It’s National Perennial Month, a time to celebrate the beauty and resilience of these hardy, long-lasting plants. Perennials are a beloved feature in gardens across the country, captivating us with their vibrant colors, diverse foliage, and the ability to return year after year.
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May is a great time to start working on your landscaping projects. The weather is mild and the soil is still moist from spring rains, making it the perfect time to plant flowers and vegetables.
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February can be a quiet month in the garden, but there are still a few essential tasks that need to be done to prepare your landscape for the upcoming spring season. Here are some landscaping tasks to tackle this February:
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Stunning dahlia with enormous, striking, reddish-purple flowers on tall stems that are excellent for cutting. easily reblooms all summer long. Simple, attractive accent for borders, beds, and containers.
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Described as “a dense mound of ground-hugging branches that radiate from the center” this plant has a bonsai style and tight foliage with a blue-green tint. If your style of garden is Asian/Zen, contemporary, or even slightly rustic, then this plant will feel right at home in one of your beds or even as a potted accent plant for your patio or zen rock garden.
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What to do? What to do? Where to start? If you’re anything like me, the idea of planting your fall annual color is already on your mind. Of course, you’ll wait until the end of the month to plant those violas and pansies, but it doesn’t hurt to see if there are any new varieties out there.
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There’s always something new when it comes to petunias. New colors. New color combos. New water needs. New sunlight needs. And lots of new names!
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This is one of those annuals that you will want to give a front and center location to. From spring until frost, you can expect a very showy silvery white flower with dark brown to purple throat and veins. The flowers themselves are medium to large in size.
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What’s new? What’s on trend? The world of landscaping and exterior design is always changing with new looks, new products and new technology. One thing that’s big this year is using interior design elements outside. Pick an element that you’ve fallen in love in with inside your home and move it to the outdoors. Perhaps you love that herringbone pattern on your kitchen’s backsplash or that chevron pattern that’s surrounding your fireplace. You can pull that into your outdoor areas in a variety of ways. Use it on your porch furniture, to create a privacy wall, or a pattern for a patio. Traditional indoor materials are also finding their way outside. Porcelain tiles are being used to create patios, walkways and garden paths because of their durability and long life.
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No one can deny that having a yard that looks admirable, enviable or approachable requires some level of maintenance. Often way more maintenance than you may be interested in investing. One way to cut back on the amount of time you need to spend on your landscape each week is to choose low maintenance plants for your landscaping. A favorite for both color and smell is lavender. It’s silvery leaves and purple blooms make it a lovely addition for any style garden, but it’s also extremely hardy and requires minimal attendance during the growing season. There are several varieties to choose from, some more compact than others. Munstead is a compact shrub with mounding silver foliage and an abundance of blooms that create a border that’s a blanket of purple. Hidcote is another attractive variety.
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