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Perennials
Knock Out Roses
These easy to grow roses do not require special care and are the most disease resistant rose on the market. Featuring stunning flower power that continues until hard frost this is an excellent landscape shrub. It’s self cleaning and requires no deadheading and normal watering We have had them in our garden for five years and they have never disappointed us.
Day Lily – Stella D’or
This is a perennial garden mainstay. A fragrant, all season bloomer that is excellent in borders and beds.One of the easiest daylily’s to grow, it needs a minimum 6 hours of daylight. Very drought tolerant and pest free, it’s a favorite in our garden and shows color all season.
Rudbeckia Goldsturm
This is by far one of the best border perennials available. The plants form a bushy upright clump producing a beautiful display of golden orange daisies from mid summer through fall. Excellent for cutting and attracts butterflies, this plant is also drought tolerant and great in landscapes.
Astilbe Cattleya
Excellent for providing lush color in dappled light areas, Cattleya is one of the largest astilbe cultivars available. Its very tall, elegant form with numerous lilac to pink plumes in mid summer makes this an outstanding focal point in semi shade. This long-lived hybrid will live in full shade but blooms most profusely when sited in partial shade. Rabbit and deer resistant.
Brunnera Heartleaf ‘Jack Frost’
A sight to behold! The leaves of ‘Jack Frost’ are intricately detailed with a crackle-like finish. Though the leaves are dark green, they have a heavily frosted overlay which allows only the green veining to show through. From mid to late spring, baby blue, forget-me-not type blossoms are held in clusters several inches above the shimmering foliage. Brunneras are classic perennials that are treasured for their shade tolerance and lovely blooms. They make a fantastic groundcover, though the variegated forms may be slower to spread than the species. Try growing them in containers too so they will be close at hand when you want to snip a few blooms for a spring bouquet.
Echinacea ‘Big Sky After Midnight’
This newest member of the fragrant Big Sky™ series is short, upright, and bushy–ideal for containers or the front of a border, where its coloring will create impact. Dramatic, almost black stems hold flower heads of rich magenta-purple petals surrounding a blackish-red cone. A North American genus, Echinacea has big, bright flowers that appear from late June until frost. Plants thrive in average soils or hot, dry conditions and shrug off cold. Blooms last well cut or dried, and the seeds in the large cone at the heart of the flower head provide nourishment for birds.
Aruncus ‘Goat’s Beard’
Aruncus is a beautiful perennial for the shade garden. Its puffy head of tiny white flowers brings light to the shady corners of your yard. Be aware that the cute little Aruncus in the pot at the nursery will grow into a large, vigorous plant that will need room to spread. It is not an aggressive invader, however. It is an excellent nectar provider for butterflies and other small insects.
Heliopsis ‘Summer Sun’
Also called False Sunflowers, these plants are reliable for their very long season of bloom. Plants form a tall, bushy clump of dark green leaves, bearing branching heads of large golden-yellow daisy flowers that are outstanding as cut flowers. Removing faded flowers regularly will greatly extend the blooming season. This plant may require staking, particularly when grown in very rich garden soil. Easily divided in early spring, Heliopsis is easy and always rewarding.
Hosta ‘June’
Hosta are among the most popular of perennials for shady areas, with hundreds of varieties now readily available. Plants form a sturdy mound of foliage, topped with lily-like blooms. This medium-sized specimen selection has bright yellow leaves with a streaky blue-green margin. Pale lilac flowers appear in July. Suitable also for planting in mixed containers or tubs. Hosta go completely dormant in the fall, and the dying foliage can be removed any time before mid spring. Easily divided in either spring or fall, but plants may be left alone for years. Slugs may need to be controlled.
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