All Perennials
In designing with plants, it is the perennials that ensure that there is constant change, and that there is always an element of surprise or interest in the garden.
Getting to know the dormant and flowering periods of the plants is essential to achieving the right balance in the design, so that as one perennial goes to sleep, another awakens.
Perennials, perhaps more than any other group of plants, are available in a huge range of colours, forms, textures and fragrances in both foliage and flower. There are perennials suitable for almost every area of the garden: from full sun to full shade, in large gardens or small beds and to suit every mood or style. Popular perennial plants include Penstemon, Gaura, Canna, Dahlias, Salvias, Lupins, Columbines, Lilies, Delphiniums and Hellebores - oh! the list is endless.
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A perennial plant (Latin per, "through", annum, "year") is a plant that lives for more than two years, unlike an Annual which grows, sets seed, gayly disperses it and then dies - all in a single season. Perennial plants are divided into two large groups: those that are woody and those that are herbaceous. They can be short-lived (only a few years) or they can be long-lived, and can vary in size from only a few millimeters to over 10 meters tall. They include a wide assortment of plant groups from Ferns to the highly diverse flowering plants like Orchids and Ornamental Grasses.
Perennials typically grow structures that allow them to adapt to living from one year to the next. These structures include bulbs, tubers, woody crowns, rhizomes plus others. They might have specialized stems or crowns that allow them to survive periods of dormancy over cold or dry seasons during the year. Many perennials have adapted to survive under extreme environmental conditions: some can survive hot dry conditions, or cold temperatures. These plants tend to invest a lot of resource into their adaptations and often do not flower and set seed until after a few years of growth.
Many perennials produce relatively large seeds, which can have an advantage as they produce larger seedlings after germination that can better compete with other plants or more quickly develop leaves, ensuring their survival.
In warmer climates, perennials grow continuously. In seasonal climates, their growth is limited to the growing season. For example, in temperate regions a perennial plant may grow and bloom during the warm part of the year, with the foliage dying back in the winter. These plants are deciduous perennials. Regrowth is from existing stem tissue. In some species, perennials retain their foliage all year round; these are evergreen perennials. Come in and take a look around. We've always got something pretty, perky and persuasive in the perennial line.
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PAGE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 ALL An easy perennial, tolerating a range of conditions including poor soil. Form low mounds of fragrant ferny foliage, with clusters of dark maroon flowers appearing on upright stems in early summer. Good for cutting, fresh or dried. Inclined to spread. Easily divided in fall or early spring. Achillea Maroon Red Expected Stock Height: 5/10 cm ? Currently sold out. Add to your waitlist to be advised when next in stock. aka Achillea Plants form low mounds of fragrant foliage, with clusters of upright flower stems in early summer. Gives a deep apricot salmon shade. Good for cutting, fresh or dried. Easy to grow perennial, growing in nearly any sunny situation, even where there is poor soil. Heat tolerant. Achillea Summer Sun Expected Stock Height: 5/10 cm ? Currently sold out. Add to your waitlist to be advised when next in stock. aka Slender Sweet Flag Evergreen perennial that looks a little bit like a cross between and Iris and a grass. The leaves are attractively striped in shades of chartreuse and cream. The foliage is unusually aromatic. Ideal for planting in bog gardens or at the edge of ponds to a depth of 20cm. Prefers sun.
Acorus Gramineus Ogon Current Stock Height: 10/15 cm ? Container: 1l ? $21.99 aka Sweet Flag Sweet little yellow grass for miniature gardens and fairy gardens. Tufts of spiky yellow foliage make a striking accent in little landscapes and container plantings. Has a very soft smooth feel to the fingertips and sweet fresh scent to the nose. Acorus G. Min. Aureus Current Stock Height: 5/10 cm ? Container: 1.5l ? $14.99 aka Sweet Flag Sweet Flag. This little perennial from Japan forms a clump of flattened green leaves on short rhizomes both of which have a sweet cinnamon fragrance, especially when dried. Ideal for boggy spots or at pond/stream edges. Quite hardy and easy to grow. Semi-evergreen.
Acorus Gramineus Variegatus Expected Stock Height: 10/15 cm ? THIS ITEM AVAILABLE FOR PICK UP ONLY aka Sweet Flag Sweet Flag - A miniature little grassy perennial from Japan. Forms neat clumps of weeping green leaves on short rhizomes both of which have a sweet cinnamon fragrance, especially when dried. Ideal for boggy spots or at pond/stream edges. Quite hardy and easy to grow. Semi-evergreen.
Acorus Mini Green Current Stock Height: 10 cm Container: 1.5l ? $14.99 aka Lily of the Nile Dwarf. Ultra-miniature agapanthus growing to only 10 cm high which features classic pure white double blooms which appear above the foliage all summer and reaching just 20 cm in height. Great border plant, suitable for containers. Evergreen.
Agapanthus Agapetite Current Stock Height: 10/15 cm ? Container: 2l ? $26.99 Agapanthus Agapetite Expected Stock Height: 5/10 cm ? New stock expected Beginning of March, 2025. Waitlist now. Estimated price $21.99. Payment on order.
aka Lily of the Nile Dwarf Agapanthus. Wide strap-like leaves of dark green that quickly form a tidy clump. The summer flowers are a soft mauve-blue shade flowering just above the foliage. The flowers do not set viable seed and are therefore considered 'eco-friendly'. Happy in the sun. Tough as! Perennial. Agapanthus Baby Pete Current Stock Height: 5/10 cm ? Container: 1.9l ? $24.99 aka Lily of the Nile Beautiful vibrant blue flowers, low compact and bushy. With its strappy leaves it adds a contrast to leafy plants. Great as a bulk in borders, under a hedge, etc. Very low maintainance and long term flowering. Drought tolerant. Evergreen. Dead head once all flowers have finished. Agapanthus Berts Brook Current Stock Height: 15/20 cm ? Container: 1.5l ? $22.99
Habit: Clump Forming
Mature Size (HxW): 30cm x 60cm
Habit: Bushy
Mature Size (HxW): 40cm x 60cm
Mature Size (HxW): 30cm x 30cm
Mature Size (HxW): 10cm x 15cm
Mature Size (HxW): 0.3m x 0.3m
Currently sold out. Add to your waitlist to be advised when next in stock.
Mature Size (HxW): 10cm x 10cm
PVR: HOM272/30923
Habit: Clump Forming
Mature Size (HxW): 10cm x 10cm
Sterile variety.
Habit: Clump Forming
Mature Size (HxW): 30cm x 30cm
Habit: Clump Forming
Mature Size (HxW): 50cm x 50cm
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