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in late-summer are pretty wide-ranging, as are shrubs, climbers and herbaceous perennials. Most fashionable annuals, exotics and tender perennial patio plants should also stay in flower until late-September, or even early October, if properly looked after

of tender perennials, hellebores, and reflects my"plantsman's" obsession for new or desirable plants. Like my grasses too and coloured/variegated shrubs and perennials. It's tidy and maintained but not obsessively so....my dog keeps to paths and lawns

are looking for is Hibiscus which is a tender perennial with larger more exotic flowers than the tree mallow-all from the same family So can go outside but is not frost hardy-does need warmth to flower Plants should be readily available around March/ April

we are promised for the West country tomorrow will make the job easier. They are hardy biennial - sow one year, flower the next, but lots of them will go on and act as short-lived perennials and it is easy to take cuttings from them when they are nice

I have taken advantage of the 36 free perennials from T&M. They have arrived and been potted on. Can anyone advise me if when the best time to plant these out into my garden is? The set includes, lavender hidcote, geum Mrs Bradshaw, digitalis

, getting them established to to the point where they can cope with life outdoors and giving them a suitable feeding regime.David. How do I take cuttings from Salvia Patens? It is a tender perennial in this country but is easily raised from seed each year

to pin the b'wrap to. I use an elect. fan heater with thermostat and the cost is is kept to a bearable level. My greenhouse if full to bursting with cacti, pelargoniums - both zonal and regal - fuchsias and other frost tender plants, plus quite a lot

-hardy genes in there. Thanks for the reply nutcutlet. I just checked T&M website and they are described as being a hardy perennial. My garden is sheltered, they can't be as hardy as claimed. Hi pete, I've seen a lot of unlikely plants advertised as hardy over

leave some in to see! This year they were ‘somthing else’!Then, while on the tender perennial daisies, what about dahlias? The commercially available Bishop’s Children seed earned top marks last year. However several years ago I grew on seed from a

with thin canes then they will flower upright til the autumn.  The golden oat grass is lovely plant. If you don't grow this then do. Planted some perennials and hardening off my tender plants Just googled golden oat grass and it does look nice. I wonder