To the Plants!!

THREE-FLOWERED MAPLE 

Acer triflorum 

Also called “Shaggy-Bark Maple” for very good reasons this 20-foot tree combine exfoliating bark with absolutely incredible red-orange fall color. A specimen for the ages.

  WEEPING RED-LEAF REDBUD

Cercis canadensis 'Ruby Falls'

The absolutely perfect ornamental trees for a small site. It has the pink red-bud flowers, weeping limbs that can fit a 10-foot wide area and burgundy-red leaves until mid-summer.

  YELLOWWOOD

Cladrastis kentukea

Hidden Hill offers this great American native in both white flowers and pink – as in “Perkins Pink.” It’s a fast-growing, tough tree with many upright branches that will reach 30 to 50 feet high. Tough and easy to grow.

DOVE TREE

Davidia involucrata

One of the neatest trees imaginable with long white bracts that will flutter like handkerchiefs in the wind. Will grow to 25 to 40 feet. Needs protected site.

FRANKLINIA

Franklinia alatamaha

A historic wonder named for Ben Franklin this 15 to 20 foot tree has beautiful, fragrant, camellia-like white flowers and burgundy fall color. It died out in the wild in the late 1700s.

PINK HALESIA

Halesia monticola 'Rosea'

A beautiful ornamental tree that offers hundreds of rosy-pink flowers and interesting, torpedo-shaped fruits. Will grow to 30 feet. A plant collector’s dream.

GOLDEN DAWN REDWOOD

Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Ogon'

A great plant for a wet site – although ours does well in pasture – this dawn redwood has striking gold foliage that will last all summer. Will grow to 40 feet. A great, great show.

  CONTORTED BLACK GUM

Nyssa sylvatica
'Zydeco Twist'

A four-season tree with funky, contorted limbs, bright green leaves that turn vivid red in fall and also takes a wet site. Found by Sherwood Akin in Louisiana.

Will grow to 30 to 40 feet.

Zone 5-7

  YELLOW-TIPPED SPRUCE

Picea orientalis 'Skylands'

A special conifer with flattened, glossy-green needles whose tips turn golden yellow in spring and summer. Will grow to 10 to 15 feet. Another perfect specimen tree.

DRAGON’S EYE PINE

Pinus thunbergia

'Oculus Draconis'

Almost a “throwback” tree with needles that create a circle of yellow that produced its name. Will grow to 15 feet. A real “eye-catcher.”

GOLD-DUST PLANT

Aucuba japonica 'Variegata'

This is a very hot, variagated shrub that looks like Miami but grows like Louisville. Its gold-flecked green leaves will grow to seven feet. The books say zone seven – ours looks good at 10 degrees.

RADIATING BUTTERFLY BUSH

Buddleia
Lo and Behold^® 'Purple Haze'

A new and interesting butterfly bush whose bright purple flowers radiate sideways like a pin wheel to fill a larger space. Sterile flowers do not produce seedlings.

DWARF OAK LEAF HYDRANGEA

Hydrangea quercifolia 'Munchkin'

A truly small, compact oak leaf hydrangea with large white blossoms that turn to pink. Will top out – or bottom out – at about four feet. Great in mass plantings.

MOUNTAIN LAUREL

Kalmia latifolia forma myrtifolia 'Tiddlywinks'

This Mountain native is very hard to find. The 'Tiddlywinks' has luscious reddish-pink flowers on shorter stems and is a natural in wooded, shaded areas. A real conversation piece.

KERRIA

Kerria japonica 'Pleniflora'

Anyone seeking bright yellow flowers in a partly shaded area needs a kerria, a graceful shrub that blooms heavily in late spring. The limbs remain a pretty green all winter.

BLOOMERANG^® PURPLE LILAC

Syringa 'Penda'

A clever name for the reblooming plant, the 'Bloomerang' will bloom a few weeks in spring, take the summer off and bloom again when the temperatures turn cooler at night– although not quite as heartily – in fall. Short and compact to five feet.

Little Devil™ NINEBARK

Physocarpus opuilfolius
'Donna May'

A shrub much more kind than the name implies, this ninebark stays compact to 3-4 feet with pinkish-white flowers on burgundy leaves and exfoliating bark. A great plant for the shrub or flower border.

DWARF RED CEDAR

Thuja plicata 'Whipcord'

One of the most unusual cedars in years, the 'Whipcord' has pendulous, whipcord-like green foliage on a four-foot plant. Full sun to part shade – and fun to own and show off.

CHINESE ARBORVITAE

Thuja orientalis 'Morgan'

Hidden Hill’s favorite new shrub the Morgan has lime-green summer foliage that turns to burgundy-orange in fall. Four feet tall, tough and versatile, the Morgan is a perfect landscape plant.

BIG HEAD VIBURNUM

Viburnum macrocephalum

Also known as Chinese snowball viburnum this beauty has hundreds of large, pure white flowers on a shrub that can get 15 feet tall. A way underused plant.

HYSSOP

Agastache 'Bolero'

Strong rose-purple flower spikes about 16 inches tall rise above green foliage on this beauty. Takes dry site and blooms most of summer. Great in rock gardens.

BLUESTAR

Amsonia hubrichtii

The perfect perennial, Amsonia hubrichtii has lovely blue flowers in spring, delicate foliate all summer and a bright yellow color in the fall. Will get three feet tall and wide.

COLUMBINE

Aquilegia ‘Robin’

Part of the new 'Songbird' series of columbines, the Robin is more compact than other columbines. Its pink and white flowers reach almost two high and face upward to greet the gardener. It takes full sun to part shade, but is best used in a quiet place to be fully enjoyed.

DWARF BLACKBERRY LILY

Belamcanda chinensis
'Hello Yellow'

More fun in the garden with this shorter blackberry lily with bright yellow flowers and those blackberry-like ornamental seed pods in fall. Plant the seeds and more plants are guaranteed.

PERENNIAL FORGET-ME-NOT

Brunnera macrophylla
'Jack Frost'

The 2012 Perennial Plant of the Year returns for more accolades. A fabulous plant for heavy shade, Jack Frost has dark green leaves and a silver overlay with green veins. A lifetime winner.

PERENNIAL FORGET-ME-NOT

Brunnera macrophylla
‘Looking Glass’

The attributes on this plant begin with 18 inches tall, beautiful and easy-to-grow and end up somewhere near silvery leaves and baby-blue flowers. A must have for the shade to part shade, the brunnera adds so much that is needed in the home garden.

PEACH-LEAVED BELLFLOWER

Campanula persicifolia 'La Belle'

A truly continental perennial with bright, deep blue flowers rising almost two feet in a thick cluster. Takes full sun and blooms for
a long time.

REMOTE WOOD FERN

Dryopteris remota

If you’ve been looking for a fern that does especially well under trees and conifers, the Remote Fern is the one. It will grow to three feet tall, likes afternoon shade, rich soils and periodic adulation. When used in mass plantings there is nothing remote about it. Semi-evergreen.

CONEFLOWER

Echinacea purpurea
'Pow Wow Wild Berry'

2010 All-America Selection (AAS) award winner, this stocky perennial has deep purple pink flowers on strong stems. A very heavy bloomer and easy to grow in full sun.

SPURGE

Euphorbia xmartinii
'Ascot Rainbow'

The Latin name sounds a little like a drink and this euphorbia fills the bill. Its gold-green-pink variagated foliage is topped with clusters of cream and lime flowers. It’s great in containers and dry areas in full sun.

HELENIUM

Helenium 'Red Jewel'

A great native perennial with thicj clusters of red and orange flowers on three-foot stems in late summer when most needed. A butterfly magnet in middle to back of border.

(Doesn't the helenium look good with the euphorbia?)

HOSTA

  Hosta 'Limey Lisa'

As the name might imply, Limey Lisa has leaves that turn from light green to lime-green as the season progresses. Just as much fun, those heart-shaped leaves are held at the end of 18-inch stems like little spoons. Then come the lavender blue flowers in mid-summer. A great edging plant in shade.

HOSTA

Hosta ‘Night Before Christmas’

Fast growing, with lavender flowers and green leaves with white centers, all this hosta lacks is a red-nosed reindeer. It’s a good hosta for beginners – and garden veterans – because it’s trouble free, mounds to about 36 inches across and evokes thoughts of the holidays.

HOSTA

Hosta 'Stained Glass'

A very popular newer hosta, this sun-tolerant cultivar has golden foliage with deep green margins and lavender flowers – all of that equaling happiness for hummingbirds. It’s a vigorous grower to three feet, has a great name and sweet, sunny disposition.

HOSTA

Hosta 'Sum and Substance'

The traditional “Big Daddy” of hostas, 'Sum and Substance' will grow to three feet tall, five feet wide and tosses up fragrant white flowers above all that. Better yet it’s easily grown in average soil in part shade – and the more morning sun it gets the more golden yellow the foliage.

GARDEN GLOXINA

Incarvillea delavayi

A really sweet and unusual perennial with bright pink, trumpet-like flowers, Best used in rock garden or raised bed as good drainage a must. Will get almost two feet tall and wide.

WHITE BLEEDING HEART

Lamprocapnos spectabilis ‘Alba’

(used to be called Dicentra spectabilis)

An old garden favorite with a new twist, this white bleeding heart is a great contrast to the pink and red varieties, and other shade-loving plants. It gets almost 30 inches tall, prefers moist, humusy soils and stays loyal and loving for many years.

DWARF PHLOX

Phlox paniculata 'Junior Dream'

At last an upright phlox that only reaches about 18 inches tall, 'Junior Dream' also has bright purple flowers and is mildew resistant. Great for patio containers.

LUNGWORT

Pulmonaria 'Roy Davidson'

This speckled, shade-loving beauty offers sweet flowers that begin pink and end up blue – no easy task. It grows into an 18-inch clump, something to treasure in tough places. Needs moisture but will NOT do well in poorly drained soils. 'Roy Davidson' has longifolia in it so it does better than most of the other Pulmonaria in our heat and humidity.

SWEET CONEFLOWER

Rudbeckia subtomentosa
'Henry Eilers'

One of the neatest rudbeckia ever, 'Henry Eilers' will reach five to six feet tall by August and sporting slender, radiating flowers of yellow with a bronze center. Stunning as a mass planting in back of the border.