Mid-Atlantic
1. Glossy Abelia
Name:Abelia×grandiflora
Usda Hardiness Zone:6 to 10
Size : Up to 10feet grandiloquent and 12feet wide
experimental condition : Full sun to fond specter ; well - run out soil
A steadfast plant that has been cultivated for over 100 age , glossy abelia has characteristics to fit every garden . It tolerates Sunday , spectre , oestrus , judicious pruning , and ironical conditions . Fast growing , it can be reduce back to about 12 to 18 column inch in recent winter or former spring to control density , or be left alone so it can be used as a thick hedgerow . A semi - evergreen bush that blooms from late spring until frost , this plant has four solid seasons of interest group . Small clusters of fragrant , pinkish - blanched flowers linger on the tips of the stems for a while before drying attractively in fall . The blooms finally give way to bronze foliage in winter . This is a big shrub for appeal butterflies .
2. ‘Brilliance’ Autumn Fern
Name:Dryopteris erythrosora‘Brilliance’
Zones:5 to 9
Size:2feet tall and wide
condition : Partial to full spectre ; well - run out soil
Brilliancedescribes this plant utterly . It ’s an evergreen fern that is at its most colourful in former leap with gorgeous orange fronds . It becomes greener in summer high temperature before turning bronze in wintertime . The tropic - looking foliage is stunning when establish in a mass or is just as hit assorted with efflorescence perennial . ‘ Brilliance ’ autumn fern is also a wonderful filler in outflow , summer , and fall container . Combine this industrial plant in the garden with a vibrant heuchera ( Heucheraspp . and cvs . , Zones 3–9 ) or a bold hosta ( Hostaspp . and cvs . , Zones 3–9 ) for a charming effect . Once base , not much bothers this plant as it ’s perfectly glad anywhere but full sun .
3. Brandywine™ Series Hellebore
Name:Helleborus orientalisBrandywine™Series
Zones:4 to 8
Size:12 to 18 inch marvelous 12 in widely
What is a mid - Atlantic garden without false hellebore ? This beautiful serial bred by local plantsman David Culp boasts several form of flowers and a kaleidoscope of colors . false hellebore need a little chip of water after planting , but once found , they will tolerate dry conditions . With nearly yearlong ornamental foliage and late - winter to early - spring bloom , this plant has a mountain of bash for the long horse . Remove the brown foliation in tardy winter to showcase the amazing rosiness .
4. Snowy Epimedium
Name:Epimedium×youngianum‘Niveum’
Size:6 to 8 column inch tall and 12 to 18 inches wide of the mark
This delicate - looking plant is tougher than it seems . A perfect ground covert for shaded sites , it can tolerate dry , bumpy conditions like no other . Small nodding white heyday appear in former spring among mounding , affection - shaped leaf . Snowy epimedium can be switch off back in previous winter to showcase new scarlet - tinged leaves in leaping . As an added bonus , deer will browse other nearby plant but will likely leave this dense , scummy - growing perennial alone .
Photos : Michelle Gervais ; Courtesy of White Flower Farm ; Nancy J. Ondra ; Richard Bloom ; Courtesy of Michele Christiano
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Michele Christiano is the garden horticulturist at Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library in Wilmington, Delaware.
Michele Christiano is the garden horticulturist at Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library in Wilmington, Delaware.
