Care & Guidance
Whilst you enjoy your perennials for their fantastic foliage or beautiful blooms, it's really the roots you're buying - because the roots allow the plants to come back every year. Use these tips to make sure your perennials get off to the right start.
Container grown perennials are easy to plant and commonly available. Start digging a hole that's a little wider but no deeper than the pot your new perennial came in. Loosen the roots, and spread them out if the plant has become rootbound* (*when roots start to grow in circles around the edge of the pot). Then firm the soil in around the roots and water well.
Planting Tips: water your perennials well after you plant them. Then lay a 2-3 inch deep layer of mulch over the soil around your new plants. The mulch will help the soil hold moisture and prevent weeds from growing. Give taller perennials such as delphiniums, holihocks and peonies support by staking them. Anchor single stems by inserting a rod or sturdy stick into the ground and tying the stem to it. Keep clump forming plants with multiple stems standing, by growing through a hoop. Regularly deadhead and divide your perennials to keep them healthy and looking beautiful.
Deadheading: simply means cutting the faded flowers off your plants. It makes your plants look better and it prevents them from setting seed so you don't have a mass of seedlings popping up in your garden.
Dividing: One of the best things about perennials is that they grow bigger and better each year. But many start to crowd themselves out if they get too big. Keep them performing well by digging them out of the ground and splitting them into smaller chunks every 3 or 4 years. Early spring and autumn are the best times to divide most perennials. A couple of exceptions include bearded iris and hosta: split these perennials in summer.
Watering: There's no one-size fits all rule for watering perennials. Some varieties stand up to drought and others need to be kept moist all the time. Keep your plants healthier and make watering a breeze by grouping plants in acccordance with their watering needs. No matter what perennials you're growing, be sure to keep them all well watered in the first year - that allows them to become well established.
Feeding: If you have rich soil or improve it with garden compost or other forms of organic matter on a regular basis, you probably won't need to feed your plants, But if you're burdened with poor soil, fertilising can be helpful. Take care not to over fertilise - this may make your plants flower less, suffer root injury, or even kill your perennials.
Winter Care: Perennials that are reliably cold hardy in your region shouldn't need any special winter care. But spreading a layer of mulch over them after the soil freezes can help prevent winter damage during an especially cold season. Many gardeners like to leave the dead stems of their perennials standing all winter, providing food for birds. Perennials can help to catch snow, which is one of the best winter mulches.
Lenten Rose. Evergreen perennial leathery dark green leaves & large saucer-shaped double purple flowers. Height 45cm. Spread 45cm. Flowers from January to April. Hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds. Harmful if eaten.
Lenten Rose. Evergreen perennial leathery dark green leaves & large saucer-shaped double white and pink spotted flowers. Height 45cm. Spread 45cm. Flowers from January to April. Hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds. Harmful if eaten.
Lenten Rose. Evergreen perennial leathery dark green leaves & large saucer-shaped double white and pink spotted flowers. Height 45cm. Spread 45cm. Flowers from January to April. Hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds. Harmful if eaten.
Helleborus, snow rose group. Masses of red flowers from December to January.
Perfect Christmas rose for the festive season! The beautiful brilliant white blooms are produced continuously from November through to Christmas.
Mound-forming, evergreen to semi-evergreen perennial with leathery, divided, toothed, blue, grey-green leaves and erect, dark stems bearing outward-facing, saucer-shaped, pink- to green-flushed, greenish-white flowers that age to peach and rose, from December to early spring.
Christmas Rose. An evergreen perennial producing leathery dark green. divided leaves. Saucer-shaped flowers. Height 20-30cm. Spread 30cm. Flowers from January to April. Evergreen Hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds. Harmful if eaten.
Christmas Rose. Pure white blooms are borne on sturdy stems that can be reddish at higher temperatures and held above dense fresh green leaves. Evergreen Hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds. Harmful if eaten.
Erect stems stand above the green-grey foliage, bearing large outward facing, saucer-like white blooms which age to pink and then green. Flowering from late winter into spring.
Grows into a low mound about two feet tall and wide. The foliage is leathery and dark green with serrated leaflets that are evergreen throughout the winter except in extremely cold locations. Bears heavy clusters of outward-facing two inch five-petaled flowers that are creamy white with lime green centres.
A clump-forming herbaceous perennial 45cm high with evergreen, serrated, dark green leaves, and stems, held well above the leaves, with outward-facing creamy white flowers which become flushed with green as they age, from midwinter until late spring; hellebore flowers provide nectar and pollen for early-flying bees.
Stunning garnet-laced flowers with red veins on every brilliant white petal. Very hardy and easy to grow perennial that has exceptional flower count, even as a young plant. A winter time classic.
A beautiful Lenten Rose with deep burgundy-red flowers, which a cute central ruffle in the centre. Flowers emerge in early spring on tough, glossy green foliage. Prefers partial shade with free-draining soil or compost.
Clump-forming, evergreen or semi-evergreen perennial with leathery, deeply lobed, dark green leaves and upright stems bearing outward-facing, double, black to black-flushed maroon flowers in late winter and early spring.
Clump-forming, evergreen or semi-evergreen perennial with leathery, deeply lobed, dark green leaves and upright stems bearing outward-facing, double, green to green flushed flushed white flowers in late winter and early spring.
Lenten Rose. Evergreen perennial leathery dark green leaves & large saucer-shaped double red flowers. Height 45cm. Spread 45cm. Flowers from January to April. Hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds. Harmful if eaten.
Lenten Rose. Evergreen perennial leathery dark green leaves & large saucer-shaped double yellow flowers. Height 45cm. Spread 45cm. Flowers from January to April. Hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds. Harmful if eaten.
Lenten Rose. Evergreen perennial. leathery dark green leaves & large saucer-shaped flowers. Height 45cm. Spread 45cm. Flowers from January to April. Hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds. Harmful if eaten.
Nothing can compete in providing a whoosh of colour in the winter months as masses of blue cup shaped flowers appear in January until the end of spring above abundant glossy evergreen foliage. Deer resistant. Prefers moist soil in shade. Height & spread 35cm (14”). Harmful if eaten.
Lenten Rose. Evergreen perennial. leathery dark green leaves & large saucer pink and white peony -shaped flowers. Height 45cm. Spread 45cm. Flowers from January to April. Hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds. Harmful if eaten.
An evergreen perennial with leathery leaves and double white flowers held on long stems from late January. Fertile soil in partial shade. Plant Breeders Rights apply. Harmful if eaten / skin irritant.
Christmas Rose. A wonderful new introduction, an evergreen perennial producing leathery dark green, divided leaves. Saucer-shaped creamy white flowers fading to green. Height 20-30cm. Spread 30cm. Flowers from December to April. Evergreen Hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds. Harmful if eaten. Dry shade.
Dark deep-green, evergreen leaves which are held close to the ground. From mid-winter until spring, masses of delicate pure-white, fading to pale pink, flowers are produced. Fully hardy.
Lenten Rose. Cream-coloured flowers as early as December. Flowers into March on strong reddish flower stems. The blooms turn a gorgeous copper shade as they fade. This strong-growing evergreen variety loves both partial shade and sunny spots in the garden.
'Ivory Prince' is a clump-forming, evergreen perennial, to 40cm tall, with five-lobed, dark green leaves with silvery veining. The ivory-white, bowl-shaped flowers open from dark pink buds in late winter to mid-spring, developing pale green and pink flushing as they age.
Forms a wide clump of dark evergreen foliage topped, starting in late February, with masses of large creamy flowers with pink flushed backs.
Blooms February to April. Soft pink buds open to cream flushed pink flowers that age to deep rose. This variety flowers heavily above silver veined evergreen glossy foliage. A vigorous selection.
Low mound of large, leathery, evergreen, green leaves. Large outfacing single creamy-white flowers, with a slight greenish tinge, appear in early spring.
A perennial with an open clump-forming erect habit. It has light-green foliage and stems. In summer in bears a succession of deep-yellow flowers with a greenish tinge to the throat and reflexed petals.
Bushy herbaceous perennial with long narrow mid green leaves. In June and July the Hemerocallis Citrina blooms stunning trumpet shaped yellow flowers which are often lightly scented creating a wonderful lemony aroma, blooming in the evenings held tall above the foliage on stiff, erect stems.
A perennial with an open clump-forming, erect habit. It has light-green foliage and stems. In summer it bears a succession of purple flowers with a greenish tinge to the throat and reflexed petals.
Delightful flowers are pink with dark pink highlights and appear early. It is a low maintenance plant with a long bloom time and a vigorous but compact growth habit. Bred from the farmed 'Stella d'Oro' daylily.
Compact, dwarf, everblooming daylily. Lightly ruffled flowers of pink and cream with a dark pink halo and yellow throat. Hardy.
Wonderful rich bloomer, blooming throughout summer. It has yellow-orange flowers and vibrant green strap-like foliage. Each beautiful bloom lasts for just one day but will be replaced day after with another, hence their common name day lily.
Very good cultivar coming from the Netherlands. It has a low growth (clump size is only 35-40cm) and it blooms richly. Rebloomer. This plant was designed to be the star of your garden in the pot or at the edge of the rock garden.
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