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Don't be afraid to try different combinations. If they don't grow well, or you don't like the way they look, you
can always move them.
Perennials come back season after season on their own. They are hardy, need little or no fertilizer and can be
moved quite easily. Move the ones that flower in the summer and fall during the spring. Move spring flowering
perennials in the fall.
You can use annuals, either planted in the ground or in pots, for extra color and beauty as most flower all summer long.
| Black eyed Susan in full sun |
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| Shasta Daisy-Blooms in June |
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| Chrysanthemum x superbum 'Snow Lady" 10 to 12" high, Full sun to partial shade |
| Balloon Flower with Lamb's Ear |
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| Balloon flower blooms in July |
| Hot pink Garden Phlox with Purple Coneflower |
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| Southern Exposure, in Full Sun |
Many flowers respond to dead heading by producing more flowers. Others just look better. I like
to walk around with scissors, while I admire my flower beds, and dead head as I go. To dead head, cut the stem just
below the spent flowers. It is a good idea to pull a weed every time you walk around your gardens. Don't let the
weeds go to seed!
“Can papyrus reeds grow
where there is no marsh? Can bulrushes flourish where there is no water? While they are still flowering, not ready to be cut, they begin to wither. Such is the fate of all who forget God. The hope of
the godless comes to nothing." Job 8:11-13
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Lilies are one of my absolute favorite flowers. They come from true bubls and need to be planted in either the
early spring or in the fall. They like moderately dry soil. I got around that, since I have a clay loam soil,
by planting them on a mild incline. And by working in extra organic matter around the bulbs when I planted them.
They are hardy, beautiful and most of the oriental lilies smell good also. Most of the Asiatic lilies have no smell.
The bubls mutiply from year to year and they can be divided, best in the fall, and planted elsewhere. They like a fair
amount of sun but I think some shade is good as it makes the flowers last a little longer.
After they flower, dead head them so they won't waste energy going to seed. Let the foliage stand until it yellows.
The foliage is needed to replenish the bulb and grow new ones. After it yellows, cut it off at the ground and dispose
of it. I give them a short shot of miracle grow once or twice during the season. (probably not really necessary)
I have purchased bulbs, from Gurneys, that were good and very inexpensive. I have also bought started plants.
My two stands of pixie lemon lilies came from Wal Mart as a single flower. Over the past five years they have multiplied
and multipled and I now have two beautiful stands of lemon yellow pixie lilies. You can extend their season by
mixing them with Oriental lilies which bloom into July.
The only real problem with lilies is that deer like to eat the bulbs just before they bloom. If you have deer problems
you will need to deal with them.
| Orange Asiatic Lily, Western Exposure |
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| Red Asiatic lily, Lemon yellow Pixie Lilies |
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| The pixies are my favorite. They multiply from season to season. |
“My lover said to me,
‘rise up, my beloved, my fair one, and come away. For the winter is past, and the rain is over and gone. The
flowers are springing up, and the time of singing birds has come, even the cooing of turtledoves. The fig trees are budding,
and the grapevines are in blossom. How delicious they smell! Yes, spring is here!"
Songs of Songs 2:10-13
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