2019 Catalog

PERENNIALS, GROUND COVERS & VINES

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GROUND COVERS EUONYMUS WINTERCREEPER

S. spurium 'Red Carpet' RED CARPET

L. superbum Amazing Daisies™ 'Banana Cream' PP23181 AMAZING DAISIES™ BANANA CREAM

E. 'Blondy®' BLONDY® EUONYMUS

Banana Cream makes a wonderful pie as well as a dynamite flowering plant for the sunnier parts of your landscape. Large 4" fresh yellow flowers open in June and brighten to a lighter yellow and then to a butter cream white. These beautiful daisy-like flowers cover dark green foliage on a compact 15-18" plant. 15-18" Zones 5-9 JUN

Euonymus have never looked so good! Blondy® is a great new cultivar from the Netherlands that gives you all you need for your landscape and more. This colorful little shrub has dark green evergreen leaves with a large yellow thumb print of color in the center on bright yellow stems. Grows only 18-24" tall and wide and can be used as a foundation accent or for massing. Grows in full sun to part shade. 18-24" Zones 5-9 E. fortunei 'Coloratus' PURPLE LEAF WINTERCREEPER

THYME THYMUS

Sedums are tough, tough, tough. They provide colorful, growing ground covers that are tolerant of hot, dry sites. 'Red Carpet' is an excellent example of all that is great about Sedum. The name 'Red Carpet' is appropriate as this dynamite little plant has succulent purplish-bronze foliage that holds color all season long but only grows to 6" tall. The ground cover form of this plant will fill out areas with dense mats of purplish foliage and helps keep these areas weed free. 6" Zones 3-8 JUL SHASTA DAISY LEUCANTHEMUM L. 'Daisy Duke' DAISY MAY® SHASTA DAISY

T. serpyllum CREEPING THYME

Green foliage tinged with purple. Faster growing than others of this family. Turns a plum color in winter. A good ground cover. 2'x3' Zones 5-8 PACHYSANDRA JAPANESE SPURGE P. terminalis 'Green Carpet' GREEN CARPET JAPANESE SPURGE

This herb is a wonderful low-growing ground cover. Everything about this plant is compact and dainty. The tiny, gray-green leaves are wonderfully aromatic when crushed and form a dense mat that is easily used in rock gardens and among stepping stones. Creeping Thyme is very drought tolerant and sun loving. Dainty pink flowers cover the plant from early tomid-summer. 6-12" Zones 4-9 JUN

Photo Credit: Walters Gardens, Inc. 'Daisy May'® is a more compact variety of our native Shasta Daisy, and has 3" pure white flowers that coat this gorgeous plant in May and June. These flowers attract butterflies and can be used in the sunny border, for mass plantings and as cut flowers. Plant in sunny spots with good drainage and most soil types and you'll be well rewarded. Dark green foliage, and a tight form is well behaved in the border. A profuse bloomer, and earlier blooming than other Daisy types, this beauty has pure white flowers have two rows of petals and a nice yellow center. Sun and well drained soils best. 18-24" Zones 5-9 MAY-JUN

Excellent evergreen ground cover. Sends out stolons freely to create a dense mat. Beautiful glossy, dark- green foliage with white flowers in the spring. Prefers shady or semi-shady locations and well-drained soil. Somewhat tolerant of dry conditions once established. 6-8" Zones 4-8 MAR-APR