Posted in Plants on Jan 15th, 2008
BICOLOR BISHOP’S HAT
Zones - 5-8
Description -
Key Benefits
Marbled red and green leaves become green in summer, and marbled with coral and copper in fall. Foliage forms a dense mass above which rise dainty soft-yellow flowers like small bishop’s hats. An ideal woodland ground cover.
Time of Flowering
Small soft-yellow flowers in spring.
Average Landscape Size
To 16 […]
Posted in Plants on Jan 13th, 2008
BIEDERMEIER COLUMBINE
Zones - 3-7
Description -
Key Benefits
Pink, purple, light blue & white flowers grace this shorter grower. Diminutive habit makes it perfectly suited to the rock garden or foreground of borders. Plant where Heuchera or low ferns will hide its fading foliage later in the season. Herbaceous.
Time of Flowering
Late spring.
Average Landscape Size
Smaller growing […]
Posted in Plants on Jan 12th, 2008
BIG BLUE LILAC
Zones - 4-9
Description -
This larger lilac is also big on performance, with spectacular clusters of fragrant lavender-blue flowers. This super-sized version of an all-time favorite is perfect as a tall hedge, screen or accent. Large flower clusters are excellent in fresh cut arrangements in spring. Deciduous. Full to partial sun. […]
Posted in Plants on Jan 11th, 2008
BIG BLUESTEM
Zones - 3-7
Description -
Lush, narrow blue-green leaves turn rich orange and copper-red with occasional burgundy tints in fall. Ideal for naturalizing and meadow gardens. Upright, clump forming 5 to 8 feet tall and 2 to 4 feet wide. Full sun.
Key Benefits
Lush, narrow blue-green leaves turn rich orange and copper-red with occasional […]
Posted in Plants on Jan 7th, 2008
BIG DADDY PLANTAIN LILY
Zones -4-8
Description -
A giant, cool colored blue green hosta features rounded puckered evenly colored leaves. Maintains blue tint exceptionally well on 11 inch leaves. Flowers early in June continuing to the middle of July. Blooms are white, bell shaped and held on medium sized stalks. Large size makes an excellent background foliage […]
Posted in Plants on Jan 2nd, 2008
AURORA PACIFIC BLEEDING HEART
Zones - 3-9
Description -
Elegant white bleeding heart for spring color in the shade. Sends up foot long spires packed with snow white ‘hearts’ held well above fernlike lush foliage. An improved western native that blooms continuously from April to early June. Easy care, prefers moist but porous soils, spreading […]
Posted in Plants on Aug 9th, 2007
BERRI-MAGIC® CHINA HOLLY COMBINATION
Zones - 4-9
Description -
A profusion of bright red berries each fall is assured because a male holly has been planted in the same container as a China Girl® pollenizer. Dense branching habit takes shearing well. Evergreen. Full to partial sun. Moderate grower to 10 feet tall, 8 to 10 […]
Posted in Plants on Aug 9th, 2007
BENNET`S WHITE ROCK ROSE
Zones - 8-10
Description -
A big, resilient rockrose that exhibits all the drought and heat tolerance of its Mediterranean ancestors. White crepe-paper-like flowers up to 4 inches wide with bright yellow stamens bloom early spring into early summer. Dark green aromatic foliage with gray-white accent underneath makes good contrast for […]
Posted in Plants on Aug 9th, 2007
BENNETT’S COMPACT HOLLY
Zones - 6-9
Description -
Dense, compact shrub with wide, leathery, shiny dark green foliage. This is a versatile plant for shrub beds, foundation plantings, massing and hedges. Prefers well drained, moist, slightly acid soils for optimum growth and performance. Full sun. Evergreen. Slow growing to 3 to 4 feet tall and […]
Posted in Plants on Aug 9th, 2007
BENNERUP BLUE SIBERIAN IRIS
Zones - 4-9
Description -
Refined, slender sword-like, slightly bluish-green leaves just over 2 feet high; massed plantings give the best effect. Beardless Dutch Iris-like blooms from late spring into summer on stalks taller than the foliage. Prefers moist, slightly acid soil in a sunny location. Good choice for the South. […]
