Heat it Up Yellow produces bouquets of fresh sunshine yellow flowers, while Heat it Up Scarlet has orange-red flowers with slight yellow tips. Heat it Up comes in two colors yellow and Scarlet. We’ve been incredibly impressed with this wonderful new Gaillardia series in trials all across the US and Canada. Uses: Patio Planters, Garden Beds, Combination Recipes, Bright Shade Gardensġ2-18” height 12-18” spread. For combination recipes, we suggest Diamond Frost, which weaves among other plants while Diamond Snow tends to be more of a mass of color in one spot. Like all our euphorbias, expect Diamond Snow to power through heat, humidity, and drought with ease. The plants are a reliable mound of color in upright containers and make a great landscape plant, too. Despite its delicate look, Diamond Snow is as tough and durable as they come. If you’ve never grown any of our Diamond Euphorbia you might take one look and think that the frilly plants will keel over at the slightest hint of hardship. Uses: upright containers, pollinator gardens, mass plantings in landscapesĭiamond Snow is similar to Diamond Frost ®, but with fuller flowers and a somewhat denser habit. Bees will thank you for planting any of the Whirlwinds. Our newest color, Whirlwind Starlight has blue and white bicolored blooms. They love heat, don’t mind low humidity or moderate drought, and don’t need much plant food to thrive. Our modern, refined Whirlwind fan flowers are packed with color and have a beautiful shape. Fan flower has been grown for about 25 years in North America, but for a long time, the varieties available bloomed sparsely and had long, awkward branches. This Australian native is as tough as they come. Uses: Mono Patio Planters, Combination Recipes, Pollinator Gardens, In-ground Bedsġ8-22” height 16-24” spread part sun to sun. Now available in four colors – Red, Rose, Pink and Lavender. Butterflies, bees and hummingbirds are all attracted to the brightly colored flowers which will add another level of color and movement to your plantings. They are medium-sized plants well suited to being planted in the middle of beds and can be thrillers and/or fillers in combinations planters. They have excellent summer durability, powering through high heat and humidity, and make ideal bedding and container plants for hot climates. Sunstar boasts extra-large flower clusters nearly the size of hydrangea blooms atop well-branched plants. If you live somewhere hot and have never tried Pentas, you don’t know what you’re missing - especially with our brand new Sunstar series. Uses: Mass Landscape Planting, Front to Middle of the border, Thriller in Combination Recipes, Mono Baskets, Filler in Combination Recipes, Mono Patio Planters.ġ2-24” height. There are 20 different options with a wide range of colors, sizes and leaf shapes to choose from. The second unique feature of our line is that in addition to traditional shade caladiums, about half of the Heart to Hearts will handle full sun as easily as they do shade – although keeping the soil moist will help them thrive in sun. Looking to add a splash of the tropics to your Michigan Garden? Heart to Hearts are just what you need. One of the things that make Heart to Heart Caladiums different from the rest is they are vigorous enough to perform well in more Northern climates too. Which means they are perfect for places where the heat is sweltering. It’s not a matter of they “handle the heat just fine” – they prefer it to be hot. If you live in the South, Caladiums are probably already a staple in your garden and why wouldn’t they be? They absolutely adore hot weather. Consider the annuals, perennials and shrubs listed below if you face long summers with quite a bit of heat and sunny days. The good news is there many plants that are tough and durable enough to thrive when the summer seems intent on roasting us and our plants too. For many of us, the heat of a long summer is one of the primary situations to solve. Buy heat-tolerant plants - Order plants online and have them shipped right to your doorĭefine what the challenges are in your garden and then start looking for plants that are well suited to thrive despite that challenge.
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