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Snow in Summer - Silver Carpet
Snow in Summer - Silver Carpet Snow in Summer Silver Carpet, Cerastium tomentosum 'Silver Carpet', adds excellent spring color to your rock gardens, or as a border plant. The snow-like mass of little white flowers appears in early spring, and the frosty white, wooly foliage is stunning all season long. This plant flowers profusely and when in full bloom the mounded plant resembles a mound of snow, hence its name. 'Silver Carpet' is deer resistant and also can handle light foot traffic. 'Silver Carpet' is a spreading, mat-like perennial that is perfect for the rock garden, borders, or carpeting any sunny spots. Cerastium tomentosum tolerates drought and will grow in dry to moist soils. Suitable soil is well-drained, loamy or sandy with a neutral to slightly alkaline pH. Divide in spring or fall if necessary. Trim plant back after flowering to keep it neat and compact. This plant can also become invasive, so it is recommended to shear it back after flowering. * Groundcover * Hardy * Deer Resistant
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Clematis - Blue Light - Sale Price: $42.75 Clematis Blue Light, Clematis 'Blue Light®', is an exceptional Clematis that boasts fully double 5-6 flowers of violet blue. Blue Light is an exceptionally free flowering variety and a nice compact grower. Perfect size for an impressive container planting! Enjoy the blooms in late spring through early summer and then again from late summer until fall! Clematis 'Blue Light®', needs a supporting structure to grow properly but will also grow over large shrubs and over walls. Clematis is easy to grow in a rich, porous, alkaline soil with plenty of room for the roots to spread. Best performance is when the tops are in full sunlight and the roots are shaded, so apply a generous mulch or a shallow-rooted ground cover near the base of the vine. Blue Light is a very good performer once established and they take a season or two to get going. Prune this plant after first flowering by cutting back the top one-third to one-half of some stems. * Big flowers * Deciduous * Container plant |
| Clematis - Huldine - Sale Price: $42.75 Clematis Huldine, Clematis 'Huldine', is known for incredible floral displays and a vigorous growth habit. The pearly white 3-4 flowers are composed of six non-overlapping petals, each featuring three pinkish-mauve central bars on their undersurface. This plant looks spectacular when grown over an arbor where bottom sides of the flowers can be viewed with ease. Our best repeat white blooming clematis! Clematis 'Huldine' needs a supporting structure to grow properly. Clematis is easy to grow in a rich, porous, alkaline soil with plenty of room for the roots to spread. Huldine performs best when the roots are shaded and the rest of the plant is exposed to the sun. Mulch the base of the plant to keep the roots cool and shaded. * Blooms summer to fall* Attracts butterflies* Deer resistant |
| Daylily - Dragon's Eye - Sale Price: $56.95 Daylily Dragon's Eye, Hemerocallis 'Dragon's Eye', has a name that says it all! Hemerocallis 'Dragon's Eye' has a bold red eye zone which extends halfway onto the petals to create a dramatic look. The petals of the 4 flowers are exquisitely ruffled with a thin rose-red edge. To top it off, the bloom power of this hybrid is spectacular. Each scape produces an average of 24 or more buds for a continuous show of color in midsummer. This variety is also known for excellent rebloom in late summer, which extends the bloom season. One of the best eyed daylilies on the market today! Daylilies are some of the easiest plants to grow and are a good choice for any gardener. They thrive in full sun or light shade and tolerate many types of soil. In areas that receive less than 6 hours of sun during the day, your daylilies will probably produce fewer and smaller blooms, and the foliage may not be as robust; daylilies can survive many harsh conditions that other plants cannot. Use for stand alone plantings, edging, in borders or in mixed containers and tubs. Planted together in large numbers, they quickly crowd out weeds and make a carefree and colorful ground cover. Because it blooms all summer, has gorgeous color, and an attractive, clumping foliage, ‘Chicago Orchid’ is a pleasure to have in any garden! * Blooming power * Dramatic and exquisite |
| Grass - Gold Bar Maiden - Sale Price: $64.25 Gold Bar Maiden Grass, Miscanthus sinensis 'Joy Creek Selection #1' (PP#15,193), is truly a show-stopper and a sensational variety with its heavily banded gold stripes, from the base of the grass to its top. The horizontal markings are much closer together than other banded miscanthus and they give 'Gold Bar' a dramatic look. Its exceptionally upright and compact habit makes this new grass perfect for large containers or in small urban gardens. Burgundy inflorescences appear just above the foliage in mid fall. 'Gold Bar' is a slower, but good grower, eventually reaching 5' tall in eight years. Miscanthus is unrivalled in the diversity and beauty of its flowers, foliage, autumn colors and winter presence. It is extraordinarily adaptable to many conditions and purposes in the garden. Use it alone as a specimen, in the mid to back border or to create a living fence or screen. It is easy to grow, and its intense color almost glows in the sun! 4 Season Interest! |
| Liriope - Big Blue - Sale Price: $56.95 Ornamental Grass with Late Summer Blooms The Liriope 'Big Blue', Lirope muscari 'Big Blue', also known as Lirope,is a grass-like foliage set with tall spikes of lavender-blue, hyacinth-like blooms in late summer. The Lirope 'Big Blue' is slow spreading. It is a very versatile ornamental grass that can be used as a groundcover or garden accent or even in a container. Place in location that is well drained. |
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