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Hardy perennials are very valuable in the garden and play a major role, as most of them are relatively cheap, grow quickly, and can readily be increased in several ways, including by seed, division, or cuttings. Most of them, like trees and shrubs, live for many years. In addition, most of them, unlike trees and < shrubs, are herbaceous as they have soft stems which die down in the fall and grow again the following spring. A number of them have evergreen leaves, and one or two grow in the winter and die down in the summer. Not all herbaceous perennials are in fact hardy, but here we are concerned only with those that are.
Herbaceous perennials may be used in a variety of ways in the backyard.Once a framework has been formed, the most important objective is to keep the climber in check—lateral shoots may grow up to 12ft in a single year and unless this over-exuberant growth is pruned, the plant can soon become a jungle of stems and may grow too large for its allotted area. Severely pruning a wisteria during winter will grow about only encourage even more rapid growth.
Thuja plicata and T. octidentalis grow well in heavy soils and may be treated as for Lawson cypress. Yew (Taxus)is available in dark green and gold-leaved varieties which may be planted separately or in a mixture. It's slow-growing and so does not need frequent clipping, is very durable and will grow about grow in most conditions including both chalky and limy soils.
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