Our eBay Items

How to Landscape with Perennials

Green, red, yellow, pink and many other colors are just part of the effect we are trying to accomplish with landscaping with perennials and biennials. There are many variates of colors and shapes that you can use.

Perennials are plants that come back year after year if they given good care. Usually the colors are less brilliant than annuals, which have to be replanted each year, but they are still beautiful. Biennials are different in that they bloom every other year.

Perennials come in colors such as purples, oranges, yellows, pinks, blues and every color in between. There are perennials plants that have large flowers, very tiny flowers, and no flowers. They all add variety to any garden. For instance, non-flowering perennials can be used among bright annuals to separate colors. The possibilities can be endless.

Perennials include foxgloves, thyme, sage, hostas, irises and bougainvillea bushes. Each of these adds a different effect to your landscaping.

Foxgloves have long rows of pale pink or orange bell-shaped flowers with a thick green stalk. They give any garden variety in shape and height.

Hostas have beautiful white flowers. Like the foxgloves they are easy to care for. They need very little water and do very well planted in partial shade.

Bougainvillea bushes can be used in a number of different zones, included the hotter areas of California and the cold winters or the Northwest. They come in different colors, are easy to care for, and are drought tolerant.

If you need a ground cover, Thyme is a great choice. It requires almost no work. Sage, too, can be used. It adds a nice light green color to the garden and a beautiful fragrance as well.

Irises have a lovely, large yellow flower on a tall green stalk that comes back year after year. These lovely plants require very little care. A little pull once in a while to tug off the dead, wilted flowers is all it needs.

In the Fall when the blooms die off simply cut off the dead leaves at ground level and they will be ready for the following Spring, unless you are in an area that does not have frost and then you have flowers year around.

Compared to annuals the colors of the perennials are sometimes less vibrant. But when you consider that they grow year after year with very little care and work they are a great addition to your landscaping.