Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Prolonging Perennial Color

Happy 4th of July to all. Just like the fireworks that brighten and color the night sky your perennials do the same to your landscape.

You may want to know if there is a way to prolong the flowering period, well there is for some of the perennials in your garden and the answer is at your fingertips. Depending on the type of perennials you have, you can either pinch the spent flower off the plant or cut it off.

This will fool the perennial into producing new flowers instead of going to seed which is the natural progression of most perennials.

Here are some useful websites you can visit: www.perennials.com, www.westongardens.com, http://www.flower-gardening-made-easy.com/deadheading.html

Go now and prolong the color in your garden.

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