Plant Name: Allium sphaerocephalon
Common name: Persian Onion or Drumstick Allium
Plant type: Bulb
Height: 20-24 inches
Bloom Time: May-June
Flower Color: Reddish-Purple
Exposure: Full Sun- Part Sun
Soil Requirements: Well-drained fertile sandy soil
Water Needs: Average
Attributes: Colorful Fragrant Flowers, Interesting egg-shaped flower, Attracts Pollinators, Easy to grow, Deer resistant , Squirrel & Rabbit resistant.
Uses: Cut flower, Dried Flower, Perennial Garden, Mass plantings, Garden Interest
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-8
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2018 Glide Wildflower Show
Lamium maculatum ‘Pink Pewter’
Lamium maculatum ‘Pink Pewter’
Common Name: spotted deadnettle
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Lamiaceae
Height: 6 to 8 inches
Spread: 12 to 24 inches
Bloom Time: May to July
Flower: Light pink
Foliage: Variegated – silver with green edges
Sun: Part Sun to Full Shade
Soil: Fertile, Loamy, Well-drained
Water: Needs Medium to moist soil
Maintenance: Low
Uses: Ground Cover, Naturalize, Perennial gardens,
Tolerate: Deer, Heavy Shade
USDA Zone: 2 to 9
Heuchera ‘Silver Scrolls’
Heuchera ‘Silver Scrolls’
Common Name: Coral bells
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Saxifragaceae
Height: plant 8-12 inches, flower stalks 24-in
Spread: 8 to 12-inch
Bloom Time: June to July
Flower: Pinkish White, Showy
Sun: Filtered sun to part shade
Soil: Rich humus, Well-draining
Water Needs: Average to Moist
Foliage Colorful! Emerge silver flushed with burgundy, matures into silver with dark purple veins.
Uses: Edging, Woodland gardens, Containers, Foliage Garden Interest, Perennial beds, Mass plantings for ground cover
Attributes: Deer Tolerant, evergreen in warm climates.
USDA Zone: 4 to 9
Winter Magic!
Are you longing for flowers during winter’s dark days? Try forcing flowering tree branches to bloom 
indoors.
Cut branches from spring-flowering trees such as forsythia, dogwood, and crabapple and place them in container of warm water for an hour to bring them out of dormancy. Then re-cut their stems to enhance their water absorption and arrange them in a vase which has warm water in it with a drop of bleach added. Set the vase in a sunny window and before you know it, Alakazam, flowers appear!
‘Christmas Bells’
Sandersonia aurantiaca
Sandersonia aurantiaca, a member of the Colchicaceae family, is a native grassland plant in the eastern areas of South Africa. It’s often called ‘Christmas bells’ because in the southern hemisphere it blooms in December. Sometimes it is also referred to as Chinese Lanterns. Highly prized for a long-lasting cut flower, New Zealand cultivates them for the cut flower industry.