Use These Perennials
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The Butterfly Bush is a hardy perennial that flowers during the summer and
lasts in your garden until late in the season. Your garden will attract
butterflies with the butterfly bush. A perfect bush for the side of the house
landscape design.
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You can plant two
Butterfly Bushes. The Butterfly Bush is a hardy perennial that
flowers during the summer and lasts in your garden until late in the season.
Your garden will attract butterflies with the butterfly bush. The first year it
gets its roots but by the second year it is putting out beautiful clumps of
flowers. This sunny shrub has flowers that attract butterflies.
Each clump of flowers grows 6 to 8 inches long, with tiny perfect little
flowers. Produces a nice fragrance and is also known as the Summer Lilac. The
leaves of a butterfly bush are a different shade of green, some call it blue
green, and will offer a nice offset color to the rest of the garden.
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The bearded iris comes in a variety of colors and will enhance any landscape
design.
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Next, you should plant two clumps of
Bearded Iris. The Bearded Iris is a spring bloomer, that grows
up to four feet tall with a spread of as much as two feet. Though the iris
blooms in early spring like bulb plants, most grow from rhizome systems. There
are some that grow from bulbs. You can get a wide variety of colors: blue,
violet, yellow, purple, red, white and pink. Each clump can contain up to 3
plants.
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The Aster is a prolific late summer bloomer showing its flowers at a
time when other plants and flowers are going to seed.
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Next, you should plant two clumps of
Asters. The Aster is a prolific late summer bloomer showing its
flowers at a time when other plants and flowers are going to seed. There are
many different varieties of this native North American perennial. Asters
require minimal care. Keep them watered with an inch of water each week. If you
want to produce more flowers in September you can pinch the top of the plant in
July. There are tall varieties that will flop over and you may want to stake
them.
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