Full Sun Plants
In the Heat of the Day
Full sun garden plants need to be able to take the heat, bloom reliably and deliver a summer full of dreams, blooms and delight.
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I'm Doug Green, a former nursery owner who used to grow 1600 varieties of perennials for sale in my nursery every year (along with 600 varieties of annuals but we don't talk about those - friends don't let friends plant annuals) :-) I had a pretty impressive collection of perennials (some 500 varieties of daylilies alone) when I sold the farm because I was writing for a living and life moves on. Now, I'm back to gardening and collecting but moving a bit slower (hey, I'm not 30 any more!) but still building new gardens every year.
I hope the articles and plant profiles here are useful to you and I wish you nothing but the best in your gardening adventure
Doug
p.s. if you want other gardening information, you can move between major topics using the "More Topics" tab in the top right hand corner
Shade Garden
Cool and Romantic
A garden of cool romantic delight, shaded for privacy and an oasis from the summer's heat and stress
Newsletter
A free weekly gardening newsletter with questions and answers, articles and links to interesting gardening information written with a sense of humor and backed by 30 years of practical gardening experience
Perennial Blog
Doug's perennial gardening blog where he share his pictures, ideas and articles - you can get it via email or through a rss reader.
Propagation
You Can Do This
Learning these simple propagation techniques allows you to have free or almost-free plants for your garden. Sharing plants, getting them from others becomes part of the gardening experience - and it surely helps the budget
Tips and Techniques
Making the Tough Easy
Figuring out the tough stuff or making the tough stuff easy is what this section does -
Ground Covers
Covering the Ground
Covering the ground,one plant at a time, and lists of plants to use and those to avoid
Container Gardening
Growing in Pots
Yes, you can grow darn near any perennial plant in a container with a bit of attention to details
perennial herbsPerennial Herbs
Herbs Need Not Bore
Perennial herbs need not be boring but can be attractive and important contributors to garden beauty as well as health and living
Rock Garden
Small plants - Tough Spaces
Rock gardening means growing the smallest plants from the highest mountains in an average low-level garden :-) Here's how to succeed
Perennial Video
Show 'n Tell
Perennial gardening videos from my own garden showing you the things I do to make it work (or less work) :-)
Ornamental Grass
Beauty in Movement
Ornamental grasses may not blow you away with fragrant blooms but the movement, line, grace, form and ease of use adds something to every garden setting
Garden Pictures
The Stuff of Dreams
Garden pictures for dreaming and designing your own garden. A place to share and photo contests happen here
Plant Lists
For every location
Plant lists for tough spots, scan them with your phone and take them shopping with you
Pond Perennials
Plants for Pondside
Perennials for that really damp spot or beside pools and ponds - these plants can take the water
Full Video Channel
All of Doug's garden video to show you things, entertain you and teach you the basics of great gardening. All done by Doug in his usual style of making the complicated very easy to understand.
Doug's Main Blog
This is Doug's main blog where he shares a wide variety of gardening information and thoughts. His sense of humor is unleashed against the walls of staid old gardening.
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