A great alternative to boxwood!This cool new dwarf, broadleaf evergreen looks more like a boxwood than an inkberry. A dense, ball-shaped plant, Gem Box ilex has small, dainty, dark green leaves with attractive red tips during the spring flush. It maintains good branching right to the ground so it never looks bare-legged like other cultivars may. It’s great as a small evergreen hedge or used as a container specimen in milder climates.
This tough, durable broadleaf evergreen is an outstanding American Beauties plant due to its ability to provide year round cover for a host of native bird species while providing an excellent food source for these same birds with its black berries. Even better, ‘Densa’ is such an easy plant to grow and tolerates just about any landscape situation, especially sandy soils or places prone to exposure to road salt or seaside conditions. Plant it individually or in groups to form a low barrier or screen, thick with small, dark green, lustrous foliage.
Treat this like an herbaceous perennial and cut it back each year. Has large, single, lemon-yellow flowers throughout the entire plant which are somewhat fragrant. Peak flowering time is in late June, but will continue throughout the entire summer.
A dense growing selection with great landscape form, interesting summer foliage and showy, all summer bloom. Bright, golden yellow flowers appear in mid-June and continue into October and stand out against glossy, blue-green foliage. Great for small spaces.
Pink lacecap flowers abundantly cover hardier-than-ever stems to make this one of the prettiest, and toughest, reblooming hydrangeas to grace your border or foundation planting. You’ll enjoy the gift of its intense pink color all the way until frost, and if you have acidic soil, may even be pleasantly surprised with a transformation of flower color from pink to blue.
The cheerful color of this Hydrangea’s flower display will astound you! Billowing pyramidal towers of fluffy, vanilla-white blooms emerge in late July and, as they age, they tint strawberry-pink and, finally, to strawberry-red making this long lasting floral display look good enough to eat. Since flowers on this selection emerge throughout the months of July and August, there are a cacophony of flower colors present at any one time on the plant, making it a fall treat that is as colorful as it is unique. Vanilla Strawberry™ has a strong, upright habit that opens up to a more fountain-like shape once all its massive blooms are open and flowers are carried on showy red stems that add to the distinctness of this plant. Like all Panicle Hydrangeas, Vanilla Strawberry™ prefers a place in the sun, but it will perform well in partial shade as a specimen or a brilliant hedge.
This is a dwarf form of the popular Quick Fire™ Hydrangea coming in at only have the height and width of its relative. Like Quick Fire™, it is early blooming, flowering about a month before other hydrangeas starting in late June or early July. Its small stature does not diminish its urge to bloom as it will cover itself with white flowers that transform to pink-red as they age and the summer progresses. Little Quick Fire™ will be perfect for a small space that other paniculata Hydrangeas overpower or will even add excitement to a mixed planter for sun or partial shade.
Get ready for a revolutionary new member of the Hydrangea family! ‘Limelight’ will take your breath away with its unique lime-green flowers that cover the plant in big, poofy snowballs starting in mid-August. Very vigorous and very floriferous, this is just the plant to inject excitement into the late summer landscape.
Get ready for a revolutionary new member of the Hydrangea family! ‘Limelight’ will take your breath away with its unique lime-green flowers that cover the plant in big, poofy snowballs starting in mid-August. Very vigorous and very floriferous, this is just the plant to inject excitement into the late summer landscape.
Fire Light® is the new standard to measure all hardy hydrangeas. Upright panicles are packed with florets which transform from pure white to rich pomegranate-pink. Its thick, sturdy stems hold up the beautiful flowers so they are prominently displayed in the garden throughout the late summer and fall. The fat, colorful blooms are easy to use as a cut flower or to dry for enjoyment year round. It loves full to half day sun and will add a distinct presence to you landscape when planted alone or grouped to form a colorful border planting.
Loads of flowers on a tiny plant! This dwarf panicle hydrangea will turn heads! Bobo® hydrangea is engulfed by large white flowers in summer. The flowers are held upright on strong stems, and continue to grow and lengthen as they bloom. No flopping, unlike some panicle hydrangeas! As blooms age, they turn pink. It is compact and dwarf in habit, and the flowers cover every inch of the plant right down to the ground.
Loads of flowers on a tiny plant! This dwarf panicle hydrangea will turn heads! Bobo® hydrangea is engulfed by large white flowers in summer. The flowers are held upright on strong stems, and continue to grow and lengthen as they bloom. No flopping, unlike some panicle hydrangeas! As blooms age, they turn pink. It is compact and dwarf in habit, and the flowers cover every inch of the plant right down to the ground.
This repeat blooming selection of the renouned Hydrangea, continues to adorn houses on the island of Nantucket. Glossy, rich green foliage provides contrast for an abundant summertime display of blue (or pink) flower clusters that last until frost.
Experience color all season with this highly variegated Hydrangea that stands out from other variegated forms due to its low incidence of reversion, a malady that plagues most other bi-color leaved selections. Its foliage will pop amongst the green leaved varieties of Hydrangea and your eyes will be even more drawn to it in early July as flat wide lacecap type flowers emerge a stunning blue against the bi-color backdrop. Plant ‘Light O’ Day’ in groups for masses of color that lasts far longer than Hydrangea bloom can provide.
The flowers of this latest Let’s Dance® reblooming hydrangea are truly amazing. The florets have a distinctive geometric shape and are closely packed into full, richly colored mophead flowers. The reliable blooms are held up on sturdy stems, and a tidy habit and good wilt-resistance add to its appeal. The real show, however, is its easy shift from pink to rich amethyst-blue flowers by adjusting the soil pH. It has the richest, most vibrant blue seen on a hydrangea! You’ll love it along the foundation or in any half to full day sun garden!
Your Hydrangea dreams come true! L.A. Dreamin’ blooms blue, pink, and everything in between, at the same time, on the same plant. This hardy rebloomer puts on a multi-colored show all summer, every summer with no soil treatment needed! No special soil treatment needed to maintain multi-colored show! Blooms on old wood, so no need to cut back- so easy to care for, so exciting to watch bloom!
Experience another Endless Summer® breakthrough plant with ‘Twist ‘n Shout®’, a superb cross between Hydrangea ‘Penny Mac’ and Hydrangea ‘Lady in Red’ that combines the best of each into one stunning plant. Like The Original Endless Summer® and Endless Summer® ‘Blushing Bride®’, ‘Twist ‘n Shout®’ is Zone 4 hardy, blooms on new wood and blooms repeatedly throughout the growing season. ‘Twist ‘n Shout’ differs by offering a big, beautiful lacecap blossom and a bi-color mixture of deep pink and startling blue to create a truly unique landscape look. Like ‘Lady in Red’, it also offers stems that are sturdy and deep maroon-red to set off the copius bloom and and the lustrous, deep green, mildew resistant foliage that, by the way, produces a fall foliage color of deep maroon red that is unmatched in the Hydrangea world. It all adds up to a truly unique landscape experience that you’ll find impossible to pass up!
Here’s a plant to shout about from the highest mountaintop! Endless Summer® ‘The Original’ will revolutionize the macrophylla Hydrangea market because, unlike all the others, it blooms reliably on new wood. That means glorious, beefy blue, pom-pom flowers every early July and lasting late into the summer even if last year’s branches are winter damaged right to the ground. Now people in some of the coldest spots in the northeast can grow this summer charmer instead of just dreaming about it. Deep green foliage serves as a perfect backdrop to 4 to 6″ diameter flowers that get even bluer in more acid soils. A great plant that will sell in endless numbers!!
With a profusion of big raspberry red or neon purple blooms, Summer Crush™ brings floral quality blooms to your garden or patio container. Not only is it drop-dead gorgeous, but it is compact so you get a neat, tidy look throughout the summer. Fill a patio container with Summer Crush for a stunning look all season long. Summer Crush™ will make your outdoor living space the talk of the neighborhood.
The latest craze to hit the Hydrangea world, ‘Blushing Bride®’ is the next of the Endless Summer® line of plants and, like its wildly popular older relative, it is a flowering demon that blooms on new wood and is a repeat bloomer to boot. Because of this ability to bloom on new wood, northern gardeners can plant ‘Blushing Bride®’ and still enjoy the signature summer snowball flowers that they have been denied until the advent of Endless Summer®. And what flowers they are! Huge, up to 6″ diameter balls of pure white bloom emerge in mid to late June and continue blooming right on through until frost. As the flowers age, they take on a charming, light blue or pink blush that provides great contrast with newly emerging pure white blooms. ‘Blushing Bride®’ even has the advantage of far better foliage than its famous relative, sporting luxuriant, deep green leaves that are the perfect foil for the unending supply of snowy bloom. Easy to grow, ‘Blushing Bride®’ will perform best in a half a day of sun in moist well-drained soil. Plant a bunch for a summer filled with flowers!