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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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Heliopsis helianthoides 'Tuscan Sun' - Tuscan Sun False Sunflower - Shipped
Tuscan Sun False Sunflower is a compact and perennial with coarse dark green foliage. Tuscan Sun Heliopsis is unique as its compact, spreading form...
View full detailsClematis 'Evipo075' - Samaritan Jo™ Clematis - Shipped
Samaritan Jo Clematis is dwarf deciduous climbing vine that freely flowers and can be used for groundcover with pointed green foliage. Abundant la...
View full detailsPerovskia atriplicifolia 'Sage Advice' - Sage Advice Russian Sage - Shipped
Sage Advice Russian Sage is a compact woody perennial with finely dissected aromatic grey-green foliage on stiff square stems. Whorls of rich lave...
View full detailsBaptisia 'Sparkling Sapphires' PP27,904 - PW® Decadence® Sparkling Sapphires False Indigo - Shipped
Sparkling Sapphires False Indigo is a compact upright perennial native with deep blue green foliage. Profuse blooms of vivid violet blue flowers c...
View full detailsBrunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost' - Jack Frost Siberian Bugloss - Shipped
Jack Frost Siberian Bugloss is a shade loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown as a groundcover for its large heart shaped with silver white fo...
View full detailsHosta 'Wheee!' PP23565 - PW® Shadowland® Wheee! Hosta - Shipped
Wheee! Hosta is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its heavily waved spear-shaped foliage with irregular creamy margins. The ...
View full detailsHemerocallis 'Buttered Popcorn' - Buttered Popcorn Daylily - Shipped
Buttered Popcorn Daylily is a long-blooming perennial with arching grass-like deep green foliage. The large, fragrant golden butter yellow flowers...
View full detailsAstilbe simplicifolia 'Hennie Graafland' - Hennie Graafland Star Astilbe - Shipped
Hennie Graafland Star Astilbe is a dwarf mounding herbaceous perennial with shiny bronze green foliage. Feathery panicles of star shaped pale rose...
View full detailsHosta 'Wu-La-La' PP31,309 - PW® Shadowland® Wu-La-La Hosta - Shipped
Wu-La-La Hosta is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its huge blue-green foliage with deep veins and irregular apple-green mar...
View full detailsHemerocallis 'Going Bananas' - Rainbow Rhythm® Going Bananas Daylily - Shipped
Going Bananas Daylily is a re-blooming perennial with arching grass-like deep green foliage. The large, lightly fragrant lemon yellow flowers with...
View full detailsHeuchera 'Peachberry Ice' - Primo® Peachberry Ice Heuchera - Shipped
Peachberry Ice Heuchera is an evergreen herbaceous perennial with a robust low mounding habit grown for its dramatic basal foliage. Its ruffled an...
View full detailsHosta 'Autumn Frost' PP23,224 - PW® Shadowland® Autumn Frost Hosta - Shipped
Autumn Frost Hosta is a compact shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its frosted blue-green foliage with broad yellow margins. Th...
View full detailsHeuchera 'Wildberry' - Dolce® Wildberry Heuchera - Shipped
Wildberry Heuchera is an evergreen herbaceous perennial with a low mounding habit grown for its dramatic basal foliage and extended bloom season. ...
View full detailsAstilbe chinensis 'Vision in Pink' - Vision in Pink Chinese Astilbe - Shipped
Vision in Pink Chinese Astilbe is a compact clumping herbaceous perennial with coarse blue green fern-like foliage. Fully packed panicles of brigh...
View full detailsBaptisia 'Vanilla Cream' - Decadence® Vanilla Cream False Indigo - Shipped
Vanilla Cream False Indigo is a compact upright perennial native with foliage that emerges bronze and matures to grey green. Raceme with profuse b...
View full detailsHosta 'Hudson Bay' PP23598 - PW® Shadowland® Hudson Bay Hosta - Shipped
Hudson Bay Hosta is a compact shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its large textured heart-shaped blue foliage with a contrasting...
View full detailsHeuchera 'Wild Rose' - Primo® Wild Rose Heuchera - Shipped
Wild Rose Heuchera is an evergreen herbaceous perennial with a robust low mounding habit grown for its dramatic basal foliage. The bright rosy pur...
View full detailsBrunnera macrophylla ‘Jack of Diamonds’ - Jack of Diamonds Heartleaf Brunnera - Shipped
Jack of Diamonds Heartleaf Bugloss is a shade loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown as a groundcover for its huge heart shaped silver overlai...
View full detailsGeranium pratense 'Boom Chocolatta' - Boom Chocolatta Cranesbill - Shipped
Boom Chocolatta Cranesbill is a low-mounding herbaceous perennial with a upright stems and deeply lobed, dark bronze palmate foliage. The small bl...
View full detailsBaptisia 'Blueberry Sundae' - Decadence® Blueberry Sundae False Indigo - Shipped
Blueberry Sundae False Indigo is a compact upright perennial native with deep blue green foliage. Profuse blooms of indigo blue flowers cover the ...
View full detailsHosta 'Stained Glass' - Stained Glass Hosta - Shipped
Stained Glass Hosta is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for their foliage. The large, leathery basal leaves are bright gold wit...
View full detailsStokesia laevis 'Peachie's Pick' - Peachie's Pick Stoke's Aster - Shipped
Peachie’s Pick Stokes’ Aster is a fluffy compact native evergreen perennial with medium green foliage that forms a basal rosette. Cornflower-like ...
View full detailsHosta x 'Wide Brim' - Wide Brim Hosta - Shipped
Wide Brim Hosta is a compact shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its foliage. The large rugose heart-shaped basal leaves are dar...
View full detailsLamium maculatum 'Red Nancy' - Red Nancy Spotted Deadnettle - Shipped
Red Nancy Spotted Deadnettle is a mat-forming herbaceous perennial that slowly sprawls and variegated silver-green leaves with narrow green margins...
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