Question: Is it okay to plant perennials now?

Answer: Sure, so long as you’re watering. The best thing about perennials is their root system isn’t particularly deep. So watering for hours isn’t necessary, but watering is critical. Ask staff about watering requirements when you purchase.

The nursery brings in perennials seasonally. This means that in spring, we’ll have lots of creeping phlox, candy tuft, columbines, lupines, and other early spring flowers. In summer, all the echineceas,  rudbeckias, coreopsis and sneezeweed are blooming in the store, and by fall, we’ll major on Joe Pye Weed, asters, anemones, and sedums. Limiting your planting to just spring means you’re missing some spectacular summer and fall perennials. 

Here are a few of staff favorites. Click on each picture for more information, and of course, be sure to ask about them at the store. 

Okay, so planting season is still on. I’m going for the sneezeweed! How about you?

Written by Cinthia Milner, Garden Coach, OSA and blog writer.

BB Barns serves all of Western North Carolina, upstate South Carolina, and Tennessee.