Lilium x 'Perfect Joy'

Asiatic Lily 'Perfect Joy'

Family: Liliaceae (Lily Family)

       

·        Hardiness Zones:  4-8

·        Height: 16 inches

·        Spread: 14-16 inches

·        Bloom Time: mid to late June

·        Bloom: pink with white center

·        Light: full sun to part shade

·        Soil: average, well-drained

·        Moisture: medium

·        Use: accent plant for bed or border; attracts hummingbirds and pollinators

·        Care: divide bulbs in fall every 2 years; remove spent blooms but leave foliage alone for as long as it is green; cut stalks to ground in late autumn

·        Concerns: monitor for aphids and rot; rabbits like Asiatic lilies

·        Native to: hybrid cultivar

·        Notes: little or no fragrance; as they establish they will produce more flowers every years; salt tolerant

·        Supplier: Kopke's Fruit of the Bloom

·        Teaching Garden Location & Code: Sidewalk Garden G180

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Coreopsis hybrida 'Jethro Tull'

Tickseed 'Jethro Tull'

Family: Asteraceae (Aster Family)

       

·        Hardiness Zones:  5-9

·        Height: 18 inches

·        Spread: 18 inches

·        Bloom Time: June to August

·        Bloom: golden yellow fluted petals

·        Light: full sun

·        Soil: average

·        Moisture: dry to medium; drought tolerant

·        Use: attracts butterflies; front or middle of a perennial border

·        Care: low maintenance

·        Concerns: no serious insect problems; excellent disease resistance

·        Native to: hybrid cultivar

·        Notes: upright, outward-spreading mound of elliptical green leaves

·        Supplier: Kopke's Fruit of the Bloom

·        Teaching Garden Location & Code: Pollinator Garden C193

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Meehania cordata

Wood Mint

Family: Lamiaceae (Mint Family)

       

·        Hardiness Zones:  4-8

·        Height: 6-10 inches

·        Spread: 12 inches

·        Bloom Time: May to June

·        Bloom: hooded, two-lipped lavender blue

·        Light: part shade to shade

·        Soil: best in rich, humusy, well-drained soils

·        Moisture: medium

·        Use: groundcover for shade gardens, woodland gardens

·        Care: low maintenance

·        Concerns: no serious insect or disease problems

·        Native to: Eastern United States

·        Notes: stoloniferous, mat forming, but not too aggressive; broadly heart-shaped green leaves

·        Supplier: The Flower Factory

·        Teaching Garden Location & Code: Naturalistic Garden H128

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Panicum virgatum 'North Wind'

Switch Grass 'North Wind'

Family: Poaceae (Grass Family)

·        Hardiness Zones:  5-9

·        Height: 60 inches

·        Spread: 24-30 inches

·        Bloom Time: August to September

·        Bloom: tight orange plumes

·        Light: full sun to part shade, but begins to loose columnar form in too much shade

·        Soil: prefers moist soil, will take dry, sandy or clay soils

·        Moisture: average to moist, consistent

·        Use: best massed or in groups, perennial borders, meadows, rain gardens, erosion control or naturalized areas; provides winter interest

·        Care: low maintenance, cut down to 6 inches in late fall

·        Concerns: no serious insect or disease problems

·        Native to:

·        Notes: olive green to bluish green foliage; turns yellow-beige in fall

·        Supplier: The Flower Factory

·        Teaching Garden Location & Code: Naturalistic Garden H123

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