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Iris ensata variegata is slowly spreading clumps of variegated sword-shaped foliage prefer moist, even wet soil during the growing season but are unlikely to survive emersion in water during the winter.

Also effective as accents or herbaceous hedges along fences, sidewalks, driveways or walls. Plants are long-lived, do not need to be divided and can be left undisturbed for years. Peony Karl Rosenfield is a shrubby plant that will typically grow to 3′...

After back filling and lightly compacting the 50/50 mix of existing soil and compost give the Daylily Mini Pearl a good deep watering. Fall pruning, especially in colder climates, can result in a quick flush of new growth that prevents dormancy and makes...

Water using the counting method for the first few weeks. 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.

Plant rhizomes approximately 2” deep in fall or spring. However in winter, it is intolerant of both standing water and boggy soils where rhizomes may rot. In order to meet these somewhat unusual seasonal cultural requirements, plants may be grown in...

The Hollyhock family is made up of a rather large group that exhibits tall stature (4-6') and is biennial in nature. Although they are short lived, they reseed themselves. * Double Creamy Peach Flowers * 6'-8' Biennial Plant * Thrives in Full Sun

In regions with clay soils, a raised bed or rock garden will improve success greatly. May be kept dense with regular pruning. Both foliage and flowers are highly aromatic. This “true lavender” is commercially planted for harvesting its oils for use...

Echinacea are easy-to-grow natives that bloom heavily from summer to fall. It typically grows to 2-4′ tall. , commonly called purple coneflower, is a coarse, rough-hairy, herbaceous perennial that is native to moist prairies, meadows and open woods...

Each flower features upright standards and flaring to drooping falls. Morgan Award winner (1953). In comparison to bearded varieties, Siberian irises have smaller beardless flowers, narrower grass-like leaves and an absence of thick fleshy rhizomes.

If not cut back, plants may eventually reach 24” in height by the end of the summer. Plants thrive in average soils and withstand hot and dry conditions. Blooms last well cut or dried, and the seeds in the large cone at the center of the flower head...

Cut back Amsonia hubrichtii to within 6 inches of the ground after it has finished flowering. Fall pruning, especially in colder climates, can result in a quick flush of new growth that prevents dormancy and makes winter freezes potentially deadly.

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. Most of the water you put on the plant at first will run away from the plant until the soil is soaked.

It is cold hardy to zone 5, making this is a great perennial for northern gardens that want a tropical look. The Crocosmia is also commonly known as Montbretia. * Attracts hummingbirds * Looks great in containers * Provides spiky texture to your garden

It is a clumping, sprawling plant that grows to 6-18” tall, and can spread rather quickly by pubescent, decumbent stems, rooting at the nodes where they touch the ground, to form an attractive ground cover.

Flower colors range from pure white to red to near black. They are noted for producing single, cup-shaped flowers (typically 2-3” diameter) with five showy, usually overlapping petals (technically sepals), but sometimes come in a double flowered form.

Be careful with products such as miracle-grow as these products can burn newly planted plants when not used at the recommended rates. This extra-early bloomer reblooms throughout the summer months.

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.

Foliage provides interesting texture and color to the border or rock garden. Even with well-drained soils, some summer die-out may occur where high humidity and/or moisture on foliage are/is present.

Wood sage has a variety of common names including violet sage, ornamental meadow sage, Balkan clary, purple flowering sage or perennial woodland sage. Flowers bloom in 2-6 flowered verticillasters arranged in dense terminal racemes which rise well-above...

Tassels disappear as fronds flatten with maturity. Easily grown in organically rich, consistently moist, well-drained loams in part shade to full shade. It features shiny, bipinnate, dark green fronds (to 1-2' long) with finely divided but overlapping...

Individual flowers last only 1-2 days, but new flowers open each day in rapid succession over a long July to September bloom period. However, once new growth begins, it proceeds quite rapidly.

In colder climates, cut it back as one of the last chores in your garden before the snow flies. Fall pruning, especially in colder climates, can result in a quick flush of new growth that prevents dormancy and makes winter freezes potentially deadly.

A good rule is that you should still be able to see the soil the plant was grown in after back-filling the hole. Uses: Extremely attractive when used as a focal point in the mixed border, mass planting as a groundcover.

Soils must not be allowed to dry out. In spring, the new leaves of this evergreen start out a coppery pink, then in summer turn green, and finally in fall, turn a rust shade. Its variety name, Autumn Brilliance fern , refers to the lustrous orange color...

After back filling and lightly compacting the 50/50 mix of existing soil and compost give the Asclepias incarnata a good deep watering. For example a one gallon pot would be watered until you count to 5 a three gallon pot would be 15 and so on.

They prefer moist, humusy soil. It prefers no direct sun—a delight for shade gardeners—and blooms happily in April and May. With such showy flowers, they deserve to be in the front of the shade garden.

This a mounded, shrubby cultivar that typically grows to 30-36” tall. It features fragrant light lavender flowers in summer on upright stems clad with aromatic silver-gray foliage.