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Perennials
Understanding Perennial Plants
The Lifelong Companions of Gardens
Perennial plants are the stalwart heroes of the gardening world, offering beauty, resilience, and sustainability year after year. Unlike annuals, which live only for a single growing season, perennials endure, returning each spring to grace gardens with their presence. This characteristic makes them a favorite among gardeners who seek to create lasting landscapes.
Definition and Characteristics
Perennial plants are those that live for more than two years. Their life cycle allows them to grow and bloom over the spring and summer, die back during autumn and winter, and rebirth the following spring from their rootstock rather than from seeds. This cyclical nature is a key aspect of their appeal, as gardeners can rely on them to reappear without the need for replanting.
Types of Perennials
Perennials come in various forms, including herbaceous perennials, woody perennials, and semi-woody perennials.
· Herbaceous perennials: These plants, such as peonies and hostas, die back to the ground each winter and regrow in the spring.
· Woody perennials: Shrubs and trees like roses and hydrangeas retain their structure year-round.
· Semi-woody perennials: Plants like lavender fall between herbaceous and woody, maintaining some above-ground structure during dormancy.
Advantages of Growing Perennials
Perennial plants offer numerous benefits that make them indispensable in garden design.
· Longevity: Their extended life cycle means gardeners can enjoy their beauty for many years without the need for annual replanting.
· Cost-effective: Investing in perennials can be economical over time, as they eliminate the annual expense of purchasing new plants.
· Environmental benefits: Perennials help reduce soil erosion, support pollinators, and improve soil health through their deep and extensive root systems.
· Variety: A vast array of perennials exists, offering endless options for color, texture, and form in garden design.
Jacob Cline Bee Balm - Shipped
Jacob Cline Bee Balm is an upright herbaceous perennial with fragrant dark green foliage. The fringe-like scarlet red flowers blooms in whorls at ...
View full detailsSix Hills Giant Catmint - Shipped
Six Hills Giant Catmint is a mounding herbaceous perennial with aromatic light grey-green foliage. The heavy blooms of loose whorls of lavender-bl...
View full detailsVibrant Dome New England Aster - Shipped
Vibrant Dome New England Aster is a dwarf native perennial with a dense mounded habit and rough, hairy lance-like green leaves. The large, lacy do...
View full detailsSensational!® Lavender - Shipped
Sensational! Lavender is a woody evergreen perennial with a compact habit and highly aromatic grey green leaves that emerge bright silver. The stem...
View full detailsHidcote English Lavender - Shipped
Hicote English Lavender is a woody evergreen perennial with highly aromatic grey-green leaves popular for potpourri. The stems end with clusters of...
View full detailsBaby Joe Coastal Plain Joe Pye Weed - Shipped
Baby Joe Coastal Plain Joe Pye Weed is a compact upright native perennial with coarsely-toothed lance-shaped foliage and un-branching purple spotte...
View full detailsHappy Star Echinacea - Shipped
Happy Star Echinacea is a well-branched native perennial with strong upright stems that do not need staking and dark green foliage. The large frag...
View full detailsGoldfinger Potentilla - Shipped
Goldfinger Potentilla is a compact mounding herbaceous perennial with tiny green foliage. Small buttercup yellow flowers bloom from late spring th...
View full detailsNippon Daisy - Shipped
Nippon Daisy is a mounding perennial with glossy, coarsely toothed dark green foliage. The 3” white flowers with green eyes bloom in summer and ca...
View full detailsBlue Jean Baby Russian Sage - Shipped
Blue Jean Baby Russian Sage is a compact woody perennial with fine upright aromatic grey-green foliage. Whorls of light lavender blue flowers on ...
View full detailsPeonia lactiflora 'Sarah Bernhardt'~ Sarah Bernhardt Peony - Shipped
Sarah Bernhardt Peony is a fast-growing herbaceous perennial with red tinged stems that sport deep green leaves that turn orange in fall. The very...
View full detailsKarl Rosenfield Peony - Shipped
Karl Rosenfield Peony is a fast-growing herbaceous perennial with red tinged stems that sport deep green leaves that turn orange in fall. The larg...
View full detailsFestiva Maxima Peony - Shipped
Festiva Maxima is a fast-growing herbaceous perennial with red tinged stems that sport deep green leaves that turn orange in fall. The heavy bloom...
View full detailsMidnight Marvel Red Leaf Hibiscus - Shipped
Midnight Marvel is a well branching deciduous shrub with a mounding habit. The long violet maple shaped leaves turn brilliant orange in fall. The...
View full detailsThe President Clematis - Shipped
The President Clematis is an early blooming deciduous climbing perennial vine with dark green foliage that blooms first on old wood then again on n...
View full detailsColor Guard Adam's Needle, Yucca - Shipped
Color Guard Adam’s Needle is a nearly stemless evergreen shrub with large, slightly arching, sword-like foliage that has creamy-gold centers and da...
View full detailsEdda™ Clematis - Shipped
Edda Clematis is dwarf deciduous climbing vine that freely flowers and can be used for groundcover with pointed green foliage. Abundant large vibr...
View full detailsParaplu Violet® Rose of Sharon - Shipped
Paraplu Violet Rose of Sharon is a woody perennial with an upright habit and finely lobed deep green foliage. Huge cool blue-violet flowers with d...
View full detailsPW® Magic Show® Wizard of Ahhs Veronica - Shipped
Wizard of Ahhs Veronica is a compact erect herbaceous perennial with tidy narrow lance-like deep green leaves. Thick vertical flower spikes packed...
View full detailsPardon My Cerise Bee Balm - Shipped
Pardon My Cerise Bee Balm is a dwarf herbaceous perennial with upright stems and aromatic serrated dark green foliage. The full sized dark cherry...
View full detailsRussian Sage - Shipped
Russian Sage is a woody perennial with fine aromatic grey-green foliage. Whorls of pale blue flowers on airy pinnacles cover the foliage from sum...
View full detailsPhenomenal® Lavender, Lavadin - Shipped
Phenomenal Lavender is a semi-woody evergreen perennial that has aromatic silver-green foliage. The heavily scented purple flower spikes cover the...
View full detailsBlue Fescue - Shipped
Elijah Blue Fescue is an outstanding fine-textured semi-evergreen ornamental grass that grows in porcupine-like tufts. The softly arching foliage ...
View full detailsMagnus Echinacea, Coneflower - Shipped
Magnus Echinacea is a freely branching native perennial with strong upright stems that do not need staking and deep green foliage. The large fragr...
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