Perennials

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!

Hemerocallis 'Big Time Happy'

Plant Height: 12 inches

Flower Height: 18 inches

Spacing: 18 inches

Sunlight: full sun, partial shade

Hardiness Zone: 2b

Group/Class: Happy Ever Appster Series

Description:
Everblooming, soft lemon-yellow trumpets with green throat and ruffled edges; sturdy, strong, easy to care for, great grassy texture and form; good for the beginner gardener and the pro

Ornamental Features:
Happy Ever Appster Big Time Happy Daylily features bold lemon yellow trumpet-shaped flowers with green throats at the ends of the stems from early summer to mid fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its grassy leaves remain green in color throughout the season.

Landscape Attributes:
Happy Ever Appster Big Time Happy Daylily is an herbaceous perennial with a shapely form and gracefully arching foliage. It brings an extremely fine and delicate texture to the garden composition and should be used to full effect.

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 butterflies to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Happy Ever Appster Big Time Happy Daylily is recommended for the following landscape applications:

- Mass Planting
- General Garden Use
- Groundcover

Planting & Growing:
Happy Ever Appster Big Time Happy Daylily will grow to be about 12 inches tall at maturity extending to 18 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 24 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 18 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 10 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 is very adaptable to both dry and moist locations, and should do just fine under typical garden conditions. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.

Hemerocallis ?Rosy Returns?

Rosy Returns Daylily | Dark, pinkish-red blooms have golden-yellow throats. Early season bloomer USDA 3-9

Penstemon digitalis

Tubular shaped white flowers cover the tops of erect blooming stems, standing tall over top of clumping mounds of lance-shaped dark green leaves. Height 3-4'.

Penstemon attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds to the garden. Prefers average, dry to medium well drained soil. Avoid wet poorly drained soil as it will rot. Drought tolerate when established. Deer and rabbit resistant.

- USDA Hardiness Zone(s): 3-8
- Exposure: Full Sun, Part Shade
- Bloom Time(s): April-June

Heuchera 'Rio' PP24,273

Plant Height: 9 inches

Flower Height: 14 inches

Spacing: 12 inches

Sunlight: full sun, partial shade, full shade

Hardiness Zone: 4a

Other Names: Coralbells, Alumroot

Description:
Striking foliage develops stunning hues of red, peach, coral and pale yellow; spikes of ivory bells in late spring to fall; amazing contrast to other plants; great versatility; keep soil moist in heat of summer

Ornamental Features:
Rio Coral Bells features dainty spikes of white bell-shaped flowers rising above the foliage from late spring to mid fall. Its attractive crinkled lobed leaves emerge peach in spring, turning coppery-bronze in color with showy coral-pink variegation and tinges of buttery yellow the rest of the year.

Landscape Attributes:
Rio Coral Bells is a dense herbaceous evergreen perennial with tall flower stalks held atop a low mound of foliage. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and should be cut back in late fall in preparation for winter. It is a good choice for attracting hummingbirds to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Rio Coral Bells is recommended for the following landscape applications:

- Mass Planting
- Rock/Alpine Gardens
- Border Edging
- General Garden Use
- Groundcover
- Container Planting
- Planting & Growing

Rio Coral Bells will grow to be about 9 inches tall at maturity extending to 14 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 14 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 12 inches apart. 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 10 years. As an evegreen perennial, this plant will typically keep its form and foliage year-round.

This plant performs well in both full sun and full shade. However, you may want to keep it away from hot, dry locations that receive direct afternoon sun or which get reflected sunlight, such as against the south side of a white wall. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. 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 particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.

Rio Coral Bells is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, providing a mass of flowers and foliage against which the larger thriller plants stand out. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.

Heuchera ?Mahogany?

Foliage changed from bronze-red to deep-purple as the seasons change. USDA 4-9