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| Aster paludosus ssp. hemisphericus |
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| Tennessee Aster |
Zones: 6, 7, 8
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Found in open woods, savannas, and sandhills of the southeast, this aster is a good one for full sun or light shade in dryish well-drained soil. Forming a 3 foot rounded clump, Tennessee Aster has shiny dark green narrow leaves and is covered with bright lavender-blue, 1 1/2 inch flower heads in late summer and early fall. The ornamental aspect of the leaves and the tighter clumping habit of this aster (especially if pruned once in early summer) make it useful in close quarters. Cat# 1322 -more info-
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Available: Currently
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| Aster, Late Purple |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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The early fall flowers of the Late Purple Aster are loosely clustered and large - 1 1/2 inch or so and a bright violet blue with yellow centers on semi-woody stems 1 to 3 feet tall. This prolific Aster withstands drought and takes full sun or partial shade. The aspect of this Aster is rather delicate. That of the Aromatic Aster is shrubbier and denser, while New England Aster is intermediate. Try Late Purple Aster and Aromatic Aster with Goldenrods, grasses, and Gray Conradina. Cat# 1030 -more info-
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Available: Currently
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| Boltonia asteroides 'Jim Crockett' |
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| Jim Crockett Boltonia |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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A University of Massachusetts introduction, Boltonia 'Jim Crockett' was named after the author and original tv host of "The Victory Garden". 'Jim Crockett' is a more compact or dwarf form of our native Boltonia. In late summer and early fall, it will be loaded with literally hundreds of 1" light lavendar/blue daisy flowers with yellow centers. Given full sun and average to moist soil, it is sturdy, mildew resistant, and a butterfly magnet. It would be great with Turtlehead, Star Sedge, Gentians, Rose Mallow, Lobelia, Culvers Root,and many more moisture lovers. Cat# 1510 -more info-
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| Boltonia asteroides 'Pink Beauty' |
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| Pink Boltonia |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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The Boltonias are great plants for adding color to the fall garden. Related to Asters, they cover themselves with 3/4 inch aster-like flowers so thickly, you can hardly see into the plant. 'Pink Beauty' has soft pink flower heads on plants that grow up to 4 feet tall in ordinary to dry soil. It is very easy in full sun but will grow in light shade. Staking may be necessary in shade. Imagine this with Ironweed, Joe Pye Weed, and Blue Love Grass. Cat# 1038 -more info-
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| Boltonia asteroides 'Snowbank' |
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| White Boltonia |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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The Boltonias are great plants for adding color to the fall garden. Related to Asters, they cover themselves with 3/4 inch aster-like flowers so thickly, you can hardly see into the plant. 'Snowbank' is perhaps the most widely grown kind. It is an improved form of the normally white flowering species, having more and larger flowers. 'Snowbank' has blue-green foliage, oblong 5 inch leaves, and strong erect stems growing to 4 feet that seldom need staking. It likes average to moist soil and full sun. 'Snowbank' makes a bold addition to the fall garden, and clumps enlarge quickly in good conditions. Cat# 1039 -more info-
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Available: Currently
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| Glade Savory |
Zones: 6, 7, 8
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The Glade Savory is a rare plant found in rock depressions and gravely soil in full sun in middle Tennessee along with the Tennessee Coneflower, Aromatic Sumac, and Little Bluestem. It has bright green, 1/4 inch , oval, succulent leaves and forms dense mats 3 to 4 inches tall and a foot or so wide. Small pale lavender blue, mint-like flowers occur in full sun or a little shade. So you might try it in a rock garden or in a seepage area. We grow it between paving stones in our front walkway where it is great in full sun but gets a little powdery mildew in shade. Cat# 1194 -more info-
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Available: Currently
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| American Beautyberry |
Zones: 7, 8, 9
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Naturally occurring in moist woodlands throughout the southeast, Beautyberry is a large, open shrub with a habit similar to Forsythia. But in early fall the non-showy white flowers have matured into eye-popping clusters of brilliant lavendar purple fruits. Branches look like there are 2 inch wads of grape bubblegum at every node. It is very showy. For best effect, grow Beautyberry in moist soil in full sun or light shade, and late each winter, cut them down to 6 to 10 inches or so. This will result in shorter, denser 4 foot stems with good flowering and fruiting for the fall. Butterflies visit the mid-summer flowers and birds will eventually eat the fruits in late winter. Cat# 1480 -more info-
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Photo courtesy of Missouri Botanical PlantFinder
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| $10.00 each
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| Ceratostigma plumbaginoides |
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| Plumbago, Leadwort |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Plumbago makes a great ground cover for sunny to partly sunny places. Electric blue flowers come in late summer and fall, above 1 inch shiny green leaves which turn red and yellow in the fall. Plumbago, which is late to break dormancy in the spring, makes a moderately thick ground cover, but once established, it is very tough and tolerates abuse such as drought and hot weather. Try it with shrubs or taller, strong perennials like Rudbeckia and Feather Reed Grass. Cat# 1046 -more info-
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Available: Not Available
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| Chrysanthemum 'Ryans Pink' |
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| Ryan's Pink Chrysanthemum |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Well, we think this is 'Ryans Pink' and no matter what the taxonomists are now calling Chrysanthemum, to us this is still an old-fashioned Chrysanthemum. Anyway, this upright mum has single solft pink flowers with yellow centers. It's just a lovely good pink that looks great with Aromatic Asters and tall Sunflowers. It prefers full sun and average soil. Cut it in half in late spring and again a few weeks later to keep it shorter, otherwise it grows to about 3 feet. Cat# 1049 -more info-
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Available: Fall 2010
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| Summersweet, Sweet Pepperbush |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Sweet Pepperbush is a beautiful, under-used, deciduous shrub for the shrub border or natural areas. For 4 to 6 weeks in midsummer, plants bear hundreds of white, wonderfully fragrant flowers arranged in plump, upright, bottle-brush-like spikes 2 to 6 inches long. The scent is a sweet perfume and bees love the nectar. Sweet Pepperbush grows to about 8 feet and may sucker freely, forming a dense, round-tipped colony. It grows in wet or average soil in sun or shade and apparently withstands salt spray. The attractive green leaves turn a good yellow in the fall, then fall off neatly. You might try Clethra underplanted with Gentians, Wild Ageratum, and Red or Blue Lobelia. Cat# 1056 -more info-
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Available: Not Available
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| Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird' |
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| Hummingbird Clethra, Summersweet |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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This is a dwarf form of the white Summersweet. It grows to about 3 feet tall and 4 feet wide, and is very compact and florific. For 4 to 6 weeks in midsummer, plants bear hundreds of white, wonderfully fragrant flowers arranged in plump, upright, bottle-brush-like spikes 2 to 6 inches long. The scent is a sweet perfume and bees love the nectar. A well-grown specimen almost looks like a big pincushion of white when in flower. Like the other Summersweets, it has glossy green leaves which turn a good yellow before falling off in the fall. Give it full sun and moisture for best performance. Cat# 1057 -more info-
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Available: Currently
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| $12.00 each
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| Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice' |
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| Ruby Spice Summersweet |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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A sport of 'Pink Spires', 'Ruby Spice' is considered the finest truly pink Summersweet. It has 4 to 5 inch spikes of good bright rose pink, fragrant flowers for a month or more in mid summer. It has a dense suckering habit growing to 8 feet by 6 feet and prefers sun or part shade and moisture. How pretty this might be with Stokesia 'Peachie's Pick'. Cat# 1403 -more info-
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Available: Currently
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| $12.00 each
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| Clethra alnifolia 'Sixteen Candles' |
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| Sixteen Candles Summersweet |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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'Sixteen Candles' is a dwarf Summersweet growing to about 3 feet by 3 feet. It is very compact and floriferous. It differs from 'Hummingbird' in that its flower stalks are held stiffly upright, they do not spread out or dip. It prefers full sun and some moisture. Fragrance is heavenly in mid to late summer and fall color is a good yellow. Cat# 1299 -more info-
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Available: Not Available
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| Conoclinium (Eupatorium) coelestinum |
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| Wild Ageratum, Mistflower |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Flat-topped clusters of small, soft-blue, fuzzy flowers appear amidst the bright green foliage of this perennial Wild Ageratum. If cut back in half in early summer, these plants will form a lovely clump for the perennial garden. Or, if left unpinched, the result will be an open mound about 2 feet tall in sun (3 feet in shade), with flowers from July through October. This plant prefers sun or partial shade and moisture. Its flowers are excellent cut. It tends to spread, but can be kept in check by growing it in a dry spot, by annually removing spreading shoots with a spade, or by surrounding the plant with a bottomless can, pot, or pail extending from the soil surface down into the soil a foot or so. This confines the roots and creeping underground stems. In a natural setting, Wild Ageratum can become a beautiful low maintenance, medium height ground cover for a moist partly shaded area. It grows beautifully with Great Blue Lobelia, Ironweed, and Seashore Mallow. Cat# 1090 -more info-
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| Conoclinium coelestinum compact form |
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| Wild Ageratum, compact mistflower |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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This Ageratum differs from the wild or typical type in that its habit is stiffly upright, not at all sprawling, and its flower clusters are in tight balls, not open clusters, making the bluish-purple flower color seem deeper. In all other respects, the two types are similar - up to 2 feet tall, like sun and moisture, and definitely will spread! Cat# 1365 -more info-
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| Coreopsis 'Creme Brulee' |
 New this Year!
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| Coreopsis Creme Brulee, Tickseed |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Here is a very long blooming, mounding, spreading Coreopsis that is a Blooms of Bressingham introduction. It has bright creamy butter yellow flowers that cover its mounds of bright green, ferny leaves for months from early summer into the fall. The flowers are larger and a darker yellow than Moonbeam. Shear periodically to keep it producing like mad. Creme Brulee would be great in the front of the border iin full sun and average soil. It tolerates heat and humidity very well. Cat# 1553 -more info-
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| Coreopsis 'Sienna Sunset' |
New this Year!
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| Coreopsis Sienna Sunset, Tickseed |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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What a great color to add to our Coreopsis collection! With Creme Brulee as its parent, Sienna Sunset has 2" daisy-like flowers that are a light salmon/orange that lighten with age. Plants make tight 20" mounds of ferny foliage in full sun and average soil. They are flowering power houses from mid summer to early fall but shear off spent flowers to really keep them going.
Sienna Sunset would be great as a border plant, in containers, or in masses. Cat# 1554 -more info-
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| Eared Coreopsis |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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Eared Coreopsis is an evergreen groundcover. Clumps are 6 to 9 inches tall while flowering stems may be up to 18 inches tall. This Coreopsis is perfect for naturalizing along woodland margins or in light shade. The plant forms colonies by means of underground stolons so give it room to spread. The primary virtue of Eared Coreopsis is the masses of bright yellow daisy-like flowers coming in April through June. Try growing some on the sunnier side under tall native azaleas and dogwoods. Cat# 1062 -more info-
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| Coreopsis auriculata 'nana' |
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| Dwarf Eared Coreopsis |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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'Nana' is the dwarf form of Eared Coreopsis and grows only 6 inches tall. It flowers in late spring and is a good, slow-spreading, evergreen groundcover. After flowering, providing the soil does not get too dry, the foliage stays a good dark green turning greenish-bronze for the winter. It prefers part shade and average soil. This looks great with Fire Pink, Columbine, and Cumberland Rosemary. Cat# 1063 -more info-
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| Coreopsis auriculata 'Zamfir' |
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| Zamfir Eared Coreopsis |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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This is a neat introduction by Itsaul Nursery in Atlanta, that has 2 inch, golden yellow fluted, tubular flowers from late spring to mid-summer. The spreading evergreen clumps grow about 12 inches tall and 12 to 18 inches wide. Give it sun to part shade and average soil. Cat# 1404 -more info-
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| Greater Tickseed, Whorled-Leaf Coreopsis |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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There aren't many wildflowers for shady spots that flower in summer but here is one. Greater Tickseed is a 3 foot, upright, open grower with 2 inch yellow daisy-like flowers from early to mid summer. It grows naturally in open, dryish woods from Florida to Ohio. It can take sun or shade and dry or average soil. Its leaves appear to be 6-whorled at the nodes when actually they are opposite, paired, and 3-cleft. Greater Tickseed provides cheerful, unassuming color in places that are sometimes considered difficult. Companions might include River Oats, Blue Star, Columbine, and any of the Heucheras. Cat# 1065 -more info-
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| Downy Coreopsis |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Essentially occurring throughout the southeast in meadows and open woods, Downy Coreopsis grows 3 to 4 feet tall and has bright golden yellow flowers all summer and deep kelly green leaves. It is very similar to Coreopsis lanceolata and also tends to be short lived. It is a good one for naturalizing in a sunny place. Cat# 1066 -more info-
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| Rosey Thread-Leaf Coreopsis |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Coreopsis rosea makes bright green, 10 inch clumps of very finely dissected foliage giving the plant a delicate, fine texture much like Coreopsis 'Moonbeam'. The flowers are rosey-pink with yellow centers and occur mid to late summer. Rosey Threadleaf is good as an edging plant or as a ground cover. Sheer after flowering to encourage blooms all summer. Cat# 1067 -more info-
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| Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam' |
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| Coreopsis, Moonbeam |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Coreopsis 'Moonbeam' is a selected form of the southeastern native C. verticillata which grows in dry, open woods. Two foot clumps are made of very finely dissected foliage giving the plant a delicate, fine texture. Soft yellow daisy-like flowers appear from May to July and can be prolonged by occasionally shearing the spent flowers off. Grow the plant in full sun and average soil. Cut the whole clump to half its height in early May for an even more compact plant. It is neat and tidy and so well behaved that it was chosen to be the Perennial Plant Association's plant of the year for 1992. Cat# 1068 -more info-
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| Bewitched Clove Pink |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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Old timey Clove Pinks love sun and good drainage. They are perfect for a rock garden or a sunny bank. The silvery green foliage forms low, spreading, evergreen mats and their Carnation-like flowers are strongly and sweetly scented. 'Bewitched' has 1 inch light pink flowers with a magenta ring. These cover 6 inch mounds of silvery needle-shaped leaves in late spring and early summer. Excellent with blue Baptisia. Cat# 1259 -more info-
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