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Cut back Daylily Pardon Me to within 6 inches of the ground after it has finished flowering. A good rule is that you should still be able to see the soil the plant was grown in after back-filling the hole.

In colder climates, cut it back as one of the last chores in your garden before the snow flies. This is not to be rushed. We recommend feeding your Daylily Round Midnight in the very early spring and again in mid summer after all new growth has hardened...

The best time to prune St John's Wort Pumpkin is in the early spring, to encourage more branching, flowers and berries. That is why we do not recommend planting in a hole any deeper than the soil line of the plant in the pot.

Feeding your plants is probably the single most forgotten part of growing healthy long lasting plants. We highly recommend that you mulch your Hibiscus Luna Red with either a ground hardwood mulch or a ground cypress mulch depending on your local availability.

Water using the counting method for the first few weeks. Slow-release fertilizer can help prevent rapid soft growth that is vulnerable to diseases and insects. Starter fertilizer is the best product to use at the time of planting.

The Hollyhock family is made up of a rather large group that exhibits tall stature (4-6') and is biennial in nature. The large blooms of Alcea ‘Peaches ‘n Dreams' Hollyhock flower in the summer months.

Soils must not be allowed to dry out. Easily grown in abundantly moist, fertile, humusy soils in full sun to part shade. , 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...

Flowers are extremely showy, and foliage remains attractive throughout the growing season, either alone or as a frame or backdrop for other flowering perennials. Cut foliage to the ground and remove from the garden in fall after frost.

Flower color is extremely variable, ranging from white to pink to light rose-purple, frequently with interior spotting. A slightly larger and much easier plant to grow than the similar, but earlier blooming, // >

– Never plant Echinacea purpurea magnus deeper than originally planted in the pot. The flower's purple petals are a beautiful contrast to orange/bronze center (cone) of the flower.

Mulching helps to keep weeds away which will compete with your new investment for water and nutrients. As the flowers fade, the autumn foliage turns on, developing brilliant shades of red.

This selection forms a bushy mound of silver foliage, with long spikes of purple-blue flowers. Good tolerance to extreme heat and humidity, and resistant to common root and foliar diseases.

Appreciates some light afternoon shade in hot climates. Easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soil in full sun. Divide when necessary or to fill in bare patches. Clumps may be easily divided in fall or early spring.

The drooping buds face upward when they open and the plant can grow to 6 inches tall and 12 inches wide. ) is a low-growing, mat-forming, evergreen stonecrop that grows to only 4” tall but quickly spreads to 24” wide on stems clad with spiky gray-green...

Green and Gold Swords Stand Out in Any Landscape The Grass 'Golden Variegated Sweet Flag', Acorus gramineus Ogon, is a mounded, non-invasive rhizome grass. The rich golden yellow and green foliage grows to 10 inches high, with a 1 foot spread.

A general rule of thumb is to count to 5 for every one gallon of pot size. For example a one gallon pot would be watered until you count to 5 a three gallon pot would be 15 and so on.

Cutting back will promote new growth, giving you a healthier plant with stronger stems. Yarrow tends to grow more and more stems on the outside, leaving the inner stems to die away, which is why its also recommended to divide Achillea Strawberry Seduction...

Feeding your plants is probably the single most forgotten part of growing healthy long lasting plants. We highly recommend that you mulch your Coreopsis Moonbeam with either a ground hardwood mulch or a ground cypress mulch depending on your local availability.

Blooms in spring with some intermittent repeat bloom in summer. The best mulch for the plant is pea stone or gravel, which helps keep the plant clean and suppresses weeds without holding extra water.

It is native to wet spots (marshes, swamps, floodplains, river banks, moist meadows, and moist woods) from Ontario and Massachusetts south to Ohio, Indiana, Alabama and Florida. Tolerates some light shade, but full sun with good air circulation produces...

We suggest when planting your newly purchased Aster Divaricatus plants that you dig a hole twice as wide as the root system but not deeper. Remove the brown stems and leaves to give your plant a healthier and more attractive appearance.

Remove stems of faded flowers to encourage additional bloom. On the other hand, some hybrids perform well in shady locations, particularly if is a parent. Plants grow in a variety of different habitats including woodland areas, Appalachian seeps, prairies,...

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. This heuchera shade perennial is a robust grower with fuzzy leaves that range in color...

Gaultheria procumbens reliably blooms on the seasons new growth, so prune to the ground during late winter or very early spring before growth starts. This is especially important during periods of high humidity.

Its better to leave a one inch gap of space between the mulch and the stem or base of the plant. With a compact habit, this Daylily is excellent for massing, edging, borders or in mixed containers and tubs.

This coneflower cultivar is an upright, rhizomatous, clump-forming perennial which typically grows 2-3′ tall. Oblong to lanceolate, dark green foliage. Plants do not come true from seed (must be vegetatively propagated).

Amsonia hubrichtii reliably blooms on the seasons new growth, so prune to the ground during late winter or very early spring before growth starts. Water using the counting method for the first few weeks.