What is the best time to plant perennials?
The best times for planting perennial flowers are during the spring and fall. Planting during these seasons will ensure your plants grow healthy and strong. In the spring, you have warmer soil, plenty of rainfall, and longer days with more sunlight. Planting in the fall also has its advantages. Perennials have a longer lifespan than annuals and may bloom for several weeks or months each year. Lavender, jasmine, wisteria, peonies, and ornamental grasses are popular perennial choices for gardens, providing consistent beauty year after year.Perennials are like a gift that keeps on giving. While annuals live for just one growing season, then die off, perennials can live for several years. Flowering perennials usually bloom for only one season each year (either spring, summer, or fall), when conditions are more favorable.
Are roses perennials?
Roses are indeed perennial plants, meaning they can live and bloom for multiple years. As woody shrubs, they survive winter by going dormant—their above-ground growth may appear dead, but the root system remains alive underground. Roses are quite resilient plants, but they do need protection when harsh conditions arise. Specifically, protection is necessary if you anticipate a hard freeze, which is defined as temperatures dropping below 28°f for an extended period.Avoid plant companions with extensive root systems, such as large shrubs, that will deplete the soil of the resources your roses need to stay healthy. Roses, like many plants, won’t flourish if they have to compete for water and nutrients.Exposure to cold winds and extreme variations of temperature (freezing and thawing) often cause the death of poorly protected plants. If you don’t have the choice, prune the rose bush and remove the leaves.To protect your roses, you should do the following: In-ground: Add 2-3 of mulch, leaves, or pine/fir boughs around the base of the plant. A heavy snow cover will also help insulate and protect the plant through the winter.