Cool Plants

Cut Leaf Elderberry - Sambucus 'Sutherland Gold'

Bright gold ferny leaves make this new addition of flowering shrubs a winner! Leaves emerge in the spring with coppery highlights and quickly turn into a brilliant gold color which lasts, without burn, well into the summer months! Sutherland Gold's vivid coloration allows multiple uses in garden designs and landscapes where its multi-seasonal display of color adds drama to even the darkest corners of the garden landscape! This vigorous new Sambucus also incorporates some much-needed vertical height into container garden displays. Sutherland Gold is relatively easy to grow provided that it receive morning sun and soil with high organic matter. Plants will mature to a height of 6' and 5' wide over a five year period. This flowering shrub's graceful, ferny foliage provides multi-seasonal interest in the landscape and its care-free disposition makes it a great addition to any garden design! A 2 gallon pot is $20.

Euphorbia 'Blackbird'

Most euphorbias are chosen for their richly textured foliage, but 'Blackbird' features stunning shades of midnight-purple foliage, as well as contrasting bright red stems and lime-green blossoms. The foliage is by far the darkest yet on any euphorbia, and it keeps this color all season. In spring, bright red stems emerge to support the rounded blooms, held in huge clusters above the foliage. Euphorbia 'Blackbird' is a prolific bloomer, so don't worry about cutting off some of its early flowers, which are actually bracts, to enjoy indoors. This shrub remains compact and bushy, forming 18- to 22-inch mounds at maturity, making it ideal for providing a dark accent in small gardens. A 6" pot is $15.

Podophyllum 'Spotty Dotty'

This brilliant hybrid of several Asian May Apples boasts large, vigorous, lobed umbrella-shaped leaves. The leaves are chartreuse with dramatic and bizarre chocolate-brown spotting throughout the spring. It's like nothing you’ve ever seen! In summer, the leaves are green with lightly spotted areas. Huge garnet-colored flowers are found under the leaves in clusters of 5 or more. This form was selected for its coloring, improved late spring frost tolerance, vigor, and habit. A one gallon pot is $20.

Himalayan Blue Poppy - Meconopsis Betonicifolia

This plant has large poppy-like, vivid blue flowers with hairy textured leaves. It is one of the most beautiful of the blue perennials. Originally from the Himalayan mountains, it does best in semi-shaded spots. Avoid full sun during the warmest hours in the warmer zones. It prefers humusy, well-drained soil. Avoid winter wetness and mulch in the summer to keep the base cooler. It's great for naturalizing or wildflower gardens. A one gallon pot is $10

Snapdragons 'Sonnet Mix' - Antirrhinum majus

This softly scented flower comes in various sizes. Rows of perfectly formed, beautifully painted flowers adorn many stems. Sonnet Snapdragons are a mid-sized variety that makes backgrounds to plantings of mums and pansies. Plant snapdragons while temperatures are still cool in spring or early in the summer. Snapdragons produce more blooms when temperatures are cool. 6" pots are $3.

Snapdragons Sonnet Series

Ribes 'King Edwards'

Ribes sanguineum 'King Edwards'

Flowering currant is a reliable performer for the spring garden, blooming every year without any special care needed to be given. Choice variety 'King Edward VII' makes a compact, upright plant that drips with dark red flowers. Like all of the flowering currants, it has a pungent scent that is stronger when the foliage is rubbed or brushed against. Plants can be left unpruned, but for the best performance it is worth cutting the branches that have flowered back to a strong pair of buds just after they have bloomed. A 3 gallon pot is $30.

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