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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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Solidago sempervirens - Seaside Goldenrod - Shipped
Seaside Goldenrod is an upright native herbaceous perennial with stiff hairy stems and waxy narrow green foliage. The dense splays of one-sided pa...
View full detailsPorteranthus trifoliatus - Bowman's Root - Shipped
Bowman's Root is an upright woody native perennial with a tidy mounding habit and serrated olive green foliage that turns red in fall. Wiry red sp...
View full detailsAnemone canadensis - Canadian Anemone - Shipped
Canadian Anemone is a dense native perennial with deeply cut dark green foliage. Large white flowers and bright yellow anthers bloom on thin uprig...
View full detailsStylophorum diphyllum - Celandine Poppy - Shipped
Celadine Poppy is a shade-loving native perennial wildflower that forms a mat of blue-green pinnate foliage with silvery undersides. The bright yel...
View full detailsPhlox subulata 'Spring Hot Pink' - Spring Hot Pink Creeping Phlox - Shipped
Spring Hot Pink Creeping Phlox is a low-growing evergreen perennial with green awl shaped foliage. A carpet of hot pink flowers coat the foliage i...
View full detailsEryngium x zabelii 'Big Blue' - Big Blue Sea Holly - Shipped
Big Blue Sea Holly is a sturdy upright herbaceous perennial with thick stems and almost metallic silvery green toothed foliage. The stems are topp...
View full detailsHosta 'Above The Clouds' PP34,341 - PW® Shadowland® Above The Clouds Hosta - Shipped
Above the Clouds Hosta is a broad shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its cloudy blue foliage. The tall scapes of soft lavender ...
View full detailsPenstemon 'Pristine Lilac Purple' - Pristine Lilac Purple Beardtongue - Shipped
Pristine Lilac Purple Beardtongue is a compact herbaceous perennial with glossy deep green foliage and sturdy upright stems. Airy panicles of smal...
View full detailsQueen of Hearts Heartleaf Brunnera - Shipped
Queen of Hearts Heartleaf Brunnera is a compact shade loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its large heart shaped foliage with heavy sil...
View full detailsVeronicastrum virginicum 'Album' - White Culver's Root - Shipped
White Culver's Root is a compact upright native herbaceous perennial with erect stalks and whorls of grey-green lance shaped leaves. Long slender...
View full detailsTiarella 'Cutting Edge' - Cutting Edge Foamflower - Shipped
Cutting Edge Foamflower is a compact shade-loving semi-evergreen perennial that grows in dense clumps with semi-glossy lobed bright green foliage w...
View full detailsHosta x 'Royal Crest' - Royal Crest Hosta - Shipped
Royal Crest Hosta is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial grown for its large, thick rich green basal leaves with a polished gloss and distinct vein...
View full detailsPotentilla fruticosa 'Abbotswood' - Abbotswood Potentilla - Shipped
Abbotswood Potentilla is a care-free herbaceous perennial with a mounding habit and tiny deep blue-green foliage. Abundant white buttercup-like fl...
View full detailsPlatycodon grandiflorus 'Astra White' - Astra White Balloon Flower - Shipped
Astra White Balloon Flower is a small clump-forming perennial with toothed blue-green foliage. The flower buds puff up like balloons before openin...
View full detailsPhlox 'Opening Act Ultrapink’ - Opening Act Ultrapink Phlox - Shipped
Opening Act Ultrapink Phlox is a vigorous dwarf evergreen perennial with upright stems and dark green awl-shaped foliage. Fragrant fluorescent ros...
View full detailsCoreopsis pubescens 'Sunshine Superman' - Sunshine Superman Star Tickseed - Shipped
Sunshine Superman Star Tickseed is a compact perennial native with a spreading habit that forms a mound of soft green foliage. The profuse blooms ...
View full detailsCoreopsis verticillata 'Red Satin' - Permathreads™ Red Satin Coreopsis - Shipped
Red Satin Coreopsis is a tidy perennial native that forms an airy mound of deep green thread-like foliage. The sterile, non-fading ruby red daisy-...
View full detailsRudbeckia triloba 'Blackjack Gold' - Blackjack Gold Coneflower - Shipped
Blackjack Gold Coneflower is a native herbaceous perennial with a strong upright clumping habit and lobed dark green basal foliage. The gold flowe...
View full detailsCentaurea montana 'Amethyst in Snow' - ntaurea montana 'Amethyst in Snow'~ Amethyst in Snow Bachelor Button - Shipped
Amethyst in Snow Bachelor Button is an erect clumping herbaceous perennial with grey-green lace-shaped foliage. Solitary blooms of bicolor thistle...
View full detailsCoreopsis verticillata - Threadleaf Coreopsis - Shipped
Coreopsis verticillata is a wonderful native perennial that's prized for its delicate, thread-like foliage and cheerful daisy-like flowers. It's a ...
View full detailsHibiscus 'Valentine Crush' - Summerific® Valentine Crush Hibiscus - Shipped
Valentine Crush Hibiscus is a vigorous woody perennial with an upright mounding habit and hardy stems. Its maple-like foliage is bronze green with ...
View full detailsLobelia x speciosa 'PAS1302712' - Starship™ Blue Cardinal Flower - Shipped
Starship Blue Cardinal Flower is a compact upright native herbaceous perennial with a uniform habit and deep green foliage. Tall stalks of deep v...
View full detailsHeuchera 'Cherry Truffles' - Dolce® Cherry Truffles Heuchera - Shipped
Cherry Truffles Heuchera is an evergreen herbaceous perennial with a low mounding habit grown for its dramatic ruffled basal foliage that emerges b...
View full detailsCoreopsis x 'Darling Clementine' - Lil' Bang™ Darling Clementine Tickseed - Shipped
Darling Clementine Tickseed is a compact mounding perennial with narrow dark green foliage. Bright orange daisy-like flowers with golden edges and...
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