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 Japanese Windflower
Japanese Anemone. A beautiful perennial with dark green foliage and tall stems of pure white open faced flowers that emerge from tight little buds. The flowers appear from summer to autumn and have a simple, sweet beauty. Likes the sun and good drainage. Perennial.
This is a tough and hardy and spreads by strong fibrous roots so give it room to spread and you will be well rewarded.
Habit: Perennial Medium
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): Spreading
Anemone Japonica Single White
Current Stock Height: 5/10 ?
Container: 1.5l pb3 ?
$16.99
aka Golden Japanese forest grass
Japanese forest grass. This grass is a stand out for it's brightly variegated golden foliage made distinctive by it's edge of green near the leaf margins. Tolerant of sun or shade but too much shade will bring more green than gold to the leaves. Perennial
Gorgeous colour compliment for a shady area in your garden, on your path edge or through a woodland.
Leaves: Deciduous, Variegated
Mature Size (HxW): 90cm x 90cm
Hakonechloa Macra Aureola
Expected Stock Height: 20/30 cm ?
Currently sold out. Add to your waitlist to be advised when next in stock.
aka Winter Rose, Lenten Rose
Seedling. An essential winter plant with nodding cup shaped blooms in shades of crisp white to deep wine and everything in-between. Flowers in winter and early spring just when the garden needs some colour. Plant in semi-shade in well drained humus rich soil for best results. Perennial.
Leaves: Deciduous
Mature Size (HxW): 45cm x 45cm
Helleborus Orientalis Mixed
Current Stock Height: 15/20 cm ?
Container: 2.5l ?
$19.99
aka Panakenake, Lobelia
Native. Dainty deep green leaves that quickly form a low mat of tight foliage. In spring and summer myriads of starry shaped white flowers dance above the foliage, followed by fleshy red berries. Plant in sun or part shade in well drained soil that does not completely dry out in summer. Evergreen.
Habit: Groundcover
Leaves: Evergreen, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 5cm x 200cm
Pratia Angulata
Current Stock Height: 0/5 cm ?
Container: 1.5l ?
$14.99
Pratia Angulata
Current Stock Height: 0/5 cm ?
Container: 1l ?
$16.99
Stock of this item is very low.
aka Pratia or Lobelia
A dainty little mat forming ground-cover with tiny green leaves that get smothered with bright blue, star shaped flowers all summer long. Easy to grow and quite hardy but it is important that it does not completely dry out in summer. Sun or part shade. Evergreen.
Habit: Groundcover
Leaves: Evergreen, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 10cm x 40cm
Pratia Country Park
Current Stock Height: 0/5 cm ?
Container: 1.5l ?
$14.99
aka Lambs Ears
Senecio Bella Grigio.... such a fancy name for Lambs ears but this is not just any lambs ear but a gorgeous lambs ear. Slim, tapered silvery leaves to about 50 cm tall culminating in spires covered in pink florets. Put this one on your must have list, we have. Perennial
Habit: Perennial Medium
Leaves: Deciduous, Light
Mature Size (HxW): 50cm x 100cm
Senecio Bella Grigio
Current Stock Height: 15/20 cm ?
Container: 1l ?
$19.99
aka Golden Thyme
Highly aromatic small yellow leaves that can be used to flavour meat or vegetable dishes. Dainty white to mauve flowers appear in summer and should be removed after flowering. Hardy and easy to grow in a sunny well drained spot. Evergreen.
Habit: Groundcover
Leaves: Evergreen, Yellow
Mature Size (HxW): 10cm x 40cm
Thymus Aurea
Current Stock Height: 0/5 cm ?
Container: 1.5l ?
$14.99
aka Carpet or Creeping Thyme
This is the perfect Thyme to use as a tough aromatic ground-cover. Little dark green leaves and tiny crimson pink flowers in summer. Hardy and easy to grow. Benefits from a light trim every now and then. Evergreen.
Habit: Groundcover
Leaves: Evergreen, Green
Mature Size (HxW): Spreading
Thyme Coccineus
Current Stock Height: 0/5 cm ?
Container: 1.5l ?
$14.99
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