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Perennials Are Cheaper Than Bedding Within Three Seasons
A bed replanted with annuals twice a year costs more by season three than the same bed planted once with perennials.
Bedding plants are cheap per unit and repeat annually — often twice, for summer and winter displays. A perennial costs several times more but is bought once, then divides into more plants after three or four years.
The honest trade-off is not money but flowering window. Annuals bloom continuously for months; most perennials give three to six weeks. Mixed planting — a perennial backbone with a small annual pocket for continuous colour — usually beats either extreme.
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