Southern Perennial Gardening

Deadheading is an important part of perennial gardening. Deadheading some perennials will cause them to bloom longer. Other perennials may not rebloom but your garden will look neater if deadheaded.

In addition to having an obsession with plants, I also have an obsession with gardening books. A new book on perennial garden design, that I highly recommend is The Perennial Gardener’s Design Primer by Stephanie Cohan and Nancy J. Ondra. This is one of the best books on garden design I have seen.

Keeping a perennial garden looking good should not be to difficult if you choose and plant carefully. Follow these tips for maintaining your perennial garden.

Early spring is considered a good time to plant perennials. Planting early, just after killing frosts have passed, is better than planting later in the spring, as the plants have more time to adjust befor warm weather arrives

I really like using several different plants in combination when planting in containers.

Perennial garden design can be extremely easy or extremely challenging.

Perennials are plants whose tops are killed back by frost but whose roots and crowns survive the winter.