Teucrium chamaedrys 'Summer Sunshine'

Germander 'Summer Sunshine'                          

Family: Lamiaceae (Mint Family)

       

·        Hardiness Zones:  4-9

·        Height: 6-8 inches

·        Spread: 12-18 inches

·        Bloom Time: July to August

·        Bloom: short spikes of purple flowers

·        Light: full sun to part shade

·        Soil: average, well-drained

·        Moisture: dry to medium; drought tolerant

·        Use: ground cover, rock garden, containers or edging a border; inclined to spread to form a patch; attracts butterflies

·        Care: low maintenance; plants may be pruned to maintain a low height

·        Concerns: no serious problems

·        Native to: species native to Europe to Caucasus; discovered as a sport of the plain green species in Canada

·        Notes: bright yellow leaves in spring fading to chartreuse in summer in full sun (leaves more green in part shade); deer and rabbit resistant

·        Supplier: The Flower Factory

·        Teaching Garden Location & Code: Welcome Garden B113

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Pinus mugo 'Slowmound'

TRUdwarf® Mugo Pine 'Slowmound'

Family: Pinaceae (Pine Family)

       

·        Hardiness Zones:  2-8

·        Height: 1-2 feet in 10 years, 3 feet at maturity

·        Spread: 4 feet at maturity

·        Bloom: non-flowering

·        Light: full sun to part sun

·        Soil: average, very well-drained

·        Moisture: dry to average

·        Use: alpine and rock gardens, borders

·        Care: prune in early spring if needed; only trim back growth of current season

·        Concerns: no disease problems; can be susceptible to European sawfly

·        Native to: species native to central Europe

·        Notes: very compact and slow growing; evenly mounded habit of finely textured,dense, deep green foliage; salt tolerant

·        Supplier: America's Best Flowers

·        Teaching Garden Location & Code: Rock Garden C216

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Sedum kamtschaticum 'Variegatum'

Stonecrop 'Variegatum'

Family: Crassulaceae (Orphine Family)

       

·        Hardiness Zones:  4-9

·        Height: 5 inches

·        Spread: 6-12 inches

·        Bloom Time: July

·        Bloom: star-shaped yellow flowers open from pink buds and mature to crimson

·        Light: full sun

·        Soil: moderately fertile, well-drained

·        Moisture: dry to medium

·        Use: beds and borders, ground cover, rock garden; attracts butterflies

·        Care: low maintenance; take stem cuttings or root leaves in early summer; divide in spring

·        Concerns: no serious insect or disease problems

·        Native to: species native to temperate Asia

·        Notes: clumping habit; variegated leaves with creamy margin; rabbit resistant; salt tolerant

·        Supplier: Jung's Garden Center

·        Teaching Garden Location & Code: Rock Garden C205

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Sedum spurium 'Fulda Glow'

Caucasian Stonecrop 'Fulda Glow'

Family: Crassulaceae (Orphine Family)

       

·        Hardiness Zones:  2-9

·        Height: 2-4 inches

·        Spread: 10-12 inches

·        Bloom Time: August to September

·        Bloom: soft rose-red flowers

·        Light: full sun to part shade

·        Soil: average, well-drained; does well in low fertility soils

·        Moisture: dry to medium, drought tolerant

·        Use: containers, borders, rock gardens; attracts butterflies

·        Care: low maintenance; divide clumps every 2-3 years in early spring.

·        Concerns: no serious insect or disease problems

·        Native to: hybrid cultivar

·        Notes: bronze-red leaves persist throughout the growing season; rabbit resistant; salt tolerant

·        Supplier: Jung's Garden Center

·        Teaching Garden Location & Code: Rock Garden C220

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