Veronica Plants Perennial

While many gardeners are familiar with the taller speedwells, they may have had limited exposure to the dwarf species. This article will introduce you to the more popular species. There are several more ornamental low to creeping speedwells available...

California

El Segundo

Sightseeing, Veronica Seeds

Prices start at : 21.00 USD / 1,000 Seeds

An excellent quality flower for any garden. A long lasting cut flower that grows up to 28″ inches. Blend of white, pink and blue blooms.

Sow Method: Transplant
Botanical Name: Veronica Spicata
Seeds Per Gram: 8000
Seeds Per Ounce: 224000
Form: Seed
Dimensions: N/A

Indiana

Westfield

Lilac, Scent and Sensibility Pink

★★★★★

Prices start at : 19.99 USD / 1 Plant

Lilac pink flowers bloom heavily in spring then rebloom in late summer to fall. 'Scent and Sensibility' is perfect for low growing border, the city garden, and mixed with perennial plants for attracting butterflies and hummingbirds.

Bloom Season: Fall, Spring, Summer
Genus: Syringa
Life Cycle: Perennial
Planting Time: Fall, Spring
Spread: 48-60 inches

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Cephalanthus occidentalis (Buttonbush), Sugar Shack

★★★★★

Prices start at : 19.99 USD / 1 Plant (4" pot)

Plants bloom on new wood so pruning is best done in early spring. 'Sugar Shack' may also be grown in patio containers. Flower heads mature into hard, red colored, spherical fruits and stay attractive from late summer throughout the winter.

3-4 feet

Zone: 4-10
Planting Time: Fall, Spring
Height: 3-4 feet
Sun: Full Sun, Part Sun
Spread: 3-4 feet

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Verbena rigida, Santos Purple

★★★★★

Prices start at : 7.99 USD / 1 Plant

Flowering like crazy late spring into mid-fall, ‘Santos Purple's 12” spreading plants can lay out an island of super-rich color: massed in the sunny landscape, in the border, or mingling amid other perennials in a container.

Ornamental Use: Beds, Borders, Cut Flowers
Spread: 40-48 inches
Bloom Season: Fall, Summer
Height: 12-14 inches
Genus: Verbena rigida
Life Cycle: Perennial

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Perennial Pollinator Garden Collection

Prices start at : 49.99 USD / 1 Collection (4 Plants/1 Ea. Variety)

Beautiful blooms will dazzle from early to late summer. Beautiful in a container! Full sun. 'Glass Slippers' Buddleia - This butterfly bush is covered from top to bottom in pale blue clusters.

Ornamental Use: Beds, Borders, Cut Flowers
Sun: Full Sun
Spread: 12-72 inches

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Callicarpa, Pearl Glam

★★★★★

Prices start at : 19.99 USD / 1 Plant

With an upright growth habit, ‘Pearl Glam' dazzles with its pink flowers but saves the best for last with an autumn display of bright-purple berries. A perfect addition to extend the color show in your garden.

Genus: Callicarpa
Height: 4-5 feet
Ornamental Use: Beds, Cut Flowers
Life Cycle: Perennial
Spread: 2-3 feet

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Helianthus, Autumn Gold

Prices start at : 13.99 USD / 1 Plant

An excellent companion to garden mums! Tightly mounded perennial plants have fern-like foliage, are drought-tolerant and maintenance-free. When the shorter days of fall are upon us, ‘Autumn Gold' busts out sunshine in bright, yellow 2" flowers that...

Height: 24-26 inches
Ornamental Use: Beds
Zone: 5-10
Genus: Helianthus
Sun: Full Sun

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Perovskia a. 'Rocketman' PPAF

★★★★★

Prices start at : 12.99 USD / 1 Plant

Plants are 3 feet tall and ideal for large containers in city gardens and smaller spaces. Rocketman produces very aromatic foliage, on strong stems each topped with large, lavender-blue flowers beginning to bloom in mid-summer and lasting through October.

Bloom Season: Fall, Summer
Life Cycle: Perennial
Height: 24-36 inches
Spread: 24-48 inches
Planting Time: Fall, Spring
Genus: Perovskia atriplicifolia

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Viburnum, Brandywine

★★★★★

Prices start at : 14.99 USD / 1 plant

Clusters of pretty white flowers in spring form an eye-catching mix of pink and powder blue fruits in the fall. Glossy green leaves turn wine-red in autumn. Provide steady moisture in extreme heat.

Spread: 60-72 inches
Bloom Season: Spring
Ornamental Use: Beds, Borders
Sun: Full Sun, Part Sun
Life Cycle: Perennial
Resistant To: Deer

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Perovskia a. 'Denim 'n Lace' PPAF

★★★★★

Prices start at : 12.99 USD / 1 Plant

Hardy plants are heat- and drought tolerant, and welcoming to pollinators. In Perovskia fashion, plant's stems retain calyxes long after flowers have quit, extending the color pleasure.

Zone: 4-9
Spread: 36 inches
Life Cycle: Perennial
Sun: Full Sun
Planting Time: Fall, Spring
Bloom Season: Fall, Summer

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Sagina, Irish Moss

Prices start at : 10.99 USD / 1 plant

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.

Life Cycle: Perennial
Zone: 4-8
Genus: Sagina subulata
Height: 1 inches
Spread: 12-15 inches
Sun: Full Shade, Part Sun

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Wisteria, Blue Moon

★★★★★

Prices start at : 19.99 USD / 1 plant

The fragrance is sweet, intense, habit-forming. Vigorous, quick to grow and tirelessly floriferous, this wisteria blooms three times a year, fragrantly flowering from early summer until fall defers to winter.

Bloom Season: Spring
Ornamental Use: Borders
Life Cycle: Perennial
Height: 180-240 inches
Resistant To: Deer, Drought
Zone: 4-9

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Calycanthus (Sweetshrub), Aphrodite

Prices start at : 19.99 USD / 1 Plant

Pruning is recommended immediately after flowering to maintain shape. We recommend planting this shrub close to front door, patio or other living areas where the fragrant flower aroma may be enjoyed.

Planting Time: Fall, Spring
Resistant To: Deer, Rabbit
Ornamental Use: Beds, Borders
Life Cycle: Perennial
Height: 5-6 feet
Bloom Season: Fall, Summer

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Nepeta, Walker's Low

★★★★★

Prices start at : 9.99 USD / 1 plant

Awarded 2007 Perennial Plant of the Year by the Perennial Plant Association. Violet-blue spikes top this low grower, lending a soft, muted feel to the garden. This low-maintenance catmint keeps its blue-green, aromatic leaves neat through the summer.

Bloom Season: Summer
Ornamental Use: Beds, Borders, Container
Genus: Nepeta racemosa
Resistant To: Deer, Rabbit
Planting Time: Fall, Spring
Height: 30-36 inches

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Schizophragma, Moonlight

★★★★★

Prices start at : 19.99 USD / 1 Plant

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.

Bloom Season: Summer
Zone: 5-9
Height: 240-300 inches
Genus: Schizophragma
Ornamental Use: Borders

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Lilac, Bloomerang Dark Purple PPAF

★★★★★

Prices start at : 19.99 USD / 1 Plant

Shrubs produce an explosion of fragrant deep lavender-purple flowers in spring, and a steady show of blooms right up till frost. Exceptionally hardy reblooming lilac, arrayed with large, rounded, rich-purple inflorescences, makes the perfect landscape...

Zone: 3-7
Life Cycle: Perennial
Ornamental Use: Beds, Borders, Cut Flowers
Genus: Syringa
Sun: Full Sun, Part Sun
Height: 48-72 inches

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Spirea, Double Play Pink

★★★★★

Prices start at : 19.99 USD / 1 Plant

The flower color is much deeper than that the varieties sold in commercial nurseries.Tiny pink flowers in flat clusters cover this shrub from late spring to mid-summer. ‘Double Play Pink' was selected for its dark red foliage in spring and bold, intense...

Bloom Season: Fall, Summer
Resistant To: Deer, Rabbit
Spread: 2-4 feet
Life Cycle: Perennial
Planting Time: Fall, Spring
Zone: 3-9

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Lewisia, Elise Mix

★★★★★

Prices start at : 6.99 USD / 1 Order ( 4 Plants)

Prize-winning 4-6" variety flowers its first season without a cold period, working its magic in containers, beds and rockeries. With a dreamy palette of flowers in glorious shades of soft and vivid pinks, rose, salmon, white, yellow, orange, soft purple...

Ornamental Use: Beds, Borders, Container
Genus: Lewisia cotyledon
Height: 4-6 inches
Spread: 7 inches
Life Cycle: Perennial

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Lily of the Valley

★★★★★

Prices start at : 12.99 USD / 1 Bag ( 10 pips)

Also known as Lily of the Valley, once these plants are established, they require very little maintenance. They will thrive in shady and moist areas where they can be combined with hellebores, dicentras and Jack-in-the-Pulpits for continuous color.

Bloom Season: Spring
Life Cycle: Perennial
Sun: Full Shade, Part Sun
Spread: 4-6 inches
Planting Time: Fall, Spring
Genus: Convallaria majalis

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Diervilla rivularis, Kodiak Red

★★★★★

Prices start at : 19.99 USD / 1 Plant (4" pot)

In the summer, leaves are red and clusters of small yellow flowers appear on top of the foliage, to the benefit of pollinators. It is easy to grow in shade and problem soils, and is also resistant to deer.

Genus: Diervilla rivularis
Spread: 4-5 feet
Resistant To: Deer, Rabbit
Life Cycle: Perennial
Zone: 4-7
Planting Time: Fall, Spring

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Iberis sempervirens, Whiteout

★★★★★

Prices start at : 4.99 USD / 1 Pkt. ( 20 Seeds)

Improved evergreen plant stands out for uniform flowering and fuller plant habit, with denser branching. Hardy, low growing, spreading perennial creates 6-12” mounds of attractive foliage; are evergreen in warm winter climates, and semi-evergreen in...

Spring

Planting Time: Spring
Ornamental Use: Beds, Borders
Spread: 8-12 inches
Bloom Season: Spring
Sun: Full Sun, Part Sun
Zone: 3-8

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Lamium, Beacon Silver

★★★★★

Prices start at : 8.99 USD / 1 Plant

This ground cover lends beautiful cover under our old holly tree at Fordhook Farm. Our top choice for problem areas in the garden. Grows well in dry areas without much care. Can be used as foliage fillers in patio pots.

Sun: Full Shade, Part Sun
Spread: 12-20 inches
Genus: Lamium maculatum
Life Cycle: Perennial
Planting Time: Fall, Spring

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Deutzia, Yuki Cherry Blossom

Prices start at : 14.99 USD / 1 Plant

Deer resistant plants add interest to the mixed border, in mass plantings, or as fillers in containers. Drought tolerant and easy to maintain once established, it can benefit from being pruned back every few years to encourage bushier growth.

12-24 inches

Spread: 12-24 inches
Bloom Season: Summer
Sun: Full Sun, Part Sun
Resistant To: Deer
Planting Time: Fall, Spring
Height: 12-24 inches

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Wallflower, Sunset Mix

★★★★★

Prices start at : 6.29 USD / 1 Pkt. (50 seeds)

Plants will over-summer, then as cool weather arrives in fall, produce an abundance of flowers through winter and into following spring, very pansy/viola like. This mixture provides a wide range of colors that appear in early spring, filling the air with...

Fall, Spring

Genus: Erysimum cheiri
Height: 10-12 inches
Ornamental Use: Beds, Borders, Container
Sun: Full Sun
Bloom Season: Fall, Spring
Planting Time: Fall, Spring

Pennsylvania

Warminster

Vinca, Illumination

★★★★★

Prices start at : 10.99 USD / 1 plant

Broad bands of golden yellow leaves are edged deep green, illuminating shady spots in the garden. Exceptional color in the common periwinkle. Superb in containers, borders, and drift beds.

Zone: 5-8
Planting Time: Fall, Spring
Life Cycle: Perennial
Height: 3-6 inches
Sun: Full Sun, Part Sun

Pennsylvania

Warminster

St. John's Wort

Prices start at : 6.99 USD / each

Semi-evergreen. Bright yellow, 3'' flowers cover it from early summer to early fall. Excellent for borders, erosion control, rock gardens, and planting under trees. Blooms June to September.

Colors: Yellow
Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
Spread: 18-24''
Season Color: Summer
Zones: 4-10

Illinois

Bloomington