2010 New Plants

Light salmon flowers fading to cream. Green foliage. A Galaxy Hybrid. Cutting back after the first flush of bloom and watering during the hot days of summer can produce a new flush of flowers in the fall. Divide in early spring or fall. Adapt...

Leaflets like delicate discs make stems resemble deep green strings of beads. Collectible. Few plants evoke woodlands more than ferns. Give them conditions similar to their preferred habitat; moist, humus-rich soil and a shady...

Lavender flowers with yellow centers. Medium to dark green foliage. Compact, early, and free flowering, July-September. Shorter than many Boltonia, so staking isn't necessary. Rarely severely damaged by deer. Divide in spring every...

Wide, creamy yellow margins and light cream frosting over silver leaves. After the dainty blue forget-me-not type flowers in April-May, the margins lighten to creamy white. A smaller sport of ‘Jack Frost’. A w...

Mounding habit. Shiny green leaves maintain their color well in winter.

We have grown and tested dozens of varieties and cultivars of boxwood since the early 1940's. The ones we currently list perform exceedingly well in th...

Slow growing, often twice as wide as high. Drooping branches, 3/4 to 2" long needles in a strong v-shape arrangement. Deer resistant alternative to Taxus.

Extra large white flowers in extra long 10" panicles, very fragrant. A stoloniferous wetland shrub that suckers readily and tolerates many types of soil but particulalry enjoys moist locations. Native from Maine to Florida. Flowers...

2” creamy yellow flowers with a rich red ring around a gold button-like center, all summer. Flowers that open in autumn range from solid red to pale yellow with red streaking through the petals. Drought tolerant once establis...

Huge 6" white flowers in June. Densely branched. Foliage turns a beautiful orange-red in autumn. Rutgers hybrids are vigorous, upright growing hybrids of the native Cornus florida and the oriental Cornus kousa, developed at Rutgers...

C. coum is more dwarf than other Cyclamen. Striking violet-like flowers with magenta to white reflexed petals from late winter to early spring. Heart-shaped, glossy, mottled leaves.  A woodland plant, C. coum prefers part...

Dark green, crinkled and crested foliage that resembles parsley. A. felix-mas is a native suited to the woodland garden or any shady corner where its unusual texture will be noticed. Part shade to shade is ideal. Humus-rich so...

Purple-pink flowers sprout a charming second set of petals atop the cone, once established, July to October. Native to the central USA. Prefers only moderately fertile soils and should have good winter drainage. Drought tolerant on...

Evergreen groundcover. Narrow dark green leaves are etched with silvery white veins.  Very prostrate habit. Spacing: 24".  Most Japanese Euonymus will become a clinging vine if allowed to grow upwards on a support but are usually grown a...

A new, more compact plant for smaller spaces. Striking, airy white flowers over dark foliage on upright, well-branched plants, openign up the spike spring through autumn. Drought tolerant once established. Spacing: 18-24".

Tiny, star-shaped, sweetly scented white flowers, July-August, scattered on erect stems above a low tuft of narrow gray-green foliage. A dwarf for smaller spaces. Spacing: 12-15". Prefers a well drained alkaline soil. A light top dressing of lime ...

Creamy yellow cup-shaped flowers in early spring. Spacing: 18-24". Hellebores are long lived perennials that resent disturbance and prefer a neutral to alkaline soil with consistent moisture. All are deer resistant.

Pink buds on purple stems open to creamy flowers backed with pink and green, late winter to early spring. Saw-toothed foliage is pewter-blue above, burgundy-gray beneath, evergreen. Spacing: 12-18".  Hellebores are long lived perennials that ...

Dormant diploid. Pale apricot and rose bicolor 3" flowers. Mid season bloomer. Spacing: 12-18".

Daylilies are an unusually durable plant. Although they prefer reasonably fertile and moist soils, they are tolerant of poorer, drier soils and...

Diploid. Lavender-purple 6" flowers with yellow centers and ruffled edges. Mid season. Rebloomer.

Daylilies are an unusually durable plant. Although they prefer reasonably fertile and moist soils, they are tolerant of poorer, drier soils a...

Rich red 4" flowers with a yellow to green throat. Flowering starts early and repeats for an unusually extended blooming season.

Daylilies are an unusually durable plant. Although they prefer reasonably fertile and moist soils, they are to...

Leaves mottled with silver overlay creating contrasting green veins, flushing with burgundy in cool weather. Cream flowers in late spring. Spacing: 12-18". Heuchera benefit from annual mulching to keep rootstock covered. Adaptable to the seashore....

Leaves dark green, nearly round, corrugated, resembling a flat hamburger. Pale purple flowers, heavy bloomer. Spacing: 30”.

Hosta are outstanding foliage plants well suited for the shade. Spikes of small drooping funn...

Massive blooms emerge lime-green then change to white and age to green, July-September, on new wood. Beefy stems prevent drooping. Very floriferous. Adaptable to seashore conditions. Native. Prune in winter or early spring.

First pink H. arborescens. Large 6-8" flower clusters emerge dark hot pink and mature to bright pink, June-September, on new wood. Prune late winter or early spring. Native. Adaptable to seashore conditions.

Hortensia (mop head). Heads of lare sterile flowers, pink in alkaline or blue in acid soils, July-August, on old wood. Moist soils a must. One of the Cityline® dwarf hydrangea series. Because this type of hydrangea sets flower buds on the ...

Fringed, two-toned yellow and white rays around a yellow center form feathery double blossoms, July-August. Encourage rebloom by deadheading. Adaptable to the seashore. Spacing: 12-18".

Clumping habit. Arching, narrow, green foliage turns reddish in autumn. Golden copper pllumes in late August mature to silver. Spacing: 3-4 ft.  Miscanthus cultivars are effective as a background, hedge, screen or accent and will grow at the ...

Clumping habit. Dwarf, arching foliage with vivid green and yellow banding. Reddish purple plumes held 1 foot above foliage age to tan in autumn. May be planted at water's edge and in coastal gardens. Native to Japan and China. Spacing: 3-4 ft.

Clumping habit. Arching narrow blades with numerous, narrow, distinct, gold and green bands form a vase-shaped plant. Inflorescences in September. Can be planted as a border or hedge, by the waterside, and in coastal gardens. Spacing: 5-6'.

Blue-gray foliage changes to burgundy-red as early as mid summer. Striking reddish flower spikes. A clumping, warm season, native prairie grass that is adaptable to the seashore. Spacing: 2–3 ft.

Ornamental grasses are fine additions...

Spreading woodland groundcover with creeping shoots that root at nodes. Fragrant, dark violet-blue flowers with very full petals, spring. Does best in fertile, moist but well drained, humusy soils. Tolerates spring sun. Divide after flowering. Dev...

Whorls of deep blue flowers atop powdery white stems, May. Crinkled gray-green foliage forms a basal mound. Requires consistently moist soils. Rarely severely damaged by deer. Spacing: 18".

Lavender-blue fragrant flowers on a mounding, dwarf shrub, spring and again late summer to frost. Deadhead promptly to encourage rebloom.

Mature size and spread depend upon soil, climate and maintenance. Lilacs tolerate both acid and highe...

Dark red-pink flowers, May-June and sporadically until frost. Foliage opens chartreuse and turns to irridescent silvery yellow through the growing season.

W. florida grows into a rounded mound with branches that can arch to the ground. It ...