HAMMONDS PLAINS AREA GARDEN CLUB 2016 PLANT ORDER PLANTS Hostas - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

HAMMONDS PLAINS AREA GARDEN CLUB

2016 PLANT ORDER

PLANTS

• Hostas
• Astilbes
• Companion plants - perennials
• Irises
• Daylilies
• Ornamental grasses

Flemish Sky Hosta

• 10-12” tall, 20” wide
• Blue-gret wavy rippled pointed

leaves.

• Blooms poke out through the

leaves like a Florists’ arrangement

• Blooms attract hummingbirds!
• Slug resistant.

Ginko Craig Hosta

• 6” tall, 12” wide
• Narrow grass green leaves with crisp

white margins.

• Vigorous. A good plant for ground

cover, edging, accent plantings & containers.

• Adjacent plants mesh, leaving no

room or light for weeds

Blue Angel Hosta

• 32" high, 70" wide
• Holds blue green color very well
• n huge leaves.
• Very large mound
• White flowers mid- summer
• Excellent slug resistance.

Sum & Substance Hosta

• 36” tall, 72” wide
• Chartreuse foliage is corrugated

and cupped.

• Can be enormous (9’ wide at

maturity).

• Slug resistant.
• Sun tolerant.

Queen of Holland Astilbe

• 30” tall
• showy white flowers
• glossy bronze foliage
• late spring bloom

Hennie Graafland Astilbe

• 10-12” tall
• rose pink colored flowers
• Glossy, dark, bronze-green leaves
• Blooms in mid summer

Mainz Astilbe

• 20” tall
• dark green feathery leaves
• pink blooms
• early season bloomer

Venus Astilbe

• 30” tall, 24” wide
• Pale powdery pink flowers
• Dark green leaves
• Mid to late flowering season

Gloria Purpurea Astilbe

• 25” tall
• Dense light lavender and pink

plumes

• Blooms July/August

Baptisia Australis

• Plants form a tall bushy clump of

grey green foliage with tall spikes

• f violet blue pea-like flowers.
• Full Sun.
• 36” high & wide.

Ligularia Othello

• Clump forming perennial with

large toothed green leaves.

• Yellow orange daisy like flowers

2-4” across.

• Shade.
• Moist soil.

Petasites Giganteum

Giant Japanese Butterbur

• Up to 5 feet high with 3-foot-wide leaves resembling rhubarb.
• Sun to part shade.
• Moist to wet soil but will grow in an average garden.
• The flowers emerge before the leaves — think hyacinths but

mutant ones with greenish blooms on naked stems.

• A bold, textural plant, it needs lots of room for best foliage

effect.

• Place carefully: can spread quickly in moist locations and is

difficult to control once it spreads. Can be grown in large pots

• r in less moist areas to restrict growth, or spreading can be

controlled by sinking a heavy plastic or metal tub into the ground and placing the plant within.

Filipendula Rubra

• 4-5 ‘tall
• ‘Cotton Candy’ pink plumes in

June-July.

• Spreads by rhizomes, great for

naturalizing in moist meadows.

• Full sun

Liatris Kobold

• 24” tall
• clumps of grassy looking leaves

bearing spikes of bright magenta- purple flowers in mid-summer.

• Full sun.
• Attracts butterflies/hummingbirds.
• Rabbit and deer resistant

Ruffled Velvet Iris

• 24-30”tall
• Velvety dark purple blooms

Ceasar’s Brother Iris

• 36-42” tall
• Velvety rich purple self, yellow and

white blaze with black veining.

• Blooms profusely in early summer.
• Deer resistant.
• Prefers rich, moist soil.

Sparkling Rose Iris

• 36-48” tall
• Lilac-rose flowers above blades of

silver-green.

• Does well in dry and damp soils.

Percheron Iris

• 36” tall
• Beautiful large lavender blue

flowers striped with dark violet.

• Mid season bloom time.
• Easy to grow.
• Prefers a rich humid soil.

Daylily - Magic Dawn

• 30” tall
• Blooms - 5” bicolor of brick red &

creamy yellow

• Mid season
• Fragrant

Daylily - Stella D’Oro

• 15” tall
• Blooms - 2.75”, bright yellow

with mild pie crust edging.

• Blooms in early summer followed

by waves of rebloom into early fall.

• Most popular daylily.

Daylily - Bright Dancer

• 38” tall
• Blooms - 5”, dark red
• early season
• rebloomer

Daylily - Across the Miles

• 32” tall
• Bloom - 6”, brilliant yellow
• early to mid -season

Daylily - Real Wind

• 27” tall
• Blooms - 6.5”, large peachy
• range with deep rose eye zone

Daylily - Radiant Greetings

• 38” tall
• Blooms - 5.5”, creamy orange

with red halo

• mid- season
• rebloomer.

Daylily - Siloam Pink Petite

• 22” tall
• Blooms - 3”, ruffled pink with

deep pink eye zone and green throat.

• Extended midseason bloomer.
• Multiple award winner.

Daylily - New Swirls

• 30” tall
• Blooms - 4.5”, double, burgundy

with yellow green throat

• Mid-season

Grass - Miscanthus Morning Light

• 4-6’ tall
• dense, upright, rounded fountain

like clump.

• Crimson red plume flowers that

change to silvery white.

• Full sun but tolerates part shade

Korean Feather Grass

Calamagrostis Brachytricha

• 5’ tall
• upright, narrow, clump forming
• Bright yellow foliage in autumn
• Purple plumes
• Full sun, shade tolerant

Grass - Little Blue Stem

Schizachyrium Scoparius

• 36” tall
• pastel colors in summer
• coppery burgundy hues in fall
• drought tolerant

Grass – Shenandoah Switchgrass

Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah'

• 36” tall
• small, neat clump
• dark purple casts on tips throughout

summer changing to dark black purple foliage.

• Prefers full sun and tolerates salt

spray.

• A standout in the garden