Cutting back will promote new growth, giving you a healthier plant with stronger stems. Espoma products are easy to use, just sprinkle around the base of the plant and water it in.
Remove stems of faded flowers to encourage additional bloom. Plants grow in a variety of different habitats including woodland areas, Appalachian seeps, prairies, rocky cliffs and alpine slopes.
The original purple coral bells, it has maple or ivy-like leaves which are an attractive deep purple above and beet-red beneath. Heuchera Palace Purple is best grown in organically rich, humusy, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part...
Fall pruning, especially in warmer climates, can result in a quick flush of new growth that prevents dormancy and makes winter freezes potentially deadly. Be careful with products such as miracle-grow as these products can burn newly planted plants when...
Looks great in containers or as an edging. This heuchera shade perennial is a robust grower with fuzzy leaves that range in color from apricot to amber with purple-red undersides. Heuchera Caramel has purplish-red leaf undersides that offers an attractive...
The purple iris like flowers are striking against the gold foliage. Sweet Kate has brilliant gold foliage that will brighten any shady spot. Sweet Kate is an easy-to-grow perennial that produces a profusion of unusual deep-blue flowers from summer to...
A wonderful groundcover, it is a great choice for beds of spring bulbs because it emerges late, as the bulb foliage declines. Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced compost or topsoil to the back-fill soil.
Plants are long-lived, do not need to be divided and can be left undisturbed for years. Once they're established, they're as hardy and dependable as oaks, creating a fantastic season of bloom in your yard year after year.
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 in the spring with beautiful bright copper-bronze color tones.
Dianthus Neon Star is a hybrid dianthus that typically grows in an upright rounded mound to 8-12″ tall and to 6-12 inches wide. Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun.
It typically forms a foliage mound to 10” tall. Details: Perfect for the perennial borders, cottage garden, or butterfly gardens and wild gardens. Easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soil in full sun.
It is noted for its long summer bloom of fragrant rosy pink flowers. Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun. This new outstanding variety from Japan forms a clump of grassy, grey-green foliage, with a long summer display...
, commonly called Japanese iris or Japanese water iris, is a rhizomatous beardless perennial iris that grows in slowly expanding clumps to 2-4' tall. Loves acidic, organically rich, saturated, moisture-retentive soils.
Features large, cup-shaped, rose-like, usually nodding flowers (3-4″ diameter) with center crowns of conspicuously contrasting yellow stamens. Cut back flowering stems after bloom to promote new foliage growth.
In warmer climates, cut it back in the spring before it begins to bud. After back filling and lightly compacting the 50/50 mix of existing soil and compost give the Heuchera Autumn Bride a good deep watering.
Blue Hill's smaller size makes it perfect for a border garden or container. Salvia Blue Hill has rough green foliage with numerous spikes of sky blue blooms rising a moderate 15″ from the compact plant.
Plants can not stay constantly wet, but do not like to go completely dry either. It will also tolerate moist sand or clay soils, and will handle some drought once plants are established.
The chartreuse foliage will stand out in any shady garden, be it in a pot, garden bed, or as a mass planting. Mass as in a group as a ground cover . Useful in rock gardens, borders and open woodland gardens.
Slow-release fertilizer can help prevent rapid soft growth that is vulnerable to diseases and insects. Dwarf Mondo Grass is a darkly colored houseplant that can do well in low light and is an excellent grassy choice for a fairy garden or terrariums as...
An old standard that features very large, very fragrant, red double flowers. Each plant will flower for approximately 7-10 days. Glossy green foliage is divided into oval to lance-shaped leaflets.
Dense, upright, habit and long blooming period. Achillea Strawberry Seduction is a reliable addition to perennial borders or containers and will hold its bold red color well as a fresh or dried cut flower.
This extra-early bloomer reblooms throughout the summer months. We recommend feeding your Daylily Happy Returns in the very early spring and again in mid summer after all new growth has hardened off and it begins to set flower buds.
, commonly called northern blue flag, is a clump-forming iris that is native to marshes, swamps, wet meadows, ditches and shorelines from Manitoba to Nova Scotia south to Virginia, Ohio, Illinois and Minnesota.
Meaning hedgehog or sea-urchin in reference to the spiny center cone found on most flowers in the genus. Part of the Big Skytm series bred by Richard Saul of ItSaul Plants in Georgia.
Its better to leave a one inch gap of space between the mulch and the stem or base of the plant. Cutting back will promote new growth, giving you a healthier plant with stronger stems.
Its better to leave a one inch gap of space between the mulch and the stem or base of the plant. Cutting back will promote new growth, giving you a healthier plant with stronger stems.
This plant is slow to establish, but quite vigorous thereafter. Perennial Vine with 4 Season Interest The Climbing Hydrangea, Hydrangea anomala petiolaris, will produce beautiful white flowers in late spring and early summer.
