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Invincibelle Spirit

A new hydrangea here at the Grainery is Invincibelle Spirit. This is a one of a kind hydrangea. Invincibelle Spirit is the first 'Annabelle' hydrangea that delivers pink blooms. And by delivers, I mean freight delivery. This hydrangea produces a ton of blooms and is hardy and heat tolerant.  

The hydrangea can grow between 3-4 feet tall and space between 4 to 5 feet.  Plant Spirit in full to partial sun and watch the blooms come!!!  




 

Stop and Smell the Roses!

Shrubs may be the basis of any landscape, but add a few roses and see your beautiful landscape pop with vibrance. The Grainery offers some of the best roses on the market.  Each year we get in new roses from Jackson & Perkins.  These roses are known for their beautiful and bountiful flowers. The variety of roses is astonishing, in scent and color.  Looking for a particular rose?  Let us know!  We can get it for you!

 

 

Our Current Shrub Collection

Buddleia Miss Ruby

Exposure
Full sun
Height
48-60"
Spacing
36-48"
Uses
Noted for its compact habit and remarkably vivid, rich pink blooms. Excellent for use in perennial beds, wildlife gardens and mixed borders. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.

Buddleia Purple Emperor

Exposure
Full sun
Height
48-60"
Spacing
60-72"
Uses
Large mauve-purple blooms on a compact plant. Great flowering shrub for landscapes; attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.

North Star Buxus

Exposure
Plant in sun or shade
Height
24-32"
Spacing
36-48"
Uses
Makes a great low hedge or border for formal plantings. Add it to any garden for winter interest. Deer resistant.

Chojuraku Chaenomeles Quince

Exposure
Plant in sun or part shade
Height
48-60 "
Spacing
48-60"
Uses
Very striking, large double orange flowers. A very unusual color for a quince. Deer resistant. Fragrant.

Vintage Gold Chamaecyparis

Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
18-30 "
Spacing
48-60 "
Uses
A fern-leaf form of 'Gold Mops'. A strong growing golden mound. Fern-like foliage is soft and attractive. The bright yellow foliage hold its color well and does not fade in the summer or winter.

Clethra Vanilla Spice

Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
36-72"
Spacing
60-72"
Uses
Ideal for mixed borders and naturalizing, especially wet and semi-shady sites.
Fragrant summer bloomer with extra large white flowers. Prune in spring if needed. Attracts Butterflies. Deer resistant. Native.

Deutzia Chardonnay Pearls

Exposure
Partial sun
Height
20-36"
Spacing
36-42"
Uses
Great for landscape use and small enough to use in containers. It works well in mixed containers and perennial borders.
Bursts of fragrant white flowers cover this plant in spring. Little care is needed, but may be trimmed after flowering. Season long color. Deer resistant. Great for perennial gardens.

Forsythia Show Off

Exposure
Full sun
Height
60-72"
Spacing
60-72"
Uses
Beautiful planted in mass and as a specimen plant.
Bright yellow early spring flowers. Improved flower display compared to older varieties. Prune after flowering. Compact. Deer resistant. Good for cut displays.

Genista Bangle

Exposure
Full sun
Height
12-24"
Spacing
24-24"
Uses
Groundcover, container, mass planting, border, rock gardens, to cascade over a wall. It has a fantastic texture even when not in bloom.
Electric yellow flowers in late spring. Great for the spring garden. Little care is needed but may be trimmed after flowering. Excellent texture. Deer resistant. Drought and heat tolerant.

Hibiscus: Rose of Sharon - Lil' Kim

Exposure
Full sun
Height
36-48"
Spacing
48-60"
Uses
Container plant, hedge or specimen
Late summer flowers last for up to three days instead of the typical one of other varieties. May be pruned to shape in spring. Dwarf. Deer resistant. Adaptable.

Hydrangea Incrediball

Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
48-60"
Spacing
60-72"
Uses
Landscapes, naturalizing, perennial gardens.
Massive flowers bloom in summer, and are held up by very sturdy stems. Prune back in late winter/early spring. Very hardy and reliable. Good for cut flowers. Native.

Hydrangea Invincibelle Spirit

Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
36-48"
Spacing
48-60"
Uses
Hot pink summer flowers add rich color to summer landscapes. Excellent native plant for rmixed borders or perennial gardens.
Rich pink flowers bloom from early summer to frost. Prune back in spring. Very hardy. Reliable bloomer. Native.

Hydrangea Cityline Rio

Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
24-36"
Spacing
36-48"
Uses
Great for mixed borders and perennial gardens.
Small to medium sized early blooming hydrangea with large, longlasting flowers. Prune to shape after flowering (rarely needed.) Mildew resistant. Flower color is affected by soil pH. Compact.

Hydrangea Abracadabra Star

Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
36-48"
Spacing
48-60"
Uses
An excellent summer color item for the mixed border. The distinctive black stems add interest even when the plant is not in bloom.
Big, bright lace-cap flowers perch atop black satin stems in summer. Prune to shape after flowering. Flowers emerge pink and white. Flower color affected by soil pH.

Hydrangea Let's Dance Moonlight

Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
24-36"
Spacing
36-48"
Uses
Great landscape plant adds a dash of bright color to the garden. Good in groupings or masses, in a perennial or shrub borders, as a specimen, screen or hedge.
Large, vividly colored mophead flowers in summer. Prune to shape after flowering. Blooms every year. Soil pH affects flower color. Good fall color.

Hydrangea Let's Dance Starlight

Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
24-36"
Spacing
36-48"
Uses
Great landscape plant adds a dash of bright color to gardens. Good in groupings or masses, in a perennial or shrub borders, as a specimen, screen or hedge.
Large, vivid lace-cap flowers every summer. Prune to shape after flowering. Blooms every summer. Good for cutting. Soil pH affects flower color.

Hydrangea Edgy Hearts

Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
24-48"
Spacing
36-60"
Uses
Excellent for mixed borders and cutting gardens.
Large, distinctive summer flowers. Prune to shape after flowering. Good cut flower. Glossy foliage. Bloom color is affected by soil pH.

Hydrangea Pink Shira

Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
36-60"
Spacing
48-72"
Uses
Container, mixed border, specimen, cut flower or privacy screen.
Large summer flowers emerge green then turn pink. Prune to shape after flowering. Good for cutting. Compact growth. Soil pH will affect flower color.

Hydrangea Limelight

Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
72-96"
Spacing
84-96"
Uses
Good in groupings and masses, in perennial and shrub borders, as a speciment, screen, or hedge.
Reliable, soft green summer flowers change to pink in fall. Prune back in late winter/early spring. Great for cuts. Blooms every year. Soil pH does not affect bloom color.

Hydrangea Little Lamb

Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
48-72"
Spacing
72-96"
Uses
Good in groupings or masses, in perennial and shrub borders, as a specimen, screen or hedge.
Pure white flowers begin flowering in mid to late summer. Prune in late winter/early spring. Blooms every year. Hardy. Soil pH does not affect flower color.

Hydrangea Pinky Winky

Exposure
Sun or partial sun
Height
72-96"
Spacing
84-96"
Uses
An outstanding specimen plant or element in the mixed border. It can also be grown in the cutting garden.
Large summer flowers open white and change to pink. Prune in late winter/early spring. Blooms every year. Hardy. Soil pH does not affect bloom color.

Hydrangea Quick Fire

Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
72-96"
Spacing
96-120"
Uses
A very hardy flowering shrub good for full sun locations. Good for groupings and in mass plantings, shrub and perennial borders, as a specimen, a screen or a hedge. This is an especially good addition to hydrangea gardens.
Blooms up to a month earlier than other hydrangeas! Prune in late winter/early spring. White flowers change to pink. Blooms every year. Easy to grow.

Oakleaf Hydrangea Pee Wee

Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
48-60"
Spacing
48-60 "
Uses
A very desirable dwarf selection a low mounded habit. Abundant white flower heads in early to mid-summer. Excellent wine red autumn foliage color. Great for smaller gardens.

Oakleaf Hydrangea Sikes Dwarf

Exposure
Plant in sun or partial sun
Height
36-48"
Spacing
36-48"
Uses
A dwarf selection with handsome, closely spaced foliage and numerous white flower heads. Great for smaller gardens.

Oakleaf Hydrangea Snowflake

Exposure
Plant in sun or partial sun
Height
60-72"
Spacing
60-72 "
Uses

Huge pendulous blooms with doubled flowers. Flowers open white, while the older sepals turn dark purple-pink to create a unique show. A graceful weeping habit and wonderful burgundy-red fall color.

Itea Sweetspire Little Henry

Exposure
Plant in sun or shade
Height
24-36"
Spacing
36-44"
Uses
Great for grouping and for massing on large banks, in beds, and perennial and shrub borders. This is a good plant for woodland gardens or at the front of the mixed border. Its small size makes it perfect for smaller borders and beds.
Fragrant white summer flowers attract butterflies. May be trimmed after flowering. Bright red fall foliage. Deer resistant. Native.

Kolkwitzia Dream Catcher

Exposure
Partial sun
Height
72-108"
Spacing
84-120"
Uses
Good in shrub borders and woodland gardens. Does best in filtered sun.
Golden foliage is attractive all season. Light pink spring flowers. Prune after flowering. Orange red fall color. Deer resistant. Good for woodland gardens.

Leptodermis

Exposure
Sun
Height
12-18"
Spacing
12-18"
Uses
A real blooming machine! A wonderful, little known shrub with a low mounding habit and small violet-purple, lilac-like blooms that appear in late spring and don’t stop until frost. Very fragrant!

Magnolia Centennial

Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
15-16'
Spacing
15-16'
Uses
An Arnold Arboretum introduction with 28 to 32 pink and white petals. Flowers are large and open flat, 5 1/2 inches across. Fragrant.

Rhamus Fine Line

Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
60-84"
Spacing
36-60"
Uses
Great for a wide range of uses including narrow hedges or screens, accent specimen, patio planters, and combination planters. Good in perennial and shrub borders. Can be used to frame doors and pathways.
Fernlike foliage turns yellow in fall. Ideal for containers and narrow beds. Trim in late fall. Non-invasive. Do not eat berries. Deer resistant.

Rosa Oso Easy Paprika

Exposure
Full sun
Height
12-24"
Spacing
36-48"
Uses
Perfect for mixed borders and beds. It is small enough to plant near walkways and other tight spots. If grown as a container plant, plant in the ground in fall.
Abundant spicy orange summer flowers. Excellent specimen or mass planting. Does not need spraying or pruning. Highly disease resistant. No spraying needed. Reblooms.

Salix Willow Hakuro Nishiki

Exposure
Plant in sun
Height
36-60"
Spacing
36-60 "
Uses
A Japanese plant with striking white-green-pink foliage. Slender branches are always moving in the breeze. Regular shearing is necessary to maintain leaf variegation.

Sambucus Black Lace

Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
72-96"
Spacing
84-108"
Uses
Great as a shrub in the landscape or as a potted shrub on the patio. Good in groupings or masses, or perennial and shrub borders. Makes a nice specimen or screen. Tough enough for roadsides or naturalizing. Good in wet soils.
Distinctive lacy foliage all season and soft pink early summer flowers. Trim to shape after flowering. Season long color and texture. Fall fruit attracts birds. Deer resistant.


Sambucus Sutherland Gold

Exposure
Plant in partial shade
Height
60-120"
Spacing
60-120"
Uses
Beautiful, deeply cut, golden foliage and a graceful habit. Even though it’s said to be more resistant to leaf burn than 'Plumosa Aurea', it will look its best in partial shade. It also holds it’s color better than other yellow cultivars. The new spring growth is a beautiful copper-red.

Symphoricarpos Amethyst

Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
36-60"
Spacing
48-72"
Uses
Great in the landscape or can be used in pots on the patio (plant in the ground in fall.) Beautiful when used as a cut flower it will bring life to any bouquet or floral display. Good for holding banks, as a filler or specimen, good for winter and woodla
Small white midsummer flowers produce hot pink berries in late summer. May be pruned after berries have dropped. Deer resistant. Native.

Syringa Lilac Bloomerang Purple

Exposure
Full sun
Height
48-60"
Spacing
60-72"
Uses
A classic addition to foundation plantings and mixed borders.
Reblooming lilac blooms from spring and again from mid-summer to frost. Small habit fits into any garden. Trim to shape after flowering. Good for cutting. Fragrant. Deer resistant.

Thuja Korean Arborvitae Glauca Prostrata

Exposure
Full sun to Shade
Height
16-18"
Spacing
18-20"
Uses
We love this cool, low mounded arborvitae with its graceful sprays of silver blue foliage. Use this unique Korean Thuja in place of junipers or other low growing conifer.   

Thuja Arborvitae Danica

Exposure
Full sun to partial shade
Height
10-15"
Spacing
10-15 "
Uses
A Danish selection that is best described as "a dwarf globe Emerald arborvitae" (Smaragd) with the same glossy emerald-green foliage. Considered one of the best dwarf globes!

Thuja Arborvitae Filiformis

Exposure
Full sun to partial shade

Height
48-96"
Spacing
48-96"
Uses
A unique, semi-dwarf, thread-leaf white cedar. Its variable habit is conical to broadly pyramidal or even globose. Thread-like leaves much like Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera" but it's much hardier. Native.

Thuja Western Arborvitae Spring Grove

Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
20-30'
Spacing
12-15'
Uses
Excellent landscape plant that grows quickly, excellent as a screen. Good to hold banks, as a specimen, and in winter gardens. Good for woodland gardens, as screens and in shrub borders.
Fast growing, cold hardy Western Arborvitae. Little care is needed; may be trimmed in late fall. Excellent winter color. Good for screens. Deer resistant.

Viburnum Cardinal Candy

Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
72-96"
Spacing
72-84"
Uses
Extremely cold hardy and great in the landscape. Use in shrub borders, foundation plantings, as screens/hedges, in woodland gardens, and winter gardens.
White spring flowers produce bright red, persistent fruit. Fruits well even without a pollinator. May be trimmed after flowering (leave flowers for fall berries.) Deer resistant. Fruit attracts birds. Fruit is not edible by humans.

Viburnum Brandywine

Exposure
Sun or partial sun
Height
60-72"
Spacing
72-84"
Uses
Hedges, specimens, late fall color.
White spring flowers produce breathtaking pink and blue fall fruit. Sets fruit without another pollinator. Prune to shape after flowering. Wine-red fall foliage. Deer resistant. Native.

Viburnum Winterthur

Exposure
Full sun to partial shade
Height
60-72"
Spacing
48-60"
Uses
Lusterous, deep green leaves transform to breath-taking wine-red autumn color. Spectacular fruit color evolves from white to hot pink to bright blue. Creamy flowers in May. Plant near Brandywine for best fruit set. Dislikes alkaline soils. Native.

Viburnum Shasta

Exposure
Full sun to partial shade
Height
48-60"
Spacing
48-60"
Uses
Abundant, large lace cap flowers with sterile marginal florets that are 50% larger than those found on other cultivars and also have 5-15 inner sterile florets dispersed among the center fertile flowers. The growth habit is strongly horizontal, twice as wide as high. Bright red fruit and purple to maroon fall color.

Weigela Ghost

Exposure
Full sun
Height
48-60"
Spacing
48-60"
Uses
Shrub borders, grouping, masses, specimen plants, and containers.
Chartreuse foliage transforms to iridescent buttercream in late summer. Prune to shape after flowering. Spring flowers often rebloom. Deer resistant. Good in mixed borders and beds.

Weigela My Monet

Exposure
Sun or partial sun
Height
12-18"
Spacing
24-30"
Uses
Great for use in landscapes as an edging plant, mixed in the perennial border or in a container (plant in ground in fall.)
Pink spring flowers and green and white variegated foliage all season long. Great for mixed beds and borders. Dwarf plant needs no pruning. Season long color. Dwarf. Deer resistant.

Weigela Wine & Roses

Exposure
Full sun
Height
48-60"
Spacing
60-72"
Uses
Shrub borders, grouping, masses, specimen plants, and containers (plant in ground in fall.) This makes an excellent mass planting, and can also be used as a cut flower.
Rosy pink summer flowers often rebloom. Rich dark purple foliage all summer. May be pruned after flowering. Season long color. Deer resistant. Attracts hummingbirds.


*Most Pictures and Information are from Proven Winner's and Spring Meadow Nursery's Websites.

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