Deservedly popular, this has delicate flax-blue, slightly fragrant flowers with spectacular, ruffled petals in May and June and fans of sword-shaped,...
Position
Full sun
Rate of growth
Average
Flowering period
May - June
Soil type
All soil types
Hardiness
Fully hardy
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Plants can either be annual, biennial or perennial. It''s important to be able to differentiate between these three in order to plan your garden more efficiently.
In short, a perennial is a plant which returns year after year, but what then is the difference between a perennial and an annual, or even a biennial and why does it matter?
The Chelsea chop is a pruning technique used to encourage plants to flower later in the season. Named after the Chelsea Flower Show in May, it's typically done around late spring. Gardeners cut back early-flowering perennials, such as phlox and sedums, to delay their bloom time, promote bushier growth, and extend the flowering period into late summer.
