Category Archives: Perennial Garden

Backyard Waterfall & Perennial Garden

Perennials are flowers that go on for more than one season. They do need help to keep going. Tanya shares her favourite perennials: Aquilegia (loves full sun and a cold climate) Bidens (low growing, need lots of sun, great filler plant) Verbena (low growing, good ground cover, lots of sun, don’t over water) Festuca (low […]

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Horticulture expert Dr. Lelia Kelly defines the gardening terms “Perennial,” “Annual,” “Biennial”. A perennial is a plant that comes back form the root or the base every year. Like a tree it will live forever unless you kill it. A biennial completes its life cycle in two years like parsley. An annual is programmed to […]

Some of the easiest culinary herbs to grow are long-lived perennial herbs! These low-maintenance edible garden (kitchen garden) plants come back year after year. While some backyard herbs die back completely in the autumn cold, these ones will sprout right back up in the spring! Some perennial herbs are easy to grow from seeds, but […]

Join me on a tour of one of my favorite gardens: it’s full of edible perennial plants! It’s like Willy Wonka’s factory where you can eat almost everything, only it’s all plants! How awesome is that? What’s your favorite edible perennial? Some of the plants found in this video include dwarf Bay, Bergamot tree, Blueberries, […]

#FlowerGarden #ContainerGarden #Daylilies #Daylily #GardeningMadeEasy Love beautiful flowers but in interested in the work or expense of using a flower bed? I have just the solution for you! Check out this video to see how I easily redesigned the look along the back fence of my backyard garden. I love daylilies, so why not create […]

Preparing the ground for planting and getting rid of difficult weeds like stinging nettles can be easy with a simple covering and some time. Today we look at an area that has become overgrown with weeds and show you how to clear persistent weeds from your garden. This easy way to prepare soil for planting […]

Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator Kelly Allsup describes techniques that can turn your perennials into a sustainable garden.