You will need to place 2 orders
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.
Decadence® 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...
View full detailsBlue Moon Wisteria - Shipped
Blue Moon Wisteria is a reblooming native deciduous vine with strongly fragrant hanging panicles. The long drooping raceme sporting fragrant laven...
View full detailsLil' Bang™ Enchanted Eve Tickseed - Shipped
Enchanted Eve Tickseed is a dwarf mounding perennial with narrow bright green foliage. Fringed golden yellow daisy-like flowers with burgundy red ...
View full detailsDecadence® Lemon Meringue Baptisia - Shipped
Lemon Meringue Baptisia is an upright native perennial with robust clover-like blue-green foliage. The raceme sporting cool lemon flowers on contr...
View full detailsLucerne Blue-Eyed Grass - Shipped
Lucerne Blue-Eyed Grass is a low growing semi-evergreen perennial wildflower with medium green lance-like foliage. The distinctively flat flower s...
View full detailsMoonbeam Threadleaf Coreopsis - Shipped
Moonbeam Threadleaf Coreopsis is a tidy perennial native with a mounding habit. The narrow deep green foliage is topped with daisy-like pale yello...
View full detailsBowles Periwinkle - Shipped
Bowles Periwinkle is a fast spreading evergreen perennial with smooth upright stems and glossy dark green foliage. Large violet-blue flowers bloom...
View full detailsStairway to Heaven Creeping Jacob's Ladder - Shipped
Stairway to Heaven Creeping Jacob's Ladder is a compact shade loving perennial with variegated green and white foliage that is tinted pink when it ...
View full detailsBlue Moon Woodland Phlox - Shipped
Blue Moon Woodland Phlox is a spreading semi-evergreen native perennial with small hairy dark green foliage. Dense clusters of fragrant blue-laven...
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 detailsVariegated Lily Turf - Shipped
Variegated Lily Turf is an attractive arching evergreen perennial that grows in tufts and is often used for groundcover or turf replacement. The p...
View full detailsWhite Nancy Spotted Deadnettle - Shipped
White Nancy Spotted Deadnettle is a mat-forming herbaceous perennial that slowly sprawls and variegated silver leaves with narrow green margins. S...
View full detailsCaesar's Brother Siberian Iris - Shipped
Caesar's Brother Siberian Iris is a deciduous perennial with a clumping habit. The long sword-like blue-green foliage fans upwards. The rigid stu...
View full detailsClimbing Hydrangea - Shipped
Climbing Hydrangea is a large woody deciduous vine with horizontal branching and attractive red-brown exfoliating bark. The serrated dark green le...
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 detailsFrances Williams Hosta - Shipped
Frances Williams Hosta is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for their foliage. The very large blue-green basal leaves have irreg...
View full detailsStrawberry Candy Daylily - Shipped
Strawberry Candy Daylily is a re-blooming perennial with arching grass-like deep green foliage. The ruffled pale pink flowers with a broad strawbe...
View full detailsStella de Oro Daylily - Shipped
Stella de Oro Daylily is a semi-evergreen perennial with straplike deep green foliage that remains evergreen in milder climates. The miniature ru...
View full detailsPurple Coneflower - Shipped
Purple Coneflower is a coarse, hairy native perennial with an upright clumping habit with strong stems that do not need staking. The dark green f...
View full detailsPeach Blossom Japanese Astilbe - Shipped
Peach Blossom Japanese Astilbe is a mounding herbaceous perennial with deeply divided medium green fern-like foliage. Wide panicles of light peach...
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...
View full details