Care & Guidance
Whilst you enjoy your perennials for their fantastic foliage or beautiful blooms, it's really the roots you're buying - because the roots allow the plants to come back every year. Use these tips to make sure your perennials get off to the right start.
Container grown perennials are easy to plant and commonly available. Start digging a hole that's a little wider but no deeper than the pot your new perennial came in. Loosen the roots, and spread them out if the plant has become rootbound* (*when roots start to grow in circles around the edge of the pot). Then firm the soil in around the roots and water well.
Planting Tips: water your perennials well after you plant them. Then lay a 2-3 inch deep layer of mulch over the soil around your new plants. The mulch will help the soil hold moisture and prevent weeds from growing. Give taller perennials such as delphiniums, holihocks and peonies support by staking them. Anchor single stems by inserting a rod or sturdy stick into the ground and tying the stem to it. Keep clump forming plants with multiple stems standing, by growing through a hoop. Regularly deadhead and divide your perennials to keep them healthy and looking beautiful.
Deadheading: simply means cutting the faded flowers off your plants. It makes your plants look better and it prevents them from setting seed so you don't have a mass of seedlings popping up in your garden.
Dividing: One of the best things about perennials is that they grow bigger and better each year. But many start to crowd themselves out if they get too big. Keep them performing well by digging them out of the ground and splitting them into smaller chunks every 3 or 4 years. Early spring and autumn are the best times to divide most perennials. A couple of exceptions include bearded iris and hosta: split these perennials in summer.
Watering: There's no one-size fits all rule for watering perennials. Some varieties stand up to drought and others need to be kept moist all the time. Keep your plants healthier and make watering a breeze by grouping plants in acccordance with their watering needs. No matter what perennials you're growing, be sure to keep them all well watered in the first year - that allows them to become well established.
Feeding: If you have rich soil or improve it with garden compost or other forms of organic matter on a regular basis, you probably won't need to feed your plants, But if you're burdened with poor soil, fertilising can be helpful. Take care not to over fertilise - this may make your plants flower less, suffer root injury, or even kill your perennials.
Winter Care: Perennials that are reliably cold hardy in your region shouldn't need any special winter care. But spreading a layer of mulch over them after the soil freezes can help prevent winter damage during an especially cold season. Many gardeners like to leave the dead stems of their perennials standing all winter, providing food for birds. Perennials can help to catch snow, which is one of the best winter mulches.
Christmas Rose. A wonderful new introduction, an evergreen perennial producing leathery dark green. divided leaves. Saucer-shaped creamy white flowers fading to pink and green. Height 20-30cm. Spread 30cm. Flowers from December to April. Evergreen Hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds. Harmful if eaten. Dry shade.
Lenten Rose. Evergreen perennial leathery dark green leaves & large saucer-shaped pink flowers. Height 45cm. Spread 45cm. Flowers from January to April. Hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds. Harmful if eaten.
Lenten Rose. Evergreen perennial leathery dark green leaves & large saucer-shaped double white and pink spotted flowers. Height 45cm. Spread 45cm. Flowers from January to April. Hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds. Harmful if eaten.
A named selection that has wonderful white flowers from December through to March. Vigorous growth with green foliage which remains all year. A big hellebore flowering until March.
Helleborus, snow rose group. Masses of red flowers from December to January.
A named selection that has wonderful white flowers from December through to early spring. Attractive compact growth with green foliage which remains all year.
Mound-forming, evergreen to semi-evergreen perennial with leathery, divided, toothed, blue, grey-green leaves and erect, dark stems bearing outward-facing, saucer-shaped, greenish-white flowers that age to rose, from December to early spring.
Mound-forming, evergreen perennial with leathery, divided, toothed, dark grey-green leaves and erect,red stems bearing blush coloured buds opening to large cream flowers that age to green. A vigorous growth habit flowering from December to March.
Perfect Christmas rose for the festive season! The beautiful brilliant white blooms are produced continuously from November through to Christmas.
Mound-forming, evergreen to semi-evergreen perennial with leathery, divided, toothed, blue, grey-green leaves and erect, dark stems bearing outward-facing, saucer-shaped, pink- to green-flushed, greenish-white flowers that age to peach and rose, from December to early spring.
Christmas Rose. An evergreen perennial producing leathery dark green. divided leaves. Saucer-shaped flowers. Height 20-30cm. Spread 30cm. Flowers from January to April. Evergreen Hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds. Harmful if eaten.
Christmas Rose. Pure white blooms are borne on sturdy stems that can be reddish at higher temperatures and held above dense fresh green leaves. Evergreen Hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds. Harmful if eaten.
Perfect Christmas rose for the festive season! The beautiful brilliant white blooms are produced continuously from November through to Christmas.
Erect stems stand above the green-grey foliage, bearing large outward facing, saucer-like white blooms which age to pink and then green. Flowering from late winter into spring.
Christmas Rose. Evergreen perennial producing leathery dark green, divided leaves. Saucer-shaped creamy white flowers fading to green. Height 20-30cm. Spread 30cm. Flowers from November to April. Evergreen Hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds. Harmful if eaten. Dry shade.
A clump-forming herbaceous perennial 45cm high with evergreen, serrated, dark green leaves, and stems, held well above the leaves, with outward-facing creamy white flowers which become flushed with green as they age, from midwinter until late spring; hellebore flowers provide nectar and pollen for early-flying bees.
Lenten Rose. Evergreen perennial. leathery dark green leaves & large saucer-shaped flowers. Height 45cm. Spread 45cm. Flowers from January to April. Hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds. Harmful if eaten.
Nothing can compete in providing a whoosh of colour in the winter months as masses of blue cup shaped flowers appear in January until the end of spring above abundant glossy evergreen foliage. Deer resistant. Prefers moist soil in shade. Height & spread 35cm (14”). Harmful if eaten.
Mound-forming, evergreen to semi-evergreen perennial with leathery, divided, toothed, blue, grey-green leaves and erect, dark stems bearing outward-facing, saucer-shaped, white to green-flushed, greenish-white flowers that age to peach and rose, from December to early spring. Height 15-20cm.
Christmas Rose. A wonderful new introduction, an evergreen perennial producing leathery dark green, divided leaves. Saucer-shaped creamy white flowers fading to green. Height 20-30cm. Spread 30cm. Flowers from December to April. Evergreen Hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds. Harmful if eaten. Dry shade.
Lenten Rose. Evergreen perennial leathery dark green leaves & large saucer-shaped double white flowers. Height 45cm. Spread 45cm. Flowers from January to April. Hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds. Harmful if eaten.
A very good flowering form ,sturdy habit, low mound of silvery grey veined leaves and large outward facing single white flowers in early spring ageing to pink.
Dark deep-green, evergreen leaves which are held close to the ground. From mid-winter until spring, masses of delicate pure-white, fading to pale pink, flowers are produced. Fully hardy.
Lenten Rose. Cream-coloured flowers as early as December. Flowers into March on strong reddish flower stems. The blooms turn a gorgeous copper shade as they fade. This strong-growing evergreen variety loves both partial shade and sunny spots in the garden.
Lenten Rose. Light pink to pink flowers mature to a deep cranberry. Very dark foliage with dark stems. Strong plant, deer resistant. Grow in good well-drained soil in part shade.
'Ivory Prince' is a clump-forming, evergreen perennial, to 40cm tall, with five-lobed, dark green leaves with silvery veining. The ivory-white, bowl-shaped flowers open from dark pink buds in late winter to mid-spring, developing pale green and pink flushing as they age.
Forms a wide clump of dark evergreen foliage topped, starting in late February, with masses of large creamy flowers with pink flushed backs.
Blooms February to April. Soft pink buds open to cream flushed pink flowers that age to deep rose. This variety flowers heavily above silver veined evergreen glossy foliage. A vigorous selection.
Low mound of large, leathery, evergreen, green leaves. Large outfacing single creamy-white flowers, with a slight greenish tinge, appear in early spring.
A perennial with an open clump-forming erect habit. It has light-green foliage and stems. In summer in bears a succession of deep-yellow flowers with a greenish tinge to the throat and reflexed petals.
Bushy herbaceous perennial with long narrow mid green leaves. In June and July the Hemerocallis Citrina blooms stunning trumpet shaped yellow flowers which are often lightly scented creating a wonderful lemony aroma, blooming in the evenings held tall above the foliage on stiff, erect stems.
A perennial with an open clump-forming, erect habit. It has light-green foliage and stems. In summer it bears a succession of purple flowers with a greenish tinge to the throat and reflexed petals.
Delightful flowers are pink with dark pink highlights and appear early. It is a low maintenance plant with a long bloom time and a vigorous but compact growth habit. Bred from the farmed 'Stella d'Oro' daylily.
Compact, dwarf, everblooming daylily. Lightly ruffled flowers of pink and cream with a dark pink halo and yellow throat. Hardy.
Wonderful rich bloomer, blooming throughout summer. It has yellow-orange flowers and vibrant green strap-like foliage. Each beautiful bloom lasts for just one day but will be replaced day after with another, hence their common name day lily.
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