Pollinator Plants Perennials For Sun For Sale In Washington

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. The lavender-blue flowers of Aster October Skies completely cover the sweetly scented foliage.

Each flower (to 3-4″ diameter) features downward-arching, overlapping, clean white rays which encircle a large yellow to yellowish-brown center cone. An adaptable plant that is tolerant of drought, heat, humidity and poor soil.

Narrow-ovate leaves (to 6” long) are medium green. They are drought and heat tolerant with long-lasting magnificent displays of large daisies with coned centers. , commonly called purple coneflower, is a coarse, rough-hairy, herbaceous perennial that...

Its better to leave a one inch gap of space between the mulch and the stem or base of the plant. Prune the central stems of the yarrow if they begin to die back. Espoma products are easy to use, just sprinkle around the base of the plant and water it...

A general rule of thumb is to count to 5 for every one gallon of pot size. Be careful with products such as miracle-grow as these products can burn newly planted plants when not used at the recommended rates.

Truly a colorful sight. Starter fertilizer is the best product to use at the time of planting. For example a one gallon pot would be watered until you count to 5 a three gallon pot would be 15 and so on.

It is a staple item of every sunny garden, and its dried flowers are widely used in potpourris and arrangements. Lavender Hidcote is one of the hardiest and is extremely easy to grow, withstanding high heat and humidity.

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

The most common cause of plant death after transplanting is planting the new plant to deep. Achillea Strawberry Seduction is a reliable addition to perennial borders or containers and will hold its bold red color well as a fresh or dried cut flower.

Supplies are limited. Black Flowered Geranium (Pelargonium glaucifolium) We are re-introducing the Black-Flowered Geranium, a cactus geranium, that's famous for its intense, heavy and rich night scent.

Echinacea are easy-to-grow natives that bloom heavily from summer to fall. Echinacea is a must have in every garden for butterflies and pollinators. Good fresh cut or dried flower.

Showy daisy-like purple coneflowers (to 5″ diameter) bloom throughout summer atop stiff stems clad with coarse, ovate to broad-lanceolate, dark green leaves. A North American native in the Daisy family, Echinacea produce big, bright flowers from late...

Spent flowers should be cut back for a repeat performance in fall. Blue Hill's smaller size makes it perfect for a border garden or container. Salvia Blue Hills is a sun perennial with sky blue spikes of flowers rise above a mound of aromatic gray-green...

Loaded with an abundance of violet-blue flowers with ruby-red centers, Blue Bird is ideal as a hedge, foundation or specimen planting. One of its most exciting attributes is its long bloom time from mid-summer to frost which occurs after many other plantings...

An example would be 10-10-10 or 12-4-8. Although the three elements just mentioned are the major elements necessary for good plant performance, there some minor elements that are just as important in consideration of plant nutrition.

It produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late summer. Growing up to a meter tall, it lives in zones 4 to 9 in moist to wet soils. It is an herbaceous, perennial dicot native to eastern and central Canada and United States.

It produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late summer. Growing up to a meter tall, it lives in zones 4 to 9 in moist to wet soils. It is an herbaceous, perennial dicot native to eastern and central Canada and United States.

Selected as the 1989 North Carolina and the 2004 Virginia wildflower of the year! The Virginia Salt Marsh Mallow is naturally found growing in standing brackish water to sandy moist soils and does well under average garden conditions although it may prefer...

The inflorescence is a panicle with up to 6 branches. * This grass grows in disturbed, wet habitat types such as ditches. * This rhizomatous perennial grass has stems which can exceed two meters in height.

They are accustomed to a short dry period during the dog days of August and September here in Louisiana in the low areas. These easy to grow perennials are happy to grow under average garden conditions provided you understand their growth habits.

We recommend when planting your plants to use Bio-tone starter fertilizer by Espoma. We have trialed many so called “starter fertilizers” over the years and have come to rely on Bio-tone for our own use.

Growing 15-18" tall in sunny to lightly shaded areas, it is great for cut flowers. Flowering from spring until frost, this tough and dependable perennial provides delicate blooms in shades of light blue, lavender and near white, that have a distinctive...

An upright perennial that may spread vigorously if grown in the ground via underground runners. Makes a beautiful and easy container specimen. Sweetly fragrant, 6" deep pink bloom clusters are borne atop the dark glossy green heart-shaped foliage.

It is irresistable to butterflies and hummingbirds. Long-lived and cold hardy, it will be a favorite in the sunny garden for many years. This early blooming perennial produces lots of gorgeous azure blue flowers starting in late spring and continuing...

Mulch deeply in winter for best results. Occasional deadheading promotes more blooms, though it is not required. A root hardy tropical that makes an excellent addition to the perennial garden.

Nice, glossy-green foliage. Has densely-packed, graceful pink florets about 9 inches long on 18 inch plant.

The Perennial Hibiscus that we enjoy today were all bred using genetics from our US native species: Hibiscus moscheutos, H. Laevis and possibly others. These Perennial Hibiscus are simply smart enough to know to wait until all danger of frost has passed...