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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I have this massive garden.

It's beautiful at the peak of summer, all colors and different textures, butterflies and birds. 
In winter, it's kind of plain, with the shapes and some colour from the perennial shrubs and plants.

Every year, the perennials come up, without fail. I don't do much with them, save dividing them when they need. Maybe a dead head here and there. Water them, don't water them, there they are - year after year, without fail. They're green and decent enough, they fill the garden and provide a backdrop.

What really is cool is the annuals I plant. They come in a million and one colors, they have the coolest textures and smells and I can change them out year after year. But, they need a lot of work. I have to deadhead them constantly so they don't seed and become leggy. I have to water them constantly because their roots don't really take hold. But I adore them, and they're the flashiest part of my garden. They make me ooh and aah, and they are just so awesome.

It's easy to forget that without my perennials, I wouldn't have much of a garden. They're the backbone, but they're always there, even if I kind of leave them on the back burner.

If I want the flash of the annuals, I have to work for it. Some years, I have the time and patience to start them from seed and it's nice to see them grow before they go in the garden. And they come up in a blaze of colour and make me grin ear to ear.

Other years, I just go to the garden center and plunk them in. Same joy, less work. But I still have to go buy them, plant them, tend them.

Point is: you want the colour and flash, you have to work at it. You need to plant the seeds, or dig the plants in. Some things need constant tending and work to flourish. I wouldn't have annuals unless I went through the time and effort to have and keep them. They don't come back like the perennials do, unless they get planted. You can't take annuals for granted, because they're fleeting if you don't take care of them.

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