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Iris - Saturday Night Live
This Iris needs plenty of water throughout the season to continue to looks its best. Iris ‘Saturday Night Live’ is useful in many ways. The Iris ‘Saturday Night Live’ prefers moist, well-drained soil in full sun, but will tolerate some afternoon shade. Best used around pools, ponds and water gardens, and for mass plantings. This Iris blooms heavily in early summer. They also make magnificent cut flowers and are resistant to deer. It can also be used in difficult banks for preventing erosion. With a velvety texture and beautiful evergreen foliage, it has a plant height of 37’ and a width of 18-24”. ‘Saturday Night Live’ is an attractive backdrop for your garden and it is an easily grown Iris. The Iris Saturday Night Live, 'Iris', is a part of the Bearded Iris family and has huge ruby red flowers. ... more info
Yarrow - Yellow The Yarrow Anthea, 'Achillea millefolium', a Blooms of Bressingham plant, is an upright yellow flowered Yarrow that blooms from June through September, providing excellent color throughout the summer months. This Yarrow does well in average garden soils, but prefers lean, dry to medium wet, well-drained soil. ‘Anthea’ has good texture and form and looks great in mass plantings and cottage gardens and is more vigorous and heat tolerant than Achillea ‘Moonshine’. ) Yarrow should be planted in full sun and is tolerant of hot humid summers. PP8828. The foliage has a somewhat strong, spicy aroma, which persists when used in dried arrangements. The flower heads are 3-4” wide, with a spread of 12-18” and a height of 2-3’. For an attraction to butterflies, deer and rabbit resistant, one can’t go wrong with this plant. (Avoid heavy clays and moist, rich, fertile soils. With fern-like aromatic, silvery to gray-green foliage, it is considered to be one of the best yarrows in any landscape. Remove faded flowers to encourage more growth and divide every 3-4 years. |
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