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| Stokesia laevis 'Color Wheel' – Stokes Aster |
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Starting in mid-May, Stokesia 'Color Wheel' sends up branched bloom stalks which open to almost pure white. As the days progress, the same bloom deepends to lavender, eventually deepening to purple. During the lavender and purple stages, new white blooms open on the same bloom stalk. The overall effect is as many as five different colors on the same plant. The blooms also have a white center. All together a spectacular new look in Stokesias! Foliate is strap-like to 10" white. The overall height of the plant in bloom is 24". P.P.A.F.
Sun Exposure: Full to Partial Shade
Cold Hardiness: Zones 4-9
Spacing: 12"
Growth Rate: Moderate
Water and Soil Needs: Moist well-drained soil
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Stokesia laevis 'Peachie's Pick' – Stokes Aster |
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| This is a native, dwarf late blooming Stokes Aster. The cultivar name refers not to the color, but to the plantswoman who found this plant, Peachie Saxon of Mississippi. It will burst into bloom in mid-July with flowers that are blue, typical of most Stokesia. Growing just 8–12" tall, this tidy compact, upright form is great along the front of the border. It looks wonderful with Hemerocallis 'Happy Returns.'
Sun Exposure: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Cold Hardiness: Zones 5–9
Spacing: 10"
Growth Rate: Moderate
Water and Soil Needs: Moist well-drained soil
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Tiarella wherryi 'Skid's Variegated' – Foamflower |
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| Tiarellas are one of the best native woodland plants available. This cultivar offers white speckled variegation on a clump forming plant with white spiked flowers in spring. Grows 12" tall by 12" wide.
Sun Exposure: Partial Shade
Cold Hardiness: Zone 5–9
Spacing: 12"
Growth Rate: Moderate
Water and Soil Needs: Moist well-drained soil
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Verbascum 'Raspberry Ripple' – Mullein |
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| From Fromefield Nursery in England comes this creamy pink flowering Verbascum with a swirled crushed-raspberry center. It grows 24" tall above green basal rosettes. The flowers first appear in June for 6–8 weeks and will continue to have two more flushes of bloom if spent flowers are removed.
Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Cold Hardiness: Zones 5-9
Spacing: 18–24'
Growth Rate: Moderate to Fast
Water and Soil Needs: Must have well-drained soil
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Verbascum 'Summer Sorbet' – Mullein |
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| Flowers are an iridescent raspberry with a light flush of deeper raspberry near the center. The prominent stamens are raspberry and pink. This is one of the most floriferous and toughest of the verbascums, and it flowers from mid-spring through fall! Continues to flower even if not deadheaded, although removing spent flowers will improve the appearance and continuation of bloom. A sure winner!
Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Cold Hardiness: Zones 5–9
Spacing: 18–24"
Growth Rate: Moderate to Fast
Water and Soil Needs: Must have well-drained soil
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