That is why we do not recommend planting in a hole any deeper than the soil line of the plant in the pot. Nepeta Walker's Low thrives in harsh conditions. Remove these brown stems and leaves to give your plant a healthier and more attractive appearance.
It is a naturally occurring beneficial fungus that colonizes on the new growing roots of plants. 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...
This a mounded, shrubby cultivar that typically grows to 30-36” tall. It is a semi-woody plant that typically grows in a shrubby mound to 2-4' tall. It gets its cultivar name from the area in southeastern France adjacent to the Mediterranean and Italy...
Cut it back in the spring before it begins to bud. Most of the water you put on the plant at first will run away from the plant until the soil is soaked. Adding compost or topsoil will help the young feeder roots to spread through the loose, nutrient...
Foamy White Stars The Alchemilla ‘Lady's Mantle', Alchemilla mollis, is a brilliant foamy clusters of tiny, star like flowers with velvety soft olive-green leaves. The foliage catches and holds water drops while sparkling in the sun ‘Lady's Mantle'...
Easily grown in abundantly moist, fertile, humusy soils in full sun to part shade. Exact parentage of this cultivar is unknown. Plants may be cut to the ground in late winter. Also performs well in moist sandy to gravely soils.
Uses: Extremely attractive when used as a focal point in the mixed border, mass planting. 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.
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. Fall pruning, especially in colder climates, can result in a quick flush of new growth that prevents dormancy and...
Attracts pollinators. We highly recommend that you mulch your Aster October Skies with either a ground hardwood mulch or a ground cypress mulch depending on your local availability.
Deadhead spent flowers to encourage additional bloom. This is an older variety which has stood up to the test of time and continues to be a superior garden-worthy plant. Provides masses of color and good contrast for the rock garden or small border front.
Heuchera Caramel has purplish-red leaf undersides that offers an attractive contrast, along with white flowers float above the 12″ foliage in early to mid summer. The foliage of this tough heat and humidity tolerant Heuchera is golden apricot with a...
Regular deadheading is recommended to keep them looking their best. 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.
Leaves, stems and roots are poisonous. 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.
Improved Sedum Dragon's Blood. We highly recommend that you mulch your Sedum fuldaglut with either a ground hardwood mulch or a ground cypress mulch depending on your local availability.
We love this product and use it on all plants we install in our own gardens. Remains neat all season with very little care. In colder climates, cut it back as one of the last chores in your garden before the snow flies.
They work particularly well in craft projects when dried. That alone would be a remarkable plant for your yard, but next comes the bloom. What a spectacle! Your Purple Fountain Grass is both drought and heat resistant.
We have trialed many so called “starter fertilizers” over the years and have come to rely on Bio-tone for our own use. Newly planted perennials should be watered twice weekly (Minimum), and under hot conditions possibly more.
In warmer climates, cut it back in the spring before it begins to bud. This procedure, called deadheading, encourages the Daylily Round Midnight plant to produce new flowers, keeping your plant looking attractive throughout the season.
It is a bushy, clump-forming perennial that typically grows to 12-18″ tall. Hellebore Ivory Prince was selected in 1995 in Sussex, England from a controlled breeding program designed to produce new helleborus plants that exhibited vigorous growth, upright...
Tropical Flair in a Cold Hardy Perennial The Crocosmia Lucifer, 'Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora', a spring planted corm, produces beautiful red flowers. It is cold hardy to zone 5, making this is a great perennial for northern gardens that want a tropical...
Unless you use a designer for your own yard, though, you may not have heard of this little gem, or been sold on her finer points. It thrives in sun or shade, so plant it where you need it.
Remove these brown stems and leaves to give your plant a healthier and more attractive appearance. It was introduced in the 1950's by Alan Bloom of Bressingham Gardens in Diss, England.
Large variety of color combinations and patterns. Flowers bloom in a large variety of colors, including various shades and tints of white, pink, red, purple, and yellow, and sometimes have inside spotting.
This is not to be rushed. No insect or pest problems. Fall pruning, especially in colder climates, can result in a quick flush of new growth that prevents dormancy and makes winter freezes potentially deadly.
Attractive to butterflies and excellent for cutting. Leaving some spent flowers on the plant in the fall will provide food for wintering birds. The flowers are large, single and fragrant with petals a deep magenta-red surrounding a dark cone.
It creates a barrier between the roots of the plant and fungus and pathogens that can cause root rot. Achillea Strawberry Seduction does prefer drier soils so if there was ever a plant that we would recommend not adding topsoil or compost this is one.
Echinacea Pow Wow Wild berry is a 2010 All-America Selection (AAS) winner. Blooms last well cut or dried, and the seeds in the large cone at the center of the flower head provide nourishment for birds when finished blooming.
