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COLOR FLASH® ASTILBE
Astilbe x arendsii 'Beauty of Ernst' P.P.# 17343 ('Astdev')
Key Feature: Dramatic Foliage Color
Cold Hardiness Zone: 4-8
Light needs: Partial sun
Mature size: Mounding foliage 6 in. tall, up to 18 in. wide; 10 to 12 in. tall in bloom.
Flower Color: Pink
Blooms: Blush-pink blooms in June or July.
Brilliant electric green foliage emerges in early spring, soon maturing to a palette of burgundy, purple and green. In fall, the vibrant gold, orange and russet colors suit the season perfectly. Group in flower beds or spot in mixed containers. Mounding foliage 6 in. tall, up to 18 in. wide; 10 to 12 in. tall in bloom. Partial sun. Herbaceous.
GOLDEN RUBY™ BARBERRY
Berberis thunbergii 'Goruzam'
Key Feature: Dwarf Habit
Plant type: Deciduous Shrubs
Cold Hardiness Zone: 4-8
Light needs: Full sun
Mature size: Forms a dense, rounded shrub 24 in. tall and wide.
Flower Color: Yellow
Blooms: Small yellow flowers in spring.
A beautiful slow growing compact plant with striking orange red foliage accented with a golden margin. Great landscape plant for eye catching color. A low maintenance growth habit. Deciduous.
HELMOND PILLAR BARBERRY
Berberis thunbergii 'Helmond Pillar'
Key Feature: Year-round Interest
Plant type: Deciduous Shrubs
Cold Hardiness Zone: 4-8
Light needs: Full sun
Mature size: Slow growing 3 to 4 ft. tall, 12 to 18 in. wide.
Blooms: Inconspicuous yellow flowers in spring
Outstanding living column with vivid purple foliage is a designer's dream. This barberry offers three seasons of interest with yellow spring flowers, red fruits and intense fall color. Adds instant drama as a focal point or repetitive structural element in beds and borders. Deciduous shrub. Full sun for best color. Moderate growth to 6 feet tall, 1 to 2 feet wide.
PETITE INDIGO® DWARF BUTTERFLY BUSH
Buddleja davidii nanhoensis `Mongo`
Key Feature: Attracts Butterflies
Plant type: Deciduous Shrubs
Cold Hardiness Zone: 5-9
Light needs: Full to partial sun
Mature size: Compact grower to 5 ft. tall and wide.
Growth Habit: Arching
Flower Color: Purple
Blooms: Blooms midsummer through fall.
Foliage Color: Green
Spectacular summer color from slender fragrant, cone-shaped flower spikes of dark lavender to reddish-purple. Showy flowers attract butterflies. Useful dwarf form perfect as an accent plant or border. Smaller foliage than B. davidii types. Deciduous. Full to partial sun. Compact to 5 feet tall and wide.
PETITE PLUM® DWARF BUTTERFLY BUSH
Buddleja davidii nanhoensis `Monum`
Key Feature: Attracts Butterflies
Plant type: Deciduous Shrubs
Cold Hardiness Zone: 5-9
Light needs: Full to partial sun
Sunset Climate Zone: 3-24, 28-35, 37, 39
Mature size: Compact grower to 5 ft. tall, 5 ft. wide.
Growth Habit: Arching
Flower Color: Purple
Blooms: Blooms midsummer through fall.
Foliage Color: Green
Spectacular shrub with fragrant, dense clusters of cone-shaped reddish-purple blooms. Butterflies love them! Use as colorful landscape accents or to provide screening in warm season. Smaller foliage than B. davidii types. Deciduous. Full to partial sun. Compact to 5 feet tall and wide.
SAPPHIRE® INDIGO CLEMATIS
Clematis 'Cleminov 51'
Key Feature: Showy Flowers
Plant type: Vines
Cold Hardiness Zone: 5-9
Light needs: Full to partial sun
Mature size: A compact tidy form growing 3 to 5 ft. tall.
Blooms: Spring and again late summer.
A full yet contained vine that produces stunning masses of large sapphire blue flowers. Its small compact form has a continuous blooming habit. Great in containers or as a small climber. Gorgeous as a hanging basket. Deciduous. A compact tidy form growing 2 1/2 ft. by 2 1/2 ft.
PARISIENNE™ CLEMATIS
Clematis 'Evipo019' P.P.A.F.
Key Feature: Patio Container Plant
Plant type: Vines
Cold Hardiness Zone: 4-9
Light needs: Full to partial sun
Mature size: Hybridized for decorative container use, grows 3 to 4 feet quickly.
Growth Habit: Climbing
Blooms: May through summer.
Hybridized for use in decorative containers by breeder Raymond Evison, grows quickly 3 to 4 feet tall. This vine provides continual spring and summer bloom; with blooms on new spring growth and continuing to bloom as the plant grows. Very sturdy stems require a minimum of tying. Full to partial sun.
CEZANNE™ CLEMATIS
Clematis 'Evipo023'
Key Feature: Patio Container Plant
Plant type: Vines
Cold Hardiness Zone: 4-9
Light needs: Full to partial sun
Mature size: 4 to 5 ft. tall, 2 ft. wide.
Growth Habit: Climbing
Flower Color: Blue
Blooms: May through summer.
Hybridized for use in decorative containers by breeder Raymond Evison, grows quickly 3 to 4 feet tall. This vine provides continual spring & summer bloom; with blooms on new spring growth and continuing to bloom as the plant grows. Very sturdy stems require a minimum of tying. Full to partial sun.
VERSAILLES™ CLEMATIS
Clematis x 'Evipo025'
Key Feature: Patio Container Plant
Plant type: Vines
Cold Hardiness Zone: 4-9
Light needs: Full sun
Mature size: Fast grower 3 to 4 ft. tall and wide.
Growth Habit: Climbing
Flower Color: Red
Blooms: Late spring to early fall.
Foliage Color: Green
A free flowering variety displaying large 4-6 in. violet and magenta blooms from base to tip from late spring through early fall. This showy vine's dwarf habit will be a welcome addition to any patio container or small space garden. Very sturdy stems require a minimum of tying. Fast grower 3 to 4 ft. tall and wide. Full sun.
PIXIE MEADOWBRITE™ CONEFLOWER
Echinacea 'CBG Cone 2' P.P.A.F.
Key Feature: Compact Habit
Cold Hardiness Zone: 4-9
Light needs: Full to partial sun
Mature size: A compact grower only 18 to 20 in. tall, 24 in. wide.
Flower Color: Pink
Blooms: Pink flowers throughout summer.
Extremely prolific, snappy pink flowers with an orange center and horizontally held petals can appear 20 or more on one plant! Densely spaced, compact flower stems create a mass of color and reappear when spent stems are removed.
SUNSET GLOW BAMBOO
Fargesia rufa
Key Feature: Clump Forming
Cold Hardiness Zone: 5-9
Light needs: Partial sun
Mature size: Upright stems to 8 ft. tall, non-invasive clump expands a few inches per year.
Blooms: No flowers.
Orange-red sheaths at each node add color to the green culms (stems) of this well-contained plant. Perfect specimen for smaller gardens and courtyards. Leaves do not curl in the sun as with some bamboos. Essential to Asian and modern garden design. Grow in ground or in large well built containers. A favorite food of Giant Pandas. Evergreen. Partial sun. Upright stems to 8 feet tall, non-invasive clump expands a few inches per year.
APHRODITE ROSE OF SHARON
Hibiscus syriacus 'Aphrodite'
Key Feature: Summer Flowering
Plant type: Deciduous Shrubs
Cold Hardiness Zone: 5-9
Light needs: Full to partial sun
Mature size: Moderate growing to 10 ft. tall, 6 ft. wide.
Growth Habit: Erect
Flower Color: Pink
Blooms: Flowers in summer.
Foliage Color: Green
These improved selections from the National Arboretum are sterile triploids, have a longer blooming season, thicker textured petals and foliage, displayed on densely branched habit of growth 10 ft. tall, 6 ft. wide. Blooms are single on all selections. Good hedge or screen. Deciduous. Cutting grown. `Aphrodite` Deep rose pink, showy bloom with a deep, red eye.
DIANA ROSE OF SHARON
Hibiscus syriacus 'Diana'
Key Feature: Summer Flowering
Plant type: Deciduous Shrubs
Cold Hardiness Zone: 5-9
Light needs: Full to partial sun
Mature size: Moderate growing 10 ft. tall, 6 ft. wide.
Growth Habit: Erect
Flower Color: White
Blooms: Pure white single flowers in summer.
Foliage Color: Green
A National Arboretum selection producing snow white hibiscus blossoms. Summer blooming on upright habit. Thicker textured petals and foliage are displayed more densely. Tough and resilient, makes an exceptional drought resistant cold hardy choice for tropical looks. Deciduous shrub. Full sun. Fast growing 10 ft. tall, 6 ft. wide.
HELENE ROSE OF SHARON
Hibiscus syriacus 'Helene'
Key Feature: Summer Flowering
Plant type: Deciduous Shrubs
Cold Hardiness Zone: 5-9
Light needs: Full to partial sun
Mature size: Moderate growing 10 ft. tall, 6 ft. wide.
Growth Habit: Erect
Flower Color: White
Blooms: Flowers in summer.
Foliage Color: Green
A National Arboretum selection producing snow white hibiscus blossoms with deep red eye. Summer blooming on upright habit. Thicker textured petals and foliage are displayed more densely. Tough and resilient, makes an exceptional drought resistant cold hardy choice for tropical looks. Deciduous shrub. Full sun. Moderate growing 10 ft. tall, 6 ft. wide.
MINERVA ROSE OF SHARON
Hibiscus syriacus 'Minerva'
Key Feature: Summer Flowering
Plant type: Deciduous Shrubs
Cold Hardiness Zone: 5-9
Light needs: Full to partial sun
Mature size: Moderate-growing to 10 ft. high, 6 ft. wide.
Growth Habit: Erect
Flower Color: Pink
Blooms: Flowers in summer.
Foliage Color: Green
Lavender pink with a lavender purple eye is a great tropical look for northern gardens. A National Arboretum selection producing thicker textured petals and foliage are displayed more densely. Upright plants bloom all summer. Tough and resilient, makes an exceptional drought resistant cold hardy choice for tropical looks. Deciduous shrub. Full sun. Fast growing 10 feet tall, 6 feet wide.
PINK ELF® FRENCH HYDRANGEA
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Pia'
Key Feature: Summer Flowering
Plant type: Deciduous Shrubs
Cold Hardiness Zone: 5-11
Light needs: Filtered sun
Mature size: Fast grower to 18 in. tall and 24 in. wide.
Growth Habit: Round
Flower Color: Pink
Blooms: Blooms late spring and summer.
Foliage Color: Green
Miniature in size, ideal shrub for container, accent or border use in semi-shady areas. Numerous colorful rich pink broad flower heads add long lasting enjoyment. Deciduous. Filtered sun. Fast grower to 18 inches tall and 24 inches wide.
SOFT TOUCH COMPACT HOLLY
Ilex crenata 'Soft Touch'
Key Feature: Hedge Plant
Cold Hardiness Zone: 5-9
Light needs: Full sun
Mature size: Dense, rounded shrub; moderate growth 2 to 3 feet tall and wide.
Growth Habit: Round
Flower Color: White
Blooms: Insignificant blooms in spring.
A popular, densely foliaged, rounded, soft-textured evergreen shrub. The leaves are soft, glossy green all year and have an interesting silver mid-vein. Works wonderfully planted in borders, as an accent, or sited along walkways. Black berries last all winter for interest. Full sun. Moderate growth 2 to 3 feet tall and wide.
BERRI MAGIC® HOLLY COMBO
Ilex verticillata 'Jim Dandy' & 'Red Sprite'
Plant type: Deciduous Shrubs
Cold Hardiness Zone: 4
Light needs: Full to partial sun
Mature size: Slow-growing to 6 to 10 ft. tall and wide.
Blooms: Tiny flowers in spring.
A profusion of bright red berries brighten the winter landscape and provide food for birds. A male pollenizer has been planted in the same container to assure berry set. Extremely hardy. Deciduous.
SEA OF GOLD® JUNIPER
Juniperus x pfitzeriana 'MonSan'
Key Feature: Easy Care Plant
Plant type: Conifers
Cold Hardiness Zone: 3-9
Light needs: Full sun
Mature size: Moderate growing to 3 ft. tall and 4 ft. wide.
Growth Habit: Mounding
Blooms: No noticeable flowers.
Foliage Color: Yellow
Outstanding lacy, golden-yellow foliage makes this compact evergreen an excellent choice as a colorful accent. Color is retained and deepens in winter better than other gold-tipped varieties. Full sun. Moderate grower to 3 feet tall, 4 feet wide.
GOODWIN CREEK GRAY LAVENDER
Lavandula dentata 'Goodwin Creek Gray'
Key Feature: Fragrant
Plant type: Evergreen Shrubs
Cold Hardiness Zone: 5-9
Light needs: Full sun
Sunset Climate Zone: 8, 9, 12-24, 31
Mature size: Moderate grower to 2 to 3 ft. tall and wide.
Flower Color: Purple
Blooms: Summer flowering.
Foliage Color: Gray
Dense, compact gray foliage backs spikes of dark lavender flowers in winter and spring. Great in perennial borders or rock gardens. Shear older flowers to promote continuous bloom in summer. Evergreen shrub. Full sun. Moderate grower to 2 to 3 feet tall and wide. Cutting grown.
PROVENCE FRENCH LAVENDER
Lavandula x intermedia 'Provence'
Key Feature: Deer Resistant
Cold Hardiness Zone: 5-9
Light needs: Full sun
Mature size: Moderate growing 2 ft. tall and wide.
Blooms: Fragrant purple flowers in summer.
The commercial lavender variety grown in the French countryside. Heavily redolent foliage and flowers are a Mediterranean staple. Soft gray green clump produces a large mass. Becomes packed with fine wands of fragrant purple flowers in summer for an incredible display. Plenty to harvest for crafts, kitchen and decor. Exceptional xeriscape plant that also thrives in well drained beds, borders and banks Add to herb and cutting gardens. Takes well to containers and troughs. Perennial subshrub. Full sun. Moderate growing 30 in. tall, 24 in. wide.
CENTER GLOW NINEBARK
Physocarpus opulifolius 'Center Glow'
Key Feature: Dramatic Foliage Color
Plant type: Deciduous Shrubs
Cold Hardiness Zone: 2-8
Light needs: Full sun
Mature size: Moderate growing to 6 to 8 ft. tall and wide.
Flower Color: White
Blooms: Clusters of white flowers in summer.
Striking newly emerging foliage is bright rosy red with a golden yellow center. Foliage matures to deep burgundy followed by clusters of contrasting white flowers in summer and finally bright red fruit in fall. The older, heavier stems also display attractive peeling bark in winter. A great background shrub or informal hedge. Moderate growing to 6 to 8 ft. tall and wide. Full sun. Deciduous.
BLUE WONDER DWARF ALBERTA SPRUCE
Picea glauca 'Blue Wonder'
Key Feature: Dramatic Foliage Color
Plant type: Conifers
Cold Hardiness Zone: 2-8
Light needs: Full to partial sun
Mature size: Slow growing 6 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. wide.
Growth Habit: Conical
Blooms: Produces no flowers.
Foliage Color: Gray-blue
An improved selection with striking gray blue foliage. A standout in any garden! Outstanding in containers framing a doorway, or planted in the landscape in a odd number grouping. Decorate with white lights for Christmas. Evergreen. Slow growing 6 ft. tall and 2 to 3 ft. wide. Full to partial sun.
FLOWER CARPET® AMBER GROUND COVER ROSE
Rosa x 'NOA97400A' P.P.A.F.
Key Feature: Easy Care Plant
Plant type: Roses
Cold Hardiness Zone: 5-10
Light needs: Full sun
Mature size: A vigorous but compact shrub 24 to 30 in. tall and wide.
Growth Habit: Mounding
Blooms: Continuously from spring through fall.
From soft red buds, an abundance of semi-double, peachy amber flowers, fading to seashell pink, envelope the plant and are fragrant - a first for the series. Features higher disease resistance than others in the series. Beautiful in containers or planted in mass. A vigorous but compact shrub 24 to 30 in. tall and wide. Full sun.
BARBEQUE ROSEMARY
Rosmarinus officinalis 'Barbeque'
Key Feature: Flavor for Cooking
Cold Hardiness Zone: 8-10
Light needs: Full sun
Mature size: Moderate growing 4 to 6 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. wide.
Blooms: Blue flowers in summer.
Selected for its unusually upright, stiff twigs preferred for savory kebob skewers. Foliage maintains especially good flavor and aroma for cooking. Quickly forms an upright hedge of aromatic needle-like foliage. Blue flowers in summer are profuse and clear. Takes to pruning well for plentiful harvest. Height is perfect for screens. Evergreen shrub. Full sun. Moderate growing 4 to 6 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. wide.
SUNSHINE BLUE BLUEBERRY
Vaccinium x 'Sunshine Blue' (Southern Highbush)
Key Feature: Edible Fruit
Plant type: Deciduous Shrubs
Cold Hardiness Zone: 5-10
Light needs: Full sun
Mature size: Semi-dwarf shrub 3 to 4 ft. tall and wide.
Flower Color: Pink
Blooms: Pink bell-shaped flowers late spring.
Hot pink bell shaped flowers are decorative before fading to white. Blooms in late spring. Yields an abundant crop of large tangy fruit with as few as 150 hours of chill. Self pollinating, but produces best when planted with another variety. Dwarf stature is far more suited to ornamental gardens and small space landscapes than other varieties. Semi-evergreen shrub. Full sun. Moderate growth 3 to 4 feet tall and wide
DARK HORSE WEIGELA
Weigela florida 'Dark Horse'
Key Feature: Compact Habit
Plant type: Deciduous Shrubs
Cold Hardiness Zone: 4-8
Light needs: Full sun
Mature size: Low, spreading shrub 3 ft. tall and wide.
Growth Habit: Spreading
Blooms: Pinkish red flowers in spring.
Generous clusters of magenta pink flowers stand out boldly against bronze leaves with striking lime green venation. Shorter stature makes a valuable foundation plant that fits well in small gardens. Dense, spreading habit is particularly good coverage in the foreground of shrub borders or on banks. Shape plants after spring bloom. Deciduous. Full sun. Moderate growth to 3 feet tall and about as wide.
MAGICAL® FANTASY WEIGELA
Weigela florida 'Kolsunn'
Key Feature: Spring Flowering
Plant type: Deciduous Shrubs
Cold Hardiness Zone: 4-8
Light needs: Full sun
Mature size: A bushy shrub 3 to 4 ft. tall and wide.
Growth Habit: Bushy
Flower Color: Pink
Blooms: Spring.
Pure white leaf margins provide wonderful contrast to the green leaves and add interest along with the profuse soft pink flowers. An elegant foundation or border shrub. Deciduous.
PINK POPPET WEIGELA
Weigela florida 'Pink Poppet'
Key Feature: Repeat Blooming
Plant type: Deciduous Shrubs
Cold Hardiness Zone: 3-7
Light needs: Full sun
Mature size: Dwarf habit 2 ft. tall and wide.
Blooms: Spring and again in summer.
Produces a profusion of shell pink blossoms in spring, and then again reliably in late summer. Dwarf form is highly versatile and better suited to small garden applications. A fine shrub for color in foundation beds that won't overreach its space. Compound visibility in groups or line up as an informal hedge. Deciduous shrub. Full sun. Moderate growth to just 2 ft. tall and wide.
AMETHYST FALLS AMERICAN WISTERIA
Wisteria frutescens 'Amethyst Falls'
Key Feature: Repeat Blooming
Plant type: Vines
Cold Hardiness Zone: 5-9
Light needs: Full to partial sun
Mature size: Fast grower with stems 8 to 10 ft. long.
Blooms: Late spring and sporadically in summer.
Twining plant grows about a third the rate of Asian wisteria for better behavior in small spaces. Slightly fragrant purple racemes bloom at an early age. Great in containers for porch or patio or espalier onto trellis or arbor. Deciduous.
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