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Buying Herbaceous Plants.
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Should I buy large sized pots of herbaceous plants for instant impact?
Buying Herbaceous Plants.
In general it is better to buy small pots of herbaceous perennials.
Economically plants in small pots are more cost effective- they will grow and fower well in the first year. Plants in larger pots, (5" plus), are much more expensive, particularly if yours is a large border.
The exceptions are deep rooted plants, where larger specimen plants are ttthe only way to buy.
Peonias,Hostas, Meconopsis and Hellebores , are good examples of plants where it pays to buy big.
A good practice is to go choose mostly small plants with a few larger specimens of the deep rooted sort.
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