Wilson’s Garden Center Specializes in Plants that Thrive in Central Ohio

Hosta 'Patriot'		Hosta Earth Angel		Dianthus Firewitch

Perennials come up and perform year after year in your garden.

Combine Perennials with annual flowers, shrubs, and trees to create a beautiful landscape that will be the envy of the neighborhood.

We make it easy for you to succeed! Our staff is always available to mentor you to choose the right plants for the right spot. Take advantage of our expert tips so that your flowers will flourish.

Perennial Area Tour:

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Gorgeous home-grown full-bodied perennials are our specialty. No wimpy plants allowed on our property. Our perennials are guaranteed to grow.

Call before you come to make sure the plants you desire are currently in stock.

Six Steps to Beautiful Perennial Beds:   Printable Format

	Prepare your beds for great root growth. Most perennials love soft well-drained soils. To turn even the worst dirt into “Super Soil”, add organic matter. We have had great success in our own display gardens with tilling in BUMPER CROP. This is a superior organic compost fortified with the right organic nutrients that enriches and loosens any soil.
	Select Well Sun-loving plants generally do poorly in shade, and shade-loving plants scorch in the sun. It is easy to select the right plants at Wilson’s since our shade-lovers are located under our shade canopy and the sun-lovers are basking in the sun. Our staff is always there to help you out if you want. Most perennials have a set bloom time each year that does not encompass all the seasons. Be sure to include Spring bloomers, Summer color, and Fall flowers in pleasing combinations. It also is perfectly legal to mix some annual flowers (which tend to bloom over a longer period of time) with your perennials to extend color. We have signage and labels that help you with your decisions.
	Repeat after me-Sit down in the front. You usually need several heights of perennials to give your bed a three dimensional look. Also do not put aggressive growing flowers next to dainty ones that need pampering. We will help you out in choosing plants that are good neighbors. What really gives a perennial bed a beautiful look, is to repeat the plant groupings you use several times in a bed.
	Plant with Love Plant odd numbers of plants of the same kind together (3, 5, 7, etc.). Planting “onesies” together often looks jumbled. When you plant, dip the plant roots into a bucket of ROOTMASTER. This rooting hormone will stimulate new roots and get the plant off to a fast start. Feed the roots with MASTER START. This is a high phosphate granular fertilizer that is mixed into the soil that causes the plant to establish quickly. Water thoroughly when you first plant.
	Clean your house Keep the weeds from getting a good start. It is much easier to remove them when they are small. Mulching your beds with 2 of bark mulch such as hardwood or pine will keep out 90% of the weeds. Scattering PREEN on the soil after the perennials are planted will keep many other annual weeds from germinating. Remove dead blossoms when you are in your beds looking for weeds. This will extend the flowering time for many perennials as well as keep a tidy look. Water only as needed. Lots of sprinkler watering on the leaves promotes disease and rotting in the plants. For more plentiful flowers feed your plants with BUD AND BLOOM every couple of weeks.
	Multiply by Dividing In the crazy math of perennials, you can split up the mature root masses and gain more starts to plant somewhere else or give to your friends. Perennials are not all the same, so ask us at the garden center when the time to divide is right and the best way to go about it.

Did you know?

That if you buy 1-2-3 (Bumper Crop, Master Start, and Rootmaster combination) from us at the time you purchase your perennials, we will extend your guarantee. We are very confident that 1-2-3 will help you be successful with your perennials!

Hibiscus Luna White with Eye:

We travel all over the country to find the best perennials to grow for you.
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Coneflower Pow Wow White		Foxglove 'Candy Mountain'		Brunnera 'Jack Frost'		Astilbe Fanal

Exciting New Perennials For 2013

• Primula ‘Blue Zebra’ – Beautiful striped blue and white flowers
• Astilbe ‘Hip Hop’ –  Light pink flowers with hot pink centers
• Coreopsis ‘Bengal Tiger’ – Fiery flowers glow red and gold
• Delphinium ‘Sweethearts’ – Gorgeous soft pink to rose blooms
• Dianthus ‘Romance’ – Salmon pink flowers with a spicy fragrance
• Digitalis ‘Snowy Mountain’ – Eye catching display of white flowers with purple spots
• Geranium ‘Perfect Storm’ – Magenta pink blossoms with black centers
• Campanula ‘Blue Clip’ – Beautiful bell shaped flowers create a carpet of blooms in your perennial garden.

Sandy’s Top Perennials:

Heuchera Paris		Shasta Daisy Broadway Lights		Heuchera Caramel		Sedum Angelina

	Delphinium ‘Volkerfrieden’		Sedum ‘Angelina’		Baptisia ‘Australis’
	Lupine ‘Tutti Frutti’		Dicentra ‘King Of Hearts’		Monarda ‘Jacob Cline’
	Brunnera ‘Jack Frost’

Did you know?

Perennials are great for containers, too. They add structure and form with interesting foliage colors and shapes along with beautiful flowers. Let your imagination go wild. We will guide you to the best ones for pots.
Perennial Combo pot

Check out Sandy’s Perennial Care Tips   by clicking here.

Grasses are Great:

Grasses give you great texture, form, color, and motion in the wind. They make a wonderful background for flowers and are outstanding for dramatic groupings in difficult, sunny areas. Birds love grasses for nesting and eating the seeds. Practically the only care they need is cutting them down once a year in late winter.

Here are a few great examples:

Calamagrostis Karl Foerster		Shenendoah Switch Grass		Blue Fescue

	Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’		Pennisetum ‘Hameln’		Miscanthus ‘Graziella’
	Miscanthus ‘Gracillimus’		Miscanthus ‘Cabaret’

Click here for Ornamental Grass information.

Ground Covers:

Checkerboard Ground Cover		Platts Black Nook and Crannie

Ground covers are wonderful landscape problem solvers and beautifiers. There are Ground covers to suit just about any type of soil: sandy, clay, alkaline, acidic, moist or dry. From full sun lovers to full shade, and anything in between, there is a ground cover that will fit the bill. Once established, ground covers are great for reducing erosion and suppressing weed growth. Also, if you’ve got a hard to mow area, ground covers might be the right plant for you!

Ground covers give your landscape harmony. They provide a feeling of tranquility, serving as a transition between lawn areas and flowerbeds. Ground covers also create variety in depth and texture and often highlight other landscape elements. They can be attractive accents on their own, as well.

Links to Perennial Info:

• American Ivy Society
• American Hosta Society
• World Class perennial information
• Perennial Plants of the Year