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Amsonia - Blue Ice
Amsonia - Blue Ice Amsonia Blue Ice, Amsonia 'Blue Ice', is a new Amsonia from White Flower Farm that is sure to become a favorite for any gardener! In late spring, Amsonia 'Blue Ice' forms clusters of navy blue buds at the ends of each stem that open to periwinkle blue star shaped flowers. The bright green foliage of 'Blue Ice' turns a rich shade of yellow in the fall creating a new dimension of color for your fall landscape. 'Blue Ice' is adaptable to most conditions, however if it is too shady they may topple over. Amsonia 'Blue Ice' is very easy to grow, hardy and drought tolerant once established. Use in borders, rock gardens, cottage gardens or open woodland areas. It is best when massed. Its compact size also enables use as an edging plant.
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| Hosta - Deja Blu - Sale Price: $39.95 Hosta Deja Blu, Hosta 'Deja Blu', is an intriguing new sport of Hosta 'Blue Boy'. It has blue-green foliage, with a cream lightning bolt, that dances between the center of the leaf and the chartreuse green margin. The four colored leaves are very striking! Being the bluest hosta in your garden, it will produce light lavender flowers that add even more color to this plant in mid-summer. 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. 'Deja Blu' needs high-filtered or dappled sunlight which 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 each leaf showing off four bright colors, 'Deja Blu' becomes quite an impressive hosta! * Low maintenance * Bluest hosta * Mounded habit |
| Daylily - Jamaica Sunriseâ„¢ - Sale Price: $49.95 The Jamaica Sunrise TM) Daylily PPAF, 'Hemerocallis 'TP 06-12', is an early-blooming daylily with orange-red petals and a yellow throat on a more compact plant. The ‘Jamaica Sunrise’ has a long bloom season, and multiple flowering cycles that are perfect for mass plantings and perennial beds! The compact grass-like foliage is rust resistant. This plant attracts butterflies and hummingbirds and can be used for mass plantings, border plants, and accent plants. Daylilies will grow in almost any soil and handle drought to wet soil conditions. 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. Use ‘Jamaica Sunrise’ 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. These plants can survive many harsh conditions that other plants cannot including: polluted city environments, slopes, poor and dry soils, near pavement that is salted in winter, and under Black Walnut trees (not affected by juglone). * Elegant flowers * Compact foliage * Long bloom season |
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| Grass - Feather Reed - Sale Price: $74.25 The Grass 'Feather Reed Grass', Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster', is a beautiful upright grass. 'Karl Forester' is a cool season grower with dark green, shiny foliage that appears in early spring and lasts until late fall. The flowers appear in June - earlier than many other ornamental grasses. At first they are loose, feathery and pinkish in color, then, through the summer, they become very narrow, gradually turning a wheaten color that lasts through the fall. The flower stems grow bolt upright and stand up beautifully through summer and winter.It grows best in moist, well-drained fertile soil, and does well in moist heavy clay soil. This is a cool-season grass, which allows planting or transplanting in spring or fall. It truly has year-round beauty. |
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