Week 9 Honors

HeucheraCoral Bells

•8”-12”•Extremely cold hardy perennial•Prefers moist but well drained soils•Loved by hummingbirds but left alone by deer•Variety of blossom sizes, shapes, colors and foliage styles•Valued as foliage plants, producing rosettes of leaves in shade of green, pink, bronze and purple•Flowers are long racemes in white, pink, green or red in summer•Part shade

Aspidistra elatiorCast Iron plant

•24”-3-” tall•Grows from a rhizome•Leaves arise directly from the ground•Leaf has a long petiole•Flowers quite rare, flowers poke out of the ground and stay at soil level•pollinated by slugs and snails out in their natural habitat! It's normal to only get one at a time•Only mature plants produce flowers.•Leaves are used often in floral arrangements•Can be an indoor plant•Shade, does not like full sun

Dryopteris erthyrosoraAutumn Fern

•Grow 18”-24” tall and wide•Graceful arching habit•Good choice for shady borders and woodland gardens•young papery fronds that display coppery-red color, maturing to deep green•Spreads by underground stems•Prefers moist soils

Callicarpa dichotamaBeautyberry

• Deciduous shrub• Flowers, pink clusters in spring• Bright purple berries in clusters in fall That stay on the branches through winter• Grows 4’ – 8’ tall and wide• Light shade and well drained soil• Good for natural areas• Great food for wildlife

Hydrangea macrophyllaBigleaf Hydrangea

• Decidous shrub 3’ – 20’ ft tall 4’ – 18’ wide• Prefers partial to full shade• Large mop head flowers in variety of colors• Blue, white, pink, green, deep red• Flower color can depend on the ph of the soil• Good for cut flowers and floral arrangements

Rosa ‘Radrazz’Knockout Rose• Shrub or landscape rose• Height and width 3’ -5’• Full sun to part sun• Variety of colors• Showy, fragrant flowers

thoughout the summer into fall in clusters

• Avoid over watering• Susceptible to black spot

and Japanese Beetles