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Coneflower - Ruby Giant - Sale Price: $49.95 Coneflower Ruby Giant, Echinacea purpurea 'Ruby Giant', boasts absolutely huge 7 flowers with petals that remain flat and do not droop like other common Echinacea. Combined with its sweet fragrance and rich rose-red color, the butterflies and hummingbirds love ‘Rudy Giant’.  The colorful blooms tower high above lush mounds of dark green foliage! When done flowering, the huge cones look wonderful in dried flower arrangements. The dead flower stems will remain erect well into the winter and, if flower heads are not removed, are often visited by goldfinches and other birds to feed on the seed. For best results, plant 'Ruby Giant' in full sun in a well drained area.  Echinacea is known for its large flower heads that turn to seed in the fall. It is a great choice for cut flowers, and it adds a wilderness look to your garden. Not only is it a prized perennial for many gardeners, but it is also said to be a potent medicine. Echinacea is said to increase immune function, reduce the effects of colds and flu, and fight off viral, bacterial and fungal infections. With its long summer to fall bloom period, ‘Ruby Giant’ will make a bold and bright addition to any sunny garden! * Mounded * Fragrant * Long blooming

Daylily - Sirocco - Sale Price: $49.95 The Sirocco Daylily 'Salmon Pink', Hemerocallis 'Sirocco', is a favorite summer blooming perennial! The large clumps of long grass-like leaves have showy clusters of creamy salmon pink lily-like blooms on tall stems.  As it blooms in midsummer, it will remind you of a big juicy peach! Fertilize early in the plant’s growing cycle ; a rugged, adaptable, vigorous perennial that endures in a garden for many years with little or no care. The Sirocco adapts to a wide range of soil and light conditions; establishes quickly, grows vigorously, and survive s winters with little or no injury. It is useful in the perennial flower border, planted in large masses, or as a ground cover on slopes, where they form a dense mat in just a few years.; attracts butterflies. Divide Sirocco every 3-5 years, or when the number of flower buds and the size of bloom begin to decline.   Deadheading spent buds and removing old scapes will improve overall look, but not improve plant performance.    Individual flowers last only one day, but since each plant produces many buds, the total blooming time of a well-established clump may last more than a month.   This plant is a blooming machine with a clumping plant!  * Bloomer * Large clumps * Durable

Bleeding Heart - Candy Hearts - Sale Price: $42.75 Bleeding Heart 'Candy Hearts', Dicentra 'Candy Hearts' PP#14,692, is part of a new generation of bleeding hearts that are nothing like your grandma's old fashioned bleeding hearts! This exceptional, dwarf variety blooms from mid spring until a hard frost.  The pendulous flowers accent the lacy, blue-grey foliage and are shaped like cute little rose-pink hearts. Dicentra 'Candy Hearts' remain compact and attractive all season long!  The delicate fragrance is an added bonus for the senses! With its elegant long stems and famous heart-shaped flowers, Dicentra is perfect for a border or patio container, and will thrive in a partially shaded spot.  This really is a shade lover, delighting in full to part shade conditions. This plant will perform in the full sun but will tend to disappear in mid-summer when it has all the sun it can handle.  It usually pops back up the following spring. It is best to plant it in fertile but well-drained soils.  ‘Candy Hearts’ prefers consistently moist, humus-rich soils that are similar to a great woodland soil -- full of organic matter and richly fertile. The simplest way to mimic this is to add several shovels of compost around the base of the plant every spring. This charming, yet stunning Bleeding Hearts, will literally light up your shady areas in your garden! * Heart-shaped flowers * Dwarf variety * Shade

Coneflower - Irresistible - Sale Price: $42.75 Echinacea Irresistible (Coneflower), Echinacea 'Irresistible', is a coneflower that is simply irresistible with its 3½ blossoms that emerge pastel yellow with a large copper cone.  It then quickly develops into double coral pink flowers with a slightly deeper pink pom-pom. As this Echinacea matures, the changing pattern of colors continues to peachy pink ray petals and lighter pom-pom centers of citron yellow.  ‘Irresistible’ should be planted in masses for an outstanding touch of “peachy” beauty in your yard! The huge, intense flowers are supported on strong stems.  These long lasting flowers attract butterflies and hummingbirds and are great in cut flower arrangements!  Providing large 3 blooms, ‘Irresistible’ should be planted in masses for an outstanding touch of beauty in your yard! Divide clumps when they become overcrowded (about every 4 years).  ‘Irresistible’ usually reblooms without deadheading, but if spent flowers are removed, this procedure will encourage continued beautiful blooms and improves general appearance. Highly fragrant, this coneflower keeps coming all summer on tall plants with excellent branching.  This plant is deer resistant. If you leave some spent blooms on the plants in fall their seeds provide winter food for birds.  You can enjoy the dried seed heads as well, because they will provide architectural interest in the winter. ‘Irresistible’ is a one of a kind double coneflower that provides a change of colors. You can’t beat the intensity of the colors, which will bring a brilliant display to a sunny location! * Fragrant * Hardy * Long lasting blooms

Hosta - Maui Butttercups - Sale Price: $39.95 Hosta Maui Buttercups, Hosta 'Maui Buttercups', is one of the best yellow hostas on the market! The bright, rounded leaves are deeply cupped and corrugated. They have a thick, leathery substance and demonstrate good slug resistance. 'Maui Buttercups' is a nice medium sized hosta that brightens the shade garden, and one of the very best yellow Hostas.  It has flared, medium violet flowers that appear on 18 scapes in midsummer. This is a low care perennial and is ideal for shady positions and is one of the most popular for landscapes.  It is best to keep areas around hostas clear of excess leaf debris to reduce the presence of slugs and snails. It grows well in moist, well-drained, highly organic soils with a pH between 5.5 and 7.5.  Sandy loam is better than clay because it provides more aeration for the roots. Plant 'Maui Buttercups' in an area that receives the right amount of light.  The leaves need some morning sun to bring out the best coloration; too much sun will burn the leaves. One of the finest yellow-leafed hostas, ‘Maui Buttercups’ is always ready to brighten small garden spaces! * Mounded habit * Yellow-leafed * Slug resistance