Your Perennial Garden: What plants to cut back or leave until spring.

Posted on by Marietta Buchner

Before winter, remove all diseased debris and broken branches from your flower garden.  Discard any remaining annuals.

Recommended perennials to cut back in fall are:  bearded iris; monarda (bee balm) unless it is new growth; gaillardia (blanket flower); nepeta (catmint); columbine; daylily (now or spring); bush clematis; helianthus; hollyhock; ligularia (now or spring); penstemon; peony; and helianthus.

These perennials are recommended to leave for spring cutting:  asclepias (butterfly weed); chrysanthemums (mammoth mums); and heuchera (coral bells).

Birds will appreciate it if you leave echinacea (cone flowers) and rudbeckia (black-eye Susans) or any other seed producing plants standing through winter.

Grasses in Their Splendor

Posted on by Marietta Buchner

Fall is the time when grasses take the “center stage”.   They are in their splendor with their seed heads and foliage taking on fall color.  Lucky for us that there are so many varieties from which to choose.   The following are some that we have in stock.  Stop in and plant now and next fall you will be enjoying these grasses.

Overdam Feather Reed Grass
Photo courtesy of Bailey’s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Karl Foerster Grass

 

Fall Blooming Grass

Fall Blooming Grass

 

 

Avalanche Feather Reed Grass
Photo by Baileys

 

 

 

 

Graziella Silver Grass
Photo by Trees Today Nursery

 

Shenandoah Grass
Photo by Baileys

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Miscanthus Flame Grass
Photo courtesy of Baileys

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mums

Posted on by Marietta Buchner

We still have a great selection of mums for sale.  Choose from white, yellow, orange, reds, pinks and lavender.  These mums will provide a spot of color by your front door or on your patio, saying “Fall is Here”.    Stop in today.

Coneflowers, coneflowers, coneflowers

Posted on by Marietta Buchner

Our employees are crazy over all the coneflowers we have in stock.  Presently there are over 700 coneflowers on our tables and at least 22 varieties.  Come in now while the selection is still great.  

Perennials for Specific Locations

Posted on by Marietta Buchner

Following are some of the perennials we carry that will work well in certain locations:

Full Sun areas:

Partly Sunny areas:

Partly (mostly) shaded areas:

  • Anemone (photo by Bailey's Nursery) several varieties
  • Beardstongue (photo by Bailey's Nursery) several varieties, tolerates dry or moist soil
  • Bleeding Heart (photo by Bailey's Nursery) several varieties, moist soil
  • Geranium, Hardy (photo by Bailey's Nursery) several varieties
  • Goatsbeard (photo by Bailey's Nursery) several varieties, tolerates dry soil
  • Hosta (photo by Trees Today) many varieties
  • Iris, Siberian (photo by Bailey's Nursery) several varieties, moist soil
  • Lenten Rose (photo by Trees Today) several varieties
  • Lungwort (Photo by Bailey's Nursery) several varieties, moist soil
  • Peony (photo by Bailey's Nursery) several varieties
  • Spiderwort (photo by Bailey's Nursery) several varieties, moist soil

Shade areas:

  • Bleeding Heart (photo by Bailey's Nursery) several varieties, moist soil
  • Goats beard
  • Concord Grape spiderwort
  • Lenten Rose (photo by Trees Today) several varieties

Perennials for Mostly Shady Areas

Posted on by Marietta Buchner

To view some perennials we carry, click on the above “perennials for mostly shady areas”.

  • Anemone (photo by Bailey's Nursery) several varieties
  • Beardstongue (photo by Bailey's Nursery) several varieties, tolerates dry or moist soil
  • Bleeding Heart (photo by Bailey's Nursery) several varieties, moist soil
  • Geranium, Hardy (photo by Bailey's Nursery) several varieties
  • Goatsbeard (photo by Bailey's Nursery) several varieties, tolerates dry soil
  • Hosta (photo by Trees Today) many varieties
  • Iris, Siberian (photo by Bailey's Nursery) several varieties, moist soil
  • Lenten Rose (photo by Trees Today) several varieties
  • Lungwort (Photo by Bailey's Nursery) several varieties, moist soil
  • Peony (photo by Bailey's Nursery) several varieties
  • Spiderwort (photo by Bailey's Nursery) several varieties, moist soil

Perennials for Sunny Locations

Posted on by Marietta Buchner

Click on the above, “perennials for sunny locations“ to view some of the perennials we carry that work well in sunny locations.