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Perenial Flowers

Linda Rankin - Texas

26 years ago

My husband has built a flower box about 15 feet long and 18 inches wide. I want perenial plants, so I won't have to replant every year. We live in central Texas, about 120 miles from Lubbock, Amarillo, Abilene and Wichita Falls.

It's usually hot, dry and windy. Also, is there a perenial flower that attracks hummingbirds?

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Caron
26 years ago
How deep is the flower box?? This is IMHO more important than the other dimensions.
Caron
Pat
26 years ago
WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF PERENIAL FLOWERS? WE LIVE IN MICHIGAN--I HATE TO ACT IGNORANT BUT IT'S CONFUSING FOR US NON-GREEN THUMBS--ALSO WHICH FLOWERS ARE CONSIDERED ANNUALS? I KNOW ANNUAL IS YEARLY--BUT DOES THAT MEAN THEY COME UP YEARLY OR I HAVE TO PLANT THEM YEARLY. THANKS FOR HELPING US SORT THIS OUT.
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Virginia Bower
25 years ago
What causes Gladoluses to be all rusty? I have a friend that lives in the Adriondacks. He ended up throwing away all his bulbs because they had rusty leaves and blossoms when they bloom. Thanks
crintina
23 years ago
What are some good colorful perenials?
sylvielou
23 years ago
What a very strange thread....
burntplants
23 years ago
Perennials come up every year, annuals don't.

good sites about gardening/plants in Texas:
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/southerngarden/heirtex.html
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/tamuhort.html
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/nature/plant/plant.htm
http://www.wildflower.org/

lots of things do well here...I'd post my question on the Texas Gardening forum if I were you.

Here is a link that might be useful: Gardening in Texas on Gardenweb

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