Perennials - Experiences and Recommendations

I also have the [Bartnelke]. They are biennial. The flowers dance very prettily in the background, the foliage is evergreen. But it can also become too much if you don’t remove the new plants from time to time.

[Caucasian forget-me-not] as a perennial is also very nice with heart-shaped leaves, but it doesn’t bloom long; however, it is suitable as an edging.

Perennials are characterized by the fact that most of them die back at the top and then sprout again the following spring. Therefore, you combine perennials with other plants (as I wrote) so that the bed looks beautiful all year round.

What I will no longer plant: too much lavender because it becomes ugly and woody, grass pink becomes unsightly, dahlias have to be taken out in winter, ... to be continued

I checked and besides the already mentioned things, I currently have in the [Sonnenbeet]: Ziest, various Aster species, chicory, yarrow, beer sage, silphium, indigo lupine, steppe sage, red cornflower.

Thanks already for your tips, especially what goes in the direction of prairie beds helped me as a nudge.

Does anyone here have experience with accommodating plants that need more water in the prairie bed? Over the weekend, I was given some Skimmias, which apparently should not be in full sun; the area where they are supposed to go should largely lean towards prairie style. If you then water, does that harm the prairie plants?

No idea, my bed is still in the "Rohbau". It’s more a question of whether the Skimmies can cope with the soil conditions.

too much lavender, because it becomes unsightly and woody,

This should be avoidable by appropriate pruning in late spring.

This should be avoidable by appropriate pruning in late spring.

Cut everything back. Takes a lot of work.