Summer Featured Plants

 A selection of Amherst Nurseries' summer favorites.

Variegated Yucca (Yucca filamontosa 'Colorguard')

• Full Sun
•  Zones 4-10
• 20" tall x 3' wide
• Dark green, sword shaped leaves with bright yellow center stripe
• 6 foot flower stalk, topped with white orchid like flowers in summer
• Deer and drought resistant
• ideal for rock gardens, mixed perennial borders or as a specimen plant

Knock out Roses

• Full Sun to Partcial Shade (most shade tolerant of all roses)
• Zone 5-10
• 3-4' tall x 2-3' wide
• Long bloom period, no prunning required
• Highly disease resistant
• Available is an assortment of colors

Butterfly Bush 'Purple Emperor' (Buddleia davidii 'Pyrkeep')

• Full Sun
• Zone 5
• 4-5' tall x 3-4' wide
• one third the size of traditional butterfly bushes
• Blanketed with dark purple flowers summer till frost
• Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds

Hydrangea 'Pinky Winky' (Hydrangea paniculata 'Pinky Winky')

• Full Sun
• Zones 4-8
• 6-10' tall x 8-10' wide
• Blooms July- September with large pyramidal clusters of white flowers that fade to pink
• Soil pH does not effect flower color
• Blooms on new wood, so shrub can be prunned to desired height each spring

Angelina Stonecrop (Sedum rupestre 'Angelina')

• Full Sun to partcial shade
• 4-6" tall x 12-24" wide
• Zone 3-6
• Evergreen groundcover with golden yellow, succulent leaves
• Cluster of yellow flowers in summer
• Leaves become tiped with orange once hit by frost
• Deer and drought tolerant

Plum 'Thundercloud' (Prunus cerasifera 'Thundercloud')

• 20-30' tall x 20-30' wide
• Zone 4-9
• Rounded, upright, deciduous tree
• Full Sun
• Clusters of light pink flowers in late spring
• Dark Purple foliage throughout the growing season