Designing with Perennials

To achieve the best overall garden design, follow these tips for placing perennials.

Mix up plants by height

Add vertical interest in a small space with tall, skinny perennials

Pay attention to perennials' shapes

Great bulb-and-perennial combinations

Contain aggressive spreaders

Repeat perennials throughout separate beds

Be careful with blue

Mark the spot of herbaceous perennials—which disappear in winter—with plant markers or with other plants