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For attractive year-round foliage in a clean, compact mound, grow evergreen Candytuft. Candytuft (Iberis semperiverns) has to be one of the most exquisite perennials available with its sparkling white lace flowers and deep green waxy foliage that always...
Staking perennials is a real pain in the butt. Sometimes it’s not until the poor perennial is lying in the mud that a gardener decides to take action. In the west where plants grow shorter and sturdier due...
A daylily (Latin name Hemerocallis), is popular in western gardens due to its success in cold temperature gardens. Its low maintenance, easy culture attitude of performing in a wide range of soils, and living almost forever are all...
Is this rare and fascinating perennial a shrub or a perennial flower? That is the question. Actually, Dictamnus, or “Gas Plant” is both. It could be called a small, tidy, twenty-four inch by twenty-four-inch beautifully-foliaged shrub, or, because...
Above: Peony ‘Rubra Plena,’ an early-booming variety. Photo courtesy Walters Gardens Peonies with their long-lived, refined excellence are a royal tradition in every garden and wear this crown proudly. Peonies have been giving pleasure as far back as...
https://powerfulperennials.com/how-to-stake-perennials/Maltese Cross (Lychnis Chalcedonica) is an International traveler across the colder sections of the Northern Hemisphere, but sadly, is a relatively unknown perennial. Maltese Cross is one of those rare perennials who not only enjoy cold climates but...
Stunning Summer Color – Heliopsis Always Delivers ‘Summer Sun’ is sunshine in shape, form and bloom time. The attractive daisy-shaped flowers bring sunshine into the garden from June, July and August and does it so easily and perfectly...
Armeria or Thrift is an Alpine Perennial with spiky or stem foliage that adds that much needed novel texture to the masses of mounding and spreading plants in most Alpine rock gardens. The puff-ball pink to red blooms...
My first Primroses were the old fashioned Cowslips that were given to me by my husband’s Mother back in 1957. She had planted a full border all the way around her back yard and when they bloomed in...
Fall planting of Tulips is a live-message of hope and trust in the future of spring so kudos to tulips for they keep us optimistic. Tulips with their intricate flowers that bloom in a full spectrum of colors...