Plant Care
Perennials | Annuals | Annual Vegetable | Flowering Shrubs
Perennials
+ Feather Reed Grass
Height: 4’
Spread: 2’
Culture: Full sun, drought tolerant, trim in February
Uses: Mass plantings
+ Garden Mum
Height: 1-2’
Spread: 1-2’
Culture: Water every day or every other day, full sun
Plant in ground: Must be planted before showing a lot of color
Uses: Fall decoration
+ Coneflower
Height: 3-4’
Spread: 1-2’
Culture: Native, full sun
Uses: Groupings, pollinators
+ Coral Bells
Height: 1-2.5’
Spread: 1’
Culture: Part shade, moist and well-drained soil, deer tolerant
Uses: Edging
+ Hosta
Height: 1-4’
Spread: 1-4’
Culture: Shade
Uses: Foliage
+ Maiden Grass
Height: 2-6’
Spread: 2-4’
Culture: Full sun, well-drained soil, drought tolerant
Uses: Winter interest, screen
+ Peony
Height: 3-4’
Spread:3-4’
Culture: Full sun, moist and well-drained soil
Uses: Cut flower, specimen
Fact: Use tomato cage to help prevent falling over
+ Fountain grass
Height: 4+’
Spread: 4+’
Culture: Full sun
Uses: Winter interest
Annual Vegetable
+ Tomatoes
Culture: Well drained soil, full sun, 1-2” of water per week
Spacing: 24-36”
Fertilizer: Low in nitrogen, such as an 8-32-16
+ Cucumber
Culture: Full sun, well-drained soil, preferred trellis, weekly watering if no rain
Spacing: 12-18”
Fertilizer: Heavy feeders
+ Summer Squash
Culture: Moist soil, frequent watering, full sun
Spacing: Direct seed or transplant 18-24” apart
Fertilizer: Occasionally for vigorous growth and lots of fruit
Flowering Shrubs
+ Butterfly Bush
Height: 2-6’
Spread: 2-8’
Culture: Full sun, well-drained soil, deadhead required
Uses: Pollinators
+ Burning Bush
Height: 5-6’
Spread: 5-7’
Culture: Full sun, not much pruning required
Uses: Hedges, groupings
+ Endless Summer Hydrangea
Height: 3-5’
Spread: 3-5’
Culture: Partial shade, evenly moist soil, hardy and reblooming
Uses: Mass planting, cut flowers, dried flowers
Color change: Pink bloom: add lime to soil / Blue bloom: add aluminum sulfate to soil
+ Oakleaf Hydrangea
Height: 8-10’
Spread: 8-10’
Culture: Part shade, do not prune
Uses: Cut flower, dried flower
+ Panicle Hydrangea
Height: 6-8’
Spread: 6-8’
Culture: Full sun or part shade, evenly moist soil
Uses: Mass planting, cut flower
+ Winterberry Holly
Height: 2.5-8’
Spread: 2.5-8’
Culture: Full sun, acidic soil, selectively prune
Uses: Winter show
Berries: Need male and female plants
+ Rose of Sharon
Height: 8-10’
Spread: 10-12’
Culture: Full sun, big shrub, can prune to tree
Uses: Hedges, pollinators, specimen
+ Red Twig Dogwood
Height: 2-6’
Spread:2-6’
Culture: Full sun or part shade, needs regular pruning
Uses: Winter interest, screen
Colors: Red, yellow, and orange
Annuals
+ Bacopa
Height: 6”
Spread: 1.5’
Culture: Full sun or part shade, moist and well-drained soil
Uses: Trailing in container, mixer/ filler
+ Begonia
Height: 12”
Spread: 12”
Culture: Full sun or shade, moist and well-drained soil, no deadheading required
Uses: Mass planting or container
+ Flowering Cabbage/Kale
Height: 1’
Spread: 1.5’
Culture: Full sun, cold tolerant
Uses: Groupings, containers
+ Calibrachoa
Height: 1.5’
Spread: 2’
Culture: Moist and well-drained soil, full sun or part shade, may need deadheading
Uses: Containers
+ Vinca
Height: 4-6”
Spread: 1-2’
Culture: Full sun
Uses: Groundcover, container, mass planting
+ Pansy
Height: 10-12”
Spread: 1-2’
Culture: Cold tolerant, full sun, moist and well-drained soil
Uses: Mass planting, container
+ Canna
Height: 2-6’
Spread: 1-3’
Culture: Heat tolerant, full sun, moist and well-drained soil, deadheading required
Uses: Cut flower, mass planting, container
+ Ornamental Pepper
Height: 13-15”
Spread: 1’
Culture: Full sun, moist and well-drained soil, deer resistant Uses: Mass planting, small container
+ Flowering Vinca
Height: 18”
Spread: 18”
Culture: Full sun, heat tolerant, self-cleaning, deer resistant Uses: Mass planting, container
+ Cockscomb
Height: 1-3’
Spread: 1-3’
Culture: Heat tolerant, full sun, moist and well-drained soil
Uses: Cut flower, dried flower, container, mass plantings
+ Coleus
Height: 1-2.5’
Spread: 1-2.5’
Culture: Full sun or part shade, moist and well-drained soil, heat tolerant
Uses: Foliage, mass planting, container
+ Spikes
Height: 2’
Culture: Full sun or part shade, moist and well-drained soil
Uses: Container
+ Gerber Daisy
Height: 1-1.5’
Spread: 1’
Culture: Full sun or part shade
Uses: Container, cut flower
+ New Guinea Impatiens
Height: 18-24”
Spread:18-24”
Culture: Part shade, moist and well-drained soil, no deadheading required
Uses: Container
+ Impatiens
Height: 10-24”
Spread: 10-24”
Culture: Shade, moist and well-drained soil
Uses: Container, mass plantings
+ Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine
Height: 1’
Spread: 1-4’
Culture: Full sun, moist and well-drained soil
Uses: Container, groundcover
+ Lantana
Height: 2’
Spread: 2-4’
Culture: Full sun, drought tolerant
Uses: Pollinator, container
+ Zonal Geranium
Height: 18-24’
Spread: 1-2’
Culture: Full sun
Uses: Container
+ Petunia
Height: 6-18”
Spread: 18”-4’
Culture: Full sun
Uses: Container, mass plantings
+ Verbena
Height: 4-6”
Spread: 1.5-2’
Culture: Full sun
Uses: Groundcover, container