Rhododendron - Ingrid Mehlequist

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Azalea - Encore® Autumn Coral™ - Sale Price: $85.65 The Azalea Encore 'Autumn Coral', Rhododendron Hybrid 'Conled', is an evergreen azalea that is an extremely heavy bloomer throughout the summer and fall. This azalea has a single form that has soft coral pink flowers, dotted with bright fuchsia centers, and blooms profusely throughout the summer and fall months. Having a medium growth rate, this repeat bloomer makes a great foundation plant. This new variety possesses a unique blooming time and is superior in development of a dense plant with attractive single pink flowers. A site sloping to the north or east is usually best because it is less subjected to rapid temperature changes in late fall or early spring; needs wind protection. Filtered sunlight is ideal, but morning sunlight is best; plant may survive continuous shade if trees have branches pruned high. Protection from afternoon sun may also be given by fences, shrubbery or screens. Roots of azaleas and rhododendrons are very delicate and unable to penetrate heavy or rocky soils; excellent drainage is important. * Prefers acid soils* Attracts butterflies* Long bloom time

Holly - China Boy - Sale Price: $29.95 The Holly 'China Boy', Ilex X meserveae 'Mesdob', is an astonishingly fast, hardy grower. Its compact mounded form matures at 10 feet by 8 feet. Choose a sunny to partly sunny site with well-drained soil, making sure there is enough room for shrub to grow to its mature spread. It should be sheltered from winter sun and wind. Once 'China Boy' is established, usually by the third year, you only need to water in times of drought. The glossy green foliage takes to shearing and shaping well. 'China Boy' is truly an exceptional landscape plant since it is cold hardy and heat tolerant. Use this evergreen holly as a privacy hedge, a landscape specimen, accent plant, and this Holly also works well under power lines. The China Boy will pollinate the China Girl holly. China Boy is a vigorous pollinator and it will pollinate many China Girls if placed in close proximity. China Boy can be easily pruned. This plant prefers acidic soil. Add sulfur to soils that are too alkaline. Zones 4-9 * Fast-Growing!

Fetterbush - Rainbow - Sale Price: $51.35 Fetterbush - Rainbow, Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Rainbow', is a graceful, arching evergreen fetterbush that thrives well along the banks of creeks or massed in front of shrub borders. Sometimes it is callrd Dog Hobble. Rainbow is a slow grower and does best when planted in generous drifts. The fragrant white flowers appear in spring, and it has deep green leaves, mottled pink and cream, on striking red stems. It is a natural companion plant to rhododendrons; this Leucothoe thrives in acid soil and full to partial shade, but will tolerate sun if soil is not dry. No pruning is necessary unless it is to shape it up; established plants can benefit from fertilization. Rainbow makes a very nice and colorful addition to the garden. Select a site that is not windswept, and shaded to some degree; makes a good undergrowth plants that can hide leggy plants behind them. Zones 5-9. * Fragrant Flowers * Shade Plant * Low Maintenance

Weigela - Rumba - Sale Price: $61.35 Rumba Weigela, weigela florida 'Rumba', is a compact plant that is extremely showy with its bronze-purple tinged foliage and dark red flowers with yellow throat. It blooms from June through September and is an excellent border plant that will provide a season full of color. It grows 3 feet high and wide. The Rumba Weigela is easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun. It needs full sun for best flowering, but will tolerate very light shade. Prune to shape after flowering. This semi-dwarf plant is very effective when massed or grouped in the shrub border, and also useful as a hedge or foundation plant.

Honeysuckle - Honeyrose - Sale Price: $64.25  Ornamental Shrub with Outstanding Color The Honeyrose Honeysuckle is an ornamental shrub with outstanding color all summer long. Plant one in the front yard for the neighbors to enjoy, or several in a grouping to knock their socks off! Your Honeyrose Honeysuckle could almost be called the perfect plant. Its basic form is upright and rounded, providing a lovely silhouette for your landscape in any season. The foliage is an attractive shade of blue-green that serves as an excellent backdrop for the exquisite crimson flowers that appear in the spring. The fragrance of those spectacular blooms is an invitation to hummingbirds, bees and butterflies that will continue on into the fall. In the late summer your Honeysuckle will even offer small berries to your yard’s wildlife. Growing to 10 feet tall with an equal spread, your Honeyrose Honeysuckle will amaze you with its fast-growth and hardy features. In fact, this is one shrub that is actually hard to kill! The foliage is aphid resistant and stands up well to drought, heat, pollution and even the usual ravages of deer. It will adapt to many conditions and is certainly a low maintenance plant. If you’d like an ornamental shrub for your yard that will continually produce spectacular results with little care from you, then the Honeyrose Honeysuckle is an outstanding choice. * Summer long flowers * Wildlife interest * Hardy