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Sampling of New Plants
Sun Perennials
Euphorbia 'Excalibur' PPAF 36" tall x 24" wide spring leaves are reddish with a central white stripe. Yellow flower bracts in early Summer.
Euphorbia 'jade Dragon' Blue Green 4'x4' mound with bright yellow flowers in early spring. Very striking. Nice cut flower.
Euphorbia 'Portuguese Velvet' 18"-24" tall x 24" wide. Compact velvety burgundy new leaves, changing to deep-blue green and jade. Large chartreuse flower bracts with maroon centers.
Sanguisorba obtusa 18"-24" height and spread. Grayish green leaves with frilly lilac pink bottlebrush spikes. July to Sept. bloom.
Salvia nemorosa 'Marcus' PPAF 12" ht. x 10" spread. Very dwarf front border Salvia. dark violet purple spike like racemes May-Aug. Deadhead for re-bloom.
Baptisia 'Purple Smoke' A hybrid selection from North Carolina Botanical Gardens. Dusty purple pea-like flowers on spikes up to 4' in spring. I like Baptisias even when not in bloom and the darker stems of this plant really set it apart.
Shade Perennials
Tricyrtis 'LIghting Strike' 24" height x 15" spread Gold striped leaves with dark green edging along stripe. White orchid-like flowers with purple spots on 26" high scapes. Au g.-Sept. bloom.
Iris tectorum 'Alba' Japanese Roof Iris 12" height and spread. A beardless iris with white flower in May. A great woodland edge plant that adapts to most soils.
Pulmonaria 'Berries and Cream' very silver foliage with raspberry-pink flowers that change to purple pink. Forms a mound 10" tall x 15" wide.
Polygonatum humile a dwarf tidy Japanese Solomon's Seal with oval leaves and greenish white bells in spring. A collector's plant for the woodland and shady rock garden.
Rhodea japonica Leathery dark green leaves form evergreen 12"-15" clumps. White flowers which are insignificant give way to red fall berries. Looks like an evergreen hosta clump.
Dryopteris erythrosora 'Brillance' A great new "Autumn Fern" with colorful new orange growth. Maintains a compact form.
Athyrium nipponicum 'Ursula's Red' New fronds are silver flushed. edged and centered dark red 16" ht x 12" spread. A beautiful form of the Japanese Painted Fern.
Pieris japonica 'Pygmaea' An evergreen shrub with small narrow green leaves that give this shade shrub a feathery effect. Plant is slow growing to about 4' height. The delicate leaf offers an interesting textural change to more typical shade loving broad-leafed shrubs.
Hosta 'Liberty' PP#12531 Sport of Hosta 'Sagae' A showstopper with thick leaves and a wider yellow border. Upright stately habit. 30" high and 60" wide.
Trees
Cotinus coggygria (Smoke Tree) 'Golden Spririt' PPAF
Golden yellow foliage with a smoky gray flowers. A great small tree or large shrub depending on how you use it in the garden.
Cercidiphyllum japonicum pendula (Weeping Katsura)
Small redbud type foliage on a 15-25' high weeping tree. The fall color is yellow orange on this beautiful graceful weeping tree.
Betula nigra 'Summer Cascade' PPAF (Weeping River Birch)
Our trees have been staked to form a central trunk that exhibits exfoliating bark like the species. Best in full sun, the dark green leaves turn yellow in fall. This is a large tree if it is staked or a wide spreading tree is allowed to sprawl outward.
Japanese Maples
Acer palmatum dissectum 'Baldsmith'
Dissectum Group. Spring leaves are green with an orange overlay. This color is retained throughout the growing season on trees getting 3-4 hrs. of sun. Fall color is a wonderful red.
Acer palmatum 'Murasaki Kiyohime'
A dwarf flat round bun-like tree with green foliage. Leaves have a red to purple margin, fading to green during the summer. Fall color is golden yellow.
Acer palmatum 'Shigitatsu Sawa'
A dwarf tree to about 4 ft. Leaves are white with green veins. Keep in shade or it will burn.
Shrubs
Caryopteris divaricata 'Snow Fairy'
A nicely variegated green with white edged leaf on a decidous shrub for full sun. Blue flowers late Aug.-Sept. Works well in a mixed border or backed by solid green shrubs or evergreens.
Acer palmatum 'Okushimo'
Small leaves that taper to a rolled point. Leaves are dark green. Tree grows to 12' in a upright V-Shape. Fall color is yellow.
Roses
The Knock Out/TM Rose Family
Two varieties are new this year. Blushing Knock Out/TM a subdued pink color and Pink Knock Out/TM a bright pink hue, join the original Knock Out Rose.
All three exhibit remarkable disease resistance, as well as non-stop bloom all season. Even if you have sworn off roses from past experience these Roses are worth giving a try. Great in the mixed border, as a hedge or in the Rose Garden.
Native Shrubs
Calycanthus floridus (Sweetshrub)
Dark glossy green foliage, turning yellow in Autumn, a deciduous 6-8' shrub with fragrant reddish flowers in April to May. Best in sun to part shade. The cultivar 'Athens' is also available with yellow highly fragrant flowers.
Zenobia pulverulenta 'Woodanders Blue'
A 3 to 4' shrub white blue -gray semi decidous foliage. Yellow red fall color. Fragrant white bell-shaped flowers in May-June. Sun to semi-shade.
Sun Part Shade Perennials
Iris siberica 'High Standards' 42-46" tall. Deep blue=purple self. Pendant falls have a small white and gold signal. A vigorous grower that forms an impressive clump. Outstanding foliage.
Part Shade Perennials
Leptinella 'Platts Black' very dwarf low ferny groundcover. Great between stepping stones. Purple green leaves with tiny yellow button flowers.
Thalictrum delavayi 40" height x 3' spread to 6' in bloom . Light purple flowers. Longer blooming than most thalictrums. Has beautiful ferny foliage.
Site Design
Helene
Clapperton
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