Featured Plants
Seasonal Progression
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.
Environmental Requirements
| Light | Full Sun |
|---|---|
| Moisture | Moderate |
| Soil | Loose, Well-drained |
| Zones | 6, 7, 8, 9 |
| Features | Cut Flower, Fragrant, Heat Tolerant |
Shrubs in this EZ Scape™
TRES AMIGOS® Abelia
Variegated foliage • Fragrant flowers • Deer resistant
Height: 2-3′
Spread: 3-5′
Zones: 6-9
Primary Season of Interest: Summer (flowers)
Secondary Season of Interest: Spring to fall (foliage color)
Care Tips: Will perform well in a range of sun exposures – a minimum of four hours of direct light and up to all day sun. Prefers moist, well-draining soil, but will adapt to most soils as long as they don’t remain wet. Prune in early spring if desired.
OSO EASY ICE BAY® Rose (Rosa)
Extremely long flowering window • Elegant blooms • Easy care
Height: 2-3′
Spread: 2-3′
Zones: 3-9
Primary Season of Interest: Summer (reblooms)
Care Tips: Will perform best in full sun – a minimum of six hours of direct light and up to all day sun. Enjoys moist, well-draining soil that is slightly acidic, but will adapt to most soils as long as they don’t remain wet. Benefits from pruning each spring.
‘Scentsation’ Honeysuckle (Lonicera)
Non-invasive • Fragrant • Long blooming
Height: 8-10′
Spread: 2-4′
Zones: 4-9
Primary Season of Interest: Summer
Secondary Season of Interest: Fall (berries)
Care Tips: Will perform best in full sun – a minimum of six hours of direct light and up to all day sun. Adapts to most soils. Pruning isn’t necessary, but it can be trimmed after it has flowered if berries aren’t a priority. Cut back after flowering to promote rebloom.
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