Perennial Plants For Michigan

Cutting back will promote new growth, giving you a healthier plant with stronger stems. In warmer climates, cut it back in the spring before it begins to bud. Any type of mulch will do but cypress or hardwood mulch will be of a higher quality and provide...

St John's Wort Pumpkin is the perfect addition to any sunny to shady garden. Cut it back in the spring before it begins to bud. Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced compost or topsoil to the back-fill soil.

A slightly larger and much easier plant to grow than the similar, but earlier blooming, // > New plants can be obtained from division of the clumps (best in spring) and from seedlings which grow up around the plants as a result of self seeding.

Makes a good cut flower. We suggest when planting your newly purchased Coreopsis Zagreb plants that you dig a hole twice as wide as the root system but not deeper. We highly recommend that you mulch your Coreopsis Zagreb with either a ground hardwood...

Excellent cut flower. Peony Karl Rosenfield is a shrubby plant that will typically grow to 3′ tall by mid-spring, bloom, display attractive foliage throughout the summer and early fall, and then die to the ground after frost.

We do not recommend using straight topsoil or compost as a back-fill soil because more times than not these products will retain entirely to much moisture and will cause the root system to rot.

Follow this up with another early summer application of , this will again provide the necessary nutrients to promote a flush of beautiful flowers. Its better to leave a one inch gap of space between the mulch and the stem or base of the plant.

You can plant other peonies with staggered bloom times to extend the total peony bloom period to approximately 6 weeks during May and June. Very large carnation shaped flowers with incurved petals, freely produced in clusters.

Foliage will usually retain some color in cold winter climates such as the St. Louis area. Brass Lantern produces a compact, basal mound (to 8″ tall) of large, rounded, lobed, long-petioled, glossy burnished bronze leaves.

Hosta Sum and Substance does best in part to full shade and handles some direct, filtered sun. Hosta Sum and Substance performs best outdoors in a perennial garden when planted in part to full shade.

As mentioned earlier Astilbe does not like to dry out during drought so make sure to provide enough water. Remove the old flowers of Astilbe Snowdrift as they become brown and unattractive but this is not necessary as the dried plumes provide added interest...

Looks good all season. Green leaves edged in white and contrast to the shade garden! Hosta Patriot boasts strong white margin on dark green heart-shaped leaves. Green leaves edged in white and contrast to the shade garden! Patriot does best in rich, moist,...

Each plant will flower for approximately 7-10 days. Peony Shirley Temple is a soft pink almost white double flowered peony. Peonies are a standard of the perennial border, both as specimens and in groups.

Hosta Albomarginata has soft green leaves with white bands, making it very striking. It flowers bloom from July to August. Its probably one of the most popular choices for the home landscape.

This procedure, called deadheading, encourages the astilbe plant to produce new foliage, keeping your plant looking attractive throughout the season. We suggest when planting your newly purchased Astilbe Fanal plants that you dig a hole twice as wide...

Flowers are extremely showy, and foliage remains attractive throughout the growing season, either alone or as a frame or backdrop for other flowering perennials. Excellent cut flower.

Espoma products are easy to use, just sprinkle around the base of the plant and water it in. Remove the old flowers of Daylily Round Midnight as they become brown and unattractive.

Root rot commonly attacks plants grown in poorly drained soils. Prefers a light, sandy soil with somewhat low fertility. It features fragrant light lavender flowers in summer on upright stems clad with aromatic silver-gray foliage.

Blooms last well cut or dried, and the seeds in the large cone at the center of the flower head provide nourishment for birds when finished blooming. They are drought and heat tolerant with long-lasting magnificent displays of large daisies with coned...

Cut back Sedum Autumn Fire to within 6 inches of the ground after it has finished flowering. Butterflies and bumblebees love this plant. Follow this up with another early summer application of , this will again provide the necessary nutrients to promote...

Attractive in both cut and dried flower arrangements. 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.

Some hybrid wood sages are sterile, some will grow from seed but will not come true, and a few will come true from seed. Flowers primarily bloom from late spring to early summer, but sporadic additional bloom may continue to appear throughout much of...

They generally flower in midsummer, a little later than the English types. Lavender Hidcote is a compact mounded form typically growing to 20 to 24” tall and featuring deep purple-blue flowers and gray foliage.

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.

Interesting accent plant. Plants may become somewhat floppy and open up as the summer progresses, particularly in humid climates. It typically forms a foliage mound to 10” tall. Dense terminal spikes of violet-purple flowers rise above the foliage to...

Generally intolerant of shady locations. Small disk flowers (rays absent) ranging in color from pale pink to dark purple bloom in corymbiform, dome-shaped clusters (4-7” across) from July to September.

Cut back yarrow to within 6 inches of the ground after it has finished flowering. The most common cause of plant death after transplanting is planting the new plant to deep. Slow-release fertilizer can help prevent rapid soft growth that is vulnerable...