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Calibrachoa Callie Rose, Calibrachoa Callie Rose, has bright violet-rose flowers that are stunning. Callie Rose has a trailing to semi trailing habit that is excellent in full sun. With their high tolerance to high pH, callies will do well in a wide ra

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The Double Peony ‘Bouchela’, Paeonia officinalis, has deep rose pink flowers that are rose toward the outer petals. “The Queen of Garden Flowers!” We offer the best fully double, free-blooming varieties. Flowers are 5-7″ across and during late sprin

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The Cleome Cherry Queen, ‘Cleome spinosa’, is a knockout. The Cherry Queen is very easy to grow and lends authority to any garden. The flower clusters, 3 to 6 inches across, are a deep carmine-rose with golden buds. The Cherry Queen is a wonderful flower to attract butterflies. Cherry Queens bloom in late July through first frosts and can be hardy if grown in protected sites.Cleome likes rich, deep garden soil,, and is somewhat drought tolerant. If they are grown in exposed positions, they may require staking. The Cherry Queen is best planted in back of beds or next to a wall, trellis, or fence. Plant after all danger of frost has passed. They can be mass planted in island beds, instead of trees or shrubs, where a strong vertical impact is needed. Plant in full sun for best results.

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The Morden Sunrise Rose, Rosa ‘Morden Sunrise’ (PP13,969), produces creamy orange buds that open to strongly fragrant dark orange blooms that later mature to creamy yellow. Morden Sunrise flowers from June to mid-September. This low growing plant is useful as a hedge and really makes a statement planted en masse. This rose has its own root. The advantage of own root roses is that once established they are very resilient. If winter’s freezing breezes kill the top growth, the rose will grow back in the spring, and the recovered rose will look the same as the one you purchased.

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Easy Elegance High Voltage, Rosa ‘BAIage’ (PPAF), is an electrifying shrub rose with flowers that are three to four inches in diameter. High Voltage provides shockingly beautiful yellow flowers with an upright growth pattern and disease-free foliage. The plant is highly disease tolerant to black spot. Blooms are held high on sturdy canes and are very fragrant. This shrub has a vase-shape habit, so it is good for back of the border. Large, plentiful blooms make High Voltage a showstopper in any garden. It is grown on its own root instead of being grafted onto a hardy root stock. It prefers well drained soil and full sun. The Easy Elegance line of roses continue to show their outstanding performance.

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The Oriental Lily Collection, ‘Lilium mixed’, includes two bulbs of each or our five favorite cultivars. Side by side the flowers range from pure white (‘Casa Blanca’) to White with a few pink speckles (‘Lovely Girl’), to white with many pink speckles and rose stripes (‘Tiger Woods’), to deep rose (‘Stargazer’). ‘Golden Stargazer’ is a unique yellow flowered Oriental lily that brings out the golden stripes in ‘Lovely Girl.’ Oriental Lilies are one of the most beautiful of all lilies and their fragrance permeates the garden air. These are the lilies that florists favor for summer bouquets and bridal centerpieces. Plant Oriental Lilies in full sun with very rich and very well draining soil. Each year they will grow taller, more robust, and more floriferous.

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The Clary Sage, ‘Salvia sclarca’, is a truly spectacular plant with fountains of 3′ tall flower stems. In addition to its numerous panicles of flowers, the entire plant releases a pleasant garden fragrance. The flowers are pale lilac, 1 inch long tubular blooms, with very prominent rose-red bracts on 2 to 3 foot tall square stems. The Clary Sage blooms in summer through early fall.Clary Sages prefer full sun and average garden soil. The soil must be well drained and not overly fertile. This Sage is a great plant for dry, rocky soils. Plant this easy-to-grow plant in the spring after the last average frost date. Clary Sage is used for tea, and the fresh or dried leaves are used the same way as sage. The leaves are also used to make sachets and potpourri.

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The Sedum ‘Matrona’ is one of the finest of all upright sedums in its family. Its sturdy, dark burgundy stems look wonderful with its gray green leaves, edged with a deep rose color. The umbrella-like flower heads are maroon to pale pink. Blooming from August to September, it has a plant height of 18″ and a spread of 12″ Sedum ‘Matrona’ needs to be planted in full sun in well-drained soil. It will tolerate most soil types and is drought resistant. ‘Matrona’ is a great choice for beds and borders and excellent as cut flowers. It is also a great butterfly and bee attractor and is disease resistant.

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The Hibiscus Satin Violet, ‘Hibiscus syriacus ‘Satin Violet’, a Proven Winners selection, also known as Rose of Sharon, is a tremendous improvement in the Hardy Hibiscus. Satin Violet produces strong growing plants with lots of large bright blooms. These plants are clearly superior to older and weaker varieties. Violet Satin has one of the best violet colors on the market today. Enjoy these beautiful mid summer blooms.

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Honeysuckle – Harlequin, Lonicera periclymenum ‘Harlequin’, is a variegated deciduous vine that produces leaves with two shades of green with creamy white margins. These leaves brighten to hot pink in the fall. Red stems hold wonderfully scented flowers of pale rose purple with a cream tip. Harlequin’s flowers last all summer long and often into fall, but the foliage is just as interesting as the flowers, so Harlequin’s fall foliage color adds additional charm. Indifferent to heat and humidity, it’s the one you want for those dry, difficult spots. Let it scramble across the ground in areas where few other things will grow — its vining habit can be horizontal as easily as vertical! If trained on a trellis, Harlequin needs to be tied to a vertical stake at planting time for support as it grows. It prefers sun to light shade.

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