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Grass - The Blues Little Bluestem
Grass - The Blues Little Bluestem The Grass 'The Blues Little Bluestem Grass', Schizachyrium scoparium 'The Blues', has attractive deep blue foliage. The fall color is a burgundy red. It works well in mass plantings. It does well in a variety of soil types and is drought tolerant. Extra water and fertilization is not needed! The attractive foliage is upright and is open to spreading the fine textured leaves. Little Blues Bluestem grasses have delicate and inconspicuous inflorescence in late summer and become silvery when dried. The foliage remains attractive in winter. The fall color varies from tan to copper, orange, and dark orange red. To keep this plant looking neat, prune back to the ground in early spring before new growth begins. The Blues can be divided every 3 years or so in early spring. Besides its outstanding appearance, The Blues provides nest sites, cover, and food for birds! This one plant you will not want to prune back in the fall after a heavy frost! Enjoy it all winter long! * Wildlife plant * Winter interest * Fall color
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Aster - Blue Autumn - Sale Price: $42.75 Aster Blue Autumn, Aster 'Blue Autumn' PPAF, is covered with hundreds of daisy-like deep blue flowers that put on a spectacular show through fall. The healthy dark green foliage of 'Blue Autumn' PPAF has a compact mounding habit and is very resistant to mildew. You can always count on your Asters to put on a delightful, refreshing show every autumn and attracts butterflies! Aster ‘Blue Autumn’ is a rather new hybrid touting resistance to mildew. Great for summer color in beds, borders or containers, it produces excellent cut flowers. To increase bloom time, deadhead after the first initial flowering. Asters will do best in a full sun area with morning shade and well-drained soil. It should not stay wet while in dormancy. Divide this aster every other year for best results. * Wonderfully colorful when in bloom! |
| Daylily - Eenie Weenie - Sale Price: $49.95 The Daylily, Eenie Weenie, 'Hemerocallis 'Eenie Weenie', is a favorite summer-blooming sun perennial with showy clusters of 1>-inch light yellow flowers with a green throat. The Eenie Weenie is a true dwarf as the grass-like clumps of foliage reaches a mere 10 inches tall. It is an early to mid-season re-blooming daylily. To promote new foliage and re-bloom, cut the plant back to 6 inches after it blooms. This plant makes a fantastic groundcover or edging as it is a true dwarf. Daylilies 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). |
| Sedum - Birthday Party - Sale Price: $42.75 Sedum (Autumn Stonecrop) Birthday Party, Sedum 'Birthday Party', provides a dazzling, brilliant deep pink color late in the summer. Plant en masse or for a border and you will have a striking and colorful landscape! This sedum is very short and compact, and Birthday Party’s foliage is tinted purple and brown so adds color even before it blooms! The huge flowers attract butterflies to your garden; requires full sun, and is drought tolerant. Birthday Party is low maintenance and will dazzle you in late summer even in poor soil, but should be well drained. Divide every 3 to 5 years to maintain plant vigor. |
| Peony - Sea Shell - Sale Price: $42.75 The Sea Shell Peony, Paeonia 'Sea Shell', is a mid-season bloomer with large, single flowers of bright pink that has a center of yellow stamens. A Gold Medal Winner, it is one of the best pink singles! Since it is a tall plant, it is great at the back of border. As a bonus, it makes a superior cut flower! All of our peonies are widely adaptable to most soils across the country. They bloom in mid to late spring and have very large, colorful blooms that stand out in the spring garden. Peonies can handle dry to moist sites, and do best in full sun but can handle some light shade. Often thought of as a plant used on the farm or out in the country, they bring a little bit of that country feeling to your garden. It is not uncommon to see peonies planted along the driveway or lane in a mass. Peonies are simple to grow and can be utilized in many ways, including mass plantings, specimens, or hedges. Southerners should seek out our early bloomers and provide afternoon shade. For a neater appearance, remove the seed heads after bloom. Prune foliage in the fall. * Fragrant * Sturdy Stems * Long stems for super cut flowers |
| False Indigo - Starlite Prairiebluesâ„¢ - Sale Price: $42.75 False Indigo Starlite Prairieblues, Baptisia 'Starlite Prairieblues™' PPAF, is the second introduction to the lovely Prairieblues™ series of Baptisia. The dramatic 24 inch long flower stems resemble huge lupine flowers and make great cut flowers. In late spring, the deep violet-lavender buds of 'Starlite Prairieblues™' PPAF unfurl into lovely periwinkle-blue blooms with contrasting butter-cream keels. The profusion of flowers rises just above the well-maintained foliage. 'Starlite Prairieblues™' looks great even when not in bloom! It is a good, vigorous grower, extremely long lived, and destined to become a favorite in the garden. The Baptisia looks attractive by itself, against walls and fences, or combined in a border with other June bloomers. Full sun is best for the most successful flowering and performance. It grows well in average to dry soil but adapts to most conditions. The remarkable charcoal black seedpods add a nice touch to dried floral arrangements! 'Starlite Prairieblues™' has a very deep tap root, giving it the ability to survive long dry periods and making it a challenge to move once it is established. Move in the early spring if you must. It is deer resistant. One of the earliest Baptisia to bloom, it does take a couple of years to really get going, but once it does it really puts on a colorful show! * Vigorous grower * Drought tolerant * Impressive color |
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