Perennials For Shade Perennials For Sale In Fort Worth

You can plant other peonies with staggered bloom times to extend the total peony bloom period to approximately 6 weeks during May and June. Peonies are a standard of the perennial border, both as specimens and in groups.

It prefers no direct sun—a delight for shade gardeners—and blooms happily in April and May. With such showy flowers, they deserve to be in the front of the shade garden. Remember that it goes dormant in mid-summer.

Large variety of color combinations and patterns. Hybrid hellebores, sometimes commonly called hybrid Lenten roses or hybrid winter roses, are bushy, clump-forming perennials which typically grow to 12-15” tall.

Bloom begins in late spring. ‘Luxuriant' features deeply-cut, fern-like, grayish-green foliage which persists throughout the growing season and cherry red, nodding, heart-shaped flowers carried above the foliage on long, leafless, leaning stems.

Evergreen in mild winter regions. Even with well-drained soils, some summer die-out may occur where high humidity and/or moisture on foliage are/is present. One of the most outstanding silver-leaved perennials.

Daylily Stella D'oro reliably blooms on the seasons new growth, so prune to the ground during late winter or very early spring before growth starts. Forms a dense clump of grassy green foliage, with upright stems of fragrant, golden-yellow trumpet flowers.

Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun. Very heat and humidity tolerant. Consider shearing plants back after main flush of bloom in order to tidy the planting and to promote additional bloom in late summer or early fall.

Sum and Substance does best in part to full shade. Some bright, filtered sun but too much will burn the foliage. Genus name honors Austrian botanist Nicholas Thomas Host (1761-1834).

In colder climates, cut it back as one of the last chores in your garden before the snow flies. Daylily Mini Pearl reliably blooms on the seasons new growth, so prune to the ground during late winter or very early spring before growth starts.

The 1¼” wide pink flowers are delicately colored and veined. Foliage may decline after flowering in hot summer climates, at which point it may be lightly sheared back and shaped to revitalize.

Purple Dragon forms a spreading patch of small silver leaves with a green edge. Makes a great ground cover for shade. Whorls of hooded, large true purple flowers stand out against silver foliage edged in green.

Flowers appear at the tips of branched stems clad with evergreen dark green leaves which are divided into glossy, leathery, deeply-lobed, often toothed, lanceolate to elliptic segments.

Plants are reasonably drought tolerant, once established. Easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soil in full sun. If plants flop or otherwise depreciate in summer to the point where they look unsightly, consider cutting them back to the...

Attracts butterflies! Very suitable for gardens in the South. Very hardy; good performer. Feurerhexe', commonly sold undet the trade name of Dianthus Firewitch, is a mat-forming cheddar pink that produces numerous, scented, bright pink flowers singly...

After back filling and lightly compacting the 50/50 mix of existing soil and compost give the Daylily Happy Returns a good deep watering. Water using the counting method for the first few weeks.

Meaning hedgehog or sea-urchin in reference to the spiny center cone found on most flowers in the genus. Good fresh cut or dried flower. Showy daisy-like purple coneflowers (to 5″ diameter) bloom throughout summer atop stiff stems clad with coarse,...

It is superlative as a groundcover, spilling over rock walls, and in containers. Excellent ground cover. The foliage tips sometimes develop an orangey hue. It also makes an excellent accent for plants with dark foliage.

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. This plant is striking in about any landscape! * Smoky Purple Flowers All Summer *...

Salvia Blue Hills is a sun perennial with sky blue spikes of flowers rise above a mound of aromatic gray-green foliage and blooms June – September. Salvia Blue Hill has rough green foliage with numerous spikes of sky blue blooms rising a moderate 15″...

Hosta Albomarginata is a widely popular shade perennial with soft green leaves striped with white bands, making it very striking. It flowers bloom from July to August. Hostas are not only known for their flowers, they also provide bright color in shade...

Continue irrigation after bloom, however, to keep foliage clumps attractive. In too much shade, plants tend to produce fewer flowers and foliage tends to flop. Avoid soils that are too wet or too dry.

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.

In warmer climates, cut it back in the spring before it begins to bud. Uses: Extremely attractive when used as a focal point in the mixed border, mass planting. Sedum Autumn Fire reliably blooms on the seasons new growth, so prune to the ground during...

Hibiscus Lord Baltimore is treasured for its giant red flowers. Basically the “good” fungus in Bio-tone colonizes on the growing roots of your newly planted plant and does not allow disease causing fungus to attack the new roots.

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. This procedure, called deadheading, encourages the geranium plant to produce new flowers and keeps your plant looking...

Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced compost or topsoil to the back-fill soil. Uses: Extremely attractive when used as a focal point in the mixed border, mass 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. Follow this up with another early summer application of , this will again provide the necessary nutrients to promote a flush...