Getting Started with Perennials

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• Xeriscape Perennials

  I found this list of xeriscape perennials at High Country Gardens. I have never bought anything from this company so I know nothing about it. I just thought that the plant list would be helpful since everyone seems to be affected in some way by summer droughts and water shortages.… More

• Sharing perennials

  Hi all, do you swap perennials here? I am way down in South Alabama. I just joined today. :o I love purple fowers and red roses!! Sher D. More

• deadheading perennials?

  Does deadheading perennials help them to bloom more? I'm wondering if I should cut flowers off my bleeding heart, or if this is gonna be all there is. More

• Top Five perennials

  What are your top five favorite perennials? Mine are: Coneflower Foxglove Blanket flower Nandina Butterfly Bush I know...hard to limit it to five! haha More

• Hope my perennials are ok....

  I seen my yucca is looking rough....Such a hard time of the year....worrying about the temps and wind chill hurting my precious plants ..... More

• Peppers are Perennials??

  I was just reading that although most people throw out pepper plants after the growing season, they can be taken inside and replanted the following year because they will reproduce again. Has anyone heard this? More

• Heirloom perennials

  Does anyone know where I can order heirloom or old fashioned perennial plants or seeds? Live in Georgia, so would like to have something close. Maybe a catalog company that sells them.Thanks gardening friends :cool: More

• Need Help In Chosing Perennials

  I moved from a house (which I enjoyed gardening at) to an apartment. I can plant some things, but because of operations, I have difficulty bending down. :( I would like to plant down each side of my walk-way and right now I have pansies which are almost on their… More

• Are snapdragons perennials?

  I have had trouble growing snapdragons from seed this year. I finally bought some. Now I am wondering if they will be perennial? I am in zone 8. More

• Bunch of perennials what are they?

  I am new to plants and gardening and I was hoping that someone could help me identify these plants! More

• Who has projects started but not yet done??

  Last July 4th weekend we started replacing the floorboards and posts of our front porch. We need to add handrails, cover a crappy cement stoop with wooden steps and make new steps on the side of the porch (it's a wrap around) - a few pics for effect. So far… More

• perennials

  Just bought my first house so i am new at this gardening stuff. My mother-in-law dug up some perennial flowers to give us (no clue what they are). We are redoing the outside of the house so i did not want to plant them right away, i put them in… More

• Perennials

  Help!! I have daisys cone flowers and day lillys that need attention. Do I cut these back now or just let them be?? Thanks!!!! More

• Just started

  Didn't see this forum last night. Guess I should introduce myself. My name's Ted Simons. (Sorry, I was too tired when I registered to come up with something witty. haha) I'm a college student about to graduate from Oklahoma Christian University (Oklahoma City) in December with a bachelor's in Youth… More

• Seeds started

  Hi I am new to this site today! I started some seeds inside for my vegetable garden. They are doing so well i am not sure they will last in the flat that I started them in until safe from the first frost! When do I need to move them… More

• are chives started

  from seed?? this spring when I was buying herbs I couldnt ever find chives..and I couldnt find seeds either...so was wondering are they started from seeds?? ~C~ More

• just started gardening

  hi everone I just got my backyard cleared the other day and 4inches of top soil down. I wanted to plant some roses but don't know how far apart I should plant between each rose bush. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. The rose plants I wanna get are about… More

• Started too early

  Hello all, this is my first post. Last year my wife made some really good salsa and this year she wants to make lots more. So I started some tomatoes and peppers indoors. The problem is I started them too soon. I now have about 25 Roma, 25 Super Steak,… More

• Getting Started on the Cheap

  I'm a college student and would like to try my hand at composting. I live in a house with a backyard, so space is there, as long as nothing is permanent (rental!). But as a college student, money is definitely a factor. Any advice on getting started composting, and doing… More

• What have YOU started from seed this year??

  I have had great success with seeds so far in '09. We have started zinnias, cosmos,sunflowers and hollyhocks. I am going to study up and try to start some perennials.:D Oh yeah, I forgot the morning glories, moonflower vines, wild flowers and nasturtuims. Oh how I love to see a… More

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