Field Notes

Favourite Go-To Perennials

A foundation palette of beautiful, dependable and timeless perennials.

What you'll find

Field Notes - Favourite Go-To Perennials

Comprises 106 pages filled with information about my favourite foundation perennials - those steadfast plants I can’t live without, and that form the basis of my perennial gardens.  If you have been following along via social media, or my In the Garden Somewhere newsletter, you’ll have seen many of these fabulous plants in the images shared. Now, they have been collated for you, all in one spot and with supporting notes.

Within the pages you will find;
  • Reviews of my favourite perennial genera, including Salvia, Achillea, Phlomis and more.
  • Plant profiles and growing notes for over thirty individual plants across eleven genera - these are the go-to flowering perennials I love and repeat.
  • The selection criteria - why these plants made the favourites list.
  • Additional cultivar suggestions beyond the plants profiled.

  • Artful reflections and ideas for growing these wonderful plants in your garden, including suggestions for planting partners/palettes.
  • Notes on propagating perennials by division - easy and budget friendly.
  • A list of my most-used online perennial nurseries (Australia only).
  • Plentiful full colour illustrations and captioned photos to demonstrate the content.
  • Ponderings on the joy of perennials, and much more!

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I’ll see you in the garden. Colleen x