How to Grow Perennials
If you are considering planting a flowerbed but you do not want the expensive replacing flowers every year consider growing perennials. These perennial plants have a life cycle that exceeds most flowering plants. Although they lose their blooms by seasons end the bloom return by the next spring.
Supplies:
- Perennial
- Tiller
- Potting soil
- Fertilizer
- Determine the most idyllic location for your perennials. You want these perennials to survive through their life span, which could equate to three years or longer. Choose this location based on the care directions listed on their packaging. These care directions will state required sunlight, water and pruning.
- Use a tiller to loosen the soil in your desired planting location for your perennial.
- Mix your selected fertilizer into this soil to make it rich. Rich soil is vital to proper growth and nourishment of these perennials.
- Insert your perennials into this rich soil until you reach the top portion of the potting soil in which they sat within their original container. Remember you want to plant these plants not bury them.
- Begin placing potting soil around these perennials. You should place a thin layer of this potting soil around the edge of the potting soil already attached to these perennials.
- Saturate the potting soil around your planted perennials.
- Continue to water your selected perennials according to the care instructions on their packaging.
- Research your specific perennials to determine additional care instructions that could extend the life of your perennials. For instance some types of perennials respond well to plant food products such as Miracle Grow.