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GREEN GOODS
Diervilla rivularis Honeybee provides a striking display to
attract your customers' attention. With gorgeous bright yellow
foliage and abundant flowers, Honeybee is a magnet for bees
and butterflies. Plus, this low-maintenance shrub offers great
disease tolerance - meaning less use of chemicals in the
garden. Good for the Earth, good for the gardener!
Mother's Day, May 10
Moms never want their kids to waste money - which is
why a gorgeous, blooming, long-lasting plant is the perfect
gift! Cut flowers fade, but a beautiful perennial shows Mom
how much she's loved year after year. With double, rosetteshaped,
light pink flowers, hydrangea macrophylla Love is
the perfect plant to promote for Mother's Day. A Gold Medal
winner at the National Plant Show, this stunning hydrangea
blooms on new and old wood, making sure that Mom's gift
always blooms beautifully.
National Pollinator Month, June
Creating displays that promote your bee-friendly blooms
helps educate consumers about the need for pollinator-friendly
gardens. With abundant large, purple flowers, Agastache
Beelicious Purple provides the perfect addition to your display
to promote National Pollinator Month - bees and butterflies
will flock to it on your shelves and in customers' gardens! The
compact, bushy plant works beautifully in containers and
looks great in garden beds. Flowering in summer and autumn,
Beelicious Purple buzzes with action for months.
Independence Day, July 4
Red, white and blue petunias in a hanging basket may
be a best-selling tradition, but think outside the basket for
additional sales opportunities. Create a display of perennials
that work well together in containers and beds, like Festuca
'Beyond Blue' - a stunning blue grass that maintains its
color all season - with Agapanthus 'Ever White' and Dahlia
'Dreamy Flame'. Mixing red, white and blue perennials
provides outstanding options for displays and encourages
consumers' creativity.
Halloween, Oct. 31
Hay bales and pumpkins will always add a festive feel to
fall displays, but with Halloween second only to Christmas
in dollars spent on seasonal holiday decorating, it's time to
branch out and promote additional fall planting options.
For instance, Leucothoe keiskei Leafscape Halloween
offers gorgeous orange-red foliage in a compact habit that's
perfect for adding a fall feel to mums and pumpkins. Great
in a container or in beds, Halloween prefers sun or partshade
for best performance.
Likewise, Leucothoe fontanesiana Leafscape Little Flames
turns up the heat in autumn gardens, with its fine, red
foliage, bushy habit, and low maintenance. Winner of the
Bronze Medal at Plantarium 2012, consumers will appreciate
its gorgeous color and disease resistance.
For a haunting Halloween combination, pair heuchera
'Dark Secret' and heuchera villosa 'Kassandra' for a
spooktacular display. The strong, heavily ruffled, dark
purple-bronze foliage of 'Dark Secret' contrasts gorgeously
with the bright orange leaves of 'Kassandra' - showing
off the fabulous foliage of two perfect perennials meant to
partner for Halloween!
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