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| Aquilegia canadensis 'Pink Lanterns' |
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| Dwarf Pink Columbine |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
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This is a cute shorter version of wild columbine. It has beautiful light pink flowers with yellow insides. Flowering for a good 2 months in the spring, it forms delicate looking clumps up to 1 foot tall. As with all columbine, it wants more sun than shade in the north, but more shade than sun in the south and average soil with good drainage. It will self sow and naturalize when happy. Early butterflies and hummingbirds will appreciate its nectar. Cat# 1609 -more info- |
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$10.00 each in quart pots
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| Asarum europaeum |
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| European Ginger |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
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European ginger is widespread throughout Europe in deciduous woodlands. It makes a stunning, low growing, ever green groundcover in shady places with good soil that can vary a bit to either side of neutral. It has very beautiful, shiny, dark green, heart-shaped leaves. Its flowers are small brown "jugs" and are not particularly showy. Although it is slow growing, once established it is quite forgiving of occasional droughts and makes the perfect companion to other woodland plants like ferns, trilliums, dolls eyes, bleeding hearts, and foamflowers. A sizeable patch of this is very, very handsome. Cat# 1610 -more info- |
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$12.00 each in quart pots
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| Baptisia x 'Solar Flare Prairieblues' |
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| Solar Flare False Indigo |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
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Here is the latest Baptisia selection from Dr. Jim Ault at the Chicago Botanic Garden. It is the result of promiscuity between white and blue Baptisias, probably. In any case, it is a vigorous, vase shaped clumper growing 3' to 4' tall and 4' wide. In early summer, the plant covers itself with inflorescences 12"-18" in length, which are held well above the foliage. Flowers open lemon-yellow, then change to orange then violet with age over the course of several weeks. This is a long-lived, very drought tolerant perennial for full sun and average to dry soil. Yellow purple coneflower and 'Terra Cotta' yarrow would look great with it. Cat# 1611 -more info- |
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$12.00 each in quart pots
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| Chasmanthium latifolium 'River Mist' |
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| Variegated Northern Sea Oats |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8 |
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We all know the regular green version of river oats, but here is a recent introduction from ItSaul Plants (think Big Sky series of coneflowers), that has bright green and white striped bamboo-like foliage. These striking clumps may grow 30-36" tall and like the species, very ornamental, dangling, clusters of beige seeds form in late summer and fall. If these germinate, however, the resulting seedlings will be green, not variegated like 'River Mist'. This is a wonderful, extraordinary perennial for full sun and average soil. Pair it up with maybe blue (Stokesia 'Peachies Pick') or rose (Achillea 'Oertels Rose') or purple (Liatris 'Kobold') flowers. Cat# 1613 -more info- |
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$10.00 each in quart pots
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| Clematis crispa |
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| Swamp Leather Flower, Curly Clematis, Blue Jasmine |
Zones: 6, 7, 8, 9 |
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Native to wooded floodplains, swamps, and marshes from Texas to southern Illinois to Virginia and south, swamp leather flower is a brittle twining vine that climbs over understory growth. Late spring to early summer flowers are one inch, pale violet, blue, or pink, and bell-shaped with widely flaring, crisped petals and are borne singly at the ends of graceful flowering stems. Flowering is followed by attractive silvery seed heads. Grow this delicate looking vine where it can clamber over low shrubs or help it twine on a low trellis. It wants part shade with good, moisture retentive soil. Flowering occurs on the current season's growth so in winter, cut off any stems to just above the first node. This is a pretty vine for the small garden. It also makes a very interesting, elegant cut flower. Cat# 1615 -more info- |
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$15.00 each in quart pots
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| Clematis texensis 'Gravetye Beauty' |
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| Scarlet Clematis, Gravetye Beauty |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
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Clematis texensis is a wild species with bright red flowers that is native to several counties in Texas. It is unfortunately very difficult to propagate the species, but since the late 1800's breeders have been successful making many interspecific hybrids with small, brightly colored, tulip-shaped flowers that are great garden plants. 'Gravetye Beauty' has open star-shaped, 3 inch, rich ruby-red flowers. Bloom time is mid-summer and vines can get 8 to 12 feet long. It is easy to grow in full sun or light shade and good soil. Blooms form on the current/new growth so plants should be pruned in late winter or early spring to two strong sets of buds on each stem. 'Gravetye Beauty' would look fantastic growing with Winterthur viburnum, any white coneflower, and Perovskia LIttle Spire. It also makes an interesting cut flower. Cat# 1483 -more info- |
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This item is currently available.
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$15.00 each in quart pots
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| Clematis x 'Fascination' |
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| Fascination Clematis |
Zones: 6, 7, 8, 9 |
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'Fascination' clematis is the result of a cross between two plants in the Clematis integrifolia group. Clematis integrifolia is native to open, shrubby areas in Europe to Asia, where it sprawls among the undergrowth. Its solitary, 1.5", violet-blue, bell-shaped flowers are borne in mid-summer into fall and are followed by attractive, feathery, silver seed heads. This selection, Fascination, has deep purple-blue, thick textured, upturned petals edged with white. It is a heavy bloomer in full sun to part shade and average to good soil. Southern gardeners should provide afternoon shade and a cooler root zone. Fascination is more of a scrambler than a climber so give it an open shrub to grow through (maybe sweet or swamp azalea, a rose, bottlebrush buckeye). Flowering is on new growth, so before new growth starts in the spring prune the vine down to the first pair of leaf buds. Flowers are delicate and stunning. Cat# 1616 -more info- |
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$15.00 each in quart pots
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| Clematis x 'Rooguchi' |
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| Rooguchi Clematis |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
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Clematis 'Rooguchi' is a Japanese hybrid between C. integrifolium and C. reticulata. It has deep purple, 2.5" bell shaped flowers, several per stem, and flowers from mid to late summer. Treat it as an herbaceous perennial and let it scramble through an open shrub or use it in a large container. Rooguchi is an easy-to-grow clematis and wants morning sun and some afternoon shade with good soil. It is very resistant to clematis wilt. Flowering is on new growth, so before new growth starts in the spring, prune the vine down to the first pair of leaf buds. This is a beautiful flowering power house. Cat# 1617 -more info- |
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$15.00 each in quart pots
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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. It 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 -more info- |
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$15.00 each in quart pots
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| Echinacea purpurea 'PowWow White' |
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| PowWow White Coneflower |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
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'PowWow White' is a very floriferous coneflower with pure white, 3-4" flowers with golden yellow cones and overlapping, reflexed petals. Flowers are produced prolifically on stiff, branched stems throughout most of the summer. It grows to around 20" high and 2' wide, making it a very compact coneflower. Give 'PowWow White' full sun and average to dry conditions. Cat# 1618 -more info- |
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$10.00 each in quart pots
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| Echinacea x 'Cheyenne Spirit' |
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| Cheyenne Spirit Coneflower |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
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'Cheyenne Spirit' is a new coneflower hybrid that is the 2013 All America Selection Award winner. Flowering from mid-summer into fall, the 3-4" coneflowers may be a variety of bright colors ranging from rose, pink, yellow, orange, purple, and white. These are produced on 2' tall, sturdy, branched stems. 'Cheyenne Spirit' is easy and rewarding producing many flowers over a long period of time in a sunny, average to dry garden. Butterflies and flower arrangers will love it! Cat# 1619 -more info- |
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$10.00 each in quart pots
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| Geranium 'Azure Rush' |
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| Crane's Bill |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8 |
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A Blooms of Bressingham introduction, 'Azure Rush' is a hybrid resulting from the very popular, Geranium 'Rozanne'. It has large, 2.5", light blue-purple flowers from May until frost. It is vigorous growing, compact, and has a self-branching habit. Grow 'Azure Rush' in part shade with good soil and even moisture where it will form nice 18" mounds covered with flowers. It is perfect for the front of the border or in containers. Cat# 1620 -more info- |
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$10.00 each in quart pots
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| Heuchera villosa 'Circus' |
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| Circus Alumroot |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
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Thierry Delabroye of France has created yet another heat and humidity tolerant Heuchera villosa masterpiece with the addition of 'Circus'. This one has lovely peach colored leaves in the spring which change to bright, yellow-green with striking red venation in the summer. Plus it has stout, 2' tall sprays of bright red flowers in late spring, and this is new in the Heuchera villosa group. The plant forms a very colorful, evergreen clump just over a foot tall and wide. Like other alumroots, it likes part shade and average, well drained soil. With its striking color combination, 'Circus' would look great with 'Obsidian' alumroot, doghobble, Florida anise tree, and Bowmans root. Cat# 1621 -more info- |
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Available in late March.
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$12.00 each in quart pots
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| Meehania cordata |
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| Creeping Mint, Meehan's Mint |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
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Don't let the common name scare you. This little member of the mint family, growing only 3 to 6 inches tall, is found sporadically in rich mountain woods of the southeast central mountains usually on basic soils. It makes clumps of 1 1/2 inch evergreen leaves adjoined by spreading runners, which eventually form carpets over good, shaded, woodland soil. But in late spring, plants are lavishly adorned with huge (to a little plant) 1 inch, violet with white, snapdragon-like flowers, which are quite showy. This would be a good one with Bleeding Hearts, Maidenhair Fern, Jacobs Ladder, or Blue Phlox. Cat# 1383 -more info- |
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$10.00 each in quart pots
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| Phlox carolina |
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| Carolina Phlox |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
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Phlox carolina is native to all the southeastern states, Missouri, and Arkansas in deciduous woods, savannahs, and clearings. Brilliant pink, dome-shaped flower clusters on 18" stems appear in early to mid summer. It is would be beautiful in a partly shaded garden with good soil where it will form slowly expanding clumps. Attractive combinations could include bluestar, Carolina bushpea, and blue-eyed grass. Cat# 1622 -more info- |
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$10.00 each in quart pots
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| Phlox paniculata 'Eva Cullum' |
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| Phlox, Summer Eva Cullum |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
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Mildew resistant and growing to around 3 feet tall, 'Eva Cullum' has medium pink flowers with a deep rose eye. 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. Cat# 1357 -more info- |
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$10.00 each in quart pots
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| Phlox stolonifera 'Bruce's White' |
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| Creeping Phlox |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
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'Bruce's White' creeping phlox is a ground covering phlox for shade and good soil. The very sweetly fragrant flowers are pure white with yellow eyes on 8-12 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# 1623 -more info- |
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$10.00 each in quart pots
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| Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Little Goldstar' |
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| Dwarf Black-eyed Susan |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
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'Little Goldstar' is a perfectly dwarf version of the popular Rudbeckia 'Goldsturm'. It grows to around 15" by 18" and has 2" golden yellow flowers with dark brown cones and flowers abundantly from mid to late summer. This is a great new introduction for the front of the border or for containers. Full sun and average soil. All of the coneflowers, butterfly weed, blazing stars, and Russian sage would make excellent companions. Cat# 1624 -more info- |
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$10.00 each in quart pots
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| Saccharum (Erianthus) giganteum |
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| Sugarcane Plumegrass |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
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In our part of east Tennessee, from September into November, it seems that every rural roadside that has some trees and a good slope to it, has got Plumegrass growing on it which radiates an intense white light when the flower heads are backlit by the afternoon sun. Virtually leafless flower stalks shoot up 9 to 10 feet into the sky, well above sparsely-leaved clumps of grass. And these white, fluffy, seed heads when back lit seem to float and glow in the autumn air. Plumegrass likes well drained but not dry, acid soil and a little more sun than shade. It's fast growing but never makes a dense clump so plant it behind something or underplant (with Sumac and Aromatic Aster) in a place where you'll view it facing west in the afternoon. This is a "must do". Cat# 1423 -more info- |
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$10.00 each in quart pots
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| Schizachyrium scoparium 'Prairie Blues' |
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| Little Bluestem |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
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Little bluestem occurs in every state except Oregon and Nevada. It is a wonderful colorful grass that grows to about 3 feet tall. It works easily into your natural prairie planting or grouped with other perennials in full sun. It also has wonderful green, blue, and later red coloring in the leaves. Fall seed stalks are fluffy white and delicate-perfect for backlighting. This variety, 'Prairie Blues', has bright, upright clumps of blue/green leaves. It's leaves turn orange, pink, and reddish in the fall. This is a lovely grass for a dry, sunny place. It does not like moist or fertile soil so pair it up with other tough, drought tolerant plants like coneflowers, asters, and black-eyed Susans. Cat# 1625 -more info- |
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$10.00 each in quart pots
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| Sporobolis heterolepis |
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| Prairie Dropseed |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
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Prairie dropseed is wide ranging across North America from the Rocky Mountains east. It is a major component of the prairie ecosystem along with big bluestem and indian grass. It is a very fine textured, warm season bunchgrass. It forms large, arching mounds of deep green, very narrow leaves, from which feathery, graceful flower panicles erupt in late summer. The lightly fragrant pink and brown flowers spray cloud-like above the foliage clumps. In the fall, dropseed clumps turn a beautiful golden-orange, then turn beige for the winter. Grow prairie dropseed in full sun and average to dry soil. Use it in masses to create a lush, soft, windswept look. Although it is a bit slow to establish, once you have it, it will take the worst abuse in dry, gravelly, or shallow soil, and it can be useful for controlling soil erosion. Baptisia, Tennessee coneflower, and Aster October Skies would be fantastic with it Cat# 1626 -more info- |
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$10.00 each in quart pots
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| Tricyrtis hirta |
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| Toad Lily |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
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Toad lily is a slowly spreading perennial that is native to shaded rocky cliffs and stream banks in Japan. It grows 2 to 3' tall and has arching, unbranched stems with 6", lance shaped, parallel-veined leaves. In early fall, it has unique, 1", orchid like, white to pale lilac flowers that are heavily spotted with dark purple. They are very intricate and showy up close. Toad lily is easy in moist, humusy soil in full to part shade. It will naturalize nicely by seed if conditions are just right. Plant them where you can enjoy the unique flowers up close. Doll's eyes, voodoo lily, and wild ginger would make a nice combination. Cat# 1627 -more info- |
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$10.00 each in quart pots
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| Vaccinium x 'Sunshine Blue' |
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| Southern Highbush Blueberry |
Zones: 6, 7, 8, 9 |
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Regarded as a very good low-chill blueberry for southern regions, 'Sunshine Blue' is ideal for backyard fruit production. This means it needs just 150 hours below 45 degrees to induce flowering for later fruiting. It produces large sweet berries over a very long period in the summer. Although it does not require a different pollinator, it will yield best when planted with another early flowering variety (maybe 'O'Neal'). It is semi-dwarf and only grows 3-4' tall and wide. It has beautiful late spring, pink flowers, and glaucous blue leaves that start out with a bronze cast. As with all the blueberries, plant 'Sunshine Blue' in full sun and organic, acidic, medium to wet, well drained soil. It will turn firey red in the fall. This shrub is truly a three season, multi purpose plant, and it is perfect for containers. Cat# 1628 -more info- |
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