Gardening - Using Annuals in Your Perrenial Garden
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The jewels of the air, hummingbirds and butterflies add beauty to your landscape. Planting flowers with nectar will attract them and they will fill your garden with beauty. There are many different kinds, but the ruby throated humming bird with it’s iridescent ruby throat is my favorite as well as the swallowtail butterfly. Be at peace in your garden and enjoy these little creatures from heaven.
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Gardening - Using Annuals in Your Perrenial Garden
Jill Dow
Annuals in your perrenial garden are something to think about! Annuals give you season long color, easy propogation, they're cost efficient, and provide first season interest.
If you're just starting a perrenial garden annuals are a great choice to fill in gaps. I remember my first garden. I bought a couple of plants thinking "This is gonna be great!" A few weeks later I realised this wasn't true. I needed a whole lot more plants and they cost a bunch! I opted for some annual seeds and I had a really pretty garden by the seasons end. Annuals can certainly help to fill in a garden while you wait for perrenials to mature.
Even an established perrenial garden may have spots where little is blooming at one time or another. Annuals are a great way to fill those gaps and keep color in your garden. They bloom from summer to fall and with a bit of dead heading you can continue to coax them back.
Annuals are simple to start from seed which makes them very cost efficient. You can certainly purchase annual bedding plants from a local garden center, but mail order or seeds at the garden center offer you a much wider variety than your standard petunia, pansy or snapdragon.
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Jill has been an avid gardener for the last 15 years. She faces the challenges of New Mexico's high desert at 6800 feet. You'll find gardening resources at http://www.bulbandseed.com and http://www.agardenwalk.com
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