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Holly - China Boy
Holly - China Boy The Holly 'China Boy', Ilex X meserveae 'Mesdob', is an astonishingly fast, hardy grower. Its compact mounded form matures at 10 feet by 8 feet. Choose a sunny to partly sunny site with well-drained soil, making sure there is enough room for shrub to grow to its mature spread. It should be sheltered from winter sun and wind. Once 'China Boy' is established, usually by the third year, you only need to water in times of drought. The glossy green foliage takes to shearing and shaping well. 'China Boy' is truly an exceptional landscape plant since it is cold hardy and heat tolerant. Use this evergreen holly as a privacy hedge, a landscape specimen, accent plant, and this Holly also works well under power lines. The China Boy will pollinate the China Girl holly. China Boy is a vigorous pollinator and it will pollinate many China Girls if placed in close proximity. China Boy can be easily pruned. This plant prefers acidic soil. Add sulfur to soils that are too alkaline. Zones 4-9 * Fast-Growing!
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| Weigela - Pink Poppet - Sale Price: $92.75 Beautiful Pink Blooms Twice a Year! The Pink Poppet Weigela, Weigela florida 'Pink Poppet', is the first in an upcoming line of weigelas with similar ground-cover habit. It has an almost trailing form reaching only 2’ tall and spreading up to 40. This dwarf, dense, rounded, deciduous shrub produces funnel shaped shell-pink flowers that are born in profusion in June, and then with a lighter re-bloom again in late summer. 'Pink Poppet' has emerald green foliage all season long that contrasts nicely with the flowers. It is easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun. Needs full sun for best flowering and foliage color, but will tolerate very light or sun dappled shade. |
| Potentilla - Pink Beauty - Sale Price: $29.95 Ornamental Shrub with Prolific Flowers The Pink Beauty Potentilla is an ornamental, deciduous shrub known for its prolific blooming. Plant a few as a decorative shrub border or along a walkway. Your Pink Beauty Potentilla is a cute little shrub that will surprise you with its abundance of blooms. It also has fern-like, compound foliage that together with the pink flowers softens its appearance and sets it off from other harsher landscape plantings. The Pink Beauty grows about three feet tall with an equal spread. Its luscious, bright green foliage provides the perfect backdrop to the flowers that begin to form in late spring. When you notice the first scattering of delightful pink flowers with yellow centers, you’ll be pleased. However, soon you’ll be overwhelmed as the adorable pink blossoms continue to cover your shrub, and remain all summer long. Your Pink Beauty Potentilla’s foliage turns a lively shade of yellow-green in the fall, continuing to accent the pink blooms that will persist until the first frost. This shrub really packs a lot of beauty into its small size, and isn’t at all demanding of your time or energy. It’s hardy and tolerant of a wide variety of conditions. It attracts butterflies, but deer tend to leave it alone. If you want a shrub that takes little room, requires almost no care, and will provide exquisite beauty all summer long, the Pink Beauty Potentialla is for you. * Prolific and long-lasting blooms* Low maintenance* Deer resistant |
| Alpine Currant - Sale Price: $64.20 The Alpine Currant, ‘Ribes alpinum’, is a very hardy hedge plant that can be kept trimmed to any desired height from 18 inches to 4 feet. This plant is densely branched and will leaf all the way to the ground. The abundant green, glossy foliage forms a dense hedge. Grows well in sun or shade and is rarely bothered by insects or plant diseases. It produces small yellow flowers in the spring. The lobed leaves turn yellow in the fall. The Alpine Currant can survive the coldest of winter climates with annual temperatures as low as -50° Fahrenheit. It does well in dry soils. Alpine currant is drought tolerant. This plant can be pruned at any time. Birds will be attracted to the red berries it produces. It is very tolerant of urban conditions. Zones 2 – 7 * Dense * Hardy * Drought Tolerant |
| Japanese Andromeda - Brouwers Beauty - Sale Price: $45.65 Japanese Andromeda - Brouwers Beauty, Pieris x 'Brouwers Beauty', starts off in the spring with a heavy crop of purplish-red buds that bloom into white flowers on a dense, compact, shrub. Brouwers Beauty is a great choice for an early blooming, hardy, deer resistant evergreen shrub. Its deep green foliage compliments the brilliant red buds that become lovely white blossoms in early spring. This Lily-of-the-Valley shrub has a slow growth and refined habit, but makes an excellent choice for the urban landscape. A bit of extra care will ensure a healthy vibrant plant. Add plenty of organic matter to the planting site and cover with a mulch of well-rotted compost; poorly drained soils can result in root rot. The faded flowers can be snapped off at the base of the truss if desired. Planting this amazing Brouwers Beauty shrub in full sun to bright shade will provide the best results. * Evergreen! * Deer Resistant! |
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