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Spiderwort or Tradescantia is a particularly gratifying perennial because this plant is one of the longest bloomers in the garden - carrying flowers from early June right through until fall if treated …
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I'm having a bit of a struggle with long blooming perennials at the moment. I don't have enough of them. Sigh.. And over a cup of coffee, I was lead to the next gardening mystery in my life. Why do …
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Let's get the important stuff about Hakonechloa out of the way first. You pronounce it Hack-on-ee-kl-oh-ah - with the emphasis on the ee. So it sounds like "hackon-ee-kloa. Got it? …
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Shasta daisies are one of the all-time favourite garden perennials, and rightly so. This plant is easy enough to grow for a beginner yet important enough in garden design that experts include them …
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Cutting garden design falls into two distinct schools of thought.There's the utilitarian school that says “put them all in rows" and then there's the artistic school that has determined it an …
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Let us assume the average perennial flower is going to bloom for three weeks (some a little higher, some a little lower) so anything that exceeds this by a goodly margin is eligible to make this …
