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Our enthusiastic and extremely knowledgeable perennials team is here to answer your questions and help you choose the best perennials for your situation. There’s always something in bloom for sun, shade, butterflies, birds or deer resistance as well as a variety of bulbs for your space.
Stroll through our time-tested favorites and introduce yourself to the newest varieties. We garden with perennials too; we love them and it shows!
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White blooms. Graceful, spreading clump. Deep green leaves. Tolerates black walnut, Dry & wet soils. USDA 5-9
Pinkish blooms. Upright clumping grass. Self-seeding. USDA 5-9
Dark green foliage turns a beautiful dark purple or near black in fall. Tolerates a wide range of soils. Good for erosion control. USDA 4-9
Perennial sunflower. Profuse bloomer with 2.5-3? golden yellow flowers. Tolerates clay. USDA 6-9
White flowers with a candy-pink picotee. Open, vase-shaped habit; tolerant of heat, humidity, and some drought once established. USDA 5-9
Golden yellow blooms. Compact, upright habit. Heat tolerant. Long bloomer. USDA 4-9
Height: 12 inches
Spread: 18 inches
Sunlight: full sun, partial shade
Hardiness Zone: 4b
Other Names: Leadwort
Description:
Excellent groundcover with clusters of the truest blue flowers in late summer; foliage turns a nice bronzy-red color in fall; flowers resemble that of woodland phlox, and the red calyces add a wonderful color contrast
Ornamental Features:
Plumbago features showy clusters of blue star-shaped flowers with brick red calyces at the ends of the stems from late summer to early fall. Its glossy oval leaves are green in color. As an added bonus, the foliage turns a gorgeous red in the fall.
Landscape Attributes:
Plumbago is an herbaceous perennial with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.
This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. It is a good choice for attracting bees and butterflies to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.
Plumbago is recommended for the following landscape applications:
- Mass Planting
- Rock/Alpine Gardens
- Border Edging
- General Garden Use
- Groundcover
- Naturalizing And Woodland Gardens
- Planting & Growing
Plumbago will grow to be about 10 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 18 inches. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 8 years. As an herbaceous perennial, this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter, and will regrow from the base each spring. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen!
This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. Consider covering it with a thick layer of mulch in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. This species is not originally from North America. It can be propagated by division.
Deep blue flowers. In early fall, leaves change to a vivid mahogany red color. Growing in sun or shade. Wide range of soil types. Long-lived groundcover. USDA 5-9
Rose pink blooms on rigid stems. Naturalizing. USDA 5-8 'Siskiyou Pink' prefers full sun and is happy in average to poor, well-drained soil. Wandflower is a tap-rooted perennial so it is very drought tolerant. The tap root makes these difficult to move once they are settled in, so site them carefully.
Pink blooms. Tolerates clay & wet soils. Native cultivar. Naturalizing. USDA 4-8
Pink blooms. Compact habit. Slow spreading cultivar. USDA 3-9
Large fragrant pink blooms. Upright bushy habit. USDA 3-9
Compact. Bright yellow flowers. Heat and drought tolerant. Long bloomer. USDA 3-9
Fragrant, purple blooms. Compact dwarf. Tolerates drought & heat. USDA 5-9
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