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| Christa's Corner New Exciting Plants for 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Every year there are new and exciting plants that enter the market. This year is no exception, starting with the much anticipated Sunny Knock Out Rose.
The first yellow Knock Out with the bloom power of the original Knock Out and the superb disease resistance! The following are plants that I am excited about for the 2008 season! |
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SHRUBS
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Aronia ‘Autumn Magic’-Autumn Magic Chokeberry
Its name perfectly describes the magical mixture of dramatic bright red and purple autumn hues. Fragrant, white spring flowers lead to late-summer deep purple/black berries against dark green, waxy summer foliage making this a three season plant. The berries are a favorite treat for birds of all kinds and not for deer. This is a deer resistant plant! Performs best in full sun to part shade and is tolerant of most soil types. Mature size 5-7 feet. |
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Hydrangea paniculata ‘Pinky Winky’-Pinky Winky Hydrangea
This very unique Hydrangea has massive two-toned, white and pink flowers in mid-summer. Strong upright red stems hold the large, 12-16" blooms up so you never get the drooping look like Pee Gee Hydrangea. The flower heads continue to grow throughout the season and as the older flowers turn dark pink the new flowers continue to emerge white making this Hydrangea an outstanding plant for the summer and autumn landscape. Growing 8’ tall and 6’wide, prefers full sun to part sun locations. |
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Kolkwitzia amabilis ‘Dream Catcher’-Dream Catcher Beautybush
This vigorous shrub has new foliage in bright copper tones that quickly change to bold yellow, and remains that way through the weeks of mid-spring bloom, when soft pink blooms arise in great numbers along arching stems. Summer brings chartreuse and lime-green tones to the leaves, and in autumn they turn deep shades of orange and gold, with darker tips. This is a fast growing plant reaching 6-9’ tall and 4-6’ wide. Best location is filtered sun or part sun locations, such as an understory planting and it is adaptable to many soil types and best of all it is Deer resistant. |
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Hypericum x ‘Mystical Black’, ‘Mystical Orange’, ‘Mystical Red Star’,
‘Mystical Beauty’-St. John’s Wort New in 2008, are a series of Hypericum that produce an abundance of colorful fruit for your enjoyment or used in cut flower arrangements. Reaching 30” tall and 3’ wide, these Hypericums are rust resistant and fill the landscape with excellent fall interest and floral arrangements with the colorful hips. Rated one of the top 50 cut flowers. |
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PERRENNIALS
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Campanula ‘Samantha’ – Samantha Bell Flower
A premium selection with an abundance of beautiful, fragrant 1” upward facing, blue flowers in summer. A small plant for the front of the border, only reaching 5-8 inches. Plant in sun or part sun with well drained soil. |
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Delosperma ‘Mesa Verde’- Mesa Verde Hardy Ice Plant
A compact groundcover with succulent leaves and tons of salmon-pink flowers from spring to fall. Perfect for rock gardens or hard to plant areas that are hot and dry. |
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Heuchera villosa ‘Brownies’, ‘Caramel’, ‘Citronelle’
These new Coral Bells are robust, vigorous growers that are attracting lots of attention because of their increased tolerance of high heat and humidity, their full habit and wide variety of foliage colors. |
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Sedum reflexum ‘Angelina’- Angelina Sedum
An evergreen trailing variety with golden yellow needle-like foliage that will brighten up containers and beds alike. Prefers well drained soils and drier sites. Grows to 3-5 inches. |
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