The luminous Everillo Carex is an outstanding new addition to the Southern Living Plant Collection! The Everillo Carex produces brilliant lime-green foliage in spring before maturing to a golden hue as the year goes on. The long-leafed foliage grows in a naturally mounding habit. Consequently, this Sedge grass excels at adding dynamic groundcover texture to any landscape or garden.
A moderate growth rate and a mature size of 12-18″ H x 12-18″ W means that trimming is completely unnecessary. Therefore, low-maintenance gardeners can rest assured that this grass won’t go wild while they aren’t looking.
The Everillo Carex is certain to brighten shady spots and add a sensational pop of color to your container gardens.
USDA zones 5a-9b
Mature Sizes- 12-18 inches H and 12-18 inches W
Deciduous – Foliage loss in winter and new growth in spring
Eclipse Hydrangea, the first true dark-leaf mophead hydrangea, offers season-long beauty with intense, dark purple leaves that hold their color, even in warm climates. The striking foliage, paired with gorgeous dark purple or cranberry-colored blooms, will pair perfectly with anything in the garden and are sure to make a dramatic impact. Maturing at 3-5 feet tall and wide, Eclipse will stand out, whether used as a focal point in the garden or in decorative containers.
USDA zones 5-9
Mature size 3-5 feet High x 3-5 feet Wide
Thrives in Shade to part shade
Deciduous – Foliage loss in winter and new growth in spring
Used in containers, landscapes and as accents
Recommended spacing 36 inches
Botanical Name – Eclipse® Bigleaf Hydrangea
Low maintenance
Blooms are perfect for cut flowers
Ships dormant winter through early spring
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
Canyon Creek Abelia is a multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a mounded form. This compact shrub has glossy dark green leaves that are tinged with bronze, with a dazzling bronze-rose fall color. The tidy, mounded habit and tubular pinkish-white flowers make this shrub a welcome addition to smaller spaces! Canyon Creek features dainty clusters of lightly-scented white tubular flowers with shell pink overtones at the ends of the branches from early summer to mid fall, which emerge from distinctive rose flower buds. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.
Canyon Creek Abelia is recommended for the following landscape applications- mass planting, general garden use, and container planting.
USDA zones 6-9
Mature size 36″ H x 48″ W
Full sun to part shade
Evergreen- year round interest
Great for accents, containers, or border plants
Recommended spacing 36 inches
Delicate clusters of pinkish-white blooms spring through early summer
Botanical Name – ABELIA X GRANDIFLORA ‘CANYON CREEK’
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
Kleim’s Hardy showcases pinwheel-shaped, creamy white flowers white with a yellow center. They are so beautiful and perfect they almost look fake! The foliage is shiny and deep green, typical of Gardenias. The natural shape of this shrub is mounding. At a mature size of 2 to 3 feet tall and wide, this shrub is perfect for just about any spot in your yard, garden, or patio. They even do great in containers!
USDA zones 7-10
Mature size 2-3 feet W x 2-3 feet H
Full sun to partial shade
Evergreen – Year round interest
Used in containers, landscapes, and as accents
Recommended spacing 24 inches
Botanical Name – Gardenia jasminoides ‘Kleim’s Hardy’
Low maintenance
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
In a perfect world, azaleas would bloom for months instead of just weeks and have big, full flowers with pure and true colors. That’s exactly what Perfecto Mundo azaleas do. Perfecto Mundo Red azalea is a neat, rounded shrub that’s covered with rich red blooms in spring, when other azaleas bloom, but then after a brief rest, begins blooming again in mid-summer and continues through frost. Perfect for containers, landscapes, and as accents!
USDA zones 6-9
Mature Sizes- 30 inches H and 36-48 inches W
Evergreen- year round interest
Full sun to part shade; Blooms spring, summer, and fall
Used in containers, landscapes, and as accents
Recommended spacing 36 inches
Botanical Name: Perfecto Mundo® Red Reblooming Azalea Rhododendron x
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
The Heart Throb Hydrangea is a new red hydrangea from the Southern Living Plant Collection. It produces beautiful cherry red bloom clusters with green marbling. These flowers emerge through summer and into early fall. This dwarf hydrangea reaches only 3 ft. tall and wide at maturity. No pruning required. Therefore, it’s perfect for containers, mixed garden beds, low-hedges and mass plantings. A compact grower for a small garden space.
USDA zones 5-9
Mature size 36 inches W x 36 inches H
Plant in part shade to shade
Deciduous – Foliage loss in winter and new growth in spring
Used in containers, landscapes, and as accents
Recommended spacing 36 inches
Botanical Name – Heart Throb® Hydrangea Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Hortmagitri’ PP30044
Low maintenance
Ships dormant winter through early spring
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
A vibrant tri-color foliage show! For gardeners on the hunt for elegant, but interesting foliage. Tres Amigos abelia seems to change each time you visit it out in the garden. In spring it starts out with green, cream, pink, and yellow-tinged foliage. Its most vibrant color is yellow, bringing sunshine into the slowly filling garden. By summer, the yellow has left completely and the pink edge on the leaf takes over. The new growth at the end of each stem is almost entirely a warm watermelon pink with sporadically placed white flowers. Each flower is fluted, perfect for inviting hummingbirds and butterflies into the garden, and has a lovely jasmine-like fragrance. Its compact habit suits it nicely for use at the front of the border, in containers, and in mixed borders with perennials and annuals.
Top reasons to grow Tres Amigos abelia: – Remarkable tricolor foliage – A summer-long show of fragrant white flowers – Compact habit fits easily into many gardens
Fragrant Flower
Long Blooming
Foliage Interest
Attracts: Butterflies and Hummingbirds
Resists: Deer
USDA zones 6-9
Mature Sizes- 2-3 feet H x 2-3 feet W
Evergreen- year round interest
Full sun to part shade; Blooms in spring
Used in containers, landscapes, and as accents
Recommended spacing 24 inches
Botanical Name: Tres Amigos® Abelia grandiflora
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
Midnight Sun weigela, a neat and tidy bun-shaped weigela with glossy, blazing orange and red summer-autumn foliage. Perfect for the front of the border, it functions much as a coleus would, but without having to replant it every year. It does bear pink flowers in spring, however, this plant’s form and colorful summer through autumn foliage are what makes it special. Perfect for landscapes, containers, or as accents!
-Deadheading Not Necessary
Attracts: Hummingbirds
Thrives USDA zones 4-8
Grows to a mature size of 12-18 inches W x 12-18 inches H
Full sun to partial shade
Deciduous – Foliage loss in winter and new growth in spring
Used in containers, landscapes, and as accents
Recommended spacing 12-18 inches
Botanical Name – Midnight Sun™ Weigela florida ‘Verweig9’ USPP 35,146, Can PBRAF
Low maintenance
Ships dormant winter through early spring
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
This little hydrangea is extremely compact with great branching, and is much easier to manage in production. Deep green leaves are a beautiful backdrop for the late summer flowers that are held up on strong and sturdy stems. Born in a tight cluster, the blossoms are initially green and open to a creamy white. As evening temperatures drop in the fall, the petals turn antique shades of green. The small size, reduced need for pruning, and large flowers make this an ideal choice for smaller landscapes where larger traditional hydrangeas won’t fit.
USDA zones 3-9
Mature size 3-4 feet High x 4-5 feet Wide
Thrives in Full Sun to Part Shade
Deciduous – Foliage loss in winter and new growth in spring
Used in containers, landscapes and as accents
Recommended spacing 48 inches
Botanical Name – FlowerFull Smooth Hydrangea arborescens ‘BAlful’ PPAF
Low maintenance
Blooms are perfect for cut flowers
Ships dormant winter through early spring
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
Trippy Pink has a rounded to upright habit with dark green foliage. Stunning hot pink inflorescences are very upright and quite fragrant, providing loads of nectar for pollinators. Showy flowers average 6-10” long on vigorous shoots. This buddleia is sure to stand out in containers, landscapes and as accents!
USDA zones 5-9
Mature size- 6-8 feet Wide and 6-8 feet H
Recommended Spacing – 72 inches
Uses- containers, landscapes, and as accents
Full sun to partial shade
Average shipping height – 2g 12-18 inches
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
Deciduous- foliage loss in winter and new growth in spring
The long-lasting blooms and impressive flower power make Queen Bee Chastetree a true standout in the garden. Vibrant lavender flowers, which are adored by pollinators, bloom in mid-June and rebloom throughout the summer. With impressive drought, heat, and cold tolerance, Queen Bee matures at 5-6 feet tall and 7-9 feet wide, making it an ideal colorful hedge or focal point in warm climate gardens.
USDA zones 6-9
Mature size- 7-9 feet Wide and 5-6 feet H
Recommended Spacing – 84 inches
Uses- containers, landscapes, and as accents
Full sun to partial shade
Average shipping height – 2g 12-18 inches
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
Deciduous- foliage loss in winter and new growth in spring
Ships dormant (no foliage) winter through early spring
Violet Mist Chasetree boasts a tight habit and a profusion of blue-purple flowers in early summer. The flowers are a favorite for various pollinators in the garden and will naturally rebloom until fall. Maturing to only three to four feet tall and wide, Violet Mist is more compact than other varieties and will fit perfectly into a small area or urban lands.
USDA zones 5-9
Mature size- 3-4 feet Wide and 3-4 feet H
Recommended Spacing – 36 inches
Uses- containers, landscapes, and as accents
Full sun to partial shade
Average shipping height – 2g 12-18 inches
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
Deciduous- foliage loss in winter and new growth in spring
Ships dormant (no foliage) winter through early spring
