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 Winter Rose or Lenten Rose
Winter Rose single. A special form from the Clifton Homestead collection with stems of soft apricot, outward facing blooms that sometimes have a red blush on the reverse. Dark green, divided leathery leaves that form a clump. Plant in semi-shade in nice humus rich soil that is well drained. Perennial.
Habit: Clump Forming
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 45cm x 45cm
Helleborus Apricot
Current Stock Height: 10/15 cm ?
Container: 1l ?
$14.99
aka Winter Rose, Lenten Rose
Winter Rose double. A deliciously double and definitely delightful Hellebore or Winter Rose. The large ruffled flowers are pure white and look striking against the dark green glossy foliage. Plant in semi-shade in nice humus rich soil that does not completely dry out in summer. Perennial.
Habit: Clump Forming
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 45cm x 45cm
Helleborus Betty Ranicar
Current Stock Height: 10/15cm ?
Container: 1l ?
$21.99
aka Winter Rose, Lenten Rose
Winter Rose single. From the 'Clifton Homestead' breeding programme we offer these exciting and dramatic dark hybrids. Includes shades of slate grey, blue-black and deep burgundy. Some may also be spotted. No matter the colour they will be beautiful in the winter garden. Plant in semi-shade. Perennial.
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 45cm x 45cm
Helleborus Dark Hybrid
Current Stock Height: 10 cm
Container: 1l ?
$14.99
aka Stinking Hellebore
The handsome divided dark grey- green leaves combine well with the pale green cup shaped blooms which appear from winter through to early spring. The flower stalks and leaf stems are tinged with red. Quite an easy Hellebore to grow but will perform best in a semi shaded position. Perennial.
Habit: Clump Forming
Leaves: Evergreen, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 60cm x 30cm
Helleborus Wester Flisk
Current Stock Height: 15/20 cm ?
Container: 1l ?
$14.99
aka Winter Rose, Lenten Rose
The handsome dark green leaves combine well with the pale pink cupped shaped blooms which appear from winter through to early spring. Happiest in a semi-shaded position, ideal to naturalize under deciduous trees. Well worth planting. Perennial.
Habit: Clump Forming
Leaves: Evergreen, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 45cm x 45cm
Helleborus Pink Single
Current Stock Height: 10/15 cm ?
Container: 1l ?
$14.99
aka Winter Rose, Lenten Rose
Winter Rose single. Bred in NZ at Clifton Homestead in the South Island this hardy Hellebore has dark leathery foliage highlighted with silver veins. The winter-spring flowers are an attractive lime green blushed with pink. Prefers a humus rich well drained site in sun or part shade. Evergreen.
Habit: Clump Forming
Leaves: Evergreen, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 45cm x 45cm
Helleborus Sternii Clifton
Current Stock Height: 10 cm
Container: 1l ?
$14.99
aka Winter Rose, Lenten Rose
Winter Rose single. An outstanding winter plant with crisp white, rounded, outward facing blooms that are complemented by dark green foliage. Happiest in semi-shade and humus rich well drained soil. Eventually forms a large clump and will really stand out in the winter garden. Perennial.
Habit: Clump Forming
Leaves: Evergreen, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 45cm x 45cm
Helleborus White Hybrids
Current Stock Height: 10/15 cm ?
Container: 1l ?
$14.99
aka Winter Rose, Lenten Rose, Christmas Rose
Winter Rose niger single. This is a lovely Hellebore that hails from the European Alps. Dark green glossy foliage that forms a mound topped off with stems of large white blooms that appear from late winter onward. The blooms are sometimes tinged with pink. Plant in semi-shade in well drained soil. Evergreen Perennial.
This was the first Hellebore I ever purchased many years ago and I still find it hard to resist today - it is really lovely in full flower at what is usually a dull time of year.
Habit: Clump Forming
Leaves: Evergreen, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 30cm x 30cm
Helleborus White Magic
Current Stock Height: 10/15 cm ?
Container: 1l ?
$14.99
aka Winter Rose, Lenten Rose
Winter Rose single. A beautiful single yellow Hellebore from the 'Clifton Homestead' collection that has soft primrose yellow blooms that have hints of green in the centre. Plant in semi-shade in well drained, humus rich soil. Cut off any old leaves looking tatty just before flowering. Perennial.
Habit: Clump Forming
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 45cm x 45cm
Helleborus Yellow Single
Current Stock Height: 10/15 cm ?
Container: 1l ?
$14.99
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