Amateur Gardening | 4th March 2017
HOW TO GROW PERENNIALS
The scent of spring is in the air and hardy herbaceous perennials are returning to life after a winter rest. The top growth of these nonwoody plants dies back in autumn but rootstocks send up new shoots in spring, making the likes of coreopsis, monarda and rudbeckia a good investment. Perennials like these have been enjoying a fashionable moment, with whole ‘prairie style’ gardens created by planting drifts of them alongside grasses and bulbs. In smaller plots, they are used mainly as colourful gap fillers around shrubs. Action
taken now will set your perennials up for the rest of the summer.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Amateur Gardening 4th March 2017.