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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.
Summerific® Holy Grail Hibiscus - Shipped
Holy Grail Hibiscus is a vigorous woody perennial with a mounding habit and hardy upright stems and lobed near-black foliage with hairy undersides....
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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...
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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...
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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 detailsSnowcap Shasta Daisy - Shipped
Snowcap Shasta Daisy is a compact fast-growing perennial with a dense mounding habit. Its coarse, leathery dark green foliage is topped with heavy...
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...
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White Chiffon Rose of Sharon is a woody perennial with upright hardy stems and rich green maple like foliage that emerge late in spring. Large cri...
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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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Amethyst Falls American Wisteria is a fast-growing twining deciduous vine native to the States with small leaves. The drooping raceme sporting fra...
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Autumn Frost Hosta is a compact shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its frosted blue-green foliage with broad yellow margins. Th...
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Hudson Bay Hosta is a compact shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its large textured heart-shaped blue foliage with a contrasting...
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Wu-La-La Hosta is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its huge blue-green foliage with deep veins and irregular apple-green mar...
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Buttered Popcorn Daylily is a long-blooming perennial with arching grass-like deep green foliage. The large, fragrant golden butter yellow flowers...
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Wild Rose Heuchera is an evergreen herbaceous perennial with a robust low mounding habit grown for its dramatic basal foliage. The bright rosy pur...
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Edda Clematis is dwarf deciduous climbing vine that freely flowers and can be used for groundcover with pointed green foliage. Abundant large vibr...
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Hyde Hall Clematis is compact deciduous climbing vine that freely flowers and can be used for groundcover with pointed green foliage. Abundant lar...
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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...
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New Hampshire Purple Geranium is a low-mounding evergreen perennial with trailing stems holding deeply lobed green foliage that turns red after the...
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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 detailsPink Diamonds Bleeding Heart - Shipped
Pink Diamonds Bleeding Heart is a compact herbaceous perennial with deeply cut, soft blue-green leaves resembling ferns. Long nodding stems sportin...
View full detailsPink Chiffon® Rose of Sharon - Shipped
Pink Chiffon Rose of Sharon is a woody perennial with upright hardy stems and rich green maple like foliage that emerge late in spring. Large soft...
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Banana Cream II Shasta Daisy is a compact fast-growing perennial with a mounding habit. Its coarse, leathery deep green foliage is topped with hea...
View full detailsSage Advice Russian Sage - Shipped
Sage Advice Russian Sage is a compact woody perennial with finely dissected aromatic grey-green foliage on stiff square stems. Whorls of rich lave...
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Going Bananas Daylily is a re-blooming perennial with arching grass-like deep green foliage. The large, lightly fragrant lemon yellow flowers with...
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