Lawn & Garden

Item Description

Winner will get to take home 24 flowering or nice foliage perennial plants in quantities of 3 to 5 from the following varieties:

Moonshine Yarrow
Common Name: Moonshine Yarrow
Botanical Name: Achillea 'Moonshine'
Family: Asteraceae
Light: sun
Height: 12-24"
Bloom: June-Sept
Spacing: 24"
Color: light canary yellow
Features:  Yarrows have gray-green lacy foliage and long lasting umbels of vivid blooms, also easily dried. Drought resistant, although best in moist soil. `Moonshine' is valued for its easily blended pale yellow flowers and shorter height. Zones 3-7. Care tips: When flowers fade, cut to basal growth for rebloom.

Golden Tiara Plantain Lily
Common Name: Golden Tiara Plantain Lily
Botanical Name: Hosta 'Golden Tiara'
Family: Liliaceae
Light: shade/part shade
Height: 10 inches
Bloom: July-Aug
Spacing: 20-24 inches
Color: dark purple
Features:  WICKED RUGGED-A great garden foliage plant, 'Golden Tiara' is a low-growing hosta hybrid with gold edged leaves and dark purple flowers. A clump-forming ground cover variety. Will take dry shade. Zones:3-8. Deadheading can improve appearance.

Blue Hill Sage
Common Name: Blue Hill Sage
Botanical Name: Salvia nemorosa 'Blue Hill'
Family: Lamiaceae
Light: sun
Height: 18-24 inches
Bloom: June-Sept
Spacing: 18 inches
Color: dark blue
Features:  Crisp plants for massing, edging, and border, this German introduction has beautiful, long-lasting true blue flowers. Tolerates dry soil; will benefit from shearing right after bloom. Long lived. Zones:5-9.

Butterfly Blue Pincushion Flower
Common Name: Butterfly Blue Pincushion Flower
Botanical Name: Scabiosa columbaria 'Butterfly Blue'
Family: Dipsacaceae
Light: sun
Height: 20-24 inches
Bloom: June-Oct
Spacing: 18 inches
Color: lavender-blue
Features:  The warm shades of pincushion flowers complement midsummer daisy types. The blooms rise high above low basal foliage most of the summer. Works well in front of a border as the flower stems are airy, much like heucheras. Good for cutting. Needs good drainage. Zones:5-9.
Care tips: Deadheading prolongs bloom and keeps plants looking fresh.

Black Barlow Columbine
Common Name: Black Barlow Columbine
Botanical Name: Aquilegia vulgaris
Barlow Black'
Family: Ranunculaceae
Light: sun/part shade
Height: 14-16"
Bloom: May-June
Spacing: 12"
Color: dark purple
Features:  Exquisite flowers over lacy decorative foliage. Short-lived, but reseeds freely. Likes a well drained site. An old-fashioned columbine with purless, double purplish black flowers. Zones:4-8.

Peppermint Star Pinks
Common Name: Peppermint Star Pinks
Botanical Name: Dianthus 'Peppermint Star'
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Light: sun
Height: 6"
Bloom: May-June
Spacing: 14"
Color: pink, crimson centers
Features:  Dianthus species are excellent edging and rockery plants. Peppermint Star has large light pink flowers with defined red centers and toothed edges. Neat habit and good winter hardiness. Fragrant. Zones:5-9.

Item Special Note

Plants will be available at the live event on May 2nd and must be taken by the winner at the conclusion of the auction.