Perennial Bushes For Sun

Water using the counting method for the first few weeks. Be careful with products such as miracle-grow as these products can burn newly planted plants when not used at the recommended rates.

Remove spent flowers after blooming. You can plant other peonies with staggered bloom times to extend the total peony bloom period to approximately 6 weeks during May and June. Once they're established, they're as hardy and dependable as oaks, creating...

The most common cause of plant death after transplanting is planting the new plant to deep. Cutting back will promote new growth, giving you a healthier plant with stronger stems. That is why we do not recommend planting in a hole any deeper than the...

Feeding your plants is probably the single most forgotten part of growing healthy long lasting plants. Slow-release fertilizer can help prevent rapid soft growth that is vulnerable to diseases and insects.

Hibiscus Luna Red does prefer drier soils in the winter so if there was ever a plant that we would recommend not adding topsoil or compost this is one. Hibiscus Luna Rose reliably blooms on the seasons new growth, so prune to the ground during late winter...

Plants will benefit from regular fertilization during the growing season. New growth shoots are slow to emerge in spring. Healthy green, maple-like leaves on branched stems form a sizable clump in the landscape.

Hibiscus such as Hibiscus Luna Red are late to emerge after the winters nap. Fall pruning, especially in colder climates, can result in a quick flush of new growth that prevents dormancy and makes winter freezes potentially deadly.

We suggest when planting your newly purchased Daylily Happy Returns plants that you dig a hole twice as wide as the root system but not deeper. Feeding your plants is probably the single most forgotten part of growing healthy long lasting plants.

During the growing season, it thrives in standing water (up to 6” deep). Plant rhizomes approximately 2” deep in fall or spring. Iris Moonlight Waves is slowly spreading clumps of sword-shaped foliage prefer moist, even wet soil during the growing...

The most common cause of plant death after transplanting is planting the new plant to deep. Cutting back will promote new growth, giving you a healthier plant with stronger stems. That is why we do not recommend planting in a hole any deeper than the...

Features large, cup-shaped, rose-like, usually nodding flowers (3-4″ diameter) with center crowns of conspicuously contrasting yellow stamens. Best grown in organically rich, humusy, well-drained soils in part shade to full shade.

Flowers (typically 3-6” across) have a distinctively flattened appearance. Synonymous with Easily grown in average, medium to wet soils in full sun to part shade. Iris ensata variegata is slowly spreading clumps of variegated sword-shaped foliage prefer...

Excellent ground cover. Star-shaped yellow flowers (1/2” wide) appear in terminal cymes in summer (June – August), but are not overly showy because of the lack of contrast with the yellow leaves.

The most common cause of plant death after transplanting is planting the new plant to deep. Fall pruning, especially in colder climates, can result in a quick flush of new growth that prevents dormancy and makes winter freezes potentially deadly.

Its better to leave a one inch gap of space between the mulch and the stem or base of the plant. Follow this up with another early summer application of , this will again provide the necessary nutrients to promote a flush of beautiful flowers.

The most common cause of plant death after transplanting is planting the new plant to deep. Fall pruning, especially in colder climates, can result in a quick flush of new growth that prevents dormancy and makes winter freezes potentially deadly.

A general rule of thumb is to count to 5 for every one gallon of pot size. Feeding your plants is probably the single most forgotten part of growing healthy long lasting plants. Cutting back will promote new growth, giving you a healthier plant with stronger...

In any event, cut plants back after flowering has concluded. It was discovered in Uchte, Germany, by Beate Zillmer of Zillmer Pflanzen and is suitable for production in USDA Zones 4-9.

Check the plant daily for the first week or so and then every other day there after. Espoma products are easy to use, just sprinkle around the base of the plant and water it in. In colder climates, cut it back as one of the last chores in your garden...

Add lime to acidic soils to adjust the soil pH. Dense mats may be grown together to form an interesting ground cover. Provides masses of color and good contrast for the rock garden or small border front.

In cold winter regions, plant the rhizomes in early spring or late summer. Rhizomes should be planted 1-2” below the soil surface and 1-2' apart. Flowering stems rise above the foliage to 3' tall in May-June, each stem bearing 2-5 flowers in colors...

Spent flowers should be cut back for a repeat performance in fall. Salvia Blue Hills is a sun perennial with sky blue spikes of flowers rise above a mound of aromatic gray-green foliage and blooms June – September.

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.

Propagate by division after bloom. Iris versicolor makes an excellent focal point in a small pond or can be used in an area that is too wet for other garden plants. Petals and sepals spread out flat making it an attractive place for feeding by hummingbirds.

It is a Missouri native perennial that typically occurs in prairies, fields, pastures, rocky glades, roadsides and waste areas in the central and southern parts of the State (Steyermark).

This is a plant you will love for many years. Looks great in a container. Plants may die out in the center, however, if drainage is not superior. Deadhead spent flowers to encourage additional bloom.

This is a plant you will love for many years. Dianthus Kahori' is a hybrid dianthus that typically grows in an upright rounded mound to 8-12″ tall and to 12-18″ wide. Plants may die out in the center, however, if drainage is not superior.