Posts Tagged ‘hardy’

There are a lot of vines that will do well in our cold climate area, but one of my favorites is one called “Silverlace Vine”. This GREAT climbing plant not only provides multiple “spectaculars” but is very FAST growing as well. The vines breaks dormancy early in the season and quickly begins to bud up for late spring, early summer color. The entire vine gets covered in a million tiny white blooms that last up to a months time. It contunues to grow the summer season and then gives another dynamic show of autumns BEST colors that should last well into the fall. Silverlace vine will grow in sun or shade, and once established does well with minumum care. It will gracefully climb arbors, trellises, pergolas, and gazebo structures. With great hardines, lots of blooms as well as fall colors this plant should quickly become a “growing” favorite in you garden and landscape……….. happy planting ………… Doug

If there was one plant in our nursery that commands “TOP” spot in terms of popularity, quantity of sales, and “Stellar” performance in the landscape, that one plant would have to be Lydia Broom. Setting it apart from other species of this popular family is the fact that it is not upright and vertical but rather mounding and spreading achieving an overall height of about two feet or so. It is not invasive as are other species found on the western side of the Cascades. Lydia is evergreen and will grow at a medium rate. If you desire to prune this cascading plant the time to do so is right after it blooms. Remove no more than one third of the overall size of the plant. When this wonderful plants springs into seasonal bloom (usually late April or May) you had better grab your sunglasses. “Holy Cow” might come up short in terms of exciting words used to express ones feelings as you gaze upon this plant. Vibrant screaming yellow tiny blooms cover the long slender grass like branches of this plant. Blooms usually last for weeks creating a GREAT stir in your neighborhood.

            When planting make sure you amend the soil with liberal shovels of organic compost. I would also recommend about six to eight cups of our organic fertilizer “Cold Climate” which will feed the plant for an entire season as well as feeding the soil with microbes and Mycorrhizae.

            In conclusion, all I can say is, you need to get out and plant one of these plants as soon as you can before they begin to bloom in the nursery. The Planting season is now, the plants are still dormant, and you will have set the tone for a GREAT day in your rock garden when Lydia does its colorful “Spring Dance”……………..Happy Planting