Perennials For Shade Perennials For Sale In Nashville Davidson

Heuchera Citronelle is a vigorous, clump-forming, compact coral bells cultivar. This Heucheralle is a vigorous, clump-forming, compact coral bells cultivar. Effective as an edger along paths or walkways.

Bio-tone is a gardener's best friend and can help guarantee your success. Prune the central stems of the yarrow if they begin to die back. It produces tall, feathery blooms of deep garnet-red that are highly prized for their light, airy blooms that rise...

Hosta Sum and Substance does best in part to full shade and handles some direct, filtered sun. Alternately, Hosta Sum and Substance can be planted with minions, or smaller, variegated hostas at its edges.

Slow-release fertilizer can help prevent rapid soft growth that is vulnerable to diseases and insects. Uses: Extremely attractive when used as a focal point in the mixed border, mass planting.

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. Heuchera Caramel has purplish-red leaf undersides that offers an attractive...

Intolerant of wet soils in winter. Protruding inner petals of the flower purportedly appear to form a drop of blood at the bottom of each heart-shaped flower (hence the common name of bleeding heart).

Large variety of color combinations and patterns. 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.

One of the oldest perennials in cultivation, Bleeding Hearts produce graceful arches of heart-shaped flowers that “bleed” white. They prefer moist, humusy soil. With such showy flowers, they deserve to be in the front of the shade garden.

Deadheading is tedious and probably unnecessary since plants usually do not repeat bloom. Geranium maculatum forms a mound of foliage that grows to 24″ tall and 18″ wide. To perform best wild geranium prefers partial shade to shade.

Whorls of hooded, large true purple flowers stand out against silver foliage edged in green. Cool season plant. Clusters of deep magenta-purple flowers are larger than all other varieties, appearing in spring then continuing off and on until fall.

In colder climates, cut it back as one of the last chores in your garden before the snow flies. Dont be to alarmed if all your other plants are awake and growing and you still havent seen your hibiscus.

Flowers usually appear in clusters of 1-4 on thick stems rising above the foliage. Best grown in organically rich, humusy, well-drained soils in part shade to full shade. Features large, cup-shaped, rose-like, usually nodding flowers (3-4″ diameter)...

Deadhead spent flowers to encourage additional bloom. This is an older variety which has stood up to the test of time and continues to be a superior garden-worthy plant. May also be grown on difficult sites such as stone walls.

Pond edges and moist borders welcome these stately blue blooms. During the growing season, it thrives in standing water (up to 6” deep). In order to meet these somewhat unusual seasonal cultural requirements, plants may be grown in pots that are sunk...

Sword-shaped, linear green leaves (to 24” long) have prominent midribs. However in winter, it is intolerant of both standing water and boggy soils where rhizomes may rot. Plant rhizomes approximately 2” deep in fall or spring.

Siberian iris is an adaptable plant which tolerates a wide range of soils, including boggy ones, but will generally perform well in average garden soils. Plants in the Siberian iris group are chiefly of hybrid origin, primarily being derived from two...

A general rule of thumb is to count to 5 for every one gallon of pot size. In colder climates, cut it back as one of the last chores in your garden before the snow flies. Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced...

New fronds unfurl in striking shades of orange-red to copper-pink before eventually maturing to glossy deep green by summer. In spring, the new leaves of this evergreen start out a coppery pink, then in summer turn green, and finally in fall, turn a rust...

Prune to shape in spring after new leaves appear. Although it is rarely used for culinary purposes, it is frequently used as an addition to sachets and potpourris. Leaves are evergreen in warm winter climates.

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

Mulching helps to keep weeds away which will compete with your new investment for water and nutrients. For example a one gallon pot would be watered until you count to 5 a three gallon pot would be 15 and so on.

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 Felix Crousse is a shrubby plant that will typically grow to 3′ tall by mid-spring,...

Weeping and Graceful Maiden Grass, Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus', is a 6-8 feet tall, graceful, clumping ornamental grass. 'Gracillimus' has an arching shape and looks fabulous in the landscape as a specimen, screen or a nice mass of textured 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 *...

* Shade grass! * Bamboo like foliage that changes color * Winter interest It is treasured for its showy, dropping flowers and slender, bamboo-like foliage that changes from green, to copper, to rich brown.

Silvery-blue mats of evergreen, linear foliage. Although “Firewitch” dianthus might develop fungal diseases, such as leaf spot, rust or wilt, siting the plant in well-draining soil and clearing up debris that might hold water can help prevent these...

It has no significant insect or disease problems. With grass-like green leaves, the centers are pure white with triangular stems, as compared to rounded grass stems. ' Ice Dance' has a plant height and spread of 12-15".