Sunday, June 26, 2011

PERENNIALS

A perennial is a plant that lives more that two years and usually flower every year.


Perennials have so many different variaties of flowers and every color you can think of are represented as well. They have different shapes and sizes and they flower at different times of the year.


Perennials have a wonderful scent which makes it pleasant to walk around the garden They also attract bees, butterflys and birds. 


Most perennials are easy to grow, and need not too much attention and are easy  to propagate. You can dig up a plant when its dormant and split it in two to replant  again . They are also look good with other plants like shrubs and bulb type flowers.


Some of the perennials names are - Gaillardia,  bluebells, asters, Lobelias,  cinerarias, wedding bells. birch hybrid, floro Pleno, bellflower, camelia , marigolds,Calanthe,  Bellis daisy , Begonia, astrantias, disporiums, cornflowers, chrysanthums,  geraniums,(come in so many shapes and colors) Baby's breath, crocosmias, hellopsis, lythrums,monardas.lavander  just to name a few   


The american horticultural society encyclopedia of Perenials is a fabulous book on the subject of Perennials.                                                   

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