Looking great in any border, they attract wildlife (especially ... yarrow and centaurea nigra are all counted among the perennials that flower the longest in the UK. Garden designer Zoe Claymore also ...

The turtlehead (Chelone obliqua) perennial brings texture and vibrant color to garden borders, especially along driveways. Its distinctive, hooded flowers resemble a turtle's head, making it both ...

With this in mind, let's discover the top 23 fragrant perennials that will make your garden smell oh-so-delicious in summer. Read more: 25 Flowers That Hummingbirds Absolutely Love Chocolate Daisy ...

Peony Peonies can live for decades, so they’re a worthwhile investment for your perennial garden. These lush flowers bloom in late spring. Many have intense fragrances, and they’re available ...

1. While borders mainly contain perennial plants that return every year, they can also host shrubs, such as roses and annual flowers. 2. The plants are supposed to touch and intermingle.

When selecting perennials, make sure you choose those that can survive winters in your USDA Hardiness zone (find yours here). Then look around your garden to find the ideal location: Full sun ...

Finally, perennial vegetables bring new flavors and textures to the home garden, ranging from the lemony tartness of French sorrel to the creaminess of baked oca, an Andean root crop.

And happily, our desire for a new, robust, and very large perennial border dovetailed perfectly with a need to separate the horse pasture from the orchard with a 160-foot-long stone wall.

Americans call it a "perennial border." At Powerscourt, red brick walls enclose the two borders of perennials. As you walk along the path in the middle, you see a total of 700 perennials.

2.) Bearded iris. A good, back-of-border May peaker is this old-fashioned perennial, which puts out showy flowers of multiple color choices atop 2- to 3-foot-tall bladed plants.

It's showtime in the perennial flower border. The Oriental poppies, pink and blue pincushion flowers, bleeding hearts and hardy geraniums are vying for center stage and each plant is striving to ...

Home & Garden Perennial borders – a path to beauty SUE GOETZ; For The News Tribune Updated May 2, 2009 6:58 AM ...