Perennials For Shade Perennials For Sale In New Orleans

Best grown in organically rich, humusy, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Remove stems of faded flowers to encourage additional bloom and to tidy plantings so that the attractive foliage can be fully appreciated.

Promptly remove spent flowering stems to promote additional bloom. Plants feature pendant, two-spurred, heart-shaped flowers atop mounds of deeply dissected leaves. Protruding inner petals of the flower purportedly appear to form a drop of blood at the...

Attracts pollinators Astilbe Snowdrift forms a solid airy mound of clean green foliage up to 20” tall. We highly recommend that you mulch your Astilbe Snowdrift with either a ground hardwood mulch or a ground cypress mulch depending on your local availability.

Unlike other hostas, Sum and Substance is very large, 2 to 3 feet tall and 5 to 6 feet wide. Sum and Substance looks best paired with Heuchera Caramel or Obsidian which have dark, textured foliage.

Deadheading also prevents Aster Divaricatus from spreading through your yard, as it can be an effective self-seeder when the dead flowers are allowed to dry completely and go to seed this would cause problems for your garden as the seedling would not...

Purple Dragon forms a spreading patch of small silver leaves with a green edge. Clusters of deep magenta-purple flowers are larger than all other varieties, appearing in spring then continuing off and on until fall.

Heuchera Fire Alarm produces fiery, red hot foliage in early spring and fall. Remove the old flowers of Heuchera Fire Alarm as they become brown and unattractive. Most of the water you put on the plant at first will run away from the plant until the soil...

Hellebore Ivory Prince is a complex hybrid whose parents are unknown. 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.

After back filling and lightly compacting the 50/50 mix of existing soil and compost give your Dwarf Mondo Grass 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...

Check the plant daily for the first week or so and then every other day there after. Most of the water you put on the plant at first will run away from the plant until the soil is soaked.

(row or file) in reference to the rows of sori located along the midveins of the pinnules. Easily grown in organically rich, consistently moist, well-drained loams in part shade to full shade.

Tolerates drought. Plants form a bushy clump of grey-green leaves, with upright spikes appearing in early summer, attractive to both butterflies and hummingbirds. Dense terminal spikes of violet-purple flowers rise above the foliage to 18” tall over...

Most of the water you put on the plant at first will run away from the plant until the soil is soaked. Feeding your plants is probably the single most forgotten part of growing healthy long lasting plants.

This procedure, called deadheading, encourages the Asclepias plant to produce new flowers, keeping your plant looking attractive throughout the season. Asclepias incarnata is very popular with pollinators and for good reason.

Echinacea purpurea magnus are a long lasting cut flower. After the first season we recommend fertilizing your plants with a timed release fertilizer such as Flower-tone which is specially formulated for flowering annual and perennial plants such as Purple...

Follow this up with another early summer application of , this will again provide the necessary nutrients to promote a flush of beautiful flowers. A good rule is that you should still be able to see the soil the plant was grown in after back-filling the...

Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun. Looks great in a container. Leaves are evergreen in warm winter climates. The best mulch for the plant is pea stone or gravel, which helps keep the plant clean and suppresses weeds...

This is an upright and columnar plant with free branching that typically grows in a clump to 24-29” tall and to 18″ wide on sturdy stems that do not need staking. Echinacea are easy-to-grow natives that bloom heavily from summer to fall.

It presents a great effect when planted near a rock or a small pond. Here's a plant that will be with you season after season! Nature Hills offers you large, well established 1 gallon plants.

Uses: Extremely attractive when used as a focal point in the mixed border, mass planting as a groundcover. 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.

It is best used for edging with Coral Bells, Geraniums or Hostas. The flower color ranges from yellow to green and blooms in late spring to early summer with a height of 18” and a plant spread of 18-24”.

All ferns grow best in soils with high organic matter content. Triangular, bi-pinnate fronds grow to as much as 2′ long. , commonly called Japanese shield fern or autumn brilliance fern, is an arching, evergreen (semi-evergreen in cold winter climates)...

It doesn't like to dry out but can handle sun or shade. It grows well in pots, ponds, as an edging or groundcover and even grows indoors. * Yellow Non Invasive Grass * Deer Resistant * Container Plant or Border * Fragrant butter-yellow blades

This plant works well as a specimen plant in the garden, or can be used in container gardens. Miscanthus Morning Light is deer resistant and easy to grow! It is also salt tolerant.

Excellent for fresh cutting, this is an excellent Lavender selection for drying. In regions with clay soils, a raised bed or rock garden will improve success greatly. Two year old plants in our trials measured an impressive 4-4 ½' across! Lavender has...

Provide steady moisture in extreme heat. With bright ornamental berries, this native plant is very attractive to birds. Easy to grow in full sun to part shade, and tolerant of wet conditions.

The large blooms of Alcea ‘Peaches ‘n Dreams' Hollyhock flower in the summer months. It is a wonderful new array of pastels to add to the garden. The Hollyhock family is made up of a rather large group that exhibits tall stature (4-6') and is biennial...