Top Picks for a Deer Resistant Garden
It's well known that gardeners often have to keep their plants safe from uninvited guests, deers being one of the biggest perpetrators. We heard your requests and have compiled 10 perennials that deer ignore in the landscape! We hope you find one or more that you can bring into you garden. Perennials Included: Allium 'Serendipity' 💜 Panicum PRAIRIE WINDS® 'Niagara Falls' 🌾 Buddleia 'Pink Cascade II' 🦋 Buddleia 'Violet Cascade' 🪻 Artemisia 'Silver Lining' 🌱 Amsonia 'String Theory' 🩵 Sporobolus 'Gone with the Wind' 🍃 Pulmonaria 'Pink-a-Blue' 🌸 💙 Carex EVERCOLOR® 'Everillo' 🌿 Lagerstroemia BARISTA® 'Cherry Mocha' 🏵️ For more information check out our website: https://www.waltersgardens.com/
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Summerific Week 2024 Starts with Hibiscus History! 🌺
Once again it is the first full week of August which means #SummerificWeek2024 is a go! To honor this beloved plant we are going to do a little dive into it's genetic make up. Through years of breeding, we were able to give you the vibrant colors, hardiness and dinner plate sized blooms that Summerific Hibiscus of @ProvenWinnersYouTube are known for. Let us know in the comments below what you love about Summerific Hibiscus and don't forget to show us how you use them in your gardens all week long for a chance to win a prize! Just tag us in you post or use the hashtag #Summerificweek2024.
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Perennial Picks - Nepeta 'Cat's Pajamas' | Walters Gardens
Discover Nepeta 'Cat's Pajamas'—a standout perennial that brings months of color, pollinator activity, and effortless beauty to the garden. Hans Hansen, our Director of New Plant Development, explores why Nepeta 'Cat's Pajamas' has become a favorite among gardeners. With its compact habit, vibrant lavender-blue flowers, and impressive bloom time, this easy-care plant is perfect for borders, walkways, and cottage gardens. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting, Nepeta 'Cat's Pajamas' is the perfect addition to your garden or landscape.
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This Black-Eyed Susan is Built Different | Walters Gardens
🌻✨ We've struck gold! Meet Rudbeckia 'Treasure Trove' the Black-Eyed Susan built for big blooms and vigor. 🌻✨ This powerhouse perennial is resilient, 'Treasure Trove' is highly resistant to Septoria leaf spot, with no damage observed through six years of trials. With its vigorous growth, long bloom season, and easy-care nature, 'Treasure Trove' is a great choice for adding bold color to pollinator gardens, borders, and late-season landscapes. 🌻🐝 Let us know what you think about this new variety and if you plan on adding it to your garden! 🌻💛✨
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We Grew 9 Alliums Side by Side — The Differences Might Surprise You | Walters
💜 Looking for the perfect Allium to add to your garden? With so many varieties to choose from, it can be difficult to find the right one for you. In this video we'll highlight the key differences between these varieties to help make the decision easier! From flower color, habit, bloom time, and overall garden presence, we're taking a deep dive into this perennial favorite. 💜🌿 Watch the full comparison and let us know which Allium you’d pick! 🪻💜🐝
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Are Brutal Summers Killing your Garden? Try these 7 Perennials Instead | Walters
☀️🔥 We had a very hot, dry, July here at Walters Gardens, and our plants suffered, well, except for these 7 perennials. 🌞🌻 Are you sick of the heat ruining your mid-late summer garden? Try adding these heat and drought tolerant perennials to your landscape and watch them thrive during the dog days of summer. ☀️🔥
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🌺 The Ultimate Hardy Hibiscus Comparison: 15 Varieties Side by Side
🌺✨ It's Summerific week here at Walters Gardens and the Hibiscus are blooming at every corner of our gardens. With so many Hardy Hibiscus varieties to choose from, we wanted to show all of our favorites side by side to help you choose the best one for your garden. Join us as we dive into what makes each variety so special and why we love Hardy Hibiscus so much! 🌺💗
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From Empty Bed to Stunning Landscape using EZ-Scapes | Walters Gardens
🌿 There's nothing quite like watching a landscape come to life! 🌿 Join us as we install an EZ Scape planting at our Cedar Break farm and see how thoughtfully curated perennials can transform an empty garden bed into a beautiful, low-maintenance display. EZ Scape is designed to take the guesswork out of perennial landscape design by pairing plants that grow well together, provide season-long interest, and create a polished look. Follow along as our team plants the landscape from start to finish and watch the space transform! 🌱🌼 Whether you're a landscaper, garden center, or perennial enthusiast looking for planting inspiration, we hope this project gives you ideas for your own landscape.
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Perennial Picks - Why we love Lavandula 'Summer Serenade' | Walters Gardens
💜🪻 Meet your new favorite Lavender💜🪻 Lavandula 'Summer Serenade' is a new variety for 2027, and we are in love with its beautiful flowers and lovely fragrance. Not to mention its ability to flood your garden with pollinators. Lavandula 'Summer Serenade' is the perfect addition to your summer garden. Let us know in the comments why you love lavender and why you're excited for 'Summer Serenade' 🪻✨
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Our Favorite June-Blooming Perennials | Walters Gardens
🌸 June was National Perennial Month, and we're recapping the best bloomers in our display gardens this June 🌸 In this video, we're highlighting some of our favorite June-blooming perennials that bring long-lasting color, attract pollinators, and keep your landscape looking beautiful all season long. 🌿🐝 Whether you're planning a new garden or refreshing your flower beds, these blooms are sure to inspire!
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Salvia LIVING LARGE 'Big Sky'
Looking to give your garden a fresh take on a classic favorite? Meet Salvia LIVING LARGE 'Big Sky', a bold and beautiful perennial with striking lavender-blue blooms that draw in pollinators of all kinds. In this video, we'll compare 'Big Sky' to other Salvias as we take a closer look at growth habits, ideal sun and soil conditions, and how to incorporate it into your landscape design! Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just getting started, Salvia LIVING LARGE 'Big Sky' is a resilient and rewarding addition to any space!
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Nepeta Comparison
Meet Nepeta: The purrfect low-maintenance perennial for your garden! We're looking into how these durable, pollinator-friendly plants compare in terms of size, color, bloom time, and preference! Deer and rabbit resistance, rebloomable characteristics, and hardy up to Zone 3, these perennials make them easy to love! Compared Nepeta: Cat's Pajamas Cat's Meow Picture Purrfect Lemon Purrfection Chartreuse on the Loose Catwalk Queen Purrsian Blue Walker's Low
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EZ Scapes Perennial Recipes
Looking for inspiration on what mix of perennials will best fit your space? Our EZ Scapes perennial recipe program may be the solution you're looking for! All recipes contain mixes of 3-4 perennials and are planned around targeting a common gardening question, such as plants for shade, deer resistance, or clay soil. Join us for this program overview, or go straight to EZScapes.com to find the recipe that's right for you (or how your garden center could take advantage of this program!). ⭐Plants we featured in the video⭐ Heuchera 'Wildberry' - https://www.waltersgardens.com/variet... Pennisetum 'Lemon Squeeze' - https://www.waltersgardens.com/variet... Sedum 'Back in Black' - https://www.waltersgardens.com/variet...
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Late Fall Interest 🍂
Gardens are starting to get a little sleepy now as temperature is dropping but Andrew has 9 perennials that will look good this late in the season. Sedem 'Midnight Velvet' Sorghastrum 'GOLDEN SUNSET®' Saracinia 'Bug Bat' Schizachyrium 'Brush Strokes' Amsonia 'String Theory' Perovaskia 'Sage Advice' Dryopteris ‘Brilliance’ Anemone FALL IN LOVE ‘Sweetly’ Astilbe ‘Dark Side of the Moon’
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St Pius Garden Tour with Arcadia Gardens
Join Anna, from Arcadia Gardens, designed some landscape beds around St. Pius X Catholic Church in Grandville, Michigan using some of our favorite Proven Winners® perennials for the landscape.
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Coming 2023! New Perennials to try for Midsummer Impact
Andrew Jager covers some of the best new varieties and selections added to the market for a midsummer impact. They can be found new to the wholesale trade starting in 2022 and will be available in garden centers in 2023.
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Salvia Variety Comparison Update
Andrew Jager, our Marketing Manager, takes you around the display gardens to show you which Salvia's are blooming on June 1st in Michigan.
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New Perennial Selections Ideal for the Landscape
Join Josh Roggenbuck, our Regional Product Manager, as he presents some of the new perennial selections ideal for the landscape. This presentation was given during MANTS, which is the Mid-Atlantic Nursery Tradeshow.
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First Look! New to Proven Winners Perennials for 2022
Join our Director of National Accounts and Business Development, Tim Anderson, for the first look at our new perennials going to retail in 2022. This presentation was given during MANTS, which is the Mid-Atlantic Nursery Tradeshow.
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Cat's Pajamas Catmint
A purr-fect Catmint for fans of 'Cat's Meow' who love the look but want a smaller-scale version. In addition to being a little over half the height, Nepeta 'Cats Pajamas' also blooms about 2-3 weeks earlier than 'Cat's Meow'. The ball-shaped habit carries long, dark flower stems that hold indigo blue flowers.
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Back to the Fuchsia Salvia
Salvia COLOR SPIRES® 'Back to the Fuchsia' is new to the Proven Winners program for the 20-21 season. This variety produces fuchsia pink flowers on dark charcoal stems and is the darkest pink in the series.
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Pink Sparkles Hybrid Creeping Phlox
Phlox SPRING BLING™ 'Pink Sparkles' has soft, baby pink flowers with lighter halos at the centers. The earliest of the series to bloom with the largest flowers (1½")-double the size of most other Phlox subulata types.
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Hemerocallis Rainbow Rhythm® 'Tiger Swirl'
This brightly colored Daylily is both exceptionally tall and bears exceptionally large flowers. A robust and versatile grower, this perennial will quickly grow and look gorgeous in the landscape.
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Echinacea Lakota™ Fire
A coneflower with uncommon performance, LAKOTA™ Fire shines for a long period of time in the garden. This seed strain will bloom in shades of red, including touches of orange and pink. Try this plant to brighten up your mid or late summer garden!
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Penstemon 'Midnight Masquerade'
This new Beardtongue from Proven Winners is perfect perennial with great landscape height and use. Though not one of the most popular types of perennial out there, this plant should not be undervalued. 'Midnight Masquerade' will survive both heat and drought, is cold hardy to zone 3, and will attract bees and hummingbirds to your yard. It's also a native hybrid!
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Salvia Color Spires® 'Pink Dawn'
Bring the bees with this pollinator friendly perennial from Proven Winners. Large pink flowers will wow in early summer and again later in the year if cut back.
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Heucherella Fun and Games® 'Red Rover'
Add unique color and leaf shapes to your shade garden with 'Red Rover'! This perennial from Proven Winners will look great in a container or the landscape.
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Tradescantia 'Charlotte's Web'
A new Spiderwort for all areas, 'Charlotte's Web' will provide gorgeous gold color and not burn in full sun! Perhaps best in filtered shade, this perennial likes consistent moisture to stay looking nice and upright.
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Panicum v. Prairie Winds® 'Totem Pole'
A rigidly upright grass, 'Totem Pole' will tower in the landscape without taking up much room. Try this plant as a hedge or screen!
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Sedum Rock 'n Grow® 'Lemonjade'
A great perennial for areas with low moisture and full sun. 'Lemonjade' is both easy to grow, low maintenance, and a perfect accent in most any perennial landscape.
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Schizachyrium s. Prairie Winds® 'Blue Paradise'
'Blue Paradise' is a great native grass for adding height to narrow spaces. The columnar habit does not flop open through the entire season, a notable trait particularly when compared to industry standards for Little Bluestem. Silvery blue stems will transition to wine purple in late fall and add seasonal interest through winter.
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Hosta Shadowland® 'Wheee!'
One of the most popular Hostas from Proven Winners, 'Wheee!' screams fun with its heavily ruffled, variegated foliage.
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Perovskia a. 'Denim 'n Lace'
'Denim 'n Lace' is an exceptional new perennial for Proven Winners, perfect for hot, dry places. This plant is easy to grow and unlike older varieties of Russian Sage, holds it shape throughout the whole year.
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Hibiscus Summerific® 'Berry Awesome'
A huge improvement on traditional Hibiscus varieties, 'Berry Awesome' bears 8" berry pink flowers from the bottom to the top of the stem and resists flopping open. Try this low maintenance plant in place of shrubs along the back of your garden or as a focal point.
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Hemerocallis Rainbow Rhythm® 'Orange Smoothie'
This new Daylily from Proven Winners dazzles with its mango orange flowers and long season of bloom. A notable rebloomer, you can expect to see color on 'Orange Smoothie' well after most daylilies have stopped blooming.
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Heucherella Fun and Games® 'Hopscotch'
'Hopscotch' has finely laced leaves that emerge bronze red in spring and transition to deep green by late summer. This perennial performs best in areas of filtered shade or morning sun.
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Leucanthemum s. Amazing Daisies® 'Banana Cream'
Banana Cream is one of the top selling Shasta Daisies on the market, as well as being one of the top performing. Loads of bloom power and strong stems keep this perennial looking nice all summer long.
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Heliopsis h. 'Tuscan Sun'
One of the all time best-selling Proven Winners perennials, 'Tuscan Sun' Heliopsis continues to amaze with its year in, year out performance. A trendy native cultivar, this perennial thrives in full sun and is a pollinator magnet.
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Phlox 'Opening Act Blush'
Not a true Tall Garden Phlox, 'Opening Act Blush' is both more compact and earlier blooming. As a bonus, this sun-loving perennial is also much more disease resistant with glossy green foliage that stays nice all season.
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Salvia Color Spires® 'Crystal Blue'
A color break for Perennial Salvia, 'Crystal Blue' has unique light sky blue flowers.
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Heucherella Fun and Games® 'Eye Spy'
The newest member to the FUN AND GAMES® Collection from Proven Winners, 'Eye Spy' stuns with gorgeous amber yellow leaves and bubblegum pink flower scapes
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Dianthus 'Paint the Town Magenta'
This new perennial from Proven Winners has absolutely raised the bar for Dianthus garden performance. A prolific bloomer, 'Paint the Town Magenta' will delight gardeners year after year!
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Baptisia Decadence® 'Lemon Meringue'
Perhaps the most vigorous yellow Baptisia on the market, 'Lemon Meringue' is a pollinator magnet and an exceptional native perennial!
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Amsonia t. 'Storm Cloud'
A premier perennial for spring, 'Storm Cloud' is sure to catch the eye of every gardener!
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