Articles related to "Growing Perennials"

Perennials are those plants in the yard or garden bed that can be counted on to return and bloom every year. Here's a list of perennial plants anyone can grow.

How to grow perennial plants from seed. Is it cost effective? Is it different from growing veggies and annuals from Seed?

Asparagus is a gourmet and highly nutritious perennial vegetable and is one of the best investments a gardener can make, producing a crop for decades.

Whatever landscape a gardener has to work with, there is sure to be an iris he can grow to enjoy months of colorful flowers and attractive foliage.

With the current popularity of everything Italian, what better way to bring a breath of Tuscany to your home than with a fragrant pot of rosemary?

With proper overwintering techniques, which are made much easier with the use of a greenhouse, many plants can be preserved only to be more vigorous beautiful producers.

Just beginning to grow perennial flowers? Starting your first perennial flower garden? Follow this basic guide to planting and growing perennial flowers.

Perennials grow bigger and better each year and could outgrow their place in the garden. Plan ahead and space perennial plants to allow for their mature size.

It’s spring! But is it time to plant perennials yet? Can container grown hardy perennials be planted before the last spring frost? Maybe yes, maybe no. Find out why.

The beautiful scent of the sweet purple violet flower has been grown for centuries to create exotic perfumes.

Your bare root perennial plants are ready for planting. Are you ready for them? When to plant these in the garden and how to delay planting, if you must.

Design a perennial flower garden with these easy to grow perennials: widely adapted, easy to grow in a sunny garden, long lived flowers, and they look beautiful, too.

Use Gardening Basics for Dummies as a reference to learn how to plant a garden from scratch or redesign an old landscape plan. Home gardening for beginners.

Mums are easy to grow plants that bloom in the fall. Read on for tips on how to prune, plant and care for chrysanthemums.

Buying large numbers of herbaceous perennials is expensive. However, growing perennials from seed is easy, much cheaper, and more fun than buying ready grown plants.

Veronica is an easy to grow perennial plant. Commonly known as speedwell, veronica will grow in butterfly and cutting gardens where their upright spires will be enjoyed.

Flower gardeners know perennial flowers respond to basic care with better blooms and vigorous growth. Follow these summer care tips for your best perennial garden ever!

Enjoy fresh produce year after year without having to replant every spring and fall. Here, a list of four food plants which keep producing and a bit about how to grow the

Astilbe plants are an excellent choice for gardeners to add color to a shade garden and flower heads also make good cut flowers.

False indigo, or wild indigo is a useful perennial plant for flowering gardens with attractive fall seed pods and late spring flowers.

Even those who lack the traditional gardening space can enjoy horticultural success with container gardening.

In a time where many businesses are struggling, some green businesses are thriving.

Musk mallows are a gardening favorite. Beautiful mallow plants are prolific and produce delicate flowers covering stems that grow to approximately 3 feet.

Is it warm enough yet? Wait until after the last spring frost to plant those annuals! Get your frost date and learn how to harden off your annual flowers.

If you want a blue flowered theme garden or just like blue flowers in your flower garden, be sure to plant some of these blue flowering perennials.

Every garden has a difficult hot sunny spot where most flowers fail. Plant some or all of these proven hardy perennial performers in your flower garden this summer.

Perennial gardens finish with a bang in autumn. Hot colors, made more intense by the changes in sun angle, render a garden complete for the season.

Flowers for the white garden or moon garden include multitudes of white flowered annuals, biennials, perennials, bulbs, rhizomes, and tubers.

Fragrant plants add a touch of charm and surprise to a garden and none more so than the pleasant surprise of hidden bulbs suddenly bursting forth with scent and color.

These gorgeous perennials return each year bearing an abundance of large richly colored flowers, a delight to the eye from early summer into late fall.

This is an easy to follow tutorial on putting in a bog garden for water plants and other aquatic life.

Keep old seeds or throw them out? Are they worth planting? What's the shelf life of seeds? Will seeds you already have still sprout or germinate and grow? Test them!

Ranging from pale white blooms to spectacular red mop-heads, hydrangeas are a vibrant ornamental shrub that adds long lasting summer and fall colors to all flowerbeds.

Having a good time doesn't have to cost a fortune. Here are some enjoyable alternatives to dinner and a movie that will save your budget.

Herbs have a positive impact on neighboring plants when planned as companion plants. These herb plants can do more than flavor dishes, they can repel deer and insects.

Penstemon was once prized only in native or wild flower gardens but is now popular for water-wise xeriscapes, hummingbird and mixed border areas as it is very hardy.

Learn why the Perennial Plant Association named Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola' Perennial Plant of the Year for 2009. An ornamental Japanese Hakone grass worth growing.

When is the best time to plant my flowers? Is it too early? Too late? Is there a difference between when to plant annuals and perennials? Find out!

Roy Diblik's Small Perennial Gardens: The Know Maintenance Approach is a how-to for growing perennial plants in a Midwest climate. This garden book review explains why.

The earliest blooms in the garden frequently give us a taste of spring, a promise that warmer days are coming. These spring flowering plants make a garden burst alive.

For vibrant summer flowers with a profusion of red and orange blossoms, the Red Bird of Paradise plant is truly the Peacock Flower of tropical gardens.

Often referred to as the lazy gardener's vegetables, perennials in the vegetable patch are a surprise to many gardeners.

Catnip is a member of the mint family. It is easy to grow in Texas and cats find the plant almost irresistible. Tea made from catnip is calming and aids sleep.

Thyme's ability to withstand drought, coupled with its spreading, low-growing habit, make it a good alternative to traditional turf in hot, dry areas.

A vigorous climbing vine, with draping racemes of fragrant flowers, the Wisteria plant with its stunning blooms is ideal for garden entrances, porches and porticoes.

With their bright colors, vivid songs and abundant energy, songbirds add an entirely new dimension to gardens.

Sites with dry shade are a challenge, but careful plant selection can make all the difference. To ensure success, select ground covers that thrive in tough conditions.

A border of plants around a vegetable patch can be useful and decorative. Here are ideas for edging plants to surround the kitchen garden.

If you are looking for an easy-care plant that will bring color and scent into your garden, try an old fashioned favorite, the daylily.

Gardening at altitudes above 6500' is challenging, but with a little effort and proper plant selection, the rewards can be spectacular and unique.