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Dianthus - Shooting Star
Dianthus - Shooting Star Dianthus Shooting Star, Dianthus 'Shooting Star' PP#14,549, is another wonderful addition to the Star series of Dianthus! Could this be the best one yet? We think so! 'Shooting Star' forms neat and compact evergreen mounds that remain attractive all season long. The blue-green foliage is covered with hundreds of magenta purple flowers in early spring, and again in early fall after dead-heading. The delightful spicy clove fragrance is an added bonus! Dianthus 'Shooting Star' is a small, cushion forming perennial that needs a sunny site with well-drained soil; will tolerate some shade in the afternoon along with humidity. Regular watering during prolonged dry spells will be necessary. However, they are tolerant of short periods of dryness. These fragrant, spicy dove-like flowers look wonderful as a border plant, rock gardens, along walks or paths, for edging and a definite in cottage gardens. 'Shooting Star' provides a profusion of cheerful, charming, bright magenta purple flowers that provides a striking mound of color! * Easy to grow * Vigorous * Mounded habit
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| Clematis - Huldine - Sale Price: $42.75 Clematis Huldine, Clematis 'Huldine', is known for incredible floral displays and a vigorous growth habit. The pearly white 3-4 flowers are composed of six non-overlapping petals, each featuring three pinkish-mauve central bars on their undersurface. This plant looks spectacular when grown over an arbor where bottom sides of the flowers can be viewed with ease. Our best repeat white blooming clematis! Clematis 'Huldine' needs a supporting structure to grow properly. Clematis is easy to grow in a rich, porous, alkaline soil with plenty of room for the roots to spread. Huldine performs best when the roots are shaded and the rest of the plant is exposed to the sun. Mulch the base of the plant to keep the roots cool and shaded. * Blooms summer to fall* Attracts butterflies* Deer resistant |
| Japanese Honeysuckle - Halliana - Sale Price: $56.95 Japanese Honeysuckle 'Halliana', Lonicera japonica 'Halliana', is the most commonly seen Honeysuckle and is also known as Hall's Honeysuckle. It has whitish-yellow flowers with a delightful fragrance. Hall's Honeysuckles are a very fast growing plant to 15 to 30 feet. When used as a ground cover, they are about 2 feet tall. It produces rampant growth capable of engulfing wire or chain-link fences in just a couple of seasons. It is also a reliable, fragrant evergreen vine for a shade arbor. Excellent for screening or to drape over an unsightly wall or wood fence. Honeysuckle enjoys the full sun, but grows and flowers well in partial shade. Honeysuckle can be cut nearly to the ground in late winter/early spring when it becomes too big; new shoots emerge and growth resumes in the spring. A country-garden standby often trained onto dilapidated outbuildings or into the branches of dead trees. Capable of covering huge amounts of space in a short time, this vine makes a great ground cover on banks and slopes for erosion control. Be aware that is can be quite invasive. |
| Ligularia - Brit Marie - Sale Price: $42.75 The Ligularia Brit Marie Crawford, Ligularia dentate ‘Brit Marie’, is a wonderful yellow-orange, daisy-like flower with huge glossy maroon foliage that remains dark for most of the season. (This plant was first discovered by Britt-Marie Crawford in Fife, Scotland.) ‘Brit Marie’ is a clump-forming herbaceous perennial that is grown not only for its showy purple-black leaves, but also for its summer display of bold daisy-like orange-yellow flowers! The foliage can be rounding, kidney-shaped, or triangular with a wavy margin. The flowers appear on tall spikes and bloom from July to August. ‘Brit Marie’ has a plant height of 3-4’ and a spread of 36-48”. Ligularia should be planted in full shade in a well-drained area. It must have moist soil and should never be allowed to dry out. Use Ligularia in group or mass plantings, woodland gardens, or along streams, ponds, pools or bog gardens. ‘Brit Marie’ makes an extremely bold statement in the garden, and its best ornamental feature is its leaves. They generally retain good color throughout the growing season! * Daisy-like flowers * Outstanding foliage * Clump forming habit |
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