Big, rich burgundy blooms covering mounding green foliage on upright stems will add drama to a relaxed, colorful summer border. A must-have for sunny borders and cutting gardens, this selection was bred for cold hardiness and compact form with prolific flowering over an exceptionally long season. An herbaceous perennial.
These have just arrived and they are absolutely stunning! There are many blooms and buds on these Endless Summer Summer Crush hydrangeas. The intense, deep coloration found in Summer Crush® is a true differentiator in the hydrangea marketplace. With a profusion of big raspberry red or neon purple blooms, Summer Crush® is a color breakthrough in reblooming garden hydrangeas and welcome addition to the Endless Summer® brand. Bred by Bailey Innovations, this new addition is the result of focused breeding and years of production and field testing. Proven to be Zone 4 cold hardy and the most wilt resistant Endless Summer® yet, this compact growing hydrangea with dark green glossy leaves fits smaller spaces in the garden and is the perfect size for patio containers.
For those of us who remember the sweet wonderful fragrance of our mother’s or grandmother’s mockorange, here is a new plant to try. This mockorange is 5-6′ tall and 4-5′ wide. It boasts 2″ double flowers borne in clusters that bloom abundantly in spring and then again in summer. Its flowers are pure white and deliciously fragrant. If you close your eyes and think about this mockorange, you will probably be able to smell it.
Break up the winter doldrums with these spring-inspired ideas for how to use your rose blooms this year. Plant roses for hedges, containers, vases, or specimens in pinks, whites, reds, corals. Start daydreaming and plan your garden now. Help pass the winter doldrums with your dreams. Go to Monrovia’s site for ideas. https://goo.gl/bDSzKi
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This is the time of year when most dogwood is at its’ showiest. Make your winter yard colorful with dogwood. The Cardinal dogwood is a bright red. The Arctic Fire dogwood is a dark red. The Firedance is a brilliant red. Read about them under our Plant section for size and other characteristics.
For gardeners who are on the lookout for shrubs that provide winter interest after most flowers and leaves are gone, snowberries rate high on the list. Plump, candy-pink berries ripen in early fall, as the last of summer’s small pink flowers swell into pearls. As the leaves fall, each arching stem is adorned with decorative berries which remain on slender branches through winter. The perfect plant for the winter garden, these compact forms are suitable for a more prominent place in the front border. Snow Berries are especially beautiful with a light dusting of snow.
August is the month when sedums become the star of the garden. Besides the usual Autumn Joy and Autumn Fire, we now have in stock the Desert Rose sedum, which only gets 8″ high and is covered in red blossoms. Also blooming is the Dazzleberry that will be covered with raspberry colored blossoms from now to fall, on grayish leaves and only getting 6-8″ high. The Sunsparkler Lime Zinger, a creeper, is getting it’s shades of pink now among the green, rose type petal leaves. Stop in while there is a selection. These are the most simplest of sun perennials to grow.
Roses have been given a bad rap this year due to so many that did not make it through the past winter. This is very unfortunate because for the money invested in a rose you can have many years, maybe even a decade, of blooms from mid-June to a hard frost. People need to realize that we may never have a winter-kill like this past year’s again. Our area lost trees, shrubs and perennials to this winter’s extreme weather. Give roses another try! The new, modern roses are extremely easy to care for; and should you purchase one we will give you a handout that will help you with their care. Plus, we have 14 varieties of roses in stock so there is something for everyone.
Some staff favorites are:
Ian likes the old-fashion Rugosa roses for their rose hips, wonderful fragrance and hardiness. They come in shades of purple, white and pink.
Annie chooses the Music Box rose, a MUST if you like the Peace rose. It has soft yellow and pink petals.
Beth favors the Kashmir rose, a velvety dark red, almost tea-like rose. If you want red, this is it!
Melissa picks the Campfire rose for its bright yellow and red bloom. Cheerful!
Mary prefers the Knock Out roses for their prolific blooms and the fact that they come back every year for her.
Mophead hydrangeas, drift roses, ferns, hostas and other plants make wonderful container plantings. Simply leave the plant in the nursery pot (great it you could upsize the nursery pot one size larger) and just put the nursery pot with the plant in it inside the decorative pot. For the price of a hanging basket, you can invest in a showstopper container plant that gives you color summer through fall, plus you can enjoy it again next year. Imagine a blue moped hydrangea or a red drift rose in a fancy pot by your front door. Stunning! In mid-fall, plant it in the ground. If it is a hydrangea or a rose, cut it back to about 15 inches and mulch it. You can also try overwintering it in your garage or basement. Stop in and we will help you choose a plant that fits the site. We will give you a hand-out on how to overwinter container plants. Note: We do not warranty plants that are not planted in the ground.
