[icon name="hb-moon-earth" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Hardiness Zone: 3-8
[icon name="hb-moon-tree-2" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Evergreen/Deciduous: Deciduous
[icon name="icon-resize-vertical" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Height: 5-7′
[icon name="icon-resize-horizontal" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Spread: 5-7′
[icon name="icon-sun" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Sun
[icon name="hb-moon-leaf-2" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Foliage: Green
[icon name="hb-moon-fan" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Flower: White with Blue Berries
[icon name="icon-tint" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Water Usage: Moderate
Blue Muffin® Arrowwood Viburnum has creamy white summer flowers followed by blue fruit in late summer. May be trimmed after flowering (leave flowers for fall berries.) A native plant with natural deer resistance. Fruit is good for birds but not humans.
Makes a great hedge or foundation planting, excellent for residential landscapes. Also good in groupings, masses, and as a filler in the shrub border, good as a screen and for use in parking lots.
PLEASE NOTE: To produce berries, you’ll need another V. dentatum
Maintenance Notes:
Fruit production is increased by having another cultivar of Arrowwood near by to cross pollinate the flowers. Local native stands of Arrowwood will also act as a cross pollinator. Prefers well drained soil but adapts well to a variety of soils. Withstands high pH, heavy soils and changes in climate. Possibly one of the most durable Viburnums for the East and Midwest. Pruning is best done immediately after flowering. Medium moisture. Fertilize in early spring by applying a slow release fertilizer specialized for trees and shrubs. Follow the label for the recommended rate of application. Will sucker from the base of the plant.
Blue Muffin is a useful viburnum variety. More compact than other Arrowwood viburnum, it fits easily into the residential landscape. Easy to grow, with little or no maintenance required, Blue Muffin adapts to most locations with full sun to partial shade. Clean white flowers make for a crisp contrast with the glossy green leaves in early to mid-summer. The remarkably intense blue fruit that inspired the Blue Muffin name appear in late summer and fall. The fruit add interest to the fall landscape, and attract songbirds to the garden. Berries are not edible.
[icon name="hb-moon-earth" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Hardiness Zone: 4-9
[icon name="hb-moon-tree-2" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Evergreen/Deciduous: Deciduous
[icon name="icon-resize-vertical" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Height: 2-3′
[icon name="icon-resize-horizontal" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Spread: 2-3′
[icon name="icon-sun" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Sun Exposure: Partial Sun
[icon name="hb-moon-leaf-2" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Foliage: Variegated, Green and Yellow
[icon name="hb-moon-fan" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Flower: Pink
[icon name="icon-tint" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Water Usage: Low to Moderate
Double Play® Painted Lady® Spirea has splashy green, yellow, and cream variegated leaves for a non-stop show, even when the plant isn’t peppered with bright pink blooms. Like most spiraea, it is drought tolerant, deer resistant, and grows well in cool sun or partial shade.
Maintenance Notes:
Spirea does not require regular pruning, but can be trimmed after flowering to encourage a fresh flush of colorful new growth. Though it should be watered regularly its first season, once it is established, spirea tolerates dry conditions quite well.
[icon name="hb-moon-earth" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Hardiness Zone: 3-8
[icon name="hb-moon-tree-2" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Evergreen/Deciduous: Deciduous
[icon name="icon-resize-vertical" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Height: 2-3′
[icon name="icon-resize-horizontal" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Spread: 2-3′
[icon name="icon-sun" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Sun Exposure: Partial Sun
[icon name="hb-moon-leaf-2" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Foliage: Green, Red
[icon name="hb-moon-fan" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Flower: Crimson, Pink, Red
[icon name="icon-tint" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Water Usage: Moderate
Double Play® Red Spirea is a flower color breakthrough, the first and only spirea with true red flowers. Add in showy dark burgundy spring foliage and you’ve got the perfect double play!
Top reasons to grow Double Play® Red Spirea:
-The only spirea with red flowers!
-Very showy burgundy-purple new growth
-Naturally grows as a dense, rounded mound
Adaptable to most moist, well-drained soils. Fertilize in spring, and prune after flowering.
[icon name="hb-moon-earth" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Hardiness Zone: 3-8
[icon name="hb-moon-tree-2" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Evergreen/Deciduous: Deciduous
[icon name="icon-resize-vertical" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Height: 2-3′
[icon name="icon-resize-horizontal" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Spread: 2-3′
[icon name="icon-sun" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Sun Exposure: Partial Sun
[icon name="hb-moon-leaf-2" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Foliage: Blue, Green, Red
[icon name="hb-moon-fan" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Flower: White
[icon name="icon-tint" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Water Usage: Moderate
Double Play® Blue Kazoo® Spirea is a great low-maintenance plant for mass plantings or low hedges. It can also be incorporated into mixed borders. The multi-season interest of flowers and foliage makes it an effective addition to landscapes.
Maintenance Notes:
May be trimmed after flowering. Fertilize in spring.
Cool blue foliage is the perfect contrast to this hardy plant’s crisp white blooms. Hints of burgundy in the new growth foreshadow the rich red foliage color it develops in fall. This neat, mounded plant is an excellent addition to the landscaper’s palette.
[icon name="hb-moon-earth" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Hardiness Zone: 4-7
[icon name="hb-moon-tree-2" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Evergreen/Deciduous: Deciduous
[icon name="icon-resize-vertical" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Height: 18-24″
[icon name="icon-resize-horizontal" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Spread: 18-30″
[icon name="icon-sun" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Sun Exposure: Partial Sun
[icon name="hb-moon-leaf-2" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Foliage: Orange, Red, Yellow
[icon name="hb-moon-fan" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Flower: Purple
[icon name="icon-tint" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Water Usage: Moderate
Meet the newest and most colorful Proven Winners spirea, Double Play® Candy Corn® Spirea. The show starts in earliest spring, when the new growth emerges bright candy apple red. As it matures, it turns pineapple yellow, and the new growth continues to emerge bright orange all season. Top it off with dark purple flowers in late spring/early summer, and you’ve got a display you really have to see to believe. Easy to care for, no deadheading is needed.
Maintenance Notes:
Spirea is a popular plant because it is blissfully low maintenance, and Double Play Candy Corn is no exception. It naturally takes on a nice, rounded habit without pruning. If you wish, you can give it a trim after the flowers fade, which will encourage even more colorful new growth.
Double Play® spiraea are typically ignored by deer and even rabbits, and are quite drought tolerant after a year or two in the ground.
Fun Facts:
Though you wouldn’t guess it by looking at it, spiraea is closely related to roses and raspberries.
[icon name="hb-moon-earth" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Hardiness Zone: 4-7
[icon name="hb-moon-tree-2" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Evergreen/Deciduous: Deciduous
[icon name="icon-resize-vertical" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Height: 6-8′
[icon name="icon-resize-horizontal" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Spread: 6-8′
[icon name="icon-sun" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Sun
[icon name="hb-moon-leaf-2" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Foliage: Purplish Black
[icon name="hb-moon-fan" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Flower: Pink
[icon name="icon-tint" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Water Usage: Moderate
Intense purple black foliage is finely cut like lace, giving it an effect similar to that of Japanese Maple. Indeed, some designers are using it in place of more sensitive plants since Black Lace® Elderberry is extremely durable and adaptable. Pink flowers in early summer contrast with the dark leaves for a stunning effect and give way to black berries if a compatible pollinator is planted nearby. Awards: Silver Medal, Royal Boskoop Horticulture Society.
Top reasons to grow Black Lace® Elderberry:
– unique lacy black foliage is unlike anything else in the landscape
– pink flowers in early summer look chic against the black foliage
– tough and adaptable plant grows in a range of challenging conditions Uses Notes:
This beautiful, versatile shrub works in just about any landscape setting or as a potted shrub on the patio. Good in groupings or masses, or perennial and shrub borders. Makes a nice specimen or screen. Good in wet soils.
PLEASE NOTE: To produce berries, you’ll need a Black Beauty®, Instant Karma®, or Laced Up® elderberry as a pollinator
Maintenance Notes:
According to the Humane Society of America, elderberry can be toxic to pets if consumed.
Best in moist soil although will tolerate dry soils. Thrives under acid or alkaline soils. Best if pruned immediately after blooming. May be pruned to the ground each year and grown like a perennial. Fertilize in early spring by applying a granular fertilizer formulated for trees and shrubs. Follow the label for the recommended rate of application.
The color on Black Lace elderberry is best in cool climates; in hot areas, it may grow primarily green foliage.
[icon name="hb-moon-earth" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Hardiness Zone: 7-9
[icon name="hb-moon-tree-2" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Evergreen/Deciduous: Evergreen
[icon name="icon-resize-vertical" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Height: 1-3′
[icon name="icon-resize-horizontal" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Spread: 3′
[icon name="icon-sun" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Sun
[icon name="hb-moon-leaf-2" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Foliage: Purple
[icon name="hb-moon-fan" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Flower: Pink
[icon name="icon-tint" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Water Usage: Moderate
Jazz Hands® Dwarf Pink Chinese Fringe Flower has cool purple foliage with a cranberry undercurrent. It combines beautifully with the hot pink blooms and fits easily into residential landscapes and container gardens. Best in moist, well-drained, acidic soil. Fertilize in spring. Pruning is seldom needed, but may be shaped after flowering. Extra mulch around the base may be helpful in cooler climates.
[icon name="hb-moon-earth" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Hardiness Zone: 7-9
[icon name="hb-moon-tree-2" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Evergreen/Deciduous: Evergreen
[icon name="icon-resize-vertical" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Height: 5-6′
[icon name="icon-resize-horizontal" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Spread: 5-6′
[icon name="icon-sun" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Sun
[icon name="hb-moon-leaf-2" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Foliage: Purple
[icon name="hb-moon-fan" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Flower: Pink
[icon name="icon-tint" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Water Usage: Moderate
Jazz Hands® Bold Chinese Fringe Flower is an eye-catching shrub with extra-big, round purple leaves that flush pink. The dark purple foliage holds its rich color all season long, and contrasts nicely with the rich pink flowers. Blooms and foliage are larger than those of any other Loropetalum.
Prefers fertile, well-drained, acidic soils. Fertilize in spring. Prune after flowering.
[icon name="hb-moon-earth" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Hardiness Zone: 7-9
[icon name="hb-moon-tree-2" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Evergreen/Deciduous: Evergreen
[icon name="icon-resize-vertical" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Height: 4-6′
[icon name="icon-resize-horizontal" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Spread: 4′
[icon name="icon-sun" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Sun
[icon name="hb-moon-leaf-2" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Foliage: Pink, Purple, White
[icon name="hb-moon-fan" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Flower: Pink
[icon name="icon-tint" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Water Usage: Moderate
Jazz Hands® Variegated Chinese Fringe Flower is the first ever variegated Loropetalum. Its new growth is splashed with pink and white variegation, while mature foliage is a rich purple color. This distinctive plant may be used as a specimen or a hedging plant. Winner of Retailer’s Choice Award, SNA Show, 2015.
Best in moist, well-drained, acidic soil. Fertilize in spring. Pruning is seldom needed, but may be shaped after flowering. Extra mulch around the base may be helpful in cooler climates.
[icon name="hb-moon-earth" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Hardiness Zone: 6-12
[icon name="hb-moon-tree-2" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Evergreen/Deciduous: Deciduous
[icon name="icon-resize-vertical" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Height: 2-4′
[icon name="icon-resize-horizontal" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Spread: 2-4′
[icon name="icon-sun" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Sun Exposure: Sun
[icon name="hb-moon-leaf-2" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Foliage: Green
[icon name="hb-moon-fan" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Flower: Magenta Pink
[icon name="icon-tint" size="small" color="#084f8d" float="left" link="" new_tab="no"]Water Usage: Moderate
Infinitini® Magenta Crape Myrtle forms a heavy-blooming, dense, rounded plant with rich dark pink-red blooms in summer, and nice clean, green foliage. It adds lots of color to summer landscapes, and because of its dwarf size fits easily into container gardens and residential landscapes. Blooms almost continuously.
Best in moist, well-drained, acidic soil. Fertilize in spring. Pruning is seldom needed, but may be shaped after flowering. Extra mulch around the base may be helpful in cooler climates.