Perennials For Shade Perennials For Sale In Denver

Gorgeous in mass plantings but will not tolerate long periods of drought. It creates a barrier between the roots of the plant and fungus and pathogens that can cause root rot. We recommend feeding your Astilbe Fanal in the very early spring and again...

Intolerant of wet soils in winter. Promptly remove spent flowering stems to promote additional bloom. Given adequate moisture, foliage remains attractive in summer, and may produce an attractive groundcover effect.

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.

This procedure, called deadheading, encourages the Daylily Happy Returns plant to produce new flowers, keeping your plant looking attractive throughout the season. The most common cause of plant death after transplanting is planting the new plant to deep.

Remember that it goes dormant in mid-summer. One of the oldest perennials in cultivation, Bleeding Hearts produce graceful arches of heart-shaped flowers that “bleed” white. It prefers no direct sun—a delight for shade gardeners—and blooms happily...

Evergreen, glossy, fragrant, oval leaves turn reddish purple after the first hard frosts. Follow this up with another early summer application of , this will again provide the necessary nutrients to promote a flush of beautiful flowers.

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.

Geranium maculatum forms a mound of foliage that grows to 24″ tall and 18″ wide. Prefers moist, humusy soils, but tolerates poor soils. Deadheading is tedious and probably unnecessary since plants usually do not repeat bloom.

Plants thrive in average soils and withstand hot and dry conditions. 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.

Flowers appear in June. Heuchera Palace Purple is best grown in organically rich, humusy, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Prefers part shade (particularly with afternoon shade) in the hot summers of the deep South.

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. It is one of the most popular yarrows in American landscapes and is often recommended because of habit and interesting...

In the north, this variety blooms from mid through late summer, but it blooms earlier in the south. The hybrid Lavenders are sometimes known as Lavandin. This selection forms a bushy mound of silver foliage, with long spikes of purple-blue flowers.

Looks great in a container. This is a plant you will love for many years. Best grown with regular and consistent moisture during the growing season. Consider shearing plants back after main flush of bloom in order to tidy the planting and to promote additional...

Plants may repeat bloom throughout the summer, but need regular moisture to encourage this. Remove spent flower spikes to help extend the bloom period. This German selection has a nice compact habit, and flowers of deep violet-purple.

Cut back Geranium Biokovo to within 2 to 3 inches of the ground in the late fall. For example a one gallon pot would be watered until you count to 5 a three gallon pot would be 15 and so on.

It also makes an excellent accent for plants with dark foliage. Thrives in sandy to gravelly soils of moderate to low fertility. The foliage tips sometimes develop an orangey hue. Tolerates some light shade.

It is excellent in containers or rock gardens but especially great in containers and window boxes. Avoid wet, poorly drained soils. May be grown as an annual throughout the normal range for the species, and in particular in the northern parts of USDA...

A good rule is that you should still be able to see the soil the plant was grown in after back-filling the hole. 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.

In warmer climates, cut it back in the spring before it begins to bud. We recommend feeding your Aster October Skies in the very early spring and again in mid summer after all new growth has hardened off and it begins to set flower buds.

Very showy in late fall – leave the stems on over winter and they look great in the snow, keeping a rusty red color. A good rule is that you should still be able to see the soil the plant was grown in after back-filling the hole.

At the peak of bloom, a large plant can produce 20 or more flowers per day. Alternate, broad-ovate to lanceolate leaves (3-8” long) with toothed margins are green above and white-hairy beneath.

After back filling and lightly compacting the 50/50 mix of existing soil and compost give the Hibiscus Luna Rose a good deep watering. Any type of mulch will do but cypress or hardwood mulch will be of a higher quality and provide better nutrition overall...

Plants flower continuously all season and hold their foliage until frost. Compared to some of its other hosta cousins, Guacamole has a chartreuse edge and white flowers. A 2 to 3 inch layer of mulch is sufficient but remember to take care not to cover...

Fragrant and with good foliage. Peonies are a standard of the perennial border, both as specimens and in groups. Flowers are extremely showy, and foliage remains attractive throughout the growing season, either alone or as a frame or backdrop for other...

Effective edger or small area ground cover. This is a great edging plant with a uniform, mounding habit. Versatile and vigorous, with many possible uses, as edging, groundcover, and most especially in tubs or mixed containers.

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.

* Attracts hummingbirds * Looks great in containers * Provides spiky texture to your garden The Crocosmia is also commonly known as Montbretia. Even when not in bloom, Crocosmia Lucifer has attractive, tropical looking foliage.