If you need a reason to buy the Purrsian Blue Catmint other than the name, there are plenty of others. It blooms from early summer to early fall, in a light blue hue.
It’s very drought resistant and can grow in some pretty terrible soils. You don ’t have to worry too much about rabbits and deer either. It does however require full sun, and it does prefer neutral to alkaline soils.
An easy grower, it will bring color and great smells to your property for a big part of the year. With a mature height of 18′ and a spread of 30′ it’s an amazing plant to add to your collection.
The Aronia Ground Hug lives up to its name. It will hug your soil and be happy with just about anything, making it a perfect plant for anywhere you need it to be.
A natural weed preventer, it will stop any competition with its dense foliage. Maxing out at 14 inches tall, this low-maintenance plant will flower white in spring before turning a great shade of red come fall.
Perfect for anywhere you need color and don’t know what to do.
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The Gray Dogwood shrub is great for wildlife, as the fruit it produces are a great food source for all sorts of critters. Expect plenty of birds to hang around your property in fall.
The stems of these fruits hang around during winter, adding some much-needed color. The white flowers it produces in spring are beautiful but not gaudy. At maturity, the Gray Dogwood will be about 13 feet tall and 13 feet wide in the crown, but it is slow-growing at less than a foot a year.
Best of all though this shrub can handle drought and extended wet conditions and doesn’t need any particular kind of soil. Make sure it gets at least 4 hours of full sun a day.
The Scentara Lilac is an amazing plant, just like any lilac bush. When full grown it can grow up to 8 feet tall, attracting all kinds of pollinators and hummingbirds. In order to ensure your plant is as healthy as possible, make sure it gets full sun, and if not only a slight shade. Mix and match with the common lilac for extended periods of wonderful scents and colors, as this variety blooms about a week earlier.
It appreciates a lot of organic matter in its soil, but make sure the soil is not acidic, as this plant does best in high pH environments. Learn More here.
The Firewitch Dianthus flowers pink from mid-spring to mid-summer. Don’t prune this plant down to the ground in fall, because in winter months the green foliage may remain as it is an evergreen. Known for being deer resistant and extremely hardy, it can handle almost any weather and soil. It does prefer loose alkaline soils though.
Make sure it gets full sun and you ’ll have a great perennial that looks amazing in spring, summer, and winter, and can be divided into new groups every few years.
