Hosta - Key West

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Coreopsis - Star Cluster - Sale Price: $39.95 Coreopsis Star Cluster (Tickseed), Coreopsis 'Star Cluster', grows 18-24” tall, is compact, and a well-branched plant. The healthy bright green foliage of this coreopsis remains attractive all season. ‘Star Cluster’ delivers a profusion of creamy white flowers with gold button centers; has continuous and colorful blooms from early summer through early fall,  and no deadheading is necessary! This coreopsis makes an amazing colorful specimen in containers.  A generous bloomer, ‘Star Cluster’ also presents an outstanding show when planted in a mass or in front of borders. As the weather cools, a deep purple eye appears on each flower with a purple edge along each petal.  Butterflies find it irresistible and deer leave it alone. Plant  'Star Cluster' into well-drained, lean, non-clay soils, and pair it with red or yellow flowers for an outrageous display of floral color! Since it thrives in poor soil and has low water needs, ‘Star Cluster’ will easily add beauty to any trouble spot in your garden! * Easy to grow * Heavy bloomer * Accent plant

Grass - Blue Dune Lyme - Sale Price: $99.95 The Grass 'Blue Dune Lyme', Leymus arenarius 'Blue Dune', is an improvement over the species.  It has bright blue foliage and stems; provides dusty blue blooms readily throughout the summer! The very striking bright blue blades push upward and outward. 'Blue Dune Lyme' is vigorous and will often be a bit pushy in a regular garden situation, but does well around shrubs and trees.  Perfect for controlling soil erosion problems and for covering hillsides. The flowers appear from June to August.  Cut down 'Blue Dune Lyme' in late fall or early spring to allow all new, clean foliage to show to the best advantage! 'Blue Dune Lyme' is an attractive plant that will quickly fill in a large area; spreads by rhizomes and makes an excellent ground cover. This low maintenance grass needs only occasional watering once it is established.  Cut back the upright spiky flowers for a new flush of attractive growth, which looks good well into winter. Plant 'Blue Dune Lyme' grass wherever its blue foliage can be enjoyed! * Bright blue foliage * Vigorous * Ground cover

Lamium - Ghost - Sale Price: $49.95 Lamium Ghost, Lamium maculatum 'Ghost', has a large mound of all silver leaves, which becomes is a great backdrop for its attractive clusters of bright orchid purple flowers! Lamium 'Ghost', introduced by Intrinsic Perennial Gardens, stands 1' tall and the leaves are large, measuring 1.5 long compared to .5 - .75 long on the other varieties. 'Ghost' is an excellent groundcover and is also deer and rabbit resistant. Lamium prefers a semi-shady dry area with well-drained soil, but will tolerate a wide range of soils and moisture; do not allow it to dry out.  It is best to cut this plant back after the first bloom to promote compact growth.   It disguises dying bulb foliage very well, and makes an excellent weed-smothering ground cover! Use Lamium in hanging baskets, in mixed containers, trailing over walls or as an edging, but spread must be controlled.   ‘Ghost’ looks great among hostas, ferns, lungworts, bulbs and wildflowers. 'Ghost ‘ is a great performer, has attractive foliage and will brighten a partly sunny, semi-shady spot! * Attractive foliage. * Vigorous grower * Groundcover

Coneflower - Green Jewel - Sale Price: $39.95 Coneflower Green Jewel, Echinacea purpurea 'Green Jewel' (PP#18,678), is a fragrant jewel every garden must have! The large green cone center is surrounded by soft green petals that stay true to their color as they age.  'Green Jewel' has truly lime green flowers on a nicely compact habit.  It is perfect for fresh cut or dried floral arrangements. Echinacea 'Green Jewel' was discovered by Piet Oudolf and introduced through Future Plants. For best results, plant 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. Divide clumps when they become overcrowded (about every 4 years.  'Green Jewel' usually reblooms without deadheading, but if spent flowers are removed, this procedure will encourage continued beautiful blooms and improves general appearance. This coneflower keeps coming all summer on tall plants with excellent branching;  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. 'Green Jewel' will give you weeks of color with its outstanding and unusually brilliant lime green color!  It is a perfect companion for red Knockout roses, late-blooming sedums and colorful ornamental grasses. * Fragrant * Hardy * Long lasting blooms

Hosta - Dance with Me - Sale Price: $42.75 The Hosta Dance with Me, Hosta 'Dance with Me', will put on a fantastic performance in your landscape! A reverse of Last Dance, the ‘Dance with Me’ prefers part sun for the best color display.  The heart-shaped, nearly round leaves are thick and heavily textured and have a pale yellow color with light green margins. ‘Dance with Me’ will produce long season appeal and has a good resistance to garden pests.  It is a medium sized hosta and produces lavender flowers in late summer that attract hummingbirds. It is a low care perennial that is ideal for a slightly sunny area. This hosta grows best 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. High-filtered or dappled sunlight is necessary for clean, healthy growth.  Morning sun is tolerable and will help to intensify the leaf colors, but hot afternoon sun is usually deadly to hostas!  Hostas also grow well in city environments where the air may be polluted by car exhaust, etc. With its colorful and heavily textured leaves, ‘Dance with Me’ will put on an outstanding performance in any shaded landscape! * Low maintenance * Heart-shaped leaves * Resistance to garden pests