2016 garden in a box: Garden Info Sheet Sunset Garden Designed by Julie Hauser of Indigo Landscape Design

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1 - Himalayan Border Jewel 5 - Korean Feather Reed Grass 9 - Yellow Prairie Coneflower 2 - Powis Castle Sage 6 - Munro’s Globemallow 10 - Six Hills Giant Catmint 3 - Fluted 7 - Plumbago 11 - Double Bubblemint Hyssop 4 - Purple Gayfeather 8 - Sunrose

Himalayan Border Jewel Powis Castle Sage Latin Name: Persicaria affinis Latin Name: Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’ 1 Mature Height: 6-8” 2 Mature Height: 2-3’ Mature Spread: 12-18” Mature Spread: 2-3’ Hardy To: 9,000’ Hardy To: 8,500’ Water: Low Water: Low Exposure: Full Sun Exposure: Sun Flower Color: Pink Flower Color: Silvery Blue-Green Flower Seasons: Late Summer Flower Seasons: Late Summer to Early Fall Description: Bright green, slender foliage forms thick beds that Resistant To: Deer turn into a gorgeous coppery-red in fall. This native of the Himala- Description: The Powis Castle Sage is a semi-evergreen shrub na- yas boasts cylindrical spikes of -pink flowers atop short, erect tive to the northern hemisphere. Its soft ferny leaves create beau- stems. The color of this plant is striking as it changes throughout tifully distinct dome-like mounds, and it is valued for its aromatic the growing season. When its flowers have died, they tend to per- leaves, delightful texture and vigorous growth. The gorgeous, sist on the plant into winter. It is easily adaptable to both dry and feathery, silver- blue-green foliage makes it a star in any garden, moist locations. and it is ideal for separating colors and providing contrast within Care: The Himalayan Border Jewel requires little maintenance. your landscape. It is a perfect companion plant to other flowering The flowers may be deadheaded to prolong the flowering period. perennials and ornamental grasses. Throughout the summer and It can be aggressive if overwatered. Drought-tolerant once es- into early fall modest yellow flowers begin to emerge. tablished. Spring is the best time to divide these plants to control Care: Can cut back in the spring to control size; however, be sure their spreading and clean them up in preparation for the growing not to cut into old wood. Find where the buds start and do not cut season ahead. below that point. If it flowers, then the buds should be snipped off before they open to preserve the appearance and shape of the plant. Proper pruning keeps it looking its best. Fun Fact: Excellent addition to floral arrangements and dried flow- er bouquets. Its soft ferny leaves are ideally suited for fresh herbal wreaths or potpourri. Fluted Coreopsis Purple Gayfeather Latin Name: Coreopsis auriculata ‘Zampfir’ Latin Name: Liatris spicata ‘Floristan Violet’ 3 Mature Height: 12-15” 4 Mature Height: 2-3’ Mature Spread: 12-15” Mature Spread: 18-24” Hardy To: 7,000’ Hardy To: 8,500’ Water: Low Water: Low Exposure: Sun Exposure: Sun Flower Color: Gold Flower Color: Violet-Purple Flower Seasons: Spring to Summer Flower Seasons: Summer Attracts: Butterflies Attracts: Butterflies and Hummingbirds Resistant To: Deer Resistant To: Deer Description: The unique Fluted Coreposis is an easy-growing and Description: Gayfeather has been referred to by many as the best attractive cultivar making it a favorite among beginners and ex- butterfly attracting plant of all time and is frequently adorned with perts - and everyone in between! It forms compact clumps made blissful butterflies. Its stunning and long-lasting purple blooms up of dark green leaves which give rise to beautiful and robust shine and dance like prairie wands throughout the late summer golden-orange flowers. Unlike any other coreopsis, the petals of and into early fall. It will add a delicate texture to any landscape, this variety have wavy indentations along the edges and a tubular and it is tremendously impactful when planted in groupings. With appearance. However, sometimes with age, the flowers may begin its extensive root system, Gayfeather does well in dry, coarse soils. to flatten. The Fluted Coreposis is a long blooming flower, as long Native to the central plains of the United States, Gayfeather can be as faded petals are removed promptly, and will provide a consis- found blooming despite true drought and has been documented tent source of color in your garden all summer long! to live for decades! Care: Prompt deadheading of spent flower stalks tends to encour- Care: Clean-up in spring. Leave seed-heads for winter foragers. A age additional blooms. During long dry spells, be sure to provide bushier plant will form if it is cut back during the growing season. it with supplemental water. It can be easily propagated by division Will self-seed, but not aggressively. To limit volunteers, cut the every few years in spring or fall to maintain its vigor. stalks to the ground after the bloom fades. Stems can be staked to Fun Fact: Just one plant will provide you with long-lasting cut keep the flower spikes from falling over. Keeping the plant dry in flower bouquets all summer long! July and August can sometimes prevent it from falling over as well. Mature clumps can be divided in late fall to early spring by separat- ing the corms (underground storage organs of the plant that look like bulbs) with a sharp knife. Water thoroughly after division. Fun Fact: It makes an excellent cut flower. If cut in the beginning of its bloom, it will retain its color and make an excellent addition to a dried flower bouquet.

Korean Feather Reed Grass Munro’s Globemallow Latin Name: Calamagrostis brachytricha Latin Name: Sphaeralcea munroana 5 Mature Height: 3-4’ 6 Mature Height: 24-36” Mature Spread: 2-3’ Mature Spread: 36” Hardy To: 6,500’ Hardy To: 7,500’ Water: Low Water: Low-None Exposure: Sun to Filtered Shade Exposure: Full to Part Sun Flower Color: Pinkish-Tan Flower Color: Orange Flower Seasons: Late Summer Flower Seasons: Summer Attracts: Birds Attracts: Bees Resistant To: Deer Description: A family resemblance is easy to see in that Munro’s Description: Korean Feather Reed Grass is a warm season, Globemallow looks like small, orange Hawaiian- flowers. clump-forming grass with stiff, upright foliage. It is accented by The best of all globemallows, it is long-lived, resistant to the rust pink, cotton candy-like plumes in summer that fade to a creamy fungus, and re-blooming. This plant’s metabolism is “turned on” white for fall. Its seedheads provide food for birds and remain by heat. Native to the western United States, it tolerates poor soils attractive throughout the winter. A native to the moist, deciduous ranging from rocky and sandy to thick clays, and it has adapted woodlands of central to eastern Asia, Korean Feather Reed Grass well to dry areas with open exposure to the sun. does not perform well in locations with hot and humid nights. This Care: Clean up/cut back spent stems in late fall/spring to encour- plant is shade tolerant, a rare trait for such a large flowering grass, age extended blooming. To establish, water at planting and 2-3 and it has a preference for soil that is consistently moist. It will times deeply the first summer. After that, do not overwater. adapt to any soil from sand to clay, and its tight clumps can remain Fun Fact: Munro’s Globemallow flowers were used by certain in place for years. Under persistent drought conditions, this grass Native American tribes to make paint that was used on the inside will go dormant and the leaf blades will begin to curl. of earthenware dishes. Care: Do not allow the soil to completely dry out. Divide in spring to propagate every 4-5 years or when plant vigor declines. Cut clumps back to just above the ground in late winter. You can cut clumps earlier, but we recommend leaving the seedheads through winter as food for birds and beauty for your winter landscape. Cut the plumes to add a feathery element to dried flower bouquets. Plumbago Orange Sunrose Latin Name: Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Latin Name: Helianthemum 7 Mature Height: 8-12” 8 Mature Height: 8-12” Mature Spread: 18-24” Mature Spread: 18-24” Hardy To: 7,000’ Hardy to: 8,000’ Water: Low Water: Low Exposure: Adaptable Exposure: Sun Flower Color: Blue Color: Orange Flower Seasons: Mid to Late Summer Flower Season: Early to Mid-Summer Description: Plumbago is late to make an appearance in spring, Attracts: Bees and Butterflies but its striking blue flowers intermingled with shiny, green ovate Resistant to: Deer and Rabbits leaves that form an attractive spreading mound are worth the wait. Description: A thick mound of low lying branches clothed with Adding color to a withering landscape, it blooms late in the sum- oval, dark green leaves, this orange variety of Sunrose boasts mer as many other flowers are fading away. Its foliage turns scarlet masses of colorful, 1”, saucer-shaped flowers that appear in early with the coolness of fall, making its electric blue flowers atop summer and last until fall. These workhorses of the garden are crimson foliage a unique spectacle. A native of China and Africa, tenacious and drought-tolerant without being invasive, and they Plumbago is a very adaptable, hardy perennial with tough, fibrous make an excellent groundcover for a sunny location. Evergreen in roots. It is a good choice for poor, stony soils and difficult sites, and most areas, these beauties hail from the Mediterranean. it likes the soil moist but not soggy. Care: Flowers bloom for just one day, so deadhead regularly. Cut Care: Prune out winter-killed stems before new growth emerges. back by 1/3 after first round of flowering to encourage new growth. Older plants tend to die out in the center. If this happens, dig out Do not let the soil become soggy. Mulch after first hard fall frost. If the dead area and fill with fresh soil. Plumbago appreciates a win- it gets leggy, cut back to 6” or less every 2-3 years. Only need to be ter mulch. During the winter, Plumbago goes completely dormant, divided every 4-5 years. often vanishing from sight, and is late to emerge in the spring. You may want to mark its spot in the garden to avoid accidental damage to the plant. Fun Fact: Plumbago won the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit in 1993.

Yellow Prairie Coneflower Six Hills Giant Catmint Latin Name: Ratibida columnifera Latin Name: Nepeta x faassenii 9 Mature Height: 18-24” 10 Mature Height: 2-3’ Mature Spread: 18-24” Mature Spread: 2-3’ Hardy to: 8,000’ Hardy to: 8,500’ Water: Very Low Water: Low Exposure: Sun Exposure: Sun Color: Yellow Color: Lavender Flower Season: Early to Late Summer Flower Season: Early to Late Summer Attracts: Bees, Butterflies, and Birds Attracts: Butterflies and Hummingbirds Resistant to: Deer Resistant to: Deer and Rabbits Description: A native, the Yellow Prairie Coneflower Description: This hybrid child of the Old World is among the har- is most commonly found in prairies, plains, meadows, pastures, diest of the catmints. Six Hills Giant is a many branched perennial savannahs, along roadsides, and throughout the Great Plains. Its with square stems sporting soft, gray-green leaves that form a thick linear, bright green leaves make up an airy clump with a multitude rounded clump. Known for its long bloom season, it has abundant of leafless, slender stalks capped by yellow flowers with drooping and vigorous lavender-colored blooms produced at the stem tips rays surrounding a long, red-brown central disk. Sometimes called and upper leaf axils all summer long. Although its stems are 2-3’ in “Mexican Hat”, the colorful flower heads resemble the traditional length, its arching habit brings the height down to 18-24”. Six Hills broad-brimmed, high-centered sombreros, or hats, worn during Giant prefers dry-ish, not particularly fertile soil, and its seeds are Mexican fiestas. This plant is very drought-tolerant, not fussy about sterile so it won’t spread. When the stems are broken, they release soils, and a heavy bloomer that will produce hundreds of flowers an aroma that tends to attract cats; hence, its common name, once mature. “catmint.” Care: If you want this plant to reseed, then after flowering, let the Care: Trim plant back by 1/2 to 2/3 after flowering in July to keep seed completely mature (the cones will become dry and brown). plant’s shape and encourage a second flowering in August and Can divide or thin out every 3 years to maintain vigor. late summer. Leave foliage on in winter, and cut the plant back to Fun Fact: Traditionally, medicinal tea has been made from the 4-6” in spring in order to help protect its roots. Can divide every 3-4 leaves and stalks of the Prairie Coneflower to treat stomach ache years. Since the stems can end up leaning away from the middle of and pain in the side and from the flowers to treat headache. The the plant leaving a hole in the center, you may want to support the Cheyenne Indians boiled the leaves and stems to make a wash for plant with a metal ring or stakes and twine. snakebite and poison ivy. Fun Fact: The gray-green leaves of catmint can be harvested and dried for use in potpourri! Also, its distilled oil has been used for mosquito control. Double Bubblemint Hyssop its gracefully long stems with richly pink Double Bubblemint actually contains Latin Name: Agastache cana tubular flowers. This woody-based perenni- highly flavored oil that repels mosquitos. 11 Mature Height: 2-3’ al has pointed oval dark-green foliage and To release the odor, crush the plant and rub Mature Spread: 18-24” its striking flowers have a slight bubblegum directly onto skin. Exposure: Sun fragrance. Double Bubblemint’s petals can Hardy to: 7,000’ be used in tea if dried out. Water: Low Care: To improve winter-hardiness and en- Flower Color: Rich Pink courage re-seeding, leave the stems intact Flower Season: Mid-Summer to Fall over the winter. In mid-spring, remove old Attracts: Hummingbirds stems just above the new foliage, about 4 Description: “Agastache” is Greek for or 5” above ground level. “many spikes” which most likely refers to Fun Fact: Also called “mosquito plant”

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