Some of our favorite plants for the season!
Spotlight Plants
Tropical Sunset Lenten Rose
Tropical Sunset Lenten Rose is a bold and beautiful perennial that brings unexpected color to the early spring garden. With striking blooms in shades of yellow, burgundy, and deep red, this variety adds a touch of the exotic — right when most of your landscape is still shaking off winter. As part of the Helleborus x hybridus group, Tropical Sunset is a late winter to early spring bloomer that thrives in shady spots and offers long-lasting color at a time when few other plants are in flower. Its blooms are cup-shaped and gently nodding, each one uniquely patterned like a watercolor painting. You’ll see petals streaked, speckled, or banded in rich sunset tones, with every plant offering a slightly different show. In Southeast Wisconsin, this Lenten Rose typically blooms from March into early May, depending on the weather. It’s one of the very first perennials to flower, often blooming...
Czechmark Trilogy Weigela
The Czechmark Trilogy Weigela is a stunning assortment of colors. The blooming flowers begin as white before transitioning to pink and ends with red, but all three colors will be present at once for a unique aesthetic. It grows to about 3' in height. You'll need full...
Kansas Peony
The Kansas Peony is a gorgeous, award winning, flower. It will bloom for 7-10 days in late spring to early summer. Enjoys full sun but doesn ’t mind a slight shade. This flower is mostly pest resistant, but you ’ll have to watch out for diseases like peony wilt. It ’s...
Double Play Blue Kazoo Spirea
The Double Play Blue Kazoo Spirea is a low-maintenance deciduous shrub that will add a subtle beauty to the area around it. The delicate white blooms of summer are gorgeous, while the myriad colors of the leaves are wonderfully unique until they turn into a terrific...
Raspberry Wine Bee Balm
The Raspberry Wine Bee Balm is a wonderful perennial that grows best in full sun to half sun/half shade. It doesn ’t mind getting wet but doesn ’t do well in dry conditions so make sure you keep it watered in the dog days of summer. With a long blooming season, from...
Pink Sparkles Crabapple
The Pink Sparkles Crabapple will attract pollinators with its gorgeous pink blossoms all through spring, with fruit that remains into winter for the wildlife. Growing to about 14 ’ tall and 10 ’ wide this is a great tree to add color to your yard in both spring and...
Blue Point Juniper
The Blue Point Juniper is a sturdy choice of evergreen. It can handle most soils but doesn't like high moisture. It has a low spread, only 4'-5' on average, but grows to 12' tall in the right conditions. It is somewhat slow growing though, with a growth rate of about...