What makes Blue Jean Baby so special? For one, it’s a shorter, more compact variety that is super full with upright stems that resist flopping over. It’s one of the earliest to bloom, beginning in Midsummer and continuing to produce blooms into the Fall.
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With its deep rose-pink flower spikes, this beauty is backed by lush and shine, dark green red-edged foliage.
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Dark green leaves with spikes of deep pinkish-purple flowers? What could go wrong with that combination? Absolutely nothing. It’s a perfectly pleasing perennial.
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By far, this is a favorite hydrangea for many gardeners. Its blooms are large and colorful. In neutral soil, you can expect pink or light blue colors, but in acid soil, this plant produces an abundance of rich blue mophead blooms.
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This is a favorite with many gardeners because it will provide you with dynamic purple blooms through the autumn season. Mexican Bush Sage (salvia leucantha) is drought tolerant which makes including it in your garden an even wiser decision. Particularly with the drought we’ve been experiencing this season.
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Everyone loves the color that summer flowers bring to their yard. Whether you plant in the ground, in containers, or in hanging baskets, it’s the color of flowers that brings the excitement. Who doesn’t love a day spent at the nursery discovering new plants or remembering old favorites? We spent the past couple of weekends visiting a few of our favorite nurseries and these are the plants that caught our eye.
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One thing about the landscaping business is that it certainly is BUSY this time of year. Lots of people in the industry call March, April and May the 100 Days of Hell. And with good reason. It’s hard to catch your breath, much less keep up with your blog. But with all the color popping out everywhere, I was reminded that I need to get back to sharing some of my favorite plants.
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