Perennials For Sun Perennials For Sale In United States

You can plant other peonies with staggered bloom times to extend the total peony bloom period to approximately 6 weeks during May and June. Peonies are a standard of the perennial border, both as specimens and in groups.

Each plant will flower for approximately 7-10 days. The spreading clumps form hedges. Fragrant and with good foliage. Very large carnation shaped flowers with incurved petals, freely produced in clusters.

Also effective as accents or herbaceous hedges along fences, sidewalks, driveways or walls. Peonies are a standard of the perennial border, both as specimens and in groups. This variety of peony makes for excellent cut flowers.

Highly popular, this eye catching large flowered daylily produces loads of fragrant, 6 inch reddish-purple flowers in midsummer. 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. Cutting back will promote new growth, giving you a healthier plant with stronger stems.

We suggest when planting your newly purchased Hibiscus Luna Rose plants that you dig a hole twice as wide as the root system but not deeper. In warmer climates, cut it back in the spring before it begins to bud.

, commonly known as hardy hibiscus or swamp rose mallow, is a vigorous, sturdy, rounded, somewhat shrubby, hairy-stemmed, woody-based perennial of the mallow family. Flowers (to 6-9” wide) are among the largest flowers produced by any perennial that...

Flowers (typically 3-6” across) have a distinctively flattened appearance. Loves acidic, organically rich, saturated, moisture-retentive soils. Sword-shaped, linear green leaves (to 24” long) have prominent midribs.

Mulching helps to keep weeds away which will compete with your new investment for water and nutrients. 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.

That is why we do not recommend planting in a hole any deeper than the soil line of the plant in the pot. Remove the brown stems and leaves to give your plant a healthier and more attractive appearance.

Flowers (typically 3-6” across) have a distinctively flattened appearance. In order to meet these somewhat unusual seasonal cultural requirements, plants may be grown in pots that are sunk half way in water during the growing season but then removed...

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.

Border fronts or rock gardens. The drooping buds face upward when they open and the plant can grow to 6 inches tall and 12 inches wide. ) is a low-growing, mat-forming, evergreen stonecrop that grows to only 4” tall but quickly spreads to 24” wide...

It is adaptable to many soil types, with the only requirement being that the site is well drained. Cutting back will promote new growth, giving you a healthier plant with stronger stems.

Rhizomes should be planted 1-2” below the soil surface and 1-2' apart. In comparison to bearded varieties, Siberian irises have smaller beardless flowers, narrower grass-like leaves and an absence of thick fleshy rhizomes.

Sedums are fleshy-leaved, low-growing plants that come in a wide range of forms and colors, very useful for late season bloom and foliage color well into the winter. In warmer climates, cut it back in the spring before it begins to bud.

Flowering stalks rise from the clump to 30” tall in late spring, with each stalk producing 3-5 bluish-purple flowers (to 4″ wide) with bold purple veining. This iris may be grown in up to 2-4” of shallow standing water (muddy bottom or containers),...

Easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun. Is commonly called rose verbena, clump verbena or rose vervain. It is excellent in containers or rock gardens but especially great in containers and window boxes.

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. Blue Hill's smaller size makes it perfect for a border garden or container.

Slow-release fertilizer can help prevent rapid soft growth that is vulnerable to diseases and insects. We recommend feeding your Daylily Stella de Oro in the very early spring and again in mid summer after all new growth has hardened off and it begins...

In any event, cut plants back after flowering has concluded. Salvia Caradonna reaches 18-24 inches tall, bearing flowers on sturdy stems during the summer months. Tolerates drought.

A favorite perennial for its showy blooms. A general rule of thumb is to count to 5 for every one gallon of pot size. Daylily Pardon Me reliably blooms on the seasons new growth, so prune to the ground during late winter or very early spring before growth...

Add lime to acidic soils to adjust the soil pH. Good edging plant. 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...

Plants are useful in the border, rock garden, or as a filler in that odd spot. Cutting back will promote new growth, giving you a healthier plant with stronger stems. The flowers then gradually change to a rosy russet by late autumn, and are even appealing...

Dianthus Neon Star is a hybrid dianthus that typically grows in an upright rounded mound to 8-12″ tall and to 6-12 inches wide. Perfect for rock gardens or bordering paths. Plants may die out in the center, however, if drainage is not superior.

It is noted for its long summer bloom of fragrant rosy pink flowers. Well suited for edging and in the rock garden. Plants may die out in the center, however, if drainage is not superior.

If cut back, they often rebloom in early fall. Very hardy; good performer. Avoid using a heavy layer of organic mulch on this plant, because it could hold water during the growing season and over winter, promoting rotting of its crown.