Even if high summer is a challenge to get through physically and horticulturally, late summer and much of fall can awaken our interest and provide plenty of enjoyment before the curtain falls for winter.Two groups of plants can play significant roles: herbaceous perennials that wait quietly in ...
Blooming Perennials Can Perk Up a Tired Late-Summer Garden
As gardeners, we all rush to our local garden centers and nurseries as soon as spring arrives. They are filled with beautiful flowering perennials, and we fill our carts. By doing this, we tend to choose all the spring-blooming plants. Then, when your spring-early summer garden transitions...
Late Blooming Tulips Differences in spring temperatures will affect the exact time your tulips will bloom each season. However, tulips that are classified as late spring blooming are the last to bloom. They are the beginning of the late spring bloom parade. In hardiness zone 5 late spring bloom...
Labor Day weekend is a reminder of the changing of the seasons in the central Midwest, but the growing season is far from over. Take advantage of the shift from summer to fall to freshen up the landscape and garden with late blooming flowers, colorful vegetables and ornam...
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Like all daylilies, the perennial summer-blooming flower is easy to care for and quite hardy, being pest and disease resistant. Choose a planting location that will provide good drainage. While the lily can thrive in different types of soil, the location should be well-draining, because standi...