Best Nursery For Perennials

Most nurseries will hold your order for the proper planting time in your area.Now for some personal experiences. So I turned to the internet. Have fun and I hope you find the plant of your dreams.AV hybridizers and winners of many awards (also other gesneriads...

You are soon greeted by the barking of a pack of dogs, followed by a cheerful ‘Bonjour!' from Luc, who, together with his wife Carol, runs this sprawling nursery. There is no sign, just a whole lot of plumeria trees.

I needed a "garden fix!" But the recent weather had been so cold and grey, and barely a green shoot could be found anywhere in my winter-dormant garden. I've come here on other winter afternoons, to curl up with a book or garden catalog and to enjoy the...

Being a kindhearted person, Beth answered me by digging up a few plants and saying with a smile, "It's yarrow. Curious, I asked what they were. I would visit them from time to time to chat with Beth and compare notes about family life back when our children...

Repot those roots, keep them moist, and you may be happily surprised by new growth.Want to increase your chances of resurrecting plants from theirroots? TLC is easier to provide to potted plants, especially if you can keep an eye on them.

Perennial Plant Association members nominate plants they've evaluated and submit these for review. I say clump now because we've had our plant long enough for it to form into its mature shape and size of 3 to 4 foot tall and wide, a nice shrub-like plant...

( I hope you got that plant cheap after reading my earlier article, More Plants for Less Money 1: Shopping for Clearance Plants!) Here's my refreshed Ox-eye daisy, with room to spread.

(Technically these are Pelargoniums; there are a number of beautiful true Geraniums used as garden perennials.) Garden geraniums are a true staple. Many growers forego the flowers, and trim to encourage a more compact plant.That's a sampling of favorite...

Its main limitations seem to be a lack of hardiness beyond Zone 8a or 7b and its intolerance of soggy, wet soil. It has been in the place where I planted it ever since; never spreading, never reseeding, but blooming year after year after year and proving...

Plant it almost any place, including rocky ledges, near stonework or bricks, or in the most exposed spots in the landscape. This year the cultivar 'Sparkle White' was named a 2014 All America Selections (AAS) Bedding Plant Award Winner, and it has won...

With all these selections nobody need go without fireworks for the Fourth of July or any other day of the year. Many sparklers, firecrackers, and other aptly named plants are available to add sizzle, pop, snap, and crackle to your garden.

Echinacea's long, thick tap root sometimes makes division tricky, but it grows deeply, and the plants are quite drought tolerant once established. Simply sprinkle the seed onto prepared ground and pat lightly to ensure contact with the soil, or cover...

Stems grow deep underground and gradually spread to form a groundcover that is semi-evergreen in upper reaches of Zone 8, but evergreen in Zones 9 and higher. From this resemblance comes the common name, ground oak.

Daylilies, of course. No matter what type of garden you have, these versatile plants are nearly always a good choice if there's a sunny, well-drained spot available. Full sun all day is quite acceptable and once established, they're quite drought tolerant.The...

I'd like to show you how easily you can share your own daylilies.Here's a how-to for digging up and dividing daylilies:The plant will be happiest, and the digger too, if the soil is moist before digging.

New and experienced gardeners alike will love a gift of seeds.For a unique gift that doubles as an ornament, make a seed ball to hang on your tree throughout the holidays and plant in your garden later.Has one of your garden buddies admired one of your...

The room we have to add new plants grows smaller and smaller each passing year. So why should you give up some of that space to iris? They come from Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americans, and the Middle East.

'' heralds spring with a deep rose color which quickly matures to a soft, lighter rose with an incredible silver overlay.' (shown in the introduction) is nothing short of a miracle with amazing foliage reminiscent of the colors only offered by Coleus!...

We have had temperatures in the winter down to -30C (-22F)and they still keep coming back, bigger and better every year. That's the kind of gardener I am. And, they WILL survive the winter.

If large imposing perennials are your thing, then you must grow Ligularia. Few garden perennials offer such decorative foliage and striking flower displays. Dentata 'Britt-Marie Crawford'I would like to thank doss, hczone6, kell and mrporl for the use...

First, they are relatively late to emerge in the spring so carefully mark the planting site so you do not accidentally dig them up in spring thinking you have a gap that needs filling (I've done that myself!).

Propagate by division or from cuttings. Thin, opposite, finely-toothed, lance-shaped, dark green leaves are up to 5 inches long.Look for cultivars ‘Flower Power' (white speckled with light pink), ‘Natascha' (pink and white bicolor), ‘Rosalind' (dark...

The old ones seem to die down, or perhaps the newly emerging blades hide the dead and dying ones. Never jarring or obtrusive in the landscape, the sedge is a foil for the brightly colored caladiums that join the grouping in summer and an interesting contrast...

(Editor's Note: This article was originally published on August 4, 2009. All are herbaceous perennials. Such a diversity in habitats translates into variable cultural needs and hardiness.

Evergreen or deciduous linear, basal leaves subtend the flowers.According to many experts, most selections found inas a groundcover in areas where the foliage is hardy. Each cluster may have up to 100 florets, and the stalks may reach up to 6 feet or...

Popular cultivars of V. This article will introduce you to the taller types of speedwells; the species, cutlivars and hybrids that make ideal plants to use in the middle or back of the border.

After reading a crazy man online, I placed newspaper right on Bermuda grass, piled it high with dirt, and planted away.I thought I really had cheated the system. Give iris what they love when they need it once a year and everything else will fall into...