Ready, set, grow…..At the end of a long winter, who isn’t chomping at the bit to add beautiful and fun perennials to their garden. Once you have structure in your garden (garden design blog) splurging on fun and interesting plants will add seasonal color and texture to your landscape. Prevent a hodge-podge look by first creating a solid plan for your landscape. When perusing this list consider the following before making your purchase:
Below are some of our favorites with links to their websites for more pics and growing information. Kniphofia Poco™ Sunset Poco™ SeriesBluestone Perennials Catalog Description: Shorter bicolor spikes bear many flowers even in its first season. Mango-colored wands capped with luscious deep red-orange rise above narrow, grass-like foliage. Hummingbirds can’t stay away from the vibrant blossoms. Kniphofia Poco™ Sunset with its long bloom time can be enjoyed from July into fall. Red Hot Poker is a gorgeous sight in the late summer perennial border. Kniphofia is a good companion plant for daylilies. Enjoy a tropical sunset of vibrant color when planted in drifts. Iris Ice and Indigo |
Proven Winners Pride and Joy, Rock ‘n Grow collection offers yellow and pink/purple varieties. The fall bloomer for the front of your border attracts butterflies and has dried seed heads that you’ll enjoy late into the growing season. An extra bonus is that it grows in poor soil and rarely gets thirsty. |
Proven Winners Catalog Description:
If you love 'Pure Joy' for its fantastic can't-be-beat habit and short stature, you'll love 'Bundle of Joy'. This is a white flowering sport of 'Pure Joy', the same exemplary performance, as well as an explosion of blooms that cover the dome-like habit. Plant with other late season interest plants like PRAIRIE WIND® Grasses, SUMMERIFIC® Hibiscus, hardy garden mums, asters, and Black-Eyed Susans. Try a few in containers and at the front of the border.
If you love 'Pure Joy' for its fantastic can't-be-beat habit and short stature, you'll love 'Bundle of Joy'. This is a white flowering sport of 'Pure Joy', the same exemplary performance, as well as an explosion of blooms that cover the dome-like habit. Plant with other late season interest plants like PRAIRIE WIND® Grasses, SUMMERIFIC® Hibiscus, hardy garden mums, asters, and Black-Eyed Susans. Try a few in containers and at the front of the border.
Salvia nemorosa 'White Profusion'
Proven Winners Catalog Description:
Last year, we introduced three new Salvia nemorosa whose claim to fame was fantastic rebloom throughout the summer. New for 19-20 comes a brand new color to the series, 'White Profusion'! Just like its counterparts, this Salvia will reflush with flowers if sheared back and will do so many times. A full, round habit that's unbothered by deer and rabbits make it a perfect choice for the early summer garden.
Salvia is a staple item for every sunny garden. It asks little more than sunshine and a little drink every once in a while in return for producing a bountiful mass of colorful flower spires from late spring into early summer. It forms a uniform, rounded clump of aromatic, rugose green foliage that looks nice all season long and is ignored by rabbits and deer.
Last year, we introduced three new Salvia nemorosa whose claim to fame was fantastic rebloom throughout the summer. New for 19-20 comes a brand new color to the series, 'White Profusion'! Just like its counterparts, this Salvia will reflush with flowers if sheared back and will do so many times. A full, round habit that's unbothered by deer and rabbits make it a perfect choice for the early summer garden.
Salvia is a staple item for every sunny garden. It asks little more than sunshine and a little drink every once in a while in return for producing a bountiful mass of colorful flower spires from late spring into early summer. It forms a uniform, rounded clump of aromatic, rugose green foliage that looks nice all season long and is ignored by rabbits and deer.
Echinacea 'Orange You Awesome'
The name alone requires some consideration for this deer resistant coneflower. As a pollinator, it feeds the birds if left to seed in the late summer. The low water needs and part shade tolerance makes this coneflower a perfect choice for your border. If orange is not your favorite color, the Color Coded collection includes red, white and yellow varieties. |
Proven Winners Catalog Description:
Join the craze with this new collection of single Coneflowers for Proven Winners. These varieties are produced clonally from tissue culture, so all plants will be uniform in color and habit. These varieties were selected for their excellent basal branching, flower performance, large flower size, and horizontally held petals. Enjoy these as late summer interest for your garden. These are perfect varieties as pollinator magnets and during late fall to winter, the seed heads will serve as food for birds. Two varieties are available the first year. Stayed tuned for more colors in the future!
Tangerine orange flowers are produced with dark cones. Near the cones, there is a faint reddish halo. Earlier to bloom.
Join the craze with this new collection of single Coneflowers for Proven Winners. These varieties are produced clonally from tissue culture, so all plants will be uniform in color and habit. These varieties were selected for their excellent basal branching, flower performance, large flower size, and horizontally held petals. Enjoy these as late summer interest for your garden. These are perfect varieties as pollinator magnets and during late fall to winter, the seed heads will serve as food for birds. Two varieties are available the first year. Stayed tuned for more colors in the future!
Tangerine orange flowers are produced with dark cones. Near the cones, there is a faint reddish halo. Earlier to bloom.
Campanula carpatica Delft Teacups
Teacup Series
Bluestone Perennials:
One clump or two? The color of Delftware pottery, bicolor lilac-blue and white 1 ½” teacup-shaped blossoms sweetly brighten a pathway or a rock garden. Abundant larger flowers belie its smaller stature. Carpathian Bellflowers form low cushion-shaped mounds of attractive dark green, toothed foliage.
One clump or two? The color of Delftware pottery, bicolor lilac-blue and white 1 ½” teacup-shaped blossoms sweetly brighten a pathway or a rock garden. Abundant larger flowers belie its smaller stature. Carpathian Bellflowers form low cushion-shaped mounds of attractive dark green, toothed foliage.
Clematis Nubia
Boulevard® Series
Consider adding a vertical element to your landscape with a vine. This pollinator attracts butterflies and blooms from June until September. Be attentive to this plant’s rich, saturated color and plant against a light background. A dark trellis or red brick house won’t showcase the deep red--- so mix in some white clematis or plant against a lighter background. Most clematis like their feet in the shade and face in the sun. They especially like morning sun. |
Bluestone Perennial Catalog Description:
Add a red flower to your garden and eyes are drawn right to it. Regal velvet red flowers smother the foliage from the ground up from June into August and again in September! Compact habit and great rebloom. Clematis Nubia™ is ideal for a small garden balcony, deck garden or patio. Clematis supply vertical interest. Every perennial garden should have at least one of these incredible vines. From the Boulevard® Series renowned for its easy care, bushy long-blooming compact habit.
Add a red flower to your garden and eyes are drawn right to it. Regal velvet red flowers smother the foliage from the ground up from June into August and again in September! Compact habit and great rebloom. Clematis Nubia™ is ideal for a small garden balcony, deck garden or patio. Clematis supply vertical interest. Every perennial garden should have at least one of these incredible vines. From the Boulevard® Series renowned for its easy care, bushy long-blooming compact habit.
Of course, your favorite nurseries and catalogs will also feature new, outstanding cultivars to consider. Do yourself and the new plants a favor by carefully researching ideal location, light and water requirements, and neighboring plants. Strong-performing perennials are a gift that keeps on giving!
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