Characteristic: Deer Resistant

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Gymnocladus (Coffee Tree) dioicus 'McKBranched' (Decaf® Kentucky Coffeetree)

The branches & leaves of this graceful variety provide a finer texture than the species and several other cultivars. The upright to spreading habit provides a round to oval shaped head. Male, seedless cultivar. Tolerates both wet & dry soil conditions as well as urban pollution. Excellent when used as a street tree.

  • Height: 50'
  • Spread: 40'
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Echinacea (Coneflower) x. 'Balsomblanc' (Sombrero® Blanco Coneflower)

Crisp white petals that overlap creating the framework for the golden yellow cone.  Compact plant with sturdy, well branched stems & deep green foliage.  Drought and salt tolerant.  Enjoy the flutter of hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees in the summer. As the seasons turn, the songbirds will enjoy the seeds of the spent blooms. Coneflowers are a staple plant to any sun-loving garden and can tolerate drought conditions. An easy to grow, native perennial. 

 
 
  • Height: 22" - 24"
  • Spread: 18" - 20"
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Aronia (Aronia) melanocarpa 'Low Scape Mound®' (Low Scape Mound® Chokeberry)

Low Scape Mound aronia is a tough, tolerant, tidy little mound of glossy green foliage. In spring, it’s covered in hundreds of dainty white flowers, and in autumn, the leaves turn brilliant red to contrast with dark purple-black fruit. The unique low-growing, mound-shaped habit of this new variety makes it perfect for mass planting as a ground cover or edging plant. Best of all, it thrives almost anywhere: cold climates and hot ones, wet soils and dry ones, sun and part shade. 

  • Height: 12" - 24"
  • Spread: 18" - 24"
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Potentilla (Potentilla) fruticosa 'Jefmarm' PPAF (Marmalade® Potentilla)

Bred by Dr. Wilbert Ronald at Jeffries Nursery near Winnipeg, Canada, you can be assured this Canadian bred potentilla is going to handle all that winter can throw at it. An intense shade of orange, this double flowered form adds to the 1-2-3 punch of our other potentilla cultivars in First Editions®. Very tight habit with dark green foliage, it blooms from early summer through fall and handles tough conditions. Deer resistant.

  • Height: 2-3'
  • Spread: 2-3'
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Spiraea (Spirea) Sorbaria sorbifolia 'Sem' (Sem False Spirea)

Vividly colored, pink to red fern-like spring foliage turns chartreuse with bronze tips, then solid green as it matures on this hardy, compact shrub. Showy panicles of tiny, white flowers emerge in late spring. Excellent when used in mass as a screen or on slopes as erosion control.  

  • Height: 4-6'
  • Spread: 4-6'
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Schizachyrum (Blustem) Schizachyrium scoparium 'Standing Ovation' (Blue Stem Standing Ovation)

This little bluestem is remarkable for its very tight, upright habit, its thick blades, great drought resistance, and lovely colors: red tips transition through purple down to blue-green! ‘Standing Ovation’ is even beautiful as it goes dormant in winter, when its fine, upright foliage takes on a reddish amber tone. The only maintenance this easy plant requires is that the old growth be cut back in early spring to make way for new growth. It will self-seed and come back larger every year to fill an area, but this spread is slow and never invasive.

  • Height: 3-4'
  • Spread: 12-18"
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Characteristics
  • Attracts Birds
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    Good for cut flowers
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    Rabbit Resistant
  • Attracts Butterflies
  • Attracts Hummingbirds
  • Deer Resistant
  • Fragrant
  • Salt Tolerant
  • Shade
  • Wet Soils