Want to grow perennials that have a long blooming period in your garden? Long-lasting perennials add color, height, and texture to the landscape. And equally important, many perennials provide important food sources for beneficial insects and pollinators, such as bees, butterflies, and birds. Perennials can take some time to get established in the garden and the first year, they're typically focused on growing roots. They grow faster in the second and third year and you can enjoy them each year.
We spoke with gardening experts about their favorite long-lasting perennials and why.
10 Fast-Growing Perennials That Will Fill Your Garden In A Flash 01 of 11 Autumn Joy Stonecrop
If you're looking for a succulent-style plant that can grow in various types of soils and regions, consider Autumn Joy Sedum, also known as Stonecrop and Rock moss. Lisa Mason Ziegler, author ofThe Cut Flower Handbook. likes to use these plants as cut flowers before they produce a flower. «Even before it blooms, as it grows up, the heads of the stems are so interesting that I use them as cut flowers in this stage too.»
Botanical Name:Hylotelephium 'Herbstfreude
Sun Exposure: Full
Soil Type: Sandy soil or Loamy and clay well-draining
Soil pH: Acidic to neutral (6.0 to 7.5)
02 of 11 Baptisia ‘Ivory Towers’
Want an eye-catching hybrid perennial that produces numerous blooms off one stem? Plant'Baptisia ‘Ivory Towers, also known as Ivory Towers False Indigo. «Purple stems reminiscent of asparagus shoots emerge in spring and are followed by towering white spikes of pearly white flowers,» saysMt. Cuba’s Manager of Horticultural Research, Sam Hoadley. He says these can grow in most gardens as long as they receive sufficient sun and are planted in
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The world has finally begun recognizing the value of indigenous, perennial plants in restoring diversity. Therefore, we have compiled a list of native American herbs and spices that lend stunning flavors, are replete with medicinal uses, and lure endemic wildlife back to your backyard.
Annuals are a topic that elicits strong responses from many gardeners. With the word come visions of manicured plantings, most frequently including foliage obscured by a lavish floral display. While some folks love the bright and reliable spreads of color, others meet them with disdain for their intensive use of resources and stiff appearance. Typically, when I think of annuals, I think of a different group and look entirely: increasingly, I usewater-wise annuals as texture-rich fillers that compete with weeds in new or revamped plantings, and as filler color where I expect to have a dull spot in the perennial beds and meadows. I’ve begun using them also as cut flowers, complementing the smattering of perennial blooms I cut for the kitchen counter. Such annuals blend effortlessly with naturalistic and cottage plantings, and reliably reseed each year. Many of these plants aren’t what come to mind when someone says “annuals”; if you’re more interested in annuals that complement your beds rather than replace them, read on.
Nearly every single item in Katie Mendelson’s home is vintage. Some pieces were found at auction or thrift stores—like the stepback cupboard that she stripped and painted bright blue—while others were passed down to her in some way.
There’s no shortage of reasons to thrift home decor. In addition to being more sustainable, shopping secondhand is typically more cost-effective than shopping new.
If a cup of coffee (or several!) are part of your morning or afternoon routine, it's likely that you've tossed a lot of grounds. Coffee grounds are actually full of organic matter and are wonderful to add to the compost pile to create a nutrient-rich amendment. There have been some misconceptions about used coffee grounds and whether it's a good idea to add them directly to your soil, and your houseplants.
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Hey GPODers! If you’re savvy on social media and your IG feed is full of gardens that make you say, “How do they possibly do it??” You might recognize today’s submitter, Valerie or @cottageandblossom. Today we’re looking at her enviable greenhouse and gorgeous cutting garden:
Hi GPODers! Today we’ve got an incredible garden story from a frequent GPOD contributor that is a demonstration of how magically small our big world can be. Bas Suharto has previously shown off gardens he has designed and built (check out some of those submissions: Building a Garden With Bas and Building a Japanese-Inspired Garden) as well as his own incredible home gardens (Parterre Garden in Ottawa and A Japanese-Style Garden in Ottawa). But the garden in this most recent submission caught Bas’ eye long before he was asked to lend a helping hand the space.
With garden openings over for 2024, my ramblings around the garden involve a combination of “this is gorgeous!”, “aren’t we fortunate?”, “thank goodness that’s over” and “how can I improve this?”. Already thoughts have turned to potential ‘tweaks’, nothing major, and ways to improve things I don’t feel have really worked – perhaps I will write a post on them in due course…
SOME OF THE many unusual fruits that Allyson Levy and Scott Serrano grow in their arboretum in the Hudson Valley of New York, like goji berries or maybe Schisandra (above), are ones you’re more likely to see on ingredient labels of health food store products than for sale in nurseries or growing in gardens. But grow them you can.