15 Old Fashioned Perennial Favorites old_product_id_10432 and has an upright The glossy and has an upright boasting a glossy Perennials have a long history of cultivation and older varieties of perennial plants have often been cultivated for centuries‚ often passed down through families‚ and have been recorded in historical horticultural texts of various ages‚ cultures‚ regions and languages․ The ancestors of these plants might once have adorned country cottage gardens‚ now long gone‚ or they may have been cherished in the gardens of ancient Chinese emperors․ Each flower is the story of a long dead gardener who cultivated the plant‚ for both beauty and food․ Many gardeners appreciate the ability to grow certain heirloom cultivars in their own backyards‚ keeping a living piece of history alive․ To them‚ this is a way of honoring the generations they come from by planting a flower or vegetable that their forebears would have grown․ If considerations of color harmony are important in the composition of a garden‚ few plants are as useful as the old fashioned perennials․ The daisy‚ the peony (especially the soft pink varieties)‚ the deep purple of the aster‚ and the golden yellow of the coreopsis yield a kaleidoscope of garden color‚ inset by the texture of their foliage‚ throughout the season․ Just trying to imagine them growing together‚ it is so easy to see that they would blend well‚ and attract butterflies and bees․ Arranging combinations of flowers to be pleasing to the eye is part of what makes gardening an art‚ and this collection can do that beautifully․ From a pastel garden full of delicate flowers to an eye catching riot of color‚ the right kinds of perennials can make a masterpiece out of any garden or yard․