Planting Perennials

Your first, and most important, step in planting perennials is preparing the bed. Because perennials often remain for years without being divided or moved, proper soil preparation is essential. If your soil is sandy, enrich it with manure, peat, or compost. Space the plants out to allow for future growth, and be sure to top off with mulch!

UF/IFAS Publications

• Perennial Gardening in Florida

Also on Gardening in a Minute

• Begonias
• Black-eyed Susan
• Bulbine
• Chysanthemums
• Creating a Flower Bed
• Firespike
• Gerbera Daisy
• Hibiscus
• Improving Your Soil
• Daylilies
• Lion's Ear
• Mulch
• Ornamental Sweet Potato
• Pentas
• Pruning Perennials
• Saving Seeds from Perennials
• Torenia

Other Sites

• Flowering Perennials for Georgia--University of Georgia Cooperative Extension
• Growing Perennials--Clemson University
• How to Grow Perennials: Planting Options--Cornell University (NY) Cooperative Extension
• Perennials: Choosing and Planting--University of Vermont Extension
• Planting and Transplanting Perennials--University of Illinois Extension
• Planting Bare Root Perennials--Extension InfoNet