecting Healthy Plants
Get your garden off to a good start by choosing problem free plants.
Get your garden off to a good start by choosing problem free plants.
Grow Award Winning Plants
Growing new varieties of plants is the best way to learn what grows well for you. "Plant of the Year" awards point gardeners toward excellent choices for their own gardens.
Growing new varieties of plants is the best way to learn what grows well for you. "Plant of the Year" awards point gardeners toward excellent choices for their own gardens.
10 Top Fall Bloomers for the Perennial Garden
The trick to designing your garden with perennial flowers is making sure you have something wonderful in bloom all the time. Each season has its stars and fall blooming perennials have some of the best. Fall blooming perennials have all season to grow, so many of them are tall and stately. Fall bloomers also tend to blossom in the jewel tones of the season, deep purples, rusts, scarlet and gold. Here are some top picks for fall blooming perennial stars.
The trick to designing your garden with perennial flowers is making sure you have something wonderful in bloom all the time. Each season has its stars and fall blooming perennials have some of the best. Fall blooming perennials have all season to grow, so many of them are tall and stately. Fall bloomers also tend to blossom in the jewel tones of the season, deep purples, rusts, scarlet and gold. Here are some top picks for fall blooming perennial stars.
Flowering Plants for Dry Areas
It’s a smart idea to study up on which plants can adapt to dry areas, because sooner or later every garden will experience a period of drought. While water is crucial to growing healthy plants, there are many perennials that can withstand periodic dry spells, if they are given a chance to become established before they are severely stressed.. Here are 10 perennials that may surprise you with their drought tolerant constitutions.
It’s a smart idea to study up on which plants can adapt to dry areas, because sooner or later every garden will experience a period of drought. While water is crucial to growing healthy plants, there are many perennials that can withstand periodic dry spells, if they are given a chance to become established before they are severely stressed.. Here are 10 perennials that may surprise you with their drought tolerant constitutions.
Long Blooming Perennials
Long blooming and repeat blooming perennial flowers form the backbone of garden design. Large blocks of color add impact to a garden and the best way to achieve that is with long blooming perennial flowers, like Rudbeckia, Sedum and Veronica. Here are some more to consider.
Long blooming and repeat blooming perennial flowers form the backbone of garden design. Large blocks of color add impact to a garden and the best way to achieve that is with long blooming perennial flowers, like Rudbeckia, Sedum and Veronica. Here are some more to consider.
Shade Garden Perennials
Shade gardens can be woodland retreats or bursts of color. Many shade garden plants often considered sun lovers actually prefer some shade in hot areas or the peak of summer. Of the many plants that will grow well or even thrive in shade gardens, the following list are top shade garden performers.
Shade gardens can be woodland retreats or bursts of color. Many shade garden plants often considered sun lovers actually prefer some shade in hot areas or the peak of summer. Of the many plants that will grow well or even thrive in shade gardens, the following list are top shade garden performers.
Sprawling and Spilling Plants for Paved Areas
Spreading groundcover type perennial plants are great to use to fill in cracks and spaces in paved walkways and patios. Plants like spreading sedums and creeping thyme are favorites because they not only look great, they can handle some foot traffic and neglect. These spreading plants soften the edges of concrete walkways and give an aged appearance, as they fill in on patios and steps.
Spreading groundcover type perennial plants are great to use to fill in cracks and spaces in paved walkways and patios. Plants like spreading sedums and creeping thyme are favorites because they not only look great, they can handle some foot traffic and neglect. These spreading plants soften the edges of concrete walkways and give an aged appearance, as they fill in on patios and steps.
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Choosing, Growing and Caring for Black-eyed Susans.
Choosing, Growing and Caring for Black-eyed Susans.
Top Plant Choices for Including in Your First Gardens
The following are readers choices for the Top Perennials Plants for Novice Gardeners. The plants are for diverse climates, so read the notes carefully before making your selections.
The following are readers choices for the Top Perennials Plants for Novice Gardeners. The plants are for diverse climates, so read the notes carefully before making your selections.