Spectacular Tiger Eye Coneflower

Posted on by Marietta Buchner

Almost every week we get in around 200 coneflowers.   They are our number one perennial seller.   Customers flock to get them as they really perk up a garden.   The colors they come in are amazing:  the purples, pinks, oranges, whites, reds and it seems like each week we get a new variety.  The one that really struck our eye in this last shipment is the Tiger Eye coneflower. It is just a wow orange with a rustic brown center.   This is a Zone 4 hardy and reaches 18″ tall and wide.   If you want one of these we advise you to stop in very soon as we are certain they will not be around long.

Tiger Eye Coneflower

Tiger Eye Coneflower

 

Put a Smile on your Face

Posted on by Marietta Buchner

Well we survived winter and most of this awful spring.  Soon it will be summer.   Cheer yourself up and put a smile on your face.   Buy some beautiful perennials or shrubs to perk up your yard.  Presently our tables are full of perennials. We have many, many different types of shrubs and trees.  The last couple of years hydrangeas and coneflowers have been the big sellers.   We have at least 15 different types of hydrangeas, maybe even more as we get trucks every week.  Last week over 200 blooming or budded coneflowers arrived and more will be coming this week.  However, there are so many other plants that will bring color and joy to your garden.  The new variety of phlox bloom for weeks;  day lilies are improved every year so that many more are becoming rebloomers;  grasses are still hot and we have lots of them, hardy habiscus plants plus so, so many more;  shrubs like winterberry, new varieties of spireas, cheesehead potentilla, viburnums, ninebark, lacy elderberry, shrub roses, etc.   Stop in and spruce up your garden and thoroughly enjoy it before winter hits us again.

Some New Plants in our Inventory, Walberton’s Spirea

Posted on by Marietta Buchner

Happy Spring!  Finally spring has arrived.  However it will still be weeks before you should begin to uncover your plants or work in your garden.  In the meantime we will highlight a few plants that are new to our inventory this year or perhaps we added them last year.  Hopefully one or two of these plants may be of interest to you and work in that spot where you need something alive and growing.

This week we have chosen Walberton’s® Plumtastic spirea.  This compact plant is perfect for low borders or edging pathways. Plant it as a single species or in masses.   It works well planted in a small, skinny area that you may have between your sidewalk and house.   Plumtastic only gets around 16″ high and wide.   Outside of being small, it has flushes of pink-cerise blooms that flower continuosly from summer into fall.  The foliage opens to a rich purple and ages to green.  It likes full sun.  Like most spireas it is very easy to grow.  Butterflies and bees love it.  Google this plant and you will see some gorgeous pictures.  We predict this plant to be a hot seller.