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The Ajuga, 'Black Scallop', Ajuga reptans 'Black', has 'dark as night' foliage with gorgeously scalloped leaves. Black Scallops are a knock out in patio pots, combos, and as a striking accent with white, gold or light-colored plants. It displays deep blue flower spikes. It is suitable for full sun or shade. The plants have short growth habits, 3 to 6" and are hardy to zone 4. A very striking plant to supply color to your garden or patio. |
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The Iris `Black Gamecock' has intense blue-black 4" blooms accented with a band of yellow. With a velvety texture and beautiful evergreen foliage, it has a plant height of 5' and a width of 18-24". Blooming from spring into summer, `Black Gamecock' an attractive backdrop for your garden. It is an easily grown Iris. This Iris needs plenty of water throughout the season to continue to looks its best. It can also be used in difficult banks and preventing erosion. They also make magnificent cut flowers and are resistant to deer. |
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The Ajuga `Bronze Beauty', Ajuga reptans, is a useful ground cover with short spikes of blue flowers. The foliage is evergreen in most regions and has an attractive bronzy-brown shade that quickly forms a low carpet of medium-sized rounded leaves. `Bronze Beauty' will perform well in tubs or mixed containers and makes a beautiful ground cover. Butterflies and hummingbirds are attracted to Ajuga, not to mention being deer resistant and a low allergen. If one is looking for a perennial ground cover to exceed in a hard to grow shady area, Ajuga is the way to go. |
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The Hemerocallis `Gentle Shepard', also known as a Daylily, has a beautiful creamy white flower of 5". With dark green foliage, this Daylily will reach a height of 12-24" and a plant spread of 24-36". `Gentle Shepard' will bloom from May through July, with outstanding color and a definite rebloomer. Although the blooms will last only for one day, there are many blooms on strong stems that rise above tall grassy foliage, (remove in late fall). Use for cut flowers, massing, edging, in borders or in mixed containers and tubs. |
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The Grass 'Orange Sedge', Carex testacea, is a mounded ornamental grass. This lovely evergreen grass has a ine-textured, glossy foliage that emerges as olive green and turns a rich russet orange with the arrival of cool fall temps. A fantastic coice for mixed autumn containers, it also thrives in areas with moist, well-drained soil. |
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The Grass 'Oriental Fountain Grass Tall Tales', Pennisetum orientale `Tall Tales', is upright and arching. Wonderful in the border plantings or in planters, this beautiful and elegant Pennisetum is prized for its showy pink flowers. One of the longest blooming and best clumping grasses. Prefers well-draining soil in full sun, but tolerates partial shade. Also tolerant of high temperatures, high humidity, high wind, drought, acidic to alkaline soils, and is pest free. Makes a dramatic statement anywhere in the landscape. |
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The Grass 'Prairie Dropseed', Sporobolus heterolepis, is a native American prairie plant. Prairie Dropseed produces a magnificent fountain of fine-textured, emerald green leaves, adding a touch of elegance to any planting. Considered by many to be the most handsome of the prairie grasses, it makes a well-defined and distinctive border when planted 18 to 24 inches apart. As the seed ripens, it droops over.The plant turns a golden yellow in the fall. |
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The Grass 'Variegated Miscanthus Grass', Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light', is also know as 'Morning Light' Maiden Grass is a very popular miscanthus. It boasts white-edged variegated, narrow leaves. It is quite attractive, the green blades have added highlights of creamy-white margins and mid-veins creating a shimmering silvery appearance. It displays delicate reddish-bronze plumes in late summer. Place in full sun for best foliage coloration. Accepts dry conditions. |
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The Alchemilla `Lady's Mantle', Alchemilla mollis, is a brilliant foamy clusters of tiny, star like flowers with velvety soft olive-green leaves. The foliage catches and holds water drops while sparkling in the sun. The flower color ranges from yellow to green and blooms in late spring to early summer with a height of 18" and a plant spread of 18-24". If one is looking for a fast growing, low maintenance perennial as a ground cover or mass plantings, this is the one for you. |
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The Scabiosa 'Butterfly Blue', Scabiosa columbaria, also know as the Pincushion Flower, has wonderful 2" lavender-blue flowers that bloom from June to October. `Butterfly Blue' is a reminiscent of a pincushion full of pins. With its gray-green foliage, it has a plant height of 12" and a spread of 12-18". It is also disease resistant. Scabiosa `Butterfly Blue' was name Perennial Plant of the Year in 2000, and one can see why. It will do excellent for front-of-the-border areas, with Coreopsis `Moonbeam', Dianthus 'Bath's Pink', in mass plantings or as cut flowers. |
