Feeding your plants is probably the single most forgotten part of growing healthy long lasting plants. Our ideal fertilizer schedule for you to use is as follows. Be careful with products such as miracle-grow as these products can burn newly planted plants...
Well suited for edging and in the rock garden. Flowers bloom from late spring to early summer with continued but somewhat sporadic additional bloom to fall. This new outstanding variety from Japan forms a clump of grassy, grey-green foliage, with a long...
You can plant other peonies with staggered bloom times to extend the total peony bloom period to approximately 6 weeks during May and June. The spreading clumps form hedges. Peonies are a standard of the perennial border, both as specimens and in groups.
Water using the counting method for the first few weeks. Feeding your plants is probably the single most forgotten part of growing healthy long lasting plants. Mulching helps to keep weeds away which will compete with your new investment for water and...
However in winter, it is intolerant of both standing water and boggy soils where rhizomes may rot. Pond edges and moist borders welcome these glowing white blooms with a lime-green center to soften bold colors or to compliment pale pinks and blues.
Check the plant daily for the first week or so and then every other day there after. Water using the counting method for the first few weeks. Any type of mulch will do but cypress or hardwood mulch will be of a higher quality and provide better nutrition...
The leaves emerge green but quickly turn a deeper red. Red Foliage All Year Euphorbia Bonfire, Euphorbia polychroma 'Bonfire' PPAF, is a hot new perennial succulent groundcover with striking mahogany red foliage.
Espoma products are easy to use, just sprinkle around the base of the plant and water it in. Most of the water you put on the plant at first will run away from the plant until the soil is soaked.
It has no significant insect or disease problems. With grass-like green leaves, the centers are pure white with triangular stems, as compared to rounded grass stems. ' Ice Dance' has a plant height and spread of 12-15".
Its better to leave a one inch gap of space between the mulch and the stem or base of the plant. Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced compost or topsoil to the back-fill soil.
Often repeat blooms in late summer or fall. The gorgeous, purple blooms are very fragrant and attract butterflies to the garden. The hybrid Lavenders are sometimes known as Lavandin.
In June, 5-foot stems rise above the foliage to display feathery plumes with an airy, light pink hue. Karl Foerster is deciduous where winters are cold, and semi-evergreen in mild climates.
Remove spent flowers after blooming. Peonies are a standard of the perennial border, both as specimens and in groups. Also effective as accents or herbaceous hedges along fences, sidewalks, driveways or walls.
This reliable, clump-forming perennial grows from 12-24” tall and 18” wide. Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Prefers moist, humusy soils, but tolerates poor soils.
It is treasured for its showy, dropping flowers and slender, bamboo-like foliage that changes from green, to copper, to rich brown. Prune the grassy leaves down to the ground in early spring before new growth begins.
It boasts 5' white-edged variegated, narrow leaves. Drought and Salt Tolerant The Miscanthus Morning Light Grass, Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light', is an easy recognizable variegated grass.
It is heat tolerant and needs moist soil. Bleeding Hearts have a plant height of 3 feet and a width of 3 feet. This Bleeding Heart will bloom from May to September and is a major attractor to butterflies.
Flowers appear in terminal spikes (to 4” long) in summer. It gets its cultivar name from the area in southeastern France adjacent to the Mediterranean and Italy (Provence) where it is commercially grown in large plantings for the perfume industry.
Rudbeckia are a super easy way to add color to any sunny garden. Tolerates light shade, but best in full sun. Deadhead to prolong bloom. Divide when clumps become overcrowded. They bloom most of the summer and attract nature's pollinators, making them...
Will tolerate average to wet conditions in full sun. Basically the “good” fungus in Bio-tone colonizes on the growing roots of your newly planted plant and does not allow disease causing fungus to attack the new roots.
In warmer climates, cut it back in the spring before it begins to bud. Its better to leave a one inch gap of space between the mulch and the stem or base of the plant. Cutting back will promote new growth, giving you a healthier plant with stronger stems.
In cold winter regions, plant the rhizomes in early spring or late summer. In comparison to bearded varieties, Siberian irises have smaller beardless flowers, narrower grass-like leaves and an absence of thick fleshy rhizomes.
Golden Variegated Sweet Flag has a typical philodendron flower that can be used fresh or dried. The rich golden yellow and green foliage grows to 10 inches high, with a 1 foot spread.
Hosta Albomarginata is a widely popular shade perennial with soft green leaves striped with white bands, making it very striking. Its probably one of the most popular choices for the home landscape.
The flowers are very showy, and they make great cut flowers. Tropical Flair in a Cold Hardy Perennial The Crocosmia Lucifer, 'Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora', a spring planted corm, produces beautiful red flowers.
It is easy to grow like a heuchera and has the flower power of Tiarellas. Best foliage color may occur in sunny spots with part afternoon shade. Heucherella Brass Lantern combines the best traits of Heuchera and Tiarella.
It is a wonderful new array of pastels to add to the garden. Raspberry Frosted Peaches The Peaches ‘n Dreams Hollyhock, 'Alcea rosea', has double, creamy-peach flowers that are frosted with tints of raspberry-pink and apricot.
