pinewood perennial gardens

Compact plant that produces daisy-like flowers with rustic maroon-red inner rings with tips of yellow surrounding brown cones;. Flowers begin in early summer and continue for months. Provide good drainage and sunny to part-shade site. Good for containers. 12-16" x 14-18"ht. Z 4-8.

A rudbeckia that makes a statement. Large flowers up to 4" across with drooping, yellow petals surrounding a bright-green cone develop on 5-6' stems in the summer. Long flowering time. Z 5-9.

Compact, evergreen, moss-like plant for between flagstones or in rock gardens. Small, white, star-shaped flowers in May. Z (6)7.

Forms a very low, evergreen, moss-like carpet of bright neon-yellow foliage. Develops tiny, white flowers in late spring. Used in rock gardens and for filling in cracks between stones. Often melts out in summer but can recover in cooler weather. Full sun or part shade and average to moist soils. 1" h x 6-12" w. Z 3-9.

Deciduous shrub. The emerging foliage begins pink and matures to variegated creamy-white and green, providing a dapple appearance. Prune for best color foliage and to reduce size. Prefers moist, fertile, well-drained soil. 6'+ high. Z 5-8.

Native. A tall savia with long and narrow, gray-green, aromatic leaves. Two-lipped azure-blue flowers appear from midsummer into fall. Pruning in late spring will help to control height and produce more flowering stems. Tolerant of dry soils. 3-5' h. Z 5-9.

True-blue flowers beginning in May. 12-16" ht. Z 4-7.

Deep indigo-purple flowers on purple-black stems. 18" ht. Z 4-8.

Violet flowers from June to August on 18" stems. Z 4-8.

Compact variety. Spikes of intense violet-blue flowers from June to October above gray-green foliage. 12” ht by 12-18” w. Z 4-10.