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I have had a love affair with perennial flowers for many years and this is the place where I share my latest articles, perennial flower gardening tips, pictures and what I'm doing in my perennial gardens.
I had my own specialist perennial nursery for over 20 years, worked in Canada's largest perennial nursery for a few years and generally have grown and/or killed more perennials than most folks will even consider trying. :-) In my garden world, you have to kill a few to discover exactly what you can grow and if I'm not kiling tender or different plants every year, I'm not learning much.
I'm not asking you to go out and kill some perennial plants; you can simply read the articles here to figure out what you can grow and what you can't. Leave the dead stuff to me. :-)
You'll also find forms on many of the main navigation pages or links on the bottom of the article pages directing you to a from where you can indeed ask a question. I try to answer a few every week but make no promises (read the instructions on the page to increase the chances I'll get to yours.
All the new articles fit to print.
Feb 1, 2012
raised garden bed design
Several principles of raised garden bed design explained so you can do this in your own perennial garden from garden author Doug Green
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Jan 30, 2012
Chrysanthemum Green Pompons
I live in northern Indiana. My son, age 12, just recently died. His favorite color was green. Would I be able to grow the green pompons in my area as
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Jan 20, 2012
Three Perennial Shade Plants That Are Out of the Ordinary
Here are three perennial shade plants I invite you to hunt out and grow. They may not be readily available in your local garden center but a little online
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Jan 16, 2012
Japanese Painted Ferns in Central Florida Landscape
Do you know whether Japanese painted ferns will thrive in Central Florida? I hired a landscape designer to design a non-tropical landscape for our backyard
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Jan 12, 2012
evergreen ground covers
9 can't kill evergreen ground covers for easy gardening in difficult landscaping conditions from garden author Doug Green
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Nov 29, 2011
ornamental grass
Navigation page to lists and descriptions of ornamental grass, Q&A from readers and garden pictures of grasses
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Nov 29, 2011
How to stop spread of fall hardy mum?
Last fall I planted 2 pots of hardy mums, which grew to be huge this year, producing loads of pale-peach daisy-like blooms this fall (attracted large black
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Nov 25, 2011
perennial garden flowers
navigation page for list of perennial garden flowers for specific purposes - from xeriscape to shade to cut flowers and butterflies
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Nov 25, 2011
deer resistant shade perennials
A list of deer resistant shade perennials with links to how to grow many of them from gardening author Doug Green
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Nov 25, 2011
deer resistant perennials
Here's a short list of favorite deer resistant perennials for full sun gardens
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