We had a lot of new plants in the garden center this year and I'd like to mention a few of my favorites. One of the standouts, was a 'Phlox 'Jeana'. The lavender-pink flower heads with their smaller flowers, look like stems of lilacs. It doesn't have a bit of mildew despite the humidity and doesn't need pinching to stay upright. I planted it in front of a pink anemone and the combination is perfect.
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The rose-of-sharon continues to bloom into the end of summer. Its very easy to grow despite looking so tropical.
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Sedum 'Dazzleberry' has dark, bluish leaves and rich, deep pink flowers. It doesn't 'melt' away like so many other dark-leaved sedums and it doesn't get leggy. In my rock garden, it stays compact and the pink flowers don't fade.
Symphoricarpos 'Candy' or coral berry has plump, candy-pink berries all along its stems. Its much showier than beauty berry and the flowers are more noticeable. The pink color looks fantastic in a bed with hydrangea, pennisetum 'Hamelyn' grasses and coneflowers.
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You can limb up large shrubs like this beautybush to create a shady tunnel.
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I'm always a sucker for a new daylily, but 'Flamingo Fantasy' is a true pink, even on cool mornings, with no peach whatsoever. It was a heavy bloomer and actually re-bloomed.
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Fire and Ice--Orange trumpet vine and creamy hydrangea make a great combination.
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This week, I'm once again, trying to eradicate Campanula 'Cherry bells from a bed of Iris 'Immortality'. The stems snap so easily, its almost impossible to dig it up, but loosening the soil with a pitch fork does help. I'm going to 'paint' a herbicide on any leaves that that are too close to any shrubs or desirable plants. And curse the day I ever planted it.
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The peacock kale is changing color as the nights become cooler.
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