27 Perennials with Long-Lasting Appeal
Designer Piet Oudolf recommends using perennials with appealing seed heads and distinctive structural outlines to add interest to the fall and winter garden. Here are just a few of his favorites. For more on extending the season in your garden, ... [... more]
Fine Gardening |
Top 10 Perennials
No droopy, mopey petals here, just our top 10 perennials that will keep your garden beautiful for years to come. By now, you're hooked. Your garden is increasingly a perennial one. Your yearly investment in annuals gets smaller and smaller, and ... [... more]
Better Homes and Gardens USA |
2003 Perennial Plant of the Year
For 14 years the Perennial Plant Association has named a perennial of the year to encourage gardeners to try new plants. This year's winner is a selection of an old favorite, Shasta daisy: Leucanthemum 'Becky'. Shasta daisies were so named by ... [... more]
National Gardening Association |
2007 Perennial Plant of the Year
Each year there are a bevy of perennial flowers to tempt us -- both new and old favorites -- and it can be difficult to choose what to plant. The Perennial Plant Association helps us by naming a perennial plant of year. This plant is one that has ... [... more]
National Gardening Association |
Planning The Perennial Border
Perennials are an indispensable part of every garden, regardless of size. They are a source of back-ground in color and size and provide an abundance of cut flowers. The long-time standard favorites peonies, iris, delphinium, phlox, ... [... more]
Backyard Gardener |
Perennials having long blooming seasons, Gardening
Aquilegia chrysantha (Golden Columbine) Campanula carpatica (Carpathian Harebell) Delphinium, if cut back Iris, fall blooming varieties Lathyrus latifolius (Perennial Pea) Lychnis Coronaria (Dusty Miller) Scabiosa graminifolia (Pincushion or ... [... more]
Backyard Gardener |
Persian Catmint as Perennial of the Year 2007 - Landscaping
Walker's Low Persian catmint is a delightful perennial, which has been named the 2007 Perennial of the Year. A member of the mint family, this is an excellent plant for the landscape. Since the stems tend to trail somewhat, this makes an ... [... more]
Bella Online |
Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Perennials: 10th ...
 Amazon.com Review: Perennials are the most challenging and rewarding of all garden plants, and most gardeners need all the help they can get to grow them well. Perennials emerge from the ground in early spring, grow to full height, bloom, bear fruit, and [... more]
$23.95
Amazon.com |
The Perennial Gardener's Design Primer
I LOVE THIS BOOK!!: After seeing this book recommended as one of the year's best by "Fine Gardening" and seeing it as the #3 selection on Amazon . Com for bestsellers I bought the book. Both authors have been in the horticulture field for a [... more]
$24.95
Amazon.com |
Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Perennials
Amazon.com Review: Perennials are the most challenging and rewarding of all garden plants, and most gardeners need all the help they can get to grow them well. Perennials emerge from the ground in early spring, grow to full height, bloom, bear fruit, and [... more]
$27.95
Amazon.com |
Plant Partners: Creative Plant Associations for Perennials
Amazon.com Review: Anna Pavord has no patience for dwarf plants ("a perverse trend"), pastels ("Stop overdosing on pastels. We've had more than enough of them"), or winter gardens ("Who needs them? The pleasures of the winter [... more]
$20.00
Amazon.com |
The Random House Book of Perennials: Early Perennials ...
Superb COLOR photographs (over 1250); Most informative!: Lush and enticing photography. Highly useful growing information: hardiness, bloom season, size, etc. A virtual wish list for every gardener covering the very best of hardy perennials, including [... more]
$27.50
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