Perennial Plants For Pots

If plants flop or otherwise depreciate in summer to the point where they look unsightly, consider cutting them back to the basal foliage. It was discovered in Uchte, Germany, by Beate Zillmer of Zillmer Pflanzen and is suitable for production in USDA...

Be careful with products such as miracle-grow as these products can burn newly planted plants when not used at the recommended rates. Apply an early spring fertilizer with a product such as at the recommended rate this will give the plant a boost of nitrogen...

We recommend feeding your St John's Wort Pumpkin in the very early spring and again in mid summer after all new growth has hardened off and it begins to set flower buds. Follow this up with another early summer application of , this will again provide...

Palmate, serrate, leathery, 8-16″ wide, glossy, basal, dark green leaves (7-9 leaflets) are evergreen in warm climates but deciduous in extremely cold winters. A slightly larger and much easier plant to grow than the similar, but earlier blooming, //...

Most of the water you put on the plant at first will run away from the plant until the soil is soaked. Espoma products are easy to use, just sprinkle around the base of the plant and water it in.

Very large carnation shaped flowers with incurved petals, freely produced in clusters. Fragrant and with good foliage. Color is brilliant and of even tone with a silky luster. You can plant other peonies with staggered bloom times to extend the total...

Feel free to trim off any brown tips or edges, or spent flowers or flower stalks. Remove the old flowers of Hosta Guacamole as they become brown and unattractive. Plants flower continuously all season and hold their foliage until frost.

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. Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced compost or topsoil to the...

You can plant other peonies with staggered bloom times to extend the total peony bloom period to approximately 6 weeks during May and June. Fragrant and with good foliage. Glossy green foliage is divided into oval to lance-shaped leaflets.

Best foliage color may occur in sunny spots with part afternoon shade. Scorch and general foliage decline usually occur if soils are allowed to dry out. It is easy to grow like a heuchera and has the flower power of Tiarellas.

This Hosta is a large, outstanding perennial with a big personality and brightly colored foliage. It will also tolerate moist sand or clay soils, and will handle some drought once plants are established.

Astilbe Snowdrift does prefer moist soils so if there was ever a plant that we would recommend adding topsoil or compost in copious amounts this is one. We do not recommend using straight topsoil or compost as a back-fill soil because more times than...

Prefers bright shade and humus-rich, moist, well-drained soil, but will tolerate average to dry soils and full shade. This variety features a mound of large, variegated, oval, which have deep green centers and wide irregular white margins.

Each plant will flower for approximately 7-10 days. Very large carnation shaped flowers with incurved petals, freely produced in clusters. An old standard that features very large, very fragrant, red double flowers.

It flowers bloom from July to August. Its probably one of the most popular choices for the home landscape. Hostas are not only known for their flowers, they also provide bright color in shade with wonderful foliage.

Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced compost or topsoil to the back-fill soil. Be careful with products such as miracle-grow as these products can burn newly planted plants when not used at the recommended...

Peony Felix Crousse is a bright deep red peony with some silvering. Very large carnation shaped flowers with incurved petals, freely produced in clusters. Fragrant and with good foliage.

Mulching helps to keep weeds away which will compete with your new investment for water and nutrients. We do not recommend using straight topsoil or compost as a back-fill soil because more times than not these products will retain entirely to much moisture...

Root rot commonly attacks plants grown in poorly drained soils. Prefers a light, sandy soil with somewhat low fertility. Both foliage and flowers are highly aromatic. Prune to shape in spring after new leaves appear.

Echinacea Pow Wow Wild Berry is a purple coneflower that features large, deep rose-purple flowers in a floriferous bloom from late spring to late summer, sometimes with additional sporadic bloom until frost.

Plants are useful in the border, rock garden, or as a filler in that odd spot. We highly recommend that you mulch your Sedum Autumn Fire with either a ground hardwood mulch or a ground cypress mulch depending on your local availability.

Cut back yarrow to within 6 inches of the ground after it has finished flowering. Cutting back will promote new growth, giving you a healthier plant with stronger stems. Espoma products are easy to use, just sprinkle around the base of the plant and water...

It can also tolerate coastal salty conditions. Leaves of this mint family member are aromatic, wrinkled and soft-hairy beneath with entire or serrate margins. Plants may spread somewhat rapidly in optimum growing conditions.

Often repeat blooms in late summer or fall. This “true lavender” is commercially planted for harvesting its oils for use in perfumes. English lavender varieties are more often used for culinary purposes than other types of lavender.

A good rule is that you should still be able to see the soil the plant was grown in after back-filling the hole. Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced compost or topsoil to the back-fill soil.

Remove faded flowers to encourage repeat blooming, or simply cut back hard after flowering is finished. Plants may repeat bloom throughout the summer, but need regular moisture to encourage this.

‘Little Joe' is a more compact cultivar than the species, typically growing in a clump to 3-4' tall and to 1-3' wide. Details: Moist areas in borders, cottage gardens, meadows, native plant gardens, wild/naturalized areas, rain gardens or water margins.