Wilson
Bros Nursery is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 7 DAYS A WEEK!
Deer
Resistant Perennial Garden Design
Plant Descriptions
Name:
Caryopteris - Blue
Mist Shrub
Botanical:
Caryopteris
Height
x Width:
24-36"
H x 24-30"
W
Exposure:
Full Sun
Bloom
Color:
Blue
Bloom
Time:
Mid-Summer
through Fall!
Water:
Drought tolerant
Features:
Plants are covered
with fuzzy blue
flowers from June
to frost!
Companions:
Other
butterfly attracting
perennials.
Name:
Coreopsis
'Moonbeam'
Botanical:
Coreopsis verticillata
Height
x Width:
18-24"
H x 18-24" W
Exposure:
Full Sun
Bloom
Color:
Pale Yellow
Bloom
Time:
June to October
Water:
Low
Features:
Masses
of pale yellow daisy-like
flowers are produced during
summer and into fall.
Very attractive thinly-cut
foliage is mounding. Sheering
off faded flowers will
allow for successive blooming.
Companions:
Tall
Garden Phlox, Butterfly
Weed, Daisies, Coneflower,
other Coreopsis, Daylilies,
Salvias, Sedums, Pincushion
Flower,Setcresia, Verbenas,
Veronicas, and more!
Name:
Lantana's
Botanical:
Lantana
Height
x Width:
2-6' H x
4-8' W depending on variety
Exposure:
Full Sun
Bloom
Color:
'Miss Huff' and 'Pink
Caprice' pictured
Bloom
Time:
May to Frost!
Water:
Very drought tolerant
Features:
Unrivaled
for attracting butterflies!
The flower clusters are
produced in abundance
from late spring thru
fall. Leave plenty of
room in the garden for
these fast growing, mounding
perennial shrubs. Very
drought tolerant. A must
in every garden or landscape!
Most definitely a Wilson
Bros Favorite!! Prune
back in Spring when new
growth begins to emerge.
Fall pruning insures death.
Companions:
Yarrows,
Butterfly Bush, Ice Plant,
Sedums, Ornamental Grasses,
Junipers, Barberries,
Yucca, Coneflowers, Rudbeckias,
Pincushion Flower, and
many other plants that
attract butterflies and
are drought tolerant.
Many colors available
Name:
Perennial
Hibicus
Botanical:
Hibiscus
Height
x Width:
4-5' H x
4-5' W
Exposure:
Full Sun
Bloom
Color:
Blooms are up to 12"
across - dinnerplate size!!
Bloom
Time:
Summer through Fall!
Water:
Tolerates dry or damp
soils
Features:
These hibiscus are not
to be confused with 'tropical'
hibiscus which are annuals
in Zone 8.
Companions:
Elephant
Ears, Yellow Flag Iris,
Horsetail Grass, Calla
Lilies, Canna Lilies,
Joe Pye Weed, Bee Balm,
and other plants that
prefer damp soils.
Name:
Sedum
'Autumn Joy' or 'Autumn
Fires'
Botanical:
Sedum
Height
x Width:
30"
H x 36" W
Exposure:
Full Sun or Partial
Shade
Bloom
Color:
Coral Pinkish-Red
Bloom
Time:
Late Summer into Fall
Water:
Very drought tolerant
Features:
Large
cauliflower-shaped flower
heads rise above very
attractive gray-green
succulent foliage. Eye-catching
in the perennial or rock
garden, or anywhere in
the sunny, dry landscape.
Very drought tolerant.
Attracts butterflies.
Companions:
Other
Sedums, Agastache, Yarrows,
Hens and Chicks, Coreopsis,
Daisies, Coneflowers,
Daylilies, Guara, Japanese
Aster, Lantanas, Butterfly
Bush, Yucca, Barberries,
Ornamental Grasses, Junipers,
and many more!
Name:
'Bog'
Salvia - REPELS
DEER!
Botanical:
Salvia ulginosa
Height
x Width:
3-4' H x
3-4' W
Exposure:
Full Sun or Partial
Shade
Bloom
Color:
Intense Sky Blue
Bloom
Time:
June to Frost and beyond!!
Water:
Performs well in damp
or dry soils!
Features:
This
Salvia actually repels
deer!!! The odor that
comes from the foliage
is intolerable to our
fluffy tailed friends.
Plant several of these
beauties around the yard
and no more deer!
Companions:
Other
Salvias, Yarrows, Sedums,
Coneflowers, Rudbeckias,
Agastaches, Butterfly
Weed, Butterfly Bush,
Lantanas, Coreopsis, Ryans
Daisy, Asters, all kinds
of shrubs, and many more!
Name:
Pincushion
Flower - (Pink or Blue)
Botanical:
Scabiosa
Height
x Width:
12-18"
H x 18" W
Exposure:
Full Sun
Bloom
Color:
Blue
Bloom
Time:
April to Frost!
Water:
Drought tolerant once
established
Features:
Multitudes
of vivid-blue flowers,
resembling pin cushions,
are produced from April
to frost on this low,
mounding, very drought
tolerant perennial. Attracts
butterflies and an excellent
cut flower! A must in
every garden!
Companions:
Yarrows,
Agastaches, Artemesia,
Butterfly Weed, Butterfly
Bush, Daisies, Coreopsis,
Coneflowers, Guara, Daylilies,
Japanese Aster, Phlox,
Knockout Rose, Sedum,
Salvia, Veronicas, and
many more!
Name:
Yarrow
'Coronation Gold'
Botanical:
Achillea
Height
x Width:
18-24"
H x 24" W
Exposure:
Full Sun
Bloom
Color:
Yellow
Bloom
Time:
Summer through fall
Water:
Drought tolerant
Features:
Colorful
yellow flower clusters
atop tall stems rise above
ferny green or grey foliage.
Butterflies love it. A
great cut flower too.
Companions:
Agastache,
Butterfly Bushes, Coreopsis,
Daisies, Coneflowers,
Dianthus, Guara, Daylilies,
Japanese Aster, Malva,
Russian Sage, Lamb's Ear,
Sedums, Pincushion Flower,
Verbenas, and many more!
Name:
Daisy
'Ryan's'
Botanical:
Chrysanthemum superbum
Height
x Width:
2-3' H x
2' W
Exposure:
Full Sun or Partial
Shade
Bloom
Color:
White
Bloom
Time:
All Summer
Water:
Low to average
Features:
The best
of the best Shasta Daisies.
Three and a half inch
daisies are produced in
abundance on sturdy stems
that rise above the thick,
dark green foliage. Forms
massive clumps in the
garden. An excellent cut
flower!
Companions:
Other
Daisies, Coneflowers,
Coreopsis, Veronicas,
Salvias, Sedums, Pincushion
Flower, Butterfly Bush,
Lantanas, Agastache, Yarrows,
Daylilies, Liliums, Iris,
and many many more!
Name:
'Goldstrum'
Daisy - 'Black Eyed Susan'
Botanical:
Rudbeckia 'Goldstrum'
Height
x Width:
18-24"
H x 24" W
Exposure:
Full Sun or Partial
Shade
Bloom
Color:
Yellow with Black eye-cone
Bloom
Time:
Summer
Water:
Low
Features:
The 3-4"
diameter yellow flowers
with a black center cones
are produced in abundance.
An easily grown and long-lived
species. Excellent cut
flower. 1999 Perennial
of The Year! A must inevery
landscape or garden.
Companions:
Yarrows,
Coreopsis, Daisies, Coneflowers,
Agastache, Artemesia,
Guara, Daylilies, Japanese
Aster, Malva, Tall Phlox,
Salvias, Veronicas, Sedums,
Verbenas, and many more!
Name:
Rosemary
'ARP'
Botanical:
Rosmarinus
Height
x Width:
3-4' H x
3-4' W
Exposure:
Full Sun or Partial
Shade
Bloom
Color:
Blue
Bloom
Time:
Winter
Water:
Low once established
Features:
The
hardiest of Rosemary for
Zone 8. Very decorative
, evergreen, wondefully
fragarnt foliage useful
in cooking. A well-branched
shrubby Rosemary producing
an abundance of small
blue flowers during the
winter months. Excellent
for use as an evergreen
accent in perennial gardens
& pots..
Companions:
Excellent
evergreen accent for the
garden. Plant nearby decks
to enjoy the aromatic
foliage and dainty little
flowers.
Name:
Verbena
'Homestead Purple'
Botanical:
Verbena
Height
x Width:
8"
H x Apreading to 3'
Exposure:
Full Sun
Bloom
Color:
Purple
Bloom
Time:
March to Frost!
Water:
Low
Features:
Purple
flower clusters are produced
in abundance on this trailing
peennial. Excellent as
an edging in the perennial
garden or beds and islands.
A butterfly magnet! Flowers
from April to fros,t on
and off. Very drought
tolerant.
Companions:
Yarrows,
Agastache, Butterfly Weed,
Artemesia, Daisies, Coneflowers,
Coreopsis, Guara, Japanese
Aster, Daylilies, Lantana,
Butterfly Bush, Malva,
Russian Sage, Salvias,
Veronicas, Knockout Roses,
Rudbeckias, Sedums, and
many more!
Name:
Crape
Myrtle 'Miami' - Fauriei
Hybrid
Botanical:
Lagerstroemia
Height
x Width:
20' H x
10-12' W
Exposure:
Full Sun
Bloom
Color:
Pink
Bloom
Time:
Summer
Water:
Very drought tolerant
Features:
Medium
pink flower clusters are
produced in abundance
during Summer on this
upright, rounded form.
Mildew resistant Fauriei
Hybrid. Drought tolerant.
Georgia Gold Medal Winner!
Companions:
Abelias,
Barberries, Cotoneaster,
low growing Hollies, Junipers,
Dwarf Nandinas, Dwarf
Spireas, Ornamental Grasses,
Lantanas, Indian Hawthornes,
and many more.
