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Boxwood - Green Borders
Boxwood - Green Borders Evergreen Shrub Perfect for Pruning The Green Borders Boxwood is a short, evergreen shrub. It would do great as a specimen planting in your yard or work well as a low, informal hedge. No landscape is complete without at least one Boxwood plant. They are incredibly versatile plants, with a variety of colors, foliage and habits. Used for everything from traditional hedges to intricate topiary figures, the Boxwood can’t be beat for its utility and beauty. They are simply a must-have for any superior landscape. Your Green Borders Boxwood grows to about 3 feet in height with a 4 foot spread. Its branching habit is somewhat horizontal, helping it blend easily with companion plants. The dark green foliage has a soft appearance to its finely textured leaves. A delightful thin, white stripe runs down the underside of each leaf, an added decorative feature to an already lovely plant. In fact, your Boxwood is so valued for its lovely foliage that is often used in crafts and decorations. Your Green Borders Boxwood is an adaptable shrub that looks great if left alone, but also easily adjusts to your specific needs. You can shape it to almost any height and it takes well to being used as a topiary specimen. Your Boxwood is deer resistant, so even when its evergreen nature tempts them in their winter-foraging, you’re unlikely to have to chase them off. It’s an outstanding, hardy plant that will fit many uses and landscape conditions. You can’t go wrong with a Green Borders Boxwood. * Adaptable to pruning* Evergreen* Deer resistant
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| Hydrangea - Little Lamb - Sale Price: $39.95 The Hydrangea Little Lamb, 'Hydrangea paniculata 'Little Lamb', a Proven Winners selection, produces some of the most delicate flowers ever seen on a Hydrangea paniculata. Little Lamb's flowers are like those of the Pee Gee but much smaller. The white flowers look like little lambs dancing above the green foliage. Little Lamb prefers moist, well-drained soil and the flower color is not affected by soil PH. This plant blooms in mid to late summer. Little Lamb is a very winter hardy plant that thrives in urban conditions. Because bloom occurs on the current season’s growth, do any pruning in late winter or early spring. Use this plant as a lawn specimen, accent, or hedge. It is very tolerant of clay or sandy soils. This plant provides late summer bloom when few other shrubs are flowering! |
| Burning Bush - Chicago Fire - Sale Price: $64.25 The Chicago Fire Burning Bush Euonymus, Euonymus alatus 'Timber Creek', is an excellent large shrub for landscape use and is hardier than the species. It is similar to 'Compactus', but somewhat hardier, with mahogany-red tones in the summer foliage and brilliant fire-red fall color. Chicago Fire Burning Bush Euonymus appears earlier than other cultivars with abundant, long-lasting red fruits that open to show small orange seeds. Its corky wings on stems add winter interest. Chicago Fire is useful as a screen, specimen, accent, or hedge. It is an adaptable shrub which tolerates a wide range of soils and full shade, but will not tolerate wet, poorly-drained soil. Since it has a strong, branching growth habit it can withstand heavy pruning. Zones 4-8. * Fire Red Leaves in the Fall! |
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| Holly - Dwarf Burford - Sale Price: $106.95 The Dwarf Holly 'Burford', Ilex cornuta 'Burfordii Nana', is a more compact and slower growing form of Burford, having the same characteristics, except the leaves are smaller. 'Dwarf Burford' is best used in the landscape, as a specimen, an accent plant, or as a wind break; often planted beneath windows, where its slow growth and shorter stature makes it attractive from indoors and out. In the spring this plant produces clusters of fragrant white flowers. Later in the summer berry-like fruits develop. The colorful red berry is very showy in the fall. The berries persist on the bush for a long time, or until the birds eat them. This plant needs regular watering; weekly, or more often in extreme heat. Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. For a tidy, neat appearance, shear annually to shape. The Dwarf Burford attracts birds and it is deer resistant. Zones 6-9. * Fall Color! |
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