In this episode of Down the Garden Path podcast, landscape designer Joanne Shaw discusses the importance of succession planting so that you always have something blooming in your perennial garden. That is the gardening addiction, after all!

Topics covered in this week's episode:

• The best way to "deadhead" a perennial
• Popular garden perennials that when trimmed back at the right time should provide another flowering or can help the plant continue to flower
• Some of the plants mentioned:
  • Salvia, Catmint, Dianthus or Pinks, Lavender and Plhlox for the sunny garden
  • Columbine, hostas and ferns for the shade garden

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Down the Garden Path: A Step-By-Step Guide to Your Ontario Garden

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On Down The Garden Path, professional landscape designer Joanne Shaw discusses down-to-earth tips and advice for your plants, gardens and landscapes. As the owner of Down2Earth Landscape Design, Joanne Shaw has been designing beautiful gardens for homeowners east of Toronto for over a decade. She does her best to bring you interesting, relevant and useful topics to help you keep your garden as low maintenance as possible.

In Down the Garden Path: A Step-By-Step Guide to Your Ontario Garden, Joanne and fellow landscape designer Matthew Dressing distill their horticultural and design expertise and their combined experiences in helping others create and maintain thriving gardens into one easy-to-read monthly reference guide. Get your copy today on Amazon. Don't forget to check out Down the Garden Path on your favourite podcast app and subscribe! You can now catch the podcast on YouTube.