Jacobs Ladder - Stairway to Heaven $49.90
Shady Groundcover Loves Heat The Polemonium Stairway to Heaven, Polemonium reptans 'Stairway to Heaven', has wonderful green leaves with white leaf margins that are tinged pink. The pale lavender blue flowers are ¾ inches and are bell-shaped. 'Stairway to Heaven' blooms from June to July with a plant height of 1-2' and a spread of 12-15"".It needs to be planted in a fully shaded area but will tolerate some morning sun in well-drained soil. It is attractive to bees and butterflies and easy to maintain. Thisvigorous, heat-tolerant selectioncan be planted with Polemonium 'Brise d'Anjou Jacobs Ladder' or Hosta 'Patriot'. Use formass plantings, in rock gardens or in an elegant landscape. A long-cherished plant, 'Stairway to Heaven' offers attractive foliage and elegant stalks of nodding blue flowers that will bring a refreshing elegance to the landscape! *White Edged Green Leaves *Lavender Bell Shaped Flowers *Loves Full Shade and Heat more...
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Japanese Painted Fern $49.90
Beautiful Fern with Silver Highlights The Japanese Painted Fern, is a low maintenance, deciduous fern with soft grayish-green and silvery dark maroon foliage. It has a weeping habit and exquisite foliage that appears “painted" with silver. It is easy to see why it was nominated Perennial of the Year for 2004. The Japanese Painted Fern has a plant spread of 24" and a height of 24". It's a great addition to any shaded garden. Japanese Painted Fern prefers full shade, however, small amounts of afternoon sun give the most vibrant color to its foliage. A well-drained area is best, but please don't allow it to dry out. The Japanese Painted Fern, is perfect as a border plant, planted near streams or ponds or as an accent plant. Best of all, it can help with erosion control, while presenting minimal wind resistance. Its open, spreading texture and graceful appearance makes a wonderful companion to flowering perennials. It will contrast well with Hosta 'Patriot' or Heuchera 'Palace Purple more...
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Japanese Spurge - Green Sheen $59.90
The Japanese Spurge 'Green Sheen', Pachysandra terminalis 'Green Sheen', has lustrous, shiny green leaves; the sheen is so impressive you think it can't be real! It is an evergreen ground cover, and the plant has a tidy habit which makes it a landscape winner.It grows in deep shade and is ideal for using under shallow rooted trees. Maturing at a height of 12 inches, it spreads slowly to moderately fast by underground rhizomes.'Green Sheen' prefers well drained, organically rich loam and shade.It will tolerate some sun in northern zones, but needs shade in southern zones. 'Green Sheen' tolerates heat and humidity better than other Pachysandras.It features tiny spikes of white flowers rising above the foliage in mid spring.This Pachysandra will transform otherwise bare and ugly ground areas into attractive year-round cover! This spurge is also very effective as a border plant along paths or driveway edgings and can be used as a lawn substitute in shaded non-traffic areas. 'Green Sheen' m more...
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Joey Tomocik Water Lily $79.90
Vibrant Yellow Water Lily The vibrant yellow of this water lily makes others look pale by comparison because it has the deepest yellow blooms of all the yellow lilies! It is no wonder that experts voted this “Hardy Waterlily of 2005." It was dedicated by Dr. Kirk Strawn in 1993 to Joe Tomocik of the Denver Botanical Gardens, who named it for his daughter. Its flowers are held several inches above emerald green leaves. The yellow flowers are 4-5 inches wide, the leaves are 8-10 inches wide, and the overall plant spread is 4-5 feet wide. This extremely adaptable plant grows best in full to partial sun, will survive winter climates, and is equally at home in a tub or a large pond! We recommend growing 'Joey Tomocik' in a 7.5 quart or larger container (available from naturehills.com). Also available from naturehills.com is Aquatic Planting Media and Lilytabs Water Lily Fertilizer. Cannot be shipped to: CA, MT, OR, WA or WY. 'Joey Tomocik' blooms as early as May, ends in October, and more...
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Juniper - Calgary Carpet $99.90
This Juniper Has Soft Foliage Juniper - Calgary Carpet, Juniperus sabina 'Monna', is a great plant to use when you need a lower growing evergreen, but don't like the prickers that one tends to associate with Junipers. Bright green in color and soft textured, the foliage of the Calgary Carpet has a scale-like appearance and is soft to the touch. The layered branching habit of this plant gives the subtle appearance of soft undulations in the ground beneath it. Calgary Carpet would serve nicely in a small Zen garden, with it's ability to suggest a forest of undulating green. This juniper does well in dry soils that are well drained, and needs to have partial to full sun exposure. It's mature height rarely exceeds 9 but can spread to 6' wide or more. *Grows 9-12 Tall and Spreads to 6' *Dry Soil and Full to Part Sun *Soft Foliage Does Not Have Stickers more...
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Juniper - Good Vibrations $34.95
Low-Growing Juniper That Changes Color! The Good vibrations Juniper is a low-growing Juniper with remarkable changing colors. Its low-growing nature would make a perfect boarder plant for your perennial bed or a terrific ground cover. This delightful Juniper is soft to the touch and changes colors with the seasons. In the spring your Juniper's color emerges as greenish-yellow that transitions to gold for the summer months. Autumn brings an orange hue to your Juniper's dramatic foliage, providing additional color and definition to the barren landscape. Your Good Vibrations Juniper will grow to about 2 feet tall. Its horizontal branching gracefully arches out to about 11 feet. It's a terrific ground cover with a variety of uses for both the manicured yard and naturalized areas as well. The Good Vibrations Juniper is a drought tolerant, deer resistant plant that won't require any of your time or energy. It's tolerant of most conditions and generally takes care of itself. A Good Vibrations more...
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