DISTINCTIVE GARDENS
CLASSICS
PLANTS THAT STAND THE TEST OF TIME TM
2011 TOP PICKS
2020 LOWELL PK RD DIXON, IL 815.285.0014
SYRINGA reticulata Ivory Silk
ANNUALS
13-23’ h 8-13’ w 8'p
BIDENS Peter's Gold Carpet 5-8"h
CORDYLINE Red Sensation 16-18"h
EUPHORBIA Diamond Frost
SPRING
(Ivory Silk Tree Lilac) Compact, dense growth habit. Medium sized tree. Creamy-white flowers in late spring. Excellent specimen
WEIGELA florida Bramwell (Fine Wine) 2.5h' x 2.5'w
18"p
SUMMER
(Fine Wine Weigela) An exciting new weigela with a compact mounding habit and beautiful dark burgundy foliage. Abundant pink flowers and excellent texture.
10-14"h
ISOLEPIS Fiber Optic Grass 12"h
COREOPSIS Moonbeam 18"h
LANTANA Samantha
SUMMER
(Tickseed) Creamy yellow flowers atop soft needle-like clumps of foliage all summer. Well drained medium rich soil.
12-15"h
PETUNIA Wave Purple
ECHINACEA Magnus
8-10"h
36"h
SPILIANTHES Peek a Boo 6-10"h
SUMMER
(Coneflower) Huge flat flower heads of rose-pink. Attractive seed heads in fall and winter. well drained fertile soil.
NEPETA Walker's Low 18-24"h
NURSERY 18-35’ h 18-35’ w 3'p
SPRING
(Ruby Red Horse Chestnut) Round growth habit. Spectacular red flowers. Dark green leaves turn yellow in the fall.
CHAMAECYPARIS pisifera Golden Mop (Mops Cypress) Brilliant gold threadlike foliage that retains it's color in heat and humidity; low mounding habit
CLETHRA alnifolia Hummingbird SUMMER
(Hummingbird Summersweet) Deliciously fragrant upright panicles of white flowers in mid-summer are highlighted against a background of glossy dark green foliage. Dense mounded habit, good yellow fall color.
HYDRANGEA quercifolia Snow Queen 2'p
PEROVSKIA Little Spire 25"h
SUMMER
(Russian Sage) Short upright habit. Lavender-blue flowers, long bloom time. Well drained soil.
RUDEBECKIA f. Goldstrum
3'h 3'w 1.5'p
30"h 30"w 18"p
SUMMER
(Catmint) Gray-green foliage. Soft lavender-blue flowers. Lovely with yellow or gold achilleas. Ordinary well drained soil.
AESCULUS carnea Briotii
4’ h 4’ w
PERENNIALS
SUMMER
(Snow Queen Oak leaf Hydrangea) Exfoliating cinnamon brown bark, large white flowers and coarse leaf texture make this an excellent accent plant. Burgundy red fall color.
JUNIPERUS squamata Holger 3.5' h 3' w 2'p (Holger Juniper Std.) A dense, wide-spreading juniper with bright creamy-yellow new foliage that contrasts beautifully with the older, blue foliage producing a stunning dramatic bicolor effect.
24-30"h
SUMMER
(Black-Eyed Susan) Golden yellow flowers. Mildew resistant. Black coned seed heads provide winter interest, long bloom time, excellent cut flower. Long lived, easy to grow. Average soil.
SALVIA Caradonna 24-30"h
SUMMER
(Meadow Sage, Perennial Salvia) From Germany comes this very attractive salvia with glowing purple stems. Long flowering. Moist well drained soil.
SEDUM Bertram Anderson 6"h
FALL
(Stonecrop) Low growing sedum with rounded, fleshy purple leaves and dusky pink flowers.