1. Sunflare™ Japanese Forest Grass
Name:Hakonechloa macraSunFlare™
Usda Hardiness Zones:5 to 9
Size:12 to 15 inch improbable and 2 substructure wide
Conditions : Partial shade ; fertile , well - drained soil with regular lacrimation during dry weather
Just being resign for 2017 is this arresting all - gold selection with recondite orange - rosy-cheeked burgundy tips . A sport from the popular ‘ All Au ’ cultivar , this grass ’s blood-red tips are eye confect in the garden . first-class as a container industrial plant or in the garden , the flowing mound habit moves in ripple and wave at the slight breeze . Who postulate flower with foliage like this ?
2. Claim Jumper™ Golden Katsura
Name:Cercidiphyllum japonicum‘Claim Jumper’
Zones:4 to 8
Size:20 to 25 human foot tall and 15 to 20 wide-cut
shape : opened nuance or morning sunshine with protection from good afternoon sun ; well - drain grime with even watering during dry weather condition
If you desire a statement in the garden , the brainy foliation of this gilded katsura is a sure way to do it . A newfangled and prize introduction from Oregon , this is a great construction on an already first-class landscape tree . The leaf emerges in outflow with an strange pink flush that quickly gives way to a glowing yellowish . As the leafage matures , undertones of lime greenness give an electric flavor to the acid yellow leaves . In fall , it still has the delightful strawberry / cotton confect scent to its fallen foliage and has a soft , butter yellow fall colouration .
3. Variegated Stellar Pink® Dogwood
Name:Cornus×rutgersensis‘KV10-105v1’
Zones:5 to 8
Size:10 to15feet tall and wide
consideration : Full sun to partial nuance ; moist , well - debilitate ground
This gaudy dogwood is a unexampled press release from the well - known Rutgers breeding program . A vary fun from the beautiful Stellar Pink ® dogwood , vary Stellar Pink ® brighten any garden with creamy ashen and fleeceable foliation . In midspring , it will burst forth with big , prolific pinkish blooms that have an strange variegate edge to the petal . This cornel shows excellent disease resistance as well as stunning pink and red autumn color .
4. ‘Godzilla’ Japanese Painted Fern
Name:Athyrium‘Godzilla’
Size:3 foot tall and 6 foot broad
weather condition : Bright or mottled shade with protection from afternoon sun ; rich , well - drain soil
Japanese painted fern are one of the most colourful fern you’re able to grow , so I was specially interested when I hear about ‘ Godzilla ’ Nipponese paint fern . Discovered in the garden of the well - know plantsman Tony Avent of Plant Delights Nursery , ‘ Godzilla ’ has turn to 3 foot marvelous and over 6 feet wide , a truly lusus naturae - sized paint fern . The frond are richly color in with ash gray , purple , and green and favor a wide mounding drug abuse . This works is likely a hybrid with the tough and common madam fern ( Athyrium filix - femina , Zones 4–8 ) . I have only seen young plants of this fern , and they have shown vigorous ontogeny .
Richie Steffen is the conservator at the Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden in Seattle .
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