Identifying Your Perennials

Identifying your perennials may be tricky, so I’ve made a list to help!

Spring has come! Heck yea! I’ve been waiting for this moment since last spring ended! Your spring flowers and other perennial flowers have popped up, they have begun to show their green leaves and stems and say hello. But what are they?!

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Spring Bulbs

Spring bulbs are easy as pie to identify! As they start to grow you will be able to see all their individual styles.

Here are a bunch of pictures to help guide you to identifying your perennials!

Daffodils

As daffodils begin to grow, they will have many green leaves popping out in groups that will all be straight.

Tulips

The tulips will also be in groups with leaves, but they will have a slight curl to them with some leaves looking blue in color.

Hyacinth

Hyacinths come up with 3-4 leaves out first, but then have a grouping of ball like pedals in the center of the leaves.

Crocus

There are many different kinds of crocus, but all the ones that we have, come up all similar to one another. Small skinny stick straight stems popping up out of the ground.

Summer Flowers

While all of your Spring Bulbs are growing and flowering, you may have other perennials in the garden starting to pop up and give more life that you are having trouble identifying! There are so many choices and options, that I wont be able to share all of them, but here are a bunch that we have here in our garden!

Hostas

Hostas are always a favorite amongst a lot of gardens, they are a great filler and thrive in shady and damp areas! When Hostas begin to grow out of the ground, they sprout devil like horns that are purple and red in color at first, but as they grow they will turn to green.

Bee Balm

Bee Balm, which is a part of the Mint Family, grows two leaves at a time on the stem. Growing opposite of the 2 before them.

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Bleeding Heart

Bleeding Hearts have pinkish/red stems that pop out for the pink variety, however the white variety is all green. Their leaves will have 3-4 segments on each branch which resemble that of the celery plant.

Columbine

Columbines will show you its leaves before anything. With its three-leaf clover looking leaves, you’ll be able to tell right away which perennial you have.

Sedum

There is no denying sedum when it starts to pop out of the ground. With Sedum being in the succulent family its stands to reason that of course when it starts to grow, that it resembles a grouping of little succulent plants.

Purple Cone Flower

When the purple cone flower begins its growth, it pops out two main leaves with deep veins.

Clematis

The Clematis Vine starts with a square stem and will have leaves sparingly as it makes its way up a trellis.

Hopefully, my list and pictures will help you identify perennials that are growing in your garden! It is always fun to guess what you have either way!

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