Plant List


Dianthus deltoides 'Vampire'

Common Name: Maiden Pink 'Vampire'
Bloom Season: Summer and again in Fall
Bloom Color: Carmine Rose
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 8"
Mature Width: 8"
Description:

Carmine Rose, most scarlet of the series TRIAL FOR 2010


Dianthus deltoides 'Zing Rose'

Common Name: Maiden Pink 'Zing Rose'
Bloom Season: Summer and again in Fall
Bloom Color: Crimson Red
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 8"
Mature Width: 8"
Description:

Dense bushy plants with large bright rose flowers TRIAL FOR 2010.


Dianthus gratianapolitanus

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Common Name: Chedder Pink
Bloom Season: Early Spring
Bloom Color: Pink
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 12"
Description:

Forms a full pink mat in spring. Pink shades, large flower. Nice evergreen/gray foliage.


Garden Notes: Nice deadheading improves looks.

Dianthus gratianapolitanus

Common Name: Chedder Pink Flavora rose shades
Bloom Season: Spring to Early Summer
Bloom Color: Rose
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 8"
Mature Width: 12"
Description:

First year flowering, rose shades with bright rings. Fragrant flowers first year from spring planting.


Dianthus Knappii

Common Name: Yellow Harmony
Bloom Season: Spring to Early Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 14"
Description:

Rich, yellow compact plant, improved for early bloom, neat habit, top flowering- TRIAL FOR 2010


Dianthus plumarius

Common Name: Cottage Pink 'Spring Beauty Mix'
Bloom Season: Spring to Early Summer
Bloom Color: Mix
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 18"
Description:

Large flowering, double mix in shades of pink, mauve, red and white.


Dianthus plumarius

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Common Name: Cottage Pink 'Sweetness'
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Pink/Cherry/Red
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 6"
Mature Width: 24"
Description:

Dwarf plumarius. Blooms first year from seed, all summer if deadheaded, loose matted gray-green leaves.


Garden Notes: very nice

Dianthus X Allwoodi

Common Name: Alpinus
Bloom Color: Pink
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 8"
Description:

first year flowering TRIAL FOR 2010


Dianthus x barbatus

Common Name: Amazon Neon Series Cherry
Bloom Season: Spring to Late Summer
Bloom Color: Cherry Red
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 20"
Description:

Frilly edged flowers, glossy deep green leaves make an excellent cut flower.


Garden Notes: nice deep red, needs deadheading.

Dianthus x barbatus

Common Name: Amazon Neon Series Rose Magic
Bloom Season: Spring to Late Summer
Bloom Color: Rose
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 20"
Description:

Frilly edged flowers, glossy deep green leaves make an excellent cut flower.


Garden Notes: nice, deadheading improves looks

Dianthus x barbatus

Common Name: Bouquet Series Purple
Bloom Season: Spring to Late Summer
Bloom Color: Rose
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 20"
Description:

Frilly edged flowers, glossy deep green leaves make an excellent cut flower.


Dianthus x barbatus

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Common Name: First Love
Bloom Season: Summer-All
Bloom Color: White to Rose
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:

Flowers change from pure white to rose, intensely fragrant, long bloom season. Long lived and easy to maintain. May need to deadhead from time to time.
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Dianthus x barbatus

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Common Name: Melody Series Pink
Bloom Season: Summer-All
Bloom Color: Pink
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 24"
Description:

Ever-blooming, great for cut flowers.


Garden Notes: very nice, part shade?

Dianthus x hybrida

Common Name: Rainbow Lovliness
Bloom Color: Mix
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 15"
Description:

Wonderful fragrance, large, lacy flowers in range of colors including bicolors.


Dianthus x superbus

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Common Name: Supra Series Purple
Bloom Season: Summer-All
Bloom Color: Purple
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 12"
Mature Width: 10"
Description:

2006 ALL AMERICAN SELECTIONS WINNER Large, single lacy 1.5" flowers form a canopy of color. Narrow bright green leaves.


Garden Notes: nice fall, larger leaf

Diascia integerrima

Common Name: Twinspur Coral Canyon
Bloom Season: Summer-All
Bloom Color: Coral
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 12"
Mature Width: 16"
Description:

Great blooms all summer till hard frost.


Diascia integerrima

Common Name: Twinspur Diamonte Series Apricot
Bloom Season: Summer-All
Bloom Color: Apricot
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 12"
Mature Width: 16"

Diascia integerrima

Common Name: Twinspur Diamonte Series Coral Rose
Bloom Season: Summer-All
Bloom Color: Pink
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 12"
Mature Width: 16"

Digitalis obscura

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Common Name: Sunset Foxglove
Bloom Season: Spring
Bloom Color: Rose with yellow
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 16"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:

Large bells of dusty rose with yellow markings at throat. Good in dry arrangements


Garden Notes: Biennial? Mine has died after blooming the second year. May just be the conditions I give it. Has a very nice dusky-orange bloom.

Echinacea angustifolia

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Common Name: Purple Coneflower
Bloom Season: Spring
Bloom Color: Rose-pink
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 24"
Mature Width: 12"
Description:

Panhandle native, Large pink blooms. Interesting seedhead stays on plant all summer. Not real flashy, but nice


Echinacea purpurea

Common Name: Purple Coneflower 'Prairie Splendor'
Bloom Season: Late Summer
Bloom Color: Rosey Purple
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 30"
Mature Width: 24"
Description:

First year flowering, early blooms, choice container plant. Trial- New variety for 2010.


Engelmannia pinnatifidia

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Common Name: Englemann Daisy
Bloom Season: Spring to Fall
Bloom Color: Yellow
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 24"
Mature Width: 30"
Description:

Long blooming native- if it gets leggy cut it back for new growth and bloom,Good for wildlife


Garden Notes: Blooms open daily and are showy in the morning, then they close in the heat of the day.

Eragrostis elliottii

Common Name: Love Grass 'Wind Dancer'
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 36"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:

Fine textured grass. Grow in organically rich, well drained soil. May reseed.


Eragrostis trichodes

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Common Name: Sand Lovegrass
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 40"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:

Large airy seedheads. Nice vase shape form. Good late summer fall interest.


Garden Notes: I have used this grass for several years. So far I have found nothing negative about it. It fills it spot quickly, blooms early and it looks nice through winter. It reseeds itself minimally. Cut back in early spring.

Euphorbia marginata

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Common Name: Snow on the Mountain
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: White variegated
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 24"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:

Annual,reseeds. Grown for variegated foliage. Good coming up here and there in beds. Pinch back early for bushy plants.


Garden Notes: Snow on the Mountain provides interest with its nice white/green colored leaves mid to late summer. Pinch back a couple of times when it is young to provide a lower, bushier plant. It produces a white liquid when pinched that is an eye irritant- BE CAREFUL- USE CLIPPERS AND AVOID SAP.