Perennials For Sun Perennials For Sale In Connecticut

Water using the counting method for the first few weeks. Starter fertilizer is the best product to use at the time of planting. We suggest when planting your newly purchased St John's Wort Pumpkin plants that you dig a hole twice as wide as the root system...

Subsequent to the primary bloom, sporadic additional bloom may continue to appear throughout much of the remaining summer. Remove spent flower spikes to help extend the bloom period.

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.

Glossy green foliage is divided into oval to lance-shaped leaflets. Plants are long-lived, do not need to be divided and can be left undisturbed for years. Felix Crousse Peony produces double magenta-red blooms which are highly fragrant and attract butterflies.

Divide when clumps become overcrowded. Rudbeckia are a super easy way to add color to any sunny garden. Oblong to lanceolate, dark green foliage. Mass in bold drifts in the perennial border, cottage garden, prairie, meadow or naturalized area.

We highly recommend that you mulch your Sedum fuldaglut with either a ground hardwood mulch or a ground cypress mulch depending on your local availability. Improved Sedum Dragon's Blood.

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

‘Caradonna' is an erect, clump-forming perennial salvia that is noted for its dark purple stems and blue-violet flowers. Salvia Caradonna reaches 18-24 inches tall, bearing flowers on sturdy stems during the summer months.

Sweet Kate is an easy-to-grow perennial that produces a profusion of unusual deep-blue flowers from summer to fall. Use this native shade lover in open woodland gardens or along streams or ponds.

Butterfly weed is a 2′ tall herbaceous perennial that dies back in winter and re-sprouts from its underground tuber each spring. The seed pods, with their long silky hairs, can be used in dried flower arrangements.

Best foliage color may occur in sunny spots with part afternoon shade. Divide clumps in spring every 3-4 years.A repeat bloomer. Performs well in full sun in the north, but prefers some shade (particularly in the heat of the afternoon) in the south.

Color is brilliant and of even tone with a silky luster. Remove spent flowers after blooming. Peonies are a standard of the perennial border, both as specimens and in groups. Fragrant and with good foliage.

In colder climates, cut it back as one of the last chores in your garden before the snow flies. Attracts pollinators and hummingbirds. Stella D'Oro Daylily is an early bloomer and a repeat bloomer.

The inflorescences are flat-topped, dense, deep lemon-yellow and 2-3″ in diameter, while the gray-green foliage is filigreed. It is a naturally occurring beneficial fungus that colonizes on the new growing roots of plants.

Cut back Heuchera Autumn Bride to within 6 inches of the ground after it has finished flowering. It is great for covering bases of trees or other spots that get little moisture. Heuchera Autumn Bride has fuzzy, chartreuse to lime green, nearly evergreen...

Great in rock gardens and gardens with poor soil. Attracts pollinators. We suggest when planting your newly purchased Coreopsis Zagreb plants that you dig a hole twice as wide as the root system but not deeper.

Remove the old flowers of Amsonia hubrichtii as they become brown and unattractive. In warmer climates, cut it back in the spring before it begins to bud. It is best when massed. Interplant Amsonia Hubrichtii in your border to provide texture and color...

Synonymous with Easily grown in average, medium to wet soils in full sun to part shade. Sword-shaped, linear green leaves (to 24” long) have prominent midribs. Flowers (typically 3-6” across) have a distinctively flattened appearance.

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 Crocosmia is also commonly known as Montbretia. * Attracts hummingbirds * Looks great in containers * Provides spiky texture to your garden The flowers bloom from summer through fall.

Each flower (to 3-4″ diameter) features downward-arching, overlapping, deep rose-purple rays which encircle a large orange-brown center cone. The dead flower stems will remain erect well into the winter, and if flower heads are not removed, the blackened...

The value of this long-lived and low-maintenance fountain grass comes from the varied colors and textures of the foliage as well as the striking flower spikes. This plant is striking in about any landscape! * Smoky Purple Flowers All Summer * Variable...

Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced compost or topsoil to the back-fill soil. For example a one gallon pot would be watered until you count to 5 a three gallon pot would be 15 and so on.

Arching, narrow, grass-like, linear, blue-green leaves form a vase-shaped foliage clump to 2' tall. In mild winter regions, plant the rhizomes in fall. After bloom, the foliage clump will retain its blue-green color into the fall, often displaying showy...

Achillea Strawberry Seduction is a reliable addition to perennial borders or containers and will hold its bold red color well as a fresh or dried cut flower. In colder climates, cut it back as one of the last chores in your garden before the snow flies.

Best in full sun. Flowers bloom from late spring to late summer, sometimes with additional sporadic bloom until frost. Freely self-seeds if at least some of the seed heads are left in place.

Northern blue flag thrives in wetland habitats frequented by rushes and sedges (the “flag” part of the common name comes from the middle English word Grow in medium to wet soils in full sun to part shade.