{"title":"Perennials To Attract Butterflies","description":"\u003cdiv title=\"Shop Perennials To Attract Butterflies\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eButterfly-friendly perennials offer nectar-rich flowers and host plants to support every stage of the butterfly lifecycle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"perennial-shasta-daisy-real-sunbeam","title":"Real Sunbeam Shasta Daisy","description":"\u003cp\u003eCheerful blooms abound with 'Real Sunbeam' Shasta Daisy. With blooms 3-4 inches across, this perennial is a summer garden essential, flowering from early summer into fall. Deadhead spent flowers to keep more blooms coming, and enjoy some in summer bouquets, too. Happy in full sun to part sun and not fussy, it will thrive in average, well-draining soil, and is drought tolerant once established. At 18-20 inches tall and 18-20 inches wide, 'Real Sunbeam' mixes into a perennial bed where its lush yellow will lift the pinks, purples, and blues of garden favorites such as Delphinium, Echinacea, Penstemon, and Coreopsis. Leucanthemum superbum can be toxic to dogs and cats and may cause skin and eye irritation. USPPP\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AMI Production","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 3\" Pot","offer_id":46472243511535,"sku":"AM019696","price":13.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/9535\/6399\/files\/leucanthemum-real-sunbeam-close-up.jpg?v=1761078661"},{"product_id":"perennial-phlox-nicky","title":"Nicky Phlox","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy Phlox should be the backbone of your garden.\u003c\/strong\u003e  They're beautiful.  They're easy. And no matter what else you grow, you cant beat their display. In fact, probably no group of plants adds more color to American perennial gardens than phlox.  They just happen to be the perfect plant--tall enough to show the flowers over the others, heavy bloomers at the right time with big colorful flower heads, and best of all--a nice long season of bloom. Most every good perennial garden has an extra measure of phlox plants. In yours, plant a few and then notice which do the best, and then get more of those.  Repeated color groups in the garden assure the great colorful display everyone wants. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe one problem: Mildew. Be ready.\u003c\/strong\u003e There's no escaping it. All Tall Garden Phlox (except the famously mildew-resistant David) are usually attacked by powdery mildew.  Its a sort of gray dust-like blight you'll start noticing on the leaves, just as the plants have grown up and are getting ready to bloom.  The minute you see it, go directly to the garden center and buy a container of fungicide for phlox mildew. I know it sounds like trouble, but its really not, and believe me, its worth it.  If you ignore the mildew, your beautiful phlox plants will be an ugly shriveled mess in just a couple of weeks. It doesn't kill the plants, it just ruins them for the year.  Some say good air circulation prevents it, but don't you believe it.  Phlox simply get mildew, and you need to spray, probably just once...then your plants will go right on and bloom all summer for you with beautiful leaves and flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey're great for cutting, too.\u003c\/strong\u003e Need a big bouquet?  Just of few of these multi-flowered stems will do the trick, with lovely fragrance and fabulous color. Add a few lilies, and you have a knock-out arrangement anyone can do.  So be sure to grow enough phlox for cutting, too.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter bloom, simply cut down the flower stems about halfway,  (Its not botanically correct, but lots of gardeners snap them; the strong stiff stems snap off easily) and your tough, hardy plants will be ready to light up for you again next year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYes, they're North American Natives.\u003c\/strong\u003e Very few American gardeners know it, but almost all phlox species are North American wildflowers, as native as our goldenrods and black-eyed susans.  But since we ignored them for years, European hybridizers (mostly German) took the wild versions back to Europe and created the fantastic hybrids we all enjoy today. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AMI Production","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 3\" Pot","offer_id":46472244461807,"sku":"AM014173","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/9535\/6399\/files\/phlox-paniculata-garden-phlox-purple-nicky-garden.jpg?v=1761078663"},{"product_id":"perennial-aster-frikartii-monch","title":"Monch Frikart's Aster","description":"\u003cp\u003e24-36\" tall x 18-24\" wide. Aster ‘Frikartii Monch’, also known as Frikart’s Aster and Wonder of Staffa is one of the earliest-blooming asters to be found. A standout in border plantings and in the cottage garden, this light lavender-blue variety attracts a flurry of pollinator activity to its nectar-rich blooms. Healthy, deep-green foliage is quick-growing and resistant to disease, lending a sense of fullness to beds. Covered in flowers for much of the season, Frikartii Monch prefers full sun and average soil but will settle for part shade and a moister site. Winter hardy to zone 5.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AMI Production","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 3\" Pot","offer_id":46472245149935,"sku":"AM014156","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/9535\/6399\/files\/aster-frikartii-monch-with-grass_2.jpg?v=1761078665"},{"product_id":"perennial-mayflower-trailing-arbutus","title":"Mayflower","description":"6\" tall x 3-6\" wide. This is the famous state flower of Massachusetts, but it is native to most of the East from Canada all the way to North Florida, and loved by all woodland wildgardeners. Also called Mayflower after the famous Pilgrim ship, this sweet-scented, pastel pink beauty blooms along running stems of shiny evergreen leaves, creating the ultimate groundcover for woodland gardens. Creeping stems grow to about 16, and the when content, the plant forms lush clumps, which are a spectacle on the forest floor in spring. This wildflower is not easy to grow or rapidly spreading, but when established, it is always the pride of any woodland garden. Needs acidic woodsy soil, so its best planted under pines or oaks.\u003cp\u003eTrailing Arbutus is credited with making a very dramatic impression on early settlers in North America, especially the famous Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, MA in 1620.  Used to the exhausted fields and largely cut woodland areas of Europe, they were stunned by North Americas primeval forests, which created heavily wooded habitat, right down to the Atlantic beaches. In spring, these magnificent old growth forests burst into bloom with our now-famous host of Spring Woodland Wildflowers, unknown in Europe.  The queen of all the spring woodland flowers, at least to the Pilgrims, was this lovely ground-running vine with its delicate shell-pink flowers. For this reason, the common name of Mayflower was given the newly discovered plant, and it will always hold an important place in American history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AMI Production","offers":[{"title":"Bag of 1","offer_id":46472245838063,"sku":"AM014146","price":21.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/9535\/6399\/files\/epigaea-repens-mayflower-hero.jpg?v=1761078666"},{"product_id":"perennial-salvia-marcus","title":"Marcus® Meadow Sage","description":"\u003cp\u003eSalvia, also known as Meadow Sage, is an extremely easy-to-grow perennial, boasting colorful flower spikes that add both texture and color to the spring and summer garden. 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Everybody loves them, and the plant spreads rapidly with trailing runners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy are these plants so popular out west?\u003c\/strong\u003e Visit the Pacific coast, all the way from San Diego up to Seattle, and you'll see these little bright daisies everywhere--edging walks, filling planters, and adding great color under foundation plantings. Why don't we see them more in the east? See the story below, and get some going in your garden! Pick a site with full sun and gritty, sharp-draining soil, and add them to your garden. You'll be amazed at the big show!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e The Ice Plant story. \u003c\/strong\u003eGarden expert Todd Boland, a horticulturalist at The College of the North Atlantic, in Newfoundland, explains it all in one of his articles at DavesGarden.com.  It seems a famous garden expert named Panayoti Kelaidis of the Denver Botanical Garden is almost single-handedly responsible for introducing these beauties to the US. They are from South Africa, and Mr. Kelaidis traveled there to find new plants suitable for growing in the dry, gritty soils of our western states. The Delospermas he introduced are now great favorites, especially in California. But as Mr. Boland points out, there's no reason eastern and mid-western gardeners cant enjoy Ice Plants. 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In fact, they are quite different.  As you know, true lilies grow on tall stems with flowers at the top.  Daylily flower stems (called scapes) are generally much shorter, and grow from a fountain of grass-like foliage at ground level. Daylilies are members of the genus, \u003cem\u003eHemerocallis, \u003c\/em\u003enot \u003cem\u003eLilium, \u003c\/em\u003ewhich is the genus name of true lilies. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaylily Roots, not bulbs\u003c\/strong\u003e  As all good gardeners know, Daylilies don't grow from bulbs like true lilies.  Daylilies form a mass of thickened, fleshy roots. These unique root systems hold so much moisture and nutrients, the plants can survive out of the ground for weeks.  This survival system, making them tough, and really easy to handle, is one of the reasons they're so popular today. 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Famous old reliable hybrids like Catherine Woodbury--the lovely lavender and yellow bi-color--have been around for decades. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe re-bloomers for twice the bloom.\u003c\/strong\u003e Today's craze for re-blooming Daylilies all began with Stella D'Oro, the now-famous yellow dwarf Daylily that blooms once during late spring (the regular Daylily blooming season), and then again in late August and into fall.  Today, there are hundreds of re-bloomers, from dwarfs to full-size beauties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe latest and greatest:\u003c\/strong\u003e In any group of highly popular hybrids, there is always something newer and better.  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Of course, the fact that it does not bloom in spring, but adds color later, makes it of huge value in a wild garden.\u003cp\u003eThis famous plant is native all the way from Quebec and Minnesota south to Florida and Texas. It is so beautiful it is over picked and now quite rare in some areas.  However, if conditions are right (wet, mostly) it will grow easily, even in full sun, but is usually found as a woodland beauty along streambanks or near ponds where the soil is always moist.  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All went well, and the plants performed with bigger and bigger flower spikes each year, until.....we had a spring flood one year. The brook raged out of its banks, and the rushing water uprooted all the plants and swept them away.  So that year, we had to start over with new plants.  They have very shallow roots, and come out of the mud easily.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis wild beauty is one that you must watch, and you'll learn to love it.  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But never this one. This time-tested two-tone is permanent, once you get it growing.  And it continues to grow in popularity.  It spreads as easily and vigorously as the solid white or any other tall phlox.  Bright Eyes is a must-have cultivar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy Phlox should be the backbone of your garden.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Theyre beautiful.  Theyre easy. And no matter what else you grow, you cant beat their display. In fact, probably no group of plants adds more color to American perennial gardens than phlox.  They just happen to be the perfect plant--tall enough to show the flowers over the others, heavy bloomers at the right time with big colorful flowerheads, and best of all--a nice long season of bloom. Most every good perennial garden has an extra measure of phlox plants. In yours, plant a few and then notice which do the best, and then get more of those.  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