Perennials For Shade Perennials For Sale In South Dakota

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

In colder climates, cut it back as one of the last chores in your garden before the snow flies. Spikes of pink, bell-shaped flowers shimmy above reddish stems in summer. Fall pruning, especially in colder climates, can result in a quick flush of new growth...

Our ideal fertilizer schedule for you to use is as follows. For example a one gallon pot would be watered until you count to 5 a three gallon pot would be 15 and so on. Starter fertilizer is the best product to use at the time of planting.

If grown in full sun, consistent moisture is particularly important. Scorch and general foliage decline usually occur if soils are allowed to dry out. Remove stems of faded flowers to encourage additional bloom and to tidy plantings so that the attractive...

Adding compost or topsoil will help the young feeder roots to spread through the loose, nutrient rich soil, much easier than if you used solely the existing soil which more times than not will be hard and compacted.

Adding compost or topsoil will help the young feeder roots to spread through the loose, nutrient rich soil, much easier than if you used solely the existing soil which more times than not will be hard and compacted.

Wear gloves when dividing the rhizomes. Clumps spread slowly by tough, creeping rhizomes. Petals and sepals spread out flat making it an attractive place for feeding by hummingbirds.

Cutting back will promote new growth, giving you a healthier plant with stronger stems. An improvement on a classic upright sedum with large flat flower heads, this selection holds up much longer into fall than Sedum Autumn Joy.

However in winter, it is intolerant of both standing water and boggy soils where rhizomes may rot. Blooms early to mid summer (later than both bearded and Siberian iris). Iris Moonlight Waves is slowly spreading clumps of sword-shaped foliage prefer moist,...

Where classic coneflower's petals point down, ‘Magnus' are held more horizontally. Blooms last well cut or dried, and the seeds in the large cone at the center of the flower head provide nourishment for birds when finished blooming.

We do not recommend using straight topsoil or compost as a back-fill soil because more times than not these products will retain entirely to much moisture and will cause the root system to rot.

The spreading clumps form hedges. Fragrant and with good foliage. Once they're established, they're as hardy and dependable as oaks, creating a fantastic season of bloom in your yard year after year.

Cut foliage to the ground and remove from the garden in fall after frost. Color is brilliant and of even tone with a silky luster. Plants are long-lived, do not need to be divided and can be left undisturbed for years.

Tolerates some light shade. The foliage tips sometimes develop an orangey hue. Thrives in sandy to gravelly soils of moderate to low fertility. Will drape over stone walls. Needs good soil drainage to perform well.

Clusters of purple flowers appear and spring and continue off and on through fall. Plant patented. Whorls of hooded, large true purple flowers stand out against silver foliage edged in green.

Shiny, broad, rounded leaves are like black satin. Leaves of hybrid plants are available in an expanded variety of colors including various shades of green, blue-green, violet, purple, maroon, bronze, silver-black, orange-yellow, yellow, or red, but often...

In warmer climates, cut it back in the spring before it begins to bud. With a compact habit, this Daylily is excellent for massing, edging, borders or in mixed containers and tubs.

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). Soils must not be allowed to dry out during summer.

Flowers (typically 3-6” across) have a distinctively flattened appearance. In order to meet these somewhat unusual seasonal cultural requirements, plants may be grown in pots that are sunk half way in water during the growing season but then removed...

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) with center crowns of conspicuously contrasting yellow stamens.

‘Caradonna' is an erect, clump-forming perennial salvia that is noted for its dark purple stems and blue-violet flowers. Plants may repeat bloom throughout the summer, but need regular moisture to encourage this.

The gorgeous, purple blooms are very fragrant and attract butterflies to the garden. In the north, this variety blooms from mid through late summer, but it blooms earlier in the south.

We suggest when planting your newly purchased Daylily Happy Returns plants that you dig a hole twice as wide as the root system but not deeper. Large clumps of long, grass-like leaves are highlighted by bright yellow flowers on tall stems.

Espoma products are easy to use, just sprinkle around the base of the plant and water it in. Check the plant daily for the first week or so and then every other day there after. We suggest when planting your newly purchased St John's Wort Red Fame plants...

Meaning injures/destroys in reference to the plant's toxic leaves, stems and roots which are poisonous to humans if ingested. A new, improved selection exhibiting superior form with leathery textured, rich green foliage.

This is a great edging plant with a uniform, mounding habit. One of the most outstanding silver-leaved perennials. Drought tolerant once established. Dense rosettes of thick, soft, velvety, silver-green leaves (to 8″ long) form a mat approximately 8″...

Deadhead to prolong bloom. Tolerates hot and humid summers and some drought. Oblong to lanceolate, dark green foliage. They bloom most of the summer and attract nature's pollinators, making them ideal to have near your vegetable plants as well.