Perennials For Sun Perennials For Sale In Oregon

Attracts pollinators and hummingbirds. Our ideal fertilizer schedule for you to use is as follows. Cut back Daylily Round Midnight to within 6 inches of the ground after it has finished flowering.

Its better to leave a one inch gap of space between the mulch and the stem or base of the plant. Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced compost or topsoil to the back-fill soil.

In cold winter climates, the leaves usually turn reddish-orange in autumn. This vigorous, mat-forming, evergreen species has electric golden-yellow foliage that holds its color through the heat of summer.

Tolerates drought. The Perennial Sages are invaluable perennials for their rich display in the border. Remove faded flowers to encourage repeat blooming, or simply cut back hard after flowering is finished.

Versatile and vigorous, with many possible uses, as edging, groundcover, and most especially in tubs or mixed containers. Stachys Big Ears makes a great foliar accent as it is grown for its large, fuzzy, silver leaves.

It will bloom sporadically throughout the summer if faded flowers are cut back. Flowers bloom in 2-6 flowered verticillasters arranged in dense terminal racemes which rise well-above the basal leaves on square stems to as much as 30” tall.

It is a wonderful new array of pastels to add to the garden. Although they are short lived, they reseed themselves. They are best planted in full sun in a well-drained area. Alcea is a wonderful plant near the back of the border, working great along walls...

Electric blue, starry flowers in the late summer are captivating. Most of the water you put on the plant at first will run away from the plant until the soil is soaked. Be careful with products such as miracle-grow as these products can burn newly planted...

Hosta Albomarginata has soft green leaves with white bands, making it very striking. It flowers bloom from July to August. Its probably one of the most popular choices for the home landscape.

Plants may repeat bloom throughout the summer, but need regular moisture to encourage this. It was discovered in Uchte, Germany, by Beate Zillmer of Zillmer Pflanzen and is suitable for production in USDA Zones 4-9.

Sedum Autumn Fire reliably blooms on the seasons new growth, so prune to the ground during late winter or very early spring before growth starts. Fall pruning, especially in colder climates, can result in a quick flush of new growth that prevents dormancy...

Green leaves edged in white and contrast to the shade garden! Patriot does best in rich, moist, organic soils in light, sun-dappled shade. Looks good all season. They can be used as an edging plant or en mass for a showy ground cover.

This iris may be grown in up to 2-4” of shallow standing water (muddy bottom or containers), or in moist shoreline soils or in constantly moist humusy soils of a border. Flowering stalks rise from the clump to 30” tall in late spring, with each stalk...

Consider planting rhizome at an angle to help combat potential crown rot problems which most often occur in poorly drained soils. One of the great advantages of ferns as garden plants, is that in many cases they require next to no care at all, and that...

Hosta Sum and Substance performs best outdoors in a perennial garden when planted in part to full shade. Indoor/Outdoor is an option as a granular, slow release fertilizer that can be applied while planting.

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. A general rule of thumb is to count to 5 for every one gallon of pot size.

Mulching helps to keep weeds away which will compete with your new investment for water and nutrients. We suggest when planting your newly purchased Mondo Grass plants that you dig a hole twice as wide as the root system but not deeper.

Our ideal fertilizer schedule for you to use is as follows. 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.

Plants thrive in average soils and withstand hot and dry conditions. Meaning hedgehog or sea-urchin in reference to the spiny center cone found on most flowers in the genus. Blooms last well cut or dried, and the seeds in the large cone at the center...

It is a staple item of every sunny garden, and its dried flowers are widely used in potpourris and arrangements. In regions with clay soils, a raised bed or rock garden will improve success greatly.

* Must-have for butterfly gardens * Showy, long-lived white blooms * Easy care Showy flowers begin blooming in early summer and last well into fall. Growing up to 36" tall, you'll love the snow white flowers.

This shade perennial is a great addition to your yard or landscape. Heuchera Caramel has purplish-red leaf undersides that offers an attractive contrast, along with white flowers float above the 12″ foliage in early to mid summer.

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.

Best grown in organically rich, humusy, well-drained soils. Remove stems of faded flower panicles to encourage continued bloom (bloom is more apt to repeat in cool summer climates than hot ones).

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.

It prefers no direct sun—a delight for shade gardeners—and blooms happily in April and May. A garden favorite for years, it's fairly tall at 3′, and has evenly spaced pink hearts suspended gracefully on its long stems.

Prairie Proud The Switch Grass 'Northwind', Panicum virgatum 'Northwind', is a very erect form and tolerates some snow load. 'Northwind' grass was one of the many important tall-grasses that covered the U.S. prairies.