{"id":10575,"date":"2014-08-11T10:39:28","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T17:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10575"},"modified":"2014-08-13T05:22:08","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T12:22:08","slug":"perfect-perennial-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/perfect-perennial-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfect Perennial Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2014 may be the year you get into perennials but if you need inspiring try a visit to Breezy Knees garden <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breezyknees.co.uk\/gardens.html\">near York<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Phlox paniculata perfect white\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/3839900166\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2430\/3839900166_5351a7f349.jpg\" alt=\"Phlox paniculata\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are so many perennial plants to chose from it is hard to make a choice.<br \/>\nWhite Phlox above stands out against the lush green leaves.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"penstemon perennial puce\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5207007541\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5281\/5207007541_885a9f0162.jpg\" alt=\"penstemon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When planning to purchase plants plenty of people prefer Pinks, Penstemon (preceding Photo) and Phlox, that are part of the plug plant perennial collection from <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/perfect-perennial-plants\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jersey Plants Direct<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Carnation \" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5051442497\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4125\/5051442497_e307e11468.jpg\" alt=\"carnation\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As regular readers may realise I am into alliterative <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/perfect-pink-pinks-dianthus-species\/\">Pinks<\/a>, Carnations and Dianthus at the moment. I even have a lot of Sweet Williams around the garden. (Don&#8217;t the earwigs get up your nose?).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Penstemon posts to peruse &#8211;<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/perfect-penstemon\/\">&#8216;Perfect Penstemon Growing&#8217;<\/a> &#8211; Tip of the post Keep growing young plants to increase your stock.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/tips\/mixed-penstemon-plants\/\">Mixed Penstemon<\/a> adding a general fertiliser at the base of the plant is better than heavy manure or strong nitrogen feed as this will just encourage excessive leaf growth.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/growing-penstemon\/\">Growing Penstemon<\/a> they can give an uninterrupted display of flowers for several months.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Phlox Perennial Phavourite<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/pests-problems\/tips-for-growing-pholx\/\">Tips for growing Phlox<\/a> &#8211; Try the rockery varieties as well as the Paniculatas<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/scented-phlox\/\">Scented Phlox<\/a> &#8211; Phlox will flower in some shade but prefer and smell best in full sun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pink Photographs<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/perfect-pink-pinks-dianthus-species\/\">Perfect Pink Pinks<\/a> -Pinks prefer neutral to limey soil.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/sweet-william-dianthus\/\">Cottage Garden plants<\/a> &#8211; That is what grans Favourite is for.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/pinks-or-pink-carnations-explanation-of-types\/\">Types of Carnation and Pinks<\/a>&#8211; the Dianthus genus encompasses 400 + species and cultivars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2014 may be the year you get into perennials but if you need inspiring try a visit to Breezy Knees garden near York There are so many perennial plants to chose from it is hard to make a choice. White Phlox above stands out against the lush green leaves. When planning to purchase plants plenty of people prefer Pinks, Penstemon (preceding Photo) and Phlox, that are part of the plug plant perennial collection from Jersey Plants Direct. 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