Introduction

If you want your garden to be filled with colorful blooms, growing perennials is the way to go. You’ll enjoy easy-care plants that come back year after year and grow more beautiful each time. To get a spectacular display of beautiful perennials, all you need to do is follow a few simple steps. Here are my top tips for growing perennials successfully:

Work with what you’ve got — there’s no point in fighting a rocky soil or a shaded spot. Choose plants that like those conditions.

The second secret is to work with what you’ve got. Don’t try to change your soil or environment, but rather choose plants that will thrive in the conditions that are already there. If you have a shady spot, consider shade-tolerant perennials such as butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) or New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae). If you have a rocky area, look for plants that like rocky soil like purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) or coreopsis ‘Moonbeam’. And if your garden site has wet areas of standing water or drainage issues, select prairie dropseed grasses such as Sclerolepis uniflora which tolerate wet soils and do well in full sun.

Start by weeding and amending the soil so it’s best for growing flowers.

• Weeding and amending the soil is an important first step in growing beautiful perennial flowers. First, weeding your garden area will help you prepare the soil for planting.
• If needed, add compost to your garden area before planting. Compost adds nutrients and organic matter to soils that may be lacking due to poor drainage or excessive heat.
• Dig over the soil by removing any weeds or grasses. This will help you give your new perennials a good start in life!

Never plant deep — plant at the same depth as the plant from its current container.

• Plant perennials at the same depth as their current containers. Do not plant deeply, because you could damage the roots. If you plant too shallowly, you can damage the crown of the plant by exposing it to cold temperatures and wind.
• Planting depth depends on what kind of perennial you have. Most perennials should be planted about an inch below the surface; however, certain species require deeper planting (such as hydrangeas) or shallower planting (such as tulips). The rule is: if it has a bulbous root system like most bulbs do, then plant it shallowly so that only its topmost section will be exposed above ground level; if your plant has rhizomes like irises do, then dig holes wider than 2 inches deep with sloped sides so that water can collect there instead of running away from where its roots need them most!

Water immediately after planting, and then water daily until they become established.

• Water immediately after planting, and then water daily until they become established.
• How much water to give: 1-2 inches per week if you want your perennials to grow as quickly as possible.
• How often to water: You can either pick a specific day of the week and water at that time every week, or use an automatic watering system so you don’t have to think about it at all!
• Watering schedule: If it’s hot outside (like over 90 degrees Fahrenheit), you might want to go ahead and water your plants twice a day — once in the morning and once at night — just so they’re getting enough H2O when the sun is out beating down on them hard. But if it’s not too hot outside yet, then just stick with regular old afternoon sprinkles for now!

Watering tips: Make sure all of your containers have holes in them before putting soil or gravel inside them; otherwise, there will be no way for any excess moisture inside those containers being absorbed into their surroundings when needed most! Use these tips wisely 🙂

Feed them regularly with a good fertilizer, that is made to feed flowers.

To make sure your perennials are getting the nutrients they need to bloom, feed them regularly with a good fertilizer that is made for flowers. You can buy liquid fertilizers or granulated fertilizers. Both work well, but liquid fertilizers will provide more immediate results than granulated ones, which take longer to break down into usable nutrients.

If you’re buying fertilizer for the first time or if you’re not sure about how much of it to use, ask someone at your local garden center for advice on what type of fertilizer would be best suited for growing perennials in your area. They’ll have lots of tips on how often and how much to feed your plants as well as how often they should be watered so that they don’t get too much water (which can kill them) or too little (which means no blooms).

Prune on a schedule — usually right after flowering or before the new growing season begins in early spring.

Prune your perennials on a schedule, usually right after flowering or before the new growing season begins in early spring. You can also prune them at any time if you see that they’re getting out of hand, but try to aim for regular maintenance. When you prune in late winter or early spring, it’s easy to see where to snip away dead parts, and many perennials will bloom again from their roots later in the year.

Pruning is necessary for keeping your perennials healthy and happy. It keeps them from overcrowding (which leads to poor air circulation), getting diseased (because disease spreads more easily when plants are close together), getting leggy (which makes it harder for flowers to emerge), and generally looking bad because they’ve gotten too long and straggly with little branches sticking out everywhere like wiry hair sprouting from an old lady’s head.

Divide your perennials every few years, to keep them healthy and blooming. If you don’t, overcrowding can cause problems with disease. If a perennial has outgrown its spot it might be time to move it too!

• Divide your perennials every few years, to keep them healthy and blooming. If you don’t, overcrowding can cause problems with disease. If a perennial has outgrown its spot it might be time to move it too!
• Divide when the plant is getting ready to flower (if possible), or in the spring before new growth appears. You’ll want to divide it before the roots have grown too large for their space.
• Use a shovel, spade or trowel for divvying up smaller plants like sedums or ferns—and be sure to remove any dead or diseased foliage as well!

It’s easier to grow beautiful perennials than you think, if you follow these simple pointers

The first thing to do is to choose a healthy plant. If you’re buying from your local garden center, ask for advice on what to buy and when. Perennials are not as hardy as annuals, so if you live in an area that experiences cold winters, be sure to choose plants that are recommended for your zone.

If you don’t have room for a large perennial bed or border, consider starting with a window box or other container instead. This will give the plants a place where they can grow until they are ready to go into the ground outside!

Plant these perennials in well-draining soil; add compost if needed before planting so that there is plenty of nutrients available to them once they begin growing their roots into it (like children). Watering regularly is imperative: water thoroughly every time until it has soaked down deep enough into each individual plant’s root system so that it stays moist all summer long without drying out completely between watering sessions – this may mean watering twice weekly during hot summer months!

Conclusion

So there you have it — our secrets to growing beautiful perennials. Now that you know what to do, go out and buy some flowers! You’ll find your garden will be far more successful if you follow these tips. We have other ideas for plants that will suit your garden in our article about the best plants for shade or sun.