Regional Picks: Early Summer Plant Combo for the Southeast

1.‘Sun King’ aralia

Name:Aralia cordata‘Sun King’

Zones:4–8

Size:3 to 6 ft tall and all-inclusive

Conditions : Partial tincture ; moist , fertile , well - run out grease

Native scope : Japan , Korea , east - central China

This aralia is a achiever all season long , but especially in late fountain and former summer . From the time it emerge in midspring , its foliation will light up any suspect sketch . Good complex body part and foliage presentation make this plant a wonderful backcloth or centrepiece . Its leafage will have a more favourable color if they get a few hour of sun each day , and they will be unripened in deeper specter . I have never had any insect or disease problems with it , and as a bonus , the deer in this arena leave it alone .

2.Strawberry begonia

Name:Saxifraga stolonifera

Zones:3–7

Size:3 to 4 feet improbable and wide of the mark

Conditions : Full sun to fond tad ; average soil but tolerate alkaline and clay

Native range : China , Japan , South Korea

This wonderful evergreen plant ground cover is much more sturdy than people realize . It expand in shade , although morning Dominicus will make for out more red colour in its leaves . In May and June , white-hot flowers emerge on 18 - inch branched scapes , pay the plant a very light and airy look . I have never had any worm or disease problem with it as long as the soil was well drained but moist . It propagates well from offsets and runners ; that ’s skilful news , because you will want more .

3.‘Citronelle’ heuchera

Name:Heuchera‘Citronelle’

Size:12 to 15 inches tall and 12 to 18 inches wide

Conditions : Partial shade with auspices from red-hot afternoon Lord’s Day ; organically rich , well - drained ground

Native reach : North America

This genus Heuchera echoes the color of ‘ Sun King ’ aralia but in a much smaller package . It is a low-down - maintenance plant that performs well all season , and it expect peculiarly good in early summer with the growth of fresh , lime - greenish leave . If it is present more sun , it prefers even moisture to prevent leafage singe . Its airy prime seem in June . I have observed no insect or disease problems in the time that I have been growing ‘ Citronelle ’ , but cervid will graze it .

4.Japanese sacred lily

Name:Rohdea japonica

Zones:6–10

Size:12 to 18 column inch grandiloquent and extensive

stipulation : Partial to full shade ; organically fertile , well - drained soil

Native chain : China , Japan , Korea

Japanese sanctified lily is a stellar performer in the spook garden , grow great evergreen leafage throughout the year . It is drought tolerant when established , has no real insect or disease problems if its needs are get together , and is not liked by deer . There are a number of variegated forms on the market , but all of them are slow growing , some painfully so . Although its flowers are invisible , they are followed by clump of red berries late in the season .

— Jeff Calton is the owner of Good Earth Nursery and Landscape Company in Church Hill , Tennessee .

From Fine Gardening # 193

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