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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.
Sensational!® 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...
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Hicote English Lavender is a woody evergreen perennial with highly aromatic grey-green leaves popular for potpourri. The stems end with clusters of...
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Goldfinger Potentilla is a compact mounding herbaceous perennial with tiny green foliage. Small buttercup yellow flowers bloom from late spring th...
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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...
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Raspberry Wine Bee Balm is an upright herbaceous perennial with fragrant dark green foliage. The fringe-like tubular flowers are rich raspberry-w...
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 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...
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Wizard of Ahhs Veronica is a compact erect herbaceous perennial with tidy narrow lance-like deep green leaves. Thick vertical flower spikes packed...
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Phenomenal Lavender is a semi-woody evergreen perennial that has aromatic silver-green foliage. The heavily scented purple flower spikes cover the...
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White Bleeding Heart is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial with medium green compound leaves. Nodding puffed white heart shaped flowers with prot...
View full detailsSun King Golden Japanese Spikenard - Shipped
Sun King Golden Japanese Spikenard is a fast-growing compact perennial with a rounded habit and coarse toothed golden yellow compound leaves in pa...
View full detailsVirginia Creeper - Shipped
Virginia Creeper is a fast-growing native woody vine that creeps along the ground as a groundcover or climbs without needing support. The saw-toot...
View full detailsPatriot Hosta - Shipped
Patriot Hosta is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for their foliage. The glossy basal leaves are deep green with wide creamy-wh...
View full detailsMontgomery Japanese Astilbe - Shipped
Montgomery Japanese Astilbe is a mounding herbaceous perennial with deeply divided fern-like foliage that emerges bronze-red and matures to dark gr...
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Fanal Astilbe is a compact mounding herbaceous perennial with toothed dark green fern-like foliage that emerges bronze and gains red tints in summe...
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Josephine Clematis is deciduous perennial vine that can be used for climbing or a groundcover with deep green pointed foliage. Abundant semi-doubl...
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Rozanne Cranesbill is a low-mounding semi-evergreen herbaceous perennial with a spreading habit and deeply lobed foliage that is lightly marbled. ...
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