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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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Fruit Punch® Raspberry Ruffles Dianthus - Shipped
Raspberry Ruffles Dianthus is a compact mat-forming evergreen perennial with blue-grey foliage and hairy stems. Masses of fragrant double raspberr...
View full detailsPaint the Town Magenta Dianthus - Shipped
Paint The Town Magenta Dianthus is a compact mat-forming perennial with tidy dark blue-green foliage on sturdy hairy stems that do not flop. The l...
View full detailsPW® Amazing Daisies® Banana Cream II Shasta Daisy - Shipped
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...
View full detailsRainbow Rhythm® Going Bananas Daylily - Shipped
Going Bananas Daylily is a re-blooming perennial with arching grass-like deep green foliage. The large, lightly fragrant lemon yellow flowers with...
View full detailsBoom Chocolatta Cranesbill - Shipped
Boom Chocolatta Cranesbill is a low-mounding herbaceous perennial with a upright stems and deeply lobed, dark bronze palmate foliage. The small bl...
View full detailsRunning Tapestry Foam Flower - Shipped
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...
View full detailsFoam Flower - Shipped
Foam Flower is a shade-loving semi-evergreen perennial that grows in dense clumps with semi-glossy heart shaped lobed foliage that turns reddish-br...
View full detailsGiant Lamb's Ear - Shipped
Giant Lamb's Ear is a delicate fine-textured perennial grown for its soft velvety silver-grey leaves that form a mat above the ground. Tiny purple...
View full detailsRose Marvel Meadow Sage - Shipped
Rose Marvel Meadow Sage is a compact upright herbaceous perennial with aromatic grey-green foliage. Tall spikes holding large rose pink two-lipped ...
View full detailsRaspberry Splash Lungwort - Shipped
Raspberry Splash Lungwort is a shade loving semi-evergreen perennial with green foliage mottled with silver. Short stocks sporting dense clusters ...
View full detailsCandy 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...
View full detailsRussian Sage - Shipped
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 detailsJacob Cline Bee Balm - Shipped
Jacob Cline Bee Balm is an upright herbaceous perennial with fragrant dark green foliage. The fringe-like scarlet red flowers blooms in whorls at ...
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 detailsPhenomenal® Lavender, Lavadin - Shipped
Phenomenal Lavender is a semi-woody evergreen perennial that has aromatic silver-green foliage. The heavily scented purple flower spikes cover the...
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-...
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