Hardy Shrubs For Full Sun

Mature specimens often experience a dormancy during the summer months but will soon return with vigor once the shortened day length of fall arrives. Supplies are limited. Like any geranium, it can tolerate some dryness and prefers to be grown in full...

It is a wonderful new array of pastels to add to the garden. The large blooms of Alcea ‘Peaches ‘n Dreams' Hollyhock flower in the summer months. Raspberry Frosted Peaches The Peaches ‘n Dreams Hollyhock, 'Alcea rosea', has double, creamy-peach...

As they age, the plumes will gently arch as they take on a tan hue and persist into fall. That alone would be a remarkable plant for your yard, but next comes the bloom. It's the kind of plant that will stand out wherever you place it, and will look great...

The flowers are very showy, and they make great cut flowers. The flowers bloom from summer through fall. Tropical Flair in a Cold Hardy Perennial The Crocosmia Lucifer, 'Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora', a spring planted corm, produces beautiful red flowers.

Use in mass plantings, as a border plant, or as a tall ground cover. Excellent for use in dried flower arrangements. * Must-have for butterfly gardens * Showy, long-lived white blooms * Easy care

New plumes are continuously displayed all summer long and gently sway in the slightest breeze. From earliest spring into the dead of winter, this grass offers an arresting display that complements flowering plants nearby while making an elegant statement...

Cut back stems to approximately 3-4 inches in late autumn. Individual flowers last only 1-2 days, but new flowers open each day in rapid succession over a long July to September bloom period.

For the most part, perennials can be planted year around, provided the ground isn't frozen. 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...

Shipped potted. Loaded with an abundance of violet-blue flowers with ruby-red centers, Blue Bird is ideal as a hedge, foundation or specimen planting. Winner of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit! We are so pleased to be offering...

Also effective as accents or herbaceous hedges along fences, sidewalks, driveways or walls. Each plant will flower for approximately 7-10 days. Very large carnation shaped flowers with incurved petals, freely produced in clusters.

Also effective as accents or herbaceous hedges along fences, sidewalks, driveways or walls. Peonies are a standard of the perennial border, both as specimens and in groups. Peony Shirley Temple is a shrubby plant that will typically grow to 3′ tall...

Flowers are extremely showy, and foliage remains attractive throughout the growing season, either alone or as a frame or backdrop for other flowering perennials. You can plant other peonies with staggered bloom times to extend the total peony bloom period...

Fall pruning, especially in colder climates, can result in a quick flush of new growth that prevents dormancy and makes winter freezes potentially deadly. Uses: Extremely attractive when used as a focal point in the mixed border, mass planting.

Flowers are extremely showy, and foliage remains attractive throughout the growing season, either alone or as a frame or backdrop for other flowering perennials. Also effective as accents or herbaceous hedges along fences, sidewalks, driveways or walls.

Attracts pollinators and hummingbirds. Daylily Round Midnight reliably blooms on the seasons new growth, so prune to the ground during late winter or very early spring before growth starts.

Remove any brown stems and leaves to give your plant a healthier and more attractive appearance. 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...

They make great statement plants in your front yard under trees. Pruning large Hydrangea's that are well established will enable the plant to have continued vigor, and lead to many more years of supplying beauty to the landscape.

If the soil naturally contains aluminum, one must try to keep it away from the hydrangea's system. This proven performer will bloom reliably even in zone 5. During the second season following the severe pruning, the hydrangea should resume normal bud...

Check the plant daily for the first week or so and then every other day there after. Knives, hand cutters, saws, and shears should be sharpened if necessary before pruning any hydrangeas.

It is important to always use sharp tools when pruning hydrangeas or any plant for that matter. If chemical fertilizers are used on your Limelight Hydrangea, applying a slow-release, balanced fertilizer once a year is probably the simplest solution.

Removing the dead and dying limbs will minimize the possibility of diseases such as “dieback” and will also allow the plant to re-concentrate its energies and produce flowers. Potassium is the last number).

After back filling and lightly compacting the 50/50 mix of existing soil and compost give the Endless Summer Twist-N-Shout Hydrangea a good deep watering. It is important to always use sharp tools when pruning hydrangeas or any plant for that matter.

When looking at most fertilizers, they are described by three numbers on the bag. Uses: Extremely attractive when used as a focal point in the mixed border, mass planting, or a specimen planting.

This enables the plant to increase its vigor, and become healthier. Large hydrangeas that have been severely pruned have the advantage of a large root system that has excessive capacity, and its roots are capable of supplying all of its energies to a...

If over-fertilization is severe, the plant may just wilt and die. Many times, Hydrangeas that have not been pruned in a few years will develop dead or degenerative twigs. We suggest when planting your newly purchased Cherry Explosion Hydrangea plants...

If a hydrangea is being trained as a hedge, it would need to be pruned differently than if it were being grown as a tree form. Always be sure to look on the fertilizer label on the back of the bag to see exactly what is included in the fertilizer.

It is important to always use sharp tools when pruning hydrangeas or any plant for that matter. If chemical fertilizers are used on your Little Quick Fire Hydrangea, applying a slow-release, balanced fertilizer once a year is probably the simplest solution.