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Honeysuckle - Emerald Mound
Honeysuckle - Emerald Mound Emerald Mound Honeysuckle, Lonicera xylosteum 'Emerald Mound', is one of the earliest plants to leaf out in the spring with refreshing light green foliage. The summer blooming flowers are yellow-white and produce dark red berries in fall. It has an attractive mounding form. Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade, but Emerald Mound prefers moist, loamy soils but this plant will adapt to many soil types. It can be intolerant of hot and humid summers. Prune to shape after flowering. It typically grows to 3' tall with a slightly larger spread. Honeysuckles are easy to grow, vigorous, and nearly indestructible. The flashy and fragrant flowers will attract hummingbirds and butterflies all summer long. Many honeysuckles will thrive in containers as well! This plant is used for hedges, foundation plantings and as a larger groundcover. Zones 4-8
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| Bush Honeysuckle - Dwarf - Sale Price: $32.95 Small Ornamental Shrub The Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle is a small deciduous bush with ornamental features. One would look great as a specimen planting, but several would look outstanding as a mass planting in the foreground of taller plantings. There are few things more delightful than a honeysuckle in the yard, and the Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle is a way to have several without the need for a lot of room or a climbing structure. Your Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle is a vigorous, fast-growing shrub. It’s small, only about four feet tall with a spreading nature. Bees, butterflies and birds all love it, and hummingbirds will soon consider your yard their favorite place in the neighborhood. The flowers are simply irresistible to many creatures, and you’ll feel the same way once you experience their unique beauty and alluring scent. The exotic, tubular flowers with protruding stamens scatter their yellow brilliance amid the bronze-tipped, green foliage in late spring/early summer. You’ll also love the sweet scent they send drifting on the afternoon breeze. Fall color can be inconsistent, but you can likely expect to be impressed by the red-bronze hues your Honeysuckle leaves will adopt for their fall display. The bark also tends to be somewhat exfoliating, revealing an inner orange hue that is lovely in the winter. The Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle is an extraordinary ornamental shrub that offers a lot for the small amount of space it requires. Scatter several around your yard to draw pollinators to your yard, or group them together and magnify the impact of this beautiful compact shrub. * Exotic flowers * Compact size * Fall color |
| Chokeberry - Black - Sale Price: $64.20 Ornamental Shrub with Edible Fruit The Black Chokeberry is a deciduous shrub with seasonal color and edible fruit. Plant one for definition in your garden or several as a low hedge. The Chokeberry will provide you with exceptional spring and fall interest, but even when not in bloom or fruit this dainty shrub is sure to please you with its summer foliage. Chokeberry leaves are only 1-3 inches long, but have a glossy surface that catches the light with amazing proficiency. It will clearly stand out amid your other green plantings. Your Black Chokeberry will also astound you with its impressive spring display of delicate spring flowers. The clusters of 5-peteled white blooms have subtle pink highlight and appear as tiny bridal bouquets amid the shiny green foliage. The flowers are followed by blueberry-like fruit that dangles from the bush in early fall. With the advent of autumn, your Chokeberry’s foliage will transform to its resplendent deep purples and reds, brightening even the darkest corner of your autumn landscape. Your Black Chokeberry has an upright growing nature reaching a height of 6 feet with an equal spread. It’s tolerant of almost any conditions, but will fruit best with a high sun location. Wildlife tends to save the berries until other available food sources have been exhausted, but do appreciate them in the winter months when food is scarce. The berries can be rather tart for humans (as the name implies), but are quite good when a sweetener is added and are known for making good preserves. The Black Chokeberry is a lovely ornamental plant for almost any location. Plant one today and begin reaping its unique benefits. * Seasonal color * Edible fruit * Wildlife interest |
| Viburnum - Onondaga - Sale Price: $92.75 Onondaga Viburnum, viburnum sargentii 'Onondaga', has young velvety foliage that is dark maroon, maturing to deep green with a purple tinge. The creamy white flat-topped flowers are 5 across with maroon centers. This viburnum produces sparse small red fruits. It makes a great screen or shrub border plant. This multi-stemmed shrub reaching 6 feet tall and is as wide. It requires full sun to full shade and prefers moist, well-drained soils of average fertility in full sun. ‘Onondaga’ requires more watering than most viburnum, but develops into an excellent multi-season interest flowering shrub. This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds. Viburnum are one of the most outstanding group of shrubs for use in the landscape planting because they are hardy and resistant to serious pests. * Heavy bloomer * Intense color * Excellent specimen |
| Quince - Jet Trails - Sale Price: $56.95 The Quince, Jet Trails, 'Chaenomeles speciosa 'Jet Trails', is a small, bushy, spreading, deciduous shrub to 3 feet, with masses of white apple-blossom-like flowers in early spring before the glossy, dark-green foliage appears. Jet Trails produces green apple-shaped fruit in October. The fruit is edible but it must be cooked in order to be enjoyed. Quince fruit is often found in pies, jam, and liqueurs. Jet Trails is a very attractive plant for a small area of a yard or garden. It is useful for hedges, screens, barriers, and shrub borders. Branches from the Jet Trails shrub can clipped and forced for winter bloom in your home. If pruning is needed, prune to shape in spring, after flowering. Pruning will stimulate the growth of flowering spurs which will improve bloom in the following year. This tough and adaptable hybrid quince will thrive in a wide range of growing conditions. For best results, plant Jet Trails in full sun and well-drained soils. Jet Trails attracts butterflies and birds! * Superb Spring Color! |
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