April 22, 2019 Perennials, Tasha Tudor, Earth Day, August Wilhelm Eichler, Gloria Galeano, William Bartram Journal, Kew's Gardener's Guide to House Plants, Planting Trees and Shrubs, the Eichler Treasure Trove, and Peter Hirsch
Children's book writer and illustrator Tasha Tudor (Books by this author) once said,
It's exciting to see things coming up again, plants that you've had for 20 or 30 years. It's like seeing an old friend.
This made me think of the old saying;
Make new friends, but keep the old.
One is silver and the other gold.
Perennials are old friends. Gold friends. They are the best kind of garden friends.
They may not be as flashy or exciting as the gardener's silver friends; annuals.
But, they have staying power. Peony, daylily, hosta, iris, baptisia, catmint; these are just a handful of some of the…
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