Newsletter June 2015

Cool Plants

Here are some plants that we have in stock and that we think looks great in your garden right now. Want to know more about these plants? Visit our plant database.

Variegated Daphne

Beautiful small shrub with cream colored leaves edged green. Very fragrant flowers when mature. Grows best in a well drained soil. They do much better planted in the ground rather than growing in a pot for too long.

Light Need: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant characteristic: Semi-Evergreen

Lewisia Cotyledon

Vivid golden foliage on large open plants can be used for contrast and to brighten darker shade gardens. Traditional heart shaped pink flowers dangle from long wands above the leaves. Perfect for woodland gardens and under larger shade trees.

Light need: Full Sun to Part Shade
Plant characteristic: Herbaceous

Illumination® Peaches ‘n Cream

Illumination® Peaches ‘n Cream Begonia produces large, gorgeous cascading peachy flowers all summer long. The compact habit of begonia makes for a perfect container plant.

Light need: Full sun to part shade
Plant characteristic: Herbaceous

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum “Cinnamon Fern”

Dramatic architectural form and color makes a striking focal point near the edge of water features. Large 4-foot long fronds are blue-green in summer with new growth covered in white hairs. Fertile fronds are a contrasting cinnamon brown.

Light need: Filtered sun
Plant characteristic: Herbaceous

Dahlia Mystic Fantasy

Dahlia Mystic Fantasy (‘Hawaiian Dreams’) is truly an exotic beauty with delicate sun kissed flamingo pink blooms with soft yellow halo, raspberry eye and dark disc. Set against the glossy dark foliage, these stunning blooms are breath-taking.

Light need: Full Sun to Part Shade
Plant characteristic: Herbaceous

Zebra Rush

For those who love the variegation of Zebra Grass, Scirpus tabernaemontani ‘Zebrinus’ offers that same color combination in a rush to complement the other bog and marsh plants in the water garden. Zebra Rush has tapered tubular stems that are horizontally banded with green and white and grows to 30″. It performs best in wet soils and full sun.