Professional Landscape Design

AUSTRIAN PINE

Zones - 4-8

Description -

A handsome evergreen tree with densely branched conical form when young, becomes umbrella shaped with age. Needles are long and dark green. Superb for windbreaks or specimen. Useful landscape tree. Full sun. Fast grower to 40 to 60 feet tall, 15 to 25 feet wide, larger with age. Seed grown.

Key Benefits
A handsome evergreen tree with densely-branched conical form when young becoming umbrella shaped with age. Needles are long and dark green. Superb for windbreaks or specimen. Useful landscape tree.

Time of Flowering
Produces no flowers.

Average Landscape Size
Fast-growing to 40 to 60 ft. high, 15 to 25 ft. wide.

Water Needs
Water regularly, when top 3 in. of soil is dry.

Sun Exposure
Full sun

Cold Hardiness
-30 to -20 F

AUSTRALIAN TREE FERN

Zones - 10-11

Description -

Create a tropical look with this interesting landscape specimen. Bright-green, broad fronds are finely cut, spreading from a slender trunk. Fastest growing of the tree ferns. Partial sun. Rapid grower to 20 feet tall, 10 to 15 feet spread. Spore grown. Non-hardy.

Key Benefits
Create a tropical look with this interesting landscape specimen. Bright-green, broad fronds are finely cut, spreading from a slender trunk. Fastest growing of the tree ferns.

Time of Flowering
Produces no flowers.

Average Landscape Size
Fast grower to 20 ft. tall, 10 to 15 ft. spread.

Water Needs
Water regularly, when top 3 in. of soil is dry.

Sun Exposure
Partial sun

Cold Hardiness
30 to 40 F

AUSTRALIAN SWORD FERN

Zones - 6-10

Description -

A more sun tolerant sword fern with improved wind resistance. Large size and vigorous growth make an exceptional landscape candidate. Tall sword shaped fronds stand upright to create lush green clumps. Plants spread by underground rhizome. Exceptional in ground, in pots and hanging baskets. Herbaceous. Partial to full shade. Fast growing 3 feet tall, 4 feet wide.

Key Benefits
Lacy green leaflets sway in the wind upon tall and erect fronds. A wind tolerant fern use it in hanging baskets, or pots along the patio.

Time of Flowering
Produces no flowers.

Average Landscape Size
Grows to 3 ft. tall by 4 ft. wide.

Water Needs
Keep surface of soil moist, but not soggy.

Sun Exposure
Partial to full shade

Cold Hardiness
-10 to 0 F

AUSLESE LADY’S MANTLE

Zones - 3-8

Description -

Traditional plant of English cottage gardens is an old favorite with a new more tidy cultivar. Beloved for its vivid green foliage and bright lime green flower sprays that extend throughout the summer months. Creeping habit and mounding form makes a fine perennial border flower, groundcover and cascading container plant. Widely adaptable and somewhat drought resistant once established. Full shade to part sun. Vigorous grower to 1 foot tall and 12 to 18 inches wide. Division.

Key Benefits
A desirable restrained form of the species. Gray-green scalloped foliage forms a groundcover when planted in mass. Plant as a low border or cascading from containers. Flowers and foliage are good for cutting.

Time of Flowering
Billowy sprays of chartreuse flowers in summer.

Average Landscape Size
Tufted mounds 12 in. tall, 12 to 18 in. wide.

Water Needs
Once established needs only occasional water.

Sun Exposure
Partial to full shade

Cold Hardiness
-40 to -30 F

AURORA® DOGWOOD

Zones - 5-8

Description -

Vigor plus high disease and borer resistance makes an exceptional early flowering Dogwood tree for sheltered landscapes. Most natural in a woodland setting or as a single focal point accent. Abundant, large, creamy white flowers cover the entire tree in early spring followed by fiery fall foliage. Deciduous tree. Full to partial shade. Moderate growth to 25 feet tall and wide. Grafted.

Key Benefits
Large, overlapping flower bracts with a velvety texture almost cover the foliage of this small tree in early spring. An outstanding yard or patio tree. Exceptionally disease and borer resistant. Deciduous.

Time of Flowering
White flower bracts in early summer.

Average Landscape Size
Moderate growth to 25 ft. tall and wide.

Water Needs
Water regularly, when top 3 in. of soil is dry.

Sun Exposure
Full to partial sun

Cold Hardiness
-20 to -10 F

AURORA SWEETGUM

Zones - 6-9

Description -

An important improvement on the native sweetgum of the American south, this slow growing cultivar produces a compact, pyramidal form. Exceptional fall color for warmer climates, the foliage exhibits the full range of hues from yellow to orange, red and purple on a single tree. Prefers slightly acid soil with even moisture. Limited scale and narrow diameter is well adapted to small spaces and city gardens. Use for shade or as accent focal point or even as street tree. Deciduous. Full sun. Moderate to fast growth to 30 feet tall and just 10 to 15 feet wide.

Key Benefits
An improvement on native sweetgum, this cultivar produces a compact, pyramidal form. Fall colors include yellow to orange, red and purple. Well adapted to small spaces and city gardens. Use for shade or as accent focal point or even as street tree.

Time of Flowering
Inconspicuous flowers in early spring.

Average Landscape Size
Moderate to fast growth to 30 feet tall and just 10 to 15 feet wide.

Water Needs
Once established needs only occasional water.

Sun Exposure
Full sun

Cold Hardiness
-10 to 0 F

AUREA MARGINATA PLANTAIN LILY

Zones - 3-8

Description -

Yellow-gold margins add exciting color to the heart-shaped, dark, spinach green foliage of this ground cover hosta. An elegant, mound-shaped perennial with tall stalks of pale mauve, funnel-shaped flowers in mid-summer. Requires shade in hot summer areas, partial shade where summers are cooler. Thrives in moist, well drained soil. Mulch around roots to conserve moisture. This plant is hard to beat for color contrast and texture in the shade garden. A vigorous, dependable grower, reaching 18 inches tall and 24 inches wide.

Key Benefits
Yellow-gold margins add exciting color to the dark, spinach green foliage. Pale mauve, funnel-shaped flowers appear on tall stalks. Requires full shade in hot summer areas. Provides superb color contrast and texture in the shade garden.

Time of Flowering
Blooms in mid-summer.

Average Landscape Size
A vigorous, dependable grower, reaching 18 inches tall and 24 inches wide.

Water Needs
Keep surface of soil moist, but not soggy.

Sun Exposure
Partial to full shade

Cold Hardiness
-40 to -30 F

AUGUST MOON PLANTAIN LILY

Zones - 3-8

Description -

Beautifully textured crinkled yellow rounded leaves are like sunshine in shade gardens. Holds color well over time. Blooms in late summer with off white bell-shaped flowers with a hint of lavender on stalks held above the foliage. Superior foliage plant for under shade tree canopies and aging shrubs. Well suited to north facing foundation planting. Herbaceous perennial. Morning sun with part shade afternoon. Moderate growth 18 to 24 inches tall and wide.

Key Benefits
Beautifully textured crinkled yellow rounded leaves are like sunshine in shade gardens. White bell-shaped flowers with a hint of lavender. Superior foliage plant for under shade tree canopies and aging shrubs. Herbaceous perennial.

Time of Flowering
Blooms in late summer

Average Landscape Size
Moderate growth 18 to 24 inches tall and wide.

Water Needs
Keep surface of soil moist, but not soggy.

Sun Exposure
Partial to full shade

Cold Hardiness
-40 to -30 F

AUGUST BEAUTY GARDENIA (GRAFTED)

Zones - 8-11

Description -

The largest of all everblooming gardenias. Produces a heavy crop of jasmine scented 3 inch white blossoms nonstop from midspring through fall. Dense foliage is dark green and glossy for solid good looks in all seasons. A perfect shrub for foundation planting near doors and windows to enjoy fragrance. Prefers organically rich but very well drained acidic soil. Evergreen shrub. Bright filtered light, part shade in afternoon. Moderate growth 4 to 6 feet tall, 3 to 4 feet wide.

Key Benefits
Prolific bloomer with large, sweetly fragrant, velvety white flowers. A superb evergreen accent, low hedge or container plant that thrives due to rootstock that is nematode resistant, tolerates poor soils and more readily takes up soil nutrients.

Time of Flowering
May through November.

Average Landscape Size
Moderate grower to 5 ft. tall, 3 ft. wide.

Water Needs
Keep surface of soil moist, but not soggy.

Sun Exposure
Full to partial sun

Cold Hardiness
10 to 20 F

AUGUST BEAUTY GARDENIA

Zones - 8-11

Description -

Prolific Spring bloomer with large, sweetly fragrant, velvety white flowers. Lustrous foliage on a rounded evergreen shrub, useful as a low hedge, screen or accent for entryways. Full to partial sun. Moderate grower to 5 feet tall, 3 feet wide. Cutting grown.

Key Benefits
Prolific bloomer with large, sweetly fragrant, velvety white flowers. Lustrous foliage on a rounded evergreen shrub, useful as a low hedge, screen or accent for entryways.

Time of Flowering
May through November.

Average Landscape Size
Moderate grower to 5 ft. tall, 3 ft. wide.

Water Needs
Keep surface of soil moist, but not soggy.

Sun Exposure
Full to partial sun

Cold Hardiness
10 to 20 F