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Summersweet - Hummingbird
Summersweet - Hummingbird Summersweet - Hummingbird, Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird', is a medium-sized ornamental shrub forming tight colonies with age. It has a spreading mound growth habit with a slow growth rate. Due to its compact habit, it is well suited for small gardens. Hummingbird Summersweet is a dwarf cultivar which has a more compact and spreading growth form than the species. This cultivar will have twice as many flowers than the species, and will grow 3' by 3'. The flowers are borne on bottlebrush-like inflorescences from mid to late summer. With its profusion of fragrant and beautiful white to light pink spikes, Hummingbird Summersweet will attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds into the garden. This Summersweet shrub can grow in sunny locations as well as shady locations, but will perform best in locations with partial shade. It thrives well in wet areas. This shrub is effective when planted in mass, mixed into perennial borders, or along foundations. * Shade * Fragrant * Small gardens
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| Potentilla - Setting Sun - Sale Price: $51.35 Potentilla - Setting Sun, Potentilla fruticosa 'Setting Sun', is characterized by its compact habit, dense grey-green foliage, and unusual peach colored flowers which bear a darker peach-red eye. These peach-colored flowers set Setting Sun apart from the other cultivars. Also known as Shrubby Cinequefoil, it is a lovely dwarf summer-flowering shrub. This potentilla is ideal for the garden landscape and especially along borders. It adapts well to harsh winter conditions that are long, dull and wet! Surviving in heavy clay, it does require moist well drained soil in full sun with partial shade. Setting Sun is a dense upright shrub that can be planted in early spring after the last frost. Creating a lasting impression, this Setting Sun plant is a sure winner because its blooms will last until the first hard frost! Potentillas attract butterflies! |
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| Forsythia - Sunrise - Sale Price: $33.95 The Forsythia 'Sunrise', Forsythia x 'Sunrise', also known as Border Forsythia and Golden Bell, is a deciduous shrub noted for its colorful yellow spring flowers appearing before the foliage. All it requires is a sunny area and well-drained soil. It's also a very easy plant to grow and transplants well. This plant is good in container plantings, in border plantings, and as a specimen or ground cover. Prune after flowering to keep the plant compact and to thin it out. Sunrise is deer resistant and attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. The flowers are fragrant! 'Sunrise' display a purple fall leaf color! In late winter you can cut the branches and bring them inside to force them to flower! Gets your spring going early! |
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