New – Lo Scape® Mound Chokeberry

Landscape shrub of the year by Proven Winners.  This shrub is for you if you are looking for a small shrub with low-maintenance, has brilliant fall color, and provides fruit for the birds.  In spring there are loads of white flowers, glossy green foliage in summer followed by black fruit,  and then an intense red foliage in autumn.  Lo-Scape is a tough, tolerant tidy little mound of glossy green foliage.  It grows to about 12-24 inches tall and 18-26 inches wide.  Grows in part sun to sun and hardy in  Zones 3-9, in wet soils or dry soils. If you wish to prune this shrub, do so immediately after blooming.  Native

Photo by Proven Winners

Photo by Baileys Nursery

New – Black Tower Elderberry

We are excited to be carrying this new variety of the Elderberry (sambucus).   Black Tower has stunning,purple burgundy foliage which will give you that much needed color among your green shrubs. In late spring it produces beautiful pink flowers followed by blackish red berries in fall that will be appreciated by wildlife.  Black Tower grows to about 6-8′ tall and about 3-4′ wide.  This shrub attracts birds and butterflies.  It grows well in full sun to partial sun.  Zones 4-8.   Photo by Monrovia.

Sombrero® Baja Burgundy Coneflower

Echinacea x ‘Balsombabur’ Plant Patent #28,162

Big, rich burgundy blooms covering mounding green foliage on upright stems will add drama to a relaxed, colorful summer border. A must-have for sunny borders and cutting gardens, this selection was bred for cold hardiness and compact form with prolific flowering over an exceptionally long season. An herbaceous perennial.

Height:
18-20″

Spread:
22-24″

Exposure
Full sun

Blooms:
Late spring through summer

Zone:
4-9

Information and Photo from Monrovia®

 

New Plant – First Editions® Snow White™ Mockorange

First Editions® Snow White™ Mockorange

For those of us who remember the sweet wonderful fragrance of our mother’s or grandmother’s mockorange, here is a new plant to try.  This mockorange  is 5-6′ tall and 4-5′ wide.  It boasts 2″ double flowers borne in clusters that bloom abundantly in spring and then again in summer.  Its flowers are pure white and deliciously fragrant.  If you close your eyes and think about this mockorange, you will probably be able to smell it.

Pollinator Weekend

Sunday

Join us to learn more about helping our pollinators! We will help you shop for pollinator attracting plants, show you what a butterfly puddler is and get a free seed bomb while supplies last!
Enjoy our Buy 4 perennials get your 5th perennial free sale!
See you Sunday June

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