PEROVSKIA ATRIPLICIFOLIA
DEER RESISTANT FULL SUN PLANT - LOW MAINTENANCE - DROUGHT TOLERANT
zone 4
36 - 48" tall and wide
blooms: July - September
Pair with Scabiosa in front and ornamental grasses behind, and you will have a stunning fall display.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Plant Profile: Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian Sage)
PEROVSKIA ATRIPLICIFOLIA
DEER RESISTANT FULL SUN PLANT - LOW MAINTENANCE - DROUGHT TOLERANT
zone 4
36 - 48" tall and wide
blooms: July - September
Pair with Scabiosa in front and ornamental grasses behind, and you will have a stunning fall display.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Plant Profile: Geum - Deer Resistant, Full Sun, Drought Tolerant, Long Bloomer!
GEUM CHILOENSE 'LADY STRATHEDON'
DEER RESISTANT SUN PLANT - LOW MAINTENANCE - DROUGHT TOLERANT
zone 5
16 - 24" tall and wide
blooms: late May to July
GEUM CHILOENSE 'MRS. BRADSHAW'
DEER RESISTANT SUN PLANT - LOW MAINTENANCE - DROUGHT TOLERANT
zone 5
16 - 24" tall and wide
blooms: late May to July
GEUM RIVALE 'FLAMES OF PASSION'
DEER RESISTANT SUN PLANT - LOW MAINTENANCE - DROUGHT TOLERANT
zone 5
16 - 24" tall and wide
blooms: late May to July
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
The Many Faces of Euphorbia
EUPHORBIA POLYCHROMA 'BONFIRE'
DEER RESISTANT SUN OR SHADE PLANT - LOW MAINTENANCE - DROUGHT TOLERANT
zone 5
18 tall and 36" wide
blooms: spring but foliage great color all season long
EUPHORBIA POLYCHROMA (EPITHYMOIDES)
DEER RESISTANT SUN OR SHADE PLANT - LOW MAINTENANCE - DROUGHT TOLERANT
zone 5
18 tall and 36" wide
blooms: spring but foliage great color all season long
EUPHORBIA AMYGDALOIDES VAR. 'CRAIGIEBURN'
DEER RESISTANT SUN OR SHADE PLANT - LOW MAINTENANCE - DROUGHT TOLERANT
zone 5
18 tall and 36" wide
blooms: spring but foliage great color all season long
EUPHORBIA AMYGDALOIDES VAR.'ROBBIAE'
DEER RESISTANT SUN OR SHADE PLANT - LOW MAINTENANCE - DROUGHT TOLERANT
zone 5
18 tall and 36" wide
blooms: spring but foliage great color all season long
EUPHORBIA MYRSINITES
DEER RESISTANT SUN OR SHADE PLANT - LOW MAINTENANCE - DROUGHT TOLERANT
zone 5
6" tall and 36" wide
blooms: spring but foliage great color all season long
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Plant Profile: Spireae thunbergii ‘Ogon’ (Spirea 'Mellow Yellow')
Spireae thunbergii ‘Ogon’ (Spirea 'Mellow Yellow')
The wispy spreading branches of the 'Ogon' are covered with thousands of tiny white flowers in early spring - and last for a few weeks - just before the showy golden yellow leaves appear. And in the fall, the foliage color is almost psychedelic - shades of gold, rusty red and orange.
(Forgive the blurry image, but above is Spirea 'Mellow Yellow' turning colors in the early fall and below is the final fall show!)
Grown in sun or shade, drought-tolerant, and all-around tough plants - all varieties of Spirea are the kings of low-maintenance plants. We joke that you just can't kill these shrubs! However, a good shearing after the 'Mellow Yellow' is done blooming will keep the shrub compact and neat looking (The flowers bloom on old wood so try not to prune it in the summer or fall.)
If you leave the shrub unpruned, it has arching, wispy branches covered with fine textured chartreuse foliage in the summer, and the shrub will reach 3 to 5 feet tall and wide.
It attracts butterflies, bees, and other pollinators.
SPIREA 'MELLOW YELLOW'
DEER RESISTANT SUN PLANT - DEER RESISTANT SHADE PLANT -
LOW MAINTENANCE - BLACK WALNUT TOLERANT
zone 4
3' - 5' tall and wide
blooms: early spring
The wispy spreading branches of the 'Ogon' are covered with thousands of tiny white flowers in early spring - and last for a few weeks - just before the showy golden yellow leaves appear. And in the fall, the foliage color is almost psychedelic - shades of gold, rusty red and orange.
(Forgive the blurry image, but above is Spirea 'Mellow Yellow' turning colors in the early fall and below is the final fall show!)
Grown in sun or shade, drought-tolerant, and all-around tough plants - all varieties of Spirea are the kings of low-maintenance plants. We joke that you just can't kill these shrubs! However, a good shearing after the 'Mellow Yellow' is done blooming will keep the shrub compact and neat looking (The flowers bloom on old wood so try not to prune it in the summer or fall.)
If you leave the shrub unpruned, it has arching, wispy branches covered with fine textured chartreuse foliage in the summer, and the shrub will reach 3 to 5 feet tall and wide.
It attracts butterflies, bees, and other pollinators.
SPIREA 'MELLOW YELLOW'
DEER RESISTANT SUN PLANT - DEER RESISTANT SHADE PLANT -
LOW MAINTENANCE - BLACK WALNUT TOLERANT
zone 4
3' - 5' tall and wide
blooms: early spring
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Plant Profile: Helleborus Foetidus
HELLEBORUS FOETIDUS
DEER RESISTANT SHADE PLANT - LOW MAINTENANCE - BLACK WALNUT TOLERANT - DROUGHT TOLERANT - CLAY SOIL TOLERANT
zone 5
18" - 24" tall and wide
blooms: early spring to mid-May
Helleborus foetidus is one of the first perennials of the season to bloom. Pale green maroon-edged flowers and bracts on tall stalks contrast the lower dark foliage:
Helleborus foetidus is also called the "stinking" or "bear-foot" hellebore, but don't be dissuaded by the unromantic name! (It's not noticeably odorous unless you really put your nose in the plant.) It more than makes up for its name with its superb evergreen foliage, its reliable early blooms, and its ability to self propagate. (Ants apparently are mainly responsible for carrying these seeds through your garden, so when you see them marching around, remember they're working for you!) Two or three plants can produce a colony in matter of years. It also is a favorite among honey bees, which makes sense, being the first available pollen after a long cold winter!
Helebores.org also says, "Few hellebores are as magnificent during the coldest days of winter prior to blooming. The foliage can be breathtaking when little else in the garden is visible...Leaflets are narrow and neatly serrated. At or near ground level leaves are typically absent. Individual stems live but a short time; often they grow for one year and bloom the following year before fading. If cut back, they are soon replaced with new growth. Like other caulescent hellebores, it is fairly quick (by hellebore standards) from seed to bloom, often blooming in its second year."
We also have a new variety coming this year, Helleborus foetidus 'Gold Bullion'. Our grower says this new variety has "outstanding, chartreuse foliage with yellowish gold new growth and red tinged stems. Keeps its good looks through the winter months with attractive, greenish yellow flowers blooming late winter/spring from 20" tall stems. Slow spreading, clumping habit. Brightens up a shady spot! Can tolerate clay soils."
Sounds like a winner, right?
DEER RESISTANT SHADE PLANT - LOW MAINTENANCE - BLACK WALNUT TOLERANT - DROUGHT TOLERANT - CLAY SOIL TOLERANT
zone 5
18" - 24" tall and wide
blooms: early spring to mid-May
Helleborus foetidus is one of the first perennials of the season to bloom. Pale green maroon-edged flowers and bracts on tall stalks contrast the lower dark foliage:
Helleborus foetidus is also called the "stinking" or "bear-foot" hellebore, but don't be dissuaded by the unromantic name! (It's not noticeably odorous unless you really put your nose in the plant.) It more than makes up for its name with its superb evergreen foliage, its reliable early blooms, and its ability to self propagate. (Ants apparently are mainly responsible for carrying these seeds through your garden, so when you see them marching around, remember they're working for you!) Two or three plants can produce a colony in matter of years. It also is a favorite among honey bees, which makes sense, being the first available pollen after a long cold winter!
Helebores.org also says, "Few hellebores are as magnificent during the coldest days of winter prior to blooming. The foliage can be breathtaking when little else in the garden is visible...Leaflets are narrow and neatly serrated. At or near ground level leaves are typically absent. Individual stems live but a short time; often they grow for one year and bloom the following year before fading. If cut back, they are soon replaced with new growth. Like other caulescent hellebores, it is fairly quick (by hellebore standards) from seed to bloom, often blooming in its second year."
We also have a new variety coming this year, Helleborus foetidus 'Gold Bullion'. Our grower says this new variety has "outstanding, chartreuse foliage with yellowish gold new growth and red tinged stems. Keeps its good looks through the winter months with attractive, greenish yellow flowers blooming late winter/spring from 20" tall stems. Slow spreading, clumping habit. Brightens up a shady spot! Can tolerate clay soils."
Sounds like a winner, right?
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