Perennial Flower Course

One of the ways I run my perennial flower course is to ask you what you want to learn and then I take it from there with comments and other suggestions for your success.

So the first part of this session is for you to add your questions to the list below.

This is now done and no other content is being added.

Design Questions


There are several interesting design questions and I've put together two videos for you on this.

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Part One is the shape and arrangement of the flowers in the bed.



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Part Two is the arrangement of individual plant groupings so they'll bloom all summer.


Feeding Perennial Flowers


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How to feed perennial flowers - questions and answers

Perennial Flower Garden Bed Maintenance


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How to maintain the perennial flower garden bed soil because there's an easy way and a hard way to do this and if you've read anything about how I garden, you know I'm a big fan of the big-easy gardening style.

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How to deadhead perennials or pruning perennial flowers This is a video showing the two basic systems that perennials produce flowers and giving you tips on how to prune your perennial flower bed.

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Doug's take on the reality of easy perennials and deadheading



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Deer Deterrent Podcast Understanding how deer think is the first step in figuring out how to control them. This is a realistic report in 4 minutes on basic strategies that work.

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Here are the main topics under discussion

Click on the links below to see the information and add your questions and comments.

Special Use Perennial Flowers

  Questions about perennials for special places and bloom times

Perennial Flower Garden Design

  perennial flower garden design questions on gardening course

Perennial Flower Problems

  Questions about perennial flower problems in garden course

Specific Perennial Flower Questions

  Specific perennial flower questions for online gardening course

Perennial Flower Gardening Tips

  perennial flower gardening tips asked for during garden course

Perennial Flower Garden Preparation

  Questions about perennial flower garden preparation

Feeding Perennial Flowers

  Questions about feeding perennial flowers in gardening course on perennials















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