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4 Ways to Support Peonies

How to Keep Your Peonies From Flopping Herbaceous peonies are easy to grow and easy to love. Their sumptuous flowers are a highlight of the earl...

The Chelsea Chop How and Why to Prune Perennials - Longfield Gardens
Pruning Perennials to Control Height and Bloom Time

How to Use the Chelsea Chop to Keep Perennials from Flopping British gardeners have developed an easy way to keep perennial gardens looking neater ...

How to Plant and Grow Astilbes (Video)
How to Plant and Grow Astilbes (Video)

In this video, Danielle Keeton of Northlawn Flower Farm gives you step by step instructions for planting astilbe, plus tips for choosing a planting...

How to Plant and Divide Bearded Iris (Video)
How to Plant and Divide Bearded Iris (Video)

In this video you’ll get step by step instructions for when and how to plant bearded iris. You will see how deep and how far apart to space the rh...

How to Cut Peonies (Video)
How to Cut Peonies (Video)

Tips for Properly Cutting Peonies Peonies are easy, long-lived perennials with lush, early summer flowers that are ideal for cutting. In this video...

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How to Stretch the Peony Season

Selecting Peonies for Early, Mid, and Late Season Blooms Peonies are one of America's best-loved perennials. Luckily, they’re also one of the easie...

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7 Tips for Growing Hostas

What You Need to Know About Growing Hostas Hostas are the go-to perennial for shady gardens. And for good reason. These rugged plants live for deca...

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How to Select Perennials for All-Season Color

Keep Your Perennial Garden Colorful All Summer Long The best way to keep a flower garden colorful from spring through fall, is to include a combina...

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How to Grow Peonies in the South

Tips for Growing Peonies in Zones 7-9 There are many kinds of flowering plants that need to go through a cold winter in order to bloom properly. Th...

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How to Plant Bare Root Perennials

Planting and Care for Bare Root Perennials A bare root perennial is a plant that is shipped without soil or a pot. In most cases, bare root plants ...

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Buyer's Guide for Perennials

Get Your New Plants Off to a Great Start When choosing plants for your perennial garden, paying attention to hardiness zone, light requirements and...

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5 Tips for Growing Daylilies

How to Plant and Care for Daylilies Daylilies are well-known for their toughness. They will grow in almost any climate, tolerate a wide variety of ...

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6 Tips for Growing Clematis

Expert Tips for Success With Clematis Clematis are long-lived perennial vines and they have an important role to play in any flower garden. As they...

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Planting and Caring for Perennials

Get Your New Plants Off to a Great Start Once your perennials have arrived, these instructions will help you to get picture perfect results. Planti...

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5 Tips for Growing Peonies

How to Be Successful With Peonies Peonies are one of America’s best-loved perennials. Their lush, early summer flowers are the height of elegance, ...

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How to Divide Perennials

Why and How to Divide Overgrown Perennials If you have a perennial garden that’s more than five years old, you probably have some plants that need ...