Summer Perennial Plants

Bee balm can readily partner with the much taller Joe Pye weed and both are butterfly magnets in the hot summer sun. Both species like the same garden condition of full sun, regular water, but no overhead irrigation.

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Santa Monica

How to Divide Shasta Daisy Plants

As long as the divided portions of the clump have both foliage and roots, they should grow.Examine the inner portions of the clump to see if there are any parts that appear old and woody.

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Santa Monica

How to Deadhead a Delphinium

Don't remove any more of the foliage than necessary. The new growth will develop into flower spikes later in the season and they'll need the nourishment that the leaves provide. Perennial delphiniums bloom from late spring to early summer, and may even...

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Santa Monica

Deadheading a Bee Balm Plant

Bee balm begins flowering in midsummer and each flower cluster can persist for several weeks. Cut back the flowering stems to within 1/4-inch of a leaf or leaf bud near the top of the stem.

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How to Grow Azaleas From Cuttings

The most viable cuttings come from healthy plants that are not stressed by malnutrition, insect damage or disease. Trimming the stem just beneath the point where the first leaf attached to the cutting removes excess material that cannot form roots.

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Santa Monica

The Difference Between Agave and Aloe Plants

Aloe marlothii, for example, has side-leaning flowers that resemble red-hot flames blowing in the wind. The agave and aloe plants are succulents with fleshy, pointed leaves and a sculptural quality.

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Santa Monica

How to Divide Stella de Oro Daylilies

Daylilies put out another flush of growth after blooming. Water each daylily clump thoroughly, andthroughout the spring, summer and early fall. This will provide a slow-release form of nitrogen and loosen the soil for new roots.Re-plant each division...

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Santa Monica

How to Get an Iris to Bloom

Dispose of any damaged or rotten rhizomes, and then cut the remaining ones apart into 4- to 6-inch pieces, so each piece has a fan of leaves. Heavy, wet soils cause iris roots to rot, so avoid those.

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Santa Monica

Lilac, Scent and Sensibility Pink

★★★★★

Prices start at : 19.99 USD / 1 Plant

Lilac 'Scent and Sensibility Pink' is just 3 feet high and spreads 6 feet wide, but this romantic beauty is opulently fragrant and a great landscape attraction. Great for cut flowers too! PPAF.

Ornamental Use: Borders, Cut Flowers
Genus: Syringa
Planting Time: Fall, Spring
Zone: 3-7
Height: 24-36 inches

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Cephalanthus occidentalis (Buttonbush), Sugar Shack

★★★★★

Prices start at : 19.99 USD / 1 Plant (4" pot)

Flower heads are unique looking, like pincushions, and are very attractive to bees, butterflies, and beneficial pollinators. Native to North America, Cephalanthus occidentalis will tolerate wet sites and excess moisture, and is best used in native pollinator...

Zone: 4-10
Sun: Full Sun, Part Sun
Life Cycle: Perennial
Spread: 3-4 feet
Genus: Cephalanthus occidentalis

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Verbena rigida, Santos Purple

★★★★★

Prices start at : 7.99 USD / 1 Plant

Color-mad perennial groundcover rolls out a carpet of large, high-definition-color purple blooms on floriferous spikes. A favorite with birds, bees, and insects. Flowering the first year, perennial thrives in heat and drought and thirsty soil.

Ornamental Use: Beds, Borders, Cut Flowers
Life Cycle: Perennial
Genus: Verbena rigida
Height: 12-14 inches
Resistant To: Drought, Heat
Zone: 7-11

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Warminster

Perennial Pollinator Garden Collection

Prices start at : 49.99 USD / 1 Collection (4 Plants/1 Ea. Variety)

Beautiful in a container! Full sun. Grow a garden for your pollinator friends that will have the neighbors green with envy! This collection includes 1 plant each of: 'PowWow White' Echinacea - This produces more flowers than any other compact white Echinacea...

Life Cycle: Perennial
Sun: Full Sun
Ornamental Use: Beds, Borders, Cut Flowers

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Warminster

Callicarpa, Pearl Glam

★★★★★

Prices start at : 19.99 USD / 1 Plant

Beautyberry is a shrub prized for its showy fruit, but this one also sports beautiful purple foliage, all season long. Pick a few stems to bring inside for the vase, too! A perfect addition to extend the color show in your garden.

Ornamental Use: Beds, Cut Flowers
Planting Time: Fall, Spring
Zone: 5-8
Life Cycle: Perennial
Spread: 2-3 feet

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Warminster

Helianthus, Autumn Gold

Prices start at : 13.99 USD / 1 Plant

An excellent companion to garden mums! Tightly mounded perennial plants have fern-like foliage, are drought-tolerant and maintenance-free. When the shorter days of fall are upon us, ‘Autumn Gold' busts out sunshine in bright, yellow 2" flowers that...

Life Cycle: Perennial
Planting Time: Spring
Spread: 20-24 inches
Ornamental Use: Beds
Zone: 5-10

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Warminster

Perovskia a. 'Rocketman' PPAF

★★★★★

Prices start at : 12.99 USD / 1 Plant

Plants are 3 feet tall and ideal for large containers in city gardens and smaller spaces. Rocketman produces very aromatic foliage, on strong stems each topped with large, lavender-blue flowers beginning to bloom in mid-summer and lasting through October.

Sun: Full Sun
Height: 24-36 inches
Ornamental Use: Beds, Borders, Cut Flowers
Life Cycle: Perennial
Genus: Perovskia atriplicifolia
Spread: 24-48 inches

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Warminster

Viburnum, Brandywine

★★★★★

Prices start at : 14.99 USD / 1 plant

Glossy green leaves turn wine-red in autumn. Deer resistant. With bright ornamental berries, this native plant is very attractive to birds. Clusters of pretty white flowers in spring form an eye-catching mix of pink and powder blue fruits in the fall.

60-72 inches

Life Cycle: Perennial
Sun: Full Sun, Part Sun
Spread: 60-72 inches
Bloom Season: Spring
Resistant To: Deer
Height: 60-72 inches

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Warminster

Perovskia a. 'Denim 'n Lace' PPAF

★★★★★

Prices start at : 12.99 USD / 1 Plant

In Perovskia fashion, plant's stems retain calyxes long after flowers have quit, extending the color pleasure. Compact, pollinator-friendly 2-3' plants are perfectly sized for a small flowerbed in full sun, or and excel blooming in a patio container.

Bloom Season: Fall, Summer
Ornamental Use: Beds, Borders, Cut Flowers
Zone: 4-9
Life Cycle: Perennial
Planting Time: Fall, Spring
Sun: Full Sun

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Sagina, Irish Moss

Prices start at : 10.99 USD / 1 plant

Try these flat cushions of dense, moss-green for edging moist, shady nooks in the garden. Very hardy and deer resistant. Easy to maintain, but keep moist during dry spells. Only 1-inch tall, but very fast spreading, with plenty of tiny white flowers in...

Life Cycle: Perennial
Bloom Season: Spring
Height: 1 inches
Ornamental Use: Beds, Borders
Resistant To: Cold, Deer
Planting Time: Fall, Spring

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Wisteria, Blue Moon

★★★★★

Prices start at : 19.99 USD / 1 plant

The lilac-blue flowers are large, showy and draped on foot-long racemes in enormous grape-like clusters. Cold-hardy to -40 F with no loss of flowering ability. Vigorous, quick to grow and tirelessly floriferous, this wisteria blooms three times a year,...

Zone: 4-9
Spread: 48-96 inches
Life Cycle: Perennial
Bloom Season: Spring
Ornamental Use: Borders
Planting Time: Fall, Spring

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Calycanthus (Sweetshrub), Aphrodite

Prices start at : 19.99 USD / 1 Plant

Blooms scent can be described as combination of pineapple, strawberry and banana. Leaves are aromatic when bruised, and deed resistant. 'Aphrodite' is new improved re-blooming calycanthus with larger flowers, and more intense sweet apple-like fragrance.

Planting Time: Fall, Spring
Genus: Calycanthus
Resistant To: Deer, Rabbit
Life Cycle: Perennial
Height: 5-6 feet
Zone: 5-9

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Nepeta, Walker's Low

★★★★★

Prices start at : 9.99 USD / 1 plant

Awarded 2007 Perennial Plant of the Year by the Perennial Plant Association. Violet-blue spikes top this low grower, lending a soft, muted feel to the garden. This low-maintenance catmint keeps its blue-green, aromatic leaves neat through the summer.

Spread: 30-36 inches
Bloom Season: Summer
Life Cycle: Perennial
Zone: 3-8
Genus: Nepeta racemosa
Resistant To: Deer, Rabbit

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Schizophragma, Moonlight

★★★★★

Prices start at : 19.99 USD / 1 Plant

Easily covers walls on the north side of the home or trunks of large trees. With lovely pewter mottling on each heart-shaped leaf, this rarity is perfect for illuminating shadowy, difficult sites.

Bloom Season: Summer
Planting Time: Fall, Spring
Height: 240-300 inches
Zone: 5-9
Genus: Schizophragma

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Lilac, Bloomerang Dark Purple PPAF

★★★★★

Prices start at : 19.99 USD / 1 Plant

Densely flowering 4-6 ft. Deer-resistant, easily managed shrubs prefer sunny locations with moist, well-drained soil. Exceptionally hardy reblooming lilac, arrayed with large, rounded, rich-purple inflorescences, makes the perfect landscape plant, attracting...

48-72 inches

Spread: 48-72 inches
Resistant To: Deer
Sun: Full Sun, Part Sun
Ornamental Use: Beds, Borders, Cut Flowers
Zone: 3-7
Height: 48-72 inches

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Spirea, Double Play Pink

★★★★★

Prices start at : 19.99 USD / 1 Plant

‘Double Play Pink' was selected for its dark red foliage in spring and bold, intense pure-pink flowers. Flowers form on new wood, so pruning is recommended in late winter to early spring if needed.

Bloom Season: Fall, Summer
Ornamental Use: Beds, Borders
Planting Time: Fall, Spring
Zone: 3-9
Resistant To: Deer, Rabbit
Life Cycle: Perennial

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Lewisia, Elise Mix

★★★★★

Prices start at : 6.99 USD / 1 Order ( 4 Plants)

Prize-winning 4-6" variety flowers its first season without a cold period, working its magic in containers, beds and rockeries. With a dreamy palette of flowers in glorious shades of soft and vivid pinks, rose, salmon, white, yellow, orange, soft purple...

Ornamental Use: Beds, Borders, Container
Planting Time: Fall, Spring
Genus: Lewisia cotyledon
Height: 4-6 inches
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer

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Warminster

Lily of the Valley

★★★★★

Prices start at : 12.99 USD / 1 Bag ( 10 pips)

Planting Convallaria pips, or rhizomes, is one of the best ways to cover larger shaded areas. They are lovely, have a slight scent and are deer resistant. They will thrive in shady and moist areas where they can be combined with hellebores, dicentras...

Zone: 3-9
Ornamental Use: Beds, Borders, Cut Flowers
Height: 6-8 inches
Genus: Convallaria majalis
Planting Time: Fall, Spring
Bloom Season: Spring

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Warminster

Diervilla rivularis, Kodiak Red

★★★★★

Prices start at : 19.99 USD / 1 Plant (4" pot)

In the summer, leaves are red and clusters of small yellow flowers appear on top of the foliage, to the benefit of pollinators. It is easy to grow in shade and problem soils, and is also resistant to deer.

Planting Time: Fall, Spring
Sun: Full Shade, Full Sun, Part Sun
Ornamental Use: Beds, Borders
Zone: 4-7
Bloom Season: Fall, Summer
Genus: Diervilla rivularis

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Warminster