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LANDSCAPE AND GROUNDS MANAGEMENT
DROUGHT TOLERANT: Yes HEAT TOLERANT: Yes FiredUp Coral is a new, naturally freestanding thriller. This compact, upright Dipladenia features vibrant, coral-pink pinwheel blooms, providing a clean, modern focal point that doesn’ t require a trellis.
Photo courtesy of All-America Selections / National Garden Bureau
Photo courtesy of All-America Selections / National Garden Bureau
PERENNIAL: Crocosmia Dark Fire HARDINESS ZONE: 6-9 LIGHT: Full sun; partial sun PLANT HEIGHT: 18-24” BLOOM COLOR: Red / Pink POLLINATOR FRIENDLY: Yes Truly unique, Dark Fire Montbretia features smoky purple foliage and red / yellow flowers in summer. This vigorous perennial offers late-season color, attracts hummingbirds, and is deer / rabbit-resistant( Zones 6-9).
FLOWERING SHRUB: Hydrangea Centennial Ruby HARDINESS ZONE: 4-9 LIGHT: Partial sun PLANT HEIGHT: 3-4’ BLOOM COLOR: Red / Pink CONTAINERS: Yes BEDS: Yes This special 100th-anniversary hydrangea boasts stunning, long-lasting rubyred mophead blooms that deepen with age. Centennial Ruby( Zones 4-9) is compact, sturdy, and features thick, deep green leaves.
TERRA NOVA NURSERIES
Photo courtesy of Terra Nova Nurseries
Photo courtesy of Terra Nova Nurseries
Photo courtesy of Terra Nova Nurseries
Agastache‘ Peach Pearl’ Agastache‘ Peach Pearl,’ companion to the popular‘ Pink Pearl,’ is smothered with bright, peachyorange flowers that bloom from June through October and add brilliant color to gardens and perennial beds. It displays an excellent full, upright habit and offers downy mildew-resistant foliage. Hardiness zones for‘ Peach Pearl’ are 6-10.
Agastache‘ Prince’ s Plume’ Agastache‘ Prince’ s Plume’ delivers a profusion of lavender-violet blooms from June through frost, combining long-lasting flower power with hardy, high-quality foliage.‘ Prince’ s Plume’ is deerresistant, heat- and humidity-tolerant and a proven hummingbird and pollinator attractor. The variety’ s hardiness zones are 5-10.
Coreopsis NOVA‘ Sunstone’ Coreopsis NOVA‘ Sunstone’ has a fast and mounding growth habit and is covered with rusty peach to sun-tanned pink flowers. It’ s a powerhouse of great performance, presenting robust landscape value in mixed beds, borders, containers and mass plantings. NOVA‘ Sunstone’ blooms from June through October and its hardiness zones are 5-10.
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