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Hydrangea - Blue Wave Lacecap
Blue Wave Lacecap Hydrangea, Hydrangea macrophylla 'Blue Wave', exhibits beautiful disc-shaped flowers that are a rich blue color in acid soils or lilac-pink in neutral soils. Use aluminum sulfate to change alkaline soil to acid and make blooms bluer, or add lime to the soil to make the flowers pinker (begin soil treatments well in advance of flowering, as in late autumn or early spring). Large, dark green foliage adds to this showy summer bloomer and blooms in July for up to two months. Blue Wave tolerates full sun only if grown with consistently moist soils. It typically grows 3-6' tall and as wide unless damaged by harsh winters or pruned smaller. Group or mass in a sheltered location in the shrub border. Also a good specimen or accent for protected locations near homes or patios. ... more info
Dogwood - Greytwig The Gray Dogwood is a deciduous shrub which typically occurs in moist or rocky ground along streams, ponds, wet meadows, glade and prairie margins, thickets and rocky bluffs. It grows 10-15' tall and features white flowers borne in terminal racemes (hence the species name of racemosa) in late spring and grayish-green, elliptic to lance-shaped leaves (2-4" long). Foliage turns an interesting dusky purplish red in fall. Terminal stems holding the flowers are distinctively red and provide interesting contrast to the clusters of small white berries which form after the flowers have dropped. Red stem color is more easily seen after the fruits are gone, and red color often persists into early winter. Excellent when planted in groups and left alone to spread in naturalized areas or native plant gardens. Easily grown in average, medium wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Tolerant of city air pollution. |
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