Zone 5 – Budd Gardens | Hosta & Perennials

Orion’s Belt, Hosta New 2024

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Sharp contrast between leaf margin and center gives this a striking appearance.
Large heart-shaped dark green leaves have a wide and elegant creamy-white border that creates a nice “feathered” effect.
Good substance.

Amsonia ‘Butterscotch;

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Like Amsonia hubrichtii in general appearance, but with improved form, reddish stems, superior rich “butterscotch” fall color, and great disease resistance. Steel-blue flowers May-June. Selected by John Wachter, Elite Growers. Drought tolerant, attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.

Sambucus ‘Black Lace’

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Black Lace^® elderberry is a perfectly stylish addition to your landscape.

Intense purple black foliage is finely cut like lace, giving it an effect similar to that of Japanese maple. Indeed, some designers are using it in place of more sensitive plants since Black Lace is extremely durable and adaptable. Pink flowers in early summer contrast with the dark leaves for a stunning effect.

Kniphofia (Tritoma) ‘Lady Luck’

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The tallest Kniphofia we offer, ‘Lady Luck’ lends itself well to create dramatic height in a limited footprint. A mid to late season bloomer, this plant produces chartreuse buds that open to white flowers over top of a very large clump of foliage. It’s jam-packed with flower spikes, so you know you’ll enjoy a prolonged display in summer.

Tritoma ‘Lady Luck’

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Coreopsis ‘Uptick Red’

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First flush of flowers are nearly solid dark red. Successive blooms have golden yellow tips.

Coreopsis is easy to grow, making it a good choice for beginners. One plant will provide you with long-lasting cut flower bouquets all summer long.

Hollyhock ‘Fiesta Time’

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This vibrant seed selection produces relatively short spikes of double, cerise pink, fringed blossoms beginning in midsummer. This is a first year flowering perennial. The shorter height of ‘Fiesta Time’ makes it more suitable to courtyard gardens and containers than its taller cousins.

Buddleia ‘Queen of Hearts’

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The vibrant magenta red flowers of this new selection are sure to capture the hearts of gardeners everywhere, and the butterflies and hummingbirds will love them too! Large 7-9” long panicles are produced from the top of the plant to the bottom, pointing upward and outward on all sides in late summer and early fall. Smaller secondary flowers extend the show.

Buddleia ‘Blue Knight’

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The newest addition to the popular MONARCH® Butterfly Bush collection! ‘Blue Knight’ forms a dense clump of minty green leaves. Incredibly long, 10-12”, outward-facing flower panicles open light lavender purple and deepen to blue-purple with age. The new and the aged flowers appear on the panicles at the same time, giving the flower an interesting two-tone effect. This plant has incredible flower coverage, giving you quite the performance when it starts its first flush of blooms in late summer.Butterfly Bushes have certainly earned their place in the garden over the years, and its easy to see why. Just when we need a breath of fresh air in the late summer heat, they happily burst into bloom. At a time when many other plants are already spent, buddleias are just beginning their show. Their passive coloring and texture makes a wonderful backdrop for perennials, and you’ll love the butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds that flock to their honey-scented blossoms.

Grass Imperata cylindrica ‘Red Baron’

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This species spreads by underground rhizomes, but in a slow fashion. ‘Red Baron’ can revert back to the species and then can become invasive. ‘Red Baron’ shows some shade of red on its leaves all season long. Any plant that reverts to green should be removed and destroyed.