Flowering Perennial Bushes For Sun

Attracts pollinators and hummingbirds. We recommend feeding your Daylily Mini Pearl in the very early spring and again in mid summer after all new growth has hardened off and it begins to set flower buds.

You can plant other peonies with staggered bloom times to extend the total peony bloom period to approximately 6 weeks during May and June. Each plant will flower for approximately 7-10 days.

The best time to prune St John's Wort Pumpkin is in the early spring, to encourage more branching, flowers and berries. Adding compost or topsoil will help the young feeder roots to spread through the loose, nutrient rich soil, much easier than if you...

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. Starter fertilizer is the best product to use at the time of planting.

Water using the counting method for the first few weeks. 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.

From midsummer into early fall, showy ruffled flowers of thick substance are produced at several nodes up the stems with flowers appearing on all sides of the clump. Plants will benefit from regular fertilization during the growing season.

Water is very important for the overall happiness of this plant and should be done on a regular basis until well established. Follow this up with another early summer application of , this will again provide the necessary nutrients to promote a flush...

Water using the counting method for the first few weeks. 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...

However in winter, it is intolerant of both standing water and boggy soils where rhizomes may rot. Flowers (typically 3-6” across) have a distinctively flattened appearance. During the growing season, it thrives in standing water (up to 6” deep).

The best time to prune St John's Wort Red Fame is in the early spring, to encourage more branching, flowers and berries. Adding compost or topsoil will help the young feeder roots to spread through the loose, nutrient rich soil, much easier than if you...

Meaning injures/destroys in reference to the plant's toxic leaves, stems and roots which are poisonous to humans if ingested. , commonly called Lenten rose, is a clump-forming, late winter-blooming perennial which typically grows 1-1.5′ tall.

Loves acidic, organically rich, saturated, moisture-retentive soils. Sword-shaped, linear green leaves (to 24” long) have prominent midribs. Pond edges and moist borders welcome these stately blue blooms.

Excellent for use in containers. Excellent ground cover. Sedums are commonly called stonecrops in reference to the fact that many of the sedum species plants are typically found in the wild growing on rocky or stony ledges.

Check the plant daily for the first week or so and then every other day there after. Follow this up with another early summer application of , this will again provide the necessary nutrients to promote a flush of beautiful flowers.

That is why we do not recommend planting in a hole any deeper than the soil line of the plant in the pot. This is not to be rushed. Check the plant daily for the first week or so and then every other day there after.

Check the plant daily for the first week or so and then every other day there after. Follow this up with another early summer application of , this will again provide the necessary nutrients to promote a flush of beautiful flowers.

In colder climates, cut it back as one of the last chores in your garden before the snow flies. A good rule is that you should still be able to see the soil the plant was grown in after back-filling the hole.

‘Caradonna' is an erect, clump-forming perennial salvia that is noted for its dark purple stems and blue-violet flowers. It was discovered in Uchte, Germany, by Beate Zillmer of Zillmer Pflanzen and is suitable for production in USDA Zones 4-9.

Uses: Extremely attractive when used as a focal point in the mixed border, mass planting. Feeding your plants is probably the single most forgotten part of growing healthy long lasting plants.

Best grown with regular and consistent moisture during the growing season. Dense mats may be grown together to form an interesting ground cover. Dianthus Baths Pink is a mat-forming dianthus (also commonly called cheddar pinks) produces numerous, fringed...

Rhizomes should be planted 1-2” below the soil surface and 1-2' apart. Continue irrigation after bloom, however, to keep foliage clumps attractive. In mild winter regions, plant the rhizomes in fall.

Blue Hill's smaller size makes it perfect for a border garden or container. 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...

For example a one gallon pot would be watered until you count to 5 a three gallon pot would be 15 and so on. 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...

Wear gloves when dividing the rhizomes. 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.

It is a clumping, sprawling plant that grows to 6-18” tall, and can spread rather quickly by pubescent, decumbent stems, rooting at the nodes where they touch the ground, to form an attractive ground cover.

Prefers fertile, slightly alkaline, loose, somewhat gritty loams with good drainage. Best grown with regular and consistent moisture during the growing season. Narrow, linear, gray-green leaves typically form a dense mound of grass-like foliage.

Prefers fertile, slightly alkaline, loose, somewhat gritty loams with good drainage. Best grown with regular and consistent moisture during the growing season. Leaves are evergreen in warm winter climates.