The new Angel™ Series is a unique cross between hardy Violas and beefy Pansies to bring you these heavenly bursts of early spring color. ‘Tiger Eye’ will delight you with its large yellow petals, contrasting black veins, small central blotch and a dense habit. These huge, tiger striped flowers come in a neat litle package but are a flowering powerhouse, blooming weeks longer than other hardy Violas.
This variegated selection of ‘Bowles’ is named after the esteemed nurseryman Ralph Shugert from Michigan. The dark green leaves have a thin white border. Deep blue flowers in spring.
Dreamy, dark blue flowers with a hint of lavender will make this dependable groundcover come alive with luscious color starting in early May and continuing intermittently well into the summer months. Its deep bloom brings out the best in any shaded area and makes a subtle yet superb contrast with its lustrous, deep green foliage that lines up tightly along thin pendulous stems. ‘Dark Blue is a gardeners’ dream for shady, tough areas where it seems nothing wants to grow. ‘Dark Blue’ thrives in these spots and is one of the best plants anywhere to help prevent erosion and hold soil.
A superb groundcover for part to full shade, this plant displays a rich green shiny foliage year-round and a great texture that is a definite landscape plus. Loaded with blue flowers in the spring, this plant prefers a moist but well-drained soil.
Dependability is this tough groundcover’s middle name, but don’t think just because it so tolerant that it lacks anything in the beauty department! You’ll love its deep green foliage on long stems that bunch together to form a flowing thicket-like mat which provides a perfect backdrop for waves of single, pure white flowers that bloom in early May and keep appearing intermittently well into the summer. Like all Vinca, ‘Alba’ loves a shady spot and is remarkably effective at growing, spreading and holding the soil in spots where it seems as if you can’t get anything to grow. Its carefree nature and great looks make it a must for any difficult shade spot in your landscape.
Starting in late spring red buds line the upright stalks and open in summer showing off purple pollinator-attracting flowers. Lance-like leaves whorl up the stems and provide a strong vertical accent in the garden and look great when grouped at the garden back. Birds love to use the stems for nesting.
Looking like a Veronica on steroids, this large growing American Beauties perennial loves full sun and flowers like it’s on steroids, too with an impressively long season of bloom to match its considerable size. This upright grower has whorled, lance-like leaves that unfurl on rapidly growing stems in the spring and are topped by long spires of buds by mid-May. These 9″+ long spires open with small white to pale blue flowers from top to bottom in late May and continue to bloom into mid summer on these spires and smaller side ones, attracting a considerable group of native butterflies throughout. Veronicastrum is impressive in stature and flower power and can make a big impact at the back of a garden and a big impact on your local garden critters.
The neat fact about Aspire Speedwell is not only its great pink flowers it’s the fact that it stays looking fresh and blooming longer then other Veronicas. Its compact form and long lived pink flowers who’s saturated pink color is far superior to others for reliable color all-season. While this favorite attracts butterflies it is ignored by deer and rabbits.
Whitley’s Speedwell forms a mat of feathery olive-green leaves, bearing tiny sapphire-blue flowers that nestle on the stems in late spring. Makes a colorful and drought tolerant groundcover or lawn substitute. Plants will often will repeat bloom in late summer or fall. Easily divided by ripping pieces of the clump apart in spring or fall. Evergreen foliage and deer resistant!