Take a circuit through Danielle ’s and Steve ’s gardens as they point out some of their go - to plants . These option may not be the showiest or most alluring plants in their bed , but they are the rock-steady stalwarts that show up class after year without ill . This episode was also filmed to have a companion video . So if you choose , you could watch out it to get a stoolpigeon peek into our hosts ’ garden . We even chatter the summer cottage of expert nurseryman Ed Gregan , where he points out two of his most dependable shrub — and gives us a pruning lesson at the same metre .
Expert testimonial : Ed Gregan from Bailey Nurseries in St. Paul , Minnesota .
DANIELLE ’S PLANTS
‘ Kopper Kettle ’ Itoh paeony ( Paeonia‘Kopper Kettle ’ , Zones 3–8 )
‘ Blue Ice ’ bluestar ( Amsonia‘Blue Ice ’ , Zones 4–8 )
‘ Perry ’s amber ’ Norway spruce ( Picea abies‘Perry ’s amber ’ , Zones 3–9 )
STEVE ’S plant
Shredded umbrella plant ( Syneilesis aconitifolia , Zones 4–8 )
‘ Karmina ’ geranium ( Geranium×cantabrigiense‘Karmina ’ , Zones 5–8 )
Variegated broad - leave sedge ( Carex siderosticha‘Variegata ’ , Zones 4–9 )
EXPERT TESTIMONY plant
Harlequin glorybower ( Clerodendrum trichotomum , Zones 6–10 )
Chaste tree ( Vitex agnus - castus , Zones 6–9 )
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Harlequin glorybower (Clerodendrum trichotomum, Zones 6–10)
Chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus, Zones 6–9).Photo: courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Shredded umbrella plant (Syneilesis aconitifolia, Zones 4–8)
Variegated broad-leaved sedge (Carex siderosticha‘Variegata’, Zones 4–9)
‘Perry’s Gold’ Norway spruce (Picea abies‘Perry’s Gold’, Zones 3–9)
‘Kopper Kettle’ Itoh peony (Paeonia‘Kopper Kettle’, Zones 3–8)
‘Karmina’ geranium (Geranium×cantabrigiense‘Karmina’, Zones 5–8)
‘Blue Ice’ bluestar (Amsonia‘Blue Ice’, Zones 4–8)
