Perennials For Sun Perennials For Sale In Tennessee

Color is brilliant and of even tone with a silky luster. Peony Karl Rosenfield is a shrubby plant that will typically grow to 3′ tall by mid-spring, bloom, display attractive foliage throughout the summer and early fall, and then die to the ground after...

Dianthus Neon Star is a hybrid dianthus that typically grows in an upright rounded mound to 8-12″ tall and to 6-12 inches wide. Prefers fertile, slightly alkaline, loose, somewhat gritty loams with good drainage.

It is noted for its long summer bloom of fragrant rosy pink flowers. Prefers fertile, slightly alkaline, loose, somewhat gritty loams with good drainage. Leaves are evergreen in warm winter climates.

Uses: Extremely attractive when used as a focal point in the mixed border, mass planting. We highly recommend that you mulch your Aster October Skies with either a ground hardwood mulch or a ground cypress mulch depending on your local availability.

Flowering stems rise above the foliage to 3' tall in May-June, each stem bearing 2-5 flowers in colors which primarily include blue, lavender, purple and white, but sometimes yellow, pink and wine.

The hibiscus looking flowers are replaced by bright orange to pink berries in the late summer to fall, which add extra color and texture to cut flower arrangements. Cut it back in the spring before it begins to bud.

Attracts pollinators and hummingbirds. It creates a barrier between the roots of the plant and fungus and pathogens that can cause root rot. Cut back Amsonia hubrichtii to within 6 inches of the ground after it has finished flowering.

Once they're established, they're as hardy and dependable as oaks, creating a fantastic season of bloom in your yard year after year. Glossy green foliage is divided into oval to lance-shaped leaflets.

Hosta Albomarginata has soft green leaves with white bands, making it very striking. Hostas are not only known for their flowers, they also provide bright color in shade with wonderful foliage.

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.

In the landscape, it is often used in borders and cut flower gardens where there is full sun to partial shade. Easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soil in full sun.

Its better to leave a one inch gap of space between the mulch and the stem or base of the plant. Slow-release fertilizer can help prevent rapid soft growth that is vulnerable to diseases and insects.

Prefers a sun-dappled shade. Specific epithet means “many eyelashes” in reference to the bristly scales found on the stipe and rachis. It features shiny, bipinnate, dark green fronds (to 1-2' long) with finely divided but overlapping pinnae.

, commonly called English lavender, has been a mainstay of herb gardens for many years. Lavender has been grown for centuries for its intensely fragrant flowers and beautiful appearance.

Plants may repeat bloom throughout the summer. Remove spent flower spikes to help extend the bloom period. Blue Hill is easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun.

The first significant hybrid heucheras were introduced into commerce around 1980, with the volume of new introductions increasing to almost avalanche proportions in recent years. Scorch and general foliage decline may occur if soils are allowed to dry...

, commonly known as hardy hibiscus or swamp rose mallow, is a vigorous, sturdy, rounded, somewhat shrubby, hairy-stemmed, woody-based perennial of the mallow family. Site in locations protected from wind to minimize the risk of wind burn.

They are drought and heat tolerant with long-lasting magnificent displays of large daisies with coned centers. Plants thrive in average soils and withstand hot and dry conditions. The dead flower stems will remain erect well into the winter, and if flower...

Echinacea are easy-to-grow natives that bloom heavily from summer to fall. Showy daisy-like purple coneflowers (to 5″ diameter) bloom throughout summer atop stiff stems clad with coarse, ovate to broad-lanceolate, dark green leaves.

Be careful with products such as miracle-grow as these products can burn newly planted plants when not used at the recommended rates. This procedure, called deadheading, encourages the Coreopsis Zagreb plant to produce new flowers, keeping your plant...

It is a staple item of every sunny garden, and its dried flowers are widely used in potpourris and arrangements. Plants should be clipped back by half in spring. This selection forms a bushy mound of silver foliage, with long spikes of purple-blue flowers.

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.

Border fronts or rock gardens. ) 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 leaves.

Its better to leave a one inch gap of space between the mulch and the stem or base of the plant. Remove the brown stems and leaves to give your plant a healthier and more attractive appearance.

This plant is striking in about any landscape! * Smoky Purple Flowers All Summer * Variable Foliage Adds Texture * Grows in Drier Soil * Fast Growing From earliest spring into the dead of winter, this grass offers an arresting display that complements...

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

What a spectacle! Your Purple Fountain Grass is both drought and heat resistant. That alone would be a remarkable plant for your yard, but next comes the bloom. Imagine a 4 foot wide patch of grass with long narrow leaves reaching 3 feet into the sky...