Perennial Talk

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Create a cottage garden with Must Have Perennials®

Create a cottage garden this year with Must Have Perennials® Plant These Must Have Perennials® and transform your garden into a lovely cottage garden Many gardeners just want to achieve that English Garden look with blue and purple ground covers, windswept flowers and cascading plants over rocks and stone walls.

Calibrachoa Aloha Nani Cherry Cartwheel

Calibrachoa

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Best Trees for Screening your Property

Best Trees for Screening your Property

Large shrubs and trees at least six feet tall can make effective visual screens on your property. Although a wall may block noise and wind better, a screen of living plants is usually a less costly and lower-maintenance option for limiting a view into your property or blocking objects within or outside your property.

Fall is a Great Time to Plant

Fall is a Great Time to Plant

For gardeners in many parts of the country, fall is a great time to plant just about anything. Except in the coldest regions, fall can provide most perennials, shrubs and trees with enough time to become established in their new home before experiencing extreme heat, cold or drought.

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Pruning Basics

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Don't be penny wise and pound foolish

Grabbing an image from the Internet and putting it on your website is 'free' when you do it, but could end up costing you dearly in the long term.

Using Color in the Garden

Using Color in the Garden

When planning a garden, think of it as a painting; some colors dominate and are spread with broad brush strokes here, while other colors will give depth and dimension with small dabs here and there.

Easy Pollinator Garden

Easy Pollinator Garden

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