http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com/perennial-gardening-flower-tips.html Perennial flower gardening tips by award winning garden author Doug Green as he gives you updates on perennial gardening articles and his favourite sites. en-us Tue, 4 Oct 2005 15:24:53 -0400 Tue, 4 Oct 2005 15:24:53 -0400 Easy Blogs by uuba.com http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com/200510.html#e88 http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com/200510.html#e88 Tue, 4 Oct 2005 15:24:53 -0400 Due to some software changes, this rss feed will be discontinued and a new one started. If you go to my perennials page, you'll find my new feed on the left hand side of the page with full instructions on how to add this to your reader (right click as always... http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com/200509.html#e87 http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com/200509.html#e87 Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:10:39 -0400 Green roofs and green roofing systems are the "in" thing in Europe and given a gardening system that heats your home in the winter and cools it in the summer - what's not to like. Here's the three systems in place right now and the page is a starter page... http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com/200509.html#e86 http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com/200509.html#e86 Thu, 1 Sep 2005 14:15:18 -0400 Here's a list of so-called deer resistant perennials. The wonder of this is of course that deer in different parts of the country eat different plants and what they won't touch in the east is staple fodder out west. Nobody said deer had to be consistent.... http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com/200508.html#e85 http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com/200508.html#e85 Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:07:13 -0400 Pincushion flower is a long season blooming plant that will - with regular deadheading - bloom from early spring right through to late fall. Stop deadheading though and flower production slows right down. This plant doesn't like clay but loves to be fed.... http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com/200508.html#e84 http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com/200508.html#e84 Tue, 16 Aug 2005 13:08:56 -0400 Yarrow is the perfect long blooming perennial for hot dry sunny gardens. Growing to 24 inches it gives a good display of colour for as long as any other plant in the garden. Not only that but the new varieties have flowers that look good while they fade.... http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com/200508.html#e83 http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com/200508.html#e83 Mon, 8 Aug 2005 13:43:20 -0400 Wildflower seed is relatively easy to collect, store and grow following a few simple guidelines. Here they are along with a no-work method of germinating the seed (or at least no-work from a certain point of view). Check it out http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com/200507.html#e82 http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com/200507.html#e82 Sun, 31 Jul 2005 08:29:31 -0400 Helenium or Sneezeweed is a good plant for the mid summer garden assuming you give it lots of water. Without lots of water, you'll kill this plant. Forewarned is forearmed. Put it beside a pond or in a bog for easy success http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com/200507.html#e81 http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com/200507.html#e81 Wed, 27 Jul 2005 11:46:50 -0400 Here's a list of the types of blue flowers you can grow in perennial gardens. This list includes all the plants that are called "blue" but are actually magenta-blue or violet blue. You'll have to be careful when picking cultivars as there are differences... http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com/200507.html#e80 http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com/200507.html#e80 Mon, 18 Jul 2005 15:39:32 -0400 Here's my list of long blooming perennials for your perennial flower garden. Great plants for the perennial flower garden backbones and long season blooms http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com/200507.html#e79 http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com/200507.html#e79 Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:44:37 -0400 Here's a listing of perennials for cut flowers that will keep you cutting all summer long. It tells when to cut and how long you can expect the bloom to last in your perennial flower garden cutting vase