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Name: |
Lantana
'Miss Huff's Hardy' |
Botanical: |
Lantana camara |
| Height
x Width: |
5' H x 6-10'
W |
| Exposure: |
Full Sun |
| Bloom
Color: |
Orange - Yellow - Pink
tricolor flower clusters |
| Bloom
Time: |
May to Frost! |
| Water: |
Very drought tolerant |
| Features: |
The
best butterfly magnet
we know of!! Literally
covered with tri-color
flowers from late Spring
to frost! The hardiest
of Lantanas. Give this
one room to grow. A must
in every landscape and
a Wilson Bros. Favorite.
Totally drought tolerant
and pest free. DO NOT
PRUNE IN FALL!! |
| Companions: |
Other
Lantanas, Verbenas, Setcresia
(PurpleHearts), Sedums,
and many other perennials.
Junipers, Loropetalums,
Yucca, Barberries, Hollies
and many many more. |
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Name: |
Lantana
'Pink Caprice' |
Botanical: |
Lantana camara |
| Height
x Width: |
3-4' H x
3-4' W |
| Exposure: |
Full Sun |
| Bloom
Color: |
Pink - White - Yellow
tricolor flower clusters |
| Bloom
Time: |
May to Frost! |
| Water: |
Very drought tolerant |
| Features: |
A
butterfly magnet! Covered
in pink and yellow bi-color
flower clusters from late
Spring to frost! We just
added this one to our
hardy list as ours has
survived 5 winters. Totally
drought tolerant and pest
free. DO NOT PRUNE IN
FALL!! |
| Companions: |
Setcrecia
(Purple Hearts), Verbenas,
Sedums, and many other
perennials. Loropetalums,
Barberries, Yuccas, Junipers,
and many other shrubs. |
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Name: |
Lecouthoe
'Florida' |
Botanical: |
lecouthoe popufolia |
| Height
x Width: |
10-12' H
x 6-7' W |
| Exposure: |
Shade or Afternoon Shade |
| Bloom
Color: |
White - inconspicuous
- Fragrant |
| Bloom
Time: |
Spring |
| Water: |
Average to low |
| Features: |
Very
natural looking upright
shrub with arching branches
and rich green foliage
and orange new growth.
Excellent for use as an
evergreen screen in shady
situations. Fits in nicely
around shady garden ponds
or other bodies of water.
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| Companions: |
Mahonias,
Azaleas, Florida Anise,
and other plants that
prefer afternoon shade. |
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Name: |
Ligustrum
'Jack Frost' |
Botanical: |
Ligustrum |
| Height
x Width: |
3-4' H x
3-4' W |
| Exposure: |
Full Sun or Partial
Shade |
| Bloom
Color: |
White -fragrant |
| Bloom
Time: |
Spring |
| Water: |
Low |
| Features: |
Outstanding
variegated green and creamy
white leaves on this attractive
evergreen shrub. Useful
as a foundation plant
or low maintanence hedge.
Also good for planting
in groups on embankments. |
| Companions: |
Junipers,
Soft Touch Holly, Cotoneaster,
Crimson Pigmy Barberry,
Loropetalums, Indian Hawthorne,
Hollies, and more. |
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Name: |
Ligustrum
'Recurve' - (Wavy Leaf) |
Botanical: |
Ligustrum |
| Height
x Width: |
6-10' H
x 6-8' W |
| Exposure: |
Full Sun or Partial
Shade |
| Bloom
Color: |
White - fragrant |
| Bloom
Time: |
Spring |
| Water: |
Low |
| Features: |
Handsome,
dark blue-green leaves
on this upright evergreen
shrub that is good for
hedges, screening, or
as a tree-form specimen.
White flowers in Spring
contrast nicely against
the dark foliage. Very
fast growing! |
| Companions: |
Dwarf
Yaupon Holly, Soft Touch
Holly, Variegated Pittosporum,
Abelias, Spireas, Lantanas,
and many more. |
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Name: |
Variegated
Privet - Ligustrum |
Botanical: |
Ligustrum sinensis |
| Height
x Width: |
6-10' H
x 6-8' W |
| Exposure: |
Full Sun or Partial
Shade |
| Bloom
Color: |
White - fragrant |
| Bloom
Time: |
Spring |
| Water: |
Low |
| Features: |
Outstanding
variegated green and white
foliage on this fast growing
shrub or small tree. Excellent
for screening. Not a good
foundation plant except
on, or in, the corners. |
| Companions: |
Junipers,
Carissa Holly, Soft Touch
Holly, Loropetalums, and
other various shrubs that
have dark foliage. |
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Name: |
Loropetalums |
Botanical: |
Loroptelaum |
| Height
x Width: |
4-15' H
x 4-8' W depending on
variety |
| Exposure: |
Full Sun is preferred
but will tolerate some
shade |
| Bloom
Color: |
Fuschia-Pink |
| Bloom
Time: |
Spring and Fall! |
| Water: |
Low |
| Features: |
Deep
purple-red foliage contrasts
wonderfully with the fringe-like
fuschia-pink flowers in
Spring and Fall. An excellent
foundation or corner plant.
Makes a nice low maintenance
hedge or tree-form specimen
too. 'Ruby', one of the
low growing varieties
makes an excellent substitute
foe Azaleas in full sun
areas. |
| Companions: |
Soft
Touch Holly, Dwarf Yaupon,
Abelias, Dwarf Spirea,
Junipers, Indian Hawthorne,
Ornamental Grasses, Daisy
Gardenia, Lantanas, and
many more. |
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Name: |
Laurel
'Otto Luyken' |
Botanical: |
Prunus laurocerasus |
| Height
x Width: |
4-5' H x
4-5' W |
| Exposure: |
Afternoon Shade is preferred
for best performance |
| Bloom
Color: |
White |
| Bloom
Time: |
Spring |
| Water: |
Average to Low |
| Features: |
White flower spikes
produced in Spring against
deep green foliage. This
is a plant grown in the
northwest and there have
been some problems in
the south with shotgun
disease due to higher
temps and humidity. |
| Companions: |
Soft
Touch Holly, Hosta Lilies,
Harbour Dwarf Nandina,
Ivy, Flame Creeper Azalea,
Dogwoods, Red Bud Trees,
Japanese Painted Fern,
and other plants that
do well in afternoon shade
situations. |
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Name: |
Mahonia
'Grapeberry' or 'Leatherleaf' |
Botanical: |
Mahonia beali |
| Height
x Width: |
4-5' H x
4-5' W |
| Exposure: |
Shade or Afternoon Shade |
| Bloom
Color: |
Yellow flowers followed
by purple-blue berries! |
| Bloom
Time: |
Spring |
| Water: |
Low |
| Features: |
The
lustrous, bold, leathery
foliage is outstanding
in the landscape. Tassels
of yellow flowers are
produced atop the stems
in Spring and are followed
by clusters of berries
resembling grapes. Very
low maintanence. Useful
as a foundation plant
or in shady isalnds or
perennial gardens. |
| Companions: |
Azaleas,
Nandinas, Aucubas, Dogwoods,
Red Bud Trees, Hosta Lilies,
Perennial Ferns, Lecouthoe,
and many other shade loving
plants or trees. |
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