Submitted by Carlotta Lucas
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Tag Archives: Showy Flowers
Deer-resistant Perennials
Are deer eating your flowers? Try planting these deer-resistant perennial flowers: Agastache, Artemisia, Lavender, Monarda, Ornamental Oregano, Russian Sage, Salvias, Peony, Phygellius, Yarrow.
Horticultural Report: Mountain Laurel
Photo by: Carlotta Lucas, Ashland OR
Plant Name:Kalmia latifolia,
Common name: Mountain Laurel
Plant type: Evergreen Shrub
Height: 3-15 ft (depends on variety)
Spread:3-15 ft (depends on variety)
Bloom Time:May to June
Flower Color:Rose, White, has purple markings
Exposure:Full Sun – Part Shade (Morning sun with afternoon shade is best)
Soil Requirements: Acid loving plant
Water Needs: Medium
Attributes:Excellent Showy Flowers, Multi-stemmed evergreen shrub, Year-round interest
Note: These shallow rooted plants are best in moist, cool, rich, acidic, well-drained humus soil
Uses: ;Compliments rhododendrons and azaleas.Use as border shrub, Woodland gardens Cottage gardens, Wild areas, Hedges, Foundation plants
Native to: Eastern USA
USDA Hardiness Zone:4-9
Horticulture Report: Fothergilla
Plant Name: Fothergilla (Dwarf)
Common name: Witch-Alder
Cultivar: ‘Mount Airy’
Plant type: Deciduous Shrub
Height: 3-5 ft
Spread: 3-5 ft
Bloom Time: April- May
Flower Color: White
Exposure: Full Sun –part shade
Soil Requirements: Well-drained, perfers Humus
Water Needs: Medium
Attributes: Showy bottlebrush-like tiny spikes (1-3” long),
Honey-scented fragrant flowers, Good summer foliage and Great fall color.
Uses: Hedges, shrub borders, foundation plantings or native plantings.
Notes: Plants do well with rhododendrons, because they have the same soil requirements.
Native to: Southeastern United States
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8
Submitted by: Carlotta Lucas
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Flowering Red Currant, Daffodils,
Pulmonaria (Lungwort), Pieris Japonica
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PURPLE TOAD LILLY
Tricyrtis hirta, the toad lily is a Japanese species of hardy perennial in the lily family. Tricyrtis hirta is found growing on shaded rocky cliffs and stream banks in central and southern Japan.
Its unique showy flowers bloom in late August through September, and produces multiple clusters of flowers. Flowers are small, lily-like flowers about 1 inch long with six showy tepals. It’s easily grown in average, medium to wet, well-drained soils in part to full shade. The plant is 15-24 inches high and wide. Bees loved it!
USDA Hardiness Zones 4-8.
Submitted by: Carlotta Lucas