Dense and compact with deep green foliage, this selection is a reblooming beauty with deep blue, mophead flowers starting in June and continuing all summer. Heavier blooming than Endless Summer® The Original. All summer color. Deep green foliage along with dark red stems add to its attraction. Easy to grow. Perfect for use as a specimen or in groups.
New and improved! The second generation of Invincibelle Spirit hydrangea delivers on all accounts: it has darker foliage, stiffer stems, and larger flowers that are a richer pink that ages to an attractive green. This hydrangea grows from Manitoba to Mobile, blooming every year from mid-summer to frost. It is a strong rebloomer, and will deliver plenty of rich pink flowers through the summer and into fall. As with the original Invincibelle Spirit hydrangea, $1 from every plant sold will be donated to the Breast Cancer Research Center. BCRF is dedicated to preventing breast cancer and finding a cure in our lifetime by funding clinical and translational research worldwide.
Lovely bluish-green foliage is thick and hearty and sets off the huge 14″ white lace cap blooms that are mostly fertile flowers. These tiny flowers offer nectar for beneficial insects and butterflies while the larger sterile flowers around the edge offer a splash of pure white and act as a landing pad in July and August. It’s perfect for planting in a transitional area between the woods and lawn or massed to form a haven for birds and other wildlife. Its upright bushy form has excellent structure with minimal pruning and its stout sturdy stems keep those massive flowers upright and never flop!
It’s all about the flowers with this stunning performer. Mammoth blooms of up to one foot in diameter last from June to September and actually get larger as the season progresses on this old fashioned, durable favorite. ‘Annabelle’ was discovered in one lucky garden in Anna, Illinois, and for flower size, duration and durability this arborescens eclipses all others. In fact, the blooms are so colossal that the stems may not always be up to the task of supporting them so it’s best to plant ‘Annabelle’ en masse for support or to add a support cage and to prune less vigorously to encourage stronger stems. ‘Annabelle’ thrives in almost any well-drained garden soil and will grow and flower well in full sun with plenty of moisture or partial shade. Make sure you cut some blooms for drying, too!
Possibly the best, most stately vine available! Slow growing when young, more rapid as it ages, this Cary Award winner will grow over and cover any structure with ease. Deep, dark foliage, excellent exfoliating bark, and immensely showy, 6-10″ diameter white flowers in late June. A real beauty!
This close relative of ‘Francee’ shines like a beacon in dark, shady areas with bold white margins surrounding deep green, heart shaped foliage. Spectacular color, great mounding form, and lavender flowers that rise above the foliage on long stalks in August complete a beautiful picture.
The sister plant of ‘Lavender Chiffon’®, this selection offers clouds of big, beefy, pure white, single flowers from early August through September with beguilingly lacy, frilly centers that will be sure to catch everyone’s eye! Stong growing and long blooming, this plant is destined the look of the landscape in late summer.
This purple form of the dwarf Lil’ Kim® hibiscus is perfect for containers and smaller gardens. It has the same compact habit but with plum-violet flowers accented by a red eye. The large – up to 3″ across – flowers are very striking against the dark, glossy foliage and are held up by very strong stems.
Another plant breakthrough from Proven Winners®/Color Choice®, ‘L’il Kim’® is the first dwarf variety of Rose of Sharon on the market opening up loads of landscape possibilities that weren’t available previously given the 8-10’ sizing of all others in this species. ‘L’il Kim’® is less than half the size meaning it will fit in small spaces or along the foundation without overpowering the area. Just because it’s small, don’t think that ‘L’il Kim’® is a wimp when it comes to blooming! Starting in mid July, big, beefy buds begin to open to reveal 2″ diameter, star shaped, pure white flowers with a stunning deep red center. The bloom is heavy, lasts into early September and the individual flowers last up to 3 days, 3 times longer than those on any other Hibiscus!! Even its foliage is better than its larger brethren showing better thickness and much deeper color than others. You’ll want to plant more than one ‘L’il Kim’® and why not with its easy care nature and its ability to thrive in full or half day sun.
There’s something about blue colored Rose of Sharon flowers in the summer that makes gardeners happy. With the introduction of ‘Blue Chiffon’® from breeder Dr. Roderick Woods of England, America’s summer happiness factor may soar! The exquisite blue flowers displayed by ‘Blue Chiffon’® feature pleasing deep lavender-blue outer petals surrounding a lacy center of lighter lavender-blue petals giving it a semi-double appearance. The flower centers are accented with wine red color that streaks out from the veins of the petals. ‘Blue Chiffon’® blooms profusely from July through September, is very tolerant of summer’s heat and humidity and loves a sunny location. It will make a perfect old school summer specimen planting or a stunning border planting when grouped.
The first ever seedless Rose of Sharon with large, single blue flowers! This easy to grow plant adds unusual color to the summer landscape with masses of big, deep blue flowers with dark centers. It is the perfect plant to group to form an easy to maintain colorful hedge or can be added to perennial borders and mixed beds. Azurri Satin can also be used in large container gardens – it makes a stunning patio specimen plant. This selection loves full sun and is deer resistant.
This trouble free native straddles the line between tree and shrub but there is never any doubt of the outstanding characteristics it brings to the landscape. Aggressive growing, it quickly becomes a substantial landscape presence bringing substantial beauty to each season. Spring sees its large, bluish-green foliage emerge with a bronze tinge. Foliage darkens through the summer months hiding branches and providing thick covered protection for numerous bird species. As colder weather approaches, leaves turn a bright yellow providing a tremendous fall foliage show. After the foliage has left in late October, this plant blooms with its spidery yellow, strap-like petals complete with a spicy scent that enlivens the autumn landscape with the last flower of any ornamental of the season. Distinct gray bark adds winter interest to this American Beauties classic plant that grows in full sun or partial shade.
OOOHHH, what a plant! Dense and upright with cool, dark, blue-green foliage and an abundant early spring show of stamened, cone-like, white flowers that fill the air with their light fragrance. Superb summer foliage turns a striking yellow-orange-red in the fall. Truly a plant for all seasons!
It seems like almost all Forsythia is showy but ‘Show Off’r stretches the bounds of showiness with a display of bloom that is an incredible blast of golden yellow color in April and early May on a plant that is denser, rounder and more controlled than ‘Lynwood Gold’ could ever think of being! With deep, dark green foliage it takes on a neater, more refined look in the summer months and, like most Forsythia, it’s perfect for grouping to make a border planting, but it will do so in a much more confined area without growing you out of house and home!
If you like ‘Nikko’, you’ll love this extra-heavy blooming variety. In fact, this free blooming, long blooming selection will make ‘Nikko’ look like a flower slacker with its immense bloom power! Elegant white spring flowers appear at the perfect time for spring gardens, and its neat, mounded habit and attractive fall color make it a great landscape plant, too. Perfect alone or in groups, this selection is an easy to grow winner in half to full day sun. Deer resistant.
That’s right, pink flowers on a low spreading deutzia. A shower of elegant pink flowers creates a carpet of color. Great for mass plantings because of its neat, mounded habit and rich burgundy-purple fall color.
This gold medal winner is truly an unrivaled Olympic champion. Introduced by our National Arboretum, ‘Nikko’ is even more compact than the species with even more show stopping bloom! Low and spreading, this fine textured deciduous shrub lends itself to such an explosion of blooms lasting up to 2 weeks that it completely obscures the small, light to medium green foliage… its like Deutzia gracillis on steroids! Culturally the same as the species, ‘Nikko’ thrives in rich, well-drained soil, plenty of sun, and with a good pruning after flowering. Plant it in groups in amongst perennials, along a foundation or in a small border area for a fiercely snowy early to mid May storm of bloom.
Dark green needles arranged in numerous branchlets create a graceful, broadly pyramidal habit. Great little specimen tree that is sure to draw interest from everyone. Slow growth and compact habit are perfect for smaller spaces in the landscape. Perfect as a specimen.
A feast for the eyes from spring through autumn! Winecraft Black® is the first Proven Winners smokebush, so you know it must be special. In spring, round leaves emerge rich purple but as summer’s heat comes on, they turn a deep near-black tone and finally light up in an array of reds and oranges in fall. In early summer, large, soft panicles of bloom appear that become the misty “smoke” that makes this such a popular landscape plant. Unlike other smokebush, it naturally has a rounded, dwarf habit which means that finally, every landscape has room for this unique plant.
A beacon in the winter landscape with its bright red stems, this selection is also easy to grow and tolerant of poor soils, wet areas and the coldest climates. Great for massing, this selection has good red-purple fall color, and should be trimmed yearly to remove old growth as new growth has the best winter color. Excellent hedge, screen or in mass plantings. Red stems add color to the winter landscape. Perfect for wet areas and reclamation landscapes.