Potentilla - Pink Beauty
Pink Beauty Potentilla, Potentilla fruticosa 'Pink Beauty' (PP9,874), has bright green foliage that sets off the abundant clear pink flowers. The shape is round and very full. 'Pink Beauty' offers something different with its profusely blooming pink flowers. It blooms from late spring to frost and is a great addition to the foundation planting or in the shrub border. Pink Beauty is a deciduous shrub that does best in full sun and will flower all summer if trimmed in late June or July, along with fertilizer and water. This compact plant grows 2 feet in height and width. Its great as foundation plantings, in borders or alone in smaller landscapes. Warmer climates or hot summer in cooler climates will have Pink Beauties with lighter colored blooms, even turning creamy white. You can plant it with the assurance that it will live. It requires little, if no care once established. It is compact and free flowering. ... more
Honeysuckle - Red Rum The Red Rum Honeysuckle, Lonicera maackii, is a deciduous shrub that grows to 8' to 12'. It produces masses of white flowers that mature to yellow followed by profusion of 1/4" bright red fruit persisting into winter. It has an upright vase shape. Leaves acquire a yellow fall color. Excellent as winter wildlife food source, windbreaks and landscaping. Adaptable to poor soils and is shade tolerant.
