Deer Resistant Perennials Perennials For Sun For Sale In Illinois

A general rule of thumb is to count to 5 for every one gallon of pot size. After back filling and lightly compacting the 50/50 mix of existing soil and compost give the Sedum Autumn Fire a good deep watering.

Below Virginia many nurseries and landscapers plant year around, weather permitting. Bio-tone Starter Plus is an all-natural plant food that is combined with a stronger concentration of Espoma's beneficial bacteria along with both endo and ecto mycorrhizae.

Remove the old flowers of Nepeta Walker's Low as they become brown and unattractive. Our ideal fertilizer schedule for you to use is as follows. We suggest when planting your newly purchased Nepeta Walker's Low plants that you dig a hole twice as wide...

Very large carnation shaped flowers with incurved petals, freely produced in clusters. Remove spent flowers after blooming. Glossy green foliage is divided into oval to lance-shaped leaflets.

Narrow-ovate leaves (to 6” long) are medium green. It typically grows in an upright clump to 2-3′ tall and to 1-1.5′ wide on sturdy, well-branched stems that do not need staking.

Cut foliage to the ground and remove from the garden in fall after frost. Excellent cut flower. Remove spent flowers after blooming. Once they're established, they're as hardy and dependable as oaks, creating a fantastic season of bloom in your yard year...

Achillea Moonshine reliably blooms on the seasons new growth, so prune to the ground during late winter or very early spring before growth starts. Fall pruning, especially in warmer climates, can result in a quick flush of new growth that prevents dormancy...

While there are ferns that can be grown on the highest mountains, in the driest deserts, on wall tops, in sun or shade, or even on the bottom of ponds, in fact virtually anywhere. Easily grown in organically rich, consistently moist, well-drained loams...

This a mounded, shrubby cultivar that typically grows to 30-36” tall. Prune back to 8” in spring every 3 years to control plant size and to promote robust, new growth. Flowers and foliage are heavily scented.

The fall color varies from tan to copper, orange, and dark orange red. It works well in mass plantings. The Blues can be divided every 3 years or so in early spring. The fall color is a burgundy red.

Prefers slightly alkaline soils. Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun. Silvery-blue mats of evergreen, linear foliage. Excellent for use in containers, as an edger, in rock gardens, scented gardens and the front of the border.

Most plants are very drought tolerant; however they grow very slow without adequate water. They are drought and heat tolerant with long-lasting magnificent displays of large daisies with coned centers.A North American native in the Daisy family, Echinacea...

This is a great edging plant with a uniform, mounding habit. Plant 12-18″ apart for use as ground cover. Dense rosettes of thick, soft, velvety, silver-green leaves (to 8″ long) form a mat approximately 8″ off the ground.

Plants are long-lived, do not need to be divided and can be left undisturbed for years. Peony Sarah Bernhardt is a shrubby plant that will typically grow to 3′ tall by mid-spring, bloom, display attractive foliage throughout the summer and early fall,...

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. We recommend feeding your Geranium Karmina in the very early spring and again in mid summer after all new growth has hardened...

In colder climates, cut it back as one of the last chores in your garden before the snow flies. Deadheading also prevents Daylily Mini Pearl from spreading through your yard, as it can be an effective self-seeder when the dead flowers are allowed to dry...

We offer potted plants for a fast showing in your yard. Outstanding as a background or as an accent plant in corners or in rock gardens. Collection includes 1 White plant, and 1 Pink plant.

Check the plant daily for the first week or so and then every other day there after. Uses: Extremely attractive when used as a focal point in the mixed border, mass planting. Fall pruning, especially in colder climates, can result in a quick flush of...

During the summer season the flowerheads shimmer and dance in the wind. Magnificent for winter contrast, it flourishes in containers or even in a shady, damp site -- including coastal areas.

Feeding your plants is probably the single most forgotten part of growing healthy long lasting plants. Remove the old flowers of Hibiscus Luna Red as they become brown and unattractive including the seed pods.

Most of the water you put on the plant at first will run away from the plant until the soil is soaked. Deadheading also prevents Heuchera Autumn Bride from spreading through your yard, as it can be an effective self-seeder when the dead flowers are allowed...

A general rule of thumb is to count to 5 for every one gallon of pot size. No insect or pest problems. Fall pruning, especially in colder climates, can result in a quick flush of new growth that prevents dormancy and makes winter freezes potentially deadly.

Red Foliage All Year Euphorbia Bonfire, Euphorbia polychroma 'Bonfire' PPAF, is a hot new perennial succulent groundcover with striking mahogany red foliage. Late-summer cutback can be beneficial if plants start to "birdnest." Use gloves since sap may...

Adding compost or topsoil will help the young feeder roots to spread through the loose, nutrient rich soil, much easier than if you used solely the existing soil which more times than not will be hard and compacted.

In spring, Bonfire's emerging foliage is brilliant yellow, orange and lime; summer and fall colors are crimson and burgundy. Tiny golden-chartreuse blooms in late spring. Plant 18'' apart in full to partial sun.

Shiny, broad, rounded leaves are like black satin. , commonly called coral bells or alumroot, is a genus consisting of about 55 species of evergreen to semi-evergreen herbaceous perennials which are all native to North America.

1991 Perennial Plant of the Year. If grown in full sun, consistent moisture is needed and soil should not be allowed to dry out. Tiny, pinkish white, bell-shaped flowers in open, airy panicles are borne on slender, wiry, dark red stems extending well...