First impressions are critical, so when placing a house on the market you will of course would like to show the front yard to its greatest advantage. One nice addition to a house’s appearance is a flowerbed of annual plants, since annuals are bred for their brightly colored blossoms. Annuals are specially great for spring and summer seasons which are when nearly all of them mature and bloom. Morning glories or sweet peas draped over a fence make for a sweet sight and can be extremely inviting. Of course annuals are, well, annual, which can be a shortcoming. No one wants a seedy house, and annuals have a way of going to seed after all your planting and nurturing. Seriously, you could have to cart away old lifeless plants and swap them with new ones more in keeping with the season if a home is not sold quickly. The dianthus or anemone that was attractive in the spring and summer will have to be changed with pansies in the cooler months. Like annuals, bulbs mature for a season, make huge showy flowers, and appear to shrivel in the fall, but grow back in the spring, making them a kind of “annual” that will not necessitate repeated plantings each year.
As the name implies, perennials grow for several years with the right care, although their flowers are rarely large or flashy. Those that do have flashy flowers do not have them the entire year round. Because they grow constantly, perennials grow bigger than annuals and simply have to be planted one time. An feeling of constancy and durability is striking when a great bush or tree is seen in the front yard. With this being said, some perennials can provide rich atmosphere as well. A wisteria creeper can mix beauty with stability when it grows on top of a door or roof with its lavender flowers. Jacaranda is a different tree that flowers in lavender. Rose bushes last for several years and flower in lots of colors in the spring and summer. Many varieties also give off a agreeable aroma that can give a good impression as well. An additional great type of perennials are fruit trees. Following the flowers of these trees produce fruit. For the most part people enjoy picking fruit from their own trees.
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The environment often determines if a given species is truly a perennial or an annual. So confirm with nurseries in your area as to what is thought to be an annual or a perennial. In California several plants thought to be annuals elsewhere grow as perennials.
A combination of annuals and perennials can be the ideal answer. Bright annuals such as nasturtiums, poppies or marigolds show up great beside the green tones of privet hedges, box, junipers or climbing ivy. A circle of annuals such as petunias at the bottom of a shade tree such as maple, elm or sycamore creates a good, traditional mixture. Another technique is to plant all annuals surrounding the residence and adorn a porch or terrace with potted annuals that can easily be moved. Your local nursery people can tell you which annuals and perennials will work great with your residence.
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