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Perennials provide avid gardeners with consistency year after year. While individual perennials tend to bloom only during certain seasons, a combination of plants can be arranged in such a way as to provide color for the whole growing season. In addition, perennials are often grown for their unique foliage which comes in a variety of shapes and colors.

We have many beds here at Ebert's GreenhouseVillage planted with an assortment of perennials for you to view and generate planting ideas. If you have any questions or would just like to talk about perennials, feel free to talk to any of the members of the perennial department.

OUR 2012 PERENNIAL  LISTS WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON.



Top Perennials for 2011

Amsonia 'Hubrichtii'
Meet the 2011 Perennial Plant of the Year. The flower is 36" tall with clusters of small, light blue, star-shaped blooms in spring followed by a marvelous display of foliage in summer. Great golden-yellow fall color. Best when massed.

Hosta 'Praying Hands'
Upright, narrow, folded leaves which resemble hands folded in prayer. The leaves are rippled, green with gold margins. Lavender flowers. Height: 14"-18" tall.

Monarda 'Purple Rooster'
Its stunning true royal purple flowers make this plant a repeat winner at Ebert's Greenhouse Village. Locally developed in the Madison, WI area, this 3' plant does not need staking and is very mildew resistant. Great for cut flowers.

Echinacea 'Pow Wow Wild Berry'
Large deep rose-purple flowers that don't fade in hot weather. This 24" beauty blooms continuously and does not require deadheading. Tolerates heat, drought and windy conditions. An AAS winner for 2010.

Hemerocallis 'Tiger Kitten'
This daylily was an American Hemorocallis Society Winner in 1995. It is a great perennial for use in containers. The 3" radiant orange flowers have a prominent dark red eye, showy orange anthers with black tips. Color is completely sunfast. Height: 22".

Eupatorium ' Pink Frost'
This new member to the Joe Pye Weed family has deeply serrated dark green leaves and is brightly variegated with irregular cream margins with pink flowers. Leaves give off a vanilla scent when crushed. Showy blooms in summer and fall. Height – 30" -36".

Thalictrum 'Evening Star'
A lovely woodland and shade container perennial with leaflets colored olive, tan and copper to red-brown held on wiry stems; each with a central silver star. Tufts of lavender flowers in spring through summer. Only 10" tall.


Itoh Peonies

These new hybrid varieties supply the hardiness and herbaceous growth of garden peonies with the flower color selection and size of tree peonies. Plants are 28"– 34" tall with semi-double 6" flowers.

P. x 'Bartzella'
Lemon yellow flowers (34").
P. x 'First Arrival'
bright Pink with lavender flowers (28").


New 4-.5" pot perennials include:

Sedum 'Chocolate Ball' -
A coppery-brown ground cover whose habit is just like that of 'Angelina' Sedum. Height: 8" tall.

Sedum 'Postman's Pride'
An upright 18"-24" deep blue purple leafed stonecrop sedum. Pink-tinged purple flowers in fall. Great for rock gardens, edging and borders.

Sedum 'Mini Joy'
A shorter and more compact variety of 'Autumn Joy'. Height: 18" -22". Excellent dried flower. Flowers change from pink in August to salmon and then red in fall.

Campanula 'Champion White'
A white Bellfower that's 24" to 30" tall. The Champion series is a campanula "medium" or "Canterbury bell" variety and was an international "Fleuroselect" cut flower winner in 2000.

Ligularia 'Midnight Lady'
A great large specimen plant for the shady woodland garden. This 40" tall specimen has large toothed leaves and yellow daisy flowers in fall.