Drought Tolerant Perennials Perennials For Sale In Philadelphia

It forms a very uniform, dense mound of silvery green foliage topped with tall wands of rich lavender purple flowers which are much darker than ‘Provence'. Two year old plants in our trials measured an impressive 4-4 ½' across! Lavender has been grown...

Remove the old flowers of Daylily Happy Returns as they become brown and unattractive. After back filling and lightly compacting the 50/50 mix of existing soil and compost give the Daylily Happy Returns a good deep watering.

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. Our ideal fertilizer schedule for you to use is as follows.

Purple flowers appear in terminal spikes in late spring to early summer. In regions with clay soils, a raised bed or rock garden will improve success greatly. Lavender flowers and foliage are also popular additions to sachets and potpourris.

It is an excellent perennial for providing color in late summer and is especially showy in mass plantings. Rudbeckia goldstrum is a beautiful native plant that is a beacon for butterflies and bees.

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. Our ideal fertilizer schedule for you to use is as follows.

It is a popular, semi- evergreen garden shrub with many named cultivars and hybrids derived from it.In North America the name Rose of Sharon is applied to a species in a different order, Hibiscus syriacus .

Wood sage has a variety of common names including violet sage, ornamental meadow sage, Balkan clary, purple flowering sage or perennial woodland sage. Subsequent to the primary bloom, sporadic additional bloom may continue to appear throughout much of...

They keep their blue color well after drying. * This is an excellent plant to use for cut flowers and dried flowers. * It is very cold hardy, coming from Siberia, and will also tolerate drought and saline conditions.

They keep their blue color well after drying. * This is an excellent plant to use for cut flowers and dried flowers. * It is very cold hardy, coming from Siberia, and will also tolerate drought and saline conditions.

Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced compost or topsoil to the back-fill soil. Bio-tone is a gardener's best friend and can help guarantee your success.

* Parent has an abundance of pinkish plumes. * This is an outstanding ornamental that can be used as an effective screen or accent plant. * Noxious weed in California.

Water this grass regularly, mainly during the season when they are blooming, as you need to have well developed roots so that the grass can absorb enough nutrition from the soil. These leaves make this ornamental grass stand out anywhere! Silvery white...

Depending on soil and moisture conditions, it grows to a height of 1 – 3m (3 – 10 ft) . * Seed germination appears to be dependent on about a 2-week period of moistened seed at a time when soil temperatures have reached 60 degrees Fahrenheit.

* The name of this species is based on the cultivated form, the true wild form is A. Flabellata pumila. * Succeeds in ordinary garden soil, preferring a moist but not wet soil and a sunny position.

This Autumn Fern reaches 2 feet in height and width. It then turns to dark green for summer, and back to bronze again in the fall. Use in pots indoors or for a patio or deck plant.

* Cenchrus ciliaris has become naturalised and often an invasive species in Australia, the southwestern United States, Hawaii, Mexico, Central America, South America, and Macaronesia * In the Sonoran Desert it was introduced for erosion control.

Site in areas where both the foliage and flowers may be appreciated. Plants will naturalize over time. This vigorous, mat-forming, evergreen species has electric golden-yellow foliage that holds its color through the heat of summer.

Starter fertilizer is the best product to use at the time of planting. We suggest when planting your newly purchased Astilbe Snowdrift plants that you dig a hole twice as wide as the root system but not deeper.

A favorite with birds, bees, and insects. Flowering the first year, perennial thrives in heat and drought and thirsty soil. Flowering like crazy late spring into mid-fall, ‘Santos Purple's 12” spreading plants can lay out an island of super-rich color:...

Be careful with products such as miracle-grow as these products can burn newly planted plants when not used at the recommended rates. Cut it back in the spring before it begins to bud.

Plants may repeat bloom throughout the summer, but need regular moisture to encourage this. Flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies. In any event, cut plants back after flowering has concluded.

Check the plant daily for the first week or so and then every other day there after. A general rule of thumb is to count to 5 for every one gallon of pot size. Most of the water you put on the plant at first will run away from the plant until the soil...

* A very ornamental plant, it should be planted into its permanent position as soon as possible because it dislikes root disturbance. It bears large elegant flowers of various colours: red, white, striped or blue.

Fragrant and with good foliage. Older proven variety that's still quite popular! The Peony is an extremely long lived, hardy, shrub-like plant. Peony Sarah Bernhardt is a pink double flowered peony.

1 Collection includes: 4 plants, 2 of each of Golden Goblin and Arizona Sun Gaillardia varieties. 2 Collections include: 8 plants, 4 of each variety 3 Collections include: 12 plants, 6 of each variety

Attractive foliage with multiple blooms on each 34-40'' stem; sure to complement your home landscape. SHIPS IN FALL Year after year, your iris will explode into spectacular color and unmatched beauty.