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Thread leaf coreopsis is a wonderful, maintenance-free perennial which shines its way through any garden with rich-coloured flowers all summer long. You can have a country garden or be a town-garden enthusiast, coreopsis will still have features suitable for your plot …

Cornus - Bush Dogwood ; Family: Cornaceae ; (Corn-us: Latin meaning horn, describes the toughness of the wood) ; Nearly Solid Gold Foliage Fragrant blooms and delectable berries add to the ornamental appeal Plant Patent 11,287. cv. W. Stackman. The most marvelously variegated Pagoda …

Flowering dogwood is quite an unusual shrub or small tree which draws your attention all year round: in the spring it has very showy large petal-like coloured bracts, and its leaves turn to beautiful colours early in the autumn …

Huge rounded mound of broad arching leaves with golden-bronze arching plumes in summer. Grows 7 feet tall. The Golden Plume Pampas Grass has a finer foliage than the Pink and White Pampas Grasses, and is earlier flowering (July into August) …

Superb for fresh or dried arrangements! Dusty-Pink Feathers of Late-Summer Color! Fresh green foliage reaches 6 to 12 feet tall, topped by long, thick featherdusters of bloom that last for weeks! Unsurpassed for glorious texture and color in the landscape, this pink Pampas Grass is …

Evergreen, fast growing first-class ground cover with oval, glossy, bright green narrow leaves and bright red fruit. Excellent for banks, slopes or even a low facer for shrub borders. The late spring flowers are not very showy, but they produce shiny, red fruit. Entirely frost hardy …

This tree has it all: White spring flowers, brilliant fall foliage and reddish fruits that attract numerous fruit-eating birds. Also provides nesting sites and cover. Spreads to 25 feet; tolerates many soil types. Prefers sun. 4-year-old (18-24 ) transplants shipped at the proper …

Ornamental Features: Vibrant orange trumpet flowers with red eyes mid to late summer on 18 to 20 inch stems. Dark green linear-lance shaped leaves. Habit and Growth Rate: Clump-forming, but not over crowding. Grows 24-30 tall. Plant 24 apart Landscape Value: Great garden or container …

The Bronze Mystic Earths Star (Cryptanthus) is an easy to grow house plant forming rosettes of leaves. The leaves are succulent, with wavy margins and teeth; they are strongly banded in bronze and deep brown. The white flowers appear nested in the center in this plant. Cryptanthus …

Japanese cedars proved to grow happily in our garden where winter temperature dropped to -27°C a couple of times. They showed no damage whatsoever and thrive. This variety has one more plus as opposed to other cryptomerias – it does not change its colour to coppery brown in winter …