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It's easy to have continuous blooms of color in your garden from early spring to late fall. Perennial only need to be planted once, and last many years. Annuals only last a year although some can re-seed themselves for the following year. Some annuals only bloom for a short time, but there are tricks for extending that time. Select a balance of plants that bloom at different times of the season such as:
- Early Spring - crocuses, daffodils, scillas & hyacinths
- Mid spring - tulips, irises, grape hyacinths, & flowering trees & bushes
- Late Spring - peonies, rhododenrons,lupine, day lilies, delphinium
- Early summer - fox gloves, petunias, hollyhocks, canterbury bells
- Mid summer - red-hot poker, shasta daisy, astilbe,heliopsis
- Late summer - monkshood, babies-breath, phlox, yarrow, balloonflower
- fall - Aster, chrysanthemum, blue sage, sedum, four-o-clock, pincushion flower
- Winter interest - aster, viola, Christmas rose, iceland poppy, blue daisy
Grow your own annuals and perennials from seed in flats & pots in early spring and transplant outdoors when all danger of frost is passed. Peat pots should be lightly broken up when planted to allow the roots to grow out into the garden soil. Most flowers grow best in light, well draining soil, with the exception of nastrutiums which seem to thrive in poor soil.
Plant a childrens flower garden so they feel the pride and accomplishment of their own efforts. Perhaps if they have their own flowers to cut and give to family & friends, they won't bother your favorite blooms.
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Do you want only white flowers, blue flowers, or fragrant flowers? What plants do well in partial shade or full sun? Which plants bloom in the Spring, summer or fall? This tool will narrow down the plants that match your conditions, and organizes them by their blooming seasons and plant height.
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