There are countless books and catalogs that will also be helpful in your search to find the perfect practical perennial garden plants. Even in my cool mountain climate, it’s well known that planting peppermint or spearmint in the garden is asking for trouble it will quadruple in size year after year and, like some in-laws I know, is nearly impossible to get rid of. If you live in hot and humid climates, be sure to inquire as to which perennials tend to overrun the garden and require constant cutting back and digging up. Which ones come back year after year and require little or no maintenance? Which ones have been too delicate to survive the winter? If you have neighbors who also enjoy gardening, ask them or just observe what perennial garden plants they have grown successfully. When trying to decide which little miracles to plant in your perennial garden design, just take a look around you. Let’s learn more about gardening with perennials. Every year since, I have been in awe when I see my golden Achillea ( yarrow), orange daylilies, and white Alaskan shasta daisies growing from my perennial flower gardens strong by early May without any help of my own. Living in a northern climate, USDA plant hardiness zone 5, it was hard to believe that anything could survive the cold, snowy winter our mountain town had just endured. I remember the first time I grew them: I was ten years old and seeing those green shoots poking out of the cold, hard ground in late spring was the most miraculous sight I had ever witnessed. I truly believe that the key to a lifetime of happy gardening is to have a few tried and true perennials in your gardening beds.
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