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Ratibida columnaris

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Common Name: Mexican Hat Yellow
Bloom Season: All Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow/Red
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:

Panhandle native, drought tolerant, naturalizes, long bloom season, a little extra water improves bloom.


Ratibida columnaris

Common Name: Mexican Hat Red
Bloom Season: All Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow/Red
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:

Panhandle native, drought tolerant, naturalizes, long bloom season, a little extra water improves bloom.


Nepeta x'Walker's Low'

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Common Name: Catmint 'Walker's Low'
Bloom Season: Spring to Fall
Bloom Color: Lavender
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 30"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:

1997 PPA plant of the year.A sterile hybrid. Silver -gray green leaves form a spreading mound to 36" wide. Deer and rabbit resistant.


Garden Notes: Has a long bloom season on larger, neatly mounded plants. Plan on cutting back some to keep tidy in early spring. After a tough winter it may need to be cut back nearly to ground.

Nepeta x faasenii

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Common Name: Catmint 'Select Blue'
Bloom Season: Spring to Fall
Bloom Color: Lavender
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 12"
Mature Width: 24"
Description:

A sterile hybrid. Silver -gray green leaves form a spreading mound to 30" wide. Deer and rabbit resistant. Long bloom season.


Garden Notes: Cut back to new growth in early spring. It is one of the earlier spring blooming plants, so will need to be cleaned up in early to mid March to allow new growth to take off.

Monarda hybrida 'Bergamo'

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Common Name: Bee Balm
Bloom Season: Summer-All
Bloom Color: Rosey Purple
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 18"
Description:

FSG- Butterflies, branching, flowers early- then all summer. Nice container plant, High mildew tolerance.


Lonicera x hecktrottii

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Common Name: Coral Honeysuckle
Bloom Season: Summer to Fall
Bloom Color: Coral with Yellow
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 12'
Mature Width: 48"
Description:

Vigorous to 12 feet. Blue green leaves. Blooms summer to frost- Blue-green leaves. Deciduous or semi evergreen. Good for Hummingbirds


Garden Notes: I have had this plant for many years. It has performed very well each year.

Lonicera sempervirens

Common Name: 'Magnifica'
Bloom Season: Spring to Summer
Bloom Color: Red
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 60"
Mature Width: 48"
Description:

Vigorous, semi-evergreen vine, 2" red trumpet flowers with yellow interior. Well behaved.


Lonicera sempervirens

Common Name: 'Blanche Sandman'
Bloom Season: Spring
Bloom Color: Red with Yellow
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 180"
Mature Width: 60"
Description:

Deep rose-red flowers open to light yellow in May and then intermittently til frost. Long period of bloom.


Lonicera

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Common Name: 'Mandarin'
Bloom Season: Spring to Summer
Bloom Color: Orange with Yellow
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 150"
Description:

Deciduous vine. Fast growing: up to six feet per year. Foliage begins a deep coppery color turning to a lush green.


Garden Notes: This variety sent as a substitute for another that I had ordered. One source says this variety needs neutral or acidic soil.

Iberis sempervirens 'Snow White'

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Common Name: Candytuft 'Snow White'
Bloom Season: Spring to Early Summer
Bloom Color: White
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Part-Shade

Mature Height: 6"
Mature Width: 28"
Description:

Water deeply, infrequently. Shear lightly after bloom to encourage new growth- evergreen-good winter foliage.


Garden Notes: Candytuft is becoming one of my more appreciated plants. It does not bloom for a long time in the spring, but it is low maintenance with nice, dense,deep green, evergreen leaves.