Diervilla ses. 'Cool Splash' is a vibrant, low-maintenance deciduous shrub prized for its exceptional variegated foliage. Its dark green leaves feature crisp, creamy-white margins that hold their color well throughout the season, providing a beautiful accent. Clusters of trumpet-shaped, golden-yellow flowers bloom in early to mid-summer, attracting hummingbirds and other pollinators.
Rhus typhina 'Bailtiger' PP16185 is commonly referred to as Tiger Eyes® Cutleaf Staghorn Sumac. This First Editions® selection features deeply cut, bright lemon-lime foliage that contrasts nicely with its rosy-pink leaf stems. It has outstanding yellow, orange and red fall color. Its compact size allows for placement in shrub borders, foundations, cottage and coastal gardens.
Ligustrum 'Vicaryi', or Golden Privet, is a popular, fast-growing shrub highly valued for its dense, glossy golden-yellow foliage which provides a striking color contrast in the landscape. In late spring to early summer, it produces clusters of fragrant, creamy-white flowers that mature into attractive blue-black berries that appeal to birds. This tough and adaptable deciduous shrub forms a large, upright screen or hedge, typically reaching 6 to 12 feet tall and wide, with the brightest color achieved in full sun.
Green Giant Arborvitae is a hybrid cross between the western red cedar and the Japanese Arborvitae. It is a vigorous, fast growing, low-branching, columnar arborvitae with sprays of deep green, scale-like needles with great color retention through the winter. It has a broadly pyramidal habit that can grow up to 5 feet per year. It makes a great and a hardier substitute for Leyland cypress (Cupressus x leylandii).
Yucca 'Bright Edge' brings a touch of perpetual sunshine to your garden, particularly dazzling during cooler months. Its long, sword-like blades are adorned with broad, brilliant yellow margins that seem to glow with an intensified golden hue in the winter garden. Even in summer, these vibrant margins offer a striking contrast against the blue-green centers, creating a captivating focal point. From mid to late summer, 'Bright Edge' sends up dramatic, 30-inch flower spikes, adorned with an abundance of large, creamy, bell-shaped flowers.
Hydrangea pan. 'Limelight' is a renowned deciduous shrub prized for its enormous, conical flowers that emerge a unique, refreshing lime-green in mid-summer. The blooms provide long-lasting garden interest by gradually transitioning from green to creamy white, eventually taking on beautiful pink, red, and burgundy tones by fall. It is exceptionally hardy (Zones 3-9), features sturdy stems, and thrives in conditions ranging from full sun to partial shade, blooming reliably on new wood each year.
'Blue Chiffon' is an award-winning Rose of Sharon renowned for its unique, semi-double flowers that display a beautiful lacy center and a soft, true blue to lavender color. It is a prolific bloomer, producing its showy flowers continuously from midsummer until fall, providing valuable late-season color and attracting pollinators like butterflies and hummingbirds. Unlike many other Rose of Sharon varieties, 'Blue Chiffon' is valued for being nearly sterile, which prevents the nuisance of excessive self-seeding in the landscape.
Prairifire Crabapple is an outstanding, upright crabapple tree that features changing leaf color and a stunning flower display. Purplish-red pointy leaves appear in spring and become dark green in summer, aging to an attractive bronze-yellow in fall. As far as flowers: showy red buds open to single, fuchsia flowers that go on to produce persistent purplish-red fruit.
Gleditsia tri. 'Skyline' is a popular thornless Honeylocust valued for its distinct pyramidal to oval shape and impressive mature height of 40 to 45 feet. Its bipinnately compound, fine-textured foliage provides a dappled shade effect throughout the summer before turning a beautiful, clear golden-yellow in early fall. 'Skyline' is nearly thornless and seedless, eliminating the mess and hazard of the species plant, making cleanup much easier.
Prunus cistena (Purple-Leaf Sand Cherry) is a distinctive, medium-sized deciduous shrub (or small tree) growing to a height of 6 to 10 feet with a rounded, upright habit. It is highly valued for its striking, deep reddish-purple foliage that holds its vibrant color all season long, providing a dramatic accent to the landscape. In mid-spring, the dark leaves are beautifully contrasted by a profusion of small, fragrant, pale pink to white flowers.
Hydrangea pan. 'Berry White' is a popular panicle hydrangea celebrated for its strong stems and long-lasting, color-changing blooms. The large, cone-shaped flower panicles emerge a creamy white in July, remaining showy before gradually transitioning to a deep pink or wine-red as the season cools. Like all paniculata hydrangeas, 'Berry White' blooms on new wood, making it easy to prune in late winter or early spring without sacrificing the summer floral display.
Rosa Knock Out® Double Red (Rosa 'Radtko') is a renowned, low-maintenance shrub rose prized for its continuous bloom of full, double cherry-red flowers that resemble a classic rose. It is an extremely vigorous, self-cleaning variety with excellent disease resistance to black spot, rust, and powdery mildew. Growing to a compact, rounded size of 3 to 4 feet tall and wide, it is ideal for creating vibrant mass plantings, colorful borders, or a low, easy-care hedge.
Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus glabra) is a medium-sized, deciduous native tree, typically growing to 20–40 feet tall and wide with a rounded crown. In mid-spring, it produces showy, upright clusters of greenish-yellow flowers that are followed by the familiar prickly fruit containing the poisonous, shiny brown "buckeye" seeds. Its dense, dark green leaves turn a showy yellow to orange-red in early fall.
Summer Crush® Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla Summer Crush®) is a compact, reblooming Bigleaf Hydrangea from the Endless Summer® series, prized for its exceptionally vivid, large mophead blooms. It grows to a manageable 24–36 inches tall and wide with glossy, dark green foliage. Flowers appear from early summer through fall, with color being a deep raspberry red in alkaline soil and shifting to a rich purple in acidic soil. Ideal for small gardens, containers, or foundation plantings.
'Mandarin' Honeysuckle (Lonicera 'Mandarin') is a striking, vigorous twining vine celebrated for its vibrant color display. It produces profuse clusters of showy, tubular flowers that are a brilliant mandarin orange to red-orange on the outside and yellow-orange on the inside, blooming heavily from early summer and intermittently until fall. This deciduous vine is a hummingbird and butterfly magnet, growing rapidly to a mature size of 15–20 feet high and 4–6 feet wide. 'Mandarin' is non-invasive and easy to grow, making it an excellent, low-maintenance choice for covering arbors, fences, or trellises.