Perennials For Shade Perennials For Sale In Tampa

Bloom period can be longer in mild winters. A new, improved selection exhibiting superior form with leathery textured, rich green foliage. An introduction of Wayside Gardens of Hodges, South Carolina.

(native to woodland areas of eastern North America) in which the goal was to produce a dicentra with a compact and robust habit, long flowering period, blue-gray foliage and quality flower colors.

It is a bushy, clump-forming perennial that typically grows to 12-18″ tall. Flowers acquire pink tones with age. Hellebore Ivory Prince was selected in 1995 in Sussex, England from a controlled breeding program designed to produce new helleborus plants...

Mulching helps to keep weeds away which will compete with your new investment for water and nutrients. 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...

It produces tall, feathery blooms of deep garnet-red that are highly prized for their light, airy blooms that rise above the graceful mounds of bronze-green foliage. Gorgeous in massed plantings.

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.

Does well in full sun in the northern part of its range. Divide clumps in spring every 3-4 years. If grown in full sun, consistent moisture is needed and soil should not be allowed to dry out.

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. In warmer climates, cut it back in the spring before it begins to bud.

Remember that it goes dormant in mid-summer. One of the oldest perennials in cultivation, Bleeding Hearts produce graceful arches of heart-shaped flowers that “bleed” white. With such showy flowers, they deserve to be in the front of the shade garden.

Be careful with products such as miracle-grow as these products can burn newly planted plants when not used at the recommended rates. Follow this up with another early summer application of , this will again provide the necessary nutrients to promote...

U.S. Plant Patent PP16,122 was issued on November 15, 2005. , commonly known as coastal plain Joe Pye weed, is a coarse, herbaceous perennial that typically grows to 3-5' tall and to 2-4' wide on purple-spotted stems clad with ovate, coarsely-toothed,...

Slow-release fertilizer can help prevent rapid soft growth that is vulnerable to diseases and insects. Water using the counting method for the first few weeks. Apply an early spring fertilizer with a product such as at the recommended rate this will give...

Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced compost or topsoil to the back-fill soil. Cutting Ceratostigma plumbaginoides down to the soil level will encourage it to fill in and spread.

Slow-release fertilizer can help prevent rapid soft growth that is vulnerable to diseases and insects. Espoma products are easy to use, just sprinkle around the base of the plant and water it in.

From the lovely chartreuse foliage to the beautiful bluish purple flowers, this is a ground cover unlike any other. Sweet Kate has brilliant gold foliage that will brighten any shady spot.

The bicolor effect from this variety is due to the blooms intense color fading as they age. We have trialed many so called “starter fertilizers” over the years and have come to rely on Bio-tone for our own use.

Most of the water you put on the plant at first will run away from the plant until the soil is soaked. Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced compost or topsoil to the back-fill soil.

Be careful with products such as miracle-grow as these products can burn newly planted plants when not used at the recommended rates. Follow this up with another early summer application of , this will again provide the necessary nutrients to promote...

Flowers appear singly on stiff, branching stems in a prolific, long-lasting, mid-summer-to-fall bloom. They have a natural spreading habit and are easy to grow. Deadhead to prolong bloom.

They generally flower in midsummer, a little later than the English types. Attractive to butterflies. Choose a location with excellent drainage. One of the hottest lavenders to hit the market in years and certainly one of our favorite perennials ever!...

Salvia East Friesland is an erect, clump-forming perennial salvia that is noted for its compact form, long bloom period, purple stems and violet-purple flowers. If plants flop or otherwise depreciate in summer to the point where they look unsightly, consider...

Effective in containers and hanging baskets. ‘Angelina' is a yellow leaved cultivar featuring spiky yellow leaves (to 3/4” long) that often sport ginger brown tips. Sedums are commonly called stonecrops in reference to the fact that many of the sedum...

, commonly called purple coneflower, is a coarse, rough-hairy, herbaceous perennial that is native to moist prairies, meadows and open woods of the central to southeastern United States (Ohio to Michigan to Iowa south to Louisiana and Georgia).

Also effective as accents or herbaceous hedges along fences, sidewalks, driveways or walls. Glossy green foliage is divided into oval to lance-shaped leaflets. Excellent cut flower.

That is why we do not recommend planting in a hole any deeper than the soil line of the plant in the pot. Be careful with products such as miracle-grow as these products can burn newly planted plants when not used at the recommended rates.

Thriving in almost any soil – even poor, infertile soils – this is a tough cookie that will bring you smiles year after year. This is one of the few daisies that doesn't need dead-heading to thrive and continue to pump out flowers.

The foliage of this tough heat and humidity tolerant Heuchera is golden apricot with a slight earthy green or rose tint on the newer leaves. This heuchera shade perennial is a robust grower with fuzzy leaves that range in color from apricot to amber with...