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Plant
Descriptions
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.
Name:
Blazing
Star
Botanical:
Liatrus
Height
x Width:
24-30"
H x 18-24" W
Exposure:
Full Ssun
Bloom
Color:
Purple
Bloom
Time:
Late Spring
Water:
Low
Features:
An excellent cut flor
as well as vertical accent
in the garden. Also attracts
butterflies.
Companions:
Plant as
an accent in the sunny perennial
garden.
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.
Companions:
Yarrows,
Butterfly Weed, Butterfly
Bushes, Daisies, Rudbeckias,
Coreopsis, Daylilies, Salvias,
Sedums, Setcresia, Verbenas,
Pincushion Flower, Veronicas,
and many more!
Name:
Coreopsis
'Sunray'
Botanical:
Coreopsis
Height
x Width:
24-30"
H x 24" W
Exposure:
Full Sun
Bloom
Color:
Bright Yellow
Bloom
Time:
Spring through Summer
Water:
Low
Features:
Masses
of yellow, Marigold-like
flowers are produced atop
stems that rise above somehwat
compact dark green foliage.
Excellent summer long color!
Deadheading encourages a
longer bloom season. Excellent
cut flower. Can be divided
every two years or so.
Companions:
Phlox,
Daisies, Coneflower, other
Coreopsis, Daylilies, Salvias,
Sedums, Setcresia, Verbenas,
Butterfly Weed, Pincushion
Flower, Veronicas, and many
more!
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!
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!
Name:
Lilies
- Hybrids
Botanical:
Lilium
Height
x Width:
3-4' H x
18-24" W
Exposure:
Full Sun
Bloom
Color:
Assorted
Bloom
Time:
Late Spring or Early
Summer
Water:
Low
Features:
Hardy
garden Lilies are a great
addition to the garden.
They provide vibrant splases
of color and make excellent
cut flowers. The trumpet
flowers attract hummingbirds.
Plants multiply every
season.
Companions:
Plant
in any sunny garden.
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!
Name:
Garden
Phlox - (Tall)
Botanical:
Phlox paniculata
Height
x Width:
2-3' H x
2' W
Exposure:
Full Sun
Bloom
Color:
Assorted
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.
Eye-catching
spikes of tubular flowers
in a range of colors are
produced atop sturdy stalks
that rise above grassy
foliage. Repeat bloomer.
Very drought tolerant.
Good cut flower.
Companions:
Yarrows,
Agastache, Artemesia,
Coreopsis, Rudbeckia Daisies,
Crocosmia, Daylilies,
Sedums, and many more.
Name:
Rosemary
'ARP'
Botanical:
Rosmarinus
Height
x Width:
3-4' H x
3-4' W
Exposure:
Full Sun or Partial
Shade
Bloom
Color:
Blue
Bloom
Time:
Winter
Water:
Low once established
Features:
The
hardiest of Rosemary for
Zone 8. Very decorative
, evergreen, wondefully
fragarnt foliage useful
in cooking. A well-branched
shrubby Rosemary producing
an abundance of small
blue flowers during the
winter months. Excellent
for use as an evergreen
accent in perennial gardens
& pots..
Companions:
Excellent
evergreen accent for the
garden. Plant nearby decks
to enjoy the aromatic
foliage and dainty little
flowers.
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!
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.
Name:
Tall
Verbena
Botanical:
Verbena bonariensis
Height
x Width:
3-4' H x
1-2' W
Exposure:
Full Sun
Bloom
Color:
Purple-Violet
Bloom
Time:
Summer through fall
Water:
Drought tolerant
Features:
Clusters
of flowers atop tall stems
rise above dark green
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!
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!
Name:
Yarrow
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!