| Content |  Syringa vulgaris 'Alba'
COMMON WHITE LILAC
A magnificent spring blooming shrub featuring intensely fragrant white flowers in upright panicles; upright, multi-stemmed habit, very hardy, tends to sucker, ideal for screening; full sun and well-drained soil, allow room for air movement. Common White Lilac features showy panicles of fragrant white flowers rising above the foliage in mid spring. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has bluish-green deciduous foliage. The heart-shaped leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.
Height: 15 feet
Spread: 12 feet
Sunlight: Full sun
Hardiness Zone: 2a
Other Names: White French Lilac
Uses: Naturalizing, screen, massing, hedge, borders
Maintenance: Medium
Other: Fragrant, deer resistant, cut flower, attracts butterflies |
 Features
The myth, the legend, the plant: ‘Limelight’ hydrangea.
This unique panicle hydrangea revolutionized landscaping across North America. Huge, football-shaped flowers open in an elegant celadon green that looks fresh and clean in summer’s heat. The blooms age to an array of pink, red, and burgundy which persists through frost for months of irresistible flowers. You can use ‘Limelight’ hydrangea just about any way you can imagine: as a showy flowering hedge, to screen off air conditioners, as an attention-getting specimen, in containers, flower gardens, or anywhere around your home. A long-time favorite of professional florists, it also makes an excellent cut flower, fresh or dried.
Top three reasons to grow ‘Limelight’ hydrangea:
– It’s a time-tested classic that graces the yards of thousands of homes across North America
– Large flowers have a unique color that looks great with any style and color of house.
– Blooms every year, even in cold climates – winter doesn’t phase it at all.
Characteristics
Garden Height: 72 – 96 Inches
Plant Needs
Light Requirement: Part Sun to Sun
Maintenance Category: Easy
Hardiness Zones: 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a
Maintenance Notes:
This extremely durable, long-lived plant is easy to grow. It likes full sun in cold climates, afternoon shade in warmer ones, but it does require well-drained soils that do not remain soggy for any amount of time.
To prune, simply cut back by one-third its total height every spring. If you wish, you can apply a granular fertilizer formulated for woody plants (like a rose fertilizer) at that time as well.
‘Limelight’ Hydrangea paniculata USPP 12,874, Can 2,319
|  Hydrangea macrophylla 'McKRed'
Grateful Red Hydrangea
A McKay Nursery Introduction! A unique, unusual red flowering Hydrangea macrophylla that blooms on new wood. A hardy plant that prefers the east side of a house or building where there is protection from afternoon heat. Maintain even moisture for best results. Here in WI, this plant gets to about 2-3' tall. Mulch well in fall and cut back any dead tips in spring for best results. Mop head flowers are red, but in acidic soils are purplish. The blooms age to a lavender and the foliage has an incredible burgundy coloration. This is a very unique colored Hydrangea flower.
Growing Zones 4-9
Bloom Color: Green to deep red that turns lavender
Bloom Period: Summer to fall
Fall Color: Orange with hints of red and yellow
Foliage Color: Green with light green branches
Growth Rate: Slow
Mature Height:2 to 3 ft.
Mature Spread:2 to 3 ft.
Soil Type: Well drained soil; that retains moisture well.
Sun Exposure: Part sun to part shade |
 Features
New and improved!
The second generation of Invincibelle Spirit hydrangea delivers on all accounts: it has darker foliage, strong, supportive stems, and larger flowers that are a richer pink that ages to an attractive green. This hydrangea grows from Manitoba to Mobile, blooming every year from mid-summer to frost. It is a strong rebloomer, and will deliver plenty of rich pink flowers through the summer and into fall.
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Continuous Bloom or Rebloomer
Deadheading Not Necessary
Characteristics
Garden Height: 36 – 48 Inches
Foliage Shade: Dark Green
Plant Needs
Maintenance Category: Easy
Hardiness Zones: 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
Uses: Specimen or Focal Point
Uses Notes: Mass plantings, landscapes, naturalizing, cutting gardens, mixed borders.
Maintenance Notes:
Adaptable to most well-drained soils. Prune in late winter/early spring and apply a controlled-release fertilizer. Bloom color is not affected by soil pH.
Invincibelle® Spirit II Hydrangea arborescens ‘NCHA2’ USPP 28,316, Can 5,622
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 Features
The biggest thing to happen to hydrangeas happens to be tiny!
Invincibelle Wee White® hydrangea is positively ground-breaking: it’s the first dwarf ‘Annabelle’ type hydrangea in the world! This cute little landscape plant ensures that any landscape can enjoy the reliability, low-maintenance, and season-long beauty of hydrangeas. It reaches just 1-2.5′ (.3-.7 m) tall and naturally grows as a tidy, rounded mound. Each pure-white flower is held up on a strong, supportive stem for a display that looks more like a bouquet of flowers than a landscape plant. Blooming begins in early summer and continues through frost, with new flowers appearing the whole time. Versatile and floriferous, it just might be the solution to your landscape problems. Winner of the 2018 Direct Gardening Association Green Thumb award; available in better garden centers in spring 2018.
Top three reasons to grow Invincibelle Wee White hydrangea:
1. The only dwarf ‘Annabelle’ hydrangea in the world.
2. Strong stems hold the flowers upright, even after summer storms.
3. Reblooming for months of fresh flowers.
Continuous Bloom or Rebloomer
Deadheading Not Necessary
Characteristics
Garden Height: 12 – 30 Inches
Plant Needs
Light Requirement: Part Sun to Sun
Maintenance Category: Easy
Bloom Time: Summer through Fall
Hardiness Zones: 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
Uses: Specimen or Focal Point
Uses Notes: You can use Invincibelle Wee White hydrangea in almost any landscape application. It’s an especially nice choice for easy-care summer interest for foundation plantings or flower beds.
Maintenance Notes:
We recommend a minimum of six hours of bright sun for all smooth hydrangeas like Invincibelle Wee White. Sun ensures the strongest stems and the most blooms. In hot climates, afternoon shade is a good idea, but some sun is still imperative for best performance.
Pruning is very simple for Invincibelle Wee White hydrangea: just cut the whole plant back by about one-third its total height each spring, just as the new growth begins to appear on the stems. This serves to preserve the woody base while encouraging new growth for maximum blooms.
A 2-3″ (5-7.6 cm) thick layer of shredded bark mulch is smart for all hydrangeas, which tend to have shallow roots. If desired, fertilize in early spring with a granular fertilizer formulated for woody plants, like a rose fertilizer.
Fun Facts:
Smooth hydrangeas like Invincibelle Wee White are native to much of southeastern and central North America – you may even find one on a hike, though it won’t look like the showy mophead varieties we grow in our gardens.
Invincibelle Wee White® Hydrangea arborescens ‘NCHA5’ USPPAF, Can PBRAF
|  Microbiota decussata Siberian Cypress or
Russian Cypress
Microbiota decussata, commonly called Siberian cypress or Russian arborvitae, is a dwarf, evergreen conifer that forms a shrubby ground cover to 8-12” tall with indefinitely spreading stems that nod at the tips. May spread to as much as 10-12’. It is native to mountainous areas of southeastern Siberia. Feathery, soft-textured, scalelike (infrequently awl-shaped) foliage is arranged in flat, fan-like sprays reminiscent of arborvitae (Thuja). Plants also resemble in habit some of the horizontal junipers. Foliage is bright green in summer changing to bronze-purple in fall and winter. Fruits are tiny, spherical, berry-like cones (to 1/4” diameter) with woody-like scales.
Common Name: Russian arbor-vitae
Type: Needled evergreen
Family: Cupressaceae
Native Range: Southeastern Siberia
Zone: 3 to 7
Height: 0.50 to 1.50 feet
Spread: 3.00 to 12.00 feet
Bloom Time: Non-flowering
Bloom Description: Non-flowering
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Suggested Use: Ground Cover
Leaf: Evergreen
Other: Winter Interest |
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