Skip to content
We Are Open For The Season OPEN EVERYDAY, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM - Stop in and Browse our Gift Shop and Plant Collections or Shop for Patio Plants, Berry Plants and House Plants Shipped to You or as a Gift
We Are Open For The Season OPEN EVERYDAY, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM - Stop in and Browse our Gift Shop and Plant Collections or Shop for Patio Plants, Berry Plants and House Plants Shipped to You or as a Gift
Perennials

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.

Filters

$
$
$15.99 - $15.99
$15.99
$15.99 - $15.99
$15.99

FOXGLOVE (DIGITALIS PURPUREA) 'DALMATION PURPLE' - In Store Pickup

Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmation Purple' Dalmation Purple Foxglove Loves full sun Gorgeous purple flowers with maroon spots Blossoms around June Dar...

View full details
$15.99 - $15.99
$15.99
$15.99 - $15.99
$15.99
$13.99 - $13.99
$13.99
$13.99 - $13.99
$13.99

MOSS PHLOX SUBULATA `PURPLE BEAUTY` - CREEPING PHLOX - In Store Pickup

PHLOX SUBULATA `PURPLE BEAUTY` Color: Purple Shades Height: 3-6 Inches Spread: 2-3 Feet Zone: 3-8  Free-flowering Easy to care for Creepin...

View full details
$13.99 - $13.99
$13.99
$13.99 - $13.99
$13.99
$19.99 - $19.99
$19.99
$19.99 - $19.99
$19.99

PHLOX PANICULATA `GRAPE LOLLIPOP` - GARDEN PHLOX - In Store Pickup

PHLOX PANICULATA `GRAPE LOLLIPOP` Zone: 4-8  Color: Purple Shades Height: 18-22 Inches Spread: 18-24 Inches Grape-colored blooms have stri...

View full details
$19.99 - $19.99
$19.99
$19.99 - $19.99
$19.99
$19.99 - $19.99
$19.99
$19.99 - $19.99
$19.99

PHLOX PANICULATA `CORAL CREME DROP` - GARDEN PHLOX - In Store Pickup

PHLOX PANICULATA `CORAL CREME DROP` Zone: 4-8  Color: Coral, Pink Shades Height: 18-22 Inches Spread: 18-24 Inches Coral blooms with rosy ...

View full details
$19.99 - $19.99
$19.99
$19.99 - $19.99
$19.99
$37.99 - $37.99
$37.99
$37.99 - $37.99
$37.99

PEONY (PAEONIA) `DUCHESSE DE NEMOURS` - In Store Pickup

PEONY (PAEONIA) `DUCHESSE DE NEMOURS` Color: White Shades Height: 24-30 Inches Spread: 24-30 Inches Zone: 3-8  A garden standby for over 1...

View full details
$37.99 - $37.99
$37.99
$37.99 - $37.99
$37.99
$14.99 - $14.99
$14.99
$14.99 - $14.99
$14.99

CATMINT (NEPETA) `WALKER`S LOW` - In Store Pickup

CATMINT (NEPETA) `WALKER`S LOW` Color: Blue Shades Height: 18-20 Inches Spread: 16-18 Inches Zone: 4-8  Compact catmint Mounded, grey-gree...

View full details
$14.99 - $14.99
$14.99
$14.99 - $14.99
$14.99
$17.99 - $17.99
$17.99
$17.99 - $17.99
$17.99

BEE BALM (MONARDA DIDYMA) `JACOB CLINE` - In Store Pickup

BEE BALM (MONARDA DIDYMA) `JACOB CLINE` Color: Red Shades Height: 3-4 Feet Spread: 3-4 Feet Zone: 3-8  Easy to grow Aggressive grower Fragr...

View full details
$17.99 - $17.99
$17.99
$17.99 - $17.99
$17.99
$18.99 - $18.99
$18.99
$18.99 - $18.99
$18.99

BEE BALM (MONARDA) `PARDON MY LAVENDER` - In Store Pickup

BEE BALM (MONARDA) `PARDON MY LAVENDER` Color: Purple Shades Height: 14-18 Inches Spread: 10-12 Inches Spacing: 10-12 in Zone: 4-8  Fragra...

View full details
$18.99 - $18.99
$18.99
$18.99 - $18.99
$18.99
$8.99 - $14.99
$8.99 - $14.99
$8.99 - $14.99
$8.99

HOSTA `PATRIOT` - In Store Pickup

HOSTA `PATRIOT` Color: Green Shades Height: 24-30 Inches Spread: 24-30 Inches Zone: 3-8 Deep green foliage with bold white margins Heart-sha...

View full details
$8.99 - $14.99
$8.99 - $14.99
$8.99 - $14.99
$8.99
$18.99 - $18.99
$18.99
$18.99 - $18.99
$18.99

HOSTA `HUDSON BAY` - In Store Pickup

HOSTA `HUDSON BAY` Color: Multi-Color Height: 20-24 Inches Spread: 20-24 Inches Zone: 3-8 Attractive tricolor leaves of blue, green, and whi...

View full details
$18.99 - $18.99
$18.99
$18.99 - $18.99
$18.99
$18.99 - $18.99
$18.99
$18.99 - $18.99
$18.99

CORAL BELLS (HEUCHERA) 'CARAMEL' - In Store Pickup

CORAL BELLS (HUECHERA) 'CARAMEL' Color: Red Shades Height: 12-15 Inches Spread: 15-18 Inches Zone: 4-8  Yellow, orange, and red shades of f...

View full details
$18.99 - $18.99
$18.99
$18.99 - $18.99
$18.99
$14.99 - $14.99
$14.99
$14.99 - $14.99
$14.99

DAYLILY (HEMEROCALLIS) `STRAWBERRY CANDY` - In Store Pickup

DAYLILY (HEMEROCALLIS) `STRAWBERRY CANDY` Color: Pink Shades Height: 18-24 Inches Spread: 18-24 Inches Zone: 4-8  5" diameter pink flower w...

View full details
$14.99 - $14.99
$14.99
$14.99 - $14.99
$14.99
$14.99 - $14.99
$14.99
$14.99 - $14.99
$14.99

DAYLILY (HEMEROCALLIS) `STELLA D`ORO` - YELLOW - In Store Pickup

HEMEROCALLIS `STELLA D`ORO` - YELLOW Color: Yellow Shades Height: 12-18 Inches Spread: 12 Inches Zone: 3-8  Lightly fragrant flower Bright ...

View full details
$14.99 - $14.99
$14.99
$14.99 - $14.99
$14.99
$29.99 - $29.99
$29.99
$29.99 - $29.99
$29.99

HELLEBORUS X ERICSMITHII GOLD COLLECTION `CHAMPION` LENTEN ROSE - In Store Pickup

HELLEBORUS X ERICSMITHII GOLD COLLECTION `CHAMPION` Color: Rosy Pink and Cream Height: 15 Inches Spread: 20-24 Inches Zone: 5-8  First per...

View full details
$29.99 - $29.99
$29.99
$29.99 - $29.99
$29.99
$5.99 - $14.99
$5.99 - $14.99
$5.99 - $14.99
$5.99

SWEET WOODRUFF (GALIUM ODORATUM) - In Store Pickup

GALIUM ODORATUM - SWEET WOODRUFF Height: 6-8 Inches Spread: 15-18 Inches Zone: 4-8  Small, delicate looking green foliage belies the toughness ...

View full details
$5.99 - $14.99
$5.99 - $14.99
$5.99 - $14.99
$5.99
$8.99 - $14.99
$8.99 - $14.99
$8.99 - $14.99
$8.99

COREOPSIS GRAND. `EARLY SUNRISE` TICKSEED - In Store Pickup

COREOPSIS GRAND. `EARLY SUNRISE` TICKSEED Color: Yellow Shades Height: 18-24 Inches Spread: 18-24 Inches Zone: 4-8  Double yellow flowers B...

View full details
$8.99 - $14.99
$8.99 - $14.99
$8.99 - $14.99
$8.99
$8.99 - $21.99
$8.99 - $21.99
$8.99 - $21.99
$8.99

HYSSOP (AGASTACHE X) `BLUE FORTUNE` - In Store Pickup

SSOP (AGASTACHE X) `BLUE FORTUNE` Zone: 5-8  Color: Blue Shades Height: 3-4 Feet Spread: 2-4 Feet Tall, mounding perennial with licorice fr...

View full details
$8.99 - $21.99
$8.99 - $21.99
$8.99 - $21.99
$8.99
$38.99 - $38.99
$38.99
$38.99 - $38.99
$38.99

SPRING HEATHER (ERICA X DARLEYENS) `KRAMER`S RED` - In Store Pickup

SPRING HEATHER (ERICA X DARLEYENS) `KRAMER`S RED` Color: Pink Shades Height: 12-15 Inches Spread: 24-30 Inches Zone: 6-8 Evergreen shrub with ...

View full details
$38.99 - $38.99
$38.99
$38.99 - $38.99
$38.99
$28.99 - $28.99
$28.99
$28.99 - $28.99
$28.99

SWITCH GRASS (PANICUM VIRGATUM PRAIRIE WINDS®) 'NIAGARA FALLS' - In Store Pickup

Panicum virgatum Prairie Winds® 'Niagara Falls' Switch Grass: Patent PPAF Deer resistant Native to Native American Drought tolerant Fall interest...

View full details
$28.99 - $28.99
$28.99
$28.99 - $28.99
$28.99
$28.99 - $28.99
$28.99
$28.99 - $28.99
$28.99

UPRIGHT SWITCHGRASS (PANICUM VIRGATUM) 'NORTHWIND' - In Store Pickup

Panicum virgatum 'Northwind' upright switchgrass  Tall, narrow, upright, wide-bladed grass Easy to grow Dark, olive-green foliage Able to thrive i...

View full details
$28.99 - $28.99
$28.99
$28.99 - $28.99
$28.99
$21.99 - $21.99
$21.99
$21.99 - $21.99
$21.99

NORTHERN SEA OATS (CHASMANTHIUM LATIFOLIUM) - In Store Pickup

Chasmanthium latifolium Northern Sea Oats Native Tolerant plant Wide, deep green grass blades Upright yet flowing texture Attracts birds Winter in...

View full details
$21.99 - $21.99
$21.99
$21.99 - $21.99
$21.99
$35.99 - $35.99
$35.99
$35.99 - $35.99
$35.99

JAPANESE SILVER GRASS (MISCANTHUS SINENSIS) `MORNING LIGHT` - In Store Pickup

Miscanthus sinensis Morning Light Morning Light Japanese Silver Grass Narrow leaves Leaves are silver with a thin green center Forms a fountain-li...

View full details
$35.99 - $35.99
$35.99
$35.99 - $35.99
$35.99
$19.99 - $19.99
$19.99
$19.99 - $19.99
$19.99

BROOMSEDGE GRASS (ANDROPOGON VIRGINICUS) - In Store Pickup

Andropogon virginicus Broomsedge Beautiful, upright, warm-season grass worthy of greater garden use Very versatile, use in water-wise landscapes o...

View full details
$19.99 - $19.99
$19.99
$19.99 - $19.99
$19.99
$23.99 - $23.99
$23.99
$23.99 - $23.99
$23.99

HEATHER (CALLUNA VULGARIS) CARNIVAL SCOTCH HEATHER ('MULTICOLOR') In Store Pickup

Calluna vulgaris Carnival ('Multicolor') Carnival Scotch Heather Mauve pink flowers in later summer Golden foliage in summer Fall and win...

View full details
$23.99 - $23.99
$23.99
$23.99 - $23.99
$23.99