Magical Moonlight Buttonbush combines compact form, large super-fragrant flowers and substantial fruit size. Perfect for wet, sunny areas. Attracts pollinators of all types.
Buttonbush has long been prized as a native, but it was way too big for most landscapes. Not anymore! We’ve cut the size in half and added colorful red fruit and glossy foliage. Add in cool looking, fragrant white flowers and you’ve got a delightful plant that shines from spring to fall.
Fiber Optics® is a distinct improvement over the coarser Cephalanthus occidentalis that grows twice the size of this compact selection. Native from Florida to Mexico and north to Nova Scotia and Ontario, buttonbush is quite happy in moist conditions, tolerating flooding and wet spring soil. As such it is often used in wetland restoration work, along streams and pond banks. It’s also a great plant for low areas in the landscape that don’t dry out until late in the season. Conversely, it grows well without excessive moisture in a trial block. With exceptional wildlife benefits, the seed is eaten by waterfowl and fragrant flowers are a source of nectar.
A pollinator magnet, Crimson Comet™ is also stunning with fragrant, white satellite blooms in late spring that change in attractive, round, red fruit loaded with seeds native songbirds love. Crimson Comet™ is a must-have for any pollinator landscape and spectacular fall foliage color besides!
Bachelor’s Buttons have always been one of the most dependable growers in the garden but not really one of its most exciting plants. ‘Amethyst in Snow’ is about to change all of that with a bi-color flower that is revolutionary for this genus. Long, deep green leaves with a haze of silver emerge in spring to create a thick, spreading, very attractive mound in the garden. Big buds that almost look like pineapples emerge in June at the top of each leaf carrying stem, opening in late June to reveal pure white petals that look like feathered trumpets arranged around a royal purple flower center. The color is superb, especially backed by the deep green foliage and flowers continue to bloom into August. ‘Amethyst in Snow’ thrives in full sun or partial shade and, once established, is very drought resistant.
This American Beauties native has a storied American history on the east coast as its common name came from the fact that its foliage was used as a tea substitute during the Revolutionary War. Today, it’s just a great shrub that will thrive in a sunny, well-drained location! Four inch long, deep green leaves with hairy, gray reverse tightly pack this branchy plant to form a dense, compact, spreading plant that pushes flower stalks from leaf bases on the upper ends of branches in early May. Tiny white flowers cluster on these stalks in late May filling the garden with sweet fragrance and attracting butterflies and hummingbirds from far and wide. New Jersey Tea is easy to grow and drought resistant… it’s tough enough for rough landscape spots but refined enough to use as specimen or border planting in a more formal setting.
Dress up shady areas with this easy to grow, very tolerant grass that features an upright, clumping form and cool, colorful, blue-lime colored foliage that really stands out. Form a tufted landscape carpet when you group them in big waves!
Bright white Bellflowers are held in tight clusters and bloom profusely above the compact mounds of dark green foliage. Attracting butterflies, hummingbirds, and honeybees with its bright blooms from late spring into the summer. Compact habit is perfect for small areas, borders and containers. Although no plant is completely deer proof this perennial is considered to be deer resistant. A favorite for cottage and butterfly gardens.
Just like its blue brother, this early bloomer will gift you with an extra 4 weeks of snowy white, bell-shaped flowers on perfectly mounded dark green foliage. Incredibly versatile, the ‘Rapido’ series fits in just about anywhere- in a border, as the “fill” in a mixed container, as perky, dependable edging, a spot of light in a rock garden, or as a bright mass planting. And don’t forget that ‘Rapido Blue’ and ‘Rapido White’ make great companions, so plant them together for a cheerful summer combination!