Perennials are plants that come back, with proper care, year after year. We’ve divided them into 4 basic categories, depending on sunlight requirements and landscape design elements.
Sun
Salvia Rose Marvel
These varieties of perennials thrive in the summer sun. They do best when planted in areas that receive 6 hours or more of direct sunlight. Many are drought tolerant as well.Shade
Hellebore
Shade perennials do best with 6 hours or LESS of sunlight. They usually like sunshine in early morning or late in the afternoon, while being in shade during heat of the day.
Native
Columbine
A native perennial plant is a perennial that originated here in this country. They are the same as when the settlers found them in the prairies hundreds of years ago.
Ground Cover
Ajuga Black Scallop
Groundcover plants are an interesting alternative to lawns. They cover larger open areas of a garden, suppress weed growth and reduce soil erosion.
This is a great program to participate in. Each year Ritter Perennials chooses a different plant and a portion of the sales for that year get donated to a local STL charity. We try to choose smaller lesser known charities and make them known to our customers. We feel that the donations make a bigger impact to smaller charities then bigger, well known ones.
Plant with Purpose #1
Ajuga Feathered Friends Series. We have 3 plants of the series- Fancy Finch, Tropical Toucan, and Cordial Canary. Who doesn’t love the names? These ajuga’s can handle full sun but their colors are deeper if they are in partial shade. They have a height of 4-6” and a width of 18”. They are deer and rabbit resistant and butterflies and bees love the flowers
Plant with Purpose #2
Autumn Fern- We decided to do 2 plants with purposes this year and the second one is this great fern that will add a pop of color to your shade garden. With a height of 12-24” and a width of 18-24” this is a shade loving plant so plant it in full shade. It likes moist but not soggy soil and it is clay tolerant. Yay! It’s also deer and rabbit resistant
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