We chose to grow this selection of Crimson Pygmy over twenty-five years ago; originally selected at Moretti Nursery in Ohio decades before that. It is a very uniform cultivar that has a dense, compact habit. New growth is bright crimson-red fading to a dark burgundy-maroon. It is brighter red than Concorde.
Read More...Deep emerald-green glossy foliage. After 3 years the plant will be loaded with dainty white flowers from spring to summer, followed by colorful orange berries in fall. Bred for improved fire blight resistance and branching.
Read More...An improved selection from Chicago (so you know it’s hardy, unless you are in North Dakota). Selected for huge flowers held on black stems and not much bigger than a Snowmound Spirea. This hybrid has the potential to be part of the “new normal” of landscape plant selections.
Read More...This upright-rounded blackhaw was selected by Willoway Nursery in Ohio for its attractive red new growth that move through a pink phase finally maturing to a leathery, glossy green. The foliage finishes the year in a magnificent display of red and yellow. The creamy-white flowers appear in late spring (Midwest US). ‘Summer Magic’ is more […]
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The first thing you see with Merlot Pink is the silvery-bronze foliage. It is not as dark as other selections, but the new growth has more of a reddish hue. It grows better than some of the mini varieties of dark leaf weigelas, though it is medium sized at 3′ tall by 4′ wide it […]
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V. pragense has very handsome glossy, dark green foliage. The creamy-white flowers have a hint of fragrance and once pollinated produce clusters of red berries that turn glossy black. This selection tends to be more cold hardy than other pragense clones.
Read More...Sugar n’ Spice is a heavy flowering cultivar with the same sweet-spiced, floral fragrance for which V. carlesii is known. The flower clusters are smaller than average, but are much more plentiful throughout the body of the plant. Sugar n’ Spice is a standard sized plant with excellent density. You will never go back to […]
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