Colleen's Top Picks

Bold, tropical blooms with a bush habit allow for versatility of use! This variety will be a success planted in ground, grown in small to large containers, in hanging baskets or used in mixed combinations with other sun-loving varieties.

Exposure: Full Sun

Height: 24 - 36" 

Width: 8 - 10" 

Boldly goes where no petunia has gone before…
Light years from usual! The Headliner Series may have the most distinctive blooms you’ve ever seen on this planet. Medium-vigor, mounded petunia is early flowering and features a dramatic colour range.

Exposure: Full Sun

Height: 10 - 16"

Width: 20 - 30"

Photos and Data Courtesy of Ball Horticulture- https://www.ballseed.com

Excellent in the garden, and it makes an exciting upright feature in containers.

Exposure: Partial Sun, Sun

Height: 16 - 18" 

Width: 14 - 16" 

 Photo Courtesy of Ball Seed

Bred for full sun these double flowering begonias are a great option in high-heat and sun conditions. Excellent fillers for pots and planters with a semi hanging habit.

Light Requirement: Full Sun, Part Sun

Mature Size:

• Height:   5 - 8"

• Width: 8 - 12"

Photos and Data Courtesy of Dummen Orange

A great choice to brighten up your shady areas of garden or patio! Each plant forms a symmetrical mound of dark green foliage. Within a few weeks, a profusion of double flowers creates an ever-blooming display of colour. 

Exposure: Shade, Partial Sun

Spacing: 10 - 12"

Height: 10 - 16" 

Width: 10 - 12" 

Photos and data courtesy of Ball

Ornamental Grasses can add height, colour, and texture to flower beds and planters. In the correct conditions they can grow nearly a metre tall. They cannot handle our harsh winters.

Light Requirement: Part Sun to Sun

Flower Season: Spring, Summer

Mature Size:

• Height: 30" - 36"
• Spread: 12" - 24"

 Photos and Data Courtesy of Proven Winners - www.provenwinners.com

Precious and powerful like a Baby Dragon by Bloomin Easy, this improved Hardy Hydrangea delivers extraordinary flower power in a petite form for modern outdoor spaces. Blooms start cream and lime before igniting to a rich pink as summer fades to fall.

Light requirements: Part Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 3ft
• Spread: 3ft
  

The dark purple foliage compliments summertime combination containers and baskets as it arches over the edge of the containers and mingles well with other annuals.

The foliage is a nearly black-purple on top and a bright ruby on the leafs underside. 

Heat tolerant.

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 8 - 12"

• Width: 12 - 18"

Photo courtesy of PAC Elsner / Westhoff – www.pac-elsner.com / www.westflowers.de

A compact, upright cedar with lush green foliage, Baby Bear maintains a consistent shape without requiring pruning. Formerly known as Skinner's Dwarf Cedar.

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 6' - 8'

• Width: 3' - 4'

Zone: 2

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

 A great choice for rock gardens and natural-looking landscapes. The grass grows to nearly 3 feet tall and is low maintenance. The variegated foliage will turn from creamy white in summer to pink as the weather cools in fall and return to its creamy-white color again in spring as new blades grow.

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Part Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 12 - 36"

• Width: 12 - 18"

Zone: 4

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Eye-catching, bicolor, 6 to 8-in. (15 to 20-cm) flowers adorn the well-branched plants. This big-bloomed rudbeckia creates awesome landscapes and containers.

DENVER DAISY Rudbeckia is perfectly suited for hot, sunny areas with minimal moisture. They quickly develop in large bright blooms and are low maintenance 

Exposure: Full Sun

Height: 20 - 28" 

Width: 15 - 20"

Dianthus grows bushy and fills your garden with colour and thick foliage. If you have a planter or flowerbed that's looking a little flat, dianthus is a wonderful addition to add depth and texture. A great pot filler!

Exposure: Full Sun

Height: 16 - 20" 

Width: 12 - 14" 

The Colourblaze series by Proven Winners is a quality coleus that makes a beautiful addition in both garden and planters. Available in a wide range of colours. Low maintenance and can be planted in either sun or shade.

Light Requirement: Sun or Shade

Flower Season: Spring, Summer

Mature Size:

• Height: 2' - 3'4"
• Spread: 18" - 3'

Photos and Data Courtesy of Proven Winners - www.provenwinners.com

Light Requirement: Full Shade to Partial Shade

Height: 32 - 36" 

Width: 36 - 40" 

Photos courtesy of Van Noort Bulb Co. & Florissa

Hollyhocks have been grown in gardens for centuries, their tall spikes of satiny, crepe-textured flowers making a fine display in mid-summer. They were usually relegated to the back of a sunny border, with something in front to hide their bare lower stems. However, this won′t be necessary with this new strain. 

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Height: 5 - 6'

Width: 10 - 12"

The Echinacea Sunseeker Series offers vibrant, sun-loving flowers in pink and purple, attracting pollinators and boosting wellness. Perfect for sunny gardens, these low-maintenance, drought-tolerant plants add beauty to any space.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Height: 18 - 24"

Width: 18 - 24"

We love plants with interesting architecture, and this selection of our native Eastern arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis) takes skinny to the max with its sword-like sihouette. Use it to make an exclamation point in garden designs, or fit it into a very narrow bed. Certain to be iconic plant in well-designed landscapes everywhere, from the Shire to Shreveport.

Light Requirement: Partial Sun to Full Sun 

Mature Size:

• Height: 20'

• Width: 18"

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Proven Winners

This herbaceous perennial features large, semi-double, lightly fragrant blossoms in white with striking dark lavender central flares, towering above lush, toothed foliage. Known for its exceptional vigor, it can produce up to 50 blooms in a single season, with sturdy flower stems that require no staking. A delightful addition to any spring bouquet.

Ants are attracted to a sweet nectar on the buds of the peony plant but do not harm them in any way.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 18 - 36"

• Width: 18 - 36"

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Van Noort Bulb Co. & Florissa.

This anemone grows 24 to 32 inches tall with single, light violet-pink flowers. It’s an extremely robust and vigorous plant that is best suited to naturalizing. This is a Creeping, Mounded, Thicket-forming perennial, meaning it can overwhelm other plants and may become a nuisance in a bed.

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 24 - 32"

• Width: 6 -12"

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

Abundant, small double petunia-like flowers all season on cascading growth; low maintenance.  The soft yellow flowers are a dream.

Light Requirement: Part Sun to Sun

Flower Season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Mature Size:

• Height: 6" - 10"
• Spread: 12" - 24"

Photos and Data Courtesy of Proven Winners - www.provenwinners.com

Photos and Data Courtesy of Ball Seed