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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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Hosta 'Dancing Queen' - Dancing Queen Hosta - Shipped
Dancing Queen Hosta is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its broad, heavily veined foliage with wavy margins that emerges bri...
View full detailsPenstemon digitalis - Beardtongue - Shipped
Beardtongue is a clumping native herbaceous perennial with rigid upright stems and green lance-shaped foliage. Loose raceme of small tubular white...
View full detailsLavandula × intermedia 'Niko' PP24,193 - Phenomenal® 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 detailsHosta 'Francee' - Francee 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 detailsEchinacea x 'Cheyenne Spirit' - Cheyenne 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 detailsNepeta x faassenii 'Purrsian Blue' - Purrsian 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 detailsEchinacea purpurea 'Magnus' - Magnus Echinacea, Coneflower - Shipped
Magnus Echinacea is a freely branching native perennial with strong upright stems that do not need staking and deep green foliage. The large fragr...
View full detailsPenstemon digitalis 'Husker Red' - Husker Red Beardtongue - Shipped
Husker Red Beardtongue is a compact native herbaceous perennial with rigid upright dark stems and dark green lance-shaped foliage that turns maroon...
View full detailsHelleborus 'Royal Heritage' - Royal 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 detailsTeucrium chamaedrys - Wall Germander - Shipped
Wall Germander is a shrubby evergreen perennial that has spreading or erect stems and aromatic dark green foliage resembling oak leaves. Whorls of ...
View full detailsIberis sempervirens 'Snowsurfer' - Snowsurfer™ Candytuft - Shipped
Snowsurfer Candytuft is a tiny compact evergreen perennial with a spreading cascading habit that can be used to spill over walls or as a groundcove...
View full detailsLiriope muscari 'Big Blue' - Big Blue Lily Turf - Shipped
Big Blue Lily Turf is an attractive arching evergreen perennial that grows in tufts and is often used for groundcover or turf replacement. The pal...
View full detailsPerovskia atriplicifolia - Russian 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 detailsHemerocallis 'Happy Returns' - Happy 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 detailsJuncus effusus - Soft 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 detailsLavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote' - Hidcote English Lavender - Shipped
Hicote English Lavender is a woody evergreen perennial with highly aromatic grey-green leaves popular for potpourri. The stems end with clusters of...
View full detailsHosta sieboldiana 'Elegans' - Elegans Hosta - Shipped
Elegans Hosta is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its foliage. The large, heart-shaped basal leaves are powdered blue-green...
View full detailsMonarda didyma 'Jacob Cline' - Jacob 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 detailsHosta 'First Frost' - First 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 detailsPhlox subulata 'Candy Stripes' - 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...
View full detailsPhlox subulata 'Purple Beauty' - Purple Beauty Creeping Phlox - Shipped
Purple Beauty Creeping Phlox is a native low-growing evergreen perennial with dark green awl-shaped foliage. The dense carpet of soft purple flowe...
View full detailsHosta 'Blue Mouse Ears' - Blue 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 detailsChasmanthium latifolium - River 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 detailsHosta 'Empress Wu' PP20774 - PW® 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...
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