Perennial Care

  1. How to Keep Your Hostas Healthy and Happy!

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    If you are like us, you like collecting some of the dizzying arrays of different perennial Hosta plants for your yard. The diversity of size and color is endless and the new cultivars continue to be introduced every year.

    Keep your Hosta collection

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  2. Protecting Your Plants From Frost in Spring

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    First frost dates in the fall and last frost dates in the spring are based on recorded historical data - but remember - everyone will need to watch that ten-day forecast! (Then remember to keep checking it daily since even the ten-day forecast can change!)

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  3. Growing Salvia and Which Varieties to Try

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    Wonderfully cold-hardy perennials, Salvia are pollinator-friendly, brightly colored, vertical growing flowering plants! Blooming from summer until frost in many cases, Salvia are easy to grow and vibrant herbaceous plants with loads of appeal!

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  4. A Complete Guide to Planting Perennials

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    With the immensely wide range of colors, sizes, and forms available, Perennial plants are the small-scale (and a few large-scale)

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  5. Hellebores: One of the Earliest Flowering Perennials!

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    Need to jump into spring before the snows recede? Well, let Nature Hills Nursery introduce you to the Hellebore!

    Shy nodding blooms

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  6. Top 5 Best Smelling Perennials For Your Home

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    "Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same." - Helen Keller

    Walk outside and take a deep breath. What is it you smell? Is it a petrichor after rain, a freshly

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  7. How To Protect Plants During The Winter

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    Winter is upon many of us and our gardens are already asleep until spring. However, those in mid-range states and warmer climates still have to worry about the encroaching cold. When extreme swings or unusual cold in otherwise warmer climes is not the

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  8. Is My Bleeding Heart Dead?

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  9. Planting & Transplanting Iris Plants

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    Unique and upright, the dramatic Iris plant is an incredibly versatile and adaptable ornamental perennial that has captivated gardeners for centuries! Gently spreading and colonizing areas in your garden and adding an elegant touch anywhere it is planted,

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  10. Perennials to Plant for Fall Color Every Year!

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    There are so many perennial plants that show off incredible fall color, colorful autumn berries - and even late-season blooms - right up until a hard frost! Fall planting season is upon us now, so don’t let another year slip past you! 

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