Audio Pansy Planter. Audio Growing Black-eyed Susans Rudbeckias. Audio Heat Tolerant Greens. Upcoming Appearances Nov. Book an Appearance Learn More. Connect with me. Do you buy mums every year, or do you have fall-blooming perennials in your garden? By Southern Living August 05, Save FB Tweet More. All rights reserved. Close Sign in. It is so funny how people just cannot get around the vowels in many of our place names and yet they are all so easy, I think because most are Aborginal names and they look hard.
I voted for the mums, but I also liked the outside branches brought inside. However, I thought the room was too overdone with the pumpkin light fixture and orange pillows. It bordered on too cheesy to me. While peonies are not a bulb they've been introduced to this discussion so I'm going to take the opportunity to tell you about my own experience with them. People say that peonies don't like to be moved or disturbed. They are hardier than we've been led to believe. When my parents were downsizing I begged them for the glorious old peonies in their garden.
These were special plants as they bloomed most years around the time of parents' wedding anniversary. I have several pictures of my parents taken on their anniversary with those peonies in the background.
I didn't want to lose them. I dug them up and took them home. As a working mother of four I did not get them all in the ground as quickly as my dad would have liked. When he saw them in buckets on my back porch he was upset with me. Some were there for weeks! I eventually found spots for them all and got them in. Everyone of them 'took'. They didn't bloom the first year but now, ten years later, they are fabulous. Both my parents have since passed.
You cannot imagine how glad I am that I have these beautiful, fragrant reminders of my mom and dad. I know this post is old, but I have to chime in A sunny southern aspect in Northern Canada is entirely different to a sunny southern aspect in equatorial Ecuador.
And that's just the Northern hemisphere And an arid dry climate with high UV and no sheltering trees or buildings is different to a dry arid climate with sheltering trees and buildings. Consider the micro climate that your whole house is situated in, as well as individual rooms.
Apart from obvious basics, plants are like people, what one violet likes, another may dislike, depending on genetics and former culture. Do use your senses, and also your common sense, when deciding on placement. Labels: perennials. I love them both, and they're certainly both stunning in your garden, Kylee. That colour combo is one of my favourites. But thanks! Doesn't it drive you crazy when they change the name? I really like that Crimson Brocade Aster. Nice color!! I have them both but I really prefer the asters.
I like the mums too but I think the colors the asters have are nicer. I have the 'New York Celeste' aster which has a nice color. This is its third season in the ground. Hi Kylee, an informative and fun post. I love both asters and mums. Mums are reliably hardy here, and so are asters, so it's not much of a choice. Still everyone has their favorites. The Willowleaf aster is very tall and very beautiful. I had to move mine when it got too large for the space.
It's blooming now. They both brighten an otherwise spent garden in fall don't they? I really like mums, but they almost never make it through the winter here. You're right about asters, they are tough and grow fast. I've added a few asters this summer and I'm sure I'll break down and buy some mums too. It's hard to resist them. I've got some lovely purple asters and some Michalmas Daisies, but your post has made me want to rush out and buy some more asters and loads of mums for all the colour gaps!!
I think you're about to cost me a fortune :. Kylee this is a tough competition. Hi Kylee, Thank you for your visit and leaving a comment.
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