MAKE your garden sing with Perennials!!
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 08-02-2024
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GROWING
Soak bare-root perennials in a bucket
of water for an hour before planting. Shake the potting mix off the
roots of potted perennials and plant them like bare-root perennials.
Larger perennials sold in 1- or 2-quart-size containers are perfect
candidates for this. Space large, slow-growing
perennials properly at the start. Big hostas, goat's beard, gas plants,
and roses, for example, can be hard to move once they are established.
Ask at the nursery or check in a garden encyclopedia for information on
how big the plant will get. Then be sure to allow enough space for the
plant to reach its mature limits without overcrowding.
Plant
tall perennials together so they can support each other and need no
staking. Make an artificial bog for plants that need constantly wet
soil. Then you will be able to grow swamp irises, variegated cattails,
ligularias, and other water-loving plants.