Plants thrive in average soils and withstand hot and dry conditions. Echinacea are easy-to-grow natives that bloom heavily from summer to fall. Part of the Big Skytm series bred by Richard Saul of ItSaul Plants in Georgia.
The gorgeous, purple blooms are very fragrant and attract butterflies to the garden. Excellent for fresh cutting, this is an excellent Lavender selection for drying. One of the hottest lavenders to hit the market in years and certainly one of our favorite...
Mulching helps to keep weeds away which will compete with your new investment for water and nutrients. Any type of mulch will do but cypress or hardwood mulch will be of a higher quality and provide better nutrition overall as they breakdown.
In comparison to bearded varieties, Siberian irises have smaller beardless flowers, narrower grass-like leaves and an absence of thick fleshy rhizomes. Rhizomes should be planted 1-2” below the soil surface and 1-2' apart.
Check the plant daily for the first week or so and then every other day there after. Remove the old flowers of Coreopsis Moonbeam as they become brown and unattractive. It forms an open mound 18” in height and spreads by rhizomes to about 24” wide.
There is also a single, white, hairy flower cluster at the tip of each stalk. Flowers are scattered along the upper parts of the stem branches, with long white hairs creating a feathery appearance.
This Bleeding Heart will bloom from May to September and is a major attractor to butterflies. Bleeding Hearts have a plant height of 3 feet and a width of 3 feet. It is heat tolerant and needs moist soil.
, commonly called northern blue flag, is a clump-forming iris that is native to marshes, swamps, wet meadows, ditches and shorelines from Manitoba to Nova Scotia south to Virginia, Ohio, Illinois and Minnesota.
Once establish Geranium Biokovo will reduce the amount of mulch your garden will require so this is truly a plant that will return your investment over time. Water using the counting method for the first few weeks.
Fragrant and with good foliage. The spreading clumps form hedges. Remove spent flowers after blooming. Older proven variety that's still quite popular! The Peony is an extremely long lived, hardy, shrub-like plant.
Our ideal fertilizer schedule for you to use is as follows. After back filling and lightly compacting the 50/50 mix of existing soil and compost give the Heuchera Autumn Bride a good deep watering.
We suggest when planting your newly purchased Daylily Round Midnight plants that you dig a hole twice as wide as the root system but not deeper. Any type of mulch will do but cypress or hardwood mulch will be of a higher quality and provide better nutrition...
Echinacea is a must have in every garden for butterflies and pollinators. The dead flower stems will remain erect well into the winter, and if flower heads are not removed, the blackened cones may be visited by goldfinches or other birds that feed on...
Extra water and fertilization is not needed! The attractive foliage is upright and is open to spreading the fine textured leaves. It works well in mass plantings. The foliage remains attractive in winter.
Although a native of Argentina, this variety of Pampas Grass is hardy and will grow in most parts of America. The graceful blades grow thickly to an average height of about three feet, with the plumes soaring above them.
Easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soil in full sun. In summer, dense terminal spikes of violet-blue flowers rise above the foliage to 24” tall. Salvia Caradonna reaches 18-24 inches tall, bearing flowers on sturdy stems during the...
Fall pruning, especially in warmer climates, can result in a quick flush of new growth that prevents dormancy and makes winter freezes potentially deadly. In colder climates, cut it back as one of the last chores in your garden before the snow flies.
Brilliance Fern will brighten your shady perennial beds and borders and will fill-in around your trees and shrubs. If you love Autumn Ferns, you'll find this new variety improves upon that popular choice, with even more color and “brilliance”.
We recommend when planting your plants to use Bio-tone starter fertilizer by Espoma. When planting ‘Lord Baltimore', remember the only water source the plant has, is its small root ball, and all the water the plant uses must come from there until new...
Drought tolerant once established. Leaf shape and texture resemble a lamb's ear, hence the common name. Tends to rot and develop leaf diseases in humid summer climates. Flowering stems are rare.
Unlike other hostas, Sum and Substance is very large, 2 to 3 feet tall and 5 to 6 feet wide. It will also tolerate moist sand or clay soils, and will handle some drought once plants are established.
‘Mainacht', commonly sold under the trade name of MAY NIGHT, features deep violet blue flowers on stems rising to 18-24” tall. Plants may spread somewhat rapidly in optimum growing conditions.
Gypsophila Festival Star, Gypsophila 'Festival Startm' (PP#14,818), provides continuous cut flowers all summer long! Clouds of small white flowers float above densely branched plants from May through October! Gypsophila 'Festival Star' is a hardy baby's...
, commonly called Japanese iris or Japanese water iris, is a rhizomatous beardless perennial iris that grows in slowly expanding clumps to 2-4' tall. Sword-shaped, linear green leaves (to 24” long) have prominent midribs.
It flowers bloom from July to August. Hostas are not only known for their flowers, they also provide bright color in shade with wonderful foliage. Hosta Albomarginata has soft green leaves with white bands, making it very striking.
Make a rain garden or a drainage ditch sing with motion and color. But discerning designers have been using this subtle (and not so subtle, at the same time) beauty in designs for a while now.
During the growing season, it thrives in standing water (up to 6” deep). Variegated foliage will brighten any woodland or damp garden setting. , commonly called Japanese iris or Japanese water iris, is a rhizomatous beardless perennial iris that grows...
