Perennial Garden This is not to say that only perennials (plants that need not be replanted each year, but rather survive to come to bloom again in the spring) should be in your yard, but merely that a good percentage of your yard could be inhabited by these hardy wonders of nature. By maintaining a garden this is primarily a perennial garden, you will have less work to do, and more time to sit and talk with friends about this flower or that plant.
Perennial Seed While many people enjoy planting fully grown plants (or at least those with a minimum of a year’s growth), for others, their tastes stretch to the planting of seeds and enjoying the excitement of seeing the first signs of green come creeping forth from the ground. A growing trend in gardening is the expanding use of perennials, and so too, perennial seed.
Perennial Grasses Perennial grasses are often called ornamental grasses though not all perennial grasses fit into this billing. However, many are quite lovely, and they all serve a purpose. Whether it is to decorate a corner of your yard, or a corner of your vegetable garden, or as a lawn, these ubiquitous plants are sure to please.
Perennial Flowers Perennial flowers are simply quite wonderful. This is as, by coming back year after year, they are less maintenance. However, this is not to say that they require no maintenance at all. Here we’ll cover a few of the basic aspects of maintenance that you may find helpful for your garden.
Perennial Bulbs Geophytes, or perennial bulbs come in numerous types: corms, tubers, tuberous roots, enlarged hypocotyls, rhizomes, and true bulbs. Each looks differently, both externally and in their internal structures, yet they are collectively and commonly known as flower bulbs. Of special interest for this article will be perennial bulbs specifically.
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