A great many folk now fully understand that a gorgeous well kept garden can add an incredibly large amount of extra monetary value to their house. Further to this, a wisely designed yard can greatly increase the amount of useable space for yourself and your family. Because of these factors, and a few more besides, gardening has, over the years, grown to become an amazingly popular pastime. Top of the agenda for nearly all gardeners is a gorgeous annual display of colorful and diverse flowers.

While many landscape gardeners choose to add color by using annuals, others decide that using  garden perennials is the better solution.  Annual flowers are those plants which {grow, flower and die|germinate, develop, bloom and die} all in the one year whereas perennial flowers will continue to bloom year upon year. Of course there are plus points and disadvantages for both annual flowers and perennial garden fowers and garden landscaping is all about deciding which is the most suitable mix of the two.

Many people experience heart warming remembrances of long gone days spent in a grandfather’s garden enjoying the gorgeous aromas of many old fashioned favorite perennial garden fowers. Sadly it can be rather problematic for even the most keen gardener (including some experienced professionals) to replicate old fashioned gardens because many of the specific types/cultivars can no longer be purchased. You will be happy to hear that many of the older cultivars have been superseded by strains which are much more resistant to disease, so you can often discover suitable replacement plants which show little or no (other) differences to the older plant.

Old Fashioned Perennial Plants

One of the most popular garden perennials used in garden landscaping today is the Achillea millefolium which was first used in American gardens in colonial days when it was brought over from Europe. Achillea is an ancient plant used since the days of the Greek hero Achilles (from whom the plant gains it’s name) who used it to help heal his soldiers. Achillea can stop bleeding and works amazingly well at healing wounds.

Achillea millefolium

Achillea ptarmica has beautiful flat groups of small flowers that are rather daisy like. Achillea  are available with flower heads in a selection of colors ranging from various shades of yellows, whites and pinks. Achillea millefolium are considered by most landscape gardeners to be relatively easy perennial garden plants to cultivate. They are so easy to propagate because they are rather invasive plants which can be seen growing on the poorest of soil. If you wish to witness success with Achillea the only thing is to avoid cultivating in extremely wet or poorly drained soil. The plants are well able withstanding drought conditions. Achillea ptarmica and Achillea millefolium are two of the more popular varieties but there are many others available.

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