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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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Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks' - Fireworks Goldenrod - Shipped
Fireworks Goldenrod is a rough hairy stemmed herbaceous perennial with sharply serrated deep green foliage. Dense plume-like panicles of tiny bri...
View full detailsPycnanthemum muticum - Mountain Mint - Shipped
Mountain Mint is a clumping native perennial with dense branching stems covered with dark green toothed foliage that has a strong mint-like aroma i...
View full detailsEchinacea purpurea 'PowWow White' - PowWow® White Echinacea, Coneflower - Shipped
PowWow White Echinacea is a freely branching native perennial with strong upright stems that do not need staking and medium green foliage. The larg...
View full detailsLavandula angustifolia 'Armtipp01' - Big Time Blue English Lavender - Shipped
Big Time Blue English Lavender is a woody evergreen perennial with highly aromatic silver-green leaves popular for potpourri. The stems end with cl...
View full detailsHosta 'June' - June Hosta - Shipped
June Hosta is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its foliage. The large veined basal leaves have distinctive chartreuse cente...
View full detailsHeuchera americana 'Green Spice' - Green Spice Coral Bells - Shipped
Green Spice Coral Bells is a native evergreen herbaceous perennial with a mounding habit grown for its dramatic basal foliage. The broad-lobed gre...
View full detailsEuphorbia x martinii 'Ascot Rainbow' - Ascot Rainbow Spurge - Shipped
Ascot Rainbow Spurge is a compact herbaceous evergreen perennial that grows in open mounds. The stems sport narrow whorls of variegated foliage wi...
View full detailsEpimedium rubrum - Red Barrenwort, Bishop's Hat - Shipped
Red Barrenwort is a shade loving semi-evergreen herbaceous perennial with toothed green heart-shaped foliage that emerges with red tints and turns ...
View full detailsBaptisia 'Cherries Jubilee' - Decadence® Cherries Jubilee Baptisia - Shipped
Cherries Jubilee Baptisia is an upright native perennial with robust clover-like blue-green foliage. The raceme sporting cheery maroon and yellow ...
View full detailsStokesia laevis 'Mel's Blue' - Mel's Blue Stokes' Aster - Shipped
Mel's Blue Stokes’ Aster is a compact native evergreen perennial with an upright rounded habit and deep green foliage. Fluffy, cornflower-like per...
View full detailsAster novae-angliae 'Kickin Carmine Red' - ter novae-angliae 'Kickin Carmine Red'~ Kickin® Carmine Red New England Aster - Shipped
Kickin Carmine Red New England Aster is a compact, mounded native perennial with hairy stems with rough lance-like dark green leaves. A profusion ...
View full detailsLavandula stoechas 'Anouk Deluxe 1225' - Primavera Spanish Lavender - Shipped
Primavera Spanish Lavender is a compact woody evergreen perennial with highly aromatic grey-green leaves. The flowering stems end in thick flowerh...
View full detailsHosta 'Coast To Coast' PP26,469 - PW® Shadowland® Coast To Coast Hosta - Shipped
Coast To Coast Hosta is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its large deeply veined heart-shaped golden foliage that lightens a...
View full detailsHibiscus 'Cherry Choco Latte' - Summerific® Cherry Choco Latte Hibiscus - Shipped
Cherry Choco Latte Hibiscus is a vigorous woody perennial with a compact mounding habit and hardy upright stems. Its deep green maple-like foliage...
View full detailsPenstemon digitalis 'TNPENDB' - DAKOTA™ Burgundy Beardtongue - Shipped
Dakota Burgundy Beardtongue is a compact native herbaceous perennial with dramatic purple-black lance-shaped foliage and sturdy upright matching st...
View full detailsHosta 'Seducer' 22,413 - PW® Shadowland® Seducer Hosta - Shipped
Seducer Hosta is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its large heart-shaped foliage with chartreuse to creamy wavy margins. Th...
View full detailsHeuchera 'Toffee Tart' PP33,694 - Dolce® Toffee Tart Heuchera - Shipped
Silver Gumdrop Heuchera is an evergreen herbaceous perennial with a low mounding habit grown for its dramatic basal foliage and extended bloom seas...
View full detailsHeuchera ‘Lime Marmalade’ - Lime Marmalade Heuchera - Shipped
Lime Marmalade Heuchera is a compact, fast-growing herbaceous perennial with a mounding habit grown for it ruffled bright lime green basal foliage....
View full detailsHibiscus syriacus 'Gandini van Aart' - PW® White Pillar® Rose of Sharon - Shipped
White Pillar Rose of Sharon is a tall woody perennial with a narrow columnar habit and medium green maple like foliage that emerge late in spring. ...
View full detailsAruncus 'Chantilly Lace' - Chantilly Lace Goat's Beard - Shipped
Chantilly Lace Goat's Beard is a compact native herbaceous perennial with fine pinnately compound dark green foliage. Showy plumes of creamy flowe...
View full detailsHibiscus 'Berry Awesome' PP27936 - Summerific® Berry Awesome Hibiscus - Shipped
Berry Awesome Hibiscus is a vigorous woody perennial with a mounding habit and hardy upright stems and lobed deep green foliage with hairy undersid...
View full detailsSalvia nemorosa 'ALKLF' PP #28,393 - Blue Bouquetta Meadow Sage - Shipped
Blue Bouquetta Meadow Sage is a dwarf upright herbaceous perennial with glossy green foliage. Purple spikes holding small vibrant violet-blue two-...
View full detailsHemerocallis 'Barbara Mitchell' - Barbara Mitchell Daylily - Shipped
Barbara Mitchell Daylily is a long-blooming semi-evergreen perennial with arching grass-like deep green foliage. The ruffled rich pink flowers wit...
View full detailsMonarda 'Leading Lady Plum' PP26,447 - PW® Leading Lady Plum Bee Balm - Shipped
Leading Lady Razzberry Bee Balm is a petite herbaceous perennial with short sturdy stems and slightly glossed, aromatic, dark green foliage with a ...
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