The new Sunshine Ligustrum from the Southern Living Plant Collection completely reinvents the traditional Privet! It’s coveted for its vibrant golden-yellow, evergreen foliage. This is a true landscaping treasure, and once you know it, you’ll recognize it wherever you see it. New growth emerges as a delicate lime green, which does a phenomenal job of awakening the landscape from its winter slumber. This foliage will continuously intensify as spring turns into summer, at which point they will be a gleaming shade of gold. The more sunlight they get, the better. More sun produces more yellow leaves, while less sun results in more yellow-green foliage.
This Ligustrum proves itself to be incredibly versatile. Its compact and upright form makes for a tremendous natural hedge, no pruning required! At maturity, it reaches only 3-4′ wide by 3-6′ tall.
Consequently, it also lends itself to trimming, if that’s more your speed. Shape this beauty into uniform hedges or small topiaries.
Furthermore, the Sunshine’s petite, oval leaves are perfect for shaping into hard edges. Try a mass planting for a truly impressive display!
USDA zones 7-10
Mature size 48-72″ W x 60-84″ H
Botanical Name – Ligustrum sinense
Evergreen- Year round interest
Full sun to partial shade
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
Average shipping height – 2g 12-16 inches, 5g 18-24 inches
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The Southern Living Plant Collection presents one of the most phenomenal blooming daylilies around, the Evergreen Stella Daylily! This Daylily is particularly coveted for its evergreen foliage and impressive bloom time. The Evergreen Stella™ sends up large fragrant yellow blossoms with ruffled edges from early spring until fall. These vibrant reblooms make this Hemerocallis a truly remarkable perennial that is in bloom far longer than your conventional daylily. Additionally, the characteristic evergreen foliage creates the perfect backdrop for these blooms, and won’t leave your landscape looking bare during winter.
Use this daylily for groundcover, edging, mass planting, or an accent planting. Furthermore, consider mass planting the Evergreen Stella™ in a large area that you don’t enjoy maintaining. Spring through fall will see a dramatic mass spectacle of blooms, and you’ll save yourself time and effort. They also make a compelling companion to taller border shrubs.
This Hemerocallis reaches around 1 ft tall and will spread with time. After several years, you may need to divide your daylilies. After they are divided, you will be left with more plants to re-home with a friend or plant somewhere that could use a little color boost.
USDA zones 4-9
Mature size 10-12″ W x 10-12″ H
Full sun to part shade
Deciduous – Foliage loss in winter and new growth in spring
Plant in the spring, summer, or fall
Low maintenance
Botanical name – Evergreen Stella™
Plants ship dormant winter through early spring
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
With a narrow pyramidal habit, the Thuja Emerald Green arborvitae has a great natural shape and also responds well to regular pruning. Emerald Green is disease resistant making it a popular low-maintenance hedge. The Emerald green arborvitae performs well in a variety of soil and weather conditions, including snow and ice. Even the coldest of winters, the tree maintains its shape and color. Perfect for hedges, screens, landscapes, and as accents!
USDA zones 3-8
Mature size approximately 3-4 feet W x 10-15 feet H
Evergreen – Year round interest
Full sun to partial shade
Botanical Name -Thuja occidentalis
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
The Bloomstruck Endless Summer hydrangea is a hardy, disease-resistant and time-tested sensation. The Bloomstruck hydrangea can bloom as an eye-catching pink hydrangea OR purple hydrangea by adjusting your soils pH level as needed. BloomStruck also has incredibly beautiful red-purple stems, dark green leaves with red petioles and red veins, which give great contrast to your other garden shrubs, perennials and annuals. Because of BloomStruck’s extremely strong stems, above average heat tolerance and great disease resistance – especially to powdery mildew – it is a perfect combination of beauty and hardiness for your garden!
USDA zones 4 to 9
Mature size 48-60 inches W x 36-48 inches H
Large full blooms throughout Spring and Summer
Changes color with color kits
Partial shade
Flowers can be cut and used in vases and floral arrangements
Deciduous – Foliage loss in winter and new growth in spring
Botanical Name – Hydrangea macrophylla ‘PIIHM-II’ PP25, 566
Ships dormant winter through early spring
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
The Autumn Ivory Encore Azalea is a low-growing, dynamite azalea perfect for lighting up your landscape with bright white blooms! Autumn Ivory produces dozens of pure white blossoms from spring through fall. Furthermore, each flower is single-form with five wide petals.
The foliage on the Autumn Ivory Encore Azalea is evergreen, glossy and pointed, with slight fuzz. These leaves range from bright green to rich dark green.
The Autumn Ivory Encore Azalea is naturally compact, in fact, it’s one of the smallest, most dense Encore Azaleas around! It reaches a mature size of 2.5′ H x 3′ W. Therefore, it’s an ideal foreground plant.
Use this azalea in your landscape or garden as an accent in a mixed garden bed, low hedge or border, foundation planting, or in a low-maintenance mass planting. The Autumn Ivory is also great for planting in large pots either in a mixed container or a standalone.
One of the more cold hardy varieties, this attractive bush has glossy, leathery dark green foliage and an abundance of magnificently fragrant large white blooms. Has a more upright habit and more tolerant of direct sun light than other gardenias, with flower buds that resist late spring frosts without damage. Frostproof makes a wonderful hedge or foundation planting. Place close to outdoor living areas or entryways to enjoy the fragrance. Plant in mass to screen walls and fences or include with other fragrant bloomers in a container planting!
USDA zones 7-9
Mature size 36-48″ W x 48-60″H
Botanical Name – Gardenia jasminoides
Recommended Spacing – 36 inches
Used in containers, landscapes, and as accents
Low maintenance
Full sun to partial shade
Evergreen- Year round interest
Blooms fragrant white blooms spring to fall
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
Average shipping height – 1g 8-12 inches, 2.25g 14-18 inches
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The Obsession Nandina from the Southern Living Plant Collection is a new and unusual variety of the classic Nandina domestica. The Obsession features unique scarlet-red young foliage and blue-green mature foliage. This gorgeous medley brings tremendous texture and color-appeal to any landscape or container garden all year long! This is because it’s naturally evergreen, so it won’t leave your landscape barren once winter rolls around.
It’s particularly hardy in favorable landscapes and it has a naturally compact growth habit that doesn’t require any extra pruning. Expect this shrub to max out at 3-4′ H x 3-4′ W. This is a welcome change from traditional nandinas that are known for getting tall and leggy.
It’s great for usage as a medium-height accent, hedge, mass planting, or border plant, and will really shine when planted with contrasting colored plants.
Use it to soften hard edges in your landscape, whether that’s at the base of a building or around a birdbath!
The Dwarf Alberta Spruce is a perfect cone-shaped dwarf conifer displaying dense green needles which are soft to the touch. Excellent as a miniature Christmas tree in natural form, or as an artistically pruned topiary. Makes a formal statement in the garden and perfect for container gardening.
USDA zones 2-8
Mature size 48-60″ W x 72-96″ H
Evergreen- Year round interest
Used in containers, landscapes, or as accents
Full sun to partial shade
Botanical Name – Picea glauca ‘Conica’
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
Average shipping height – 1g 20-24 inches, 3g 20-24 inches
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Goldmound Spirea has vibrant golden spring foliage, accented by clusters of pink flowers that cools to a yellowish green in summer then a rich, yellowish orange in fall. Great color addition to a shrub or perennial border, or to brighten a patio in decorative containers.
USDA zones 4-8
Mature size 48″ W x 36″ H
Dramatic foliage color, dwarf plant, easy care, fall color
Deciduous – Foliage loss in winter and new growth in spring
Full sun to partial shade
Low maintenance
Uses in containers, landscapes, and as accents
Small pink blooms late spring into summer
Ships dormant winter through early spring
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
The Osmanthus Tea Olive is a cold hardy shrub that blooms white fragrant flowers in the fall. The evergreen foliage is dark and leathery. The Osmanthus Tea Olive is perfect for creating a privacy hedge or showcased in a landscape.
USDA zones 7-10
Mature size 120″ W x 120″ H
Used in landscapes, as hedges, and as accents
Evergreen – Year round interest
Botanical Name – Osmanthus Fragrans
Recommended spacing 96-120 inches
Full sun to partial shade
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
Average shipping height – 2.25g 26-30 inches, 7g 34-38 inches
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Yucca Color Guard is an ornamental, broadleaf evergreen shrub featuring rigid, sword-shaped, spine-tipped, rich green leaves with a broad, central, brilliant yellow stripe. Easily grown in light, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun. Tolerant of poor, sandy soils, heat, drought, and salt spray. Surprising tolerance for some part shade. Perfect for containers, landscapes, or as accents!
USDA zones 4-10
Mature size 48″ W x 36-48″ H
Evergreen- Year round interest
Full sun to partial shade
Recommended spacing 48 inches
Used in containers, landscapes and as accents
Low maintenance
Botanical Name – Yucca filamentosa ‘Color Guard’
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
Bali Hibiscus boasts semi-double, pure white flowers that are highlighted with a bold purple-red center. It blooms July through September with flowers that measure 3-4” in diameter. The intermediate size is good for smaller spaces, and the summer blooms are a welcome sight when color is in short supply. Perfect for containers, landscapes, and as accents!
USDA zones 5-8
Mature size 48-84″ W x 60-96″ H
Deciduous – Foliage loss in winter and new growth in spring
Full sun to part shade
Low maintenance
Used in landscapes, screens and as accents
Recommended spacing 48 inches
Botanical Name- HIBISCUS SYRIACUS ‘MINFREN’
Attracts pollinators
Ships dormant winter through early spring
Plants are trimmed at times when shipped to promote plant health
