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(Front area next to Odette's) Libertia ixioides ‘Goldfinger’ is a tuft-forming, evergreen perennial with long, narrow green blades, striped lengthwise with a broad band of golden-yellow. Small white flowers are followed by yellow fruit. Grow in moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil with average water. In cooler climates, may benefit from winter protection with a dry mulch. New Zealand Iris is great in mixed borders, containers and rock gardens.
(Front area next to Odette's) Carex flagellifera 'Toffee Twist' BRONZE SEDGE Evergreen Grass / Grass-Like, Perennial Finely textured mounds of bronze foliage work well in containers, as edging, or as groundcover. Evergreen and easy care. Growing Conditions Zone: 7, 8, 9, 10 Exposure: Full Sun, Part Sun, Afternoon Sun Water Needs: Drought-tolerant, Average Description Size: 18 - 24 tall x 18 - 24 wide Shape / Form: Clumping Foliage Texture: Fine Foliage Quality: Flowing / Movement, Grass-like Features: Attractive Foliage, Low Maintenance, Winter Interest, Year-round Interest Foliage Color: Bronze / Copper, Brown / Chocolate Uses and Applications Landscape Uses: Container, Edging, Groundcover, Hell Strip, Lawn Alternative Special Situations: Deer Resistant Wildlife: Deer Resistant More Design Considerations Season of Interest: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall, Year-round Interest, Three Seasons of Interest Plant Behavior: Clumping Collections: Plants That Earn Their Keep Care and Maintenance Maintenance Level: medium
(Front area next to Odette's) Orange Rocket Barberry Deciduous Shrub A compact deciduous shrub with columnar, upright growth habit. Spring foliage of Berberis thunbergii 'Orange Rocket' is a vivid coral orange. Growing Conditions Zone: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Exposure: Full Sun, Part Sun, Afternoon Sun, Reflected Heat Water Needs: Drought-tolerant, Average, Low Description Size: 24 - 60 tall x 18 - 36 wide Shape / Form: Irregular, Upright Foliage Texture: Fine Foliage Quality: Rigid / Stiff, Thorns / Spines Features: Attractive Foliage, Attracts Birds, Drought-tolerant / Water wise, Fall Color, Low Maintenance Foliage Color: Burgundy / Maroon, Coral / Salmon, Orange, Red Fall Color: Red Orange Flower Color: Yellow, Yellow / Gold Bloom Season: Spring Fruit Description: Red Uses and Applications Landscape Uses: Hedges and Screens, Hell Strip, Mixed Border, Small Gardens
(Front area next to Odette's- option) Hebe ochracea 'James Stirling' Hebe ochracea 'James Stirling' Joy Creek Photo Archive (c) all rights reserved It is the unusual olive green to gold color of the scale-like leaves that makes this evergreen shrub so distinct. The whipcord foliage is arranged in cupressus-like sprays of stems which grow increasingly shorter toward the terminal. Occasionally stems are branched or forked. Short flowering spikes appear at the ends of older wood so that the flowers bloom within the shrub, not above it. In coastal areas, this can become a sizeable shrub but here in our inland garden, Hebe 'James Stirling' is slow to grow. 14 in. x 22 in. White flowers Sun Zones (7), 8, 9, 10
(Front area next to Odette's- option) - Cistus Mickie - (Rockrose) You'll be amazed at the colorful show this plant puts on! It's like an evergreen Coleus for the garden. Similar to the British variety 'Gold Prize', this stable variegated form of Cistus hybridus has a lower, mounding habit that hugs the ground and creates a super colorful, evergreen colorspot. 'Mickie' hales from northern Washington State and has survived some brutal winters. Charming white flowers punctuate the flashy foliage in May and June.
(Planter next to door option) Pieris japonica 'Prelude' SIZE H: 2'-3' W: 2'-3' ZONES 5a-8b GROWING CONDITIONS SUN EXPOSURE Sun - Mostly Shade SOIL NEEDS AcidicWell-DrainedRich WATER NEEDS Even Moisture FEATURES FLOWER SEASON Spring WILDLIFE Deer Resistant FLOWER COLOR White FOLIAGE SEASON Evergreen TAGS broadleaf dense dwarf hedge moderate growing new growth slow growing A 2'x2' evergreen shrub that will cover itself with fragrant white flowers. We had this plant years ago and didn't realize how much we missed it.
Container box option - Soft Caress Mahonia 3' Tall. 3.5' Wide. Shade to Part Sun. Few plants offer the texture that 'Soft Caress' provides the shade garden. In early winter, bright-yellow flowers stand atop the slender, bamboo-like foliage like fingers of light. Perfect for an Asian garden or as a specimen.
Container box option - Fuchsia magellanica 'Aurea' GOLDEN HARDY FUCHSIA Semi-evergreen Perennial The bright golden foliage of this hardy fuchsia (Fuchsia magellenica 'Aurea') makes for a vivid contrast with pendants of deep magenta that bejewel the plant from summer to fall. Growing Conditions Zone: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Exposure: Full Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade, Filtered Sun, Morning Sun, Open Shade Water Needs: Average, Regular / Even Description Size: 36 - 48 tall x 36 - 48 wide Shape / Form: Rounded Foliage Texture: Fine Foliage Quality: Colorful Features: Attractive Foliage, Attracts Bees, Attracts Birds, Attracts Butterflies, Attracts Hummingbirds, Flowers, Long Blooming, Low Maintenance Foliage Color: Gold, Yellow, Yellow / Gold Flower Color: Magenta / Deep Pink, Red Bloom Season: Summer, Fall, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep Flower Shape: Pendant Uses and Applications Landscape Uses: Beds and Borders, Hedges and Screens, Mixed Border Special Situations: Deer Resistant Wildlife: Bees, Butterflies, Deer Resistant, Hummingbirds, Rabbit Resistant More Design Considerations Season of Interest: Summer, Fall, Late Spring / Early Summer, Three Seasons of InterestFuchsia magellanic...
*Container Box next to door: Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis DWARF SWEETBOX Outstanding Qualities Small, evergreen, shade-loving shrubs are hard to find in the Northwest, but this sweetbox fits the bill with its fragrant white flowers in early spring and blue-black berries in summer. This plant may also be used as a ground cover. Quick Facts Plant Type: shrub Foliage Type: evergreen Plant Height (10-year): 1 ft. 6 in. (0.46 meters) Plant Width/Spread (10-year): 2 ft. 0 in. (0.61 meters) Plant Height-Mature: 2 ft. 0 in. (0.61 meters) Plant Width-Mature: 4 ft. 0 in. (1.22 meters) Hardiness: USDA Zones 6 to 9 Flower Color: white Flowering Time: spring Sun/Light Exposure: light, open, dappled, or deep shade Water Requirements: drought tolerant once established, but appreciates occasional water during very long dry spells Seasonal Interest: tiny fragrant flowers in winter along with year-round dark evergreen foliage Resistant to: deer Culture Notes Sweet box grows best in light to deep shade in locations protected from hot afternoon sun. It prefers a rich moist to well-drained soil, but will tolerate sandy locations and clay if the drainage is adequate. Once establishe...
*Container Box next to door: Dryopteris lepidopoda SUNSET FERN Outstanding Qualities This fantastic evergreen fern is a recent addition to the Northwest landscape. In late spring, new coppery-pink fronds open quickly developing to orangey-bronze tones that then mature to a glossy, deep olive green. Once you see this lovely array of colors it's easy to see why the common name is, sunset fern. The duration of the show is extended well into summer with the appearance of occasional new fronds until late July. Epimediums and Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost' create an eye-catching combination. This is a good fern for use as a single prime specimen or in small groups. Quick Facts Plant Type: fern Foliage Type: evergreen Plant Height (10-year): 1 ft. 10 in. (0.55 meters) Plant Width/Spread (10-year): 2 ft. 0 in. (0.61 meters) Hardiness: USDA Zones 6 to 9 Flower Color: none Sun/Light Exposure: light, open, dappled, or deep shade Water Requirements: regular watering Resistant to: deer Culture Notes This fern grows best in rich moist to well-drained soil, but will tolerate sand or clay. Provide regular watering during dry weather to keep the fronds from drying out. This fern grow...
*Container Box next to door (option 2): Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna ‘Purple Stem’ PURPLE STEM SWEET BOX Outstanding Qualities Although the flowers are not conspicuous, they bring an impressively sweet scent in wintertime. The dark green, semi-glossy evergreen foliage is attractive year-round and the stems on this selection are a lovely purplish color. Quick Facts Plant Type: shrub Foliage Type: evergreen Plant Height (10-year): 3 ft. 0 in. (0.91 meters) Plant Width/Spread (10-year): 3 ft. 0 in. (0.91 meters) Plant Height-Mature: 3 ft. 0 in. (0.91 meters) Plant Width-Mature: 3 ft. 0 in. (0.91 meters) Hardiness: USDA Zones 6 to 9 Flower Color: white Sun/Light Exposure: open to deep shade Water Requirements: drought tolerant once established, but appreciates occasional water during very long dry spells Seasonal Interest: year-round glossy dark green foliage with purple stems; tiny, but fragrant, flowers in winter Culture Notes Purple Stem sweet box grows best in open to deep shade. It prefers a rich moist to well-drained soil, but will tolerate sandy locations and clay if the drainage is adequate. Once established it is drought tolerant, but appreciates occasional w...
Container box next to door (ground cover option 2) Veronica peduncularis ‘Georgia Blue’ SPEEDWELL Outstanding Qualities Veronica peduncularis 'Georgia Blue' is not from the state but the country, from the Caucasus. This cold and tough terrain produces low growing and durable plants for our gardens. This vigorous groundcover is smothered in blue flowers from April trough early June and sporadically all summer. But even when it is not flowering the evergreen, bronze foliage looks great all year. Effective in tough sunny locations and beautiful planted in great swaths for a low maintenance cover that will suppress weeds once established. Quick Facts Plant Type: perennial Growth Habit: spreading Foliage Type: evergreen Plant Height (10-year): 0 ft. 6 in. (0.15 meters) Plant Width/Spread (10-year): 3 ft. 0 in. (0.91 meters) Hardiness: USDA Zones 4 to 9 Flower Color: blue Flowering Time: spring Sun/Light Exposure: full sun to light or open shade Water Requirements: drought tolerant once established, but appreciates occasional water during very long dry spells Seasonal Interest: spring flowers Culture Notes This small groundcover prefers full sun to light or open shade. Pro...
*Container Box next to door (ground cover option 1): Sedum rupestre 'Angelina' This vigorous, mat-forming, evergreen species has electric golden-yellow foliage that holds its color through the heat of summer. The foliage tips sometimes develop an orangey hue. In early summer, ‘Angelina’ has terminal clusters of star-shaped, vibrant yellow flowers. The drooping buds face upward when they open and the plant can grow to 6 inches tall and 12 inches wide. It is superlative as a groundcover, spilling over rock walls, and in containers. It also makes an excellent accent for plants with dark foliage. Care Provide well-drained, gravelly soil in full sun. It can also take a bit of shade. Give this freely spreading plant room to grow.
(Front area next to Odette's) Blue Star juniper (J. squamata 'blue star')
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