Perennials For Shade Perennials For Sale In California

Sweet Kate has brilliant gold foliage that will brighten any shady spot. The purple iris like flowers are striking against the gold foliage. From the lovely chartreuse foliage to the beautiful bluish purple flowers, this is a ground cover unlike any other.

Plants typically grow to 16” tall. They are noted for producing single, cup-shaped flowers (typically 2-3” diameter) with five showy, usually overlapping petals (technically sepals), but sometimes come in a double flowered form.

That is why we do not recommend planting in a hole any deeper than the soil line of the plant in the pot. Cutting back will promote new growth, giving you a healthier plant with stronger stems.

This heuchera shade perennial is a robust grower with fuzzy leaves that range in color from apricot to amber with purple-red undersides. Looks great in containers or as an edging. The foliage of this tough heat and humidity tolerant Heuchera is golden...

That is why we do not recommend planting in a hole any deeper than the soil line of the plant in the pot. Cutting back will promote new growth, giving you a healthier plant with stronger stems.

Remove stems of faded flowers to encourage additional bloom and to tidy plantings so that the attractive foliage can be fully appreciated. It is easy to grow like a heuchera and has the flower power of Tiarellas.

Check the plant daily for the first week or so and then every other day there after. Mulching helps to keep weeds away which will compete with your new investment for water and nutrients.

Will naturalize in optimum growing conditions. Foliage may yellow in hot summers if soil is allowed to dry out. They rise on a sturdy stem above attractively textured palmate leaves.

They are drought and heat tolerant with long-lasting magnificent displays of large daisies with coned centers. Leaving some spent flowers on the plant in the fall will provide food for wintering birds.

For example a one gallon pot would be watered until you count to 5 a three gallon pot would be 15 and so on. Remove the old flowers of Daylily Round Midnight as they become brown and unattractive.

A general rule of thumb is to count to 5 for every one gallon of pot size. Its better to leave a one inch gap of space between the mulch and the stem or base of the plant. We suggest when planting your newly purchased Daylily Mini Pearl plants that you...

Fall pruning, especially in warmer climates, can result in a quick flush of new growth that prevents dormancy and makes winter freezes potentially deadly. Most of the water you put on the plant at first will run away from the plant until the soil is soaked.

Most of the water you put on the plant at first will run away from the plant until the soil is soaked. 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.

Flowers are extremely showy, and foliage remains attractive throughout the growing season, either alone or as a frame or backdrop for other flowering perennials. Peony Sarah Bernhardt is a shrubby plant that will typically grow to 3′ tall by mid-spring,...

Young sori are covered by bright red indusia. Triangular, bi-pinnate fronds grow to as much as 2′ long. It may be massed in woodland areas as a ground cover. The 24″ upright fronds take on an autumn color again in the fall.

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

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. Yarrow tends to grow more and more stems on the outside, leaving the inner stems to die away, which is why its...

This German selection has a nice compact habit, and flowers of deep violet-purple. Plants form a bushy clump of grey-green leaves, with upright spikes appearing in early summer, attractive to both butterflies and hummingbirds.

Starter fertilizer is the best product to use at the time of planting. Be careful with products such as miracle-grow as these products can burn newly planted plants when not used at the recommended rates.

Mulching helps to keep weeds away which will compete with your new investment for water and nutrients. That is why we do not recommend planting in a hole any deeper than the soil line of the plant in the pot.

It then turns to dark green for summer, and back to bronze again in the fall. One of the Showiest Ferns! Autumn Fern, Dryopteris Erythrosora, is a plant that will provide a new color with every season! It is one of the showiest ferns as the fronds emerge...

They are noted for producing single, cup-shaped flowers (typically 2-3” diameter) with five showy, usually overlapping petals (technically sepals), but sometimes come in a double flowered form.

It is a naturally occurring beneficial fungus that colonizes on the new growing roots of plants. 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...

With a spreading habit, this gorgeous verbena produces clusters of rich purple flowers throughout the entire summer. Avoid wet, poorly drained soils. The revised edition of Steyermark's Flora of Missouri (Yatskievych and Turner) now lists the plant as...

Apply an early spring fertilizer with a product such as at the recommended rate this will give the plant a boost of nitrogen and potash that will be needed for healthy foliage and stem growth.

Purple Plumes All Summer Karley Rose Grass, Pennisetum orientale 'Karley Rose' (PP#12,909), displays clouds of smoky rose-purple flowers which burst into color in June. New plumes are continuously displayed all summer long and gently sway in the slightest...

With an upright growth habit, ‘Pearl Glam' dazzles with its pink flowers but saves the best for last with an autumn display of bright-purple berries. Pick a few stems to bring inside for the vase, too!