| If you want a garden that will reappear year after | | | | all the information that you need. For instance, |
| year plant a Perennial Garden. There are many plants | | | | squirrels love to dig up bulbs and eat them. You can |
| that need to be grown from transplants or from | | | | eliminate the problem by placing chicken wire over |
| seed every year but perennial gardens will come | | | | the planted wire so the squirrels can't get to them. |
| back faithfully if you treat them right. Some of the | | | | Be sure to consider the growing season of each |
| perennials include caladium, aloe, iris, yucca and tulips. | | | | individual plant. Some flower in early spring, some in |
| A great example of a hardy perennial is the yucca | | | | summer and some in the fall. With a good plan a |
| which grows in the desert with no care, yet they | | | | gardener can have blooms all through the growing |
| grow, even thrive. | | | | seasons. Careful planning will ensure beautiful, colorful |
| Don't take that as if perennials will need no work or | | | | perennial gardens through the year. |
| care. If you want to enjoy your perennial garden you | | | | The hardest year for your perennial garden will be |
| will have to provide some care and maintenance. I | | | | the first year and will be the least attractive. |
| don't know of any garden you can plant and forget. | | | | Understand that these plants are just taking root and |
| Even if you have chosen plants that can withstand | | | | settling in to their new spot. In year two, the plants |
| some neglect you will still need to tend to it from | | | | will start to show you what is come. At this time you |
| time to time. This is a good tip to keep in mind when | | | | may wish to move a few of the plants or add and |
| choosing your plants. | | | | detract some. The basic "bones" of your garden is |
| Any garden, perennial or otherwise, will need some | | | | starting to show and this is the time for rearranging |
| research and a plan. You need to know the | | | | to make it more pleasing to the eye. Now you arrive |
| requirements of each plant; how much sun, how | | | | at year three and you will reap the rewards of your |
| much water, and the PH of the soil. After you have | | | | labor and care. Your friends and neighbors will marvel |
| figured out their needs you will be able to find the | | | | at your skills as a gardener. You can make some |
| ideal spot for your perennial garden. You must know | | | | changes in the third year but not too many or you |
| what planting zone you live in so you can choose | | | | will have to wait another three years for a beautiful |
| wisely. Pick plants that are proportional to the garden. | | | | perennial garden. |
| Keep their sizes and watering needs similar. It would | | | | Take some time to enjoy your garden while sitting |
| be disastrous to plant a perennial that needs moist | | | | outside in your yard. Cut some of the blooms to |
| soil next to one that likes a dry atmosphere. You | | | | take inside so you can enjoy them in your home. |
| should be able to get your questions answered at | | | | Your perennial garden was created out of love and |
| your nursery center or on the internet. There are | | | | planning. Now is the time to relax and enjoy your |
| many garden clubs on the internet so think about | | | | handiwork. |
| joining one that is all about perennials. You can use | | | | Happy Gardening! |
| lots of color in your perennial garden but try to keep | | | | Copyright © Mary Hanna, All Rights Reserved. |
| them in complimentary hues. | | | | This article may be distributed freely on your website |
| Do lots of research on any pests that will attack | | | | and in your ezines, as long as this entire article, |
| your perennial garden. Here again, the internet is a | | | | copyright notice, links and the resource box are |
| font of information. Go to a search engine, type in | | | | unchanged. |
| the name of your plants and add pests. You will find | | | | |