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Shade-loving Perennials for your Garden

Posted on Thursday 12/23

TN Nurseries best selling perennials

Purple coneflower

Bishops weed

Wild Aster

Milkweed

Anemone

How to Use Shade-Loving Perennials in your Landscape Design

Not everyone’s garden has ample sunshine, which can be a limiting factor when selecting plants for your landscape design. However, many perennials will grow quite well, even in the shade.

Before you decide to plant, evaluate your landscape for sunshine. Some parts of the garden may receive the sun, but it may only be for a few hours. Thus, it would be best if you chose your plants accordingly.

Areas of medium shade often only get sunshine in the early morning or late afternoon. However, medium shade is ubiquitous in most homes in urban areas. Besides, large buildings may block the landscape from the sun from large trees or fences.

How to Design a Landscape with Medium Shade Conditions

If you have medium shade, then the best plants are astilbe, corydalis lutea, or a variety of aquilegia hybrids. These low-growing perennials are easy to grow, need minimum maintenance and produce beautiful flowers.

What to Grow in Very Shady Landscape Designs

If your garden has even less sunshine and is dark, you can still grow some perennials like the Japanese spurge and the periwinkle. Both produce flowers with dense green foliage. Another option is the Lilly of the valley, which produces lovely fragrant flowers. You can even grow a variety of shrubs in medium light. These include azaleas, rhododendron and hydrangeas.

If you want ground covers to fill in large areas of your garden, the choices are Sweet woodruff, pachysandra, evergreen candytuft, and Vinca minor. Some of these will even grow under the trees. You may even want to go with annuals, foxglove, begonias, and pansies to brighten up your dull landscape. The surprise Lilly, Madonna, and calla are other flowering bulbs that also thrive in low sunlight.

If you are unsure what to grow, speak to a gardener or a landscaper first.

 

Coneflower Plant - TN Nursery

Coneflower Plant

Coneflower perennial is known for its distinctive daisy-like, purple flowers with a prominent cone-shaped center, attracting pollinators and adding color to gardens. Adorned with vibrant, daisy-like purple petals, the purple coneflower perennial has a  surrounding cone-shaped center; it creates a captivating display that exudes wild charm. It is a valuable asset in landscaping, offering aesthetic, ecological, and practical benefits. Its unique attributes contribute to a harmonious interplay of visual allure, environmental support, and functional value, making it a favored choice among landscape designers and homeowners. Aesthetically, it introduces a splash of natural beauty to landscapes. These striking blooms infuse outdoor spaces with vibrancy and elegance, enhancing the overall visual appeal of gardens and yards. Ecologically, it plays a pivotal role in supporting local ecosystems. Its nectar-filled flowers lure pollinators such as butterflies, fostering biodiversity and promoting essential ecological interactions. The plant's seeds are a vital food source for birds during the colder months, adding to the interconnectedness of the local wildlife community. Functionally, it offers practical benefits as well. Its hardy nature and adaptability to various soil types make it suitable for landscaping. Whether used in perennial beds, mixed borders, or native plant gardens, its versatility allows it to thrive in diverse settings, contributing to the overall beauty of the landscape.  Coneflower flowers from late spring through summer, provide a continuous source of color and beauty. Moreover, its extended blooming period ensures a lasting impact on the landscape. Additionally, the plant's resilience in the face of various weather conditions and low maintenance requirements make it an appealing choice for homeowners seeking easy-care landscaping options. In conclusion, coneflower brings an array of benefits to landscaping designs. From its captivating aesthetic charm and ecological contributions to its practical versatility and extended blooming period, this plant enriches outdoor environments. Its capacity to infuse landscapes with vibrant colors, attract pollinators, and provide visual and ecological value solidifies its status as a favored choice among those aiming to create visually appealing and ecologically rich landscapes.  Order  Coneflower from TN Nursery today! The Purple Coneflower is a showy perennial that grows well in all environments. It features a maximum height of three to four feet and produces lavender-colored flowers. You'll find scattered leaves at its base that work their way up each stem and thin near its apex. Its flowers bloom at the very top of the stems mid to late summer.The purple coneflower plant has a relatively long blooming period that lasts up to two months. Our Purple Coneflowers for sale will attract butterflies, goldfinches, pollinators, birds, and hummingbirds during this time. This flower will produce a spiny, purplish-brown dome and drooping purple or pink petal-like rays. These rays are lanceolate with tapered ends and long petioles. They have a rough texture and develop in quantities of 12 to 13 per flower. These prominent blooms grow radially symmetrical and shoot out from the under portion of the central cone. This deer and drought-resistant plant has a fibrous root system. Its leaves are lanceolate at their tips and cordate at their base. They have serrated margins. In the late summer, this herbaceous plant develops large cypselae. You may hear this plant referred to by other names such as the Easter Purple Coneflower, Echinacea Purpurea, Kansas Snakeroot, Indian Head, Scurvy Root, Snakeroot, Narrow-Leaved Purple Cone Flower, Hedgehog Coneflower, or Echinacea for short. This highly valued ornamental plant is well-known for radiating beautiful blooms during the summer months. Its strong upright growth helps its stems blend in with other foliage, while its lavender flowers provide a pop of attractive color to any garden design. This perennial herb is known to have unbranched stems that make cutting fresh blooms easy. Our coneflower plants for sale can survive up to two weeks after cutting, making them a long-lasting floral centerpiece for the dinner table. This lavished flower is a member of the Asteraceae botanical family and is native to eastern and central North America. It's very low-maintenance, making it a great addition to any home garden where you want to plant it and forget about it until you see its beautiful summertime lavender blooms. If you have any questions about our coneflower plants for sale, please feel free to contact us

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Milkweed Plant - TN Nursery

Milkweed Plant

Milkweed plant is known for attracting monarchs, the milkweed plant is a native perennial that has clusters of showy, pink to mauve flowers and lance-shaped leaves, attracting a host of pollinators while thriving in moist, wetland habitats. They boast numerous benefits when incorporated into landscaping designs. Its unique features contribute to outdoor spaces' aesthetic appeal and ecological value. With clusters of vibrant and captivating flowers, it adds a burst of color and charm to gardens while also serving as a vital component in supporting local ecosystems. The Milkweed plant's most notable contribution lies in its role as a host plant for monarch butterflies. These iconic insects lay their eggs exclusively on their leaves, making them an essential habitat for their life cycle. Including it in landscaping provides a nurturing environment for monarchs, aiding their conservation. This, in turn, contributes to the overall biodiversity of the area, enhancing the ecological balance. Beyond its ecological benefits, it offers a unique and appealing aesthetic. The plant's intricate flowers, available in various shades from white to pink to orange, create visually pleasing displays. These flowers attract monarchs and draw other pollinators like bees and butterflies, promoting a healthier and more vibrant garden ecosystem. Its tall, upright growth habit adds vertical interest to the landscape, contributing to the overall visual diversity. Its adaptability to different soil types and sun exposures makes it a versatile addition to landscaping projects. It can thrive and enhance the landscape's overall design, whether planted in flower beds, borders, or naturalized areas. Its hardiness and low maintenance requirements make it a perfect option for gardeners of all experience levels. Our 100% guarantee ensures satisfaction for one year on all milkweed plants for sale. As a native plant in many regions, it contributes to the sense of place and can create a regionally specific and authentic landscape design. Its presence helps to connect the landscape with its natural surroundings and can provide a sense of continuity with local ecosystems. In conclusion, its benefits in landscaping extend beyond its ecological importance as a host plant for monarch butterflies. Its captivating flowers, ability to attract pollinators, adaptability, and regional significance make it a valuable addition to outdoor spaces, enhancing the landscape's visual appeal and ecological health. To explore further information about our Milkweed plants available for sale and their role in supporting butterflies, click here. Milkweed Plant for sale from TN Nursery today! Milkweed Plant  The Milkweed plant is undoubtedly one of North America's most beautiful wildflowers. Its beauty comes not only from its appearance but also from its fragrance. The milkweed plant that most people think of is A. syriaca, or the common milkweed plant. Two other plants are Swamp Milkweed A.Incanata and Butterfly weed A.tuberosa.    The plant blooms out in a star-spangled banner-type display. At the top of the stem is a myriad of tiny flowers colored in a watercolor-like light purple. They also bloom in most other colors of the spectrum. The plant is blooming in yellow, orange, green, and pink. These plants develop a seed pod that dries to propagate themselves, then n splits open to spread hundreds of seeds in the fall.    Depending on the type of Milkweed, it can grow from 2-5 feet in height.  Milkweed plants attract pollinating insects such as bees, hummingbirds, and monarch butterflies. Monarch butterflies love this plant because it is their primary food source, and it also plants provides a perfect place for the female to lay her eggs, mainly on the underside of the leaves.    They like from 6 to 8 hours of sunshine. A good place in the garden is where they are protected from the wind so that you can control the spread of the seeds. This helps prevent the plant from taking over your garden. This also provides a haven for the Monarchs.  Most Milkweed plants do well in just about any soil. Plant them in a well-cultivated flowerbed that has been worked to a fine mix. Add the recommended amount of fertilizer for an average soil mix. Genuine special care for the soil is needed. Sow the seeds and tamp the soil. Water the flower bed and wait.    In landscaping, they are used extensively in front of gateways to different housing sub-divisions and other properties. If you have any questions about our Milkweed plants for sale, please contact us!

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