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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
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Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
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 Posted - Aug 14 2007 : 5:20:41 PM
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So, I'm looking at all the beautiful flowers near my patio and lamenting that soon enough they will be fading, and I'm wondering what I could plant now that would be: 1. not too expensive (not buying 15 big container plants at $20 each!) 2. Perennial (I love perennials - don't have to replant every year)
So, I like those big cushion mums, but are they perennials? and how do they look in between the daffodils in the spring?
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Aug 15 2007 : 06:09:32 AM
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Hm. Sometimes they are and sometimes they aren't--I've had luck with them coming back several years in a row and then the just "poof" disappear.
They're not so pretty after they've bloomed and settled through the winter, so I cut them back to the ground.
Where you and I are, Brenda, they might come back for you.
J
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4739 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Aug 15 2007 : 09:35:27 AM
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Check to make sure you are buying the perennial type mum. There's a lot of hot house varieties at Home Depot that look beautiful now, but they are just an annual. I've been able to get mums to come back at my old house without a problem, but no such luck here. This yard is much more shadier, so I think that's my problem. Perennials are being clearanced out right now, so you can get some pretty good deals. Just check to make sure they're not too root bound in their containers.
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Love-in-a-Mist
True Blue Farmgirl
367 Posts
Shannon
Independence
Oregon
USA
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Posted - Aug 15 2007 : 4:47:01 PM
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Mine usually don't look so good when they come back again. I bought 2 from an expensive nursery last year that are doing well. Better quality I'm guessing and I planted them in half shade.
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