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Veronica - Royal Candles Speedwell
Veronica - Royal Candles Speedwell The Veronica ‘Royal Candles’, Veronica spicata, also known as Speedwell, is an easy to grow perennial that adds beauty to any garden. This new Veronica is the most disease resistant perennial in its family. ‘Royal Candles’ produces wonderful dark blue, candle flowers from June till September. With its dark glossy green foliage, it has a plant height of 15” and a spread of 12-18”. ‘Royal Candles’ needs a full sun area with well-drained soil. Deadhead the flowers after the first bloom to prolong its bloom time. You may shear this plant lightly after blooming to promote fresh foliage and any possible fall reblooming. Veronica can be used as a ground cover, in mass plantings or along borders. Try ‘Royal Candles’ with Hemerocallis ‘Stella de Oro’ or Veronica ‘White Icicles’ for color contrasts. Veronica is great for the first time gardener plus it is deer and rabbit resistant. Butterflies are attracted to this plant so they will entertain you while watching these colorful floating beauties!
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| Coneflower - Maui Sunshine - Sale Price: $39.95 Echinacea Maui Sunshine (Coneflower), Echinacea 'Maui Sunshine', will warm up your garden with its stunning shade of bright yellow sweetly scented blooms; mature flowers become a soft yellow. ‘Maui Sunshine’ is a vigorous grower with strong, well branched stems. The long lasting flowers attract butterflies and hummingbirds and are great in cut flower arrangements! This Echinacea will present a season full of sunshine yellow with daisy-like flowers; best effect if grouped or massed. Divide clumps when they become overcrowded (about every 4 years). ‘Maui Sunshine’ usually reblooms without deadheading, but if spent flowers are removed, this procedure will encourage continued beautiful blooms and improves general appearance. Highly fragrant, this coneflower keeps coming all summer on tall plants with excellent branching. This plant is 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. ‘Maui Sunshine’ is an outstanding flower with an intense yellow color. It will bring a brilliant display to a sunny location! * Fragrant * Hardy * Long lasting blooms |
| Phlox - Creeping Pink - Sale Price: $49.95 The Phlox 'Creeping Pink', Phlox subulata 'Pink', makes a carpet of color and evergreen foliage and provides year round beauty and cover. 'Creeping Pink' plants are covered with a mass of pink flowers during April and May. This carefree wonder quickly blankets even tough problem areas with dense green foliage and thousands of colorful blooms. Plant 8-12 apart in any moist soil and in full sun to partial shade. A feeding of compost in the spring is all this plant requires in the way of food. Prune after flowering or late summer to create a healthier plant and to encourage denser growth. 'Creeping Pink' is a good plant to use with your spring flowering bulbs such as Tulips and Daffodils. Often used as a ground cover, an edging plant or for planting in cracks and walls. It is good for naturalizing an area. It does prefer a well-drained soil, and clay water logged soils will lead to winter rotting. * Excellent rock garden plant * Use in pots and containers for spilling effect |
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