Deer Resistant Perennials Perennials For Sun For Sale In Tampa

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.

Very heat and humidity tolerant. It is noted for its long summer bloom of fragrant fluorescent pink flowers. Dianthus Neon Star is a hybrid dianthus that typically grows in an upright rounded mound to 8-12″ tall and to 6-12 inches wide.

Feeding your plants is probably the single most forgotten part of growing healthy long lasting plants. It creates a barrier between the roots of the plant and fungus and pathogens that can cause root rot.

Check the plant daily for the first week or so and then every other day there after. A good rule is that you should still be able to see the soil the plant was grown in after back-filling the hole.

Cut foliage to the ground and remove from the garden in fall after frost. Fragrant and with good foliage. Excellent cut flower. Very large carnation shaped flowers with incurved petals, freely produced in clusters.

It may also be known as Wild oats or Spangle grass. The soil needs to be well-drained. Birds love the seeds! Use this plant in beds, cut flowers, borders, for fall color, and as an ornamental.

‘Pink Chablis' looks great among hostas, ferns, lungworts bulbs and wildflowers. Use lamium in hanging baskets, in mixed containers, trailing over walls or as an edger, but spread must be controlled.

The lavender-blue flowers of Aster October Skies completely cover the sweetly scented foliage. A glowing bush of color in mid-Fall. We suggest when planting your newly purchased Aster October Skies plants that you dig a hole twice as wide as the root...

For example a one gallon pot would be watered until you count to 5 a three gallon pot would be 15 and so on. Be careful with products such as miracle-grow as these products can burn newly planted plants when not used at the recommended rates.

Dense terminal spikes of violet-purple flowers rise above the foliage to 18” tall over a long June to September bloom period. Remove faded flowers to encourage repeat blooming, or simply cut back hard after flowering is finished.

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. Slow-release fertilizer can help prevent rapid soft growth that is vulnerable to diseases and insects.

This new outstanding variety from Japan forms a clump of grassy, grey-green foliage, with a long summer display of fragrant, lilac-pink blooms. Flowers bloom from late spring to early summer with continued but somewhat sporadic additional bloom to fall.

Salvia May Night has deep blue spikes of flowers rise above a mound of aromatic, narrow green wrinkled foliage that blooms June – September. Salvia May Night is easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun.

Huge rich red saucer-shaped flowers appear in mid summer and continue until frost. That is why we do not recommend planting in a hole any deeper than the soil line of the plant in the pot.

Also performs well in moist sandy to gravely soils. ‘Little Joe' is a more compact cultivar than the species, typically growing in a clump to 3-4' tall and to 1-3' wide. Small disk flowers (rays absent) ranging in color from pale pink to dark purple...

Flowering stalks rise from the clump to 30” tall in late spring, with each stalk producing 3-5 bluish-purple flowers (to 4″ wide) with bold purple veining. This iris may be grown in up to 2-4” of shallow standing water (muddy bottom or containers),...

See for yourself. Doubly remarkable is that the Painted Red Daisy only affects harmful insects, not other plant or animal life! Try some. Cuttings last three to four times longer than roses, for example.

There is also a single, white, hairy flower cluster at the tip of each stalk. It will grow anywhere and will tolerate poor soils. A great plant for mass plantings. It also provides cover and feeding sites for quail, turkeys and other ground nesting birds.

For example a one gallon pot would be watered until you count to 5 a three gallon pot would be 15 and so on. Be careful with products such as miracle-grow as these products can burn newly planted plants when not used at the recommended rates.

Cutting back will promote new growth, giving you a healthier plant with stronger stems. Follow this up with another early summer application of , this will again provide the necessary nutrients to promote a flush of beautiful flowers.

The foliage does go dormant, so it is best to plant this bleeding heart among later developing perennials such as hostas and ferns which will fill in as the bleeding heart foliage begins to die back.

Starter fertilizer is the best product to use at the time of planting. A good rule is that you should still be able to see the soil the plant was grown in after back-filling the hole.

Its glossy leaf blades of a vibrant, deep green shoot up 2-3 feet from the ground, returning to its tall, straight shape even after affected by heavy rain or winds. It has an upright nature, is fast growing and very easy to grow.

Astilbe Fanal does prefer moist soils so if there was ever a plant that we would recommend adding topsoil or compost in copious amounts this is one. It creates a barrier between the roots of the plant and fungus and pathogens that can cause root rot.

1991 Perennial Plant of the Year. Flowers appear in June. If grown in full sun, consistent moisture is needed and soil should not be allowed to dry out. Heuchera Palace Purple Coral Bells has it all—beautiful showy white flowers on wiry purple stems...

Best grown in organically rich, humusy, well-drained soils in part shade to full shade. Locate plants in areas protected from cold winter winds. Although the foliage is evergreen, it may become scorched and tattered in extremely harsh winters, particularly...

* Very hardy grass * Urban gardens * Tolerates wet soil and part shade * Great fall color We say this because it is sometimes hard to sell gardeners on bronze-colored grass. Use it beside fountains or ponds, in low wetlands, in that trouble spot that...