Deer Resistant Perennials Perennials For Sun For Sale In Idaho

Prune the central stems of the yarrow if they begin to die back. A 2 to 3 inch layer of mulch is sufficient but remember to take care not to cover any part of the stem of the plant with mulch.

Although the foliage is evergreen, it may become scorched and tattered in extremely harsh winters, particularly if not sited in locations protected from cold winter winds and/or insulated by snow cover.

Flowers are extremely showy, and foliage remains attractive throughout the growing season, either alone or as a frame or backdrop for other flowering perennials. Older proven variety that's still quite popular! The Peony is an extremely long lived, hardy,...

Siberian iris is an adaptable plant which tolerates a wide range of soils, including boggy ones, but will generally perform well in average garden soils. In mild winter regions, plant the rhizomes in fall.

Mulching helps to keep weeds away which will compete with your new investment for water and nutrients. A good rule is that you should still be able to see the soil the plant was grown in after back-filling the hole.

Use lamium in hanging baskets, in mixed containers, trailing over walls or as an edger, but spread must be controlled. It is best to cut this plant back after the first bloom to promote compact growth.

Miscanthus Morning Light is deer resistant and easy to grow! It is also salt tolerant. This plant works well as a specimen plant in the garden, or can be used in container gardens.

This selection forms a bushy mound of silver foliage, with long spikes of purple-blue flowers. Exceptional winter survival, as it does not have the winter die back that other varieties commonly demonstrate.

Do not let it dry out. Bleeding Hearts have a plant height of 3 feet and a width of 3 feet. ‘Spectabilis' makes excellent cut flowers, in mass with groundcovers, or in potted containers.

Flowers are extremely showy, and foliage remains attractive throughout the growing season, either alone or as a frame or backdrop for other flowering perennials. Remove spent flowers after blooming.

Divide when clumps become overcrowded. Flowers appear singly on stiff, branching stems in a prolific, long-lasting, mid-summer-to-fall bloom. Tolerates light shade, but best in full sun.

We recommend feeding your Nepeta Walker's Low in the very early spring and again in mid summer after all new growth has hardened off and it begins to set flower buds. A good rule is that you should still be able to see the soil the plant was grown in...

The Hollyhock family is made up of a rather large group that exhibits tall stature (4-6') and is biennial in nature. Although they are short lived, they reseed themselves. Raspberry Frosted Peaches The Peaches ‘n Dreams Hollyhock, 'Alcea rosea', has...

Deer and drought resistant. Outstanding as a background or as an accent plant in corners or in rock gardens. Good for cut arrangements. An elegant addition to your yard. Also available in the Pampas Grass Collection.

A 2 to 3 inch layer of mulch is sufficient but remember to take care not to cover any part of the stem of the plant with mulch. Adding compost or topsoil will help the young feeder roots to spread through the loose, nutrient rich soil, much easier than...

A North American native in the Daisy family, Echinacea produce big, bright flowers from late June until frost. Coneflowers bloom from June to August with some sporadic later bloom.

A good rule is that you should still be able to see the soil the plant was grown in after back-filling the hole. Mulching helps to keep weeds away which will compete with your new investment for water and nutrients.

It typically grows to 2-4′ tall. A North American native in the Daisy family, Echinacea produce big, bright flowers from late June until frost. The dead flower stems will remain erect well into the winter, and if flower heads are not removed, the blackened...

Very hardy; good performer. Dianthus Firewitch exudes the spicy scent of cloves. May also be grown on difficult sites such as stone walls. Silvery-blue mats of evergreen, linear foliage.

Genus name honors Austrian botanist Nicholas Thomas Host (1761-1834). Hosta Sum and Substance performs best outdoors in a perennial garden when planted in part to full shade. Any all purpose, foliage fertilizer will work for Sum and Substance.

Apply an early spring fertilizer with a product such as at the recommended rate this will give the plant a boost of nitrogen potash that will be needed for healthy foliage and stem growth.

It is a Missouri native perennial that typically occurs in prairies, fields, pastures, rocky glades, roadsides and waste areas in the central and southern parts of the State (Steyermark).

Useful in rock gardens, borders and open woodland gardens. Effective as an edger along paths or walkways. Heuchera Citronelle is a vigorous, clump-forming, compact coral bells cultivar.

Below Virginia many nurseries and landscapers plant year around, weather permitting. They are 10 inches across and the pure, crimson red color contrasts nicely with the plant's bright green leaves.

It is cold hardy to zone 5, making this is a great perennial for northern gardens that want a tropical look. The Crocosmia is also commonly known as Montbretia. Tropical Flair in a Cold Hardy Perennial The Crocosmia Lucifer, 'Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora',...

Spent flowers should be cut back for a repeat performance in fall. Blue Hill is easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun. Salvia Blue Hills is a sun perennial with sky blue spikes of flowers rise above a mound of aromatic...

Drought and deer resistant. Outstanding as a background or as an accent plant in corners or in rock gardens. Good for cut arrangements. An elegant addition to your yard. Also available in the Pampas Grass Collection.