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| Heuchera ‘Saturn’ – Coral Bells |
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The beauty of this distinctively different Heuchera is the way it accentuates and enhances everything planted around it. Its leaves are nearly round, with a base of silver, laced with purple veining, combining to make a uniform mound of exquisite foliage. Its delicate 12” stems will erupt with pale pink bells in late spring through summer. Its overall appearance will serve you well to cool down and “sanitize” overly hot and clashing colors in your border
Sun Exposure: Full to Partial Sun
Cold Hardiness: Zones 5-9
Spacing: 12-15" apart
Growth Rate: Moderate growth rate
Water and Soil Needs: Medium pH and good
drainage; add lime to sour soils in spring
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Heuchera ‘Venus’ – Coral Bells |
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| Uniform mounds of silver leaves veined deep purple will counterbalance your overly precocious flower combinations. Admit it! Some part of your garden needs the cool contrast of silver as a foil to offset your more exuberant combinations. Doing so will dramatically increase the visual impact of your garden! And, yes, ‘Venus’ flowers a lovely, soft pink, providing an additional accent to your overall floral drama
Sun Exposure: Full to Partial Sun
Cold Hardiness: Zones 5-9
Spacing: 12-15" apart
Growth Rate: Moderate growth rate
Water Soil Needs: Medium pH and good drainage;
add lime to sour soils
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Heucherella ‘Sunspot’ PPAF – Foamy Bells |
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| “Don’t stare at the sun”, your mother warned. You may need to heed her advice here. This is an eye stunner. Each brilliant yellow leaf sports a blood red Maltese cross at its center. Worse yet, you’ll risk blindness by staring at its 12” day-glow pink spikes, which occur throughout the entire growing season. Does your garden have the “green blahs” too much of the time? Here’s your solution! Warning: Wear sunglasses! Propagation is prohibited
Sun Exposure: Full to Partial Shade
Cold Hardiness: Zone 5–9
Spacing: 12-15" apart
Growth Rate: Moderate growth rate
Water Needs: Good drainage; add lime to sour soils
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| Hosta ‘Grand Marquee’ PPAF – Plantain Lilly |
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| This sport of Hosta tokudama ‘Mrs. Carder’ has nearly round, glaucous, cupped and quilted leaves (at maturity) with middle striping of creamy white in spring, turning pure white by summer. Although beautiful now, it will take a year or more to reach its peak appearance. ‘Grand Marquee’ is one of the first Hostas to bloom in the spring with foot high stems bearing very pale lavender, almost white florets. Combines beautifully with Heuchera ‘Obsidian’. Propagation is prohibited
Sun Exposure: Full to Partial Shade
Cold Hardiness: Zones 3–9
Spacing: 20-44" apart
Growth Rate: Frustratingly slow but worth the wait
Water Needs: Rich, humus-laden soil
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| Lavandula x intermedia ‘Arabian Nights’ – Lavandin |
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| This cross between French and English lavender has long and bold leaves of silver-gray. It can get big in well-drained, alkaline soil - four feet tall in leaf with two-foot flower stems above that. It has fragrant, dark violet flowers throughout June and July! Try growing ‘Arabian Nights’ as a hedge plant. Trim it up however you like
Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Cold Hardiness: Zones 6–9
Spacing: 24-30" apart
Growth Rate: Moderate growth rate
Water Needs: Sharp drainage; lime sour soils heavily in spring.
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| Papaver orientale ‘Brooklyn’ – Oriental Poppy |
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| Oriental poppies are not actually from the orient but from eastern Turkey, Iraq, Iran and the various “stans”, Turkestan, Usbekestan, etc. This representative of the so-called New York series is not even hybridized in New York but in the Netherlands. Its flower will certainly do justice to its namesake, large, crinkled, raspberry-pink petals with jet black basal spots on 30” stalks in June. Stunning, even by Brooklyn standards
Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Cold Hardiness: Zones 4-9
Spacing: 12-15" apart
Growth Rate: Moderate growth rate
Water Needs: Neutral pH and good drainage
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| Papaver orientale ‘Central Park’ – Oriental Poppy |
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| This new hybrid makes a striking presentation when in bloom as the velvety maroon flowers are displayed in almost symmetrical rows on the plant. Growing 30” tall, the flowers will bloom in July and may re-bloom if the plant is cut back. It has excellent mildew resistance. Few other plants offer such intense color throughout the summer. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds by the score!
Sun Exposure: Full Shade
Cold Hardiness: Zones 3-8
Spacing: 18" apart
Growth Rate: Moderate to Fast
Water Needs: Average garden soil
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