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A Proven Winners® ColorChoice® Flowering Shrub.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Proven Winners® ColorChoice®","offers":[{"title":"PWCC - Quart Pot","offer_id":48672510968048,"sku":"HIBPUQT","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"PWCC - 8\" Pot","offer_id":48736114409712,"sku":"HIBPU1PW","price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0503\/5504\/files\/hibiscus_purple_pillar_rose_of_sharon_gc_hibpu_01.jpg?v=1775567497"},{"product_id":"truffula-pink-globe-amaranth-gomphrena","title":"Truffula™ Pink Globe Amaranth (Gomphrena)","description":"(Globe amaranth) Add a little wispy, whimsy to your garden or landscape with Gomphrena TRUFFULA™ Pink. Standing 22-28 inches tall TRUFFULA™ Pink adds an airy upright mound of color to the garden. The one inch flowers resemble pink balls dancing in the garden. Gomphrena blooms all summer long with no deadheading needed. This heat and drought tolerant plant says \"bring on the heat, I am ready to put on a show!\" Planted in a full sun location, TRUFFULA™ Pink is ready to be not only a highlight in your garden, but also welcomes the hummingbirds and butterflies. TRUFFULA™ Pink Gomphrena is an excellent choice as a thriller for both your garden and container combinations. Looking for a \"little something\" to add a splash of color to your garden, TRUFFULA™ Pink will do just that! Enjoy the beauty indoors as a cut or dried flower bouquet.","brand":"Proven Winners®","offers":[{"title":"PW - 4.25\" Pot","offer_id":46990584479984,"sku":"GOMTPP45","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0503\/5504\/files\/gomphrena_truffula_pink_globe_amaranth_gc_gomtp_01.jpg?v=1775567458"},{"product_id":"lets-dance-can-do-bigleaf-hydrangea","title":"Let's Dance Can Do!® Bigleaf Hydrangea","description":"\u003cp\u003e(Reblooming Hydrangea serrata) There’s no dancing around the fact that Hydrangea Let’s Dance Can Do® will soon be a favorite lace-cap Hydrangea among gardeners. When you look at this Hydrangea, you see the magnificent blooms, large lace cap flower heads that are loaded with large bubblegum pink (or lavender-blue) florets that create a full flower look. Let’s Dance Can Do® is a giver with its unique ability to line the stems from top to bottom with buds that in turn will create a covering of flowers. The fastest reblooming hydrangea that we offer, Let’s Dance Can Do®, will start off early and rebloom again mid-summer giving you color through the season. Standing 3-4 feet tall and spreading up to 36 inches wide, we recommend planting in full sun to part shade locations with moderate to moist soil conditions. Hardy in zones 5-9, Let’s Dance Can Do® is a great specimen plant as well as used for borders and in planters. We do not recommend trimming your reblooming hydrangea as it will affect the blooms. If you feel you need to trim it back. We recommend doing so in the fall which will sacrifice your first round of blooms. The default color of Bigleaf Hydrangeas is pink but can be turned lavender blue with aluminum and acidic soil. Hydrangea Let’s Dance Can Do® is a Proven Winners® ColorChoice® Flowering Shrub.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Proven Winners® ColorChoice®","offers":[{"title":"PWCC - Quart Pot","offer_id":48672502907120,"sku":"HYDCCQT","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"PWCC - 8\" Pot","offer_id":48736119292144,"sku":"HYDCC1PW","price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0503\/5504\/files\/hydrangea_lets_dance_cancan_mountain_hydrangea_gc_hydcc_01.jpg?v=1775567479"},{"product_id":"heart-to-heart-scarlet-flame-caladium","title":"Heart to Heart® 'Scarlet Flame' Caladium","description":"\u003cp\u003e(Strap Leaf) Great foliage color and interest are key to creating a container combination that will have the neighbors talking! Heart to Heart™ ‘Scarlet Flame’ Caladium is a Strap Leaf Caladium featuring elongated leaves with a light ruffled appearance. The stunning foliage of ‘Scarlet Flame’ features deep red foliage with pink and white splashes and edged in a deep green border. The elongated heart shaped leaves form an upright mounding habit standing 12-18 inches tall and 8-10 inches wide. Heart to Heart™ ‘Scarlet Flame’ prefers to be grown in sun to full shade locations. For our southern gardeners, we recommend part to full shade. Caladiums generally do not like to be colder than 50 degrees so plant accordingly to your location. Caladiums are extremely heat tolerant, but we do recommend watering regularly keeping the soil moist but not wet. Heart to Heart™‘Scarlet Flame’ Caladium is a great thriller for combination planters, or mix in your annual and perennial beds for a colorful leafy addition. Once your warm weather season is over (in the North), Caladium Heart to Heart™‘Scarlet Flame’ can be brought indoors to be enjoyed as a tropical houseplant. Make sure to keep it in a bright sunny location with temperatures around 65 degrees. Beautiful indoors or out, let Heart to Heart™ ‘Scarlet Flame’ Caladiums bring joy and color to your home and garden.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Proven Winners®","offers":[{"title":"PW - Quart Pot","offer_id":46990648049904,"sku":"CALSFQT","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0503\/5504\/files\/caladium_heart_to_heart_scarlet_flame_strap_leaf_caladium_gc_calsf_01.jpg?v=1775567434"},{"product_id":"ringo-all-star-rose-rosa","title":"Ringo All-Star™ Rose (Rosa)","description":"\u003cp\u003e(Rose) One Rosebush that offers many shades of color, we like to call Ringo All-Star™, a real performer. Standing 2-3 feet tall and wide, Ringo All-Star™ Rose forms an upright mounding habit. With blooms virtually all summer, Ringo All-Star™ features an array of colors. The reddish-orange eye is dappled with bright yellow stamens. When the flowers start off, they are a melon orange color that is followed by pink and as the flower ages turn to a lavender. With tons of flowers blooming at all the different stages, it creates a spectrum of color on one plant. Highly disease resistant, Ringo All-Star™ likes to be grown in full sun and is hardy in zones 4-8. A great selection for gardens, landscapes, and container gardens, Ringo All-Star™ shows off multi-colored clusters of blooms throughout the summer. 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Its leaves add interesting texture to your landscape with its vertical veins and wide oval shape. The lavender purple flowers, which appear in summer, stand 5′ tall above the foliage throughout midseason. Moist soil and fertilizer will help your ‘Empress Wu’ Hosta reach its mature size. Shadowland® ‘Empress Wu’ Hosta is hardy in zones 3-9 and thrives in part shade to full shade. If you are in a warmer zone, be sure to plant it in more direct shade so it doesn’t get scorched by the hot sun. When it flowers during the summer, you might notice bees and hummingbirds coming around as this is a great pollinator plant. Its dark leaves contrast nicely next to plants with a more yellowish hue, such as the Aralia ‘Sun King’.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Proven Winners®","offers":[{"title":"PW - Quart Pot","offer_id":46990712013040,"sku":"HOSEWQT","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"PW - 8\" Pot","offer_id":46990712045808,"sku":"HOSEW1PW","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0503\/5504\/files\/hosta_shadowland_empress_wu_hosta_wg_hosew_01.jpg?v=1775567544"},{"product_id":"dolce-wildberry-coral-bells-heuchera","title":"Dolce® 'Wildberry' Coral Bells (Heuchera)","description":"\u003cp\u003e(Coral Bells) You may be wondering what the difference is between our Dolce® and Primo™ Heuchera It's the size. Dolce® Wildberry is a nicely compact Heuchera that stands 10-14 inches tall and 16-20 inches wide. Dolce® Wildberry coral bells feature dark, glossy reddish purple foliage with scalloped edges. The leaves are accented with a deep charcoal gray veining that gives an added textural look to the foliage. Unlike many Coral Bells, Dolce® Wildberry keeps a fairly consistent color throughout all the seasons. In mid summer flower scapes that reach 28 inches tall are proportionally nestled above the foliage holding tiny pale pink bell shaped flowers. Dolce® Wildberry is a native perennial that is hardy in zones 4-9. Grown in an area that has well drained soil, and full to part shade is where heucheras feel most at home. If container gardening is your thing, Dolce® Wildberry is a perfect size, and may we suggest adding in a few contrasting colored Heucheras to your container for a great combination. Coral bells are a deer resistant perennial. 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