Summer Featured Plants
A selection of Amherst Nurseries' summer favorites.
Variegated Yucca (Yucca filamontosa 'Colorguard')
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Full Sun
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Zones 4-10
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20" tall x 3' wide
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Dark green, sword shaped leaves with bright yellow center stripe
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6 foot flower stalk, topped with white orchid like flowers in summer
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Deer and drought resistant
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ideal for rock gardens, mixed perennial borders or as a specimen plant
Knock out Roses
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Full Sun to Partcial Shade (most shade tolerant of all roses)
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Zone 5-10
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3-4' tall x 2-3' wide
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Long bloom period, no prunning required
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Highly disease resistant
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Available is an assortment of colors
Butterfly Bush 'Purple Emperor' (Buddleia davidii 'Pyrkeep')
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Full Sun
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Zone 5
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4-5' tall x 3-4' wide
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one third the size of traditional butterfly bushes
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Blanketed with dark purple flowers summer till frost
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Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds
Hydrangea 'Pinky Winky' (Hydrangea paniculata 'Pinky Winky')
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Full Sun
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Zones 4-8
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6-10' tall x 8-10' wide
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Blooms July- September with large pyramidal clusters of white flowers that fade to pink
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Soil pH does not effect flower color
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Blooms on new wood, so shrub can be prunned to desired height each spring
Angelina Stonecrop (Sedum rupestre 'Angelina')
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Full Sun to partcial shade
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4-6" tall x 12-24" wide
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Zone 3-6
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Evergreen groundcover with golden yellow, succulent leaves
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Cluster of yellow flowers in summer
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Leaves become tiped with orange once hit by frost
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Deer and drought tolerant
Plum 'Thundercloud' (Prunus cerasifera 'Thundercloud')
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20-30' tall x 20-30' wide
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Zone 4-9
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Rounded, upright, deciduous tree
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Full Sun
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Clusters of light pink flowers in late spring
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Dark Purple foliage throughout the growing season