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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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Sedum 'Pride And Joy' - Rock 'N Grow® Pride And Joy Stonecrop - Shipped
Pride And Joy Stonecrop is an evergreen succulent that forms a low mound of flattened rich green foliage. Clusters of small deep pink star-shaped ...
View full detailsKniphofia 'Rocket's Red Glare' - PW® Pyromania® Rocket's Red Glare Red Hot Poker, Torch Lily - Shipped
Rocket's Red Glare Hot Poker is a semi-evergreen perennial with upright grass like dark green leaves. A succession of thick showy spikes sporting ...
View full detailsEchinacea x 'Balsomrosa' PP33011 - Sombrero® Rosada Coneflower - Shipped
Sombrero Rosada Echinacea is a compact freely branching native perennial with strong upright stems that do not need staking and aromatic dark green...
View full detailsAster divaricatus - White Wood Aster - Shipped
White Wood Aster is a native shade-loving herbaceous perennial with sprawling zig-zagging stems and distinctive heart shaped foliage. Abundant fla...
View full detailsPassiflora incarnata - Passion Flower, Maypop - Shipped
Passion Flower is a vigorous climbing vine with large lobed foliage that is semi-evergreen in warmer climates. The unusual purple and white flower...
View full detailsAstilbe chinensis 'Purpurkerze' - Purple Candles Chinese Astilbe - Shipped
Purple Candles Chinese Astilbe is a tall upright herbaceous perennial with dark green foliage. Thick panicles of dark reddish-purple flowers bloom...
View full detailsAster novae-angliae 'Grape Crush' - Grape Crush New England Aster - Shipped
Grape Crush New England Aster is bushy native perennial with a mounded habit and hairy stems with rough lance-like dark green leaves. Rich dark pu...
View full detailsPaeonia lactiflora 'Karl Rosenfield' - Karl Rosenfield Peony - Shipped
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...
View full detailsLeucanthemum x superbum 'Snowcap' - Snowcap 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 detailsPaeonia lactiflora 'Sarah Bernhardt' - Sarah Bernhardt Peony - Shipped
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...
View full detailsSix Hills Giant Catmint - Shipped
Six Hills Giant Catmint is a mounding herbaceous perennial with aromatic light grey-green foliage. The heavy blooms of loose whorls of lavender-bl...
View full detailsHibiscus syriacus 'DVPazurri' - Azurri Blue Satin® Rose of Sharon - Shipped
Azurri Blue Satin Rose of Sharon is a woody perennial with upright hardy stems and rich green maple like foliage that emerge late in spring. Large...
View full detailsHibiscus syriacus 'Notwoodtwo' - White Chiffon® Rose of Sharon - Shipped
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...
View full detailsPachysandra procumbens - Allegheny Spurge - Shipped
Allegheny Spurge is a native shade-loving semi-evergreen perennial that forms a dense carpet of matte blue-green foliage mottled with purple and w...
View full detailsHemerocallis 'Tiger Swirl' - Rainbow Rhythm® Tiger Swirl Daylily - Shipped
Tiger Swirl Daylily is an evergreen perennial with strap-like deep green foliage that remains evergreen in milder climates. The large, fragrant go...
View full detailsCoreopsis verticillata 'Creamy Calico' - Designer Threads™ Creamy Calico Coreopsis - Shipped
Creamy Calico Threadleaf Coreopsis is a tidy perennial native with a mounding habit. The narrow deep green foliage is topped with daisy-like cream...
View full detailsAster laevis - Smooth Aster - Shipped
Smooth Aster is a native evergreen perennial with unbranched smooth blue-green foliage that forms a basal rosette. Small loose blue to purple flow...
View full detailsGaura lindheimeri 'Kleau 04263' - Belleza™ Dark Pink Gaura - Shipped
Dark Pink Gaura is a compact native herbaceous perennial with lance-like foliage. Five petaled, rose-pink flowers bloom on stems above the foliage...
View full detailsGaultheria procumbens 'Gaulsidh5' - Cherry Berries™ Wintergreen - Shipped
Cherry Berries Wintergreens is a low-spreading, native woody evergreen groundcover with edible berries. The glossy dark green foliage turns a rich...
View full detailsCoreopsis lanceolata - Lanceleaf Coreopsis - Shipped
Lanceleaf Tickseed is a compact native perennial with a mounding habit. The narrow hairy green foliage is topped by bright yellow daisy-like flowe...
View full detailsAnemone x hybrida 'Whirlwind' - Whirlwind Anemone - Shipped
Whirlwind Anemone is a clumping herbaceous perennial with deeply lobed dark green foliage. The nodding fragrant semi-double flowers are pure white...
View full detailsCoreopsis verticillata 'Heartstrings' - Designer Threads™ Heartstrings Coreopsis - Shipped
Heartstrings Threadleaf Coreopsis is a tidy perennial native with a mounding habit. The narrow deep green foliage is topped with creamy daisy-like...
View full detailsCoreopsis verticillata 'Scarlet Ribbons' - Designer Threads™ Scarlet Ribbons Coreopsis - Shipped
Scarlet Ribbons Coreopsis is a tidy perennial native with a mounding habit. The narrow deep green foliage is topped with velvety red daisy-like wi...
View full detailsHosta 'Echo the Sun' PP35,943 - PW® Shadowland® Echo the Sun Hosta - Shipped
Echo the Sun Hosta is a compact shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its dramatic basal foliage. The rippled wedge shaped leaves a...
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