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WHAT’S NEW 2012 PRESENTED BY ANAGALLIS • A new series of early compact large flowering anagallis • A full sun plant, perfect for combos, pots, baskets and a stunning addition to any color • Flowers attract bees, birds & butterflies. A H: 6-12” W:10-14” ANIGOZANTHOS BUSH BALLAD & BUSH PEARL • Also known as the kangaroo paw • An upright plant, produces flower stems with masses of small colorful flowers • Flowers occur in clusters on stalks which emerge from the bases of the leaves • A perfect plant for a patio pot or the garden in a sunny location 23” A H: W: 19” Bush Ballad BACOPA • Flowers are large, dark pink, five lobed & yellow throated • Great used in hanging baskets as a trailing flower • Great as a filler in bare spots in flower beds • Has a fragrant smell & attracts butterflies Great Rose A H: 6” W: 15-18” BEGONIA MILLION KISSES DEVOTION ELEGANCE • Most Vigorous trailing begonia • This type of begonia is easy to grow with better branching & early large flowers • Has a gorgeous appeal in baskets & containers • Best in partial to full shade A H: 10-12” W: 30-36” BEGONIA DRAGONE CHAMPAGNE • Produces double blooms resembling roses • Used best in hanging baskets, window boxes or in patio pots. • Also used great as centerpieces • Planted best in full to partial shade • Deer resistant A H: 10-14” w: 8-10” BRACHYSCOME ENDURING BLUE • Also known as swan river daisy • Small blue flowers on compact & upright mounded plants • Great In mixed containers and garden beds • Plant in full sun to partial shade A H: 4-6” W: 8-12” CALIBRACHOA ALOHA Canary Yellow Red A • Becoming some of the most popular bedding plants • Creates more of a mounding plant rather than the spreading one • Grows best in full sun • Perfect for containers, hanging baskets & border edges • Attracts hummingbirds Hot Orange CALIBRACHOA SUPERBELLS TRAILING Coralberry Punch A • This plant stays compact & bushy • Cascades over hanging baskets, containers and spreads nicely through garden beds • These plants are vigor, heat tolerant and have resistant to diseases • No deadheading or pinching necessary • Attracts hummingbirds and birds • Plant in full sun Grape Punch • Plant in full sun to part shade • The plant can be used as an herb or fresh in salads or with fruit • Attracts hummingbirds and birds • Its powder-blue, longlasting flowers contrast nicely with its leaves • The tough plant performs well even in high heat and humidity P5 H 2-3ft W 20-24” AGASTACHE Golden Jubilee AJUGA • Forms a low spreading mat of soft mint green with short bubblegum pink spikes that are produced in mid – late spring • Can be grown in the shade of large trees where grass won’t grow • Deer resistant Pink Lightning P5 H 4-6” W 8-12” ASTILBE • Prefers to be planted in part sun- part shade • Can be used in shade gardens or as borders, also works well in containers for patios and decks • Works well in gardens with hostas and ferns Astary rose Fireberry P4 H 16” W 8-12” DELOSPERMA • Known as ice plant • A fast growing ground cover • Use in rock gardens, along walkways and in planters • Prefers hot, dry, sunny weather P5 H & W 2-3” Fire Spinner DELPHINIUM MILLENNIUM • Large florets, often double, have dark blue & deep purple petal combinations • Occasionally a white can pop up in the mix • Attracts hummingbirds • The plant can also be used as a cut flower P3 H 47-70” W 18-23” Pagan Purple ECHINACEA Cranberry Cupcake P4 H & W 22” • Large double cranberry coloured petals • It is short & wide, makes for a perfect garden plant • Blooms July to September • Flowers should be deadheaded to prolong bloom • Can be used as a cut flower • Deer resistant • Drought tolerant & heat tolerant • Fragrant • Plant in full sun ECHINACEA Elton Knight P3 H 24” W 18” • New selection has vibrant pink flowers on busy compact plants • Multiple flowers produced on each branched stem • Blooms mid summer to fall • Non-drooping petals • Can be used as a cut flower • Deer resistant • Drought tolerant & heat tolerant • Fragrant • Plant in full sun ECHINACEA • Pure white flowers with a golden yellow cone with overlapping reflexed petals • Flowers early to late summer • Pow wow Echinacea's are more floriferous, faster to flower, and genetically shorter than any other Can be used as a cut flower • Deer resistant • Drought tolerant & heat tolerant • Fragrant • Plant in full sun P3 H 18-24” W 12-16” Pow wow white GAILLARDIA • Looks best planted in full sun • Heat tolerant • Disease resistant • Non-fading color all season • Deer resistant • Attracts butterflies Arizona Apricot H 12” W 12-15” P3 H 16-18” W 20-22” Bright Bicolor GERANIUM Dragon Heart H 2ft W 18-24” P5 • Long blooming and adaptable to a wide range of growing conditions • Bloom heavily in late spring to early summer • Deer resistant • Plant In full sun to part shade Lakwijk Star H 16” W 18” HEMEROCALLIS • Very drought & heat tolerant once established • Plant in full to part sun • Attracts butterflies & birds • Makes for a very nice cut flower P4 Little miss manners H 14-18” W 20-30” P2 Flamboyant Edges H 24-36” W 18-24” HEUCHERA Cherry Cola Berry Smoothie H 18” W 14” A clumping perennial All grow well in partial shade Deer resistant Attracts butterflies & hummingbirds • They tolerate more sun with sufficient moisture • Bloom early to mid summer • • • • P4 H 18-25” W 12-18” HOSTA Ann Kulpa H 20” W 24” P3 • Wide dark green margins with green jetting into the narrow yellow center which brightens the ivory white • Bell shaped lavender flowers are produced in summer • Vigorous grower, divide frequently for best appearance • Plants remain attractive from spring till frost • Most prefer partial shade although a few varieties will tolerate sun with adequate moisture • Use as ground covers or edging in garden beds HOSTA • Fast growing, dense mounding hosta with long thin leaves • Blooms purple striped flowers in July • Plants stay attractive from spring until first frost • Most prefer partial shade although a few varieties will tolerate sun with adequate moisture Stiletto H 6-8” W 12-18” P2 HOSTA • Pie crust edges enhances the large shiny gold leaves with deeply impressed veins • Leaves are held out horizontally creating a wide clump • Near white flowers appear in early summer • Most prefer partial shade although a few varieties will tolerate sun with adequate moisture Jimmy Crack Corn H 26” W 48” P3 HOSTA War Paint H 26” W 48” P3 • Cool temperatures help prolong its colour • Bright golden leaves in spring with a rippled green margin • A lavender flower is produced • Use as ground covers or edging in garden beds IRIS • Again n’ again never stops reblooming, soft yellow blooms with a sweet smell Drama Queen • • • • • P3 Great spring blooming perennials Drought tolerant Plant in full sun Deer resistant Attracts hummingbirds Again & Again LILIES ASIATIC Tiny Pearl • New two-tone hybrids • Most have dramatic spotted centers similar to the tango series but shorter • Attracts hummingbirds • A dwarf addition to the lily looks Tiny Spider P3 Double You LILIES ORIENTAL • Usually tall growing with large fragrant flowers • Prefers warmer temperatures and good drainage • Prefers full to partial sun • Attracts hummingbirds P4 Hotline P3 Magic Star Double oriental lily • Forms rapid spreading clumps of mint scented foliage • Blooms mid summer • Deadhead for reblooming • Deer resistant • Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds • Plant in full to part sun MONARDA (BEE BALM) Cranberry Lace P4 RUDBECKIA • Also known as Black Eyed Susan • Native and easy to naturalize • All have yellow daisy like flowers with dark centers • A gardeners favourite for mid to late summer colour • Deer resistant • Attracts butterflies Little Gold Star P4 SALVIA • Useful for its rich spikes in early summer • Plants grow in thick mounds • Looks best planted in full sun • Flowers are long lasting and plants readily rebloom if deadheaded or sheared back after flowering • Deer resistant • Can be used as a cut flower P3 Sweet Esmeralda SEDUM • A very hardy perennial with succulent foliage and colourful terminal flowers • Most varieties are heart and drought tolerant, and will grow in almost any soil in a sunny location • The shorter ground covers bloom late spring into early summer • Attracts butterflies razzleberry P3 Summer glory SEMPERVIVUM • A very low growing rosette-forming succulent plants • Very drought and heat tolerant, requiring excellent drainage • Works best in miniature gardens, rock gardens, or for assorted patio pottery Edge of Night Balsii Kambeecho P3 ROSYBLOOM CRAB • Glossy Bronze leaves with pink flowers in the spring • Has an upright crown form • Disease resistant 2 HONEYBERRY Borealis 3 • Known for its rather large fruit • Fast growing & high yielding • Dark blue-black berries, early ripening & great taste • Extremely cold hardy plant • Needs cross pollination HONEYBERRY Tundra 3 • Fast growing, well suited for commercial production • Dark blue-black berries are uniform shape but remain firm • Extremely cold hardy plants • Needs cross pollination DOGWOOD • Striking yellow foliage contrasting with red bark • Clusters of creamy white flowers at the end of branches appear in spring • Produces white berries in mid summer 2 Morden Amber HYDRANGEA • Magenta pink blooms that are constant from summer until fall • Features strong stems ensuring blooms stand tall • Plant in partial sun to shade • Has the ability to bloom on old and new wood Bella Anna 3 HYDRANGEA • Compact hardy hydrangea from Belgium • Has the smallest and most delicate flower petals than any of the hydrangeas • Blooms mid summer to fall 3 Little Lamb HYDRANGEA • Flowers open to a white star that can be up to 4” in width • Flowering starts mid summer and lasts until the first hard frost • Great planted in sun or part shade in the garden • A low maintenance shrub 4 Great Star NINEBARK • Cross between diablo and darts gold • New growth takes on shades of yellow & orange in summer before turning purple in fall • Foliage on mature sections of the plant is lime green • Annual pruning will make the plant look at its best 3 Amber Jubilee NINEBARK Little Devil 3 • Deep burgundy foliage that is offset by buttonlike white-pink flowers in June • Useful for smaller urban gardens or where low maintenance is desired • Makes for a great background in the garden or a perfect border • Disease and pest resistant • Plant in full sun to part shade SPIREA • A smaller naturally dwarf spirea that requires minimal pruning, a more compact variety • New leaves start out scarlet red, becoming a dark green then changes to a bronze in fall • Plant in full sun 3 Superstar • A great low growing hedge • Plant in full sun • Remove faded flower clusters to produce additional blooms • Flowers onto new wood, prune in late winter to early spring • A dense compact rounded mound with tiny white flowers in late spring • Foliage turns to shades or orange, red & purple in fall • Attracts butterflies 2 SPIREA Birch leaf