Doug's Perennial Flowers
Let me be frank. I have had a 30 year
love affair with perennial flowers. It wasn't until I
discovered how easy some of them were to grow, how challenging others
were to propagate and how lovely they all (well, almost all) when they
were in bloom in my gardens that I truly became a committed gardener.
Shortly afterwards, my small nursery exploded into growth and
I found myself growing well over 1800 varieties of new and interesting
perennial flowers year after year. I think I usually started
about 300 new ones from seed every year just to see if they'd live in
my USDA zone 4 garden.
I'm hooked on these plants.
This is not to say that I don't grow and enjoy other plants as well
(heck, I've written books on bulbs and roses) but this class of garden
plant owns my heart. Or at least it does when there's
something in bloom in my garden.
A few of my favorites - all chosen from award-winning perennial plants
Small garden ideas are different than larger one - here's what I learned from my own small garden.
Perennial flower garden design tips for all-summer long blooming
Guidelines for how and when to transplant perennials in your garden
Reviews and Reports on Echinacea or Coneflower for you to add your comments
A list of full sun perennials that take the heat and still flower
Sunloving spreading garden thugs you need to be careful of - they take over gardens. Add your suggestions too
Here are a few of the long blooming perennial flowers you really want in your garden
Here are three easy daisies you can grow in your sunny garden
Bleeding Hearts are one of my all-time favorite shade garden plants - from the old fashioned to the modern long-blooming
Some interesting tips and things to know about growing the Queen of shady gardens - the Hosta
Bleeding Hearts are one of my all-time favorite shade garden plants - from the old fashioned to the modern long-blooming
Here's how to ensure your Echinacea plants are hardy in cold area gardens
A video to show you deadheading techniques for cleaning up perennial flowers
Here's the easy and hard way of starting a perennial flower garden and getting the soil right
Three small garden ideas for the smaller perennial flower garden - easy ways to make it look bigger
If you want easy perennials, here's the trick on pruning and maintenance.
Purple moor grass is excellent for damp, acidic spots where not much else will thrive
The Easy system of perennial flower garden design - compared to the hard way you're doing it now
Plant Profiles: You Can Grow That
An easy but impressive perennial flower - perfect for the full sun garden