Mid-late season bloomer. Grows 22'' tall. Red petals with orange-yellow stripes and other blends make this hybrid daylily stand out in any garden. A stunning blend of orange, yellow, red and tan.
Excellent for use in containers. The drooping buds face upward when they open and the plant can grow to 6 inches tall and 12 inches wide. Plants will naturalize over time. ) is a low-growing, mat-forming, evergreen stonecrop that grows to only 4” tall...
Plants in the Siberian iris group are chiefly of hybrid origin, primarily being derived from two blue-flowered Asian species, namely, (Russia, Korea and Japan). Best with consistent moisture from the onset of spring growth until several weeks after the...
For example a one gallon pot would be watered until you count to 5 a three gallon pot would be 15 and so on. Cutting back will promote new growth, giving you a healthier plant with stronger stems.
It is a clumping, sprawling plant that grows to 6-18” tall, and can spread rather quickly by pubescent, decumbent stems, rooting at the nodes where they touch the ground, to form an attractive ground cover.
Any type of mulch will do but cypress or hardwood mulch will be of a higher quality and provide better nutrition overall as they breakdown. This is not to be rushed. Starter fertilizer is the best product to use at the time of planting.
Salvia Blue Hill has rough green foliage with numerous spikes of sky blue blooms rising a moderate 15″ from the compact plant. Blue Hill's smaller size makes it perfect for a border garden or container.
The violet-blue flowers are similar to other cultivars of this species except they are held on purple stems that provide an added element of texture. Salvia Caradonna is a unique cultivar of the reliable genus and species Salvia nemorosa.
A favorite perennial for its showy blooms. Follow this up with another early summer application of , this will again provide the necessary nutrients to promote a flush of beautiful flowers.
Check the plant daily for the first week or so and then every other day there after. Sedum Autumn Fire reliably blooms on the seasons new growth, so prune to the ground during late winter or very early spring before growth starts.
This cultivar is synonymous with ‘Helene von Stein'. Stachys Big Ears makes a great foliar accent as it is grown for its large, fuzzy, silver leaves. Unlike most other selections, this variety seldom blooms, remaining effective all through the summer...
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.
In warmer climates, cut it back in the spring before it begins to bud. Cut back Geranium Biokovo to within 2 to 3 inches of the ground in the late fall. It is a naturally occurring beneficial fungus that colonizes on the new growing roots of plants.
Root rot commonly attacks plants grown in poorly drained soils. Gray-green leaves (to 2 1/2” long and 1/4” wide) on square stems. Lavandin can be difficult to grow in the far north area, primarily because of winter stresses and high summer humidity.
Check the plant daily for the first week or so and then every other day there after. Follow this up with another early summer application of , this will again provide the necessary nutrients to promote a flush of beautiful flowers.
This is not to be rushed. Feeding your plants is probably the single most forgotten part of growing healthy long lasting plants. It is a naturally occurring beneficial fungus that colonizes on the new growing roots of plants.
Remove spent flower spikes to help extend the bloom period. Perennial Plant Association Plant of the Year (1997). Propagate from softwood cuttings or division. Magnificent deep purple spikes of flowers that attract butterflies and bees! The most intense...
English lavender varieties are more often used for culinary purposes than other types of lavender. Often repeat blooms in late summer or fall. It was reportedly named English lavender because of its ability to grow well in the English climate.
That is why we do not recommend planting in a hole any deeper than the soil line of the plant in the pot. Be careful with products such as miracle-grow as these products can burn newly planted plants when not used at the recommended rates.
Remove faded flowers to encourage repeat blooming, or simply cut back hard after flowering is finished. Plants form a bushy clump of grey-green leaves, with upright spikes appearing in early summer, attractive to both butterflies and hummingbirds.
In the north, this variety blooms from mid through late summer, but it blooms earlier in the south. Plants should be clipped back by half in spring. This selection forms a bushy mound of silver foliage, with long spikes of purple-blue flowers.
We recommend feeding your Achillea Paprika in the very early spring and again in mid summer after all new growth has hardened off and it begins to set flower buds. Slow-release fertilizer can help prevent rapid soft growth that is vulnerable to diseases...
We suggest when planting your newly purchased Achillea Moonshine plants that you dig a hole twice as wide as the root system but not deeper. It was introduced in the 1950's by Alan Bloom of Bressingham Gardens in Diss, England.
Where classic coneflower's petals point down, ‘Magnus' are held more horizontally. After the first season we recommend fertilizing your plants with a timed release fertilizer such as Flower-tone which is specially formulated for flowering annual and...
Geranium maculatum forms a mound of foliage that grows to 24″ tall and 18″ wide. Geranium maculatum is a beautiful, easily grown perennial wildflower for use in the naturalistic woodland garden.
Most of the water you put on the plant at first will run away from the plant until the soil is soaked. Starter fertilizer is the best product to use at the time of planting. Attracts pollinators and hummingbirds.
Butterfly weed is unique among milkweeds in that the sap is not milky and the leaves are not opposite. This native is heat and drought tolerant but does not like to be transplanted.After the flowers, butterfly weed produces a showy seed heads which are...
