Everybody loves a colourful garden that is full of blooming perennials. False-Sunflower and Honeysuckle are well known for their long lasting blooms. False-Sunflower blooms from early summer to the fall and Honeysuckle blooms from spring till frost.
False-Sunflower, Heliopsis helianthoides

This bright and funky flower can grow in poor soil, but produces more flowers in good soil with moisture.
It grows well in sun to partial shade.
It grows 60-90 cm tall and spreads 90 cm.
This happy flower looks great in mixed perennial borders, shrub beds and cutting gardens.
False-Sunflower is a great cut flower that can be harvested all summer long.
It also works wonders in dried flower arrangements. The blooms should be harvested when they are three-quarters open and hung upside down.

This pretty perennial attracts butterflies.
Heliopsis means 'Like the sun' and the genus, Helianthoides, means 'like a sunflower'.
Honeysuckle, Lonicera x Dropmore Scarlet

This pretty climbing vine needs a lattice, fence or arbour to grow up.
It grows well sun to partial shade with a south or west exposure.
It grows to a height of 3-4.5 m and spreads 120 cm.
This vine creates a dark wall of green leaves, while adding colour all summer.
Honeysuckle attracts hummingbirds.
This attractive vine blooms on new wood.
It should be pruned when the leaves are unfolding in the spring.
Watch Out!!
Another wonderful long lasting bloomer is the Ornamental Strawberry (Fragaria frel 'Pink Panda'). It blooms all summer, but spreads like wildfire! Some times it is great to have spreading perennials that fill up areas and make a garden look flush and full. Although Ornamental Strawberry may spread too quickly to keep up with. If the grower wants fruit it is best to pinch the runners. If the flowers are removed he first year the plant will be more vigorous. This strawberry also looks great in hanging baskets and containers, but it is necessary to transplant it into the ground before winter so it survives.

This pretty pink is actually a cross between a strawberry and a potentilla.
It grows 15-25 cm tall and spreads 45-60 cm.
Strawberry's love sun! And the more sun the better, because they will produce more flowers and fruit. Although they will grow in partial shade.
They look great at the front of the border, in rock gardens and in front of the border.
Check out more great plants on the Holes website!
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This video gives some tips on creating a mixed border.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dtImmQhcXY
Check out my next blog on perennials with attractive foliage. We will take a look at Stonecrop and Lupin and don't forget to check out my WATCH OUT! section.
Long lasting blooms! An aspect that home owners are always looking for. It may have been cool to add in a hanging plant for those people who can only have baskets.
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