Using Perennial Garden Flowers in Landscape Gardening

A surprising number of people now fully comprehend that a beautifully well kept garden can add a surprisingly large amount of extra cash worth to their home. It is also true to say that, a wisely designed backyard can seriously add to the amount of useful space for yourself and your family. For these factors, and some others besides, landscape gardening has, over the years, increased to become an incredibly popular hobby. High on the list for most landscapers is a wonderful yearly display of colorful and varied flowers.

While many landscape gardeners opt to add color by using annual flowers, the remainder conclude that using  garden perennials is the better method.  Annual flowers are those flowers which {grow, flower and die|germinate, develop, bloom and die} all in the single year whereas perennial garden fowers will continue to bloom year upon year. Obviously there are advantages and disadvantages for both annual flowers and perennial plants and garden landscaping is all about choosing the the most suitable mix of the two.

Many folk have emotional memories of long gone days spent in a grandmother’s garden enjoying the gorgeous fragrances of many old fashioned favorite perennial garden fowers. Sadly it can be rather difficult for even the most keen gardener (including some experienced professionals) to replicate gardens of the past because a large number of the specific types/cultivars are no longer available. Happily many of the old fashioned varieties have been superseded by strains which are more able to withstand disease, so you can often find suitable replacements which show hardly any (other) difference to the old fashioned plant.

Traditional Perennials

One of the most popular perennial flowers used in garden landscaping today is the Achillea which was first used in American gardens during colonial times when it was introduced from Europe. Achillea is an ancient plant used since the times of the Greek hero Achilles (from whom the plant gains it’s name) who used it to help heal his soldiers. Achillea can halt bleeding and works amazingly well at healing wounds.

Achillea ptarmica

Achillea ptarmica has beautiful flattish clusters of small flowers that are rather daisy like. Achillea  come with flower heads in a selection of colors ranging from different shades of yellows, whites and pinks. Achillea are thought by most gardeners to be relatively easy perennials to cultivate. They are so easy to propagate because they are considerably invasive plants which can be seen growing on the poorest of ground. If you wish to see success with Yarrow you only need to avoid cultivating in boggy or poorly drained soil. The plants are fantastic at tolerating drought conditions. Achillea ptarmica and Achillea millefolium are two of the more popular varieties but there are many other types available.

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