landscaping

Spirea - Dwarf Garland

$16.95

Dwarf Garland Spirea, spiraea x arguta 'Compacta', is an attractive dwarf, compact plant with very fine textured foliage. Clusters of small white single flowers appear in early spring. It makes an excellent shrub border or as a specimen plant. It grows 4-5 feet tall and 2-3 feet wide. Dwarf Garland is a low growing mounding shrub that requires full sun and well drained soil. The plant may be pruned back hard occasionally to rejuvenate. Can be used as a single specimen, hedge or in shrub plantings. ... more

Indigo Bush-False Indigo The False Indigo Bush, Amorpha fruticosa, is a somewhat leggy shrub, whose height can range from 6 to 20 feet tall,and 5 to 15 feet wide. Fragrant foliage has the compound pinnate leaves typical of the Pea family, often most bushy on the upper third of the shrub. Flowers are 1/3-inch wide, purple-blue with orange anthers, on 3- to 6-inch upright spikes. Fruit is a warty, kidney shaped pod, persisting into winter. This deciduous shrub does well in full sun and poor, sandy soil. Needs pruning in late winter or early spring to keep shaped. Useful as a large shrub or small tree in areas where there is plenty of water available. Native from Connecticut to Minnesota, south to Louisiana and Florida. This bush attracts butterflies.