Pollinator Plants Perennials For Sun For Sale In Minnesota

Salvia East Friesland is an erect, clump-forming perennial salvia that is noted for its compact form, long bloom period, purple stems and violet-purple flowers. In any event, cut plants back after flowering has concluded.

Echinacea purpurea magnus are a long lasting cut flower. Perennial Plant Association 1998 Plant of the Year. Echinacea purpurea magnus has extra large pink flowers with a copper-brown cone (center).

Be careful with products such as miracle-grow as these products can burn newly planted plants when not used at the recommended rates. Espoma products are easy to use, just sprinkle around the base of the plant and water it in.

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.

Deep golden yellow petals with pronounced orange cones. It is noted for its large, slightly-fragrant coneflowers (to 2 1/2” diameter) featuring downward-sloping, deep golden yellow rays with orange center cones.

The flowers are large, single and fragrant with petals a deep magenta-red surrounding a dark cone. Attractive to butterflies and excellent for cutting. Echinacea is a must have in every garden for butterflies and pollinators.

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. Plants may repeat bloom throughout the summer, but need regular moisture...

, 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).

Flowers bloom from late spring to late summer, sometimes with additional sporadic bloom until frost. Showy daisy-like purple coneflowers (to 5″ diameter) bloom throughout summer atop stiff stems clad with coarse, ovate to broad-lanceolate, dark green...

Purple flowers appear in terminal spikes in late spring to early summer. They generally flower in midsummer, a little later than the English types. Both foliage and flowers are highly aromatic.

Deadhead individual flowers to maintain plant appearance. Plants will benefit from regular fertilization during the growing season. Site in locations protected from wind to minimize the risk of wind burn.

Is garden classic with bold texture and upright habit. Deadhead to prolong bloom. Good fresh cut flower. Rudbeckia goldstrum is a beautiful native plant that is a beacon for butterflies and bees.

Prefers a light, sandy soil with somewhat low fertility. Flowers and foliage are heavily scented. Lavender Provence is a popular hybrid lavender for the herb garden. Lavender Provence' is one of the tallest of the lavandins.

The flowers then gradually change to a rosy russet by late autumn, and are even appealing left uncut against a snowy winter landscape. We suggest when planting your newly purchased Sedum Autumn Joy plants that you dig a hole twice as wide as the root...

That is why we do not recommend planting in a hole any deeper than the soil line of the plant in the pot. The foliage is a Larval food source for butterfly caterpillars especially Monarchs.

Water using the counting method for the first few weeks. We recommend feeding your St John's Wort Red Fame in the very early spring and again in mid summer after all new growth has hardened off and it begins to set flower buds.

We highly recommend that you mulch your Nepeta Walker's Low with either a ground hardwood mulch or a ground cypress mulch depending on your local availability. A general rule of thumb is to count to 5 for every one gallon of pot size.

Winner of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit! We are so pleased to be offering this gorgeous variety which many consider to be the best blue-flowered Rose of Sharon on the market.

Exceptional winter survival, as it does not have the winter die back that other varieties commonly demonstrate. Choose a location with excellent drainage. It is a staple item of every sunny garden, and its dried flowers are widely used in potpourris and...

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

Prefers a moist heavy soil. Likes shadebut it succeeds in sun or partial shade. * The Globe-flower ( Trollius europaeus ) is a perennial plant of the family Ranunculaceae . Does well in a bog garden.

Easily covers walls on the north side of the home or trunks of large trees. With lovely pewter mottling on each heart-shaped leaf, this rarity is perfect for illuminating shadowy, difficult sites.

It is native to the Caucasus Mountains of Ukraine , as well as areas north of the Black Sea and westward into Romania . * Paeonia tenuifolia is sometimes called the fern leaf peony .

Only 1-inch tall, but very fast spreading, with plenty of tiny white flowers in springtime. Easy to maintain, but keep moist during dry spells. Try these flat cushions of dense, moss-green for edging moist, shady nooks in the garden.

The paired spikelets are generally oval in shape and measure a few millimeters long. * This rhizomatous perennial grass has stems which can exceed two meters in height. * Paspalum floridanum is a species of grass known by the common name Florida paspalum.

It makes a nice partner with spring blooming bulbs. An easy to grow perennial that makes an excellent ground cover on slopes and rock gardens, Red Cascade starts blooming in the spring and continues for weeks in sunny to lightly shaded garden areas.

Lantana are only second to Porterweed in our garden for their ability to attract butterflies! Lantana are loaded with flower power and normally flower continuously from late spring to frost.