Use this powerful trio of shrubs for cut flowers as the foundation for your floral arranging dreams. Step outside from summer until fall and you’ll have stems to harvest. This EZ Scape™ starts its brilliant show with colorful emerging abelia foliage and sweet smelling honeysuckle flowers. Later in the season, the abelia produces bell-shaped blooms in clusters at the end of each stem. A few stems make a sweet, delicate arrangement, but they also complement larger displays easily. Later, you’ll add lovely roses to the mix, fragrant and abundant. In an arrangement, they are perfectly supported by the foliage from the honeysuckle or abelia. This trio works well as a sweet, simple cut flower palette on its own and makes a great base to add more shrubs and perennials to.
If drought tolerance is a non-negotiable feature for your garden, this EZ Scape™ might interest you. Altogether, this collection of plants has an airy aesthetic, but tough-as-nails performance. Delicate features and cool colors are a visual respite in hot, dry climates. You’ll love seeing this collection of long, cool blue stems, tiny leaves, and dainty flowers flourishing even when there hasn’t been a drop of rain in weeks.
If birds delight you just as much as plants, combine your great loves with this EZ Scape™. In summer, tubular honeysuckle flowers draw hummingbirds in for a feast. In cold weather, it invites birds to linger with berries and tasty seed heads. For the human visitor, delights abound throughout the growing season. Profuse flowers and peppy color cover this low-growing garden for months!
For bold splashes of color in high heat gardens, use this EZ Scape™. You’ll get to enjoy waves of brilliant color starting in spring with azaleas. In summer, a slew of perennials take the stage with bright colors and interesting bloom shapes. This variety of plants interacts in a dynamic way, with the warm and cool tones blending together nicely. A butterfly bush offers full-size blooms on a compact frame, anchoring the back of the planting. It’s fragrant, floriferous, and irresistible to butterflies. Altogether, these heat-lovers create a low-maintenance landscape that stays lively and colorful even in the toughest summer conditions.
Thrive in the southern heat with this combo of colorful perennials. The evergreen foliage of FRUIT PUNCH® Dianthus will keep year long interest along the front of the border. Flowers that appear across the top of the habit in spring are icing on the cake. In summer MEANT TO BEE® Agastache will burst into bloom with large, floriferous habits. FALL IN LOVE® ‘Sweetly’ Anemone will add bright pink flowers in fall, appearing for many weeks. PRAIRIE WINDS® Ornamental Grasses add fine texture throughout the entire growing season and provide winter interest.
Take on tough clay soils with this durable combination of perennials. DECADENCE® False Indigo (Baptisia) and Storm Cloud Bluestar (Amsonia) will be up first in spring, showing color in late spring to early summer. The long panicles of the False Indigo perfectly play off the clusters of star-shaped flowers on the Bluestar. SUMMERIFIC® Hardy Hibiscus and ‘Denim ‘n Lace’ Russian Sage will be later to emerge in spring but bring a corresponding colorful late season performance to the landscape. An excellent space filling combo as each plant takes up a substantial part of the garden.
Tough soils require tough plants. This recipe handles hard clay soils and the hard conditions they put on perennials. String Theory Amsonia will be the first up in spring, blooming in late spring before finely textured foliage carries interest through the end of the year. RAINBOW RHYTHM® Daylilies will bloom next, beginning in early summer, with rebloom adding a smattering of color through the end of the season. COLOR CODED® Echinacea and PRAIRIE WINDS® Grasses will come on the latest, but add fall interest with attractive seedheads. String Theory Amsonia will contribute late season interest with golden orange fall foliage.
This recipe proves that tough soils can still deliver standout style and season‑long interest. Summer begins with ‘Serendipity’ Allium and Firefly Achillea, bringing airy blooms and bright color that thrive even in heavier soils. As summer rolls on, ROCK ‘N GROW® Sedum adds durable structure and late‑season flowers, while PRAIRIE WINDS® Ornamental Grasses build movement and texture from summer through winter. Together, these clay‑tolerant plants create a reliable, low‑maintenance combination that looks intentional from the first blooms of early summer through fall and beyond.
Use this combination of perennials for coastal style gardens. MAGIC SHOW® Veronica will begin blooming early for a brilliant display in early summer. LUMINARY® Tall Garden Phlox will carry the garden through summer with brightly colored blooms on large flower panicles. ROCK ‘N ROUND® Sedum will contribute succulent foliage all season with a brilliant floral display in late summer and colorful seedheads adding fall interest. ‘Denim ‘n Lace’ Russian Sage will be later to emerge in spring but bring a corresponding colorful late season performance to the landscape.
Beat the heat and the blah it brings to the garden with this EZ Scape™. This selection of plants will thrive, flower, and impress all throughout brutal heat. The variety of vastly different flower and foliage sizes will provide visual texture all throughout the year, ensuring your garden never feels blah.
If freshly cut flowers or bouquets bring you joy, here is a combo of four perennials to consider for your garden space. AMAZING DAISIES® Shasta Daisies are in peak in midsummer and with deadheading can continue to show color through summer’s end. PYROMANIA® Kniphofia will take center stage in summer when spikes of flowers emerge from their grasslike foliage. Firefly Yarrow will bloom in summer, holding their form to create attractive seedheads. The round blooms of COLOR CODED® Coneflowers will serve as landing pads for bees and butterflies beginning in midsummer and carrying interest into fall.
If reliable success is a top priority for your garden, you’ll love this EZ Scape™. It features a selection of durable, super drought-tolerant plants that thrive with minimal fuss. That means you get a beautiful, low-maintenance landscape that looks great season after season.
This water-wise landscape combo will keep your garden looking good without frequent irrigation. Profusion Salvia will lead the way in spring, with rebloom prolonging interest if shorn back. The remainder of the recipe will begin blooming during early summer with varied rebloom carrying the combo to the end of the season. ROCK ‘N ROUND® Sedum and Firefly Yarrow have attractive seedheads that can be left for fall and winter interest. Note that most perennials need extra water while getting established and during unusually hot weather.
If you do not have regular irrigation, the right plant mix can make all the difference! DOLCE® Heuchera and COLOR SPIRES® Salvia will lead the way in spring with early color. Midnight Masquerade will add size quickly with tall lavender bloom stalks, reaching its peak in midsummer. Dark foliage and seedheads will carry interest after flowers fade. ROCK ‘N ROUND® Sedum will contribute succulent foliage all season with a brilliant floral display in late summer and colorufl seedheads adding fall interest. Note that most perennials need extra water while getting established and during unusually hot weather.
Help your garden survive the hot days of summer with this perennial combo that (once established) shows up and shows off with minimal water requirements. COLOR SPIRES® Perennial Salvia will be the first to show color in spring. As they taper off ‘Cat’s Meow’ and DECADENCE® Baptisia will pick up the baton with beautiful flowering displays. RAINBOW RHYTHM® Daylilies will take center stage for the remainder of summer, with rebloom from the COLOR SPIRES® Perennial Salvia and ‘Cat’s Meow’ Catmint providing additional support.
If your property is eroding away, stop its progress with this EZ Scape™. This combination of plants is perfect for securing soil in place, as it’s comprised of species native to North America that are known to slowly get wider over time. This gorgeous array of plants also complements each other perfectly. The color story emphasizes the warmth of reds and pinks and the simplicity of white. The show begins with the frothy spring flowers on the red-twig dogwoods and is carried on with the equally fluffy late summer flowers on the ninebark. Summer is filled with an abundance of domed flowers from the smooth hydrangea. By the time fall rolls around, you might get to see red-twig dogwood berries before the birds devour them. Fear not, the winter display is a surefire thing. Red-twig dogwoods shine when all the foliage drops around them and the stems are on full display. Imagine enjoying all of this beauty AND getting to rest easy knowing your soil is stabilizing.
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