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Mountain Bluet - Bachelors Button
Mountain Bluet - Bachelors Button The Centaurea ‘Bachelor's Button’, Centaurea montana, also known as Cornflower and Blue Bottle, has small thistle-like single flowers at the end of a delicate stem. These radiant flowers are bright blue and very showy, with gray-green foliage. With a height of 24” and a plant width of 12-24”, it is an excellent late summer to early fall bloomer. If cut back after blooming, it will continue to produce new blooms throughout the season. Centaurea ‘Bachelor's Button’ is tolerant of cool winters. Plant in a location with poor, dry, to moderately moist, well-drained soil in full sun; sun will help it to bloom throughout early to mid-summer. The gray-green, lance-shaped foliage adds contrast to this plant, and it knows no serious insect or disease problems. Use Centaurea ‘Bachelor's Button’ massed in border fronts, cottage gardens or naturalized areas. For a stunning effect, plant with other perennials, like ‘Illumination’ Vinca, ‘Variegated’ Sedum or Echinacea ‘Purple Coneflower’. This flower is simple to grow and maintain, so is a great plant to share with friends! * Cold tolerant * Gray-green foliage * Showy flowers
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Ladys Mantle - Sale Price: $49.95 The Alchemilla ‘Lady’s Mantle’, Alchemilla mollis, is a brilliant foamy clusters of tiny, star like flowers with velvety soft olive-green leaves. The foliage catches and holds water drops while sparkling in the sun. The flower color ranges from yellow to green and blooms in late spring to early summer with a height of 18†and a plant spread of 18-24â€Â.‘Lady’s Mantle’ will grow well in sun or shade in rich, moist, well-drained areas. (If summer temperatures are too high, grow in partial to full shade). It is best used for edging with Coral Bells, Geraniums or Hosta’s. The blossoms can be used as dried flower arrangements. If one is looking for a fast growing, low maintenance perennial as a ground cover or mass plantings, this is the one for you. |
| Grass - Variegated Miscanthus - Sale Price: $42.75 The Grass 'Variegated Miscanthus Grass', Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light', is also known as 'Morning Light' Maiden Grass is a very popular miscanthus. It boasts white-edged variegated, narrow leaves. It is quite attractive as the green blades have added highlights of creamy-white margins and mid-veins creating a shimmering silvery appearance. Its appearance is fine textured and it has a compact growth habit. This plant works well as a specimen plant in the garden, or can be used in container gardens. The reddish bronze blooms appear in the fall which adds visual excitement to shrub borders. It displays delicate reddish-bronze plumes in late summer. Place in full sun for best foliage coloration. Morning Light is very tolerant of dry conditions. Morning Light is deer resistant and easy to grow! It is also salt tolerant. Use this plant for cut flowers, in containers, for screening, for hedges, and of course, winter interest. * Variegated * Winter Interest * Salt Tolerant |
| Daylily - Modern Design - Sale Price: $54.95 Hemerocallis Modern Design, Hemerocallis 'Modern Design', is an excellent and vigorous plant that produces 4 wide blooms. The flowers are light apricot with a pronounced plum burgundy eye and a matching picotee edge. ‘Modern Design’ is a very good bloomer during the summer, and then reliably follows up with another surge of reblooms later in the season! One of the Designer Daylily™ Collection, it has lightly ruffled petals that are gently recurved. Heat and humidity tolerant, Modern Design is considered a premium daylily because it shows outstanding bloom performance, produces vibrant flowers, and has winter hardiness in northern zones. Individual flowers last only one day, but since each plant produces many buds, the total blooming time of a well-established clump may last more than a month. Divide every 3-5 years, or when the number of flower buds and the size of bloom begin to decline. Use ‘Modern Design’ daylily for color in shrub borders and in perennial beds. Once established, the daylily can be an excellent groundcover on slopes because it has roots that hold soil against erosion; attracts butterflies. ‘Modern Design’ makes a beautiful floral arrangement! * Vigorous grower * Large blooms * Rebloomer |
| Grass - Pumila Dwarf Pampas - Sale Price: $64.25 Pumila Dwarf Pampas Grass, Cortaderia selloana 'Pumila', is probably one of the most impressive perennials we grow! 'Pumila' is a dwarf pampas grass with huge 18 inch feathery white plumes. The showy, silvery-cream plumes feel silky to the touch and are perfect for use in dried arrangements. Cortaderia 'Pumila' is a very good grower and much more cold hardy than the species. 'Pumila' thrives in hot, full sun exposures and is especially useful as a specimen along walls and in corners. Plant it in moderately fertile soil with good drainage. Leave standing over the winter before cutting it back hard in early-spring. 'Pumila' is sterile and won’t re-seed itself. Protect crowns of young plants in winter. After this plant is established it can be divided in the spring. Use this plant as a border, mass plantings, dried flowers, for edging, and as a specimen. Beautiful and it is deer resistant! |
| Coreopsis - Crème Brulee - Sale Price: $39.95 The Coreopsis ‘Crème Brulee’ is new to the market and has bright deep yellow flowers that blooms from June through October. Belonging to the Tickseed family, ‘Crème Brulee’ has larger flowers than most Coreopsis in its family. (PPAF) ‘Crème Brulee’ has a plant height of 24” and a spread of 18”. The bright green thread leaf foliage makes a great contrast with the flower color. The large flowers occur all along the stems rather than just above the foliage, giving a fuller overall appearance. ‘Crème Brulee’ should be planted in full sun. It is drought-tolerant and tough but does need well-drained soil. The foliage is mildew-resistant and should be cut backing early and late summer to extend the bloom period. A perfect sun-loving plant, it looks great with any type of grass, in borders or mass plantings in sunny gardens. Butterflies find it irresistible and deer leave it alone. Since it thrives in poor soil and has low water needs, ‘Crème Brulee’ will easily add beauty to any trouble spot in your garden! * Mildew resistant * Drought tolerant * Long blooming |
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