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Re: Perennials low-maintenance?

Well my garden is sorta like that at times. It has a lot of perennials plus
annuals like larkspur and borage and a foot-tall bright pink silene that
seed themselves all over the place and right now things are happening and I
just go out every morning and look.

But there are times when I work at it. The maintenance comes when the silene
and larkspur start browning out their foliage and have to be pulled and then
I look around for some pots that had been sitting on the sidewalk waiting
for something to do and plug them in the empty spots.  Of course these are
annuals. I¹m now getting overrun with Anemone japonica and this fall, after
they bloom, I¹m going to have to get rid of half of them. That will
problably aggravate the arthritis in my shoulders so I¹m not looking forward
to it. I¹m going to have to divide my iris as well. There¹s tradescantia and
garlic chives growing among the rhizomes and digging up everything is the
only fix. Another big job.

However, in principle I understand what she¹s saying and don¹t think it¹s
too far off.
Carolyn Ulrich

But there's work too--deadheading

On 6/28/10 9:07 AM, "Susan Harris" <harristakoma@erols.com> wrote:

> We're showing Suzy Bales's perennial border and asking gardeners to weigh in -
> are they realyl easy?  As easy as no-spray roses?
> 
> We'd love to hear from garden writers, esp if you've written about perennials.
> S
> http://www.gardenrant.com/my_weblog/2010/06/can-perennial-borders-ever-be-easy
> care.html
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