66 The Perennial Farm is “The Delivery Specialist” with deliveries to most locations 2-3 times per week The Perennial Farm • Tel: 410-592-6106 • Fax 410-592-8338 • eFax 410-558-6659 • www.perennialfarm.com 67 Oenothera speciosa Origanum rotundifolium Paeonia lactiflora Paeonia lactiflora ‘Siskiyou’ ‘Kent Beauty’ ‘Felix Crousse’ ‘Festiva Maxima’ Evening Primrose Ornamental Oregano Garden Peony Garden Peony It is hard to believe that the delicate, cup Here is a great container plant, but also This is a gorgeous carmine-red double ‘Festiva Maxima’ made its debut in shaped, light pink flowers belong to such one especially useful in a rock garden. flowering Peony,2–3’ tall, blooming in 1851 with its lovely double white a tough, low maintenance plant. The Beautiful dusty-rose to deep mauve- May and June. All our Peony varieties blooms with red spots. It flowers in mounding foliage grows to 8-10” with pink flowers appear on hop-like bracts have 3 to 5 eyes per plant. When it May and June and grows from 2–3’ in Perennials lance shaped irregularly toothed leaves. with small, oval gray-green veined reaches maturity in 3 to 5 years, it will height. The flowers are light enough Perennials Info A great ground cover for a dry slope but leaves. Flowers bloom at 10” from be about 2–4’ wide in late spring or early on their stems to survive wind and Ordering can be invasive. June-September on another drought- summer. The lovely dark green foliage rain. Try with Allium ‘Globemaster’, Plant 18” apart. tolerant, long blooming perennial, stays attractive and shapely all summer Iris ‘Silver Edge’ and a mix of spiky Perennials quite happy to perform in poor, well- long. Plant 24” apart. Digitalis. Plant 24” apart. drained sandy soil. Plant 18” apart. Zones 4 - 9 Cultivar Zones 5 - 9 Zones 3 - 8 F Zones 4 - 8 F Pachysandra Pachysandra terminalis Paeonia lactiflora Paeonia lactiflora procumbens Japanese spurge ‘Sarah Bernhardt’ ‘Shirley Temple’ Allegheny spurge Leathery green veined and slightly Garden Peony Garden Peony Bright green foliage of this native Pach- toothed oval leaves grow alternately The pink double flowers cover the foliage The red shoots of Peonies emerging ysandra emerges upright 6-12” in spring on 8-12” stems. Small white flowers of ‘Sarah Bernhardt’ from May to June from the ground have signaled spring complimented by fragrant, bottlebrush- appear in early spring. This evergreen to a height of 2–3’. Remember to plant to generations of gardeners. Often like white flowers on 2-4” long spikes. ground cover will spread in most soil the eyes (or buds) so that the tops of considered the best and most beautiful Foliage matures to a pewter-green that types, more rapidly in organically the eyes are no more than 2” below the cut flower, the Peony may live 20 to 30 is coarsely toothed and mottled, and rich soil. Suitable as a lawn substitute surface of the soil. In heavy clay soil years or more, and once planted, can becomes prostrate. Plant in part to full planted under a tree canopy. plant them 1” deep. Shallow planting will be left to grow undisturbed indefi- shade in moist humus-rich soil. Plant 6” apart. not hurt the plants, and will encourage nitely. ‘Shirley Temple’ has pure white Plant 18” apart. flower production. double flowers, grows to 2–3’, and Plant 24” apart. blooms in May and June. Plant 24” Zones 5 - 9 F Zones 4 - 9 Zones 3 - 8 F Zones 3 - 8 F Pachysandra terminalis Paeonia lactiflora Paeonia lactiflora ‘Green Sheen’ ‘Bowl of Beauty’ ‘Victoire de la Marne’ Japanese spurge Garden Peony Garden Peony This Japanese spurge will enhance a This striking bi-colored Japanese form Large, fully double magenta flowers are dark corner of the garden with its rich has fuchsia-rose outer petals that cup held on 30-36” tall strong stems in early around a puffy center. Blooming and glossy evergreen leaves and small ivory summer. This very floriferous variety in late spring, the lightly fragrant white flowers in spring and early summer. with a notable fragrance was hybridized ‘Green Sheen’ is somewhat shorter than flowers can be as much as 10” across and are well-supported on strong 26” shortly after the first Battle of the Marne P. terminalis at 6-12” and more tolerant tall stems. The mounded medium in France during the First World War. of heat and humidity. Although slow to green foliage remains attractive after Plant 24” apart. establish the first season, it is adaptable blooming and is a nice companion to to many soil types. later blooming perennials or shrubs. Plant 6” apart. Plant 24” apart. Zones 5 - 9 Zones 3 -8 F Zones 3 - 8 F Paeonia lactiflora Paeonia lactiflora Paeonia suffruticosa ‘Dr. Alexander Fleming’ ‘Duchesse de Nemours’ Tree Peony Garden Peony Garden Peony Japanese grafted Tree Peonies are classified as a deciduous shrub but we We can thank Dr. Fleming for penicillin A prize winning standard that was have included with the herbaceous types. Our five colorful selections and being the honored namesake of this first introduced in 1856, ‘Duchesse de in lavender, pink, red, yellow and white have large semi-double flowers fragrant rose-pink double that blooms in Nemours’ bears very fragrant double 5-7” across. Flowers appear before herbaceous peonies in early spring early summer on 30” stems. Plantings creamy white flowers on sturdy24- (April to early May) and are produced on last years stems. It is best to not will keep performing for many years to 30” stems. The glossy green mounded disturb tree paeonies for the first few years with only a light trim in early come with their best shows in full sun foliage is graced with flowers in May fall if necessary. Do not cut after frost. Mature height will be 3-4’. and fertile soil. and June and remains an attractive Plant 48” apart. Plant 24” apart. filler in the garden beyond the flowering. Zones 3 - 8 Plant 24” apart. F Zones 3 -8 F Zones 3 - 8 F Gold = Sun, Green = Shade + level deer resistance Heavy Medium Complimentary (see page 7 for program details) Traffic Traffic Shade Part Shade/Sun Sun Native Attracts Butterflies/Hummingbirds Cut Flower F Fragrant 68 The Perennial Farm is “The Delivery Specialist” with deliveries to most locations 2-3 times per week The Perennial Farm • Tel: 410-592-6106 • Fax 410-592-8338 • eFax 410-558-6659 • www.perennialfarm.com 69 Penstemon barbatus Phlox divaricata Phlox Earlibeauty® Rock Candy® Series ‘May Breeze’ Daughter of Pearl Beard Tongue Woodland Phlox Phlox Vibrant-colored long lasting flowers cover the foliage Add this to your woodland garden or Pearl, Pearl, Pearl…sing Lester and Earl. in late spring to early summer and a re-flush of tubu- partially shaded border to brighten it Try this beauty with conical clusters of lar blooms often occurs several weeks after a trim. up. Loose clusters of fragrant, pale blue white flowers with light purple eyes that top upright foliage in June and July. Perennials Well-branched foliage is quite compact at 10-12” and (looks closer to white in the garden) The narrow leaved somewhat glossy flowers hover over rounded dark green Perennials fits right in at the front of the border or in containers. foliage has good resistance to powdery Info foliage April to May. Grows 8-10” in Ordering Best performance is achieved in well-drained soil and mildew and will be a lovely addition to full sun. moist sites and spreads slowly with little maintenance. the sunny border or meadow. Grows Plant 12” apart. 36” tall. PP#27267 Perennials Plant 18” apart. Plant 12” apart. New for 2019 Penstemon Rock Candy® Penstemon Rock Candy® Penstemon Rock Candy® Zones 6 - 8 Zones 3 - 8 Cultivar Zones 4 - 8 Cultivar Blue PP#27786 Light Pink PP#26701 Ruby PP#27820 F Penstemon digitalis Perovskia atriplicifolia Phlox glaberrima Phlox paniculata Bambini® ‘Husker Red’ Russian Sage ‘Triple Play’ Candy Crush Perennial Plant of the Year 1995 Beard Tongue Smooth Phlox Dwarf Summer Phlox Perennial Plant of the Year 1996 The clouds of blue-violet spikes grow This native Phlox offers a striking to 4’ on gray-white aromatic stems. Super compact foliage tops out at 12” This under-used perennial has reddish- combination of lavender-pink flowers in Loves heat, good drainage, and blooms with large rounded flower clusters like purple leaves and stems, is evergreen, April above variegated foliage of green and produces nodding, tubular white from July to September. Its texture is taller cousins. Fragrant hot pink and flower bells with just a hint of pink on serves as a complement to lower and creamy white narrow leaves. At 24”, white pinwheel flowers appear earlier open thin spikes in June. The flowers perennials and ground covers such the crisp foliage continues to impress in the summer blooming season than reach a height of 2–3’. An excellent cut as Artemisia, Coreopsis, Hypericum, well beyond bloom time and into the fall other summer phlox. Mildew resistant. flower easily grown if given adequate Liriope, and Sedum. It looks great with when it becomes tinged with pink. Plant PP#27558 water in the summer to prolong bloom taller plants such as Daylilies, Maiden in moist, well-drained soil. PP#21329. time, it can also handle quite a bit of dry Plant 12” apart. New sun. Grass & Phlox ‘David’. Plant 18” apart. for 2019 MBH Plant 18” apart. Plant 24” apart. Zones 3 - 9 Cultivar Zones 5 - 9 F Zones 3 - 8 Cultivar Zones 4 - 8 Cultivar F Perovskia atriplicifolia ‘Blue Perovskia atriplicifolia Phlox paniculata ‘David’ Phlox paniculata Jean Baby’ ‘Blue Steel’ Summer Phlox ‘David’s Lavender’ Russian Sage Russian Sage Perennial Plant of the Year 2002.