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Lilac - Miss Kim
Lilac - Miss Kim Fragrant Blooms and Surprising Fall Color The Miss Kim Lilac is a compact shrub that has the best fall color of any Lilac. It is very popular and thought by many to be the number one Lilac in many parts of United States. Lavender to ice blue, sweetly fragrant, single flowers are arranged in clusters that will smother your shrub in late spring. The abundant blooms will finish their season by fading to a very soft lavender-pink. If you have a nice sunny spot in your yard the blossoms are even more plentiful when planted in full sun. The Miss Kim blooms latest of all Lilac varieties. Its smaller size makes it perfect as a foundation plant or to border a walkway or patio. In fall the thick, rich green leaves will turn a very attractive burgundy to purple. It has the best fall color of any Lilac. A lilac with great fall color and wonderful fragrance should be planted somewhere it can be admired three seasons of the year. The Miss Kim would be a nice addition to any landscape. Plant one near a window or door so you can enjoy its multi season show. * Fragrant blooms* Attracts butterflies* No maintenance
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| Cotoneaster - Cranberry - Sale Price: $32.95 The Cotoneaster Cranberry, 'Cotoneaster apiculatus', is a deciduous shrub that is easily grown in average, medium wet, well-drained soils in full sun. It has a wide tolerance of soil types. The branches may root where they touch the ground. This dense shrub displays stiffly arching branches. The small pink flowers appear in late spring and they will produce red cranberry-like berries in late summer. The autumn leaf color is very attractive with shades of purple, red and bronze. Use this plant to cover large areas, as a foundation plant, a low informal hedge or for erosion control on steep banks. The Cranberry Cotoneaster adds nice winter interest with the bright red berries hanging on the arching branches. Zones 4-8. * Winter Interest Plant! |
| Tamarisk - Summer Glow - Sale Price: $57.05 The Summer Glow Tamarisk, Tamarix ramosissima 'Summer Glow', (Formerly called T. pentandra 'Summer Glow') displays fuzzy, hot pink flower spikes all summer and has an interesting wispy foliage effect that is lacy, silvery blue. The airy plumes of hot pink flowers rise above the foliage from early to late summer! A fast growing, rather open shrub, it reaches height of 8-10'. Summer Glow Tamarisk is very tolerant of salt conditions, especially good for the seashore, and it is one of the finest and hardiest of all Tamarix varieties! It is a very vigorous, loose and open growing tree; extremely tolerant of dry, alkaline or salty soils; grows in sun or shade. Its fruit is not ornamentally significant, and the smooth gray bark is not particularly outstanding. To prevent dehydration and start buds to break on Tamarisk, the freshly potted plants should be trimmed back one-third and started under greenhouse conditions, that is, warmth and high humidity conditions. With its upright spreading habit of growth and extremely fine and delicate texture, .use Summer Glow Tamarisk as an outstanding accent in your landscape! * Airy pink plumes * Salt tolerant * Vigorous grower |
| Beauty Bush - Pink Cloud - Sale Price: $13.95 Beauty Bush - Pink Cloud, Kolkwitzia amabilis 'Pink Cloud', produces white-pink flowers that are carried into May on arching stems, and this colorful display has quite an effect. The bell-shaped pink flowers have yellow throats that appear in clusters in a profuse mid-spring bloom. The rest of the year, it remains a mound of foliage, doing its job of screening the view of the neighbors! A member of the honeysuckle family, it is a suckering, deciduous shrub that typically grows 6' to 10’ tall with an arching, vase-shaped habit. Pink Cloud's flowers are followed by capsule-like fruits that usually persist on the plants. Broad-ovate dark green leaves turn an undistinguished yellow in fall. Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun. Best flowering is in full sun. Diminished flowering, often accompanied with a more arching-spreading habit, occurs in part shade. Use Beauty Bush in your landscape design as a screen, as a specimen or at the corner of a house in groups of three. |
| Maple - McKay Seedless - Sale Price: $89.90 The McKay Seedless Maple, Acer saccharinum, has an upright, oval form and is a very vigorous, seedless form of the common Soft Maple. This stately tree is a rapid grower, easy to transplant and a seedless Silver Maple variety. McKay Seedless Maple prefers moist soils, but shows somewhat surprising tolerance for poor dry soils. It is easily grown in average, medium to wet soils in full sun to part shade. This tree is best planted in flood plains, wetlands, and farm windbreaks. A breeze blowing through a Silver Maple causes a striking effect, exposing the silvery underside of the leaves! When planning a landscape, it is important to consider the mature height of a shade tree, as well as its extensive root system. With the McKay Seedless Maple, it is the male specimen that is seedless. Its fall color is a stunning yellow and a good choice for large spots that need a lot of shade. * Fall color * Rapid grower * Vigorous |
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