Drought Tolerant Perennials Perennials For Sale In Ohio

Prune to shape in spring after new leaves appear. Grow in average, dry to medium, well-drained, alkaline soil in full sun. This a mounded, shrubby cultivar that typically grows to 30-36” tall.

Adding compost or topsoil will help the young feeder roots to spread through the loose, nutrient rich soil, much easier than if you used solely the existing soil which more times than not will be hard and compacted.

Plants go from light rose to bright red to deep bronze red in color as fall turns into winter. Plants are useful in the border, rock garden, or as a filler in that odd spot. Very showy in late fall – leave the stems on over winter and they look great...

Cut back Heuchera Autumn Bride to within 6 inches of the ground after it has finished flowering. Strong grower that deserves a lot more use We suggest when planting your newly purchased Heuchera Autumn Bride plants that you dig a hole twice as wide as...

Clumps may be easily divided in fall or early spring. This is a great edging plant with a uniform, mounding habit. Effective edger or small area ground cover. Avoid overhead watering.

Plants may repeat bloom throughout the summer. Salvia Blue Hill has rough green foliage with numerous spikes of sky blue blooms rising a moderate 15″ from the compact plant. Remove spent flower spikes to help extend the bloom period.

In any event, cut plants back after flowering has concluded. Easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soil in full sun. Dense terminal spikes of violet-purple flowers rise above the foliage to 18” tall over a long June to September bloom...

Propagate from softwood cuttings or division. Subsequent to the primary bloom, sporadic additional bloom may continue to appear throughout much of the remaining summer. Leaves of this mint family member are aromatic, wrinkled and soft-hairy beneath with...

Purple flowers appear in terminal spikes in late spring to early summer. Plants should be clipped back by half in spring. May be kept dense with regular pruning. Leaves are evergreen in warm winter climates.

The most popular selection of verbena today. It produces a mass of purple flowers over a long period from mid spring through the summer. Avoid wet, poorly drained soils. The revised edition of Steyermark's Flora of Missouri (Yatskievych and Turner) now...

Cut back Amsonia hubrichtii to within 6 inches of the ground after it has finished flowering. Apply an early spring fertilizer with a product such as at the recommended rate this will give the plant a boost of nitrogen potash that will be needed for healthy...

The hardiness, the fine foliage and the spectacular fall colors have made 'Gracillimus' a favorite and very popular for years! Plant in spring or early summer when the soil is warm as the roots will grow only in warm soil.

At only 4 inches tall, this prostrate ground cover is perfect for the rock garden or front of the border. As a ground cover, delosperma is very useful in preventing erosion. Ground covers help unify the landscape.

Typically grows 3-5' tall (less frequently to 6') and is noted for its upright form and blue-green foliage. Stiff, vertical flowering stems, topped with narrow, feathery, light brown flower panicles (to 12" long) highlighted with yellow stamens, rise...

This shade perennial is a great addition to your yard or landscape. The foliage of this tough heat and humidity tolerant Heuchera is golden apricot with a slight earthy green or rose tint on the newer leaves.

Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced compost or topsoil to the back-fill soil. That is why we do not recommend planting in a hole any deeper than the soil line of the plant in the pot.

* Aquilegia caerulea is the state flower of Colorado. * It is also an ornamental plant in gardens, with numerous cultivars selected for different flower colors. * Aquilegia caerulea is a species of Aquilegia flower native to the Rocky Mountains from Montana...

Miscanthus Morning Light is deer resistant and easy to grow! It is also salt tolerant. This plant works well as a specimen plant in the garden, or can be used in container gardens.

After back filling and lightly compacting the 50/50 mix of existing soil and compost give the St John's Wort Pumpkin a good deep watering. Cut it back in the spring before it begins to bud.

Often repeat blooms in late summer or fall. It is a staple item of every sunny garden, and its dried flowers are widely used in potpourris and arrangements. They generally flower in midsummer, a little later than the English types.

Avoid using a heavy layer of organic mulch on this plant, because it could hold water during the growing season and over winter, promoting rotting of its crown. Dianthus Kahori' is a hybrid dianthus that typically grows in an upright rounded mound to...

It is a collection of hybrids with a wide variety of flower colors including tones and combinations of purples, reds, near-blacks, whites, greens and pinks. Meaning injures/destroys in reference to the plant's toxic leaves, stems and roots which are poisonous...

Sherwood Purple is one of the more vigorous selections of Creeping Phlox quickly filling in around other perennials and beneath shrubs. Very similar to the Louisiana Blue Phlox, Phlox divaricata , but has a shorter stature and is considered to be a better...

Provide adequate moisture. Grows 2-4” tall and spreads 12-18”. A colorful, semi-evergreen ground cover smothered with starry eyed, soft blue flowers all summer! Tolerates heavy foot traffic and is wonderful for edging a pond, between stepping stones,...

This Autumn Fern reaches 2 feet in height and width. Use in pots indoors or for a patio or deck plant. It then turns to dark green for summer, and back to bronze again in the fall.

Avoid using a heavy layer of organic mulch on this plant, because it could hold water during the growing season and over winter, promoting rotting of its crown. Looks great in a container.

3'' lemon-yellow blossoms first appear in June and continue until frost. Excellent heat tolerance makes this a great choice for the South. Descended from Stella D'Oro parentage. Plant disappears in late fall and does not appear again until spring.