cool new flowers

As you know if you have visited the nursery, we love plants! We like to try new plants to see how they work in our climate. We just love getting in unusual and beautiful things to sell (and buy for ourselves). Here are cool new things we got in this week.

Here is a lovely flowering shrub, Pieris, paired with
a tender ornamental grass, Pennisetum 'Fireworks'.

These petunias are so dark purple they appear black. The striped one is named 'phantom' but we thought a better name would be 'harlequin' or 'Mardi Gras'. No matter what the name, we thought it was very interesting.

Hanging baskets are available now. Growers are doing wonderful combinations these days. Here is a mix we thought was fabulous. A sort of coral-colored petunia that we don't know the name of mixed with 'Tequila sunrise' million bells and burgundy verbena. It should bloom all summer long. Mary had to take one home to decorate her porch.