Perennials For Shade Perennials For Sale In Illinois

The first significant hybrid heucheras were introduced into commerce around 1980, with the volume of new introductions increasing to almost avalanche proportions in recent years. Plants range in size from dwarf alpine plants with flower spikes rising...

Young sori are covered by bright red indusia. Reddish frond color often returns in autumn after first fall frost. Triangular, bi-pinnate fronds grow to as much as 2′ long. In spring, the new leaves of this evergreen start out a coppery pink, then in...

That is why we do not recommend planting in a hole any deeper than the soil line of the plant in the pot. Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced compost or topsoil to the back-fill soil.

It makes a great woodland ground cover and “spiller” for containers. Whorls of hooded, large true purple flowers stand out against silver foliage edged in green. Plant patented.

This Heucheralle is a vigorous, clump-forming, compact coral bells cultivar. Let this lime green superstar make your shade garden shine. Heuchera Citronelle is a vigorous, clump-forming, compact coral bells cultivar.

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.

Also tolerates drought and heat. Best massed or in groups. It is superlative as a groundcover, spilling over rock walls, and in containers. Sedums are commonly called stonecrops in reference to the fact that many of the sedum species plants are typically...

It is noted for its long summer bloom of fragrant fluorescent pink flowers. The best mulch for the plant is pea stone or gravel, which helps keep the plant clean and suppresses weeds without holding extra water.

Echinacea is a must have in every garden for butterflies and pollinators. Echinacea are easy-to-grow natives that bloom heavily from summer to fall. It typically grows in an upright clump to 2-3′ tall and to 1-1.5′ wide on sturdy, well-branched stems...

The most common cause of plant death after transplanting is planting the new plant to deep. The inflorescences are flat-topped, dense, deep lemon-yellow and 2-3″ in diameter, while the gray-green foliage is filigreed.

Heuchera Palace Purple Coral Bells has it all—beautiful showy white flowers on wiry purple stems at 18–24″, and purple-bronze broad leaves with a pink underside. In cold winter climates, a winter mulch applied after the ground freezes will help...

Showy daisy-like purple coneflowers (to 5″ diameter) bloom throughout summer atop stiff stems clad with coarse, ovate to broad-lanceolate, dark green leaves. Meaning hedgehog or sea-urchin in reference to the spiny center cone found on most flowers...

We highly recommend that you mulch your St John's Wort Red Fame with either a ground hardwood mulch or a ground cypress mulch depending on your local availability. Our ideal fertilizer schedule for you to use is as follows.

Great addition to the butterfly garden. For example a one gallon pot would be watered until you count to 5 a three gallon pot would be 15 and so on. Water using the counting method for the first few weeks.

Remove the old flowers of Daylily Round Midnight as they become brown and unattractive. In colder climates, cut it back as one of the last chores in your garden before the snow flies.

Prefers light to moderate shade. Hellebore Pine Knot Series is a selection of unbloomed seedlings in mixed colors of the best single and semi-double hybrid hellebores which have been developed by Judith and Dick Tyler of Pine Knot Farms in Clarksville,...

, commonly called English lavender, has been a mainstay of herb gardens for many years. This is a semi-woody plant that typically grows to 1.5-3'. Attractive to butterflies. Lavender flowers and foliage are also popular additions to sachets and potpourris.

Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced compost or topsoil to the back-fill soil. Remove the brown stems and leaves to give your plant a healthier and more attractive appearance.

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. Cut back Daylily Pardon Me to within 6 inches of the ground after it has finished flowering.

Clumps spread slowly by tough, creeping rhizomes. Propagate by division after bloom. Petals and sepals spread out flat making it an attractive place for feeding by hummingbirds. Northern blue flag thrives in wetland habitats frequented by rushes and sedges...

Remove the old flowers of Aster October Skies as they become brown and unattractive. Mulching helps to keep weeds away which will compete with your new investment for water and nutrients.

Remove spent flower spikes to help extend the bloom period. 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.

It will also tolerate moist sand or clay soils, and will handle some drought once plants are established. Some bright, filtered sun but too much will burn the foliage. Sum and Substance stands out in the center of a shaded bed and brightens any shady...

Most of the water you put on the plant at first will run away from the plant until the soil is soaked. Cutting back will promote new growth, giving you a healthier plant with stronger stems.

Leaves are evergreen in warm winter climates. Flowers appear in terminal spikes (to 4” long) in summer. Prune back to 8” in spring every 3 years to control plant size and to promote robust, new growth.

Deadhead individual flowers to maintain plant appearance. 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.

We highly recommend that you mulch your Achillea Paprika with either ground hardwood mulch or ground cypress mulch depending on your local availability. Our ideal fertilizer schedule for you to use is as follows.