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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.
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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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Violet Blue Dianthus is a compact mat-forming evergreen perennial with dark green foliage and hairy stems. Highly fragrant violet flowers with dark...
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Popstar Stonecrop is a low mounding semi-evergreen succulent with whorls of fleshy light blue-green foliage. Dense clusters of tiny salmon pink st...
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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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Backlight Phlox is a native compact perennial with a bushy habit and sturdy stems covered with dark green lance-shaped foliage. Well formed panicl...
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Fort HIll Creeping Phlox is a low-spreading native evergreen perennial with dark green awl-shaped foliage and trailing stems. The dense carpet of ...
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Spot On Lungwort is a shade loving semi-evergreen perennial with green foliage speckled with silver. Short stocks sporting dense clusters of small...
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Ultraviolet Phlox is a native upright perennial with stiff stems that are covered with rich green toothed foliage. Dense fragrant clusters of vivi...
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Paint The Town Fuchsia Dianthus is a compact mat-forming perennial with tidy dark glaucous blue foliage on sturdy hairy stems that do not flop. Th...
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Sweetie Pie Dianthus is a compact mat-forming evergreen perennial with blue-grey foliage and hairy stems. Masses of fragrant semi-double true pink...
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Running Tapestry Foam Flower is a shade-loving semi-evergreen perennial with a trailing habit that grows in dense clumps of red speckled, deeply di...
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Raspberry Splash Lungwort is a shade loving semi-evergreen perennial with green foliage mottled with silver. Short stocks sporting dense clusters ...
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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...
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Purrsian Blue Catmint is a compact herbaceous perennial with serrated aromatic grey-green foliage. The large spikes of sky blue flowers with smoky...
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Walker’s Low Catmint is a compact herbaceous perennial with aromatic grey-green foliage. The loose whorls of deep lavender-blue flower spikes that...
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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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Cheyenne Echinacea is an upright free-branching native perennial with strong stems that do not need staking and grey-green foliage. The large fragr...
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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...
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Firewitch Dianthus is a compact mat-forming perennial with blue-gray foliage and hairy stems. A profuse bloom of spicy-scented magenta pink flower...
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