Perennials - Just Arrived
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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aka Hair Sedge
Native Hair Sedge.. The name Comans means "luxuriant head of hair" and this native Tussock Grass certainly has a fine head of green needle foliage. Tolerant of just about any conditions including coastal. Quickly forms a clump and is invaluable for adding texture to the garden. Evergreen.
Leaves: Evergreen, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 40cm x 60cm
Carex Comans Green
Current Stock Height: 10/20 cm ?
Container: 0.5l ?
$9.99
aka Hair Sedge
Native. A lovely soft bronze- red grass with fine tufts of arching foliage. Grows in a wide range of conditions including coastal. Comans means "like a luxuriant head of hair" hence the common name of 'Hair Sedge'. Looks its best in large drifts. Evergreen.
Habit: Grass weeping
Leaves: Evergreen, Brown
Mature Size (HxW): 30cm x 20cm
Carex Comans Red
Current Stock Height: 15/20 cm ?
Container: 0.5l ?
$9.99
aka Bronze Tussock Grass
Native tussock grass with an attractive densely tufted fine bronze foliage. This grass does best in full sun and will grow in quite swampy conditions. Useful for special effects in landscaping when mass planted. Brown flower heads in summer. Evergreen.
Habit: Grass weeping
Leaves: Evergreen, Brown
Mature Size (HxW): 60cm x 40cm
Carex Tenuicalmis
Current Stock Height: 10/20 cm ?
Container: 0.5l ?
$9.99
NZ Native Grass that is a successful colonising plant often used for wetland planting that can also grow on dry sites making it suitable for planting where the conditions may vary periodically. Virgata is a mass of green needle foliage. Tolerant coastal condition. Evergreen.
Leaves: Evergreen, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 100cm x 100cm
Carex Virgata
Current Stock Height: 40/50 cm ?
Container: 0.5l ?
$9.99
aka Blue Oat Grass
Blue Oat Grass. Highly desirable perennial 'grass' that has arching, blue-grey, needles of foliage that form a robust clump. Panicles of cream 'oat' like flowers appear in summer. Hardy and easy to grow as long as your soil is well drained. Looks great as an edging or mass planted. Evergreen.
Though this is generally a neat and tidy 'grass' it can be sheared back to encourage new growth if it starts to look a bit scruffy. This is usually done in late winter - just before spring.
Habit: Clump
Leaves: Evergreen, Blue
Mature Size (HxW): 60cm x 60cm
Helictotrichon Sempervirens
Current Stock Height: 15/25 cm ?
Container: 10.5cm ?
$9.99
aka Winter Rose, Lenten Rose
Of the latest Ice N Roses collection Ice N Roses Merlot will flower tirelessly through winter and well into spring with dark burgundy outward facing blooms, held above the leaf. These will look great providing gorgeous winter colour in your garden or patio containers. Evergreen
Habit: Perennial Medium
Leaves: Evergreen, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 60cm x 100cm
Helleborus Ice N Roses Merlot
Current Stock Height: 15/25 cm ?
Container: 2.4l ?
$32.99
aka Winter Rose
Winter Rose single. Oh this is lovely - dark green glossy foliage that forms a mound topped off with stems of large creamy-white blooms, blushed with pink and lime green opening from pink buds. Plant in semi-shade in well drained soil. Evergreen Perennial.
Habit: Perennial Medium
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 0.3m x 0.3m
Helleborus Ivory Prince
Current Stock Height: 10/15 cm ?
Container: 2.4l ?
$32.99
aka Honey Reed
This tough little Aussie is a great plant for mass planting in difficult spots. Tolerant of poor soil and coastal conditions, sun or part shade. The deep green narrow strap like leaves quickly form a clump. Small, yellow, fragrant flowers in spring. Evergreen. PVR LM300.
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Habit: Clump
Leaves: Evergreen, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 60cm x 65cm
Lomandra Tanika
Current Stock Height: 30/40 cm ?
Container: 1l ?
$19.99
Lomandra Tanika
Current Stock Height: 40/50 cm ?
Container: 1.9l ?
$26.99
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