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I most often choose perennials over any other group of plants because of their diversity, as in
colors, shapes, textures, sizes forms and bloom seasons. Perennials, more then any other group is in fact what most often converts the average yard into a wondrous thing of beauty, a garden.
Add a few Daylilies, Peonies, or Echinacea around a mailbox or lamp post, a cluster of ornamental grass or some English Lavender at the corner of your house, some Lamium or Rudbeckia under a tree or among the foundation planting of some shrubs and your yard begins to transform into a character of lushness and beauty.
Expend a little more effort into creating some beds and borders overflowing with the flowers and foliage of perennials and your on you way to having a yard or garden people fantasize about having.
I believe the biggest reasons gardeners have been drawn to them over the centuries is their ability to grow for years on end, theoretically saving labor, time and money.


I use annuals as fillers because I truly do love them, but as stated above they do not save labor, time and money for the mere fact, they have to be dead headed regularly to keep blooming throughout the summer. They also require a lot of watering but most times the effort is worth it if you have chosen the annual/annuals to suit your garden.
Annuals are very graceful plants and I have to love the fact that they do bloom all summer long always consistent color and bloom. There are thousands upon thousands of different types of annuals and most of them are truly beautiful.
If you like container gardening annuals are a must. Add some begonias, petunias and lobelia to a hanging basket or urn and set them by your entrance or in the front and you most certainly have a showstopper container. Also they are very useful when perennials have stopped blooming and you feel your garden is lacking the color and the beauty it had.


That's about it for today...