Weigela florida 'Sunset'

My Monet® Weigela 'Sunset'

Family: Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle Family)

       

·        Hardiness Zones:  5-7

·        Height: 1-1.5 feet

·        Spread: 1-1.5 feet

·        Bloom Time: spring

·        Bloom: soft pink

·        Light: full sun

·        Soil: average well-drained

·        Moisture: medium

·        Use: edging, border fronts, foundations; mass for small ground cover; attracts hummingbirds

·        Care: low maintenance

·        Concerns: no serious insect or disease problems

·        Native to: species native to northern China, Korea and Japan

·        Notes: variegated foliage takes on sunset tones of orange, red and yellow in fall; deer resistant

·        Supplier: Landscape Designs, Inc.

·        Teaching Garden Location & Code: Wet Garden D171

 

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Phlox hybrida 'Rocky Road Violet Blue'

Hybrid Spring Phlox 'Rocky Road Violet Blue'

Family: Polemoniaceae (Phlox Family)

       

·        Hardiness Zones:  4-8

·        Height: 4-6 inches

·        Spread: 34-36 inches

·        Bloom Time: mid to late spring

·        Bloom: violet blue flowers

·        Light: full sun

·        Soil: average

·        Moisture: low to medium; excellent drought tolerance

·        Use: rock gardens, ground covers, edging

·        Care: low maintenance; may divide clumps in early fall after 3-4 years

·        Concerns: no serious insect or disease problems; does not like moist conditions

·        Native to: hybrid cultivar

·        Notes: forms low mound of narrow glossy leaves; spreads more slowly than phlox subulata; salt tolerant; deer resistant

·        Supplier: Landscape Designs, Inc.

·        Teaching Garden Location & Code: Wet Garden D169

 

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Chrysogonum virginianum

Golden Star; Green and Gold

Family: Asteraceae (Aster Family)

       

·        Hardiness Zones:  5-9

·        Height: 6-12 inches

·        Spread: 9-18 inches

·        Bloom Time: May to October

·        Bloom: star-shaped, daisy-like, bright yellow flowers to 1 1/2 inches across

·        Light: part shade to full shade

·        Soil: prefers moist, acidic, well-drained, organically-rich soils

·        Moisture: medium to wet

·        Use: ground cover for woodland and native plant gardens; shady areas of border fronts, rain gardens, or rock gardens

·        Care: low maintenance; remove spent flowers stems for best groundcover appearance; benefits from being divided

·        Concerns: no serious insect or disease problems; some susceptibility to mildew

·        Native to: Eastern U.S. woodlands; a Wisconsin native wildflower

·        Notes: foliage of toothed, triangular, bright green leaves (to 3 inches long) forms a low-growing mat 3-4 inches high; spreads by rhizomes to form ground cover; may self-seed; flowers stems rise above foliage; profuse flowering in spring, often stops in the heat of summer, and becomes more sporatic later

·        Supplier: Landscape Designs, Inc.

·        Teaching Garden Location & Code: Wet Garden D165

 

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Eryngium planum

Sea Holly

Family: Apiaceae (Carrot Family)

       

·        Hardiness Zones:  4-8

·        Height: 2-3 feet

·        Spread: 12-18 inches

·        Bloom Time: June to September

·        Bloom: steel blue, thistle-like flowers heads on tall, stiff, branched, violet-blue stems above foliage mound

·        Light: full sun

·        Soil: very well-drained sandy soils; tolerant of poor soils

·        Moisture: dry

·        Use: single specimen or grouping in perennial borders, cut and dried flowers; excellent in sun-baked areas of the landscape; attracts butterflies and hummingbirds

·        Care: low maintenance; deadhead to preserve neat appearance; susceptible to sprawling and root rot in moist and fertile soils (needs dry soils)

·        Concerns: no serious insect or disease problems

·        Native to: genus native to central and southeastern Europe

·        Notes: coarse clump-forming perennial; basal rosette of deep green, deeply toothed leaves;  deeply tap-rooted, so transplants poorly; flowers attract pollinators; deer and rabbit resistant; salt tolerant

·        Supplier: Kopke's Fruit of the Bloom

·        Teaching Garden Location & Code: Welcome Garden B159; Naturalistic Garden H225

 

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