Pollinator Plants Perennials For Sun For Sale In San Antonio

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

Lavender flowers and foliage are also popular additions to sachets and potpourris. The hybrid Lavenders are sometimes known as Lavandin. Often repeat blooms in late summer or fall.

Exciting flowered mix in shades of bright reds, roses and violets. Deer resistant. The bloom time is extended, and it makes an excellent cut flower.

‘Lord Baltimore' has huge brilliant red blossoms on a tall, bushy plant. Below Virginia many nurseries and landscapers plant year around, weather permitting. Basically the “good” fungus in Bio-tone colonizes on the growing roots of your newly planted...

Cut back Coreopsis Zagreb to within 6 inches of the ground after it has finished flowering. Fall pruning, especially in colder climates, can result in a quick flush of new growth that prevents dormancy and makes winter freezes potentially deadly.

After back filling and lightly compacting the 50/50 mix of existing soil and compost give the Sedum Autumn Fire a good deep watering. In colder climates, cut it back as one of the last chores in your garden before the snow flies.

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.

A general rule of thumb is to count to 5 for every one gallon of pot size. In colder climates, cut it back as one of the last chores in your garden before the snow flies. Follow this up with another early summer application of , this will again provide...

In any event, cut plants back after flowering has concluded. Plants form a bushy clump of grey-green leaves, with upright spikes appearing in early summer, attractive to both butterflies and hummingbirds.

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.

Always, read the label on your fertilizer bag, and follow the instructions. A good rule is that you should still be able to see the soil the plant was grown in after back-filling the hole.

Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced compost or topsoil to the back-fill soil. Espoma products are easy to use, just sprinkle around the base of the plant and water it in.

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. The milkweeds are special: they have a third whorl above the corolla called the corona.

It is noted for its short habit and long summer bloom. It typically grows to 2-4′ tall. 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...

Attracts pollinators. This procedure, called deadheading, encourages the Aster October Skies plant to produce new flowers, keeping your plant looking attractive throughout the season.

* A very ornamental plant. Hybridizes freely with other members of this genus. * Grown for its beautiful red flowers in mid summer. * Lobelia cardinalis ( Cardinal Flower ) is a species of Lobelia native to the Americas , from southeastern Canada south...

Prefers a moist heavy soil. It requires a deep rich soil with plenty of moisture. Does well in a bog garden. Likes shadebut it succeeds in sun or partial shade. Hardy to at least -20°c.

Feeding your plants is probably the single most forgotten part of growing healthy long lasting plants. We suggest when planting your newly purchased Nepeta Walker's Low plants that you dig a hole twice as wide as the root system but not deeper.

A North American native in the Daisy family, Echinacea produce big, bright flowers from late June until frost. It typically grows in an upright clump to 2-3′ tall and to 1-1.5′ wide on sturdy, well-branched stems that do not need staking.

Children can't resist testing their friends to see if they like butter. It is a naturalized species and often a weed in parts of North America, but it is probably native in Alaska and Greenland .

Lantana are only second to Porterweed in our garden for their ability to attract butterflies! Lantana are loaded with flower power and normally flower continuously from late spring to frost.

Deer resistant. Grows up to 30 inches tall. Very nice habit. Provides a beautiful backdrop during the winter months. Spectacular blue-gray mounded foliage makes Blue Oat Grass standout from everything else in your perennial garden.

Provide a protective mulch in winter where hardiness is questionable. Blanketed from spring to fall in clusters of flowers that open dark yellow, quickly fade through deep orange, and finally to deep red.

Yellow iris-like 2" blooms with brown markings are borne on tall stems practically all year, where protected from frost. Produces young plants on spent bloom stems and at the ends of mature foliage.

One of the most adaptable of all the hardy geraniums. Hardy Blue Geraniums are charming, compact-growing, outdoor geraniums. They contrast nicely with the attractive, fresh green foliage.

Beautiful, full, 5'' wide, nearly rounded flowers. At this point the ugly foliage can be pruned away but may be best left to protect and shade the young foliage during the hottest parts of summer.

You receive 1 each of Golden Green, Regal Blue, White Scalloped, Richland Gold, White Edge and Aureo Marginata.