Knockout Roses Drift Rroses

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The Knockout Rose ranges from 3 to 5 feet tall and equally wide. It
produces multiple clusters of terminal blooms, each 3 to 3.5 inches
across. These very light, fragrant flowers come in many colors and
will bloom from spring until frost. Humidity doesn’t seem to bother
the Knockout Rose, and it’s drought and cold tolerant. It’s somewhat
shade-tolerant but does need about six hours of full sun per day.
True to its low maintenance reputation, the Knock Out Rose doesn’t
require deadheading and is resistant to aphids, powdery mildew and
black spot, the scourge of rose enthusiasts. Choose a well-drained
site with good air movement. It’s perfect for grouped planting or even
hedges. The foliage turns from a lustrous green to burgundy in the
fall, and the new growth is slightly burgundy, too. Double Knockout
Roses are more floriferous than regular Knockout Roses and they
raise the bar with petal counts of 18-25, twice the number of
Knockout, borne 3-6 on a stem. The additional petals present a fuller,
richer pinkish/red inflorescence that is simply breathtaking. These
blooms are about 2 ½ inches wide. But don’t let the smaller sized
blooms fool you—they make up for their size in abundance. The new
growth is a dramatic burgundy red. Knockout and Double Knockout
Roses will be a spectacular addition to every garden. Along with the
eye-catching blooms and superior performance they offer wonderful
versatility of use. Hardiness Zones: 4 – 9
Knockout Roses
Drift Rroses
Flowering Shrubs
Double Knockout Roses
Double Knockout
Pink Double Knockout
White Out
Knockout Roses
Knockout
Pink Knockout
Sunny Knockout
White Out is a new introduction from
breeder, Bill Radler who redefined
disease resistance and Flower Power of
roses. A great rose that will appeal to
landscapers and homeowners in most
parts of the country. Although black
spot resistant, it is suceptible to black
spot under extreme humidity and
overhead watering. Precautionary
treatment with a fungicide will keep this
beauty looking good. An efficient, more
compact alternative to Iceberg.
Drift Roses
Apricot Drift Rose
Pink Drift Rose
Coral Drift Rose
Peach Drift Rose
Red Drift Rose
Sweet Drift Rose
Drift - Roses “The new groundcover
roses for small gardens & containers”A
breakthrough in rose hybridizing, the
Drifts® are compact groundcover roses.
Their versatile habit fits equally well into
small home gardens, patio containers and
hanging baskets as it does when they are
planted en masse across large, open beds.
The Drifts® have been tested extensively
under very diverse climate conditions.
They are winter hardy in zone 5 and
could easily qualify as spreading
miniatures. Drifts® show the same
disease resistance as their larger, betterknown cousins, the Meidiland® and
Carefree™ shrub roses. Drifts® are
equally well suited for large commercial
plantings.
Zones: 5 - 9
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Garden Roses
Crossover Series:
A new series of roses from The Conard-Pyle Co. Excellent pest and disease resistance that can be compared
with the Knock Out® roses. Offers the best qualities from both floribunda and grandiflora type roses
Rosa Easter Basket
Blooming almost continuously
from spring through frost,
precious semi-double creamy
yellow blooms have soft pink
ruffled edges Grows to 3-4’ tall.
PP#18686
Plant 48" apart.
Zones 6 – 9 Full Sun
Rosa Milwaukee’s
Calatrava™
Heavenly fragrance and pure
white double blooms appear on
bushy 4-5’ tall plants from
spring through frost. Cool
temperatures bring a touch of
pink to the ruffled petals. PPAF
Plant 48" apart.
Zones 5 – 9 Full Sun
Rosa Thrive - With excellent
parentage of Knock Out® Rose
breeding, Thrive! will do more than
thrive. Copious bright fire-engine
red cup-shaped flowers will bloom all
season long. The dark green, glossy
foliage will perform superbly against
rust and mildew resistance to black
spot. Bushy plants grow to 4-5’ in
full sun
Flowering Shrubs
Rosa Sunshine Daydream
Pale yellow cup-shaped
blooms finish creamy white.
Continuous flowering from
spring to early frost on bushy
4’ tall and 5’ wide plants. PPAF
Plant 5’ apart
Zones 6 – 9 Full Sun
Rosa Mother of Pearl®
This grandiflora has idyllic
blossoms of soft peachy-pink
and excellent resistance to black
spot. It is a great performer in
hot humid climates as well as
the cooler northeast. Grows to
4’ tall. PP#18707
Plant 48" apart.
Zones 6 – 9 Full Sun
Rosa Raspberry Rugostar®
Rugosa Rose
Low growing at just 2-3’, this ground cover rose
will spread to 5’ wide. Deep pink single blooms
appear in June and continue bloom sporadically
during the warm summer months. Very disease
resistant and maintenance free. PP#15937
Plant 36" apart
Zone 6 – 9 Full Sun
Tequila Series: This new line of shrub roses produce abundant and continuous blooms all season on bushy
foliage in rich tones of apricot-orange, golden yellow and copper to ochre. Excellent disease resistance.
Rosa Tequila™
Tequila Series Rose
Semi-double orange-apricot flowers finish
creamy white creating an attractive
combination as blooming continues
throughout the summer. 4’ tall with spreading
a habit. PP#16342
Plant 36" apart. Zones 5 – 9 Full Sun
Shade
Part Shade/Sun
Sun
Rosa Tequila Gold™
Tequila Series Rose
Deep golden yellow semi-double cup-shaped
blooms finish light yellow. Bushy and tall
growing to 5-6’. PP#18657 Plant 48" apart.
Zones 5 – 9 Full Sun
Native
Rosa Tequila Supreme™
Tequila Series Rose
Unusually bold flower colors of copper and
ochre. Blooms all season on 4-5’ tall
plants. PP#21271
Plant 36" apart. Zones 5 – 9 Full Sun
Attracts Butterflies/Hummingbirds
Deer Resistant
Cut Flower
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Flowering Shrubs make up a group of plants that have woody stems and are multi-branching from the base of the plant, whereas trees
have one main trunk from the base. Flowering Shrubs can be grown in a shrub border or in a mixed border, mixed with other different plants
such as annuals and perennials. Most Flowering Shrubs are easy to grow and don’t need a whole lot of maintenance.
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Bearberry, kinnikinnick
At 6-12", this native evergreen
trailing groundcover will grow
in poor or sandy well-drained
soils. The thick green leaves of
bearberry are combined with
small nodding white flowers in
mid to late spring followed by
bright red berries that persist
into winter. The foliage takes on
a reddish-plum color in fall
providing winter interest.
Berberis thunbergii ‘Rose Glow’
Japanese Barberry
This semi-dwarf barberry grows 3-5’
in height, touting an amazing
diversity of foliage colors ranging
from creamy pink to deep burgundy.
The new foliage emerges in the spring
as a mottled pattern of creamy white
and pastel pink. Later, the leaves
deepen to a rose and burgundy.
Leaves are brilliant red in fall with
best color in full sun.
Plant 3’ apart.
Plant 18" apart.
Zones 4 - 8
Zones 2 – 6
Buddleia Flutterby Petite™ ‘Blue
Heaven’
Butterfly Bush
When a butterfly garden becomes a
butterfly bush garden its time for
Flutterby Petite™! Compact plants,
24-30" tall, produce less viable seed
and will not take over. Butterflies and
hummingbirds, however, will still
flock to the non-stop fragrant blue
flowers that bloom from early
summer to frost. PP#22069
Plant 30" apart.
Flowering Shrubs
Buddleia davidii ‘White Ball’
Dwarf Butterfly Bush
As a not-so-big white Butterfly Bush,
try 3-4' ‘White Ball’ for a long season of
sweet blooms. It is adaptable to the
border where this little woody perennial
will not overwhelm surrounding
herbaceous perennials with its more
modest size while blooming from midJuly-September.
Plant 36" apart.
Buddleia Flutterby Petite™ ‘Pink’
Butterfly Bush
This sweet little pink blooming butterfly
bush is perfect for containers or useful as
a groundcover. 12-24" tall mounding,
spreading silvery foliage produces
continuous bubble gum pink blooms
from early summer to frost. Excellent
heat and drought tolerance. PP#22177
Plant 24" apart.
F
Zones 5 -9
Buddleia Flutterby Petite™ ‘Tutti
Fruitti’
Butterfly Bush
No question that this compact
butterfly bush will attract butterflies
and hummingbirds as much as its
larger cousins. Use ‘Tutti Fruitti’ for
an explosion of color with fuchsiapink flowers all season covering neat
and compact 24-30" tall plants.
Neither gardener nor airborne visitor
will be disappointed. PP#22108
Plant 30" apart.
F
Zones 5 -9
Caryopteris x clandonensis
‘First Choice’
Blue Beard
New compact form w/ deep
inky-blue buds, opening to large
cobalt-blue flowers, late Aug.
to Oct.. Compact habit means
‘First Choice’ needs little
pruning and won’t have the
floppy habit some cultivars do.
Pest and disease-free, it reaches
about 36" at maturity.
PP#11958
Plant 24" apart.
Caryopteris clandonensis
‘Dark Knight’
Blue Beard
A low-growing, late-blooming
shrub that reaches a height of
only 2–3', with clusters of
deepest dark blue flowers
from August through
September. The foliage is
lance-shaped and silverygreen. Will attract flocks of
butterflies! Plant 24" apart.
Zones 4 -9
F
Zones 5 -9
F
Zones 5 -9
Zones 5 -9
Caryopteris x
clandonensis ‘Inoveris’
Grand Bleu®
Bluebeard
Blooms mid to late
summer with deep violet
blue flowers, silvery
green foliage, effect is said
to resemble a blue mist.
Aromatic leaves add
appeal to this compact
shrub. Grows 24-30" in
height. PP#17837
Zones 5 -9
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Flowering Shrubs
Clethra alnifolia
Summersweet/ Sweet
pepperbush
For a sweet and spicy
fragrance, partly shady,
moist shrub border or
woodland’s. Birds and
butterflies will be attracted
to the 3-8" fragrant
white spike flowers in
July - Aug followed by
dark brown seed capsules
in fall. Reaching 5-8’ tall
it will spread slowly by
rhizomes. Plant 5’ apart.
Zones 2 – 6
Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’
Summersweet
A gentle breeze will carry the heavenly
fragrance of the lovely rose-pink spring
blooms and the spicy sweet aroma of the
foliage through your garden, and to your
doorstep. Spreading by rhizomes, this
summersweet grows 4-6’ tall and prefers
moist, rich, acidic soil. ‘Ruby Spice’ will love
a place in the woodland garden, shrub border
or along waters edge.
Plant 48" apart.
Zones 3 - 9
Cultivar
Comptonia peregrina
Sweet Fern
Bayberry family (Myricaceae)
A shrub about 1-3½’ tall that has
ascending to widely spreading
branches.
Leaves are 2-6" long and ¼-1"
across
Zones 5 - 9
Zones 2 – 6
Fothergilla major
‘Blue Shadow’
Dwarf Fothergilla
As if the heavenly scented white
bottle-brush blooms in early spring
are not enough to earn this native
selection a spot in the woodland
border, then consider the leaves of
steel blue throughout the summer
that transform to orange and red
in the fall. Not to mention its
form and height at 6’ adds
structure in winter and a place for
the Chickadees to perch.
PP#15490. Plant 5’ apart.
Zones 4 – 8
F
Cultivar
F
Fothergilla major ‘Blue Shadow’
Dwarf Fothergilla
As if the heavenly scented white bottlebrush blooms in early spring are not
enough to earn this native selection a spot
in the woodland border, then consider the
leaves of steel blue throughout the
summer that transform to orange and red
in the fall. Not to mention its form and
height at 6’ adds structure in winter and a
place for the Chickadees to perch.
PP#15490.
Plant 5’ apart.
Zones 4 – 8
Shade
Cultivar
Zones 5 - 9
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Part Shade/Sun
F
Sun
Native
F
Hydrangea aborescens ‘Annabelle’
Smooth Hydrangea
The classic brilliantly white “mop-head”
blooms of ‘Annabelle’ are evident from
May-July, and can be 12" in diameter.
The shrub’s shape is definitely a
rounded mound, broader than high at
maturity. Figure the height at 3-5'. Try
it with Spiraeas for a real summer show.
Deciduous ‘Annabelle’ can be cut to
within 6" of the ground in late winter.
Plant 5’ apart.
Gaultheria procumbens
Wintergreen, Eastern
teaberry
The mint aroma of the
evergreen leaves when crushed
along with the bright red
berries in fall make wintergreen, at 3-6". White bellshaped flowers bloom June Aug. Foliage turns reddish in
the fall. Plant 18"
Zones 3 – 8
Flowering Shrubs
Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald Gaiety’
Wintercreeper
This variegated evergreen shrub can take on
many forms: as a mounding groundcover that
stays low at 12-15" tall; with shearing, a lowgrowing formal hedge; or a climber that can
eventually reach 3-5’ tall. Rounded glossy
green leaves have creamy white margins and
are tinged with pink in winter. Inconspicuous
light green flowers in summer.
Plant 36" apart
Attracts Butterflies/Hummingbirds
Cultivar
Deer Resistant
Cut Flower
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Flowering Shrubs
Hydrangea macrophylla
‘Big Daddy’
Big Leaf Hydrangea
Big Daddy blooms on both old and
new wood for repeat blooms all
season long. The mop-head
flowers are 12-14" and depending
on your soil ph, they will bloom
pink in alkaline soils and blue in
acidic soils. Has very dark green,
glossy leaves and grows 4-5’ tall.
PP#14527. Plant 5’ apart.
Flowering Shrubs
Zones 6 - 9
Zones 4 - 9
Hydrangea macrophylla
Everlasting™ ‘Garnet’
Mophead Hydrangea
Jewel colors abound with blooms that
open reddish-pink or blue, and then
mellow to deep pink with green
highlights, finishing lime green with
pink edges. Blooms last for weeks so
new flowers will be held next to older
ones providing an amazing bouquet of
color. Blooms in May and June on
strong stems and reaches a height and
spread of 30-36". PPAF
Plant 36" apart.
Zones 5 - 9
Hydrangea macrophylla
‘Endless Summer’
Big Leaf Hydrangea
This mop-head bears 8-10"
flower heads of pink in
neutral to alkaline soil or
blue in acidic soil. The
best part is, it blooms on
old and new wood and
repeatedly blooms through
the summer. It is the
happiest in partial or
dappled shade with
consistent moisture (not
soggy), growing to a
mature height of 5’.
PP#15298
Plant 3-4’ apart.
Hydrangea macrophylla
Everlasting™ ‘Jade’
Mophead Hydrangea
Pale lime green flowers, dark
green foliage in May and June,
then a stunning combination of
deep green with bright red
tips. Plants reach a height and
spread of 30-36". PPAF
Plant 36" apart.
Zones 5 - 9
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Glowing
Embers’
Big Leaf Hydrangea
The blooms of ‘Glowing Embers’ are
aptly named. The fat round flower
heads are first tinged with an orangered, and then seem to be engulfed with
fiery crimson that lasts from July into
the fall. The glossy bright green leaves
form a tidy 3-4' shrub with flowers close
to the leaves.
Plant 5’ apart.
Hydrangea macrophylla
Everlasting™ ‘Revolution’
Mophead Hydrangea
This prolific repeat bloomer blooms on
old and new wood from May through
September. Beauty at every stage as
blooms create a bouquet of colors on
each stem from pink or blue to a
combination of deep pink, maroon
and true blue with green highlights.
Plants reach a height and spread of 2430". PPAF
Plant 24" apart.
Zones 5 - 9
Zones 5 - 9
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Pia’
Dwarf Garden Hydrangea
Flower heads are a rich, rose pink and
can be 4-5" across on ‘Pia’. Unique
for its very dwarf, compact form. It
grows from 18-24" tall and about 24"
wide with lovely rich green leaves, so
you can see it has many possibilities
within the perennial garden, or can
even be grown in a container. Blooms
appear in June and July, and continue
well into the summer. Plant 3’ apart.
Hydrangea macrophylla
‘Nikko Blue’
Bigleaf Hydrangea
We are growing this old-fashioned 6'
Hydrangea for its deep blue showy
flower heads and the usefulness of its
flowers when cut fresh all summer long
for indoors, or dried for later on. ‘Nikko
Blue’ is tolerant of some shade and
handles coastal conditions with ease, as
most Hydrangeas do. As soil acidity
increases, the blue color is more intense;
in neutral soil the flower globes can be
both pink and blue. Plant 5’ apart.
Zones 5 - 9
Zones 5 - 9
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Flowering Shrubs
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’
Panicle Hydrangea
This hardy hydrangea will be at the center of
attention in the shrub border or woodland
garden. 6-12" long cone-shaped flower
panicles begin creamy lime-green and
transform to antique rose-pink, blooming
from mid-summer to fall. ‘Limelight’ is an
upright deciduous shrub at 8-15’ tall, and is
very tolerant of wind and severe winters.
Blooms are produced on new wood and
make excellent cut flowers for fresh or dried
arrangements. PP#12874 Plant 5' apart.
Hydrangea macrophylla
Twist-n-Shout®
Lacecap Hydrangea
Shake it up baby now…with the first
ever reblooming lacecap introduced as
part of the Endless Summer® collection.
Handsome dark green foliage and sturdy
deep red stems support pink flowers in
alkaline soil or periwinkle flowers in
acidic soil. First blooms appear in
summer. Foliage transforms to
burgundy-red in autumn and attains a
height of 3-5'. PP# 20176
Plant 36" apart.
Zones 3 - 9
Zones 4 - 9
Zones 3 - 9
Cultivar
Zones 3 - 9
Itea virginica ‘
Henry’s Garnet’
Virginia Sweetspire
Has gained popularity for its
usefulness in all sorts of landscaping
situations whether massed by a
pond or stream, or in a border as a
companion to a host of perennials.
Has fragrant 6" long white racemes
in June and July. Rich green leaves
make a nice rounded shape 4-5' high
and 6' wide. Its foliage in the fall is
dependably brilliant reddish-purple
in color.Spacing 5 ‘
Cultivar
Zones 3 - 9
Zones 3 - 9
Rhus aromatica ‘Gro-Low’
Fragrant Sumac
This fragrant woody ground cover
grows 12-36" tall and will spread
to 6-8’, establishing itself in a
variety of soil types. Glossy dark
green leaves turn striking shades of
orange, red and burgundy in the
fall. Clusters of small yellow
flowers appear in late spring
followed by hairy red berries in
late summer. Use as a bank
stabilizer or as an attractive filler
in large areas where it will choke
out weeds.
Plant 3 – 5’ apart.
Flowering Shrubs
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snow
Queen’
Oakleaf Hydrangea
An improved version of our native
Hydrangea with showy conical clusters
of white flowers held on strong stems
from late spring through summer.
Blooms age to dusty pink and the large
oak-like leaves turn bronzy-purple in
fall. Attractive in the shrub border or as
a single specimen. Grows to 4-6' and
spreads up to 6-8'. Plant 6' apart.
Hydrangea paniculata
‘Little Lime’
Panicle Hydrangea
Compact version of
‘Limelight’ grows to 3-5' tall
with mid-summer creamy
lime-green flowers that turn
pink in the fall. Excellent wind
and cold tolerance and perfect
for containers or borders.
PPAF Plant 36" apart.
Itea virginica ‘Little Henry’
Dwarf Virginia Sweetspire
The arching shoots of native ‘Little Henry’
bear the same fragrant white bottlebrush
blooms as ‘Henry’s Garnet’, but this handy
little deciduous shrub reaches 2 1/2' tall at
best. Tidy in shape, the shiny dark green
leaves turn brilliantly red-purple in fall. As a
foil for competing perennial colors in the
border, for foliage contrast, or massed on its
own, ‘Little Henry’ is an alternative worth
considering. PP#10988
Plant 3’ apart
Cultivar
Zones 3 - 9
Zones 5 - 8
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Sarcoccoca hookeriana var. humilis
Fragrant Valley™
Sweet box
Unbelievably sweet fragrance wafts from
the almost unnoticed white flowers in
late winter to early spring. This compact
variety is shorter than the species at 18"
tall, and has longer and narrower leaves.
Sweetbox is a member of the boxwood
family and has similar dense evergreen
foliage and glossy green leaves. Makes an
excellent groundcover for moist shade and
prefers organically rich soil. Although
slow to establish, it’s worth the wait.
PP#19942
Plant 24-36" apart
Cultivar F
Shade
Part Shade/Sun
Sun
Native
Attracts Butterflies/Hummingbirds
Deer Resistant
Cut Flower
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Flowering Shrubs
Spirea japonica
‘Golden Elf’
Spirea japonica
‘Magic Carpet’
Spirea japonica
‘Little Princess’
Zones 4 - 8
Flowering Shrubs
Vaccinium angustifolium
Lowbush blueberry
Popular among birds, butterflies, humans
and the commercial blueberry industry with
its mild, sweet fruit that is produced in early
summer and preceded by small pinkishwhite flowers in spring. Native lowbush
blueberry is found growing in fields and
balds from New England to Illinois.
Spreading by runners, the 8"-12" tall stems
are ‘twiggy’ with glossy green leaves in
summer and reddish-purple leaves in fall.
Prefers average to dry acidic, sandy soil.
Plant 24" apart.
Zones 2 – 5
Vaccinium corymbosum ‘Patriot’
Highbush blueberry
A native of moist woods, bogs and low
areas of the eastern and south central
United States, highbush blueberry offers
something for everyone. Gardeners
enjoy the white flowers in late spring
followed by nutritional blueberries in
summer, while birds and mammals will
indulge in its outstanding food source.
‘Patriot’ grows 5-8’ tall and produces
sweet blueberries that ripen in mid-June.
Prefers medium to wet well-drained,
acidic soil. Plant 5’ apart.
Zones 2 – 5
Weigela florida ‘Wine & Roses’ TM
(‘Alexandra’)
Weigelas are grown for their trumpetshaped flowers that appear in May and
June, and then sporadically through the
summer. ‘Wine & Roses’ has deep rosepink 1-2" long funnel flowers. When
combined with the 4-5' dark burgundy
wine-colored foliage of this particular
Weigela, gardeners have a deciduous shrub
that provides interest all season. ‘Wine &
Roses’ will work in a mass, or as a
spectacular color contrast in the border.
PP#10772 Plant 3’ apart.
Weigela florida ‘French Lace’ TM
This 3-4' deciduous shrub has arresting
rose red nodding tubular flowers in
May-June. But like so many shrubs of
special interest to perennial gardeners,
it’s the variegated foliage that offers a
striking presence in the landscape all
season long. Leaves are green with
bright yellow margins. What a
background for those red flowers!
PP#12666
Plant 3’ apart.
Zones 4 - 8
Zones 4 - 8
Yucca filamentosa
Adam’s Needle
Spirea japonica
‘Neon Flash’
Yucca x ‘Bright Edge’
Variegated Adam’s Needle
Yucca x ‘Color Guard’
Variegated Adam’s Needle
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Yucca flaccida ‘Golden Sword’
Variegated Adam’s Needle