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| Adams Needle, Yucca |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Adams Needle occurs in much of the eastern third of the US, and when you see it, you know you are in a pretty dry place. A member of the Agave family, it thrives in full sun and dry, very well drained soil. Adams Needle forms 2 1/2' evergreen clumps of sword-like, radiating, glaucous leaves that have thread-like fibers along their edges. In mid to late summer, large, showy, cream white flowers appear on 8' tall flower stalks.;Adams Needle is not for the timid gardener! Not only is it bold and strong in texture, it is also a strong grower. Plant it where you want it because it is tough to kill. It would be very effective as a focal point, in groups, in an island planting, or in a rock garden where it is sunny and dry. It is also very urban tolerant and could be useful in blazing hot parking lot beds.;Good companions would be butterfly weed, aster Snow Flurry, Conradina, and Muhly grass. Cat# 1518
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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 native to open woods throughout eastern North America. It 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 villosa 'Carmel' |
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| Alumroot, Carmel |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Finally breeders are coming out with more great selections of our native Heuchera villosa which is so common on dry cliffs here in the southeast. Built to withstand southern heat and humidity, they are at home in shade and dryish, well-drained soils. This one, Carmel, developed by Thierry Delabroye in France, was actually discovered as a single yellow seedling from Heuchera villosa 'Autumn Bride'. Lucky for us, because it is a very attractive big robust grower that has fuzzy butterscotch leaves with purplish undersides and cream colored flowers in mid-summer. It would look great with Firepink and Eared Coreopsis. Cat# 1487
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| Heuchera villosa 'Citronelle' |
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| Alumroot, Citronelle |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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A terrific color selection of Heuchera 'Carmel', 'Citronelle' has bright chartreuse leaves and shares the vigor and heat tolerance of the southern Heuchera villosa. Give it bright shade or morning sun and good but well-drained soil. It would look great with Heuchera 'Obsidian' and 'Green Spice'. Cat# 1514
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| Heuchera villosa 'Georgia Peach' |
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| Alumroot, Georgia Peach |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Finally breeders are coming out with more great selections of our native Heuchera villosa which is so common on dry cliffs here in the southeast. Built to withstand southern heat and humidity, they are at home in shade and dryish, well-drained soils. This one,Georgia Peach, is a Terra Nova introduction. It is a robust grower with very large leaves combining peach, silver, and rose purple. Cat# 1555
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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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| Alumroot, Lime Rickey |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Ruffled leaves are chartreuse in the spring and turn shocking lime green later. Small white flowers in late spring, early summer. A vigorous grower. Give bright but indirect light. Beautiful combined with Obsidian, Marmalade, or Carmel. Cat# 1486
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| Alumroot, Marmalade |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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'Marmalade' has rich, shiny, undulating foliage ranging in color from pinkish-green, to orange, to umber with hot pink undersides. It looks good year round and can take more sun than others even in the south. Cat# 1478
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| Heuchera villosa 'Miracle' |
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| Alumroot, Miracle |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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'Miracle' starts out chartreuse but turns rouge later in the season. But it maintains a bright yellow edge that really sets off the leaves. Cat# 1512
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| Alumroot, Obsidian |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Unusual very dark, almost black, shiny, smooth, rounded, small leaves on a compact plant. Cat# 1466
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Photo courtesy of Terra Nova
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| American Beautyberry |
Zones: 7, 8, 9
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Naturally occurring in moist woodlands throughout the southeast, Beautyberry is a large, open shrub with a habit similar to Forsythia. But in early fall the non-showy white flowers have matured into eye-popping clusters of brilliant lavendar purple fruits. Branches look like there are 2 inch wads of grape bubblegum at every node. It is very showy. For best effect, grow Beautyberry in moist soil in full sun or light shade, and late each winter, cut them down to 6 to 10 inches or so. This will result in shorter, denser 4 foot stems with good flowering and fruiting for the fall. Butterflies visit the mid-summer flowers and birds will eventually eat the fruits in late winter. Cat# 1480
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Photo courtesy of Missouri Botanical PlantFinder
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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: Fall 2010
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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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| 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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| Sedum rupestre 'Angelina' |
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| Angelina Stonecrop |
Zones: 7, 8, 9
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This little drought loving ground cover has golden yellow, evergreen, succulent, needle-like foliage and forms low trailing mats which are very effective spilling over walls or out of containers. Clusters of bright yellow starry flowers appear in early summer, and in cold weather leaf tips may turn red-orange and amber. Use this Stonecrop in sunny, dry places where you want a very low spreading ground cover. Cat# 1492
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Aster, Aromatic |
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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| Aster cordifolius 'Avondale' |
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| Aster, Avondale Wood |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 3
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Avondale Wood Aster is a selection of the wild type which is common in the woods of the southeastern mountains and surrounding areas. It is a lovely fall blooming aster for shade or sun, and can help bring fall color to the wood's edge with its many branched inflorescences of 3/4 inch pale lavender-blue and yellow flower heads. Avondale is more compact and a more prolific bloomer than the species. Give it good soil and bright light. Use it in masses for a beautiful fall display Cat# 1509
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| Aster, Blue Wood |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Common in the woods of the southeastern mountains and surrounding areas, Blue Wood Aster is a lovely fall blooming aster for shade or sun. Like the White Wood Aster, it can help bring fall color to the wood's edge with its many branched inflorescences of 3/4 inch pale lavender-blue and yellow flower heads. Give it good soil and let it naturalize with Indian Pink, Alumroot, native Azaleas, and Green and Gold. In shade, it will sprawl somewhat to 3 feet in length, and in sun it will be fairly upright and up to 3 feet tall. In our sunny fall garden, it forms clouds of soft lavendar/blue flowers intermediate in height between bright yellow fall sunflowers and the short blue/purple Wild Ageratum. It's a beautiful combination. Cat# 1022
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| Aster, Bristly |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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This tough little Aster is often found in open sandy woods and rocky stream beds where it withstands seasonal flooding and drought. Its natural range is from southern Ontario and New Brunswick to Texas and Florida. It would be a good candidate for dry, exposed places with good drainage. It forms stiff, rounded clumps 9 to 18 inches tall topped by clusters of one inch, blue to violet aster flowers with yellow centers in the fall. The dark green shiny leaves look like Yew leaves. Bristly Aster never fails to attract attention because it looks like a flowering Yew. We recommend pinching Bristly Aster in early June to keep it extra bushy. Just shear the top half off like a clump of grass. Cat# 1026
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| Aster, Late Purple |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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The early fall flowers of the Late Purple Aster are loosely clustered and large - 1 1/2 inch or so and a bright violet blue with yellow centers on semi-woody stems 1 to 3 feet tall. This prolific Aster withstands drought and takes full sun or partial shade. The aspect of this Aster is rather delicate. That of the Aromatic Aster is shrubbier and denser, while New England Aster is intermediate. Try Late Purple Aster and Aromatic Aster with Goldenrods, grasses, and Gray Conradina. Cat# 1030
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| Aster, New England |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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New England Aster produces masses of 1 to 3 inch flower heads with showy deep violet, blue, or pink rays and prominent yellow centers. Plants may grow up to 4 feet tall or more and equally as wide. Grow in fertile, moist soil in full sun to partial shade. Good for middle or rear of perennial border or a meadow. Flowering peaks in early July, but goes on for a good 2 months. Cat# 1027
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| Aster oblongifolius 'October Skies' |
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| Aster, October Skies |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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Aromatic Aster is one of our all-time favorites. It just cannot be beat for long lasting fall color or ease of culture. Its dwarf variety, 'October Skies' is just as good but only half as high. So use this one when you want a low spreading dense mound instead of a medium height mound. Cat# 1329
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Photo courtesy of Walters Gardens
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| Aster, Silk Grass, Grass-Leaved Golden |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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When we first saw this species where it was the major ground cover along a highway roadside, we thought it was a silvery grass with one foot long leaves. But then were we ever surprised to see the 2 inch clusters of bright golden yellow daisy-like flowers on 21/2 foot stems in late summer! This Golden Aster can be very useful. It is a tough, vigorous, evergreen groundcover for sunny dry places. Although it has silvery leaves, it retains its color and will not melt out in our typical muggy August. Then we're rewarded with colorful flowers from late summer into fall. Two cultural hints-cut back old foliage in spring as the new growth emerges, and flower stems may flop and the plants may rot if soil is too rich or damp. Keep it lean and mean! This one is a sleeper. Cat# 1053
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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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| Azalea, Alabama |
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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| Azalea, Coast |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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Coast Azalea is a 41/2 foot tall, erect, suckering shrub with bluish-green foliage and fragrant, pinkish-white, long-stamened, mid-spring flowers that usually open before plants leaf out. This species occurs naturally in the coastal plain from Delaware to South Carolina in flat pine woods and savannahs, usually where it is moist but also in xeric sand hills. This suggests its use in high open shade in moist to dry areas with good drainage. Cat# 1182
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| Rhododendron cumberlandense |
New this Year!
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| Azalea, Cumberland |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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Cumberland Azalea is a beautiful deciduous azalea that occurs on wooded slopes in the Cumberland Plateau of Kentucky and Tennessee and in the mountains of Georgia, North Carolina, and Alabama. It is a low growing and later blooming azalea (early to mid-summer) with beautiful trusses of orange to red flowers that are not fragrant. In cultivation, it will be from 1 to 6 feet tall and wide, and prefers full sun in the north to partial shade in the south with well drained, but good, acidic soil. These are grown from seed so their colors and heights will vary. A beautiful azalea for the home garden. Cat# 1533
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Photo courtesy of Tom Barnes
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Available: Currently
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| Rhododendron calendulaceum |
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| Azalea, Flame |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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Flame Azalea is common to the Appalachians where it lights up the late spring woods with every pale and brilliant shade of yellow, orange, red, and salmon. The 2 inch, non-fragrant flowers are borne in open trusses just as their leaves are beginning to come out. Plants are loosely branched and upright growing to about 6 feet. Fall foliage color is yellow or pale red. It likes good soil that is well drained, and bright indirect light. Cat# 1311
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