Most of us have some shade in their gardens, and for many shade is the rule rather than the exception.
Flowers by the Sea specializes in herbaceous perennials that grow in the shade. These are plants that dye back to the ground in the Winter, and grow up to their full potential each season. Some are true full shade lovers, and some will grow in part day sun. We include in this category a wide range of plants.
In other words, just the sort of plant a good gardener is thankful for during the busy/hot/tired part of the year.
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(Blue Vine Sage) Blooming from mid-Summer through late Autumn, this semi-hardy herbaceous perennial (to 20F) is adorned with a profusion of true blue flowers held 1’-2’ above it’s unusual deltoid , grass green leaves making a this plant a delightful addition to any garden.
In our mild coastal climate Salvia cacaliifolia blooms for 8 to 10 months and via it’s fleshy root stock, has become a 3.5’x 3’ patch of dazzling blue in our Salvia garden. For best performance, give this plant; high shade in hot areas, weekly water and remove spent flowers. After the threat of frost has passed, cut the stems almost down to the ground for a shapely patch.
Our price: $10.00
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(Lungwort) This brightly silver-spotted beauty sends up profuse clusters of large true cobalt-blue flowers in spring. Simply stunning! One of the best dark-blues available, grows into a magnificent landscape specimen, providing over 8 months of color!
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(Foam Flower) 'Sugar and Spice' is everything nice! Dramatic, lacy leaves with painted, heavily marked centers are seen in summer to winter. Lightly fragrant, spring flowers are uniquely frosted pink with a white interior. The shiny leaves almost look lacquered.
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(Bleeding Hearts) ‘King of Hearts’ has a compact foliage mound and wide fern-like, bluish-green leaves that persists throughout the growing season. Nodding, heart-shaped, rich carmine-rose flowers dance above the foliage on long stems.
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(Pig squeak) A new mutation out of Bergenia 'Solar Flare', 'Lunar Glow' has the traditional bold, evergreen leaves of the Bergenia. Lovely magenta-pink bell-like flowers compliment the unique creamy yellow leaves produced in the spring.
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Found at altitudes of 3,000-10,000 ft. in the mountains of central Mexico, this herbaceous perennial is a spectacular winter-bloomer having 6 inch inflorescence with cyclamen-purple flowers that are velvety in appearance.
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(Variegated Angel's Trumpet) Fragrant, peach-colored blooms in immense proportions emerge from some of the most broadly margined and brilliant foliage you've ever seen!
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(Coral Bells) Truly ginger-colored, this effervescent plant gives lovely contrast to darker coral bells and bleeding hearts. Delicate flowers in gentle shades of ginger-yellow and light pink compliment many colors.
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(Pig squeak) Looking for multi-season color and interest? Then this is the Bergenia for you! 'Pink Dragonfly' forms low clumps of long, narrow leaves, which develop plum-red tones in the winter.
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2009 Perennial Plant of the Year
(Gold Japanese Forest Grass) One of the best ornamental shade plants around. Gleaming, metallic gold leaves are spiky and more upright than other varieties. This slow-spreading perennial grass provides dramatic textural contrasts with other shade-loving plants.
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(Red Sage, Chinese Sage, Dan-shen) Salvia miltiorrhiza is a powerful and important herb in traditional Chinese herbal medicine. We are happy to be able to offer this plant on a very limited basis.
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(Lungwort) The abundant and attractive raspberry-pink blooms appear early, but the sharply-pointed, brilliant silver-spotted leaves and upright habit are what make this an exceptional Lungwort. They spread slowly from the initial clump to form an attractive ground cover.
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(Double Lenten Rose) Another colorful seed strain of Hellebores from master hybridizer Marietta O'Byrne! This favorite shade perennial begins flowering in late winter and continues for more than 3 months, producing over 200 large, 3" single or semi-double flowers.
Our price: $18.00
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(Variegated Bear's Breeches) Found in Tasmania, this gem is the first variegated Acanthus! 'Tasmanian Angel' offers striking, bold leaves with white margins and mottling.
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Salvia hians (Himalayan Sage or Kashmir Sage) A hardy sage from the high elevations (8,000 to 13,000 ft.) of Pakistan and Bhutan, this plant grows with ease even at seal level. And the dusky violet flowers will enchant you!
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(Gold Leaf Bleeding Hearts) This shade-loving beauty emerges from the ground in early spring, sporting peach-colored, elongating stems and brilliant gold leaves. Later, large rose-pink broken heart flowers present on graceful, arching stems. Quite a nice contrast with the common forms of Bleeding Hearts.
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(Bugbane or Black Snakeroot) With lacy black foliage shrouding the lovely dark stems, 'Black Negligee' is more vigorous than other dark varieties. Beautiful purple-tinted, white bottlebrush-type flowers project 2' upward and carry an exotic perfume of grape and jasmine. (The common name of bugbane is in reference to the odoriferous insect repellent properties attributed to most plants in the genus.)
Give 'Black Negligee' lots of water with full sun (except in the hottest sites) for the darkest foliage and maximum bloom.
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(Southern Mexican Sage) With it’s graceful, shrubby habit, purplish green, deltoid leaves and intense tomato-red blooms, this herbaceous perennial will make a delightful display in your garden. Southern Mexican Sage begins blooming in October and will continue, sporadically through the Winter in frost free areas.
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(Fruit Scented Sage) This plant has it all. Big, soft, fuzzy, light green leaves , large magenta-pink blooms and an almost intoxicating scent. One of the most
strongly (and deliciously) scented plants we have come across to date.
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(Arrowleaf Sage) This unusual herbaceous perennial is found at high elevations (9,500ft.-10,000ft.) in the Cordillera de los Andes of Chile and Peru. It’s arrow-head shaped leaves (sagittata refers to this shape) are deeply textured, yellow-green and wooly on the undersides.
The blooms are a gorgeous, brilliant royal blue and rise 1’-2’ from the leafy stems starting in Summer and continuing through the Fall.
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This mop-top, pinkish bronze sedge is irresistibly cute. Both in form and color, it is a distinctive addition to a sunny to partly shaded border. Individual plants stand out for their form. Massed as a ground cover, they provide a soft, neutral foil for companions like Heucheras and Heucherellas.
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(Variegated Bergenia) A classic garden perennial with a twist! Bold, evergreen leaves sport a cream-edged border.
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(Corkscrew Rush) Plant this great accent with grasses or other aquatic plants stream or pond side for an architecturally unique and fascinating look. When plants begin to look shabby (leaves may turn brown with frost) they can be cut down to the ground in late Winter for fresh Spring growth. Also great in containers.
Upright, medium green leaves that twist into a spiral grow taller than the other Corkscrew Rushes.
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(Forysthia Sage) Another late blooming, high altitude (4,000-5,000ft.) perennial from the Sierra Madre Oriental in Mexico, this statuesque beauty is hardy to at least 25F and will come back from root stock if knocked down to the ground by short periods of colder temperatures.
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