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For example a one gallon pot would be watered until you count to 5 a three gallon pot would be 15 and so on. Check the plant daily for the first week or so and then every other day there after.

Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced compost or topsoil to the back-fill soil. Mulching helps to keep weeds away which will compete with your new investment for water and nutrients.

Uses: Extremely attractive when used as a focal point in the mixed border, mass planting. Most of the water you put on the plant at first will run away from the plant until the soil is soaked.

Sedum Autumn Joy is reliable bloomer, the chameleon-like flower progresses from warm pink, to bronze rose, to a deeper brick red before frost. Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced compost or topsoil to the...

Looks great in containers or as an edging. This heuchera shade perennial is a robust grower with fuzzy leaves that range in color from apricot to amber with purple-red undersides. The foliage of this tough heat and humidity tolerant Heuchera is golden...

Stachys Big Ears is noted for its silver-green foliage which forms an attractive ground cover. Divide when necessary or to fill in bare patches. Well-drained soils are essential in order to combat potential rot problems.

It gets its cultivar name from the area in southeastern France adjacent to the Mediterranean and Italy (Provence) where it is commercially grown in large plantings for the perfume industry.

A 2 to 3 inch layer of mulch is sufficient but remember to take care not to cover any part of the stem of the plant with mulch. Any type of mulch will do but cypress or hardwood mulch will be of a higher quality and provide better nutrition overall as...

Once they're established, they're as hardy and dependable as oaks, creating a fantastic season of bloom in your yard year after year. The spreading clumps form hedges. The classic double red Peony, this early-season bloomer produces huge, deep red blooms...

Looks great in a container. Leaves are evergreen in warm winter climates. 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.

Purple Plumes All Summer Karley Rose Grass, Pennisetum orientale 'Karley Rose' (PP#12,909), displays clouds of smoky rose-purple flowers which burst into color in June. New plumes are continuously displayed all summer long and gently sway in the slightest...

Lavender flowers and foliage are also popular additions to sachets and potpourris. Often repeat blooms in late summer or fall. English lavender varieties are more often used for culinary purposes than other types of lavender.

After back filling and lightly compacting the 50/50 mix of existing soil and compost give the Astilbe Fanal a good deep watering. This is not to be rushed. Apply an early spring fertilizer with a product such as at the recommended rate this will give...

Echinacea are easy-to-grow natives that bloom heavily from summer to fall. Echinacea is a must have in every garden for butterflies and pollinators. The dead flower stems will remain erect well into the winter, and if flower heads are not removed, the...

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.

Feeding your plants is probably the single most forgotten part of growing healthy long lasting plants. 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.

A slightly larger and much easier plant to grow than the similar, but earlier blooming, // > Hellebore Orientalis blooms late in winter, bearing nodding, 2-inch flowers in shades of whitish green, soft purple, or rose, often spotted with purple.

Although the foliage is evergreen, it may become scorched and tattered in extremely harsh winters, particularly if not sited in locations protected from cold winter winds and/or insulated by snow cover.

Plants may be cut to the ground in late winter. Great for moist areas in borders, cottage gardens, meadows, native plant gardens, wild/naturalized areas, rain gardens or water margins.

Propagate by division after bloom. Petals and sepals spread out flat making it an attractive place for feeding by hummingbirds. Clumps spread slowly by tough, creeping rhizomes. Very robust, dramatic display of boldly veined, swordlike leaves with large,...

That is why we do not recommend planting in a hole any deeper than the soil line of the plant in the pot. This procedure, called deadheading, encourages the Daylily Happy Returns plant to produce new flowers, keeping your plant looking attractive throughout...

They thrive in open or dappled shade. It is native to woodland hillsides and mountain slopes in Japan, China and Taiwan. All ferns grow best in soils with high organic matter content.

Echinacea Solar Flare is remarkable hybrid Coneflower that comes close to producing flowers in near-red. Ideal for sunny borders and growing in mixed containers. A North American native in the Daisy family, Echinacea produce big, bright flowers from late...

Flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies. Medium green leaves are aromatic when crushed. Tolerates drought. It was discovered in Uchte, Germany, by Beate Zillmer of Zillmer Pflanzen and is suitable for production in USDA Zones 4-9.

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.

Avoid soils that are too wet or too dry. Each flower features upright standards and flaring to drooping falls. Continue irrigation after bloom, however, to keep foliage clumps attractive.

Best grown in organically rich, humusy, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Remove stems of faded flowers to encourage additional bloom and to tidy plantings so that the attractive foliage can be fully appreciated.