If you missed our seminar, “Getting Started in the Garden” here is a list of plants Vincent A. Simeone recommends in his latest book New York and New Jersey Getting Started Gardeners Guide.
Annuals
Angelonia angustifolia Angelface® , Serena®
Begonia x benariensis Whopper® series, Big™ series
Calibrachoa x Superbells®, Petunia Supertina® series, ‘Phantom’
Tagetes tenuifolia
Perennials
Coreopsis verticillata ,’Crème Brûlée’ , ‘Zagreb’, Big Bang™ series
Helleborus x hybrida, H. orientalis, H. niger, H. x ‘Pink Frost’, many cultivars and variations Heuchera ‘Caramel’, etc.
Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldstrum’ ‘Pot of Gold’
Bulbs
Dahlia Dark Angel®, Melody ®
Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’, ‘Bright Eyes’
Grasses
Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’, ‘All Gold’
Panicum virgatum ‘Dallas Blues’,
Flowering Trees and Shrubs
Abelia x grandiflora ‘Rose Creek’, A. mosanensis
Aesculus parviflora, A. pavia
Amelanchier arborea, A. canadensis, A. x grandiflora, ‘Robin Hill’, ‘Princess Diana’,
Ceanothus x pallidus ‘Marie Simon’
Cercis canadensis ‘Appalachian Red’, ‘Merlot’, The Rising Sun™, ‘Ruby Falls’
Clethra alnifolia ‘Compacta’, ‘Hummingbird’, ‘Ruby Spice’, ‘Sixteen Candles’
Callicarpa dichotoma, ‘Early Amethyst’, ‘Issai’
C. japonica ‘Leucocarpa’
Cornus florida ‘Appalachian Spring’, ‘Cherokee Brave’
Hydrangea macrophylla Endless Summer ®, Bloomstruck™, ‘Dooley’
H. paniculata ‘Limelight’, Babylace® , Little Lime™, Vanilla Strawberry ™
H. arborescens ‘Annabelle’, Incrediball™
Lespedeza bicolor ‘Avalanche’, ‘Gibraltar’, ‘Spring Grove’
Magnolia Little Girl Series, ‘Ann’, ‘Betty’, ‘Jane’, ‘Judy’, Pinkie’, ‘Randy’, ‘Ricki’, ‘Susan’
Prunus x ‘Okame’, ‘Hally Jolivette’
Rosa x Knock Out ®, Flower Carpet®, Drift®
Syringa Fairytale ® series, Bloomerang®, S. microphylla
Viburnum carlesii, Viburnum dilatatum ‘Erie’, Cardinal Candy ™,
Deciduous Shade Trees
Acer griseum, A. x ‘Cinnamon Flakes’
Carpinus betulus ‘Fastigiata’, ‘Frans Fontaine’
Cercidiphyllum japonicum, ‘Magnificum’, ‘Pendulum, ‘Red Fox’
Ginkgo biloba ‘Autumn Gold’, Spring Grove®
Quercus alba, Q. rubra, Q. palustris, Q. velutina, Crimson Spire™, Regal Prince®
Ulmus americana ‘Princeton’, ‘Valley Forge’
Vines and Groundcovers
Campsis x ‘Morning Calm’
Gelsemium sempervirens
Lonicera x heckrotii, L. sempervirens
Wisteria frutescens ‘Amethyst Falls’
Conifers
Cephalotaxus harringtonia ‘Duke Gardens’, ‘Fastigiata’,
Chamaecyparis thyoides ‘Blue Sport’, ‘Shiva’, ‘Red Star’
Cryptomeria japonica ‘Yoshino’, ‘Black Dragon’
Picea orientalis, ‘Gowdy’, ‘Skylands’
Thuja plicata ‘Atrovirens’, ‘Virescens’
Broadleaved Evergreens
Hardy Camellias- ‘April Rose’, April Snow’, ‘Polar Bear’, ‘Winter Rose’, ‘Winter Star’ , ‘Winter Joy, ‘Winter Cupid’
Leucothoe fontanesiana, L. axillaris ‘Scarletta’
Viburnum x pragense. x burkwoodii