Common Name(s): Big Leaf Hydrangea, Hardy Hydrangea Hydrangea bushes create an instant “cottage garden” feel wherever they’re planted. With big blooms in shades of pink, blue, purple, and white, hydrangeas create a calming and cooling effect in the garden. There are different “types” of hydrangeas. Bracted type hydrangeas have “flat” flowers with large outer petals.
(Reblooming Bigleaf Hydrangea) Let’s Dance® Hot Stepper Hydrangea is a showy reblooming hydrangea that keeps your garden glowing with color from early summer well into fall. This compact, easy-care shrub combines strong stems, reliable performance, and vibrant blooms that keep coming even after the first flush. Hardy in USDA Zones 49, it grows about 3-4
As a confessed plant lover, I want them all—every beautiful plant I see at the garden center wants desperately to come home with me and I am happy to accommodate. That is, until I run out of room in my garden. To have ten acres of open land and an unlimited budget to collect all
You’re walking through your neighborhood and you see a shrub that you just love, but then it hits you, I don’t have a spot for something that large. Let me tell you just because the shrub you fell in love with is out of your ‘league’, doesn’t mean that there isn’t a smaller more compact option.
What a year it has been! 2023 was a gorgeous year in our expanded display gardens here at Garden Crossings in Zeeland, Michigan. With fairly moderate temperatures and decent rainfall, our plants flourished, creating a vibrant swathe of color across the front of our retail garden center. Let’s take a look back at our top
Each year, Proven Winners® names a very select group of their most outstanding plants to be the National Plants of the Year. We’ve grown them all and have to agree—these are amazing plants we can easily recommend to our customers. ANNUAL OF THE YEAR – Diamond Collection Euphorbia Diamond Frost – Diamond Mountain – Diamond
Some plants rise above the rest with their extraordinarily brilliant blooms and foliage that are so distinctive that you can instantly identify them from a distance. We call them 55mph varieties – plants that turn heads even when you’re speeding past them down the highway. They make great flowers for front yards. If flashy flower
Meet the national plants of the year 2024! Each year, Proven Winners awards top prizes for their most exemplary annuals, perennials, shrubs and container recipes under the National Plants and Recipes of the Year program. This makes it easy for home gardeners like you to identify the very best plants in each plant category. If
