Archive for May, 2010

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Americana® Pink Geranium

(Geranium)  Americana® Pink Geranium is one of the best pink-colored Geraniums on the market. Like the other Americanas, Americana® Pink variety has excellent landscape performance and a well-branched plant structure. Geraniums make for great hanging baskets and combination planters. Dead head for continuous blooms and a nicer looking planters.

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Rudbeckia ‘Tiger Eye’

(Black Eyed Susan) Rudbeckia ‘Tiger Eye’ is topped with petal-packed 3″ blossoms covering the plant in rich golden yellow. A significant improvement over other Rudbeckias in susceptibility to powdery mildew means the non-stop show lasts even longer in the garden bed. ‘Tiger Eye’ is heat, humidity, drought tolerant and has demonstrated increased longevity.

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Digitalis ‘Candy Mountain’

(Foxglove) Digitalis ‘Candy Mountain’ is the first foxglove ever to have upward-facing flowers instead of the usual downward-facing ones! This unique feature allows you to view the beautifully speckled flower throats from above instead of having to get down on your knees to see their true beauty. In early summer, the ‘Candy Mountain’ rose pink flowers completely surround the strong flower spikes and make a dramatic look for the back of the border. This plant is a biennial.

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Iris germanica ‘Tanzanian Tangerine’

(Iris-Tall Bearded) Iris ‘Tanzanian Tangerine’ is a very unique addition. Ruffled, peachy tan flowers have clear standards, but the falls are misted with a fine spray of red wine color. A subtle red wine picotee edge and orange beards complete the look. The colorful mix on ‘Tanzanian Tangerine‘ make this a great choice for your spring garden.

I give this a A+ for color!~ Heidi

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Bangle™ Genista lydia ‘Select’

(Dyers-Greenwood) Bangle™ Genista is a new, more floriferous and longer blooming selection of Genista that produces waves of electric yellow flowers in early spring. After the spring bloom, this nearly leafless plant has bright green stems that provide interesting year round texture and color.  Bangle™ is easy to grow and makes a lovely low hedge of 2 feet tall by 2 feet wide. Heat tolerant and adaptable to nearly any well-drained soil. A Proven Winners® ColorChoice® Flowering Shrub.

Note from Heidi: I love the mass of mounding yellow color in the spring when this little jewel blooms. It gives the garden a great punch of yellow color when very few things are blooming.

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Callie® Mango Calibrachoa

I generally am not a peach/coral person when it comes to flowers. BUT I must say I am in LOVE with the new Callie Mango Calibrachoa. The blooms are much larger than many other Calibrachoas and the color is absolutely stunning. The flower power that this plant gives is also amazing. I have used this in many combination basket planting and it never fails to fill out the whole side of the basket in a mass of color. I will choose the Callie series over any other calibrachoa out there!

(Million Bells) Callie® Mango Calibrachoa is an easy to grow Calibrachoa that is ideal for large containers and combo planters. The almost coral color of Callie® Mango adds an eye-catching new look to your color combinations.

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Magellan™ Cherry Zinnia

(Zinnia) Magellan™ Cherry Zinnia displays large, fully double blooms that cover the plant for a beautiful presentation. The Magellan™ series are the best dwarf Zinnias ever grown for their outstanding performance and larger more abundant blooms. The large 5″ wide blooms are fully double and pack on some major petal power. ‘Magellan™ Cherry is well branched  and stays a compact 12″ tall. We are offering 4 varieties in the Magellan™ series this year including Cherry, Orange, Scarlet, and Yellow. Plant in groupings or plant all together to make a colorful statement

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Leucanthemum superbum ‘Banana Cream’

(Shasta Daisy) Leucanthemum ‘Banana Cream’ PPAF is a gorgeous and exciting new shasta daisy with flowers that open lemon yellow, lighten to a soft butter shade, then turn white when mature. The extra row of ray petals give this shasta daisy a fuller look. Because ‘Banana Cream‘ PPAF is such a profuse bloomer, the plants are constantly covered with blooms in three different colors from late spring to early summer. Enjoy more blooms in late summer if early blooms are deadheaded.

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Edgy™ Hearts Hydrangea

macrophylla ‘Horheart’ PPAF

If there is one Hydrangea that I have to say is my favorite, Edgy Hearts just took the prize. I had planted one of these in a large container to put in my yard this spring. And needless to say it was ready before my yard was ready so I put it in the store to be sold. Everybody asked “is it real”? The deep dark green foliage looked like plastic. The masses of HUGE blooms looked to good to be real. Everybody came up to it and just had to touch it to be sure. The blooms were much larger than what my hand could hold and the amount of blooms were just amazing. The strong sturdy stems held the large blooms with no problem. A must have for you Hydrangea collection!

(Hydrangea Picotee) Edgy™ Hearts Hydrangea has dark pinkish-red flowers, with heart-shaped petals that are emphasized by narrow, white line margins along the edges. Edgy™ Hearts was developed in Dresden, Germany and grows to 2-4 feet with strong stems and glossy foliage. The addition of aluminum sulfate will push the flower color to a blue hue creating a dramatic new look. A Proven Winners® ColorChoice® Flowering Shrub

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