PROBLEM-SOLVING PLANTS DOES YOUR GARDEN HAVE PROBLEM SPOTS? THESE PLANTS CAN HELP!
Budget-Friendly
LONG-LIVED PLANTS
If you’re watching your pennies, there’s no better garden investment than perennials that can live a long time. Make one purchase and they fill your garden with gorgeous blooms and fabulous foliage for years, and in some cases, decades.
1 Peony Paeonia lactiflora and hybrids
From single to double in a rainbow of colors, peony blooms are lush, beautiful and fragrant. The best time to cut flowers to bring indoors is when the buds just start to unfurl.
PERENNIAL Blooms: Pink, purple, red or white in mid- to late spring Light: Full sun Soil: Well-drained Size: 2 to 4 ft. tall and wide Cold zones: 3 to 8
2 Lady’s slipper Cypripedium parviflorum pubescens
The flowers may look exotic but this is a native woodland orchid. Lady’s slipper costs a little extra at the garden center, but where it’s happy, plants will slowly spread. Be sure to buy from a reputable nursery that doesn’t collect in the wild.
Golden-yellow blooms with purple markings in mid- to late spring Full sun to partMoist, humus rich, well-drained 12 to 24 in. tall, 12 to 15 in. wide 3 to 7
