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Plant
Descriptions
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Name: |
Agastache 'Rock Anise' |
Botanical: |
Agastache |
Height
x Width: |
24- 36"
H x 18-24" W |
Exposure: |
Full Sun |
Bloom
Color: |
Orange |
Bloom
Time: |
Summer
through Fall! |
Water: |
Drought tolerant |
Features: |
Plants are covered with
salmon-orange flowers from
June to frost! |
Companions: |
Other butterfly
attracting perennials. |
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Name: |
Japanese
Aster |
Botanical: |
Kalimeris |
Height
x Width: |
18-36"
H x 18-30" W |
Exposure: |
Full Sun |
Bloom
Color: |
White |
Bloom
Time: |
May
to Frost! |
Water: |
Drought tolerant |
Features: |
Plants are covered with
white flowers from May to
frost! |
Companions: |
Other butterfly
attracting perennials. |
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Name: |
Butterfly
Bush |
Botanical: |
Buddleia |
Height
x Width: |
6-8' H x 4-5'
W |
Exposure: |
Full Sun is preferred |
Bloom
Color: |
Purple, Pink, Blue, Yellow,
Wine, or White |
Bloom
Time: |
Sumer through Fall! |
Water: |
Low |
Features: |
Produces
and abundance of flower
clusters from June to frost
that are butterfly magnets!
Excellent specimen in the
perennial garden or around
patios and decks. Very Drought
tolerant. |
Companions: |
Other
Butterfly Bushes, Lantanas,
Yarrows, Agastache, Asters,
Salvias, Tall Verbena, and
other butterfly attracting
plants. |
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Name: |
Caryopteris - Blue Mist
Shrub |
Botanical: |
Caryopteris |
Height
x Width: |
24-36"
H x 24-30" W |
Exposure: |
Full Sun |
Bloom
Color: |
Blue |
Bloom
Time: |
Mid-Summer
through Fall! |
Water: |
Drought tolerant |
Features: |
Plants are covered with
fuzzy blue flowers from
June to frost! |
Companions: |
Other butterfly
attracting perennials. |
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Name: |
Coneflowers |
Botanical: |
Echinacea |
Height
x Width: |
18-30"
H x 24" W |
Exposure: |
Full Sun or Partial Shade |
Bloom
Color: |
Purple, White, Yellow,
or Orange |
Bloom
Time: |
Summer through Fall |
Water: |
Low |
Features: |
Purple
or white flowers with orange-brown
center cones are produced
in abundance atop sturdy
stems. Butterflies love
them. Very drought tolerant.
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Companions: |
Yarrows,
Butterfly Weed, Butterfly
Bushes, Daisies, Rudbeckias,
Coreopsis, Daylilies, Salvias,
Sedums, Setcresia, Verbenas,
Pincushion Flower, Veronicas,
and many more! |
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Name: |
Coreopsis
'Moonbeam' |
Botanical: |
Coreopsis verticillata |
Height
x Width: |
18-24"
H x 18-24" W |
Exposure: |
Full Sun |
Bloom
Color: |
Pale Yellow |
Bloom
Time: |
June to October |
Water: |
Low |
Features: |
Masses
of pale yellow daisy-like
flowers are produced during
summer and into fall. Very
attractive thinly-cut foliage
is mounding. Sheering off
faded flowers will allow
for successive blooming.
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Companions: |
Tall
Garden Phlox, Butterfly
Weed, Daisies, Coneflower,
other Coreopsis, Daylilies,
Salvias, Sedums, Pincushion
Flower,Setcresia, Verbenas,
Veronicas, and more! |
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Name: |
Daisy
'Ryan's' |
Botanical: |
Chrysanthemum superbum |
Height
x Width: |
2-3' H x 2'
W |
Exposure: |
Full Sun or Partial Shade |
Bloom
Color: |
White |
Bloom
Time: |
All Summer |
Water: |
Low to average |
Features: |
The best
of the best Shasta Daisies.
Three and a half inch daisies
are produced in abundance
on sturdy stems that rise
above the thick, dark green
foliage. Forms massive clumps
in the garden. An excellent
cut flower! |
Companions: |
Other
Daisies, Coneflowers, Coreopsis,
Veronicas, Salvias, Sedums,
Pincushion Flower, Butterfly
Bush, Lantanas, Agastache,
Yarrows, Daylilies, Liliums,
Iris, and many many more! |
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Name: |
'Goldstrum'
Daisy - 'Black Eyed Susan' |
Botanical: |
Rudbeckia 'Goldstrum' |
Height
x Width: |
18-24"
H x 24" W |
Exposure: |
Full Sun or Partial Shade |
Bloom
Color: |
Yellow with Black eye-cone |
Bloom
Time: |
Summer |
Water: |
Low |
Features: |
The 3-4"
diameter yellow flowers
with a black center cones
are produced in abundance.
An easily grown and long-lived
species. Excellent cut flower.
1999 Perennial of The Year!
A must inevery landscape
or garden. |
Companions: |
Yarrows,
Coreopsis, Daisies, Coneflowers,
Agastache, Artemesia, Guara,
Daylilies, Japanese Aster,
Malva, Tall Phlox, Salvias,
Veronicas, Sedums, Verbenas,
and many more! |
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Name: |
Lantana's
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Botanical: |
Lantana |
Height
x Width: |
2-6' H x 4-8'
W depending on variety |
Exposure: |
Full Sun |
Bloom
Color: |
'Miss Huff' and 'Pink
Caprice' pictured |
Bloom
Time: |
May to Frost! |
Water: |
Very drought tolerant |
Features: |
Unrivaled
for attracting butterflies!
The flower clusters are
produced in abundance from
late spring thru fall. Leave
plenty of room in the garden
for these fast growing,
mounding perennial shrubs.
Very drought tolerant. A
must in every garden or
landscape! Most definitely
a Wilson Bros Favorite!!
Prune
back in Spring when new
growth begins to emerge.
Fall pruning insures death. |
Companions: |
Yarrows,
Butterfly Bush, Ice Plant,
Sedums, Ornamental Grasses,
Junipers, Barberries, Yucca,
Coneflowers, Rudbeckias,
Pincushion Flower, and many
other plants that attract
butterflies and are drought
tolerant. |
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Name: |
Pincushion
Flower - (Pink or Blue) |
Botanical: |
Scabiosa |
Height
x Width: |
12-18"
H x 18" W |
Exposure: |
Full Sun |
Bloom
Color: |
Blue |
Bloom
Time: |
April to Frost! |
Water: |
Drought tolerant once
established |
Features: |
Multitudes
of vivid-blue flowers, resembling
pin cushions, are produced
from April to frost on this
low, mounding, very drought
tolerant perennial. Attracts
butterflies and an excellent
cut flower! A must in every
garden! |
Companions: |
Yarrows,
Agastaches, Artemesia, Butterfly
Weed, Butterfly Bush, Daisies,
Coreopsis, Coneflowers,
Guara, Daylilies, Japanese
Aster, Phlox, Knockout Rose,
Sedum, Salvia, Veronicas,
and many more! |
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Name: |
Garden
Phlox - (Tall) |
Botanical: |
Phlox paniculata |
Height
x Width: |
2-3' H x 2'
W |
Exposure: |
Full Sun |
Bloom
Color: |
Assorted - ('David' top
right) |
Bloom
Time: |
Summer into Fall if deadheaded |
Water: |
Low to average...water
during prolonged drought |
Features: |
Large vividly-colored
flower clusters are produced
in abundance atop clumps
of dark green foliage on
vertical stems. Underused
in our area. Very eye catching
and a must in any sunny
garden or landscape! Mildew
resistant. Some are fragrant
and good cut flowers. |
Companions: |
Yarrows,
Agastache, Artemesia, Hollyhocks,
Coreopsis, Daisies, Butterfly
Bush, Coneflowers, Gaura,
Daylilies, Lantanas, Japanese
Aster, Malva, Russian Sage,
Salvias, Veronicas, Sedums,
and more! |
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Name: |
Sedum
'Autumn Joy' or 'Autumn
Fires' |
Botanical: |
Sedum |
Height
x Width: |
30" H
x 36" W |
Exposure: |
Full Sun or Partial Shade |
Bloom
Color: |
Coral Pinkish-Red |
Bloom
Time: |
Late Summer into Fall |
Water: |
Very drought tolerant |
Features: |
Large cauliflower-shaped
flower heads rise above
very attractive gray-green
succulent foliage. Eye-catching
in the perennial or rock
garden, or anywhere in the
sunny, dry landscape. Very
drought tolerant. Attracts
butterflies. |
Companions: |
Other
Sedums, Agastache, Yarrows,
Hens and Chicks, Coreopsis,
Daisies, Coneflowers, Daylilies,
Guara, Japanese Aster, Lantanas,
Butterfly Bush, Yucca, Barberries,
Ornamental Grasses, Junipers,
and many more! |
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Name: |
Spiderwort
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Botanical: |
Tradescantia |
Height
x Width: |
18-24"
H x 24" W |
Exposure: |
Full Sun or Partial Shade |
Bloom
Color: |
Assorted |
Bloom
Time: |
May to Frost |
Water: |
Low to moderate |
Features: |
Attractive
frosty blue foliage contrasts
nicely with the purple flowers
produced from May to frost!
Attract butterflies. |
Companions: |
Yarrows,
Agastache, Butterfly Weed,
Coreopsis, Daisies, Coneflowers,
Guara, Daylilies, Iris,
Japanese Aster, Lantana,
Malva, Russian Sage, Salvias,
Veronicas, Sedums, and mnay
more. |
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Name: |
Stoke's
Aster |
Botanical: |
Stokesia 'Blue Danube' |
Height
x Width: |
18-24"
H x 24" W |
Exposure: |
Full Sun or Partial Shade |
Bloom
Color: |
Blue |
Bloom
Time: |
May to Frost |
Water: |
Low to moderate |
Features: |
Large,
beautiful Attract butterflies. |
Companions: |
Yarrows,
Agastache, Butterfly Weed,
Coreopsis, Daisies, Coneflowers,
Guara, Daylilies, Iris,
Japanese Aster, Lantana,
Malva, Russian Sage, Salvias,
Veronicas, Sedums, and mnay
more. |
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Name: |
Verbena
'Homestead Purple' |
Botanical: |
Verbena |
Height
x Width: |
8" H
x Apreading to 3' |
Exposure: |
Full Sun |
Bloom
Color: |
Purple |
Bloom
Time: |
March to Frost! |
Water: |
Low |
Features: |
Purple
flower clusters are produced
in abundance on this trailing
peennial. Excellent as an
edging in the perennial
garden or beds and islands.
A butterfly magnet! Flowers
from April to fros,t on
and off. Very drought tolerant. |
Companions: |
Yarrows,
Agastache, Butterfly Weed,
Artemesia, Daisies, Coneflowers,
Coreopsis, Guara, Japanese
Aster, Daylilies, Lantana,
Butterfly Bush, Malva, Russian
Sage, Salvias, Veronicas,
Knockout Roses, Rudbeckias,
Sedums, and many more! |
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Name: |
Veronica
'Goodness Grows' |
Botanical: |
Veronica |
Height
x Width: |
18" H
x 18" W |
Exposure: |
Full Sun |
Bloom
Color: |
Violet-Blue |
Bloom
Time: |
May to Frost |
Water: |
Drought tolerant |
Features: |
An introduction
from our friends at Goodness
Grows. Spikes of beautiful
violet-blue flowers above
neat and compact foliage
from May to frost! An excellent
performer and great cut
flower! Definitely a Wilson
Bros. Favorite. A must in
every garden! |
Companions: |
Yarrows,
Agastache, Butterfly Bushes,
Coreopsis, Daisies, Coneflowers,
Dianthus, Guara, Daylilies,
Japanese Aster, Malva, Russian
Sage, Lamb's Ear, Sedums,
Pincushion Flower, Verbenas,
and many more! |
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Name: |
Yarrow
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Botanical: |
Achillea |
Height
x Width: |
12-24"
H x 24"+ W |
Exposure: |
Full Sun |
Bloom
Color: |
Pink, red, or yellow |
Bloom
Time: |
Summer through fall |
Water: |
Drought tolerant |
Features: |
Colorful
flower clusters atop tall
stems rise above ferny green
or grey foliage. Butterflies
love it. A great cut flower
too. |
Companions: |
Agastache,
Butterfly Bushes, Coreopsis,
Daisies, Coneflowers, Dianthus,
Guara, Daylilies, Japanese
Aster, Malva, Russian Sage,
Lamb's Ear, Sedums, Pincushion
Flower, Verbenas, and many
more! |
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