Best of the GPOD: Perennial Perfection

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Perennialsare the heart of so many gardens , coming back twelvemonth after year to make full our spaces with beautiful flower and foliage . But because they do n’t usually bloom as longsighted asannuals , and deepen through the seasons , they can sometimes be difficult to habituate effectively in agarden design — but not for the gardens we visit today in our smell back at some of favorite perennial gardens sport on the GPOD .

John Markowski ’s garden is just sensational . Here , Veronicaspicata(Zones 3–8 ) is stealing the show with spikes of intenseblue flowers . See more of John ’s summer garden here : Lush Summer Blooms .

Great perennials are in theshadetoo . Cherry Ong shared this dead reckoning offerns(Matteucciastruthiopteris , Zones 3–7 ) , Spanish bluebells ( Hyacinthoideshispanica , Zones 3–8 ) , andhostasgrowing together . See more of Cherry ’s garden here : Ferns and More .

There is spring magic in Ellie Gilbert ’s Massachusetts garden from ‘ Dreaming Spires’Siberian iris(Zones 3–8),Salvia‘Blue Hill ’ ( zone 4–8 ) , ‘ Karmina ’ cranesbill ( Geranium‘Karmina ’ , geographical zone 5–8 ) , andHeuchera‘Raspberry Ice ’ ( zone 4–9 ) . See more of Ellie ’s garden in spring : leap come to Massachusetts .

Istvan Dudasis a British nurseryman who has shared some breaktaking images with the GPOD . This particular one is a shot I ’ll never blank out . The expert way he combines perennials is just unbelievable . See more of Istvan ’s designs : Gardening Art Form .

Growing perennial is all about lionize the sometimes short moment when they are at their vizor , as with this unbelievable spread ofmoss phlox(Phloxsubulata , Zones 3–9 ) prove off in Ruth Ann Mummey ’s garden in New Jersey . See more of her garden here : Gardens at Bellsflower Farm .

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