Perennial Flower Garden Ideas

The perennial garden is one way to beat the necessity to redo the garden each year and does tend to decrease the labor that is involved in gardening since perennial gardens for the most part, with the right care, will proliferate themselves. Perennial gardening ideas are as plentiful as the gardeners who grow them.

Some perennial flower garden ideas tend to stand out more than others. One which we find personally very appealing is the injection of herbs as the flowering plant since they tend to proliferate well, so offer something aside from beauty and to grow in many cases in the least favorable conditions.

There are multiple types of herbs you might use in your perennial flower garden. Ideas might include Cone Flowers (Echinacea), and several other flowering herbs such as Bee Balm, which is also known as monarda, and bergamot, the flavoring that is used in Earl Grey tea.

Bee balm comes in many different colors, and can range from a deep burgundy red, which is an attractive choice and will also gather hummingbirds and butterflies.

Nearly all varieties of bee balm are quite hardy and will grow well in any climate, however there is one which is not recommended.

The Cambridge Scarlet variety is not recommended for your perennial garden ideas list because it tends to be prone to what is called powdery mildew. This makes it less a good selection for your herb garden. Interestingly enough tea made of bee balm was a staple in the kitchens of colonial American, especially after the Boston Tea party when actual tea was a rarity.

Another perennial that is flowering and will provide you with some wonderful separator plants as well as lovely flowers and a super scent is lavender. Lavender is hardy, will tolerate many climates and colder or quite warm weather and is useful for a great many home herbal projects. You can use the dried blossoms to make some wonderful home products such as hair rinses, carpet sprinkles and astringents. Lavender is a great plant to include in your perennial flower garden ideas because it has some additional benefits aside from beauty and its use in home cleaning. It does tend to be antiseptic and in addition one of the benefits of growing lavender in your garden is that it tends to repel pest insects, keeping your garden a much more pleasant place to sit.

There are many such herbs that will bear inclusion in your perennial flower garden. Ideas for plants that will repel insects might include May apple, marigold as well as Roman chamomile. Roman chamomile gives off a lovely light scent and does help a great deal in repelling mosquitoes.
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