Pollinator Plants Perennials For Sun For Sale In Boston

This is a wetland species which is native primarily to sandy swamps, riverbanks and moist thickets in Eastern North America from Nova Scotia and Maine south along the coastal plain to South Carolina and Alabama.

The dead flower stems will remain erect well into the winter, and if flower heads are not removed, the blackened cones may be visited by goldfinches or other birds that feed on the seeds.

Although it is rarely used for culinary purposes, it is frequently used as an addition to sachets and potpourris. Flowers appear in terminal spikes (to 4” long) in summer. Lavandin can be difficult to grow in the far north area, primarily because of...

We highly recommend that you mulch your Coreopsis Zagreb with either a ground hardwood mulch or a ground cypress mulch depending on your local availability. Remove the brown stems and leaves to give your plant a healthier and more attractive appearance.

Butterfly weed prefers well-drained neutral to alkaline soils and full sun. Large clusters of bright orange to yellow-orange flowers top clumps of erect, hairy 1-2' tall stems with lance-shaped leaves.

Nepeta Walker's Low does prefer drier soils so if there was ever a plant that we would recommend not adding topsoil or compost this is one. Its better to leave a one inch gap of space between the mulch and the stem or base of the plant.

Cut back stems to approximately 3-4 inches in late autumn. Flowers (to 6-9” wide) are among the largest flowers produced by any perennial that is winter hardy to the St. Louis area.

Magnificent deep purple spikes of flowers that attract butterflies and bees! The most intense deep indigo-purple spikes imaginable rise to 18″ above the rough green leaves during June and July.

We suggest when planting your newly purchased Aster October Skies plants that you dig a hole twice as wide as the root system but not deeper. This one is shorter, bushier, and bluer.

The plants grow in clumps, making super easy to utilize them in mixed garden beds. Newly planted perennials should be watered twice weekly (Minimum), and under hot conditions possibly more.

Espoma products are easy to use, just sprinkle around the base of the plant and water it in. This procedure, called deadheading, encourages the yarrow plant to produce new flowers, keeping your plant looking attractive throughout the season.

Flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies. If plants flop or otherwise depreciate in summer to the point where they look unsightly, consider cutting them back to the basal foliage.

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

As the flowers mature, they fade to an attractive smoky-rose. Showy daisy-like purple coneflowers (to 5″ diameter) bloom throughout summer atop stiff stems clad with coarse, ovate to broad-lanceolate, dark green leaves.

Cutting back will promote new growth, giving you a healthier plant with stronger stems. Slow-release fertilizer can help prevent rapid soft growth that is vulnerable to diseases and insects.

Features large, daisy-like flowers (3-4″ across) with deep yellow rays and dark brownish-black center disks. They bloom most of the summer and attract nature's pollinators, making them ideal to have near your vegetable plants as well.

Mature specimens often experience a dormancy during the summer months but will soon return with vigor once the shortened day length of fall arrives. Supplies are limited. Black Flowered Geranium (Pelargonium glaucifolium) We are re-introducing the Black-Flowered...

The hybrid Lavenders are sometimes known as Lavandin. Narrow, gray-green leaves (to 2 1/2” long) on square stems. They generally flower in midsummer, a little later than the English types.

Growing up to a meter tall, it lives in zones 4 to 9 in moist to wet soils. * The Great Blue Lobelia ( Lobelia siphilitica ) is a species within the Campanulaceae family. * It was believed by some native North American Indian tribes that if the finely...

With a dreamy palette of flowers in glorious shades of soft and vivid pinks, rose, salmon, white, yellow, orange, soft purple and lovely bicolor pattern, Elise makes an indelible impression.

The many Perennial Hibiscus that we enjoy today were all bred using genetics from our US native species like Hibiscus coccineus . These durable and hardy Hibiscus are clump forming, slowly developing larger and larger root masses from which more and more...

Each flowering stalk from this vigorous grower will produce 8-9 flowers. Grows 35'' tall. Perfect azure blue colored flower is enhanced with lots of ruffles.

Blooms in late spring to early summer. Fresh, sweet scent from fancy double blooms that measure almost 8 inches across. Nothing equals the peony for Memorial Day decorations around your house or in a vase in the living room.

This strong grower blooms for weeks from mid to late summer in sunny garden areas providing lots of frilly, 3-4'' globe-shaped flowers. Grows 36'' tall and 24'' wide. This easy to grow perennial performs best in soil with even moisture.

Excellent vigor, strong growing and re-blooming habits will make this one of your favorites. Fabulous color combination makes this a prized daylily. The Daring Deception Daylily grows to 24'' tall.

Anywhere it drops below below 24-28 o F plants should be provided with a breathable protective mulch for winter or anytime it drops below 32 o F for any extended period of time. In spring and summer, or nearly year round in frost free climates, it produces...

* Veratrum nigrum ( Black Hellebore ) is a medicinal plant and poisonous plant native to Asia and Europe . In China, it, and other false hellebore species are collectively called "li lu".