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.

Favorite Perennials

gardening pots A few of my favorites - all chosen from award-winning perennial plants

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Small Garden Ideas

outdoor lighting Small garden ideas are different than larger one - here's what I learned from my own small garden.

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Perennial Design

garden mulch Perennial flower garden design tips for all-summer long blooming

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Transplanting Perennials

landscape contracts Guidelines for how and when to transplant perennials in your garden

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Echinacea

Reviews and Reports on Echinacea or Coneflower for you to add your comments

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Full Sun Perennials

A list of full sun perennials that take the heat and still flower

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Sunloving Thugs

Sunloving spreading garden thugs you need to be careful of - they take over gardens. Add your suggestions too

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Long Blooming Perennials

Here are a few of the long blooming perennial flowers you really want in your garden

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3 Easy Daisies

Here are three easy daisies you can grow in your sunny garden

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Bleeding Hearts

Bleeding Hearts are one of my all-time favorite shade garden plants - from the old fashioned to the modern long-blooming

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Planting Hosta

Some interesting tips and things to know about growing the Queen of shady gardens - the Hosta

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Coralbells

coral bells Bleeding Hearts are one of my all-time favorite shade garden plants - from the old fashioned to the modern long-blooming

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Echinacea Plants

Here's how to ensure your Echinacea plants are hardy in cold area gardens

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Deadheading Perennials

coral bells A video to show you deadheading techniques for cleaning up perennial flowers

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Start Your Garden Properly

Here's the easy and hard way of starting a perennial flower garden and getting the soil right

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3 Small Garden Ideas

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Easy Perennials

If you want easy perennials, here's the trick on pruning and maintenance.

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Purple Moor Grass

coral bells Purple moor grass is excellent for damp, acidic spots where not much else will thrive

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Perennial Garden Design

The Easy system of perennial flower garden design - compared to the hard way you're doing it now

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Plant Profiles: You Can Grow That

Phlomis russeliana

An easy but impressive perennial flower - perfect for the full sun garden

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