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Article: PERENNIAL WINNERS IF SUMMER SEEMS TOO FAR AWAY, TRY SPRING-BLOOMING PERENNIALS FOR EARLY COLOR EACH YEAR.(HOME)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- March 30, 1997
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Byline: ANN BARRY BURROWS, SPECIAL TO HOME & GARDEN
SPRING IS NOT the best time to plant perennials, but in this area it's not a bad time, either. If you are wistful for flowers, flowers, everywhere, perennials are a good alternative to the geraniums, pansies and other annuals filling the garden shops this season.
They are hardy, easy to care for and will grant your wish year after year after year. In two or three years, they can be divided, and your investment in flowers will have tripled in value.
Perennials are fine in average to rich soil. The main concern is to keep the roots in loose, crumbly earth. The plant's life is stored in its roots ...