Looking for an award-winning blooming shrub for your landscape? Then look no further than the Autumn Royalty Encore Azalea! The Autumn Royalty was voted Azalea of the Year by the American Rhododendron Society, and it earned it! This azalea features large single-form, deeply funneled, magenta-purple blooms that rebloom periodically from spring to the onset of winter.
The initial spring bloom will produce a multitude of gorgeous purple flowers. These flowers coat the Encore Royalty, creating quite a display. However, that’s not it for this reblooming azalea. It’s capable of blooming 3 times a year! Additionally, some warmer zones have the potential for even more.
The Autumn Royalty is a reliably evergreen landscape element. New foliage emerges a delicate light green before maturing to a rich dark green. These leaves are fuzzy, elliptic, and pointed at the tip.
This is one of the larger Encore Azaleas, reaching a mature size of 4.5′ H x 4′ W. At that size, it’s perfect as a low-maintenance hedge, specimen, or accent. Otherwise, try it as a container plant or mass planting. However you use it, you’ll appreciate its high bloom potential and eye-catching flowers.
The Holly Sky Pencil is a narrow, columnar shrub that produces small, greenish evergreen leaves. New growth emerges light green but darkens up with age. This Holly can get up to 8 feet in height but stays very narrow at 2-3 feet wide at maturity. Let them grow to the height you would like, and then just keep the top trimmed. They are grown primarily for their interesting shape and make perfect container gardens.
USDA zones 6-9
Mature size 24-36″ W x 96″ H
Low Maintenance
Evergreen – Year round interest
Full sun to part shade
Used in containers, landscapes, and as accents
Recommended spacing 24 inches
Botanical Name: Ilex crenata
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
The Lemon Lime Nandina from the Southern Living Plant Collection provides a zesty twist on the traditional nandina! The Lemon Lime Nandina’s brilliant lime green foliage stays gorgeous and evergreen all year long. Luminous chartreuse green foliage emerges in the spring before maturing to light green in the summer. Consequently, it’s perfect for brightening up spots laden with darker foliage plants.
This shrub features a naturally compact growth habit, and won’t get leggy like traditional nandinas. No pruning required! Therefore, fans of low-maintenance plants should consider letting this reliable beauty into their garden or landscape.
The Lemon Lime works perfectly as a low hedge, ground cover, or an accent, and is at home in an Asian themed garden. Try pairing it with the Purple Diamond Loropetalum for fantastic color contrast.
This variety is known to be notably disease and pest resistant. Additionally, it does not produce berries or spread. This means that they won’t pose a threat to native wildlife from either toxic berries or an invasive nature.
USDA zones 6-9
Mature size 48″ W x 48″ H
Low Maintenance
Evergreen – Year round interest
Full sun to part shade; Compact habit
Used in containers, landscapes, and as accents
Compacta Holly is a moderately growing evergreen shrub. This compact shrub boasts rich green foliage that makes it ideal for mass plantings and hedges that can be trimmed for a more formal look.
USDA zones 6-9
Mature size 60″ W x 60″ H
Evergreen – Year round interest
Low Maintenance
Full sun to part shade
Used in containers, landscapes, accents, and as screens
Recommended spacing 45-60 inches
Botanical Name: Ilex crenata ‘Compacta’
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
The Oakland® Holly from the Southern Living Plant Collection is perfect for adding some reliable structure to your landscape! This evergreen grows in a naturally rigid, upright structure. Additionally, its leaves are oak-shaped and dark green, outlined with a light green edge.
In late winter, the iconic festive red berries characteristic of hollies appear, providing some fantastic seasonal interest. Additionally, birds enjoy these berries immensely, as well as the reliable shelter.
This tree’s refined growth habit requires no pruning, making it one of the most low-maintenance varieties around.
Once achieving the appropriate height, this plant is ideal as a nearly impenetrable privacy screen. Just try and make it through this heavy-duty beauty!
USDA zones 6-9
Mature size 144-180″ W x 180-240″ H
Full sun to partial shade
Evergreen – Year round interest
Used in landscapes, and as accents
Recommended spacing 144 inches
Botanical Name – Oakland™ Holly
Ilex hybrid ‘Magland’ PP14417
Low maintenance
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
Average shipping height – 3g 22-26 inches, 7g 48-60 inches
Introducing a new take on an old classic. The Golden Oakland Holly Tree is a fantastic upright holly from the Southern Living Plant Collection. It is a variegated cousin of the Oakland Holly, giving you the same dense growing habit with the added dimension of variegated green and golden-yellow foliage.
This dense-growing holly maintains a pyramidal habit and is naturally compact, so it needs little maintenance pruning. It’s height and density make it a perfect screen plant when planted in rows, and it’s color adds more character to your landscape than traditional evergreen screens like arborvitae or cypress.
Once achieving the appropriate height, this plant is ideal as a nearly impenetrable privacy screen. Just try and make it through this heavy-duty beauty!
When Golden Oakland is still young, you can plant it in containers for a bright, evergreen accent that holds its shape. You can fill in around it with annuals or perennials to provide a spark of color and truly eye-catching container planting. This holly is also bright enough to stand on its own in a container.
USDA zones 6-9
Mature size 144-180″ W x 180-240″ H
Full sun to partial shade
Evergreen – Year round interest
Used in containers, landscapes, and as accents
Recommended spacing 144 inches
Botanical Name – Oakland™ Holly
Ilex hybrid ‘Magland’ PP14417
Low maintenance
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
Nellie R. Stevens holly has dark green, glossy leaves and produces white flowers in the spring and bright red berries in the fall. Leaves are among the darkest of any plant. Vigorous and fast-growing, this Holly quickly grows into an attractive, broad pyramidal-shaped evergreen.
USDA zones 6-9
Mature size 120-144″ W x 240-360″ H
Evergreen – Year round interest
Low Maintenance
Full sun to part shade
Used in landscapes, and as accents
Recommended spacing 120 inches
Botanical Name: Ilex x ‘Nellie R. Stevens’
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
Kaleidoscope abelia is a variegated semi-evergreen shrub. It produces pink buds in the spring that open to petite, fragrant white flowers in the summer through the fall. But its variegated foliage with three seasons of color is where this shrub shines. Abelia kaleidoscope’s foliage emerges as variegated green and yellow, slowly turning gold in summer. Then, in the fall, the golden foliage turns reddish orange.
This glossy abelia is dwarf and gets only about 2 feet tall and has a 3.5-foot spread, making it great for colorful coverage. This abelia grandiflora’s small stature makes it perfect for containers and patios.
Enjoy the bevy of bees, butterflies, and birds that are drawn to the sweet perfume of this Kaleidoscope abelia variegated semi-evergreen shrub. This dwarf variety This abelia is also very heat and sun-tolerant, producing its biggest show when it receives full sun.
USDA zones 6-9
Mature size 36-42 inches W x 24-30 inches H
Full sun to partial shade
Evergreen – Year round interest
Used in containers, landscapes, and as accents
Recommended spacing 36 inches
Botanical Name – ‘Kaleidoscope’ Abelia x grandiflora ‘Kaleidoscope’ PP16988
Low maintenance
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
The Miss Lemon Abelia from the Southern Living Plant Collection produces stunning variegated foliage that you’ll never get tired of looking at. Once matured, the bright young foliage will convert to a majestic, creamy ivory and emerald green. The blooms of the Miss Lemon emerge in multitudes, creating delicately beautiful light pink flowers for much of the summer through autumn. Plant this Abelia in moist well-drained garden soil in a container or landscape in an area that will receive full sun to part shade.
USDA zones 6-9
Mature size 48 inches W x 36 inches H
Full sun to partial shade
Evergreen – Year round interest
Used in containers, landscapes, and as accents
Recommended spacing 48 inches
Botanical Name – Miss Lemon™ Abelia grandiflora Hybrid
Low maintenance
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
The Olive Martini Elaeagnus from the Southern Living Plant Collection proves itself to be a reliably eye-catching evergreen all year long. Brilliant emerald green foliage edged with gold catches light strikingly, illuminating the landscape. This shrub performs beautifully as a backdrop, hedge, or specimen; providing a solid structure as well as constant magnificent color. New growth emerges with a silvery hue before maturing to the bright green and golden yellow characteristic of the Olive Martini. Plant this Elaeagnus in well-drained garden soil and fertilize yearly in early spring to keep this plant beaming for years to come.
USDA zones 6a – 9b
Mature size 10-15 feet high x 10-15 feet wide
Full sun to partial shade
Evergreen – Year round interest
Used in containers, landscapes, and as accents
Recommended spacing 100-120 inches
Botanical Name – Olive Martini ™ Elaeagnus
Low maintenance
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
Meet the first ever Cascade Hydrangea available in North America! We’re confident you’ll love its unique horizontal growing habit, with each trailing stem absolutely brimming with blooms. Its florets are filled with deckle-edged petals, bringing a frilly, lacy look to the landscape. There are no limits to the ways you can use Fairytrail Bride in the garden – it’s ready to wow your neighbors in hanging baskets, containers, cascading over retaining walls, and filling in mixed beds! Top reasons to grow Fairytrail Bride Cascade Hydrangea: – Incredibly floriferous – Mid-sized habit is filled with healthy green foliage – Long Blooming – Deadheading Not Necessary
USDA zones 6-9
Mature size 48 inches W x 48 inches H
Full sun to part sun
Deciduous – Foliage loss in winter and new growth in spring
Recommended spacing 48 inches
Used in containers, landscapes, and as accents
Low maintenance
Botanical Name – Fairytrail Bride® Hydrangea x ‘USHYD0405’ USPP 31,120, Can PBRAF
Ships dormant (no foliage) winter through early spring
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
A shrub-like deciduous tree with slender airy branches. Attractive burgundy red foliage emerges during spring then turns to scarlet red in the fall. Bloodgood is a very cold hardy selection because it is late to leaf out, missing late freezes. This cultivar also grows great in high heat areas and is very sun tolerant. The color and hardiness make ‘Bloodgood’ a perfect addition that brings timeless beauty to any location.
USDA zones 6-9
Mature size 15-20 feet H x 15 feet W
Partial shade
Deciduous – Foliage loss in winter and new growth in spring
Recommended spacing 15 feet
Used in containers, landscapes, and as accents
Low maintenance
Botanical Name – Acer palmatum var. atropurpureum ‘Bloodgood’
Ships dormant (no foliage) winter through early spring
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
