Perennials For Sun Perennials For Sale In District Of Columbia

Synonymous with Easily grown in average, medium to wet soils in full sun to part shade. Loves acidic, organically rich, saturated, moisture-retentive soils. During the growing season, it thrives in standing water (up to 6” deep).

Glossy green foliage is divided into oval to lance-shaped leaflets. Color is brilliant and of even tone with a silky luster. Peony Felix Crousse is a bright deep red peony with some silvering.

Hibiscus such as Hibiscus Luna Red are late to emerge after the winters nap. Apply an early spring fertilizer with a product such as at the recommended rate this will give the plant a boost of nitrogen potash that will be needed for healthy foliage and...

For example a one gallon pot would be watered until you count to 5 a three gallon pot would be 15 and so on. That is why we do not recommend planting in a hole any deeper than the soil line of the plant in the pot.

Dont be to alarmed if all your other plants are awake and growing and you still havent seen your hibiscus. Follow this up with another early summer application of , this will again provide the necessary nutrients to promote a flush of beautiful flowers.

Blue Hill's smaller size makes it perfect for a border garden or container. Salvia Blue Hills is a sun perennial with sky blue spikes of flowers rise above a mound of aromatic gray-green foliage and blooms June – September.

This plant thrives in well-drained soil. 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.

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.

Consider shearing plants back after main flush of bloom in order to tidy the planting and to promote additional bloom in late summer or early fall. Perfect for rock gardens or bordering paths.

Doing so can cause rotting of the stem and death to the plant. Lord Baltimore is strong and shrub-like with features dinner plate-sized, 5-petaled, hollyhock-like flowers (to 10” diameter).

Great in borders and edging as it will create a mass over large areas or grow in clumps. Check the plant daily for the first week or so and then every other day there after. After back filling and lightly compacting the 50/50 mix of existing soil and...

Prefers a light, sandy soil with somewhat low fertility. Remove faded flowers to promote continued bloom. It is a semi-woody plant that typically grows in a shrubby mound to 2-4' tall.

Hosta Albomarginata has soft green leaves with white bands, making it very striking. Hosta Albomarginata is a widely popular shade perennial with soft green leaves striped with white bands, making it very striking.

Provides excellent bloom and color for late summer. It is an excellent perennial for providing color in late summer and is especially showy in mass plantings. Divide when clumps become overcrowded.

Hosta Sum and Substance does best in part to full shade and handles some direct, filtered sun. Genus name honors Austrian botanist Nicholas Thomas Host (1761-1834). Sum and Substance does best in part to full shade.

We suggest when planting your newly purchased Geranium Biokovo plants that you dig a hole twice as wide as the root system but not deeper. Fall pruning, especially in colder climates, can result in a quick flush of new growth that prevents dormancy and...

Apply an early spring fertilizer with a product such as at the recommended rate this will give the plant a boost of nitrogen potash that will be needed for healthy foliage and stem growth.

Doing so can cause rotting of the stem and death to the plant. – Never plant Echinacea purpurea magnus deeper than originally planted in the pot. When planting Purple Coneflower, remember the only water source the plant has, is its small root ball,...

The dead flower stems will remain erect well into the winter, and if flower heads are not removed, the blackened cones may be visited by goldfinches or other birds that feed on the seeds.

Even when not in bloom, Crocosmia Lucifer has attractive, tropical looking foliage. Tropical Flair in a Cold Hardy Perennial The Crocosmia Lucifer, 'Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora', a spring planted corm, produces beautiful red flowers.

Bloom typically commences in mid to late winter extending into early spring. An introduction of Wayside Gardens of Hodges, South Carolina. Flower colors range from pure white to red to near black.

Slow-release fertilizer can help prevent rapid soft growth that is vulnerable to diseases and insects. Cutting back will promote new growth, giving you a healthier plant with stronger stems.

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.

The chartreuse foliage will stand out in any shady garden, be it in a pot, garden bed, or as a mass planting. Heuchera Citronelle is a vigorous, clump-forming, compact coral bells cultivar.

If cut back, they often rebloom in early fall. 2006 Perennial Plant Association's Plant of the Year. This hybrid tolerates heat and humidity (as well as some drought) better than most species of dianthus.

Each plant will flower for approximately 7-10 days. Older proven variety that's still quite popular! The Peony is an extremely long lived, hardy, shrub-like plant. Very large carnation shaped flowers with incurved petals, freely produced in clusters.

The most common cause of plant death after transplanting is planting the new plant to deep. Apply an early spring fertilizer with a product such as at the recommended rate this will give the plant a boost of nitrogen potash that will be needed for healthy...