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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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Blue Jean Baby Russian Sage - Shipped
Blue Jean Baby Russian Sage is a compact woody perennial with fine upright aromatic grey-green foliage. Whorls of light lavender blue flowers on ...
View full detailsBlue Wonder Catmint - Shipped
Blue Wonder Catmint is a dwarf herbaceous perennial with aromatic grey-green foliage. The heavy blooms of loose whorls of lavender-blue flower spi...
View full detailsRaspberry Wine Bee Balm - Shipped
Raspberry Wine Bee Balm is an upright herbaceous perennial with fragrant dark green foliage. The fringe-like tubular flowers are rich raspberry-w...
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Blue Cardinal Flower is a well-branched upright native herbaceous perennial with finely toothed light green foliage. Full erect stalks of dark bl...
View full detailsMaz Frei Bloody Cranesbill - Shipped
Maz Fei Bloody Cranesbill is a low-growing semi-evergreen herbaceous perennial with trailing stems holding rich, deeply lobed green foliage that tu...
View full detailsWhite Swan Echinacea, Coneflower - Shipped
White Swan Echinacea is a freely branching native perennial with strong upright stems that do not need staking and dark green foliage. The large f...
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Lady's Mantle is a clumping herbaceous perennial that forms a long-stemmed basal mound. The light to blue green circular foliage is scalloped and ...
View full detailsPW® Summersong™ Firefinch™ Coneflower - Shipped
Firefinch Echinacea is a compact freely branching native perennial with dense colorful red flowers that range from pinkish-red to orange-red with d...
View full detailsGreen Twister Echinacea, Coneflower - Shipped
Green Twister Echinacea is a freely branching native perennial with strong upright stems that do not need staking and medium green foliage. The lar...
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Blue False Indigo is an upright perennial native with small blue-purple flowers that cover the foot-long raceme that extends above the mound of clo...
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Westcountry™ 'Tequila Flame' Lupine Lupinus x 'Tequila Flame' PP#23047 Bicolor red/yellow flowers held on sturdy stems above a mound of slender fo...
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Westcountry™ 'Manhattan Lights' Lupine Lupinus x 'Manhattan Lights' PP#18868 Bicolor magenta/yellow flowers held on sturdy stems above a mound of ...
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Westcountry™ 'Masterpiece' Lupine Lupinus x 'Masterpiece' PP#19739 Bicolor purple/orange flowers held on sturdy stems above a mound of slender fol...
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Salvia Color Spires® 'Back to the Fuchsia' Perennial Salvia: Patent PPAF Award-winning plants Drought tolerant Fragrant flowers and foliage Attra...
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Hosta hybrid 'Miss America' Shadowland® Miss America Hosta: Patent PP32,068 Beautiful foliage Attracts hummingbirds Enjoy the bright white blosso...
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Echinacea purpurea Purple Coneflower Attracts butterflies in large numbers Hummingbirds thrive on the sweet nectar Finches crave its seed in the f...
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Digitalis purpurea Camelot Lavender Camelot Lavender Foxglove Very uniform in your garden Beautiful lavender flowers Tubular lavender flowers with...
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Agastache foeniculum Anise Hyssop Attracts loads of butterflies and pollinators Drought tolerant once established Superb anise-scented foliage! Pe...
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