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Coneflower - Summer Sun - Sale Price: $39.95 Echinacea Summer Sun (Coneflower), Echinacea 'Summer Sun', first opens to a luminous red-orange then fades to a golden orange, adding a bright, sunny color to a garden; petal tips are nicely curved too, adding to its outstanding appeal. Plant these fragrant flowers in the back of a border and enjoy the ‘Summer Sun’ all season long.  This coneflower is a sun-lover that withstands heat, humidity, drought, poor soil, and even cold without dropping a petal! It is a long lasting flower that attracts butterflies and hummingbirds and is great in cut flower arrangements!  The bright, intense flowers are supported on strong stems; best if grouped or massed. This Echinacea will present a season full of orange daisy-like flowers and is praised for its prolonged blooming after other perennials have faded. Divide clumps when they become overcrowded (about every 4 years.  ‘Summer Sun’ 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. Enjoy ‘Summer Sun’ and its golden yellow blooms which will surely brighten up a sunny corner of your garden! * Fragrant * Hardy * Heat and humidity tolerant

Grass - Porcupine - Sale Price: $99.95 The Grass 'Porcupine', Miscanthus sinensis 'Strictus', has green leaves with cream colored horizontal bands. These leaves make this ornamental grass stand out anywhere! Silvery white plumes rise 4 feet above the foliage in fall. The 'Porcupine' tolerates a wide range of soil types and is moderately drought tolerant. It will hold up to wind and snow. This grass has a rigid, upright habit and stiff, pointed leaf blades, some of which stick out at angles like porcupine quills. Use this plant as a specimen, for mass plantings, or plant next to ponds or pools. Water this grass regularly, mainly during the season when they are blooming, as you need to have well developed roots so that the grass can absorb enough nutrition from the soil. When clumps dry in the fall they add structural interest to the winter garden. In early spring remove the dead foliage before the plants begins new growth. Clumps may be divided every 3 years or so in early spring. It is deer resistant and has very has very little pest and disease issues. Tall, tough, and showy!

Gaillardia - Arizona Sun - Sale Price: $42.75 The Blanket Flower, Arizona Sun, Gaillardia 'Arizona Sun', is extremely eye catching in any perennial garden.  From the early summer on, very showy banded flowers blanket this plant; ends of the petals have a torn, ruffled appearance The beautiful bright red petals are tipped in gold and surround the orange and yellow central cone! ‘Arizona Sun’ will flower from June through autumn, and this gaillardia thrives in hot sunny sites and need well drained soil.  It forms a neat mound of lance-shaped, grayish-green leaves. Deer and rabbits tend to avoid this particular Gaillardia, but near the end of the season, leave spent flower heads for seed to attract goldfinches! Being completely carefree, ‘Arizona Sun’ can be used in borders, containers or use as cut flowers. It was a 2005 All-American Selection! * Carefree * Long blooming * Mounded habit

Hosta - Great Expectations - Sale Price: $56.95 The Hosta Great Expectations, 'Hosta sieboldiana', has puckered heart shaped leaves with creamy yellow centers and irregular blue-green edges.  This hosta is prized for its unique, large, textured leaves that have a puckered appearance. The white flowers bloom from July to August, and have a plant height of 24” and a spread of 36”.  Hostas provide bright color in shade with wonderful foliage. Hosta ‘Great Expectations’ needs to be planted in a full shade area in any moist, well-drained location.  This low care perennial is ideal for shady positions, tubs and patio pots, and one of the most popular landscape uses. A great choice for any beginner gardener! It 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. Plant ‘Great Expectations’ in an area that receives the right amount of light.  The leaves need some morning sun to bring the rich golden color out; too much sun will burn the leaves. ‘Great Expectations’ is most at home in shady, woodland settings or can be planted in groups of 3 to 5 in an area that needs lots of color! ‘Great Expectations’ will look terrific in a shade perennial garden when combined with hardy ferns, astilbe, bleeding hearts, and heucheras! * Heart shaped leaves * Hardy * Colorful foliage

Clematis - Moonfleet - Sale Price: $42.75 Clematis Moonfleet, Clematis 'Moonfleet', produces absolutely stunning, large, flat open flowers that have a diameter of 7! The lilac-blue flower matures to a pale blue that creates a soft range of color!  Purple-red anthers open on each flower to create a domed-flower center. Moonfleet grows to an impressive 6' tall, so it is ideal for growing on a trellis or pergola; blooms from June through August. It should be pruned in February or March as new leaf buds begin to show low on the plant; all dead and weak branches need to be removed. Moonfleet is prized for its incredible flowers; only needs to have its roots shaded and its flowers in the sun! For a gorgeous accent, plant alone or mix several colors in a grouping.  Plant this clematis with cream, pale yellow or soft pink flowers, or it can be combined with climbing roses! * Huge blue flowers * Climber * Showy