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Coneflower - Lilliput
Coneflower - Lilliput Coneflower Lilliput, Echinacea purpurea 'Lilliput' (PP#18,841), is a dwarf coneflower that is perfect for the front of the border or as a groundcover! Echinacea 'Lilliput' PPAF forms cute little mounds adorned with numerous deep rose-pink flowers. The foliage height is only 12 inches high, and the flowers top out at a mere 18 inches. The most compact coneflower variety yet, Echinacea 'Lilliput' demonstrates great vigor, bringing brilliant color to the smallest spaces! For best results, plant in full sun in a well drained area. The sturdy stems carry the blossoms from midsummer to fall. The coneflower is known for its large flower heads that turn to seed in the fall. It is a great choice for cut flowers, and it adds a wilderness look to your garden. 'Lilliput', usually reblooms without deadheading, but if spent flowers are removed, this procedure will encourage continued beautiful blooms and improves general appearance. This coneflower keeps coming all summer on tall plants with excellent branching; 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. 'Lilliput', will give you weeks of color and makes a dependable and lovely plant for a small space in a sunny spot! * Mounded and compact * Dwarf * Long lasting blooms
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| Obedient Plant - Pink Manners - Sale Price: $42.75 Physostegia (Obedient Plant) Pink Manners, Physostegia virginiana 'Pink Manners', produces flowers that have long spikes in four neat vertical rows, and begin opening from the bottom up! The lovely lavender pink flowers truly stand out against the strong stemmed dark green, glossy foliage. In midsummer pale pink to white buds open to lavender pink flowers with white throats. ‘Pink Manners’ is well-behaved and has a clumping habit; it got its common name because you can bend the individual flowers in any direction you like - a nice feature for floral displays. ‘Pink Manners’ has flowers that remain in position when twisted on the stem! No staking is required on this new strictly upright, strong stemmed, clump forming perennial. Plant this beautiful ‘Pink Manners’ in beds, borders and cut flower gardens. This plant prefers moist soil high in organic matter and requires average but consistent watering. Deer resistant. ‘Pink Manners’ needs a full sun area but will tolerate some afternoon shade, in well-drained soil. Use ‘Pink Manners’ in borders, mixed plantings, massed plantings (especially to separate other colors), in large containers or as cut flowers. Try planting it with darker colors such Hemerocallis ‘Little Business’, Platycodon ‘Balloon Flower’ or Veronica ‘Royal Candles’. You will find ‘Pink Manners’ a delight in the garden with its summer-long display of lovely lavender pink flowers and clean, upright and strong stemmed foliage! * Upright habit * Strong stems * Dark glossy foliage |
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| Clematis - Purpurea Plena Elegans - Sale Price: $42.75 Clematis Purpurea Plena Elegans, Clematis viticella 'Purpurea Plena Elegans', has double reddish-purple 3 flowers that bloom profusely throughout the season. This elegant variety is very carefree and disease resistant. It thrives in full sun, but will grow in almost any location. It was awarded Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit! 'Purpurea Plena Elegans' 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. Best performance is when the tops are in full sunlight and the roots are shaded, so apply generous mulch or a shallow-rooted ground cover near the base of the vine. Prune lightly above the new leaf buds in early spring and remove any dead or weak stems. Varieties within this group flower on the new season's growth. 'Purpurea Plena Elegans' needs a supporting structure to grow properly but will also grow over large shrubs, over walls, cover stumps, and make perfect cover ups for unsightly service areas. Clematis is easy to grow in a rich, porous, alkaline soil with plenty of room for the roots to spread. It is a very reliable performer once established; it takes a season or two to get going! A vigorous grower, 'Purpurea Plena Elegans' is excellent for growing through shrubs; makes a great cut flower! * Reliable * Vigorous * Easy to grow |
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