New Perennials 2008 - Long bloomers - Landscape Ontario

March 7, 2009

New Perennials 2008 - Long bloomers

Most perennials bloom for a relatively short period of time, so when you find one that flowers for months it’s a bonus for your garden.

‘Raspberry Summer’ hyssop Agastache ‘Raspberry Summer’ Large, dark raspberry pink blooms adorn this plant all summer and into fall. Flowers float above attractive, bright green fragrant foliage. Grows best in full sun. Easy to grow with good drainage.
‘Summer Love’ hyssop Agastache ‘Summer Love’ Large purple-pink flowers in dense clusters bloom continuously all summer and into fall. It forms attractive upright mounds of bright green, fragrant foliage. Easy to grow with good drainage. Full sun.
‘Summertime Blues’ everblooming campanula Campanula ‘Summertime Blues’ Here’s the ‘cure’ for the summertime blues. It’s the longest blooming campanula the breeder and his staff have ever seen. Masses of large, silvery blue bells on 60 cm (2 ft.) upright stems – bloom all spring, summer and fall. It has a clumping habit that doesn’t spread or re-seed. Best in full sun.
‘Gold Nugget’ tickseed Coreopsis ‘Gold Nugget’ This amazing bloomer will produce over 200 warm gold flowers on a first year plant, each with a blazing red eye. It blooms continuously for three to four months. Flowers are 3.5 cm (1.5 in.) wide. ‘Gold Nugget’ has a superb mounding form that thrives in heat and humidity.
‘Amazing Jackpot’ sea holly Eryngium ‘Amazing Jackpot’ Bluish flowers with steel-blue bracts are tightly clustered together. Due to its sterile nature, this plant blooms forever and does not brown. Grows 50-65 cm (20-25 in.) tall.
‘Starman’ perennial geranium Geranium ‘Starman’ Striking, lilac-pink flowers flame out from the centre with an ever-darker pink. It provides a continuous blooming period from June through September. Grows 37.5-50 cm (15-20 in.) tall.
‘Sylvia’s Surprise’ hardy geranium Geranium wallichianum ‘Sylvia’s Surprise’ Vivid pink flowers 2.5-3.8 cm (1 to 1 ½ in.) with pale centres appear in early summer. It blooms sporadically in hot weather, then resumes in late summer until frost. This plant is great for sunny border or rock garden. Dead-heading encourages more flowering. Grows 30-40 cm (12-16 in.) tall by 65-75 cm (25-30 in.) wide.
Avens Geum ‘Fireball’ Profuse, huge, sterile orange-yellow, semi-double flowers continue from spring to fall. The 3.5cm (1.5 in.) blooms are picoteed with a red edge.
‘Hush Little Baby’ daylily Hemerocallis ‘Hush Little Baby’ A heavily ruffled daylily, the romantic rose, pink flowers display a narrow, lighter pink eye and mid-ribs, along with a glowing yellow-green throat. The flowers have a strikingly perfect form. It has a very long bloom time. Performs best in full sun and grows to 55 cm (22 in.)
‘Spacecoast Scrambled’ daylily Hemerocallis ‘Spacecoast Scrambled’ This plant produces 15 cm (6 in.) creamy flowers with a solid golden edge from early to mid-season. It’s a semi-evergreen, tetraploid re-bloomer. Grows 50-65 cm (20-25 in.) tall.
‘Vivid Violet’ pincushion flower Scabiosa ‘Vivid Violet’ Large vivid violet pincushion flowers are atop low mounds of frilly foliage. It has very heavy flowering and will bloom continuously from late spring to frost. This is a vigorous grower. Does best in full sun and grows 28.5 cm (11 in.) tall and 45 cm (18 in.) wide.

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