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7 Perennial Plants for Brown Thumb Gardeners!
Even experienced gardeners enjoy a sure thing when it comes to planting perennials. These 7 easy to grow perennial plants are destined to flourish in most any setting even if you are a brown thumb gardener.
Quick Planting Tips: Plant these easy to grow showstoppers in well drained soil area of your garden or landscape. At planting, mix a handful of aged compost or aged manure mix into the fill soil, plant, water enough to settle the soil, surround with more compost or manure mix or shredded bark mulch and let grow. Water enough to moisten the top 3 inches of the soil around the new plants every 3 to 5 days if your area isn't getting regular rainfall.
Planting in a yard or lawn is difficult on perennials (and shrubs and trees, too) when they have to complete with grass and lawn chemicals. It is best to plant perennials in a defined garden or landscape setting away from lawns.
Here's our list of 7 perennial plants for brown thumb gardeners:
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Yucca Color Guard - evergreen - yellow/green foliage - blooms early summer
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Walkers Low Catmint Nepeta - early to mid-summer lavender color flowers - good substitute for lavender
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Iberis Alexander's White Candytuft - evergreen foliage - white flowers to late spring - can use as a groundcover
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Dianthus Firewitch - spring to summer fuschia flowers against blue green mound of delicate evergreen foliage
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Shasta Daisy Becky - white flowers with yellow centers summer to early fall - strong bloomer - good spreader
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Salvia May Night - rich purple flowers summer to early fall - deer & rabbit resistant - strong grower - good substitute for lavender
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Georgia Blue Veronica - periwinkle blooms periodically spring thru summer - spreading ground cover - evergreen
These plants do not require a lot of attention and are hardy growers when planted in good, well draining soil.
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