Pollinator Plants Perennials For Sun For Sale In Albuquerque

In colder climates, cut it back as one of the last chores in your garden before the snow flies. Deadheading also prevents Nepeta Walker's Low from spreading through your yard, as it can be an effective self-seeder when the dead flowers are allowed to...

, commonly called purple coneflower, is a coarse, rough-hairy, herbaceous perennial that is native to moist prairies, meadows and open woods of the central to southeastern United States (Ohio to Michigan to Iowa south to Louisiana and Georgia).

In colder climates, cut it back as one of the last chores in your garden before the snow flies. 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.

It is a naturally occurring beneficial fungus that colonizes on the new growing roots of plants. For example a one gallon pot would be watered until you count to 5 a three gallon pot would be 15 and so on.

Meaning hedgehog or sea-urchin in reference to the spiny center cone found on most flowers in the genus. Good fresh cut or dried flower. Echinacea Pow Wow Wild berry is a 2010 All-America Selection (AAS) winner.

It is a staple item of every sunny garden, and its dried flowers are widely used in potpourris and arrangements. Excellent for fresh cutting, this is an excellent Lavender selection for drying.

Be careful with products such as miracle-grow as these products can burn newly planted plants when not used at the recommended rates. Fall pruning, especially in warmer climates, can result in a quick flush of new growth that prevents dormancy and makes...

Hibiscus moscheutos is easily grown in average, medium to wet soils in full sun. Site in locations protected from wind to minimize the risk of wind burn. Cut back stems to approximately 3-4 inches in late autumn.

Spent flowers should be cut back for a repeat performance in fall. Blue Hill is easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun. Salvia Blue Hill has rough green foliage with numerous spikes of sky blue blooms rising a moderate...

It was discovered in Uchte, Germany, by Beate Zillmer of Zillmer Pflanzen and is suitable for production in USDA Zones 4-9. The violet-blue flowers are similar to other cultivars of this species except they are held on purple stems that provide an added...

Mulching helps to keep weeds away which will compete with your new investment for water and nutrients. A general rule of thumb is to count to 5 for every one gallon of pot size. Branches hold up extremely well once cut, and berries retain their bright...

Lavender Hidcote is one of the hardiest and is extremely easy to grow, withstanding high heat and humidity. Plants should be clipped back by half in spring. Leaves are evergreen in warm winter climates.

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. As the flowers mature, they fade to an attractive smoky-rose.

It is a semi-woody plant that typically grows in a shrubby mound to 2-4' tall. Flowers and foliage are heavily scented. Gray-green leaves (to 2 1/2” long and 1/4” wide) on square stems.

Our ideal fertilizer schedule for you to use is as follows. Butterfly weed reliably blooms on the seasons new growth, so prune to the ground during late winter or very early spring before growth starts.

Starter fertilizer is the best product to use at the time of planting. Aster October Skies does prefer drier soils in the winter. We recommend feeding your Aster October Skies in the very early spring and again in mid summer after all new growth has hardened...

Plants may spread somewhat rapidly in optimum growing conditions. Plants may become somewhat floppy and open up as the summer progresses, particularly in hot and humid climates. Propagate from softwood cuttings or division.

* It was believed by some native North American Indian tribes that if the finely ground roots were secretly added to the food of an arguing couple then this would avert a divorce and they would love each other again.

An adaptable plant that is tolerant of drought, heat, humidity and poor soil. ‘Echinacea Pow Wow White' is a white-flowered coneflower that typically grows in an upright clump to 2-3′ tall and to 1-1.5′ wide on sturdy, well-branched stems that do...

* Ranunculus acris is one of the more common buttercups across Europe and temperate Eurasia . Children can't resist testing their friends to see if they like butter. It is a naturalized species and often a weed in parts of North America, but it is probably...

* Mimulus ringens is a species of monkeyflower known by the common names Allegheny monkeyflower and square-stemmed monkeyflower. It grows in a wide variety of wet habitat types. Naturalizes in optimum growing conditions by both self-seeding and creeping...

Features sprays of single, daisy-like flower heads (to 3.5” across) with yellow rays and large, flattened, orange-yellow center disks. Blooms appear in late summer to early fall on branching-at-the-top stems rising to 4-6' tall.

The Dwarf Gaillardia is the exciting new low growing variety of Gaillardia -- one of the most popular of all perennials. A compact little plant, it will be covered with bright flowers of red or golden yellow from June until frost.

Grow it as an interesting container specimen or as part of the garden and landscape. This dwarf Crinum is grown more for its foliage than for its flower production and makes a statement when planted near contrasting colored garden companions.

This plant is considered aggressive in nature by some horticulturists. Attracts a variety of pollinators. It tends to be more reserved in poor dry soils. Pink Buttercups, this is what we learned it as, is drought resistant once well established but the...

Violet falls have a white pattern surrounding the white beards. Blooms early-mid season. Honorable Mention 2003! Vibrant colors and intense ruffling bestow an exuberant spirit on this violet rebloomer.

Vigorous growing plants that give you late summer blooms so badly needed. Sturdy number one plants grown and shipped in 2 1/4'' pots to guarantee your success. You'll have bright blue flowers from July until the frosts of fall.