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Perennials

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!

Coreopsis 'Cosmic Eye'

Gold centers are surrounded with a band of deep burgundy that reaches out toward the sunny yellow tips. USDA 5-8

Polystichum polyblepharum

Height: 32 inches

Spacing: 30 inches

Sunlight: partial shade, full shade

Hardiness Zone: 5b

Other Names: Korean Tassle Fern

Description:
A stunning fern for the shade garden with bright green new fronds that turn darker when mature; after they unwind, the tips hang down, like a tassel, but eventually straighten out; cut fronds are great for flower arrangements

Ornamental Features:
Japanese Tassel Fern is primarily valued in the garden for its cascading habit of growth. Its ferny pinnately compound leaves emerge light green in spring, turning forest green in color the rest of the year.

Landscape Attributes:
Japanese Tassel Fern is an herbaceous evergreen fern with a shapely form and gracefully arching fronds. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. Deer don't particularly care for this plant and will usually leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Japanese Tassel Fern is recommended for the following landscape applications:

- Mass Planting
- General Garden Use
- Groundcover
- Naturalizing And Woodland Gardens

Planting & Growing:
Japanese Tassel Fern will grow to be about 32 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 30 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 15 years. As an evegreen perennial, this plant will typically keep its form and foliage year-round.

This plant does best in partial shade to shade. It requires an evenly moist well-drained soil for optimal growth, but will die in standing water. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in rich soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution, and will benefit from being planted in a relatively sheltered location. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone over the growing season to conserve soil moisture. This species is not originally from North America, and parts of it are known to be toxic to humans and animals, so care should be exercised in planting it around children and pets. It can be propagated by division.

Pennisetum orientale 'Karley Rose'

Dark, smoky rose-purple flower spikes. Deep green arching foliage. USDA 5-8

Pennisetum orientale 'Karley Rose'

Dark, smoky rose-purple flower spikes. Deep green arching foliage. USDA 5-8

Gaura lindheimeri 'Siskiyou Pink'

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.

Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote'

Fragrant purple-blue blooms. Compact mounding foliage. MUST have good drainage USDA 5-8

Lavandula intermedia 'Provence'

Heavily fragrant light lavender blooms. Silvery mounding foliage. MUST have good drainage. USDA 5-8

Lavandula angustifolia 'Munstead'

Fragrant purple blooms. Uniformly mounding. Compact. MUST have good drainage. USDA 5-8

Thymus coccineus

Pink blooms. Fragrant foliage. Evergreen. Moderate foot traffic. USDA 5-8

Solidago 'Dansolitlem'

Yellow blooms. Upright foliage. Compact habit. Clump-Forming. USDA 5-8

Dianthus ? barbatus interspecific 'Rocking Red'

Single, red flowers emerge on tall, strong stalks. Fragrant. USDA 5-8