They cost more initially but save money in the long run.
They usually take up more room than annuals but aren’t as showy
but the best about perennials is they come back bigger and better each year.
I agree with you. It is fun to get more plants each year but when there is a plant i really don’t care for it is difficult to get rid of, like that nuisance columbine
I agree with the separating the perennials and getting more plants, able to trade or give away or sell or move all over your yard. I just wish some wouldn’t try to take over the yard.
what I like best is that they come up without you having to do anything once they are planted and settled.
2 years ago i had surgery in May and was unable to garden for the whole summer. However because my garden is mostly perennial it was still lovely.
Worst - I agree, it is the cleaning up around the plants and also cleaning up generally in the spring
I love pretty much everything about perennials but I live in zone 4 where winters are long and hard so I think my favorite thing about them is finding each of them emerging in the spring. It’s like welcoming old friends home again. I really do get excited and I go look all the time to see what has poked up and if last year’s new ones made it. It’s a great way to usher out winter.
My least favorite thing is when I can’t find anyone to give them to when I have too much, because I’m just terrible about simply tossing them. I have done it with ferns and old-fashioned daylilies but it’s hard for me. I used to guerrilla garden the alleys around my house in Mpls just so they’d have a chance. I gave one coworker an entire pickup truck full of divisions when he moved into his house and I’m not sure who was happier, him for the free plants, or me, because I didn’t have to dump them.
Cool question. Thanks for asking.
I do get impatient waiting for them to bloom, but they usually are worth the wait.
I got into “multiplying plants” by various means of propagations about 4 yrs. ago, and I have become addicted to it. I now have about 200 or more Easter Lilies, many Rose bushes, etc. The wind blew away my portable greenhouse this past winter and some of my cuttings didn’t make it thru the season. I live in a mild winter climate. I have given away many plants taken from cuttings and I am landscaping my property from the cuttings. I root out something almost every day.
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The thing I like best is that they are perennial. The least is that they do not stay in bloom as long as annuals.
With perennials, you have to wait, be patient, not as much color as annuals. But worth the wait because of the coverage and cost!
They cost more initially but save money in the long run.
They usually take up more room than annuals but aren’t as showy
but the best about perennials is they come back bigger and better each year.
I agree with you. It is fun to get more plants each year but when there is a plant i really don’t care for it is difficult to get rid of, like that nuisance columbine
I agree with the separating the perennials and getting more plants, able to trade or give away or sell or move all over your yard. I just wish some wouldn’t try to take over the yard.
what I like best is that they come up without you having to do anything once they are planted and settled.
2 years ago i had surgery in May and was unable to garden for the whole summer. However because my garden is mostly perennial it was still lovely.
Worst - I agree, it is the cleaning up around the plants and also cleaning up generally in the spring
The best is that you can divide and share with others. The worst is waiting for their bloom periods.
I love pretty much everything about perennials but I live in zone 4 where winters are long and hard so I think my favorite thing about them is finding each of them emerging in the spring. It’s like welcoming old friends home again. I really do get excited and I go look all the time to see what has poked up and if last year’s new ones made it. It’s a great way to usher out winter.
My least favorite thing is when I can’t find anyone to give them to when I have too much, because I’m just terrible about simply tossing them. I have done it with ferns and old-fashioned daylilies but it’s hard for me. I used to guerrilla garden the alleys around my house in Mpls just so they’d have a chance. I gave one coworker an entire pickup truck full of divisions when he moved into his house and I’m not sure who was happier, him for the free plants, or me, because I didn’t have to dump them.
Cool question. Thanks for asking.
I do get impatient waiting for them to bloom, but they usually are worth the wait.
I got into “multiplying plants” by various means of propagations about 4 yrs. ago, and I have become addicted to it. I now have about 200 or more Easter Lilies, many Rose bushes, etc. The wind blew away my portable greenhouse this past winter and some of my cuttings didn’t make it thru the season. I live in a mild winter climate. I have given away many plants taken from cuttings and I am landscaping my property from the cuttings. I root out something almost every day.
They come back year after year which is great but there’s lots of work dividing them and finding good homes.
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