Beginner Gardening: Help! Seemingly heathly Perennials loose/don't flower, 1 by

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captKirkS,
If I was living where you are, I sure wouldn't bother with common plants. I would grow tropical Hibiscus and Brugmansia, both of which I can't grow here.

By the way, deadheading is just a term used to remove dead flowers before they set seeds. Often times that will promote more blooms. You see, perennials have to set a certain amount of seeds to keep generations going, just like humans. That is the reason many varieties will rebloom. I do it to my Salvias, etc. Even Gaillardias benefit from it as it prevent lankiness. Deadheading does not apply to plants like irises, daylilies, bulbs, etc.

Below is a cultivar of Sempervivum (hen and chicks) growing amid Delosperma nubigenum. Love it!