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| Rowie Summer Phlox |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Mildew resistant and growing to around 2 feet tall and 3 feet wide, 'Rowie' has lovely, fragrant light pink flowers with dark rose eyes. Blooms in early to mid-summer but will keep flowering if spent flowers are cut off. A great cut flower, very fragrant, and butterflies love it. Looks gorgeous with anything blue, white, or soft yellow. Cat# 1421 -more info-
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| Phlox paniculata 'Starfire' |
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| Starfire Summer Phlox |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Mildew resistant and growing to around 3 feet tall, 'Starfire' has deep, shocking pink flowers with almost black stems creating a beautiful color contrast. The foliage has dark markings also. Blooms in early to mid-summer but will keep flowering if spent flowers are cut off. A great cut flower, very fragrant, and butterflies love it. Looks gorgeous with anything blue, white, or soft yellow. Cat# 1358 -more info-
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| Prairie Phlox, Downy Phlox |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Prairie Phlox, which is native basically in woods and meadows from the Rocky Mountains east to New York and Connecticut, has shiny narrow leaves and forms sprawling clumps 1 foot or more in height/length. Flowers are pinkish-lavender from mid-spring into summer. Seems to grow equally well in moist well-drained soil as in quite dry places. Full sun or light shade is best. Spreads fairly quickly by stolons and by seed. Cat# 1453 -more info-
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| Phlox, Creeping |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Running rampant in rich soil in the mountainous woods from southern Pennsylvania and Ohio, to Georgia, Phlox stolonifera forms large drifts of blues, lavenders, pinks, and all shades in between in mid-spring. Interspersed with Foamflowers, Anemones, Celandine Poppies, and ferns, it's truly a breathtaking sight. The leafy mats nearly hug the ground and flowers stems are about 6 inches tall. Flowers are lavender-blue with tiny orange eyes. Cat# 1422 -more info-
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| Phlox stolonifera 'Blue Ridge' |
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| Phlox, Blue Ridge Creeping |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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'Blue Ridge' has soft blue flowers on 6-inch stems. It has a mild sweet fragrance. Cat# 1309 -more info-
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| Phlox stolonifera 'Pink Ridge' |
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| Pink Ridge Creeping Phlox |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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'Pink Ridge' Creeping Phlox is a ground covering phlox for shade and good soil. The very sweetly fragrant flowers are a bright pink on 6 inch stems. Flowering begins in early to mid spring and lasts for several weeks. It is a moderately fast spreader in good soil. Cat# 1172 -more info-
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| Phlox stolonifera 'Sherwood Purple' |
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| Creeping Phlox, Sherwood Purple |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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'Sherwood Purple' Creeping Phlox is a ground covering phlox for shade and good soil. The very sweetly fragrant flowers are a beautiful lavendar purple on 6 inch stems. Flowering begins in early to mid spring and lasts for several weeks. It is a moderately fast spreader in good soil. Let it romp with Foamflower, ferns, and Celandine Poppies. Cat# 1503 -more info-
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| Phlox, Chattahoochee |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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The origins and parentage of this Phlox are unclear. It may be a British garden hybrid between Phlox amoena ssp. lighthipei and Phlox pilosa. It grows about 10 inches tall and has bluish lavender flowers with a striking lavender eye. It has glossy, narrow, evergreen leaves. This Phlox can take more sun than the others. It also flowers later and blooms longer. It forms gorgeous mounds. Cat# 1165 -more info-
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| Phlox Minnie Pearl |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Discovered by plantswoman, Karen Partlow in Mississippi, 'Minnie Pearl' is thought to be a naturally occurring hybrid between Phlox maculata and Phlox glaberrima. Its flowering time, stature, and habit are all intermediate between its parents, just like a good hybrid. 'Minnie Pearl' flowers in early summer. Its pure white, big flower heads are on 18" stalks. They are fragrant and loved by butterflies. Plants spread moderately and are very mildew resistant. Good companions would be Blue-eyed Grass, Stokes Aster, and Indian Pink. Cat# 1515 -more info-
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| Phlox x procumbens variegata |
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| Variegated Phlox |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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A hybrid between Phlox stolonifera (Creeping Phlox) and P. subulata (Moss Phlox), this one has mauve-pink, 3/4 inch flowers on 10 inch stems, and narrow leaves that are dark green edged with white. Here's a Phlox that has nice flowers but really outstanding foliage. It forms attractive evergreen, white and green mats in half shade to full sun. The Variegated Phlox makes a handsome edging plant, or plant it where it could drape over stones or a wall. Cat# 1170 -more info-
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| Obedient Plant, False Dragonhead |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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A perennial wildflower, found locally in bogs, wet meadows, and in crevices of river rocks, Obedient Plant has long been a garden favorite. Its light pink Snapdragon-like flowers occur in pairs along the upper quarter of stems 1 to 4 feet tall in summer. It is called Obedient Plant because its flowers will obediently remain in place when bent, or so they say. The plant is slender and erect in stature and works well in a damp natural area. It's flowers are good as fresh cut flowers. Obedient Plant will spread quickly in loose, rich soil and so could be considered disobedient in some instances. Use it accordingly. Cat# 1173 -more info-
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| Physostegia virginiana'Summer Snow' |
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| White Obedient Plant |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 6
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A perennial wildflower, found locally in bogs, wet meadows, and in crevices of river rocks, Obedient Plant has long been a garden favorite. 'Summer Snow' has pure white Snapdragon-like flowers occuring in pairs along the upper quarter of 2 foot stems in summer. It is called Obedient Plant because its flowers will obediently remain in place when bent, or so they say. The plant is slender and erect in stature and works well in a damp natural area. It's flowers are good as fresh cut flowers. Cat# 1174 -more info-
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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 -more info-
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| Prunus pumila var. depressa 'Catskill' |
 New this Year!
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| Eastern Sand Cherry, Beach Plum |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7
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With a native range in NE North America and a few sites in Kentucky and Tennessee, Eastern Sand Cherry can be found on sandy, rocky soils, cliff faces, and other difficult exposed sites. It has deep roots, so once established, it is a keeper. This variety, Catskill, is a ground hugging, many branched shrub with 3 inch, pointed leaves that stand straight up in bunches along the dark, thick, creeping branches. It forms dense mats that are effective for erosion control or for stream bank restoration. Masses of showy, white, 5-petaled flowers like apple flowers appear in mid-to late-spring and are followed by blackish purple berries in late summer. Leaves fall off in the fall revealing the dense, thick, ground covering branches. This is a workhorse of a shrub for difficult places. Cat# 1532 -more info-
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| Coneflower, Gray Headed |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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The Gray Headed Coneflower is a lovely plant of dry, thin woods, roadsides, and prairies of the south central states. These perennials grow two to four feet tall and have clumps of deeply cleft leaves. Flowering occurs in early to mid summer. The daisy-like flowers have five to ten bright yellow drooping ray flowers (petals) about one to two inches long. The cone or center of the flower is grayish-green and becomes darker and taller with age eventually looking like an inch tall thimble. The Gray Headed Coneflower conjures up images of tall grasses and prairies and would be ideally planted that way. But they are easy to grow in dry or wet soils in full sun. All the meadow plants would be good companions. Cat# 1180 -more info-
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Available: 2011
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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 -more info-
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| Sweet Or Smooth Azalea |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7
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Sweet Azalea is named for its highly fragrant early summer flowers which are white to pale pink with red stamens. It is erect, loosely branched, and native to stream banks and swamp and bog edges of the southeast. As such, it prefers evenly moist acidic soil in sun to light shade. Sweet Azalea may be the tallest and fastest growing of our native azaleas, and fall foliage color may be a good red. Maybe you have a damp area in your yard close to the house where a combination of Sweet Azalea, Summersweet, and Goldflame Honeysuckle could perfume your surroundings all summer long. Cat# 1181 -more info-
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Available: Currently
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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 -more info-
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Available: 2011
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| $12.00 each
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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 -more info-
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Available: 2011
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| Piedmont Azalea |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Perhaps the most common of the azaleas native to the southeast, Piedmont Azalea inhabits moist to dry areas in light shade. It is stoloniferous and an erect grower to 9 feet. Mid-spring flowers range from white to deep pink and are very sweetly fragrant. In addition to its wonderful smell, Piedmont Azalea is particularly useful because it tolerates drier conditions and because it naturalizes fairly readily eventually forming small colonies. Cat# 1277 -more info-
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| Rhododendron cumberlandense |
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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 -more info-
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| Rhododendron periclymenoides |
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| Pinxterbloom Azalea |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Pinxterbloom occurs naturally along streams and in bogs in light woods. It is well adapted, though, to drier, rocky soils. Mid to late spring flowers are 1 1/2 to 2 inches wide, are borne in trusses of 6 to 12, and appear just before the leaves emerge. The delicate petals curl back exposing long stamens and styles. Flowers range from soft pink to dark pink and are sweetly scented and very beautiful. Growing to about 6 feet tall, it is more densely branched than other deciduous azaleas and spreads by stolons or underground runners. It is a terrific choice for naturalizing in moister areas. Cat# 1312 -more info-
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Available: Currently
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| Plumleaf Azalea |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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How about an azalea that blooms in mid summer? This one has rich orange-red flowers and has a rounded full shape to 8 feet or so. It grows naturally in sandy soil areas in the southeast so drainage is important! No fragrance or fall color, but what other azalea blooms so late? Use this one as an accent shrub in light shade. Cat# 1278 -more info-
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| Swamp Azalea |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Swamp Azalea occurs over a wide range in swamps and wetlands from Maine to Florida and Alabama. It is stoloniferous, has open spreading branches, and can grow up to 15 feet or so in the wild but usually grows to around 5 feet in cultivation. The flowers are white or rarely pink and sweetly clove scented in early summer. The leaves, flowers, and young twigs are very sticky to the touch. If you had a stream, pond, or seepage area in partial shade and wanted a spreading shrub, this one would be perfect. Cat# 1183 -more info-
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| Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida |
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| Coneflower, Black-Eyed Susan, Orange |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Sturdy, 2- to 3-foot tall, long-lived perennial with hundreds of 11/2-inch flowerheads on unbranched stems. Flowers rich yellow with crisp black centers. This is a no-fuss-no-muss plant. It is disease and pest resistant, can take some drought, doesn't need staking, and flowers forever from August to the first hard frost when the birds take over and feed on the seeds. Looks great with Goldenrod, Prairie Blazing Star, grasses, Sedum 'Autumn Joy,' Asters, Sunflowers, and Ironweed. Cat# 1187 -more info-
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