Perennials For Sun

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 foliage and stem growth.

Flowers are extremely showy, and foliage remains attractive throughout the growing season, either alone or as a frame or backdrop for other flowering perennials. Remove spent flowers after blooming.

A good rule is that you should still be able to see the soil the plant was grown in after back-filling the hole. The most common cause of plant death after transplanting is planting the new plant to deep.

Follow this up with another early summer application of , this will again provide the necessary nutrients to promote a flush of beautiful flowers. Our ideal fertilizer schedule for you to use is as follows.

Our ideal fertilizer schedule for you to use is as follows. This procedure, called deadheading, encourages the Hibiscus Luna Rose plant to produce new flowers, keeping your plant looking attractive throughout the season.

Pinch back growing tips when they reach 8” and again at 12” if bushy plants are desired. Seed capsules will float on water which facilitates seed dispersal. It typically grows to 3-7' tall and to 2-4' wide.

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 foliage and stem growth.

A good rule is that you should still be able to see the soil the plant was grown in after back-filling the hole. Daylily Happy Returns reliably blooms on the seasons new growth, so prune to the ground during late winter or very early spring before growth...

Blooms early to mid summer (later than both bearded and Siberian iris). Iris Moonlight Waves is slowly spreading clumps of sword-shaped foliage prefer moist, even wet soil during the growing season but are unlikely to survive emersion in water during...

A good rule is that you should still be able to see the soil the plant was grown in after back-filling the hole. The most common cause of plant death after transplanting is planting the new plant to deep.

In the St. Louis area, plants will remain evergreen in moderate winters, but may become scorched and tattered in extremely cold weather, particularly if not insulated by snow cover.

, commonly called Japanese iris or Japanese water iris, is a rhizomatous beardless perennial iris that grows in slowly expanding clumps to 2-4' tall. Pond edges and moist borders welcome these stately blue blooms.

‘Angelina' is a yellow leaved cultivar featuring spiky yellow leaves (to 3/4” long) that often sport ginger brown tips. Best massed or in groups. The drooping buds face upward when they open and the plant can grow to 6 inches tall and 12 inches wide.

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 foliage and stem growth.

Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced compost or topsoil to the back-fill soil. For example a one gallon pot would be watered until you count to 5 a three gallon pot would be 15 and so on.

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 foliage and stem growth.

Uses: Extremely attractive when used as a focal point in the mixed border, mass planting. Mulching helps to keep weeds away which will compete with your new investment for water and nutrients.

Tolerates drought. Prefers moist, gravelly or sandy soils with good drainage. Remove spent flower spikes to help extend the bloom period. Medium green leaves are aromatic when crushed.

Our ideal fertilizer schedule for you to use is as follows. We recommend feeding your Daylily Pardon Me in the very early spring and again in mid summer after all new growth has hardened off and it begins to set flower buds.

Dianthus Baths Pink is a mat-forming dianthus (also commonly called cheddar pinks) produces numerous, fringed and fragrant, star-like, soft pink, 1″ diameter flowers singly atop wiry stems (to 10″ tall) arising from mounds of grassy, blue-green, linear...

Easily grown in moist, fertile, humusy, organically rich, neutral to slightly acidic, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. In cold winter regions, plant the rhizomes in early spring or late summer.

Blue Hill's smaller size makes it perfect for a border garden or container. Spent flowers should be cut back for a repeat performance in fall. Salvia Blue Hill has rough green foliage with numerous spikes of sky blue blooms rising a moderate 15″ from...

Our ideal fertilizer schedule for you to use is as follows. This procedure, called deadheading, encourages the Sedum fuldaglut plant to produce new flowers, keeping your plant looking attractive throughout the season.

Clumps spread slowly by tough, creeping rhizomes. Petals and sepals spread out flat making it an attractive place for feeding by hummingbirds. Propagate by division after bloom. Northern blue flag thrives in wetland habitats frequented by rushes and sedges...

The revised edition of Steyermark's Flora of Missouri (Yatskievych and Turner) now lists the plant as based upon a number of factors including plant morphology, chromosome number, style length, reproductive modes and ploidal levels (see Umber, The Genus...

Consider shearing plants back after main flush of bloom in order to tidy the planting and to promote additional bloom in late summer or early fall. Plants may die out in the center, however, if drainage is not superior.

Consider shearing plants back after main flush of bloom in order to tidy the planting and to promote additional bloom in late summer or early fall. Plants may die out in the center, however, if drainage is not superior.