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Ellis County Landscapes Plants & More
  • Home
  • Plants
    • Perennials
    • Annuals
    • Palm Trees
    • Shrubs
    • Heat Tolerent
    • Trees
    • Crepe Myrtles
  • Rocks
    • River Rock
    • Chop stone & Boulders
  • Grass
    • Bermuda
    • St. Augustine
    • Zoysia

What are perennials?

Perennials live for more than one growing season. Unlike annuals, perennial plants go dormant in the winter and return the following year. Some perennial plants, like peonies, can be long-lived, returning for decades.


Lily

CANNA LILY

CANNA LILY

CANNA LILY

Canna Lillies are great summer plants. This beautiful perennial can grow up to 8 feet tall and helps add color to any flowerbed! 

FLAX LILY

CANNA LILY

CANNA LILY

Flax lilies have strappy green leaves with yellow stripes and are good for borders. They are also drought-tolerant and durable. 

DAYLILY

CANNA LILY

DAYLILY

Daylilies are dependable perennials and colorful bloomers. Daylilies are drought-tolerant and immune to heat stress.

Liriope

Liriope Spicata

Liriope Spicata

Liriope Spicata

This perennial has grass-like evergreen foliage and is commonly used in landscaping in temperate climates as groundcover. These produce white or lavender flowers and have narrow leaves.

Liriope Muscari

Liriope Spicata

Liriope Spicata

This small perennial has grass-like evergreen foliage and lilac-purple flowers, producing single-seeded berries on a spike in the fall. These stay in clumps and produce purple flowers.

Salvia

Lemon salvia

Evolution Salvia or Salvia Farinacea

Salvia Greggi

Lemon Salvia has medium green leaves that are covered with bright clear lemon yellow flowers on a very compact salvia hybrid. Blooms spring to fall in moderate climates. Best in sun to part shade 

Salvia Greggi

Evolution Salvia or Salvia Farinacea

Salvia Greggi

 Salvia Greggii comes in many colors, such as white, pink, and purple! These plants are low maintenance and don't need much water.

Evolution Salvia or Salvia Farinacea

Evolution Salvia or Salvia Farinacea

Evolution Salvia or Salvia Farinacea

Evolution Salvia or also referred to as Salvia Farinacea is heat and drought-tolerant. Evolution Salvia is low maintenance and no deadheading is needed for all-season color. Evolution will perform best in a full-sun location.

Grass

Blue Arrow Grass

Blue Arrow Grass

Blue Arrow Grass

This plant grows upright and requires minimal maintenance. These grasses are great for adding texture and height to your landscaping.

Maiden Grass

Blue Arrow Grass

Blue Arrow Grass

Maiden Grass is a flower that has copper-colored fluffy tips and green reed-like stems. They require little water and full sun.

Feather Grass

Blue Arrow Grass

Hamlin Fountain Grass

Feather Grass is wispy and flowy with lime-green foliage. The slightest breeze will cause it to sway. This cool-season native grass retains its color year-round, although it may brown out somewhat in the summer heat. 

Hamlin Fountain Grass

Hamlin Fountain Grass

Hamlin Fountain Grass

Fine-textured green grass blades up to 3 feet tall are tipped with soft, wheat-shaped leaves. Foliage turns rust gold in autumn, and finally, pale blonde in winter. Pairs well with colorful shrubs.

Pink Muhly Grass

Hamlin Fountain Grass

Pink Muhly Grass

In the spring and summer, the long leaves of grass are green in color. As the fall approaches, the plant produces soft, fuzzy flowers in pink or pinkish-red hues which are often compared to the appearance of cotton candy. As winter gets closer, the flowers lose their color but the dried plumes continue to offer visual appeal throughout the dormant season.

perennials

Fox Tail Fern

Fox Tail Fern

Fox Tail Fern

The Foxtail Fern adds textural contrast to beds and borders. Long, upright, plume-like stems hold soft, needle-like leaves. This plant is semi-evergreen in mild winter regions.

Shasta Daisy

Fox Tail Fern

Fox Tail Fern

This perennial blooms from summer to early fall and does well with the Texas heat. This daisy provides a great garden display and attracts butterflies and other pollinators. 

Carnation

Fox Tail Fern

Carnation

Carnations typically bloom from early spring through late summer, offering a vibrant array of pink hues. They make an excellent choice for enhancing the aesthetic appeal of your landscaping.

Dianthus

Lambs Ear

Carnation

These plants have vivid red or pink flowers and grow about knee-high.

Lambs Ear

Lambs Ear

Lambs Ear

Lambs Ear has silver-grey leaves and a soft velvety feel. These perennials are low-growing plants.

Verbena

Lambs Ear

Lambs Ear

This hardy plant is the best for summer production. It takes the heat and stays in bloom longer! Its vibrant color creates an entire landscape bursting with flowers. Ready to brighten any landscape!

Mexican Petunias

Mexican Bush Sage

Mexican Petunias

This evergreen shrub is fast-growing, with green stems and leaves with purple or blue flowers.

Lantana

Mexican Bush Sage

Mexican Petunias

This small shrub is drought and heat-tolerant. The round bloom clusters are made up of tiny tubular flowers that start yellow and then turn orange and red. Lantana thrives in the Texas heat!

Mexican Bush Sage

Mexican Bush Sage

Mexican Bush Sage

This colorful plant grows in a mounded shape with slender, arching stems that have soft, grayish-green to silvery, wrinkled-looking foliage. In late summer through the first frost, it produces elongated, lavender clusters that attract hummingbirds. The purple clusters send out white, tubular flowers that extend beyond the plant to create an amazing landscape accent. 

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