Perennials: What\'s Blooming 4, 1 by oxdriftgardener

oxdriftgardener wrote:
Loretta,
I too am a sucker for trying new plants, but up to now more so in annuals than perennials. I am slowly converting one large annual bed to perennial. That is where I was posting the sparsely planted tulips earlier. Sparse only because this was their first season. I planted 9 oriental lilies in there at the same time last fall and they are all about to break bloom shortly; 3 yeĺlow, 3 red, and 3 orange. It looks like an orange one is going to be first to open. The Burning Hearts False Sunflower below has just given me it\'s first bloom . I adopted it from a local greenhouse this spring.
I guess you could say my 2 main passions in the garden are annuals in containers and non hardy succulents in containers. Both not exactly belonging on this forum and therefore only show up here incidently when photographed with perennials.
Keith