Some suggestions for containers that Thrill, Fill, and Spill from the sale this year:
Thrillers: CALADIUM ‘Sweetheart’, COLEUS ‘Defiance’, DRACAENA indivisa (Spikes), ECHINACEA ‘Primadonna’, IRIS versicolor, LAVANDULA ‘Provence’, RUDBECKIA ‘Viette’s Little Suzy’, SOLIDAGO ‘Golden Fleece’, STROBILANTHES dyerianus (Persian Shield).
Filler: BEGONIAS, PETUNIAS, VINCAS, GERANIUMS, MARIGOLD ‘Super Hero’, LANTANAS, HEUCHERA ‘Purple Palace’, ANGELONIA serena purple and white, HELLEBORUS “Pine Knot Select’.
Spiller: DICHONDRA, COLEUS ‘Lava Rose’
Some suggestions for combinations from the sale this year:
One of the joys of our flower gardens is the eye-pleasing combination of colors, textures, and fragrances. Here is a list of some combination suggestions that begin with one or more of our plant offerings. Mass plantings (7 or more of one type) are desirable for attracting pollinators and butterflies and visual WOW.
ACHILLEA ‘Paprika’ (yarrow, red), SALVIA ‘May Night’ (dark indigo), BLACK-EYED SUSAN (golden yellow).
CHELONE GLABRA (turtlehead, white), LOBELIA CARDINALIS (cardinal flower, red), ASCLEPIAS INCARNATA (butterfly weed, pink), JOE-PYE WEED (pink-purple flowers).
HEUCHERA MICRANTHA ‘Palace Purple’ (coral bells, purple bronze), ASCLEPIAS INCARNATA (butterfly weed, pink), TIARELLA CORDIFOLIA (foamflower, white), LOBELIA CARDINALIS (cardinal flower, red)
CAREX PENSYLVANICA (Pennsylvania sedge, green), IRIS VERSICOLOR (blue flag iris, violet blue), wild blue phlox, wild columbine, yellow coneflowers.
HELLEBORUS ‘Pine Knot Select’ (hellebore, white/pink/yellow/red/purple), ONOCLEA SENSIBILIS (sensitive fern, green), hostas, sedge grasses
PERENNIALS – VARIED PRICES $6.50-$13.00
CHELONE glabra (Turtlehead)
COREOPSIS tinctoria
EUPATORIUM coelestinum
HEUCHERA micrantha ‘Palace Purple’
IBERIS sempervirens ‘Snowsation’
LAVANDULA ‘Provence’
LEUCANTHEMUM ‘Snowcap’
LOBELIA cardinalis
NEPETA ‘Early Bird’
PHLOX ‘Blue Moon’
SALVIA nem. ‘May Night’
SCABIOSA columbaria ‘Butterfly Blue’
AMSONIA hubrichtii (Bluestar)
MUHLENBERGIA capillaris (Pink Muhly Grass)
RUDBECKIA speciosa ‘Viette’s Little Suzy’
TIARELLA cordifolia (Foamflower)
ZIZIA aptera (Heartleaf Meadow Parsnip)
CAREX pensylvanica (Pennsylvania sedge)
HELLEBORUS ‘Pine Knot Select’
ONOCLEA sensibilis (Sensitive Fern)
OSMUNDA cinnamomea (Cinnamon Fern)
STOKESIA laevis ‘Mary Gregory’ (Stokes Aster)
STYLOPHORUM diphyllum (Celeandine Poppy)
VERONICASTRUM virginicum (Culver’s Root)
VEGETABLES AND HERBS
ANNUALS – VARIED PRICES $2.25 – $8.50
DICHONDRA ‘Silver Falls’
IMPATIENS Beacon Series (salmon)
IMPATIENS Beacon Series (violet)
IMPATIENS Beacon Series (white)
MARIGOLD ‘Taishan Series’ (yellow)
MARIGOLD ‘Taishan Series’ (orange)
MARIGOLD Super Hero ‘Spry’
PETUNIA Pretty Flora ‘Mellow Yellow’
PETUNIA Pretty Grand ‘Midnight’
VINCA Tattoo ‘Tangerine’
VINCA Titan-ium ‘Apricot’
DRACAENA indivisa (Spike Plant)
HANGING BASKETS – $26 – $28
