That Soggy Spot: Wet-Tolerant Plants: Look out for our sign

We have an entire area of the nursery dedicated to perennials, trees, and shrubs that can handle getting their feet wet. These plants can grow at the edges of ponds or streams, or they can be used in rain gardens, which are areas that get wet and dry.

Dawn Redwoods, River Birch, Golden Curly willows, Dappled Willows, Winterberries, Clethra, and Ligularia, just to name a few.

Look out for the sign in the nursery, or just ask us. We have a solution for that soggy spot.

Big Beautiful Yellow Rhodies in Bud: Look for our sign

We have some beautiful, full Yellow Rhodies putting up their buds. They are unassuming now, but next spring they will be knock-your-socks-off! Look for our sign in the shade area of the nursery. We've got them marked.

Don't miss out on these!

Heavenly Fragrance! Clethra 'Pink Spires'

Clethra ‘Pink Spire’* $27 retail
*Blooms July through August, soft pink, fragrant cone-shaped flowers. Oh, and what a fragrance! You will love this plant. Low maintenance, deciduous shrub can take full sun to part shade. Grows 6’ by 6’ in maturity. Blooming now!

Clethra ‘Hummingbird’* $34
*A favorite of bees, this compact, rounded shrub is ideal for small gardens, growing 3 feet tall and wide at maturity. The species is native to the eastern U.S. Blooming now!

Clethra ‘Cinnamon’* $25 retail
*This sizable shrub or small understory tree grows 8 to 12 feet tall and wide. It gets its name because of the color of the bark. The bark peels in small patches to expose a dusty gray under-bark. Cinnamon clethra is a good choice for a woodland garden, where the tiered branches and elegant stems look captivating against new fallen snow. Blooming now!

Vitex: Victoria's #1 Favorite Plant

Deer resistant and late blooming, Vitex is a shrub Victoria uses often. Vitex has proven to be cold hardy. It is very late to leaf out, but delivers a great late show. Come in and see what Victoria has been raving about. Blooming now!

Pops of color

Peachy dahlias.



Ligularia 'The Rocket' likes moist soil and part sun.



Echinachea in oh so many colors!



Echinachea 'Green Jewel'.



Delphiniums are available in a range of sizes, from dwarf varieties less than 2 feet tall to those with towering, 6-foot blooms. Flower color includes blue, red, white, and yellow; however, the rich, clear blues are especially prized by many gardeners. The plants bloom in late spring to early summer, and the flowers are suitable for cutting.

'Quickfire' Hydrangea - A Late Summer Star

I know we've talked about "Quickfires' in previous posts, but they are worth revisiting because they are just that fabulous.

Not only that, but right now in the nursery we have 'Quickfires' trained into tree form, and when they start changing colors they will fly out the door.

Blooming white and then transforming into an antique lace pink, and finally darkening to a deep reddish hue, these hydrangea are very Victorian.

In either shrub or tree form they will reach 10 to 12 feet high and wide.

Full, Booming, and Blooming Annuals

The almost alien Passion Flower vine.




Annual container planting.



Striking oxalis.