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perennial-question
Northern_Gardener
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in Plants
Hi there. I'm new to gardenening i don't know much but just bought a house witha garden and really want to make the best of it.
I was wondering can you plant summer perennial and winter perenials together in the same container? Also what happens to perennials when they die back?
Sorry for my ignorance!
J
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Hi John
You can plant them together but in a pot it can look a little messy or gaps will appear as the summer plants go over. Better to plant a pot with an evergreen in the middle and change the outside planting....Box in the middle bedding around it. Violas in the spring perhaps and Pelargoniums in the summer. If your pot is big enough you could put a pot inside it. That way you could have a pot planted for Winter that you could then change for the summer one. Lets say Spring bulbs....crocuses etc. that could then be changed for a pot with lillies in.
When perennials die back it is purely the top growth that dies down. The roots are alive and happy ready for the following year. Some perennials don't die back completely. The leaves will remain or some will but the flowers will die off.
Hope that makes sense