Every week we’re publishing a NEW Plant Picks of the Week story, showcasing our Plant Specialists’ top plant picks. Get ready to be inspired!
We recently asked Sarah Tjepkema to share her top plant picks. Here’s what she had to say:
Paint The Town Fuchsia Pinks
Dianthus ‘Paint The Town Fuchsia’
Breathtaking flowers are fuchsia with lavender centers, above mounds of glaucous blue foliage; great for flower arrangements; deadhead to rebloom; pair up with summer blooming perennials and annuals to time a continued flower display
Daisy May® Shasta Daisy
Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Daisy Duke’
A delightful variety of the ever-popular shasta daisy; numerous beautiful white double blooms with yellow eyes rise above and graciously contrast the deep green glossy foliage; a wonderful choice to mass as a garden focal point
Peve Minaret Baldcypress
Taxodium distichum ‘Peve Minaret’
A compact narrowly pyramidal dwarf deciduous conifer, native to the Great Lakes and quite hardy; narrow, ferny green leaves turn a golden brown in fall, a wonderful color accent tree for a smaller landscape
Winter Gem Boxwood
Buxus microphylla ‘Winter Gem’
This compact boxwood is great for smaller areas; foliage bronzes in winter adding seasonal interest; an extremely versatile shrub that’s ideal for small and formal hedges or topiary, takes pruning exceptionally well
Katsura Japanese Maple
Acer palmatum ‘Katsura’
Striking small tree grown for its ever-changing foliage, starting yellow then to chartreuse and finally brilliant orange in the fall; most attractive when grown in a multi-stemmed form; a great accent tree for the front yard