Yearly Archives: 2014

[gallery ids="6054,6383,6382"] A slow growing, compact shrub with a rounded habit. The late season flowers are in tight trusses, pink in bud, opening to white. The long green leaves have a trace of indumentum. H-2. It prefers partial shade to full sun, and moist, cool, acidic well-drained organic soil. Removal of spent blossoms encourages new growth...

[gallery ids="6053,6381"] A low tight shrub with olive green foliage, with creamy indumentum beneath. The new growth is a downy white. The tight trusses of soft pink, fading softer pink, appear in late spring. H-2. It prefers partial shade to full sun, and moist, cool, acidic well-drained organic soil. Removal of spent blossoms encourages new growth...

[gallery ids="4464"] This will bloom mid-season in trusses of lavender-pink flowers with reddish brown spots. The flowers age to pink. Grows into a large, spreading shrub. Very hardy and quite heat tolerant. H-1. It prefers partial shade to full sun, and moist, cool, acidic well-drained organic soil. Removal of spent blossoms encourages new growth and future...

[gallery ids="4467,4463"] A dwarf form, with small, slightly aromatic blue-green leaves. The bright purple flowers appear in mid-season. Sun tolerant. Great in a rock garden, as an edging, or foundation planting. H-1. It prefers partial shade to full sun, and moist, cool, acidic well-drained organic soil. Removal of spent blossoms encourages new growth and future flowers....