New & Noteworthy Plants

Bloomerang Lilac

Proven Winners Bloomerang Lilac’s are the hottest new thing. Everyone loves a lilac. Everyone loves that time of year when they’ll clip a few lilac blooms off a neighbouring shrub and bring them home to enjoy 🙂 Now, Proven Winners has created a new lilac, in purple, dark purple and pink that will bloom spring, summer and right up until frost.  These lilacs are the strongest rebloomers on the market. Bloomerang lilacs have a compact habit and small foliage, making them ideal for smaller gardens and container designs. Fragrant, mildew and deer resistant. Growing an average of 5’x5′, remove spent blooms promptly to promote new flowers, and fertilize with a controlled release fertilizer in early spring. Zone 3-7.

Denim ‘n Lace Russian Sage

Russian Sage is always loved for its airy texture and the ability to blend with pretty much any flower color. However, the cultivars available tended to be too large to fit in your garden or the stems wouldn’t be strong enough and they would flop over. Another Proven Winners beauty is Denim ‘n Lace, which doesn’t get too tall, has stronger stems and a more upright habit than most older varieties. Lacy-like, bright sky blue flowers are held on amethyst calyxes. Its calyxes are spaced very close together to give the flowers a very full look. The colorful calyxes make it look like it is still in bloom even when it is past peak. You’ll have great color nearly all season long. Be sure to plant in full sun, and since Denim ‘n Lace is drought tolerant, it thrives on neglect. Grows 28-32″ by 34-38″ wide, hardiness zone 4-9. Deer resistant and attracts hummingbirds.

Honorine Jobert Anenome

The Perennial Plant Association has name the Anenome ‘Honorine Jobert’ the 2016 Perennial Plant of the Year. ‘Honorine Jobert’ is a tall, elegant, woody-based Japanese anemone that has dazzling white flowers. Produces a multitude of pure white flowers on graceful branching upright stems for 5 weeks or more, above a solid clump of dark green, deeply cut leaves. Lovely massed in a woodland setting or spotted into wild rock gardens and an excellent cut flower. A slow-growing to 2′ tall, and 5′ tall with blooms, spreading to 2′ wide. Blooms in late summer, hardiness zone 4-8.