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Perennials, shrubs and trees do more than provide color, fragrance, foliage and filler for the garden every year. Choose your plants carefully and you can have color all year round. Many perennials have a two- to three-week heyday of high bloom and then retreat into foliage.

Perennials come back every year, growing from roots that survive through the winter. Annuals complete their life cycle in just one growing season before dying and come back the next year only if they drop seeds that germinate in the spring.

Use row covers and cold frames to provide additional warmth and shelter in spring and fall. Grow crops next to sheltered, sun-facing walls to help create a warm microclimate that can give plants a longer growing season. In the wall, sun-facing walls help cucumbers, peppers and other tender plants to continue to ripen.Nov 6, 2017

A bloom is a flower. ... The noun bloom is useful for talking about blossoms themselves, but you can also use it as a verb meaning the process of flowering: "Those trees seemed to bloom overnight!" Another meaning of bloom is more figurative, meaning the peak or ideal moment for something.

Perennial plants regrow every spring, while annual plants live for only one growing season, then die off. Perennials generally have a shorter blooming period compared to annuals, so it's common for gardeners to use a combination of both plants in their yard. We're sharing a little bit about both types of plants below.Mar 30, 2018

• A three-season garden requires three essential ingredients: 1 Perennials that bloom copiously year after year 2 Small shrubs with color-saturated foliage all season long 3 Plants that do not spread aggressively

• We are pleased to bring you this fabulous three season garden which begins blooming in the spring, continues throughout the summer and into the fall. It features ten old-fashioned favorites to add beauty to your landscape for many years.

• In this Three-Seasons Garden, Astilbe, Delphinium and Achillea start the show in late spring; Pink Coneflowers, Little Miss Muffet Daisies and Clustered Bellflowers take over during the summer months; Jacob Cline Monarda, Cloth of Gold and Lemon Fluff carry color into fall. Garden contains 27 plants, 3 of each variety.

• A colorful garden is a delight in any yard. Here, you can learn how to build a low-maintenance garden bed that has the added bonus of keeping its colors for three seasons. Download a PDF of this project, and visit the Garden Club for more gardening projects.