Perennial Garden Flowers
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Lists of Perennial Plants
Full lists of perennial plants as well as information on how to grow them can be found at my perennial garden flower website.
Free Ebook
Not only that, but I have a free ebook on the Perennial Plants of the Year for you to download.
Doug's Favorite Perennial Plants
This is a video of my favorite perennial garden flowers that were Perennial Plants of the Year. I picked the best and easiest to grow ones out for you.
Basic Plant Tips for Perennial Success
Full sun perennial video on the three things you need to know to succeed with perennial flowers.
Use compost liberally in the perennial flower bed. Compost adds more to the garden other than feeding plants. It helps keep them healthy, pest and disease-free. You can find out more about compost and compost tea right here.
Deer repellantsI don't care what kind of garden you have or what perennial garden flowers you want to grow, if you have deer around, you're going to want to know about this topic.
Cottage garden plants When it comes to designing perennial beds, our gardening ancestors used simple plants with great effect. My understanding of the cottage garden is that anybody can grow one - you don't have to be a designer to succeed here.
Easy Sun-loving Plants to Grow
Carnations are more properly called Dianthus and there are many different kinds available to the gardener. Here's a basic primer on how to grow this great plant.
Echinacea or Coneflower (pictured) may be perfect beginner plants. Hardy, long blooming, disease tolerant, easy to grow. I'm a big fan of these plants and I think you'll grow them and agree with me on how nice they are.
Daylily plants are one of the hardiest and easiest of perennials to grow.
Garden Phlox or Phlox paniculata. is another great beginner plant. Grow it properly and it will last for decades.
Yarrow is almost as foolproof a plant as they come for the full hot sun - particularly where few other plants will grow.
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Easy Shade-loving Plants to Grow
Astilbe are one of the easiest of shade loving perennial plants.
Hosta are the classic shade garden plant with the thousands of leaf colors to choose from.
Goatsbeard or Aruncus is one tough can't-kill kind of plant.
Lungwort or Pulmonaria now comes in a wide variety of leaf colors and shapes. This is a great plant for the spring shade garden.
Corydalis lutea is the longest blooming plant in my garden. And it loves the shade.
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Easy Spring Blooming Plants to Grow
Bleeding heart are delightful plants and here's the two forms you'll see - one is a tall spring bloomer known to our grandparents, the other a shorter all-summer bloomer that's a must-have for
Primula or Primroses are indeed one of the easiest plants to grow as well as well as being one of the most charming spring bloomers.
Easy Summer Blooming Plants to Grow
Shasta Daisies are one of the finest and longest blooming summer perennials. Here's how to keep them blooming longer and propagate them because they're short-lived perennials.
Lady's Mantle or Alchemilla is not only an easy early-summer bloomer, it will also grow in the sun or the part shade garden.
Easy Fall Blooming Plants to Grow
Aster flowers are one of the backbone plants for fall perennial garden design and blooming.
Butterfly bush is one of the most fragrant of perennials.
Hibiscus flowers are indeed one of fall's treasures. Massive blooms and easy to grow!
Got a Problem with your Perennial Flowers?
If you have a question about perennial flower gardening, then feel free to ask it using this form.
Please check the articles above and then scroll down to the bottom of the page before asking your question - there is a listing of all questions asked there. You might save yourself some time if the question is already asked.
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See what other gardeners have asked
Click below to see what other gardeners have asked about perennial flowers
non-blooming daylilies
My daylilies grow great leaves but never seem to flower. I read that adding extra phosphorous would help. Is that true?
Doug says "nope". If your daylilies ...
When can I relocate the Dianthus Firewitch?
I live in the area of zone 5. I need to move my dianthus plant to a new location. When can I do it?
Doug says I prefer to move Dianthus in the spring ...
daylilies have buds but don't open i have a bed of daylilies that have lots of buds but seem to just be dormant - only one bud opened in the past 2 weeks. they get plenty of sunlight and ...
Over-wintering Foxglove I live in Ohio Z-5. I planted a whole package of Foxglove in 6-pack containers and I think every single one sprouted. Now in June I've transplanted to ...
sedum
i have a low growing sedum taking over my whole front yard how do i kill it or get rid of it.
Doug says you can "burn" it with an organic spray or start ...
question about identifying perennials at my workplace, we have acquired a greenhouse full of perennials. however, we are having trouble identifying what they are- at least until they bloom....
Iris Not Flowering With Right Color
I planted purple Iris in my garden and they flower yellow. What could cause this?
Doug says - not to put too fine a point on it but the tag on the ...
Foxgloves roots rotted
What could have cause the roots to rot on this plant?
Doug says that foxglove roots are interesting 'critters". Generally if you overfeed them, they ...
Goatsbeard blooms didn't open The blooms on my 3yr old goatsbeard didn't open. I moved it from a sunny(6hr/day), wet location to dappled shade under a weeping willow & next to a pond....
groundcover between perennials?
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I am new to gardening after buying a house in central Vermont. I have a lot of perennials but find the space between them unattractive. I have ...
plant division of Dianthus
how do I divide the plant Dianthus (Fire witch)?
Doug says - you don't. You take cuttings (see the propagation page) of Dianthus. That's the easy ...
grass has invaded, cleaning it out I have a mostly shady area by my house, I 've cleaned it out & added soil then planted some flowers a few years ago. It did have grass before I started....
