Perennials For Sun Perennials For Sale In Rhode Island

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

The foliage tips sometimes develop an orangey hue. Excellent ground cover. It also makes an excellent accent for plants with dark foliage. ) is a low-growing, mat-forming, evergreen stonecrop that grows to only 4” tall but quickly spreads to 24” wide...

Golden Variegated Sweet Flag has a typical philodendron flower that can be used fresh or dried. It doesn't like to dry out but can handle sun or shade. Green and Gold Swords Stand Out in Any Landscape The Grass 'Golden Variegated Sweet Flag', Acorus gramineus...

Does well in full sun in the northern part of its range. Known for it's foliage and flowers, Heuchera Palace Purple is one of the coral bells that really stands out. Heuchera Palace Purple is best grown in organically rich, humusy, medium moisture, well-drained...

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.

Dead-heading can literally be done with a weed-eater or hedge trimmer. Showy, versatile and durable groundcover for sun or shade. Electric blue, starry flowers in the late summer are captivating.

This is not to be rushed. A good rule is that you should still be able to see the soil the plant was grown in after back-filling the hole. Mulching helps to keep weeds away which will compete with your new investment for water and nutrients.

Water using the counting method for the first few weeks. The most common cause of plant death after transplanting is planting the new plant to deep. Be careful with products such as miracle-grow as these products can burn newly planted plants when not...

Green leaves edged in white and contrast to the shade garden! Patriot does best in rich, moist, organic soils in light, sun-dappled shade. Hostas are a mainstay of shade gardens or woodland gardens.

Are commonly called bleeding heart because protruding inner petals, more obvious in some species than others, purportedly appear to form a drop of blood at the bottom of each heart-shaped flower.

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. Check the plant daily for the first week or so and then every other day there after.

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 noted for its long summer bloom of fragrant fluorescent pink flowers.

One of the oldest perennials in cultivation, Bleeding Hearts produce graceful arches of heart-shaped flowers that “bleed” white. With such showy flowers, they deserve to be in the front of the shade garden.

Consider planting rhizome at an angle to help combat potential crown rot problems which most often occur in poorly drained soils. Originally introduced to North America as a houseplant by experimentally-inclined horticulturists, they were delighted to...

Echinacea purpurea magnus are a long lasting cut flower. Where classic coneflower's petals point down, ‘Magnus' are held more horizontally. We recommend when planting your plants to use Bio-tone starter fertilizer by Espoma.

Remove flowering stems promptly after bloom unless the seed pods are considered to be an attractive addition to the garden. Easily grown in moist, fertile, humusy, organically rich, neutral to slightly acidic, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full...

Evergreen compound leaves are deeply lobed and divided into 3-7, narrow, lance-shaped to elliptic, usually-toothed leaflets per leaf. Flowers appear at the tips of branched stems clad with evergreen dark green leaves which are divided into glossy, leathery,...

Blue Hill is easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun. Spent flowers should be cut back for a repeat performance in fall. Salvia Blue Hills is a sun perennial with sky blue spikes of flowers rise above a mound of aromatic...

Blooms last well cut or dried, and the seeds in the large cone at the center of the flower head provide nourishment for birds when finished blooming. The dead flower stems will remain erect well into the winter, and if flower heads are not removed, the...

Hosta Albomarginata is a widely popular shade perennial with soft green leaves striped with white bands, making it very striking. Its probably one of the most popular choices for the home landscape.

Its better to leave a one inch gap of space between the mulch and the stem or base of the plant. Attracts pollinators Astilbe Snowdrift forms a solid airy mound of clean green foliage up to 20” tall.

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.

We suggest when planting your newly purchased Daylily Round Midnight plants that you dig a hole twice as wide as the root system but not deeper. Espoma products are easy to use, just sprinkle around the base of the plant and water it in.

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 existing soil which more times than not will be hard and compacted.

It can be useful in low spots or wet areas in the landscape or along streams or ponds. Will tolerate average to wet conditions in full sun. Looks great en masse or as a specimen plant.

In the shady border or woodland garden, it naturalizes well with Will naturalize in optimum growing conditions. The 1¼” wide pink to magenta flowers are delicately colored and veined.

Cutting back will promote new growth, giving you a healthier plant with stronger stems. Late Fall pruning, especially in colder climates, can result in a quick flush of new growth that prevents dormancy and makes winter freezes potentially deadly.