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Perennial Plant Spotlight: Beyond Blue
‘Beyond Blue’ Blue Fescue an herbaceous evergreen perennial grass with a mounded form Height: 15 inches Spread: 18 inches Sunlight: Full Sun Hardiness Zone: 4a » intense powder blue foliage that stays bright throughout the season » brings an extremely fine and delicate texture to the garden » a great...
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Perennial Plant Spotlight: SunFern™
Artemesia gmelinii aka SunFern™ Arcadia and SunFern™ Olympia Size: 14-18” tall by 18-24” wide Water: Prefers well-drained soil Hardiness Zones: USDA Zone 4 to Zone 9 SunFern™ is a new plant for 2022 and features soft, ferny foliage that thrives in hot, sunny locations. These durable plants have a shrubby,...
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National Pollinator Week
June 20 – 26 Pollinator Week is an annual celebration in support of pollinator health that was initiated and is managed by Pollinator Partnership. It is a time to raise awareness for pollinators and spread the word about what we can do to protect them. Celebrate with us: Butterfly Buffet...
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June is Perennial Gardening Month
This year the Perennial Plant Association has named the Perennial of the Year as Schizachyrium scoparium, or Little Bluestem. Summer through fall, the slender leaves and stems of little bluestem are an ever-changing kaleidoscope of gray-green, blue, pink, purple, copper, mahogany, red, and orange tones. Wispy silver-white seed heads sparkle...
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Perennial Plant Spotlight: Drops of Jupiter
Ornamental Oregano ‘Drops of Jupiter’ This beautiful ornamental herb will brighten up your landscape! When planted in full sun, the leaves of ‘Drops of Jupiter’ are chartreuse yellow. Later in the summer, mauve pink flowers are held on purple calyxes. The calyxes hold after the flowers are spent and extend...
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Perennial Plant Spotlight: Carex
aka Japanese Sedge Carex is an easy to grow perennial grass with gracefully arching stems. It brings a fine and delicate texture to both landscape beds and container gardens. — grows great in sun, part sun, or shade — a tough, resilient plant that’s low maintenance — so many uses!...
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Plant Spotlight: Clematis
Clematis is a climbing perennial vine that is great to grow on fences or a trellis. You can also let it spread as a ground cover with no structure to climb. The following varieties are available for purchase in-store or online with links: Abilene Alaina Andromeda Asao Candida Daniel Deronda...
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Spring Flowering Perennials & Shrubs
Here’s a look at some of the spring blooming plants available in-store, right now. Click the images for more info on each plant. Shop online for curbside pickup or local delivery, or visit in person for a better selection....
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Audition Some Autumn Bloomers
Extend the beauty of your garden with vivid autumn-blooming perennials. When you think of fall-blooming plants, don’t stop at mums – there are many perennials that can add color to your yard at this time of year....
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Don’t Miss Out on Perennial Brunnera
Are you trying to add drama and beauty to your shady spots but keep finding only bland, lackluster plants? You won’t want to overlook Brunnera with its stunning appearance and easy care. Introducing Brunnera macrophylla Also called Brunnera-Heartleaf and Siberian bugloss, this plant is a stunner for its delicate foliage. The...
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Perennial Flowering Vines
Vines are valuable and versatile plants that provide a remarkable vertical display while using minimal ground space. Offering an extensive mixture of decorative foliage, flowers, fruits and fragrance, vines are generally fast-growing, relatively pest-free and require minimal maintenance....
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Amsonia hubrichtii
Amsonia hubrichtii, commonly known as Arkansas blue star, Arkansas amsonia or threadleaf bluestar, grows 36 inches tall and 36 inches wide in a mounded form. This hardy perennial grows in hardiness zones 4-9 and is a versatile North American native ideal for many landscaping uses in all types of yards...
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Plants for Wet Soil
More water is always good for plants, right? Wrong! When water stands in the soil, air is displaced, which in turn smothers the plant roots. Once the roots are damaged many symptoms appear on leaves and shoots including wilting, marginal and inter-veinal browning of leaves (scorch), poor color and stunted...
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Perennial of the Week: Asters
Fall-blooming asters are on sale this week! We have Purple Dome available, as well as four colors from the ‘Kickin’ series– Carmine Red, Lavender, Lilac Blue and Pink Chiffon....
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