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Heuchera Coral Bells ‘Fire Alarm’

Updated : June 17, 2024

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Heuchera Coral Bells 'Fire Alarm'

‘Fire Alarm’ Coral Bells is a beautiful perennial is with reddish orange leaves. It grow small and compact with delicate white flowers on spikes. The average size of this plant is 9″ high by maybe 14″ wide. It is hardy in zone 4 through 8. This plant loves shade, partial shade. It’s probably going to… Click here to read more…

Huechera, Coral Bells ‘Prince’

Updated : June 17, 2024

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Heuchera Coral Bells 'Prince'

This dark leaved Coral Bells is a great addition to any garden but especially so if you can place it near plants that are bright in color. These almost midnight leaves a glossy and shiny and look fantastic next to things what bright in color like Rainforest Sunrise Hosta or another bright plant. Heuchera Coral… Click here to read more…

Hosta, ‘Rainforest Sunrise’

Updated : June 17, 2024

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Hosta 'Rainforest Sunrise'

This beautiful hosta is a great seller for me. It’s funny because when I mention Hosta to some of my customers they immediately say, “Urgg! I’ve got enough hosta.” That’s because they just don’t know Hostas or how many beautiful and unusual hostas there are out there. Once they see the many different sizes and… Click here to read more…

Dianthus, ‘Appleblossom Burst’

Updated : June 17, 2024

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Dianthus, Appleblossom Burst

This magnificent little perennial is awesome. At only 8″ high it makes a great border plant, a great accent plant, or it can be used in groupings to really make the blooms pop! If you remove the spent flowers it just keeps making more and more flowers all summer long. This plant is deer resistant… Click here to read more…

Pow Wow White Coneflower

Updated : June 17, 2024

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Pow Wow White Coneflower

Echinacea p. ‘Pow Wow White’ Large 3 to 4 inch flowers with the golden center make this coneflower a must have for any garden. The pristine what flowers contrast against the dark, compact foliage. This plant loves full sun and does well in partial shade. It’s hardy in zones 3 to 8. Grows about 18… Click here to read more…

Trahlyta Daylily

Updated : June 17, 2024

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Trahlyta Daylily, Hemerocallis 'Trahlyta'

Hemerocallis ‘Trahlyta’ This beautiful daylily really caught my eye. The flower colors and variegation are amazing. The blooms can be as big as 6.5″ inches across on scapes about 30″ tall. This is a reblooming daylily with delicate foliage. The actual plant is compact and attractive which is what I really like about it. And… Click here to read more…

Lavender Cupcake Butterfly Bush, Buddleia ‘Lavender Cupcake’

Updated : April 9, 2025

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Buddleia 'Lavender Cupcake' PP28221 HUMDINGER® Collection

This beautiful plant has a rounded, compact habit with flower spikes that can be as long as 12″. Just spectacular! Lavender Cupcake Buddleia is a great addition to any garden because it attracts butterflies like crazy, it’s an amazing pollinator, and hummingbirds love it as well. This plant grows to a size of about 3′… Click here to read more…

Prince Charming Butterfly Bush, Buddlea ‘Prince Charming.

Updated : June 17, 2024

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Prince Charming Butterfly Bush, Buddlea 'Prince Charming.

Stunning 10″ long flower spikes make this plant super attractive to both butterflies and humans! This beautiful plant is covered with blooms in mid summer and it remains in bloom for several weeks. This plant is also a great pollinator and attracts Humming Birds like crazy. Hardy in zones 5 through 10. This plant grows… Click here to read more…

Shirobana Spirea, Spiraea japonica ‘Shirobana’

Updated : June 17, 2024

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Shirobana Spirea, Spiraea japonica 'Shirobana'

Well . . . this photo says it all. All most all. It’s obvious that Shirobana spirea is beautiful in bloom but the thing that makes it an asset to any garden is the fact that it blooms late in the summer when other things are pretty much done blooming. This is a sun loving… Click here to read more…

Red Hot Poker, Kniphofia, uvaria ‘Red Hot Poker’

Updated : June 17, 2024

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Kniphofia, Red Hot Poker or Torch Lily

This is a fun perennial that does well in poor soil, loves it hot and dry. However, when in bloom it does help to give it some water to support the blooms. This crazy looking, fun perennial does well in zones 5 through 9. It grows to a height of about 36″ and typically blooms… Click here to read more…

Tardiva Hydrangea/Hydrangea paniculata ‘Tardiva’

Updated : June 17, 2024

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Tardiva Hydrangea/ Hydrangea paniculata 'Tardiva'

How’s that for beautiful? Tardiva Hydrangea is one of those hydrangeas that “Never Fails to Bloom”! The plant that you are looking at in these photos I planted in the spring of 2020. They were little tiny rooted cuttings and I planted them in an area of the nursery where it’s really difficult to water… Click here to read more…

Autum Joy Sedum/Stonecrop

Updated : June 17, 2024

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Autum Joy Sedum/Stonecrop

Autum Joy Sedum/Stonecrop is a great addition to any landscape. They make a wonderful border and are perfect for rock gardens. They are a super easy to grow and care for deciduous perennial. They love full sun and do just as well in partial shade. They also look great when planted in groups or mass… Click here to read more…

Stonecrop, Sedum takesimense ATLANTIS®

Updated : June 17, 2024

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Atlantis Sedum

This is an amazing perennial sedum that is semi evergreen which means that in most climates it will continue to look good even in the winter months. Perfect for rock gardens or mass plantings. I like to use them in small mass plantings in my landscape. I’ll show you some photos of that once mine… Click here to read more…

Pink Diamond Hydrangea, Growing, Selling and Propagating this Amazing Plant.

Updated : September 26, 2020

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Pink Diamond Hydrangea in bloom.

Pink Diamond is a beautiful Hydrangea with panicle flowers that open white and then turn interesting shades of pink. This hydrangea can grow as tall as 12′ but it is also very easy to maintain as low as 30″ if that’s what you want. I can assure you, the ones in my landscape will never… Click here to read more…

Phantom Hydrangea, Hydrangea paniculata ‘Phantom’

Updated : October 16, 2020

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Phantom Hydrangea

Phantom Hydrangea is in the panicle family of hydrangeas. That means that it is super hardy and a very predictable bloomer. It blooms on current years growth. That means that the plant starts growing like crazy in the spring, then come mid summer it stops growing and makes a flower bud on the end of… Click here to read more…

‘Millenium’ Ornamental Onion

Updated : April 13, 2022

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Millenium Ornamental Onion

This is an amazing perennial that should be easily called pollinator of the year! Bees and butterflies love this plant! And please don’t refrain from using this plant because it attracts bees. That’s a good thing! It doesn’t attract bees. The bees are already there, around your house, they are attracted to this plant. When… Click here to read more…

Weeping Cotoneaster Tree.

Updated : August 24, 2020

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Cotoneaster Apiculata Tree Form

The weeping cotoneaster tree is a combination of Cotoneaster Apiculata grafted onto a root stock standard. Usually the root stock that is used is either Paul’s Scarlet Hawthorne or Washington Hawthorn. In it’s natural state Cotoneaster Apiculata usually only grows about 18″ to 36″ high and is kind of unruly. It really should be pruned… Click here to read more…

Growing, Selling and Propagating Silver Dollar Hydrangea

Updated : August 23, 2020

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Sliver Dollar Hydrangea

About the Silver Dollar Hydrangea. It grows only about four feet or four and half foot tall. The flower color is a cream why with a tinge of pink. It loves full sun and partial shade. It attracts Butterflies and Bees. Is it deer resistant? No, but it’s what I call deer resilient. If they… Click here to read more…

The Perfect Plant for a Shady Garden, Jack Frost Brunnera

Updated : June 23, 2020

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Jack Frost Brunnera

Loves shade, does not tolerate sun well at all. Grows to a height of about 12 to 15 inches tall. Flowers are striking blue clusters. Hardy in zones 3 through 8. Water once or twice a week in the heat of the summer. If planting in a group place them 12″ to 14″ apart. There… Click here to read more…

Growing, Selling and Propagating Dark Green Arborvitae.

Updated : May 3, 2020

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Dark Green Arborvitae

Dark Green Arborvitae is the perfect plant for an evergreen hedge that will give you both privacy and beauty. For an evergreen they are a relatively fast grower, filling in nicely to create the perfect privacy hedge. Dark Green Arbovitae grow happily in zones 3 through 7. They 36″ to 48″ wide and grow as… Click here to read more…

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