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Originally Posted by Dana1963
I'd prefer more perennials accented with some annuals also more use of mulch to conserve over watering
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What is an "annual" back home up north, is apparently a "perennial" down here. My basil plant is still living, still producing green leaves, but it's absolutely classified as an annual and I planted it over a year ago.
The begonias they plant in the beds around the Villages will definitely grow more than just for the singular season. The last time they switched out the beds a month or so ago, I got lucky and was driving by at the time. I grabbed a few random plants, I don't even know what kind they were, and planted them in pots in my garden.
Two of them died right away, I think they'd been left unrooted in the sun a little too long. But the other two seem to still be doing well.
Florida gardening is definitely weird. We don't have seasons in the same way, there's no true dormant season for wintering plants that need to be wintered before greening again in the spring.