2006-09-25 11:38:18 · 7 answers · asked by noname 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
I am in a sunny/lighty shaded area, and sometimes it gets a bit dry.
2006-09-25 23:15:06 · update #1
i don't know what zone I'm in but the state is vermont.
2006-09-25 23:16:13 · update #2
The hardiest perennial I can think of is the Daylily.
To get three seasons of color, buy the re-blooming kind in autumn.
At the bottom of the planting hole
Spread the roots of the daylily around the mound of bulbs, add more soil til the hole is full. Then water deeply.
The crocus will bloom at winter's end, quickly followed by the daffodils
While the daffodils are in bloom, the daylilies will break hibernation and start to poke their green heads up thru the soil.
After the daffodils are done blooming, the daylilies will hide the foliage which must be allowed to remain until it yellows and finally browns. You really need to allow the foliage of a spring flowering bulb plant to die back naturally---it provides energy for the next season. So the daylilies are perfect camouflage!
Depending how close you plant, everything can be left undisturbed for years and years!
There are a lot of new varieties of re-blooming daylilies! Try some!
2006-09-26 02:51:29 · answer #1 · answered by catherine02116 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some easy, hardy perennials that I use, and depend on year after year are Autumn sedums, Coreopsis (very long blooming - the threadleaf variety) and Obediant plants - very compact and neat looking - Salvia May Night is also very hardy and long blooming as well, and looks great with Moonbeam Coreopsis.
2006-09-25 11:42:47 · answer #2 · answered by Caroline H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It probably depends on where you are. I am in zone 9, in New Orleans. What does well for me are pentas, milkweed, salvias (had one that had bloomed continuously for over a year, but it apparently did not like 11.5 ft of salt water), purslane, irises, etc. But just b/c those do well for me doesn't mean that they are the most hearty.
2006-09-25 13:49:46 · answer #3 · answered by Michelle G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because I love gardening so much...I have a giant library and am sitting here looking the best book on perennials....just tell me sunny, dry sites ....or shady sites...or boggy soil...or perennials that flowers in late summer or fall??????? love to help people....been propogating plants all weekend....Jatropha..both pink and red and many others....
2006-09-25 11:51:05 · answer #4 · answered by Cassie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Black-eyed susans & Shasta daisies. Also...crabgrass.
2006-09-25 12:09:31 · answer #5 · answered by Terri A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Irises will grow in any soil and at a shallow depth. You can't go wrong with them!
2006-09-25 11:46:36 · answer #6 · answered by CJ Lady 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Day lilies; irises, hollyhocks.
2006-09-25 14:46:08 · answer #7 · answered by cowgirl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋