Zinnia
‘Zowie Yellow Flame’
Guaranteed to cause a stir in any garden. Each three to
four inch semi-double bloom has a scarlet-rose center with
yellow petal edges. ‘Zowie Yellow Flame’ is
ideal for adding height to the border or used as a cut flower.
Perfect for larger containers, use ‘Zowie’ as
a focal point and add other annuals to create a flaming
combination. In a sunny garden, mature plants will reach
24 to 29 inches tall, spreading 26 to 27 inches.
‘Swizzle
Cherry & Ivory’
Touted as the showiest Zinnia to come along in many a year,
the Swizzle series gives you not two but three layers of
brilliant color on large flowers! The plant habit is neat
and dwarf, so even if you've just got just a little space,
you can grow a lot of color with these easy to grow, sun-loving
annuals!
Swizzle
Cherry and Ivory sports giant 3- to 4-inch blooms, packed
with petals on petite 10- to 12-inch plants! The inner circle
of each bloom is fire-engine red, succeeded by a narrow
white circle and tipped with a pencil-thin edging of red!
Euphorbia
‘Diamond Frost’
Dr. Allen Armitage (famed horticulturist) wrote the following
about ‘Diamond Frost’: “Plants just kept
flowering and flowering all season. They never stopped,
period! We placed plants in containers and in the garden,
and in both cases they were outstanding. The habit was perfect,
never exceeding 20 inches in height, and maintenance was
minimal.... The delicate, small white blooms were understated
and were almost wing-like in appearance.”
Thunbergia
‘Sun Lady’
Thunbergia’s are the black-eyed Susan climbing vine.
As its name projects, “Sun Lady” sports sunny
yellow petals that surround the black-eye of this most energetic
climber. The vine never stops flowering- even at a temperature
of 55 degrees. Vines grow on trellis or fence, or planted
as a nice hanger plant. Vegetatively propagated, these are
much nicer than the old seed variety.
‘African
Sunset’
An heirloom vine in tropical tones.
This thunbergia is already a newly fashioned classic! This
annual sports mahogany, copper, peach, and ivory flowers
among heart-shaped leaves. Makes a lush hanging basket.
Passion Vines
‘Inspiration’
Passiflora 'Inspiration' produces large fragrant flowers
that are a deep purple color. This hybrid is interesting
because of its relative frost hardiness. ’Inspiration’
loves full sun and will grow from 1’ to 3’ in
a container.
‘Caerulea'
Also known as the Blue Crown Passion Flower, this is an
extremely fast growing passion flower and one of the hardiest
of all the passion vines. ‘Caerulea’ sparks
4” flowers with white petals and blue filaments. the
vine produces a bright orange ornamental fruit. It also
tolerates cool weather.
Petunias
‘Purple Pirouette’
A stunning bi-colored double petunia with very large, ruffled
violet blue flowers with a broad white edging. Excellent
garden performance with a compact habit. Will tolerate more
shade than single petunias. Height 8-12 inches. A beautiful
summer bedding plant.
‘Tidal
Wave Hot Pink’
Part of the Tidal Wave Series growth habits are based on
how closely the plants are spaced in the garden. The closer
the spacing, the taller the plant. When spaced a minimum
of 12” apart, it forms a dense, mounded hedge 16-22”
tall. Grown in a restricted space with support, it will
grow an extra 2-3’ upward, like a vine. When given
plenty of space, this petunia makes a floriferous ground
cover, spreading
2 1/2 - 3’ per plant. color: hot pink
As
with every new season; we’re pleased to present
new varieties of perennials to our ever-growing list.
Here are a few that we know you’ll enjoy.
Echinacea (coneflower)
This has to be our most well-known native genus, not only
in American gardens but throughout the world.
‘Pururea
Double Decker’ These wonderful and amusing
plants actually send up a second set of petals (giving
it a two tiered look) hence the name double decker. These
sun loving plants will grow 40” tall. The unique
flower form continues to attract butterflies and goldfinches,
just like the rest of the Coneflowers.
Astilbe
(false spirea)
‘Bressingham Beauty’ is a stunning
variety that sports dense, towering salmon-rose colored
plumes on stems that reach 36“ to 40“. The
foliage is pale and almost fernlike; quite suitable for
the back of a shady border. A classic match-up with any
large leafed hosta.
Digitalis
(foxglove)
‘Snow Thimble’ This is the first
snow white (spotless) flowering foxglove and true to its
name. The individual flowers are 2-3” on 3’
tall regal stems blooming May through July.
Hosta
‘Fire and Ice’
This striking hosta produces heart shaped leaves of almost
pure white bordered with bright green. This hardy Hosta
is a sport of Hosta 'Patriot' and is ideal for the front
of a shady border. 'Fire and Ice' grows to a height of
10" and has pastel flowers.
‘Pilgrim’
Slightly rippled, heart shaped, light green leaves with
irregular, unusually wide, creamy margins. A relatively
small Hosta growing from 10” to 12” forming
a 20“ clump.
Heuchera
(coral bells)
‘Caramel’ With all the wonderful
new Hercheras developed over the years, it’s hard
to imagine that a new variety could come along that makes
you take notice. ‘Caramel’ is just that one.
With bright, large, yellow orange foliage and red undersides;
this plant will liven up any shade garden. And in midsummer
-- after all other Heucheras in the garden have already
bloomed, clusters of whitish-pink blossoms arise on slender
18-inch stems. If you’re a coral bell lover (and
most of us are) this new Heuchera is definitely one for
your collection.
Ligularia
(dwarf ragwort)
‘Little Rocket’ This is a dwarf version
of ‘The Rocket’. Ligularia ‘Little Rocket’
stands only 20” tall and sports the familiar grayish-green,
heart-shaped foliage of its predecessor. From mid to late
summer it blooms with masses of large, bright yellow flower
spikes. It likes moisture and some afternoon shade.
Monarda
(bee balm)
‘Coral Reef’’ Bee Balm, in
general, is one tough garden plant and ‘Coral Reef
‘ is mildew and deer resistant besides! The exceptionally
large blooms are hot pink infused with coral overtones.
This tough and aromatic plant is great for attracting
hummingbirds and butterflies.
Lilac
Don't
mound mulch up against the trunks of trees and shrubs
(right). Those volcano-shaped piles may look good to
some, but they can kill your trees. 
A
slight depression in the center is OK (left). Think
lunar crater -- not Mt. Vesuvius. 
Even
if you keep it away from the trunk, spreading mulch
deeper than 4 inches can create shallow, vulnerable
root systems. As your trees grow, extend the mulch to
their dripline (the edge of the canopy). 
