New and Featured Plants
from Pleasant Run Nursery
With so many options available in the world of horticulture, we find it helpful to be reminded of choices which offer us out-of-the-ordinary characteristics. At Pleasant Run Nursery, we search out those plants which we think are special, with the aim of increasing landscape diversity and adaptability. We will change this list often, because there's no such thing as too many choices, and we want to share our enthusiasm for underutilized, landscape-worthy plants with you.
Acer griseum x nikoense Gingerbread™Maple - Paperbark
This lovely small tree comes from Lake County Nursery of Ohio, and has the great attributes of its parent, the Paperbark Maple. The cinnamon-colored peeling bark is beautiful year-round, and the tri-foliate leaves change from dark green in summer to bright orange-red in fall. It is a more rapid growing maple than A. griseum, so it makes a slightly taller small ornamental tree. Dry site tolerant when established. ('Ginzam')
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Acer pal. var. atro. 'Twombly's Red Sentinel'Maple - Japanese Red
A dense upright-growing Red Japanese Maple, 'Twombly's Red Sentinel' was found by Connecticut Nurseryman Ken Twombly as a witch's broom of A. 'Bloodgood'. The leaves emerge as a lovely burgundy-red in spring, and maintain their color well in summer. The fall color is a spectacular dark red, and is especially beautiful when backlit by afternoon sunlight. Winter interest is added by the burgundy new-growth twigs.
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Acer palmatum dissectum 'Crimson Queen'Maple - Japanese Weeping
'Crimson Queen' Weeping Japanese Maple has lacy deeply dissected leaves that appear in spring as a vivid crimson red, aging by mid summer to bronze-green. The fall color is a beautiful scarlet-red, and the weeping winter habit is attractive even without the lovely foliage.
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Actaea pachypoda 'Misty Blue'Baneberry
'Misty Blue' White Baneberry is a native woodland beauty that produces white flower spikes in April above green dissected foliage. The really cool detail follows in mid-summer through to fall, in the form of bright white fruit displayed on vivid red pedicels. The fruits end in a black dot, like little eyes. Introduced by Mt. Cuba Center in Delaware.
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Agastache x 'Heat Wave'Anise Hyssop
'Heat Wave' Anise Hyssop is a lovely breakthrough in hardy color options, with bright pink flower spikes over aromatic green foliage. It blooms from June through the summer, especially if deadheaded often. An introduction by Plant Haven from a seedling found in Holland.
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Agastache x 'Ava'Hyssop - Giant
'Ava' Giant Hyssop has tall spikes of rose-pink fragrant flowers from June to August (especially if deadheaded periodically). Hummingbirds and butterflies love the flowers. When the flowers are finished, they are followed by raspberry-red catyces until frost. Prefers good drainage. Introduced by David Salman of High Country Gardens. He named it after his wife, and we're growing it in honor of Lisa Strovinsky's wonderful daughter Ava.
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Amelanchier lamarckiiServiceberry
Lamarckii Serviceberry is very similar to A. laevis, getting a little bit taller and retaining its late summer and fall foliage a little better. The showy white flower clumps appear in May, followed by edible purple-black fruit in June. They resemble Huckleberries somewhat, and birds and other animals gobble them down with relish (as did early American settlers). The fall color is shades of orange, yellow and red. Wet site tolerant.
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Amsonia ciliata 'Spring Sky'Bluestar - Threadleaf
'Spring Sky' Threadleaf Bluestar came into the nursery trade through Philadelphia's Henry Foundation, where it caught the eye of Rick Darke and Dale Hendricks. The flowers are very plentiful and a vivid pale blue for several weeks in May. The delicate green leaves are a little wider than those of A. hubrichtii, and the habit is shorter and more compact. The fall color is shades of yellow and umber.
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Andropogon virginicusBroom-sedge
Broom-sedge or Beardgrass is a tough native grass that adds great beauty to sterile, dry meadows and open fields. The green upright stems take on shades of reddish-burgundy in September, as they are coming into flower. The seedheads are an airy silver displayed all along the grass stems, and are particularly stunning when backlit by afternoon light. The fall and winter color of the strong upright stems is a bright orange-tan.
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Aruncus x 'Misty Lace'Goatsbeard
'Misty Lace' Goatsbeard is a cross between A. dioicus and A. aesthusifolius, resulting in a nice compact form with lots of creamy white Astilbe-like flowers in May and June. The intermediate size and reddish stems make Aruncus x 'Misty Lace' a lovely addition to the shade perennial garden. A selection by Dr. Alan Armitage of the University of Georgia, so you know it is happy in the heat and humidity. Likes a moist, humus-rich site.
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Aster novae-angliae 'Vibrant Dome'Aster - New England
'Vibrant Dome' New England Aster is similar in habit to its parent 'Purple Dome', but is somewhat taller, with large brilliant pink flowers in August and September. The other parent is thought to be 'Alma Potschke', and it was found in a garden as a spontaneous seedling. Introduced by our pals at North Creek (New name is Symphyotricum novae-angliae).
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Astilbe chinensis 'Maggie Daley'Astilbe - Chinese
'Maggie Daley' Chinese Astilbe has bright fuchsia-pink flower spikes in June and July. The fuzzy blooms are unusually large and full for an Astilbe chinensis, and make a beautiful show. The foliage is an attractive shiny dark green.
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Astilbe x arendsii 'Red Cattleya'Astilbe
'Red Cattleya' Astilbe has tall dark red fluffy flower spikes which appear in May and June. The foliage emerges with red tones, and matures to dark green. Like all Plume Flowers, Astilbe 'Red Cattleya' does best with dependable moisture.
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Baccharis halimifoliaGroundsel
Groundsel-bush is an excellent native shrub for salty or seashore sites. The leaves are shades of green to grey-green, and are often semi-evergreen. The crowning beauty is the late summer fruit production, which looks like masses of white froth on the tops of the multi-stem plants. Since it is tolerant of poor soils as well as salty soils, it makes an excellent plant for banks and dunes.
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Buddleia x Low & Behold® 'Purple Haze'Butterfly Bush
'Purple Haze'; Butterfly Bush is an exciting new groundcover Buddleia with a low mounding habit and an all summer display of bluish-purple fragrant flowers. The foliage is green, the flowering branches are arching, and the flowers are sterile. Another breakthrough from Dr. Dennis Werner of NCSU.
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Buddleia x Flutterby Petite™ 'Tutti Frutti Pink'Butterfly Bush
Flutterby Petite™ 'Tutti Frutti Pink' Butterfly Bush has fuchsia-pink fragrant blooms over low mounding green foliage. It blooms all summer and can be used effectively as a ground cover as well as an addition to perennial beds. A largely sterile hybrid from Peter Podaras' breeding work with Ball Ornamentals. [ More Info ]
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Buddleia x Flutterby Petite™ 'Blue Heaven'Butterfly Bush
Flutterby Petite™ 'Blue Heaven' Butterfly Bush is a new introduction to the groundcover Buddleia world, with blue fragrant flowers all summer over low growing silvery foliage. It is largely sterile, and is a great nectar source for hummingbirds, butterflies and other insects. A Ball Ornamentals introduction from hybridizing work by Peter Podaras.
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Calamintha nepeta 'Montrose White'Catmint
'Montrose White' Catmint has fragrant delicate green foliage that is covered with white flowers starting in June. Calamintha 'Montrose White' blooms all summer, particularly if trimmed back after the first heavy bloom. This selection of Catmint is more upright than the species, and was named 'Wisconsin Perennial of the Year' for its improved habit and flower qualities. It was named for Montrose Nursery.
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Calycanthus x 'Aphrodite'Sweetshrub
'Aphrodite' Sweetshrub is the newest Calycanthus triumph from Dr. Tom Ranney's program at NC State University. The large beautiful red flowers we loved on C. 'Hartlage Wine' are now paired with the classic Calycanthus fragrance. 'Aphrodite' starts blooming heavily in May and keeps blooming sporadically throughout the summer.
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Camellia japonica 'Hokkaido Red'Camellia
'Hokkaido Red' Camellia was given to William Flemer III by Dr. John L. Creech of the National Arboretum, who found it in the northernmost reaches of the island of Hokkaido, Japan. Its extreme tolerance of cold combines with its plentiful production of bright red trumpet-shaped single flowers for a very extended period starting in late December. The yellow stamens add to the show, and the few hardy insect pollinators still around in the winter love them. Best of all, the glossy evergreen foliage turns a stunning shade of purple all winter. Richard Hesselein has been working with this selection of Camellia japonica to produce a range of flower types that also display the winter foliage coloration and the cold tolerance.
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Camellia x 'April Pink'Camellia
'April Pink' Camellia has large double shell-pink flowers with a very formal, perfect appearance. It is a Dr. Clifford Parks introduction, and one that is new to us. It is spring blooming and evergreen.
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Campanula 'Kent Belle'Canterbury Bells
'Kent Belle' Canterbury Bells is a long-looming beautiful perennial which produces 2" violet blue hanging bells from June through August. The flowers are produced in quantity, bending the stems over with their weight at times. Campanula 'Kent Belle' spreads slowly to make a good-sized clump, and is very attractive in both sunny and shady mixed perennial beds. The long stems make lovely cut flowers. An introduction from England.
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Campanula glomerata 'Freya'Bellflower - Clustered
'Freya' Clustered Bellflower is covered with lilac-purple star-shaped flowers in May and June. The foliage is green and somewhat pubescent, and is almost completely covered by the flower display for almost 4 weeks. An introduction from Arie Blom of the Netherlands.
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Campsis radicans 'Flava'Trumpet Vine - Yellow
Yellow Trumpet Vine has large yellow open-faced trumpet flowers starting in late June and blooming almost all summer. The stems cling vigorously to whatever surface Campsis 'Flava' is climbing, and growth is rapid so it covers walls and trellises quickly. A favorite food source for Hummingbirds and Sphinx Moths.
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Canna x 'Pacific Beauty'Canna Lily
'Pacific Beauty' Canna has fiery orange flowers displayed over beautiful pewter-purple leaves. Very showy and very tall, it works best if planted in the ground for a summer-long display.
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Canna x 'Lemon Punch'Canna Lily
'Lemon Punch' Canna is one of the 'Punch" series, with lovely arching lemon yellow flowers all summer. The green foliage is clean and the plant is compact, only 3' tall. Use in a container, or even better, in the ground. An introduction through Plants Nouveau.
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Carex appalachicaSedge - Appalachian
Appalachian Sedge is a fine-textured green clump-forming Carex that performs really well in very shady dry woodlands. The habit is arching, like a green fountain, so Appalachian Sedge is particularly attractive in mixed shade containers.
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Carex cherokeensisCherokee Sedge is an increasingly rare native that tolerates a wide range of conditions throughout the Southeast. The fine green foliage is fountain-like in habit, and the clumps slowly widen to make a natural-looking groundcover. It tolerates dry conditions but is happiest in moist sites. Since it is deer resistant, as well as at home in both sun and shade, this Carex deserves more usage.
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Carex laxiculmis Bunny Blue™Sedge
'Bunny Blue' ('Hobb') Glaucous Woodland Sedge has steel blue evergreen foliage produced by a neat, easily divisible clump. Carex 'Blue Bunny' prefers a woodland location, but will tolerate sun if the moisture is good. Because of it bright color and neat habit, it look particularly attractive when colonizing a shady site (both moist and dry). A selection by Bob and Lisa Head of GardenDebut.com.
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Carex platyphyllaSedge - Silver
Silver Sedge has wide semi-evergreen leaves which stand out in the landscape because of their silvery powder blue color. The clumps are low and tidy, and since this native Carex does best in moist shade, it combines very well with ferns and other woodland perennials. When established, it will also tolerate dry conditions, and like all Carex, it is wonderfully deer-resistant. Give it a trim in early spring so the new leaves show to advantage.
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Carpinus carolinianaAmerican Hornbeam
American Hornbeam is a tough, beautiful native tree which performs well in a wide variety of site conditions. Its green veined leaves and habit look somewhat like American Beech trees, and its interesting 2" hanging winged seed bracts add to its appeal in summer. It performs very well when transplanted from containers, and can be used in full sun or shade locations as well as sites which are periodically flooded. The fall color is attractive, varying from yellow through orange to reddish purple hues. It can be pruned to make a good tight hedge, like its European cousin, C. betulus.
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Cercis canadensis 'Solar Eclipse' ('JN3')Redbud - Eastern
'Solar Eclipse' Eastern Redbud has amazing bi-colored leaves which are unusually large and ruffled. The foliage is very striking because the outer edges of the leaves have dark green rims, while the centers emerge in the spring and early summer in shades of amber and orange, maturing to chartreuse as the summer progresses. The bicolor effect is displayed on somewhat arching branches, making it an eyecatching, graceful small tree. A sport of Cercis canadensis The Rising Sun™ found by Ray Jackson in his nursery in Belvidere, Tennesse.
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Cercis canadensis 'Whitewater' ('NC 2007-8')Redbud
This new Redbud combines a more vivid form of variegation with a broadly weeping habit. The pea-shaped flowers in April and May are a deep rose-purple, displayed on the bare branches. They are quickly followed by the heart-shaped leaves which emerge mostly white with green flecks, and mature to mostly green with white flecks. The weeping habit is an exciting addition to the bright variegated foliage.
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Cercis canadensis 'Crosswicks Red'Redbud - Eastern
'Crosswicks Red' Eastern Redbud is a selection made by Richard Hesselein while still at Princeton Nurseries. He chose it from many seedlings for its beautiful neon pink pea-shaped flowers which cover the stems in April and May. The color was strikingly different from the regular flower color, and stands out well in the spring landscape. The green heart-shaped leaves ar attractive all summer, turning yellow in the fall.
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Cercis canadensis 'Royal White'Redbud - Eastern
'Royal White' Eastern Redbud is a classic white-flowered Cercis which was selected by the late great Dr. JC McDaniel of the University of Illinois. He chose it for the large, plentiful pea-shaped flowers produced abundantly in April. Since the parent tree was found in Bluffs, Illinois, the cold tolerance is excellent. 'Royal White' is vigorous and faster growing than other white forms, and we're glad to be able to keep this tried-and-true selection in circulation.
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Chaenomeles Double Take™ 'Orange Storm'Floweringquince
The Double Take™ Floweringquince series comes from the work of Dr. Tom Ranney of NCSU's Mountain Research Station in Ashville, N.C. 'Orange Storm' has very large brick-orange double flowers on compact thornless plants. The blooms appear in April for an extended period, with some sporadic reblooming in summer.
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Chaenomeles Double Take™ 'Pink Storm'Floweringquince
Double Take™ 'Pink Storm' Floweringquince is another beauty from Dr. Tom Ranney, with very large double deep pink flowers in April. The blooms resemble Camellias in their size and color intensity. The compact plants are thornless, and their branches make lovely cut flowers to bring inside in early spring.
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Chaenomeles Double Take™ 'Scarlet Storm'Floweringquince
Double Take™ 'Scarlet Storm' Floweringquince is the third release from Dr. Tom Ranney's team in Ashville, NC, with very large dark red double flowers. The thornless plants bloom for an extended time in April, sporadically reblooming in summer.
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Chrysogonum virginianum 'Alan Bush'Golden Star
'Alan Bush' Golden Star bears bright yellow daisy flowers for a prolonged time in late spring and early summer, and reblooms in the fall as well. The foliage is low growing and green, forming an excellent deciduous ground cover in shady well drained areas.
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Cladrastis kentukeaYellowwood - American
American Yellowwood is a beautiful native tree that should be used in more landscapes. The flowers are very fragrant, with lovely white pea-shaped flowers appearing in May and June on long pendulous panicles. They provide excellent food for bees and other insects, and they resemble a more refined Wisteria flower. The foliage emerges in spring as a chartreuse-green during the summer, finishing up as a bright yellow in fall. The bark is an attractive grey-brown, very smooth-textured and closely resembling Beech bark. Cladrastis kentukea tolerates both acidic and alkaline soils, and prefers adequate moisture.
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Clematis texensis 'Princess Diana'Clematis - Scarlet
Princess Diana' Scarlet Clematis has beautiful tulip-shaped flowers in June and July, with fairly consistent reblooming in early fall. The up-facing blooms are soft pink on the outsides and dark-rose pink on the insides, making a lovely two-toned effect. The habit is scrambling, and needs some support.
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Clethra acuminataClethra - Cinnamon
Cinnamon Clethra or Mountain Pepperbush can be used as a large shrub, but its most attractive form is as a small tree. The long white flower racemes appear in July and August. They are highly fragrant and a good butterfly attractant. The fall color is a good clear yellow, but the most striking attribute is its winter bark, which exfoliates to reveal lovely shades of smooth cinnamon brown. The amount of brown bark increases as the plants age. Clethra acuminata performs best in forest edges and understory areas with moderate moisture, like its native Appalachian habitat.
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Clethra alnifoliaSummersweet
We are growing our native Summersweet to fill the niche of seedling variability in the natural garden site. The plants can vary in ultimate size from 4' to 10' in ultimate size, and the extremely fragrant flower spikes range from white to pale pink. They appear in June through July, and attract butterflies and other nectar-loving insects. The fall foliage is a clear yellow. Clethra alnifolia thrives in wet sites as well as moderately dry ones, and tolerates both poor sandy soils and salty conditions. It can sucker to cover a large area eventually.
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Colocasia esculenta 'Mojito'Elepant's Ear
'Mojito' Elephant's Ear is a new introduction from Florida, with amazing lime-green leaves flecked liberally with dark purple patches. This wild and showy Colocasia does well in both pots and ponds. We also love the name 'Mojito' since it's the favorite summer drink of several of us at Pleasant Run Nursery.
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Coreopsis verticillata 'Golden Gain'Tickseed - Threadleaf
'Golden Gain' Threadleaf Tickseed has beautiful 2" bright yellow flowers all summer on an upright vase-shaped habit. Deadheading after the first flush of flowers in June will increase the reblooming. Once established, 'Golden Gain' Coreopsis is dry-site tolerant. A Blooms of Bressingham® introduction which performed better than all the others in Mt. Cuba's Coreopsis trials.
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Cornus alba 'Westonbirt'Dogwood - Tararian
'Westonbirt' Tatarian Dogwood is distinguished for its bright coral-red stem color in winter. There is a vigorous debate about whether it is the same as Cornus alba 'Siberica', but we were stunned by the vividness of its early fall branch color when we were given our first plant by Wayne Mezitt of Weston Nurseries in Massachusetts. Creamy white cymes appear in May and June, followed by bluish-white fruit in late summer. The fall foliage is often an attractive combination of orange and reddish-purple. Aggressive pruning of last's years canes is necessary to keep the beautiful stem color.
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Cornus alternifoliaDogwood - Pagoda
Pagoda Dogwood is a lovely, subtle woodland native tree with attractively layered horizontal branching. The flat fluffy ivory flowers appear in late spring and are powerfully fragrant. They are followed by blue-black fruit in August which are attractive to birds. The fall color is often a mild reddish purple, followed by a winter interest element provided by the purplish horizontal twigs and branches.
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Cornus x Hyperion® ('KF111-1')Dogwood - Hybrid
Hyperion® Hybrid Dogwood is one of the newest releases in Dr. Elwin Orton';s program of Rutgers Dogwoods. It is a cross between C. florida and C. kousa, with the expected hybrid vigor and enormous white flowers in May and June. Unlike some of the other introductions, it does bear attractive red fruit in late summer (enjoyed by birds, and evidently by Labrador Retrievers). The huge number of glistening white flowers combined with the excellent disease resistance makes this an excellent addition to Dr. Orton's wonderful work.
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Cotinus coggygria 'Daydream'Smokebush
'Daydream' Smokebush is a compact green-foliaged Cotinus with an intense display of smokey pink flowers in May and June. The bloom display completely covers the plant, even weighing down the branches somewhat. The fall color is a lovely combination of yellow, orange and purple. Found at Newport Nurseries in Michigan.
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Crocosmia Irish Sunset™ ('Cropom')Montbretia
Irish Sunset™ Montbretia has lovely arching flower spikes which are red tipped in bud, opening to yellow and orange Gladiolus-like blooms in July. They float over the green sword-shaped leaves, and are a great butterfly and hummingbird attractant. Needs a well-drained site. A Blooms of Bressingham® introduction.
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Croton alabamensisCroton - Alabama
Alabama Croton is a very rare semi-evergreen Native from the south, which has proved to be surprisingly hardy in zone 6. The light-green leathery leaves have striking silver undersides in the summer, and the more mature foliage turns a lovely orange color in the fall. Croton alabamense prefers moist locations in semi-shade, and since it is a member of the Euphorb family, it is consistently deer resistant. The habit is loose and somewhat sprawling, so mix it in with other shrubs. Our first plant came from the generous hands of Rick Lewandowski of the Mt. Cuba Center, followed by a collection of plants from Fred Spicer of the Birmingham Botanic Gardens.
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Daphne x transatlantic Eternal Fragrance™Daphne
Eternal Fragrance™ ('Blafra') Daphne is a cross made by Robin White of Blackthorn Gardens in England. It has extremely fragrant white flowers which appear sporadically for an extended summer period. The deciduous leaves are small and neat. Unlike so many Daphnes, this cultivar does very well on the East Coast as long as the drainage is excellent.
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Darmera peltataRhubarb - Indian
Indian Rhubarb is unusual dramatic foliage perennial which also has attractive pink flower clusters in April. The delicate flower clusters emerge on hairy stems before the leaves emerge, and are retained for a long period. The round lobe leaves are very large and broad, and have been likened to inside-out umbrellas. Darmera peltata has a thick rhizomaceous root system, and since it thrives in very wet sites, it works well as a stream stabilizer. The fall color of the foliage is often red. This is one of Jerry Fritz's favorite plants for its dramatic appeal. Umbrella Plant is a West Coast native. It will tolerate full sun if planted in a wet site.
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Delosperma congestum 'Gold Nugget'Ice Plant
'Gold Nugget' Ice Plant is covered with yellow daisy-like flowers loaded with long delicate petals from June to August. The green foliage is succulent and evergreen, turning bronzy-red in the winter. Must have good drainage, and is excellent in rock gardens.
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Deutzia x Spring Sensation™ ('Kolmaspri')Deutzia
Spring Sensation™ Deutzia is somewhat similar to D. Nikko in its flower color (white) but it was originally hybridized for the cut flower trade, so it is much bigger and literally covered with showy white flowers in May. The shrub is taller, and benefits from the cut back it receives when used for cut branches for flower arrangements. A Novalis introduction in 2009.
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Dicentra x 'Fire Island'Bleeding Heart - Fringed
'Fire Island' Fringed Bleeding Heart is a beautiful cross by Akira Shiozoki, the breeder of D. x 'Burning Hearts'. The flowers are an even deeper red than its sibling, with purple tips to the heart-shaped pendant blooms. The foliage is a delicate dissected blue-green setting for the summer-long flower display. Performs best in dry shade.
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Echinacea purpurea 'Green Jewel'Coneflower
'Green Jewel' Coneflower has striking lime-green petals surrounding the green cones when it blooms in mid to late summer. The unusual flowers are displayed on strong short stems, making it both a good garden plant and a nice cut flower. Butterflies love the blooms and finches love the seeds afterwards. A selection by the great plantsman, Piet Oudolf.
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Eryngium planum 'Blue Hobbit'Sea Holly
'Blue Hobbit' Sea Holly produces silvery blue spiky globe flowers on short stems in summer. The blooms are a very unusual shape and color, emerging from a low mound of green basal foliage. All the Eryngiums must have excellent drainage and do best in dry sites. 'Blue Hobbit' is much more compact than other Eryngiums, so it would work well in rock gardens. Butterflies love the odd flowers, and happily, deer do not.
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Geranium x 'Pink Penny'Cranesbill
Pink Penny' Cranesbill produces rose-pink flowers above clean green foliage from June to October. The blooms are set off by darker rose-purple veins. A sport of G. 'Jolly Bee', it was found by Marco Van Noort.
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Hakonechloa macra Fubuki™ ('Briform')Hakone Grass
Snowstorm Hakone Grass is a sport of H. 'Aureola', with showy wide white striping instead of yellow. Its name translates to 'Snow Storm', and it was found at Briggs Plant Propagators in Washington. The fall color is particularly striking, as the white and green leaves take on additional shades of pink, before changing to its winter tan color. The habit is somewhat more compact than its parent, H. 'Aureola'.
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Hamamelis mollis 'Sweet Sunshine'Witchhazel - Chinese
'Sweet Sunshine' Chinese Witchhazel blooms profusely in February and March, with large lemon yellow fragrant flowers on last year's growth. The base of the flower is red, adding to the subtle appeal. The fall foliage color is yellow. The Chinese Witchhazels are generally the most fragrant of all the Hamamelis species.
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Hamamelis vernalis 'Sandra'Witchhazel - Vernal
'Sandra' Vernal Witchhazel is a native which comes back to its home via Hillier's Nursery in England. It was selected by Peter Dummer for its good foliage characteristics and flower production, and named after his daughter. The orange-yellow fragrant flowers appear in February and March, and are followed in spring by bronze-tinged new foliage. The green leaves of summer turn to attractive shades of yellow and orange, and are not carried into the winter as brown hangers-on.
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Helenium x 'Ruby Tuesday'Sneezeweed
'Ruby Tuesday' Sneezeweed is a wonderful addition to the late summer garden, blooming heavily in August and September. The flowers are ruby red, surrounding a center that begins as burgundy and matures to deep yellow, making a multicolored effect. Shorter than most Heleniums, it fits into the garden well. Butterflies and insects love it.
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Helleborus x 'Harlequin Gem'Hellebore
'Harlequin Gem' Hellebore, from the Winter Gem™ series, has beautiful double flowers with dark purple exteriors and interiors with shades of yellow, green, and red. Another breakthrough in Hellebore breeding by Marietta O'Byrne, blooming in March and April. Like the others, it is evergreen and dry site tolerant.
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Helleborus x 'Amber Gem'Hellebore
'Amber Gem' Hellebore is a lovely introduction from Marietta O'Byrne's Winter Gem™ series, with showy double amber colored flowers that are blushed with red on the edges of the petals. They bloom for an extended period in March and April, and are evergreen and happy in dry shady sites.
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Heuchera villosa 'Beaujolais'Coral Bells - Alum Root
'Beaujolais' Alum Root has very large burgundy foliage with lovely silver netting on the surfaces. 'Beaujolais' shows its Heuchera villosa breeding by the hardiness of the leaves (they're almost evergreen) and the tolerance of East Coast weather extremes. The creamy white flower spikes appear in June. A beautiful introduction from the Heuchera Master, Thierry Delabroye of France.
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Heucherella x 'Brass Lantern'Foamy Bells
'Brass Lantern' Foamy Bells adds a new color range to this lovely tough hybrid of Heuchera and Tiarella. The maple-like leaves are amber and dark orange in the spring and summer, topped by long-flowering delicate white flower spikes. The foliage is semi-evergreen, and darkens to shades of bronzy-brown in the winter. Excellent in mass in woodsy settings, or in a mixed container. Since both parent plants are natives, we think of Heucherella as quasi-natives.
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Hibiscus moscheutos 'Plum Crazy'Mallow - Common
'Plum Crazy' Common Mallow has huge ruffled plum-pink flowers in July and August on compact stems with purple-green maple-like leaves. Another beauty from the Fleming Brothers. Performs best if planted in a moist site.
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Hibiscus moscheutos Luna™ WhiteMallow
Luna™ 'White' Common Mallow produces very large white flowers with bright red centers in July and August. The habit is compact, with clean green foliage on sturdy stems. Hummingbirds and butterflies love the flowers. Luna™ 'White' Hibiscus thrives in wet locations, but will also do well in somewhat dryer sites.
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Hibiscus x 'Summer Storm'Mallow - Common
'Summer Storm' Common Mallow combines a number of beautiful characteristics, with 8" pink flowers with magenta centers, over burgundy maple-shaped leaves. It is a mid-sized plant, and like the other Hibiscus, it is wonderfully water tolerant. It blooms from July to September.
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Hosta 'Captain Kirk'Plantain Lily
'Captain Kirk' Hosta is a beautiful sport of H. Gold Standard', with dark green leaf margins that surround the large bright gold centers. The leaves are large and wide, with a seersucker texture. Pale lavender flowers appear on tall stems in July. Introduced by Kirk Brill of Des Moines, Iowa.
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Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris 'Firefly'Climbing Hydrangea
'Firefly' (Miranda™) Climbing Hydrangea has the flat white flowers of its cousins, but the foliage is a lovely combination of yellow margins surrounding irregular green centers. The leaves emerge in shades of bright yellow and green in spring, and gradually mature to chartreuse and green. A vigorous woody vine, found and introduced by our good friend Dan Benarcik of Chanticleer Gardens in Wayne, PA.
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Hydrangea macrophylla 'Wedding Gown'Hydrangea - Bigleaf
Double Delights™ 'Wedding Gown' ('Dancing Snow') Bigleaf hydrangea is a white lacecap with extra flower power. The large sterile florets start as lime maturing to white, and are very double. The bloom period is prolonged, starting in May and continuing through the summer. The combination of big flowers on a compact plant makes this a winner for big and small landscapes.
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Hydrangea paniculata 'Bombshell'Hydrangea - Hardy
'Bombshell' Hardy Hydrangea is an exciting addition to this family because it combines very compact size with an excellent long-blooming flower display. The blooms first appear in late June, opening greenish-ivory and maturing to white. It continues to produce its airy flowers all summer on short, tight branches. An exciting well named introduction from Ball Ornamentals.
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Hydrangea paniculata Little Lime™ ('Jane')Hydrangea - Hardy
Little Lime™ Hardy Hydrangea has the lovely chartreuse-to-white flowers of H. 'Limelight', but on a more compact plant. Its diminutive size makes it a better choice for a small garden application without losing the striking effect of the large colorful panicles in July and August.
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Hydrangea paniculata Pinky Winky™Hydrangea - Hardy
Pinky Winky™ ('DVPpinky') Hardy Hydrangea blooms in mid-summer, with upright open white panicles that turn pink as the petals mature. Since the new florets emerge for an extended time, the combination of white tips and pink bases is striking. Hydrangea Pinky Winky™ is the product of Dr. Johan Van Huylenbroek's work in Belgium, and it deservedly won the 2008 Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Merit.
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Hydrangea paniculata 'Fire and Ice'Hydrangea - Hardy
'Fire and Ice' ('Wim's Red') Hardy Hydrangea produces open cone shaped ivory-white flower panicles in June and July. As the blooms age, they take on shades of rose and red, with the color intensifying in cooler weather. 'Fire and Ice' looks really good along edges of woods because of its more natural open look. A Ball Ornamentals introduction.
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Hydrangea quercifolia 'Munchkin'Hydrangea -Oakleaf
'Munchkin' Oakleaf Hydrangea is a new dwarf introduction coming from the National Arboretum's McMinnville, Tennessee shrub breeding program. Hydrangea quercifolia 'Munchkin' is a seedling of H. 'Sikes Dwarf' and is even more compact and thus perfect for a small space. Its flower production is excellent, with lots of white upright panicles in June and July which age to a medium pink in late summer. The fall color is a lovely mahogany-red.
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Hydrangea quercifolia 'Ruby Slippers'Hydrangea -Oakleaf
'Ruby Slippers' Oakleaf Hydrangea is another introduction from the National Arboretum's McMinnville shrub program, chosen for its small stature and showy display. The 9" upright blooms are white when they first appear in June and July. They rapidly turn pale pink and then age to a deep rose. The fall color is also attractive, in shades of red and purple. Hydrangea quercifolia 'Ruby Slippers' is a cross between H. Snow Queen™ and H. 'Pee Wee', which accounts for the upright flower panicles and the compact habit. Great plant, great name.
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Ilex opaca 'Princeton Gold'Holly - American
'Princeton Gold' American Holly was selected in 1948 by our father William Flemer III for its dark green evergreen foliage, upright pyramidal habit and its clear yellow fruit. Ilex opaca 'Princeton Gold' is a vigorous, sturdy grower which retains its showy, plentiful fruit through the winter (birds don't seem to like it). It was introduced by Princeton Nurseries in the 1980s, and we have used it as a winter cut green every year.
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Ilex verticillata 'Chrysocarpa'Holly - Winterberry
'Chrysocarpa' Winterberry has bright yellow fruit which lasts well into the winter (birds prefer to eat red fruit). Its deciduous leaves drop somewhat earlier than most red-fruited varieties, so that the fruit is visible early in the fall. The pollinator is I. 'Jim Dandy'. Like all Winterberries, it is wet site tolerant.
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Iris ensata 'Gusto'Iris - Japanese
'Gusto' Japanese Iris has very large purple-blue flowers with wide white centers with a touch of lime green. The flat showy blooms appear in June above the green strap like leaves. Like all iris ensatas, it is both deer resistant and very wet site tolerant.
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Iris germanica 'Millennium Sunrise'Iris - German Bearded
'Millennium Sunrise' German Bearded Iris produces very large ruffled apricot flowers in May and June. It blooms heavily on sturdy stems.
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Iris germanica 'Poem of Ecstasy'Iris - German Bearded
'Poem of Ecstasy' German Bearded Iris is a bicolor Iris, with soft peach-pink standards set off by lavender falls. The large flowers are held on sturdy stems, and appear in May and June.
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Iris pallida 'Argentea Variegata'Iris - Silver Variegated Sweet
Silver Variegated Sweet Iris produces soft lavender-blue bearded flowers above striped green and ivory strap like leaves. The blooms appear in May for several weeks, but the vivid foliage contributes to the garden all summer.
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Kerria japonica 'Honshu'Kerria - Japanese
'Honshu' Japanese Kerria has large deep yellow 5 petalled flowers in early summer, displayed on green zig-zaggy branches as the green leaves are emerging. The twigs are an attractive winter element as well, since they retain their kelly green color throughout the winter. Kerria japonica 'Honshu' was selected by the folks at Camellia Forest Nursery of Chapel Hill, NC.
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Leptinella squalida 'Brass Buttons'New Zealand Brass Buttons
'Brass Buttons' is a delicate green-leafed groundcover which works well around stepping stones and paths. The flat fern-like foliage becomes dense rapidly, and tolerates full sun when moisture is adequate. Although it is a member of the Aster family, the flowers are not significant. From New Zealand.
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Lespedeza liukiuensis 'Little Volcano'Bush Clover
'Little Volcano' Bush Clover should almost be classified as a perennial, as it dies to the ground in the winter. However, we classify it as a woody ornamental because the upright branches grow 6';in one season. The pea-shaped flowers are reddish-purple and cover the many stems from September through October. Although the volume of flowers weigh the branches down, the habit is still more upright than other Bush Clovers. An amazing large splash of color in the fall landscape, Lespedeza ';Little Volcano'; was brought to the US from Japan by Ted Stephens of Nurseries Caroliniana.
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Liatris microcephalaBlazing Star - Dwarf
Dwarf Blazing Star is a lovely native plant with delicate strap-like foliage topped by magenta-purple flower spikes in August and September. The shiny green leaves have an almost grass-like appearance. Butterflies and insects love the late season flowers, which also make good short cut flowers. Liatris microcephala tolerates dry sites well.
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Ligularia dentata 'Britt-Marie Crawford'Goldenray - Bigleaf
'Britt-Marie Crawford' Bigleaf Goldenray is one of the darkest foliage-colored Ligularias, with the large beautiful purple-burgundy leaves. The tall flower stems are a very dark purple, and make a striking setting for the deep gold daisy flowers. By mid summer the foliage color has changed to bronze-green, but the glossy texture and large size continue to stand out in the landscape. Prefers moist sites.
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Lindera obtusilobaSpicebush - Japanese
Japanese Spicebush is a beautiful large shrub with unusual, Sassafras-shaped leaves. They vary from ovate to single mitten to 2 thumb mitten shape, and are dark green with a bluish cast. The flowers are a delicate yellow in early March, followed by summer fruit which ripens from red to shiny black by fall. The leaves turn a beautiful clear yellow in fall, and since they hold their color well in shade, this is a great plant for woodland color.
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Liquidambar styraciflua 'Gold Beacon'Sweetgum
'Gold Beacon' Sweetgum is the first yellow foliage Liquidambar, with leaves that emerge as a soft chartreuse in spring, turning to golden-yellow in summer. The fall color is shades of burgundy, red orange and yellow. It produces very few fruits and is tolerant of a very wide range of site conditions. It was found as a seedling by Charles Allen III at Green Biz Nursery in North Carolina. Rosalind Doremus loves the fall color.
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Magnolia virginiana var. australis 'Mardi Gras'Magnolia - Sweetbay
Mardi Gras' Southern Sweetbay Magnolia has beautiful foliage, with wide yellow margins and irregular blotches on dark green leaves. The color is especially striking in late spring and summer, and since Magnolia virginiana var. australis 'Mardi Gras' is semi-evergreen, the beauty is carried into the winter. Like other M. virginianas, it produces fragrant creamy-white flowers in May and June, followed by colorful fruit.
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Mahonia japonicaMahonia - Japanese
Japanese Mahonia is often confused with Mahonia bealei, but the foliage is a darker, glossier green, and the texture is fine, with more leaves per stem. It is evergreen, and produces fragrant yellow flower panicles in February and March. Bees and insects benefit from the blooms on warm winter days, and birds love the glaucous blue fruit in early summer.
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Malus 'McIntosh'Apple
'McIntosh' Apple flowers in early spring and produces crisp red fruit in late September. The fruit is excellent for both eating and cooking, and is one of our favorites for applesauce. Malus 'McIntosh' first appeared in Canada in the 1870's, and has stood the test of time for its excellent fruit production and hardiness. Good pollinators include 'Cortland' and 'Honeycrisp'.
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Malus 'Honeycrisp'Apple
'Honeycrisp' Apple produces white flowers in early spring, followed by excellent production of firm yellow fruit in late September. This apple was introduced by the University of Minnesota in 1991, and has been rated as one of the best varieties for storage (up to 7 months). The flavor is sweet, crisp and juicy, and 'Honeycrisp' performs well as both an eating and a cooking apple. Pollinated by both 'Cortland' and 'McIntosh'.
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Malus 'Delicious' (Red)Apple
Red 'Delicious' Apple produces white blossoms a little later in spring than 'McIntosh' and 'Honeycrisp', and is a good producer in October of dark red fruit which often shows attractive striping. The flesh is pale yellow, crisp and sweet. Malus 'Delicious' Red first appeared in Iowa in 1895, and has been a favorite eating apple ever since. Pollinated by 'Cortland'.
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Malus 'Cortland'Apple
'Cortland' Apple blooms with white flowers in mid to late spring. It produces bright red fruit in late September and is a particularly good cooking apple. Introduced in New York in 1915, it has shown itself to be reliable and consistently productive. Pollinator is Red 'Delicious'.
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Malus x 'Prairifire'Crabapple
'Prairifire' Crabapple is a lovely small ornamental tree with multiseason interest. The showy rose-red flowers cover the branches in May. They are followed by burgundy foliage which remains attractive all summer since M. 'Prairifire' is one of the most resistant Crabapples for apple leaf scab, fire blight, and cedar apple rust. The fall color is shades of apricot, orange and red, making a good setting for the dark red fruit. Birds benefit from the fruit in fall and winter, and honeybees love the flowers in the spring. An introduction from Dan Dayton of the University of Illinois.
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Meehania cordataMint - Meehan's
Meehan's Mint is a lovely native groundcover that thrives in shade. The low trailing foliage is covered with bright blue flowers in late spring. The clean, neat leaves form a good green mat in average to moist locations. Hummingbirds and bees are attracted to the flowers, and deer leave them alone. What could be better?
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Monarda bradburianaBee Balm - Eastern
Eastern Bee Balm produces pinkish-lavender flowers in early summer. The form is like a little lavender crown on the ends of the light purple stems. Butterflies and insects rely on this native member on the Mint family for food, so you get more than just flowers when Monarda bradburiana is in your garden. Dry site tolerant, with fragrant foliage. [ More Info ]
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Nepeta subsessilis 'Cool Cat'Catmint
'Cool Cat' Catmint has lavender-blue showy flower spikes in early to mid summer, above somewhat lustrous aromatic green foliage. The flower production is heavy, and benefits from deadheading to prolong the display. A great summer flower to attract butterflies and insects.
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Nyssa sylvatica Green Gable™ ('NSUHH')Gum - Black
Green Gable™ Black Gum or Tupelo is a really amazing selection of this native tree. It has the classic brilliant red fall color we know and love, but its habit is a huge departure from regular Nyssas, with an upright pyramidal shape and extremely uniform branching. With its lustrous green foliage in summer, excellent fall color and perfect silhouette in winter, it is clearly the best answer we've seen to the Pear requests people still have. Alex Neubauer of Hidden Hollow Nursery in Tennessee found this exciting native, and must have made his father Harald very proud. Wet site tolerant.
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Nyssa sylvatica 'Tupelo Tower'Gum - Black
'Tupelo Tower' Black Gum has a very tight, upright habit unlike most Nyssas. The lustrous dark green summer foliage turns gorgeous shades of yellow and orange in early fall. The upright, narrow habit makes N. 'Tupelo Tower' excellent for smaller spaces and urban settings. Birds are attracted to the small bluish-purple fruit. It is a Klyn Nursery introduction from Ohio, and like all Nyssas, it is wet site tolerant.
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Paeonia 'Charles Burgess'Peony - Connoisseur's
'Charles Burgess' Herbaceous Peony has deep crimson-red petals surrounding yellow tipped burgundy stamenoids. The Japanese form flowers are large and very showy. 'Charles Burgess' blooms in mid-season, and is great as a cut flower.
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Paeonia 'Miss America'Peony - Connoisseur's
'Miss America' Herbaceous Peony is a semi-double white bloom, with yellow stamens peeking out of the centers of the flowers. 'Miss America' is a heavy early-season bloomer, and makes a beautiful cut flower.
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Paeonia 'Doreen'Peony - Connoisseur's
'Doreen' Herbaceous Peony has fuchsia pink Japanese form flowers which are particularly showy because of their large yellow stamenoid centers. The blooms have a light fragrance, and are a lovely cut flower. 'Doreen' is a mid-season bloomer.
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Paeonia 'Magenta Gem'Peony - Connoisseur's
'Magenta Gem' Herbaceous Peony produces large single flowers of deep magenta-pink with bright yellow stamens. The combination is striking, and makes an excellent cut flower. The great Peony and Daylily hybridizer Roy Klehm bred this beauty. 'Magenta Gem' is a slightly fragrant early season bloomer.
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Paeonia 'Duchess de Nemours'Peony - Connoisseur's
'Duchesse de Nemours' Herbaceous Peony is a classic double white which originated in France in the 1800s. The large pure white flowers have a nice fragrance, and are produced in big numbers in late spring on established plants.
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Panicum virgatum Ruby Ribbons™ ('RR1')Switchgrass - Red
Ruby Ribbons™ Red Switchgrass first caught our eye at a garden center in Vermont, which shows how large its range is. The bluish-green leaves become tipped with burgundy very early in the summer, and keep getting darker and richer in color as the season progresses. The color ends up a beautiful purple-red in fall, topped by airy seedheads. The winter color is tan and the habit is upright. A cross made by Dr. Mark Brand of U. Conn, with P. 'Heavy Metal' and P. 'Hanse Hermes' as its parents.
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Panicum virgatum 'Badlands'Switchgrass
'Badlands' Switchgrass is similar in coloration to 'Heavy Metal', but it has the added attraction of burgundy tips to the foliage starting in mid summer. The inflorescences show lovely shades of purple as they are starting to bloom. Later the tan foliage and seedheads persist throughout the fall and winter. Another good introduction from Gary Trucks of Amber Waves Garden.
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Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Lacey Blue' ('Lissilv')Russian Sage
'Lacey Blue' ('Lissilv') Russian Sage combines a tight compact habit with large showy blue flowers in July and August. The aromatic silver-green foliage makes a good setting for the flower display, and is attractive in its own right. Like all Perovskias, 'Lacey Blue' does best in a well drained site. It is an introduction from Peter Catt.
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Phlox paniculata 'Jeana'Phlox - Garden
'Jeana' Garden Phlox is an unusually mildew-resistant Phlox with bright lavender-pink flowers which have a sweet fragrance. 'Jeana' blooms for an extended time from mid-summer to early fall. It was found by (and named after) Jeana Prewitt of Nashville, Tennessee, and the North Creek people got us all enthusiastic about it.
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Phormium cookianum 'Pink Panther'New Zealand Flax
'Pink Panther' New Zealand Flax has straplike foliage with stripes of pink, bronze and ruby red. The margins are a deeper color than the center stripes. The habit is compact, making it excellent for mixed containers.
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Phormium tenax 'Golden Ray'New Zealand Flax
'Golden Ray' New Zealand Flax has broad straplike leaves with vivid green and creamy yellow stripes. The outermost edge takes on an orange-red color as the season progresses. Very effective in large mixed containers.
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Phormium tenax 'Pink Stripe'New Zealand Flax
'Pink Stripe' New Zealand Flax is very striking, with purple-red straplike leaves that have broad pink edges. Try it in the garden in a dry, sunny place, or in large mixed containers.
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Physocarpus opulifolius 'Lemon Candy'Ninebark
'Lemon Candy' ('Podaras 3') Ninebark had chartreuse-yellow leaves starting in early spring on a compact habit that fits well into smaller landscapes. The flowers, appearing in June, are flat white racemes. An introduction from Ball Ornamentals, developed by Peter Podaras.
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Prunus 'Stanley Prune'Plum
'Stanley Prune' Plum blooms in late April and produces large blue plums in early September. The fruit has firm yellow-green flesh and is excellent for eating, canning and making jams and jellies. 'Stanley Prune' Plum is semi-free stone and self-pollinating. It originated in Europe and was introduced in 1926.
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Prunus 'Bing'Cherry
'Bing' Cherry flowers in early May and produces burgundy-black fruit in mid to late June. The flesh is firm and has a wonderful flavor, and think seriously about netting it when the fruits are ripening, as birds absolutely love them. An excellent pollinator is 'Black Tartarian'.
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Prunus 'Black Tartarian'Cherry
'Black Tartarian' Cherry blooms in early May and produces large purple-black fruit in mid to late July. The sweet red-fleshed cherries are juicy and somewhat softer in texture than 'Bing'. Pollinated by 'Bing' or 'Ranier'.
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Prunus 'North Star'Cherry
'North Star' Cherry is a genetic dwarf pie cherry introduced by the University of Minnesota in 1950. It has the advantage of being self-pollinating, and produces excellent tart red fruit in late June. Since 'North Star' is a dwarf Cherry, netting it before the fruit ripens is not an insuperable task, and will result in better fruit production since birds can't steal it all.
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Prunus 'Ranier'Cherry
'Ranier' Sweet Cherry blooms in early May and produces beautiful yellow fruit blushed with red in mid to late June. The cherries are large, sweet and firm-fleshed, and need to be protected from birds if you want to be able to get a fair share of the abundant crop. Pollinated by 'Bing' or 'Black Tartarian'.
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Pycnanthemum flexuosumMint - Appalachian Mountain
Appalachian Mountain Mint has attractively fragrant foliage topped by spiky round silver-white flowers in late summer. The blooms are highly attractive to butterflies. Since Pycanthemum flexuosum spreads by underground stolons, it does a good job on slopes and stream sides. The fall foliage color takes on shades of red for added interest. Wet site and shade tolerant, as well as deer resistant.
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Pyrus 'Summercrisp'Pear
'Summercrisp' Pear was introduced by the University of Minnesota in 1985 as the hardiest of the eating pears. Its white flowers appear in May and are followed by 3½" long green fruit best harvested in mid-August. The pears can be stored for up to 2 months if harvested just before ripening, and 'Summercrisp' has the added advantage of being highly resistant to fireblight. It requires a pollinator for best fruit production.
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Pyrus 'Parker'Pear
'Parker' Pear flowers in May with white blooms and produces bronze-yellow fruit in August. The fruit is large, juicy and fine-grained. It was introduced in 1934 by the University of Minnesota, and it can be used as a pollinator for Pyrus 'Summercrisp'.
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Quercus x Regal Prince® ('Long')Oak
Regal Prince® Oak is a cross between Q. robur 'Fastigiata' and Q. bicolor, combining the best features of both its parents. The foliage is a glossy dark green on the upper surface and a glaucous silver on the lower surface which makes it particularly attractive on windy days. Its foliage is highly disease resistant, unlike ordinary Oaks, and it grows in a tight upright oval form. Like the Swamp White Oak, it is very tolerant of a wide range of conditions and has good rusty-orange fall color. Earl Cully is its hybridizer.
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Rhexia virginicaMeadow Beauty
Meadow Beauty, also known as Handsome Harry, is in the same family as tropical Tibouchina, but it is a hardy native of the Northeast. The bright rose-pink flowers bloom from July to September, held in clumps above the hairy interesting leaves. Rhexia performs best in moist and wet locations, which is where we first saw this on the High Line in New York City. Patrick Cullina first showed it to us.
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Rhododendron 'Karen'Azalea
Karen' Azalea is a very cold-hardy Gable hybrid, which has lavender hose-in-hose flowers in profusion in May. Originating in Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, this evergreen Azalea has been a staple of shade gardens for years.
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Rhododendron arborescensAzalea
Sweet Azalea has light pink to white fragrant flowers from May through June, displayed over lustrous green leaves. The fall color is shades of red, and often showy. It prefers moist sites and does well along stream banks. Rhododendron arborescens is one of our most hardy native Azaleas.
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Rhus coppalina 'Lanham's Purple'Sumac - Shining
'Lanham's Purple' Shining Sumac is a mid-sized selection with lustrous purple new growth in spring and early summer. By midsummer the color has matured to burgundy-green, and the fall color is a striking combination of purple, red, orange and yellow. It is very tolerant of poor dry sites, and colonizes banks, hillsides and rocky areas well with its suckering habit. It was found by the late Gary Lanham of Kentucky.
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Rhus coppalina var. latifolia Prairie Flame™Sumac - Shining
Prairie Flame™ ('Morton') Shining Sumac is a compact male selection of this tough midsized Rhus, with glossy dark green leaves that turn a vivid orange-red in fall. The chartreuse inflorescences appear in July. Prairie Flame™ spreads slowly by suckers to form a large clump, and does very well in dry, rocky areas. It is a good option for banks and hillsides. Introduced by Chicagoland Grows® and the Morton Arboretum of Illinois, so you know it's very hardy.
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Rhus glabraSumac - Smooth
Smooth Sumac has shiny young stems supporting the long green pinnate leaves which have glaucous undersides. The fall color is spectacular yellow-orange-red, and the leaf petioles are often a showy red as well. Rhus glabra is extremely tough, prospering in dry, infertile sites as well as good sites. Excellent for mass planting and hillsides because of its suckering habit.
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Rosa Adobe Sunrise™ ('Meipluvia')Rose - Shrub
Adobe Sunrise™ Rose has lots of double salmon-orange flowers on a compact disease resistant plant. It is a floribunda, and blooms almost all summer and into the fall. A Meidiland® Rose introduction.
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Rosa Polka™ ('Meitosier')Rose - Climbing
Polka™ Rose is a repeat blooming vigorous climber, with fragrant double apricot-peach flowers displayed over disease-resistant foliage. A Meidiland® Rose introduction.
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Rosa Marmalade Skies™ ('Meimonblan')Rose
Marmalade Skies™ Rose blooms heavily throughout the summer, with bright tangerine-orange semi-double flowers above glossy green foliage. This floribunda is somewhat fragrant, and the flower color intensifies as the temperatures drop in the fall. A Meidiland® Rose introduction.
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Rosa 'William Baffin'Rose - Climbing
William Baffin' Rose is a vigorous deep pink semi-double climbing rose. Its disease resistance and cold tolerance are excellent, and it reblooms on new wood. 'William Baffin' is mildly fragrant.
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Rosa rugosa 'Frau Dagmar Hartopp'Rose - Ragosa
'Frau Dagmar Hartopp' is Michael Dirr's favorite Rugosa Rose because of its excellent performance on all fronts. It has quantities of single light pink fragrant flowers in June and July, above very clean, disease-resistant foliage. The large showy red hips first start appearing in July, and persist well into the fall, when the leaves take on attractive shades of orange and yellow. Like the other Rugosa Roses, it is salt tolerant and too spiny to interest deer, but birds love the vitamin C rich fruit.
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Rosa rugosa 'Purple Pavement' ('Rotesmeer')Rose - Groundcover
'Purple Pavement' Rose has reddish-purple semi-double blooms with excellent fragrance. 'Purple Pavement' reblooms periodically after its initial flush, and is crowned with large attractive dark red rosehips in the fall.
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Rubus argutus 'Anne'Raspberry
'Anne' Yellow Raspberry produces beautiful golden-yellow berries in August and September. The fruit is sweet and mild in flavor, and the canes are less thorny than most red Raspberries. 'Anne' Yellow Raspberry is an introduction from the University of Maryland.
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Rubus calycinoides (pentalobus)Raspberry - Creeping
Creeping Raspberry is a fast growing groundcover with leathery green leaves with small white flowers in late spring. They are followed by red fruit in late summer. The evergreen foliage turns reddish-burgundy in the fall and winter. The rapid, dense growth of Rubus calycinoides makes it particularly effective for erosion control or for cascading over walls.
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Rubus occidentalis 'Bristol'Raspberry
'Bristol' Black Raspberry produces quantities of sweet black Raspberries in late July. The fruit is delicious, fresh, and also works well for canning, jams and freezing. Rubus 'Bristol' was introduced in 1934 by the Geneva Agricultural Experiment Station of New York.
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Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivanti 'Little Goldstar'Susan - Brown-Eyed
'Little Goldstar' Brown-Eyed Susan has a shorter sturdier habit than R. 'Goldsturm', which makes it much more useful for smaller spaces as well as summer and fall mixed containers. Butterflies love the blooms and afterwards finches love the seed heads. Since it comes from tissue culture, it is very uniform in masses. A Jelitto Seed introduction.
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Rudbeckia hirta 'Indian Summer'Coneflower
'Indian Summer' Coneflower has very large yellow Black-Eyed Susan flowers which are produced all summer from the beginning of June. Although it does overwinter on occasion, this plant should be considered an annual. However, it reseeds itself easily so it does not disappear from the garden, and the beautiful long-stemmed blooms make excellent cut flowers.
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Ruellia humilisWild Petunia
Wild Petunia is a tough, lovely grassland native which produces lavender-blue petunia-like flowers for an extended period in mid summer. It tolerates dry locations very well, thriving in short meadows and along woodland edges. Hummingbirds, moths and butterflies are drawn to the showy flowers.
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Salix 'Swizzlestick'Willow - Corkscrew
'Swizzlestick' Corkscrew Willow is a welcome addition with twisted, upward-reaching orange-yellow stems that display themselves beautifully in fall, winter and spring. The narrow green leaves are attractive all summer, turning yellow in the fall. Salix 'Swizzlestick' thrives in wet locations and is also salt tolerant. The original plant was found and named by Darryll Probst, who saw it on a roadside and took cuttings. Cutback hard in spring to promote attractive new branches. They also make a great addition to cut flower arrangements.
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Salix elaeagnosWillow - Rosemary
Rosemary Willow has very narrow long leaves which bare a striking resemblance to Rosemary on steroids (hence the common name). The foliage is dark green on the surface, with grayish-white undersides, giving the impression of silvery foliage when moved by the breeze. The leaves are set off by dark reddish-purple stems and the plant benefits from severe yearly pruning to preserve the color contrast. Very wet site tolerant.
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Sambucus canadensis 'Adams'Elder - American
'Adams' American Elder is a fruit-bearing native with a long history of use in our country. The green pinnate leaves are borne on long pithy stems which grow in a suckering clump. The flowers are large flat white cymes blooming in June and July, covering the tips of the arching branches. They are followed by purple-black edible fruit in August and September. S. 'Adams' was selected by William Adams of NY for the size and quantity of the fruit, which has been an excellent source of wine, jam, and pies. Sambucus tolerates both wet and dry sites, and provides an important source of fall food for birds. It would be more attractive as an addition to the landscape if cut back hard every spring.
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Sarcococca hook. hum. Fragrant Mountain™ ('SarSid2')Sweetbox
Fragrant Mountain™ ('SarSid2') Sweetbox is a very uniform selection from Canada which grows tall enough to make an excellent shade replacement for Skimmia since it is much more tolerant of varied conditions. The small white fragrant flowers appear in spring above the shiny dark green evergreen foliage. A fairly vigorous spreading groundcover for dry shade.
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Sarcococca hook. hum. Fragrant Valley™ ('SarSid1')Sweetbox
Fragrant Valley™ ('SarSid1') Sweetbox is also a very uniform selection from Canada, but its compact, thick habit is much lower growing, and makes a wonderful low evergreen groundcover. Its fragrant white flowers appear in spring over dark green shiny leaves, and its disease-resistant and deer-resistant qualities make it ideal for shady dry sites.
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Sassafras albidumSassafras
Common Sassafras is a lovely small native tree that is hard to find in the trade because of the difficulty moving it B&B. We grow it in containers for that reason, and love its variable multi-shaped leaves. The flowers appear in early April and are an attractive chartreuse-yellow, making a show before the leaves appear. The fall color varies from yellow to orange-bronze. The root bark has been used traditionally to make an interesting tea or root beer. If you have a mature female tree, be sure to look closely at the summer fruit, which is one of the prettiest we've ever seen, with red pedicels and orange-yellow bases on purple fruits, looking like match-sticks. Prefers good moisture and organic matter.
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Schizachyrium scoparium 'Carousel'Bluestem - Little
'Carousel' Little Bluestem is a more compact version of our lovely native grass, with beautiful blue-green summer foliage which turns amazing shades of purple and bronze in fall. The delicate seed heads appear in August and September, and are especially showy when backlit by evening sunlight. Plant in excellent drainage for the best performance. Found by Donald Boehm of Illinois, and introduced by Chicagoland Grows, so you know it's cold tolerant.
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Scirpus cyperinusWoolgrass Bullrush
Woolgrass Bullrush is a great native plant for wet meadows, bogs and rain gardens. It performs well in wet disturbed sites, often colonizing otherwise difficult areas attractively. The interesting inflorescences appear in midsummer on 4 to 5'; stems held well above the green grass-like foliage. Their light green color changes to salmon-red as the fluffy, wooly seed clusters mature in fall. The effect is very showy in mass and the seedheads persist almost all winter. In addition to being very water tolerant, Scirpus has also shown good salt tolerance.
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Sedum floriferum 'Weihenstephaner Gold'Stonecrop
'Weihenstephaner Gold' Stonecrop is very similar to S. kamschaticum, with delicate yellow flowers produced on lightly serrated green foliage in June and July. The evergreen leaves take on shades of red in late fall and winter, and form dense mats. Good for rock gardens, walls and dry slopes.
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Solidago shortii 'Solar Cascade'Goldenrod
'Solar Cascade' Short's Goldenrod is a named selection of our rarest native Goldenrod. Found only in parts of Kentucky and Indiana, it has great drought and sterile soil tolerance. 'Solar Cascade' was chosen for its showy, cascading yellow flowers, as well as its long bloom period in late summer and early fall. The green foliage is highly disease resistant, so a mass planting of 'Solar Cascade' stays attractive right up until the end of the season. Since it tends to stay in a clump instead of suckering, it also works well in mixed perennial boarders. Hummingbirds and insects love it.
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Spiraea betulifolia 'Tor'Spiraea - Birchleaf
'Tor' Birchleaf Spirea is a little-used tough plant with several attractive attributes. The white flowers appear in compact dome-like clusters in May, above increasingly dark green clean foliage. The foliage turns to lovely shades of gold, bronze, and red in fall, and is one of the showiest Spireas by far for fall interest. John Story of Meadowbrook Farm first brought it to our attention for its fall color, and since it is deer-resistant as well as very hardy, it deserves more usage.
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Spiranthes cernua var. odorataLadies' Tresses
Ladies' Tresses is a lovely native orchid of swamps and bogs, producing fragrant white spikes of tiny orchids in August and September. The flowers emerge from shiny green ground-hugging leaf rosettes and the plants slowly expand to form colonies in moist and wet sites.
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Sporobolus wrightii 'Mesa Form'Sacaton - Giant
'Mesa Form' Giant Sacaton has traditionally been planted in the Southwest as an alternative to fencing, because it is a big, vigorous grass. It also happens to be very beautiful, especially when the 7' seedheads appear in late summer. They make an airy display several feet about the large green foliage clump, and present a hardier alternative to Pampas Grass. Sporabolus 'Mesa Form' is dry site and salt tolerant, and it also grows well in moist good soils. It was developed by Los Lunas Plant Materials Center in New Mexico.
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Stachys officinalis 'Pink Cotton Candy'Betony
'Pink Cotton Candy' Betony has fat bright pink flower spikes held on tall stems above the green basal rosette. The cotton candy pink flowers are produced for a long period of time in early to mid summer, and are tall enough to make a good cut flower. Found by Richard Hawke of the Chicago Botanic Gardens.
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Veronica longifolia 'Eveline'Speedwell - Long-Leafed
'Eveline' Long-leafed Speedwell has showy tall flower spikes of bright violet-red in June and July, over clean green foliage. Deadheading increases the bloom period into August. An introduction from Future Plants.
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Viburnum carlesi 'Aurora'Viburnum - Koreanspice
'Aurora' Koreanspice Viburnum has bigger flowers than the species, without sacrificing the wonderful spicy fragrance and the compact habit. The blooms start as rose-red in bud, opening to 5" white snowballs in April and May. The neat green deciduous foliage takes on lovely shades of burgundy and wine-red in the fall. Fruit is red in late summer, turning to black in the fall. before birds gobble it up. 'Aurora' Koreanspice Viburnum received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Merit, and was the result of years of selection by Leslie Slinger of Ireland.
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Viburnum plicatum 'Kern's Pink'Viburnum - Doublefile
'Kern's Pink' Doublefile Viburnum has pale pink 3" snowball flowers in May, over bronzy foliage which turns green as the summer progresses. Viburnum plicatum 'Kern's Pink' produces some white snowball blooms concurrently with its pink flowers, which makes for an interesting bi-color effect. Found by Carl Kern, a nurseryman in Cincinnati, Ohio, and encountered in the nursery trade under a number of different names.
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Vinca minor Whirlaway™ ('VinSid1')Periwinkle
'Whirlaway' Periwinkle combines lovely clear blue flowers in early spring with strikingly marked evergreen foliage. The leaves are in mottled shades of green and chartreuse-yellow, and are particularly lustrous. An attractive groundcover developed in Canada, Vinca 'Whirlaway' lights up a shady location throughout the year.
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Wisteria frutescens 'Peter's Pink'Wisteria - American
'Peter's Pink' American Wisteria has large light pink fragrant flowers, shorter and fatter in form than Chinese Wisteria. It was found by Peter Loos and we first encountered it while at the Southern Plant Conference in Mobile, Alabama. Like all our native W. frutescens, it does not have the rampant growth problems associated with Asian Wisterias, although it is a rapid grower.
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