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  • I need a perennial help me decide!

    After I relocate a lavender, I have room for one more perennial in my garden that gets full sun. What would you choose? It's at the corner of a deck, middle of the garden bed. Orange crocosmia is behind it, daylilies, lavender, and sedum "Autumn Joy' surround it. My thoughts… More

  • Favorite new perennial

    Pink Double Delight Coneflower. I like it so much, I went back and got another one. The tag said the more you deadhead, the more it blooms, and it really does. It only gets 18-20 in. tall so it's a good size for the front of beds. More

  • Three plants need names!!!

    The first three photos are of a shrub(?) I planted several years ago. The people at our local nursery are stumped. I should have posted it here first! It is deciduous and gets quite large (over 5'), delicate leaves w/occasional clusters of small flowers. The second photo shows the growth… More

  • Perennial used as Annual??

    Perennial used as an Annual--what in the world does that mean??? Do you kill it off after one year?? It gets even more confusing (to me anyway ;) ) when it says it's a hardy perennial, but a half-hardy annual. So, does the frost kill it, or doesn't it?? In… More

  • Can lantana be perennial?

    In Zone 6B? My neighbor across the road has one of the orange-red-yellow variegated types and it comes back from the root every year. It presents as a shrub and gets almost 6' tall and equally as wide. He has it up against the brick of his house, southwestern exposure.… More

  • Help with this potential perennial :)

    Hello :) I have found a really lovely little plant -- a few of them. My neighbors are snowbirds and won't be back until June, so I have been getting their yard picked up a bit and I also cleaned out her front planter. My neighbor had put some Salvia… More

  • cutting back overgrown plants

    Hi All.... I was a member ages ago and left for a bit but am back with a question. I have a rather sad looking perennial garden... (thats what happens when 3 of six dogs can jump the fence surrounding it) but in either case.... some of my plants are… More

  • What is your favorite perennial that blooms in August?

    Looking for more color in my garden for August into the fall.. any ideas besides aster and mums? More

  • Lost the name for this perennial ground cover!

    I started these perennial ground-covers from seed a few years ago and cannot remember the name of it! Grows 3 to 4 inches high and spreads indefinitly. Flowers are around an inch. Blooms from May into June. More

  • New perennial needs ID please

    I found this perennial plant on clearance and couldn't resist it.:) It has pink flowers and variegated leaves. Unfortunately the name tag was missing. Could someone please identify it.....thanks. More

  • Favorite Perennial?

    What is you fav perennial of all time ? You can pick more then 1 just tell us what you like about it or why it is a fav of yours , and pictures of the plant in question would be cool too. More

  • What are these plants??

    Hi all- As some of you know, I've inherited a fairly large perennial garden, and I'm spending the summer seeing "what comes up". I've got three unidentified plants here and one strange tree (that I've trimmed on the bottom and still waiting for my husband to do the top). Can… More

  • Good filler plants for perennial borders

    I have some spaces in my gardens I want to fill in with annuals. What are some good choices that will stand up to the heat of summer, spread and flower through the fall besides petunias and marigolds? More

  • Perennial Websites?

    Alright, I'm looking for some help from everyone here. I'm getting the itch for spring and am trying to remedy it by finding some good websites that I could possibly order plants from. Most of what I'm looking for is perennials and herbs, but really I'll look at anything. If… More

  • Planting a Perennial Garden

    I am going tp plant a Perennial garden along side my shed that is 17' 4" by 3' I only have a Lilly and 10 Red Firecrackers and would like to know what else would look beautiful in with these plants? It is on the South-side of my shed where… More

  • What Is This Perennial?

    Once again, this lovely flower is blooming in one of my flower beds and I have no idea where it came from. Can someone please help me put a name to it? More

  • Define What a 'Perennial' Is

    I'm trying to start growing flowers, but I'm not sure what a 'perennial' is? Where I live is always warm, year round. I figured it would be better to grow flowers that don't die off after they have flowered. So, if someone could help me out with the definition of… More

  • Continous Blooming Perennial Garden

    Good Morning All My garden is located in Millsboro, Delaware and it just is not colorful enough throughout Spring, Summer and Fall. Sooooooooooo I wiould like to add additional perennials so that I will have coninous blooming plants from Spring through Fall. The pesent plants were there when I purchased… More

  • No name perennial!

    I bought this little mystery perennial at a closing out sale. There was only one and it didn't have a tag, and the saleperson had no idea what it was!! It has small one inch blue flowers...which fell off before I could get a decent picture of it! Any ideas… More

  • Planting Perennial plants..

    I purchased some Black Eyed Susan plants and Purple Coneflowers on ebay and just got them. Can I stick them in the garden now or should I put them in a pot indoors? Can emerging plants stand a light frost (just in case)? They come from mature plantings.. More