Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue' (Blue Fescue)

Blue Fescue 'Elijah Blue', Festuca Ovina glauca 'Elijah Blue', Festuca Ovina glauca 'Elija-blue'

One of the best and most colorful of all Blue Fescue varieties and easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun. 

Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue' is a wonderful dwarf ornamental grass, mostly grown for its superb, evergreen, bright silver-blue foliage in full sun.

Blue Fescue adds a superb color accent to the landscape all year around.

• Blue Fescue is drought tolerant, once established, and requires low maintenance and low watering.
• Native to southern France, it thrives in full sun, in poor, moderately fertile, well-drained soils. 
• Blue Fescue is noted as the most tolerant of hot, humid summers.
• Deer resistant!
• A great candidate for borders, edging, in mass planting as a ground cover, rock gardens, cottage gardens, city gardens or containers.
• Short-lived, Blue Fescue tends to die out in the center after 2-4 years. To extend its life, shearing your plant in late winter

Koeleria glauca

Koeleria glauca, commonly known as blue hair grass, is a grass species of the genus Koeleria. It grows in dunes and other sandy places. It is mainly distributed in eastern Central Europe, with its western outposts in the coastal dunes of Jutland and inland dunes in the Rhine Valley

Rhododendron 'Ken Janeck'

The distinctive velvety foliage of this compact evergreen shrub is adorned with deep rose flower buds in May which open into trusses of rose-colored blossoms which lighten to a pastel pink with a fern green flare on the upper lobes.

• Grows into a compact, dense multi-stemmed, and mounding shrub, up to 3-4 ft. tall (90-120 cm) and 3-5 ft. wide (90-150 cm)
• Winner of multiple awards, including the 2002 Cary Award, which recognizes plants that are particularly adequate for New England, offer superior landscape appeal, and are winter hardy and pest resistant. Multiple winners of the Rhododendron of the Year Award of the American Rhododendron Society for the North East, Great Lakes, and South Central Regions.
• A full sun or light shade lover, this plant is best grown in moist, acidic, humusy, well-drained soils. Plant shallowly. Protect from frost to prevent damage to flowers. Mulch annually with leaf mold to retain moisture, control weeds, and cool the soil.
• Perfect for beds and borders, cottage gardens, and rock gardens. Great as a flowering hedge or privacy screen too. Ideal for small gardens and containers!

Cotoneaster dammeri (Bearberry Cotoneaster)

Bearberry Cotoneaster, Cotoneaster humifusa, Cotoneaster humifusus

Cotoneaster dammeri (Bearberry Cotoneaster) is a vigorous, dense, evergreen shrub with trailing stems studded with small, leathery, glossy, rounded, dark green leaves. The foliage turns reddish-bronze or purplish in winter before becoming green again in spring. Small, 5-petaled, white flowers adorned with purple anthers are produced in late spring to early summer. They are followed by brilliant berries which ripen to bright red in the fall, and persist through winter unless devoured by hungry birds or animals. Easy to grow, Bearberry Cotoneaster makes a very attractive ground cover and looks lovely when draped over the edge of walls or large rocks.

• Grows up in a bushy, densely-branched shrub up to 9-12 in. tall (22-30 cm) and 4-6 ft. wide (120-180 cm). The prostate stems spread out horizontally over the ground and can root where they come in contact with the soil.
• A full sun to partial shade lover, this plant is easily grown in dry to medium moisture, well-drained soils. Although it is drought tolerant once established, occasional watering will help the fruit form to perfection in late summer and fall.
• Excellent ground cover with year round interest. Perfect for banks and slopes (erosion control), as edging in front of beds or borders, rock gardens or cascading over walls.
• Prune to shape as needed.
• Propagate by seed or semi-hardwood cuttings.
• Native to China.
• Fruit may cause mild stomach upset if ingested

Hemerocallis 'White Temptation

Daylilies are flowering queens for one day. Each bloom lasts a day but there is no need to worry – every stem bears more blooms and as the plants grow older they have numerous stems each. This low-maintenance perennial is a miracle for those who have limited time to spend looking after their gardens because apart from occasional watering on hot and dry summer days it needs ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. And still, it can leave us gazing at their beautiful, lily-like blooms of every possible color you can think of (except for blue and black).

Daylilies with white blooms are sought-after and one might even say that they are in fashion at the beginning of the third millennium. White Temptation is a variety with large flowers that are 12-13 cm across and come out from mid-July atop 70-80 cm tall, sturdy stems. Their petals are almost white with pale lemon-yellow hues and yellow-green throats. It was introduced in 1978.

The leaves are deep green, strong and healthy. They appear early in the spring and persist until winter, unlike spring bulbs whose leaves wither away after flowering. Apart from occasional slug attacks, there are no pests or diseases they would suffer from. Put your daylilies on a sunny spot and fertilize them for better flowering every spring if you want to. It tolerates all types of soil, preferably it likes moist soil. Extremely hardy to -40°C (USDA zone 3).
 

Spiraea betulifolia

Spiraea betulifolia (Birchleaf Spirea) is a compact, rounded, deciduous shrub with multi-season interest. In early to late summer, a profusion of small, flat clusters of tiny white flowers cover the foliage of birch-like, round to egg-shaped, dark green leaves, 2 in. long (5 cm). The flowers produce nectar and pollen, which attract bees, butterflies, and other pollinating insects. In the fall, the leaves turn glowing orange, red and purple shades, adding sparkle to the late-season garden. Easy care, this flowering shrub is perfect as a specimen plant or massed in rock gardens, low hedges for paths and walkways, and also incorporates well into foundation plantings.

• Grows up to 2-3 ft. tall and wide (60-90 cm).
• A full sun lover, this plant is easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils. Tolerates a wide range of soil conditions.
• Perfect choice for borders, foundation plantings, low hedges, and rock gardens.
• Attracts butterflies, but is ignored by deer.
• No serious pest and disease problems. Watch for leaf spot, fire blight, powdery mildew, root rot, aphids, leaf roller and scale.
• Very little maintenance is needed.
• Flowers on new wood, so prune in late winter to early spring if needed. If overgrown, can be renovated by cutting back hard immediately after flowering.
• Propagate by softwood cuttings in summer or by division in autumn or spring
• Native to Japan and eastern Asia. There are two varieties that are native to the North America: Spiraea betulifolia var corymbosa (Shinyleaf Meadowsweet) is native to eastern North America (Pennsylvania south to Alabama and Georgia), whereas Spiraea betulifolia var. lucida (Shinyleaf Spirea) is native to western North America (British Columbia to Saskatchewan south to Oregon, Wyoming and Minnesota).