Perennial Shrubs For Sun

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

Excellent cut flower. Older proven variety that's still quite popular! The Peony is an extremely long lived, hardy, shrub-like plant. An old standard that features very large, very fragrant, red double flowers.

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.

Mulching helps to keep weeds away which will compete with your new investment for water and nutrients. Our ideal fertilizer schedule for you to use is as follows. Attracts pollinators and hummingbirds.

Deadheading also prevents Hibiscus Luna Rose from spreading through your yard, as it can be an effective self-seeder when the dead flowers are allowed to dry completely and go to seed this would cause problems for your garden.

It typically grows to 3-7' tall and to 2-4' wide. Individual flowers last only 1-2 days, but new flowers open each day in rapid succession over a long July to September bloom period.

Remove the brown stems and leaves to give your plant a healthier and more attractive appearance. Cutting back will promote new growth, giving you a healthier plant with stronger stems.

Our ideal fertilizer schedule for you to use is as follows. Fall pruning, especially in colder climates, can result in a quick flush of new growth that prevents dormancy and makes winter freezes potentially deadly.

However in winter, it is intolerant of both standing water and boggy soils where rhizomes may rot. Loves acidic, organically rich, saturated, moisture-retentive soils. During the growing season, it thrives in standing water (up to 6” deep).

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.

Best grown in organically rich, humusy, well-drained soils in part shade to full shade. Blooms in late winter (sometimes when snow is still present) and continues into spring, with a long, 8-10 week bloom period.

Iris ensata variegata is slowly spreading clumps of variegated sword-shaped foliage prefer moist, even wet soil during the growing season but are unlikely to survive emersion in water during the winter.

Best massed or in groups. The foliage tips sometimes develop an orangey hue. The drooping buds face upward when they open and the plant can grow to 6 inches tall and 12 inches wide.

Remove the brown stems and leaves to give your plant a healthier and more attractive appearance. Cutting back will promote new growth, giving you a healthier plant with stronger stems.

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

Remove the brown stems and leaves to give your plant a healthier and more attractive appearance. Cutting back will promote new growth, giving you a healthier plant with stronger stems.

In colder climates, cut it back as one of the last chores in your garden before the snow flies. Feeding your plants is probably the single most forgotten part of growing healthy long lasting plants.

If plants flop or otherwise depreciate in summer to the point where they look unsightly, consider cutting them back to the basal foliage. Remove spent flower spikes to help extend the bloom period.

We highly recommend that you mulch your Daylily Pardon Me with either a ground hardwood mulch or a ground cypress mulch depending on your local availability. We recommend feeding your Daylily Pardon Me in the very early spring and again in mid summer...

Prefers fertile, slightly alkaline, loose, somewhat gritty loams with good drainage. This is an older variety which has stood up to the test of time and continues to be a superior garden-worthy plant.

Siberian iris is an adaptable plant which tolerates a wide range of soils, including boggy ones, but will generally perform well in average garden soils. Arching, narrow, grass-like, linear, blue-green leaves form a vase-shaped foliage clump to 2' tall.

Spent flowers should be cut back for a repeat performance in fall. Plants may repeat bloom throughout the summer. Salvia Blue Hill has rough green foliage with numerous spikes of sky blue blooms rising a moderate 15″ from the compact plant.

Deadheading also prevents Sedum fuldaglut from spreading through your yard, as it can be an effective self-seeder when the dead flowers are allowed to dry completely and go to seed this would cause problems for your garden as the seedling would not be...

Wear gloves when dividing the rhizomes. This iris may be grown in up to 2-4” of shallow standing water (muddy bottom or containers), or in moist shoreline soils or in constantly moist humusy soils of a border.

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.

Plants may die out in the center, however, if drainage is not superior. Perfect for rock gardens or bordering paths. Avoid using a heavy layer of organic mulch on this plant, because it could hold water during the growing season and over winter, promoting...

Plants may die out in the center, however, if drainage is not superior. Well suited for edging and in the rock garden. Avoid using a heavy layer of organic mulch on this plant, because it could hold water during the growing season and over winter, promoting...