Paeonia ‘Berry Garcia’.
Brunnera ‘Alexander’s Great’.
Heucherella ‘Buttered Rum’ in summer (top) and fall (top left) colours.
Digiplexis ‘Illumination Flame’.
Hydrangea ’Revolution’ in Blue (top) and pink (right).
Dianthus erinaceous ‘Hedgehog’.
What’s new, what’s hot for 2014 Here’s our list of suggestions for another year and I hope some of these plants get your heart
beating a little faster. My big problem was knowing when to stop looking! There will be many more fabulous new choices out there this year. Be sure to visit you local garden centres and have fun!
Brunnera ‘Alexander’s Great’. Compared to ‘Jack Frost’,
‘Alexander’s Great’ has much larger leaves and a bigger plant size. A very large plant that will fill a container or make a spectacular show in the shady to part-shade garden. Peren- nial. Paeonia ‘Berry Garcia’. Itoh peonies have been stealing
the show the last few years. This one displays a beautiful range of peachy-pink, six-inch flowers with a darker centre and contrasting yellow stamens. . Strong stems with lush green foliage. Heucherella ‘Buttered Rum’. Crinkled,
coloured, maple leaf-shaped leaves that deepen in colour to red in fall. Compact habit, growing only to 25 cm (10 inches) in sun or shade. White flowers in spring.
12 • Early Spring 2014 Hydrangea ‘Revolution’. Zones 5 to 9. This magic
creation has multi-coloured blossoms that change through the season. Expect combinations of deep pink, maroon and blue blooms, all with green highlights as the flowers mature. Every color can be present at once on this re-blooming shrub. Three to four feet high and wide. Blooms on both old and new wood, which makes it worth trying even in colder zones as long as you give the root stock some protec- tion. Digiplexis ‘Illumination Flame’. Crossing Digitalis with
caramel-
its relative Isoplexis has produced a stunning plant with tropical-looking spikes of tube-shaped flowers with yellow- orange throats. Dianthus erinaceous ‘Hedgehog’. This is a mounding
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