A Buyers Guide to Shopping for Perennial Garden Plants
All that glitters are not gold holds true even when Shopping for perennial garden plants. When you go to a shop to buy a perennial plant, you will be amazed looking at the freshness, colors, and the fantastic and exotic appearance of these plants! Well, that is the main aim right- they will look good because they need to be sold!
Thanks to the science and technological advancements in plant engineering, there are many synthetic types of manure that are available on the market. These do the job of making the perennial plants to look good at the point of sale.
The major drawback of this manure is it affects the normal growth cycle of the perennial plant. The original plant is programmed to have cute tiny little bright colored flowers – say for example. Due to this artificially induced nutrient, the plant blossoms with fairly large flowers-those no doubt look good but they will probably be short lived.
The brighter side to it is these nutrients last for only a small period of time, say just one season. Hence, when the flowering season is done, so is the effect of the nutrients and thus when they grow the next season, the effect of the “temporary” nutrients is gone and you end up with the original tiny pretty flowers blooming in your garden!
It would not be right on our part to blame the nurseries that sell such specially made plants! After all, who in world wants to buy an ugly undernourished shabby looking plant and make it a part of the wonderful garden in the backyard! That's unlikely even if it was being given away!
The reason why people end up buying perennial plants from the nurseries is because it looks good and healthy and it gives you the hope that it is definitely going to make your garden and your entire home more lively and exotic!
Tips on Shopping for Perennial Garden Plants
Now comes the most important part – what factors should be considered when you go to buy the perennial plants from a nursery?
We all know some of the commonly used techniques at these nurseries to make the plants look healthy, hence on similar lines; we need to do a small check before buying a perennial plant.
Firstly, check the color of the leaves- if they appear brownish or yellowish or if they are in the process of changing colors, which gives you an indication that the plant may soon be shedding off its foliage- so buying that plant is a complete no!
Pick that plant which you think will blossom soon by checking if the plants have small flower buds that are in the process of getting converted into a showy nice flower. That will tell you whether the plant is going to flower in the next few weeks and and followed by your garden will be filled with some wonderful colors!
Also check the roots of the plant if possible. It is best if the plant does not have inbound roots because such roots prevent the plant from getting enough nutrients!
Shopping for Perennial Garden Plants Summary
All said and done- if you heart falls for a perennial plant at in the corner of the nursery which does not follow any rule that is mentioned above, a strong suggestion would be – go by what your heart says! You might need to care a tiny bit more for the plant later – but a perennial plant is a must to complete your garden!
