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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.
Candy Stripes Creeping Phlox - Shipped
Candy Stripes Creeping Phlox is a creeping low-growing evergreen perennial with dark green awl-shaped foliage and cascading stems. The dense carpe...
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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...
View full detailsPurrsian Blue Catmint - Shipped
Purrsian Blue Catmint is a compact herbaceous perennial with serrated aromatic grey-green foliage. The large spikes of sky blue flowers with smoky...
View full detailsJunior Walker™ Catmint - Shipped
Junior Walker Catmint is a compact herbaceous perennial with aromatic grey-green foliage and semi-cascading habit. The soft lavender flower spike...
View full detailsWalker's Low Catmint - Shipped
Walker’s Low Catmint is a compact herbaceous perennial with aromatic grey-green foliage. The loose whorls of deep lavender-blue flower spikes that...
View full detailsMajor Wheeler Coral Honeysuckle - Shipped
Major Wheeler Coral Honeysuckle is a contained long-season twinning semi-evergreen shrub with dark green leaves and heavy blooms. The stems emerge...
View full detailsSoft Rush - Shipped
Soft Rush is a grass-like wetland perennial with upright cylindrical non-jointed stems from spreading basal clumps and foliage reduced to bladeless...
View full detailsFrancee Hosta - Shipped
Francee Hosta is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for their foliage. The glossy heart shaped basal leaves are deep green with w...
View full detailsFirst Frost Hosta - Shipped
First Frost Hosta is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for their foliage. The large basal leaves are deeply veined blue-green wi...
View full detailsPW® Shadowland® Empress Wu Hosta - Shipped
Empress Wu Hosta is a large shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its huge 2ft foliage. The deeply veined and corrugated green lea...
View full detailsBlue Mouse Ears Hosta - Shipped
Blue Mouse Ears Hosta is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its foliage. The symmetrical thick rounded basal leaves are blue-...
View full detailsPrimo® Black Pearl Coral Bells - Shipped
Black Pearl Coral Bells is an evergreen herbaceous perennial with a mounding habit grown for its dramatic basal foliage. The scalloped lobed leave...
View full detailsHappy Returns Daylily - Shipped
Happy Returns Daylily is a reblooming evergreen perennial with strap-like deep green foliage that is notable for its heavy blooms. The fragrant ca...
View full detailsRoyal Heritage™ Strain Lenten Rose - Shipped
Royal Heritage Lenten Rose is a collection of late winter-blooming evergreen perennial with deeply cut dark green basal foliage. Clusters of small...
View full detailsCheyenne Spirit Echinacea, Coneflower - Shipped
Cheyenne Echinacea is an upright free-branching native perennial with strong stems that do not need staking and grey-green foliage. The large fragr...
View full detailsFirewitch Dianthus, Cheddar Pink - Shipped
Firewitch Dianthus is a compact mat-forming perennial with blue-gray foliage and hairy stems. A profuse bloom of spicy-scented magenta pink flower...
View full detailsRiver Oats, Inland Sea Oats - Shipped
Inland Sea Oats is an upright grass with a clumping habit native to the rocky slopes and streams of the Eastern Coast. The bright green leaves spo...
View full detailsWhite Turtlehead - Shipped
White Turtlehead is a stiffly erect native herbaceous perennial with coarsely toothed dark green lace-shaped foliage. The hooded snapdragon like t...
View full detailsSea Heart Siberian Bugloss - Shipped
Sea Heart Siberian Bugloss is a compact shade loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown as a groundcover for its large heart shaped with molted s...
View full detailsDecadence® Vanilla Cream False Indigo - Shipped
Vanilla Cream False Indigo is a compact upright perennial native with foliage that emerges bronze and matures to grey green. Raceme with profuse b...
View full detailsDecadence® Blueberry Sundae False Indigo - Shipped
Blueberry Sundae False Indigo is a compact upright perennial native with deep blue green foliage. Profuse blooms of indigo blue flowers cover the ...
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 detailsThreadleaf Blue Star, Arkansas Blue Star - Shipped
Threadleaf Blue Star is known for its feathery, thread-like leaves that create a soft, billowy texture in the garden. In late spring to early summe...
View full detailsOrchid Frost Deadnettle - Shipped
Orchid Frost Deadnettle is an evergreen mat-forming herbaceous perennial that sprawls and frosted silvery green leaves with a dark green edging. S...
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