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| Echinacea x After Midnight |
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| After Midnight Coneflower |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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For the past 12 years, Richard Saul at Itsaul Nursery in Atlanta has been crossing Echinacea purpurea and Echinacea paradoxa, and he has gotten some spectacular hybrids which he has named the Big Sky series. These coneflower hybrids combine the best traits of their parents - large flowers with reflexed petals, knock-out gorgeous colors of mango, canteloupe, peach, mustard, butter yellow, strawberry and everything in between, strong stems, and strong fragrance. 'After Midnight' is a new dwarf selection in the series. It is very fragrant and has dark magenta purple flowers with a black-red cone. These are produced on short, stocky, almost black stems. Plants grow only to about one foot tall and 18 inches wide. They want full sun, good drainage, and average to dry soil, just like their parents. Mid-summer, dry-growing, flowering companions could include Butterfly Weed, Gaura, Achillea, Russian Sage, Blazing Stars, and yes, yes, Little Bluestem. Fall planting not recommended. Cat# 1485
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Photo courtesy of Itsaul Plants
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| Alabama Azalea |
Zones: 6, 7, 8
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A compact Azalea, growing 5 to 7 feet tall, Alabama Azalea is our most lusciously fragrant. It's pure white with yellow blotched flowers and long stamens appear in mid-spring along with the emerging leaves, and the scent is heaven-sent. Grow it in high, open shade, and well-drained soil right outside your bedroom window. Cat# 1276
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| Lonicera sempervirens 'Alabama Crimson' |
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| Alabama Crimson Coral Honeysuckle |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Coral Honeysuckle is a woody vine that has long been popular for adorning mailboxes, lamp posts, fences, and trellises. Masses of flowers appear in clusters from spring through July or August then sporadically thereafter. 'Alabama Crimson' has deep scarlet and yellow flowers that are 1 to 2 inches long, narrow, and tubular. Big red berries persist in fall and early winter. Coral Honeysuckle is best in full sun and average soil, but would also do well in light shade. This vine is sure to attract hummingbirds and your neighbor's attention. In flower, it is extremely showy. Don't confuse this with the aggressive and obnoxious Japanese Honeysuckle vine. Coral Honeysuckle is very choice, and is not overly aggressive. Cat# 1415
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| Allegheny Spurge, Pachysandra |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Throughout the southeast in rich woods, Allegheny Spurge grows unobtrusively throughout the leaf letter. Unlike its well-known cousin, Japanese Pachysandra, which spreads quickly even in fairly dry shade, our native Pachysandra prefers evenly moist, good soil and spreads rather slowly. Plants form clumps about 10 inches tall and are weakly rhizomatous (spreading). The leaves are deeply lobed and dull, greenish gray often mottled with silver. Plants tend to be evergreen in the south but deciduous in the north. In mid-spring, 2 to 6 inch long spikes of white-tinged-with-purple, very fragrant flowers appear at the bases of the leaf stems. While Allegheny Spurge will never be the ground cover that Japanese Pachysandra is, its handsome beauty is right at home in the natural garden especially when planted in small groups. Cat# 1308
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| Alumroot |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Alumroot is a low-growing perennial, valued especially for its very attractive evergreen foliage. In the basic species, Heuchera americana, leaves are slightly ruffled and reniform and green with silver between the veins, becoming reddish with cold weather. From neat 1 foot mounds, slender spikes bearing tiny pinkish-green flowers rise a foot or more above the foliage in May. The flowers look like they are perpetually in bud and are themselves not particularly showy but the effect is nice, like a cloud or haze about the plant. Alumroot grows naturally on basic (limy) rock outcrops and well-drained, rich, wooded slopes. It is quite at home in part sun or shade, making it very adaptable for garden use. Use it in along a path for edging, in the rock garden, or for color accent. The foliage is outstanding. Cat# 1106
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| Heuchera americana 'Amethyst Mist' |
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| Alumroot Amethyst Mist |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Soft purple haze over good silver mottling. Cat# 1344
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Photo courtesy of Terra Nova Nursery
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| Heuchera americana 'Green Spice' |
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| Alumroot, Green Spice |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Gorgeous silver mottling over green with deep purple venation in spring and fall. Cat# 1370
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| American Cranberry |
Zones: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
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This is the commercial cranberry that also grows wild in sunny sphagnum bogs from Canada to North Carolina. Although rare in the wild, and grown carefully for commercial production, the American Cranberry is not difficult to grow. The soil must be highly organic and kept cool and moist. Plants like full to mostly sunny places. But what does it look like? Cranberry plants grow 2 to 6 inches tall and indefinitely wide forming large mats by means of trailing branches that take root intermittently. The evergreen leaves are elliptic and 3/4 inches long, becoming reddish in the winter and with new growth. The flowers are not showy, little pink bells, but we all know what the fruits look like. American Cranberry makes a good, thick ground cover where conditions are right. The texture is low and dense. Cat# 1224
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Available: 2009 or later
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| American Cranberry Bush |
Zones: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
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American Cranberry Bush grows 8 to 12 feet tall and as wide. In late spring, it has flat-topped clusters of white flowers (not fragrant), followed by clusters of bright red berries in early fall through winter. Although they hold well and can be used for jellies and preserves, they are also enjoyed by birds. Plants can be so heavily laden with berries that the branches may droop almost to the ground. Fall foliage varies from green to yellow, red, and purple. This is a very handsome shrub for sun or light shade in good, well-drained, but moist soil. American Cranberry Bush is an under-used native shrub. Try it for screening, an informal hedge, or maybe along the border of your property. It's choice. Cat# 1229
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Available: 2009 or later
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| American Wisteria |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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American Wisteria occurs infrequently in low open woods throughout much of the southeastern coastal plain area. It is not nearly as vigorous as the Chinese Wisteria which has escaped cultivation and festoons wild trees in our area, but it will still easily grow to 30 feet or more. The late spring and early summer flower clusters occurring on the current year's growth, are similar 4 to 6 inch racemes of fragrant pale violet to lilac with a yellow spot. Grow this vine in full sun to light shade in average soil where you want the effect but perhaps not the strength of Chinese Wisteria. Cat# 1232
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| Wisteria frutescens 'Amethyst Falls' |
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| Amethyst Falls Wisteria |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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'Amethyst Falls' is an "improved" selection of the native American Wisteria. It has longer and deeper purple flower clusters and it also flowers as a younger plant. It is equally as fragrant and as obedient as the other American Wisterias. Cat# 1293
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| Andrew's Gentian |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
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Andrew's Gentian is a spectacular choice for the moist or wet garden in sun or light shade. Plants grow to a foot or more with bright green paired leaves. Individual flowers are 1 to 2 inches long and urn shaped and a beautiful deep sky blue - a true blue. They resemble oblong pleated balloons that never open. Borne in clusters of 3 to 12 along the stems in the leaf axils, they can be seen from quite a distance and make a real show in late summer and early fall. The Gentians may not be the easiest plants to establish, but once they've taken hold, they are long-lived, maintenance free, and very striking. Cat# 1100
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Angle Pod |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Here is a neat perennial twining vine that grows in rich woods and thickets from Delaware to Illinois to Kansas and south to Texas and the gulf states. At first glance, the leaves look a lot like Dutchmans Pipe Vine being 6" hearts, but its clusters of small yellow-brown flowers followed by 3" long bumpy pods lead you to this little-known member of the milkweed family. Anglepod grows to 10 feet or so and dies to the ground each winter. Grow it in shade and good soil where you can enjoy the big leaves and interesting flowers and fruits. Cat# 1473
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Photo courtesy of Tom Barnes
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| Anise Sage |
Zones: 7, 8, 9
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If you want rich strong indigo blue flowers all summer long, this one's for you. Although considered half-hardy by many (ours have persisted planted here in zone 6 for the past 6 years), Anise Sage grows 2 to 4 feet tall in full sun and average soil, in an open upright manner. Rich, rich, true blue, 1 inch, 2-lipped flowers which hummingbirds love, are borne on open racemes over bright kelly green leaves. Even if your climate may be too cool in winter for Anise Sage, you must have it in your sunny garden as an annual because it just may be the truest blue flower there is, and one of the best flowers out there for hummers. Cat# 1191
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle' |
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| Annabelle Hydrangea |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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'Annabelle' inherits its preference for shade and good soil from its parent the Smooth Hydrangea but it is different in two important characteristics. Its mid- to-late summer, rounded flower clusters are much larger growing up to 8" in diameter forming beautiful (non-fragrant) huge snowballs. And the stems are shorter, stiffer, and more upright but while in flower, moisture can weight down the flowers - staking might be a good idea. To really make it bushy and stouter, cut the plant to the ground in late winter, then give it a light fertilizing in the spring. This will produce strong stems and even more beautiful flowers in the summer. Use this shrub in masses in a moist shaded spot for a beautiful summer display. Cat# 1469
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Photo courtesy of Missouri Botanical PlantFinder
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| Anthea Yellow Yarrow |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Achillea Anthea has beautiful clusters of flat-topped soft yellow flowers in early summer. It is a repeat bloomer when dead-headed. It's silvery foliage has very good mildew resistance making this the best choice for gardens where summer heat and humidity are high. Dense clumps grow about 28 inches tall and a little wider. Give it full sun, average soil, and dryish conditions. Cat# 1398
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Apollo Holly |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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'Apollo' is a male holly that is required in order for 'Sparkleberry' to produce berries. One male can service a lot of gals - probably one per average residential landscape. 'Apollo' grows to about 6 feet and likes average to wet soil in sun or light shade. Cat# 1304
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| Clematis x armandii 'Snowdrift' |
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| Armands Clematis, Snowdrift Clematis |
Zones: 6, 7, 8, 9
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Clematis 'Armandii' is one of the few evergreen clematis, and not only has attractive dark, long-pointed, glossy green leaves that are virtually pest free, but it also has wonderfully fragrant, small white flowers in early spring that completely cover the vines. Grow this beauty in light shade and good soil and let it twine up a trellis or fence, or ramble over shrubs. Not only will you have delicate, graceful flowers in the spring, but it will be handsome throughout the rest of the year. Vines can grow to 20 feet or so, and can be very long lived. Since flowering is in spring on the previous year's growth, prune, if necessary, after flowering in late spring or early summer. Choice. Cat# 1481
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Photo courtesy of Clearview Horticultural Products
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| Aromatic Aster |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Aromatic Aster is stiff, and bushy (up to 4 feet) with light violet flower rays. Pale green leaves when crushed have a spicy smell. Grows naturally in dry, open areas with somewhat alkaline soil but would be suitable for a dry spot in the middle of the garden border, in a natural setting, or you could use it as a flowering hedge. Flowering persists from early fall until hard frosts. This one is an absolute knock-out in flower. Try it where it could drape over a wall or bank. Reduce its height by half in early summer and it will be even denser and shorter. One of our all-time favorites. Cat# 1029
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Arrowwood Viburnum |
Zones: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Here is a fast growing, tallish, (6 to 15 foot tall by an equal spread), multistemmed, deciduous shrub for sun or half shade and average soil that can be used as a screen, barrier, or backdrop while also providing food for birds which love its blue-black berries in the fall. The rich dark green ovate leaves may turn yellow, red, or purple in the fall while the spring flowers are typically Viburnum - 2 to 4 inch pie plate shaped clusters of creamy white and non-fragrant. This plant is native throughout most of the eastern United States and will grow just about anywhere except very wet or very dry. Cat# 1228
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| Aster ericoides 'Snow Flurry' |
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| Aster Snow Flurry |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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Heath Asters love dry, well-drained soils, in sun to part shade. They form evergreen clumps of needle shaped foliage and literally cover themselves with thousands of 1/2 inch white with yellow centers, many-petaled, daisy-like flowers from early to late fall. This one, 'Snow Flurry', is really neat because it only grows 12 to 18 inches tall and 3 feet wide, forming low, dense, spreading mounds. A natural for the front of the dry garden or to drape over a wall or to spread out onto a walkway, Heath Aster also feeds the fall butterflies. A real winner all the way around. Cat# 1328
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| Heuchera villosa 'Autumn Bride' |
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| Autumn Bride Alumroot |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Heuchera villosa has evergreen, fuzzy, medium green leaves and small, non-showy flowers in late sumer or early fall. 'Autumn Bride' differs with its bright, light green leaves and its smallish clouds of larger white flowers on 2 foot stalks. When planted in masses, it makes a nice show in early fall. Let it dress up a dryish woods edge or plant it along a path where that fall bride will be taking her marital walk. Cat# 1302
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| Autumn Fern |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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Autumn Fern grows 24 to 30 inches tall and has glossy, leathery leaves that are evergreen in all but the coldest or harshest of conditions. The new growth comes out coppery bronze, turns dark green and then fronds turn bronze again in winter. The plant's aspect is semi-stiff and it would be good in a shady foundation planting. Cat# 1082
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