Perennials
Dianthus Paint the Town Fancy
Geum Tempo Rose
Paeonia Symphonie Pourpre
Paint the Town Fancy has single, rosyfuchsia flowers with a red eye and serrated petals atop a low mound of glaucous blue foliage. Excellent heat tolerance. A perfect edge for sunny borders and combination containers. Grows 20 cm tall and 50 cm wide.
This easy-to-grow plant blooms from April to June with a plethora of dark, rose-pink flowers on short, dark stems. Tempo Rose is a mounding perennial that grows best in full sun and is deer resistant.
This selection from a breeder in France forms a tall, upright bush of lush green leaves. Large, semi-double flowers are fuchsia-purple and lightly edged with a creamy pink picotee. Grows 70-90 cm tall.
Terra Nova Nurseries
Brookdale Treeland Nurseries – Valleybrook Nursery
Dianthus Mountain Frost Ruby Glitter
Phlox paniculata Luminary Opalescence
A landscape border variety that provides a burst of red blooms with cream-white blotches in spring, and continual blooming in summer and autumn. Displays tidy mounds of strong, silvery foliage. Plant in a sunny border or rock-garden location.
In an extensive powdery mildew trial, this was the very best variety to display resistance. Light pink flowers have dark pink eyes and are produced over the dark green leaves.
Pinks
Geum
Itoh hybrid peony
Hillen Nursery
Origanum Drops of Jupiter Ornamental oregano
Although related to the oregano commonly used in cooking, this herb is meant to show off in the garden. In full sun, the leaves are chartreuse yellow crowned by mauve-pink flowers held on purple calyxes.
Walters Gardens
Pinks
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