New Woody Plants for 2024
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘SMNHMTB’ Let’s Dance Lovable
has a deeply pigmented colour, abundant blooms and a high degree of rebloom. The dark glossy foliage turns burgundy in the autumn. It has a compact growth habit. (Hardiness Zones: 5-9)
Spring Meadow Nursery/ Proven Winners
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Bocotoso’ Bloomin’ Easy Toy Soldier
is an oakleaf hydrangea with white and green flowers sitting atop sturdy stems each summer and fall with foliage that change to a rich vermillion red in autumn. This improved native hydrangea stands as strong as a toy soldier. (Hardiness Zone: 5-9)
Hydrangea serrata ‘SMNHSG’ Tuff Stuff Top Fun
is a reblooming, compact mountain hydrangea with pink or purple lacecap inflorescences. (Hardiness Zones: 4-9)
Spring Meadow Nursery/ Proven Winners
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Bailmacseven’ First Editions Eclipse
is a large-leaved hydrangea with astonishing colour. The rich colour of the flowers combined with the groundbreaking deep purple foliage brings colour to the landscape and other outdoor spaces, even in warm and sunny climates.
Hydrangea paniculata ‘HYLV17522’ Bloomin’ Easy Dragon Baby
is an improved hardy hydrangea that delivers extraordinary flower power in a petite form for modern outdoor spaces. Blooms start cream and lime before igniting to a rich pink as summer fades to fall. (Hardiness Zones: 3-8)
Hydrangea macrophylla My Beautiful Riviera
produces gorgeous flowers that are available in soft shades of blue or pink. Large, firm blooms on a vigorous habit are ideal for finishing in two-gallon pot sizes or larger. (Hardiness Zones: 5-9)
ThinkPlants/ Creekside Greenhouses
Hydrangea paniculata ‘ILVOHPPRM’ Pinky Winky Prime
combines the beauty and reliability of the original with bigger, fuller flowers that age to an extra-vivid pink. Sturdy stems keep the blooms upright all summer. This cold-hardy selection features large blooms with a vibrant two-toned colour which can be used as cut flowers.
(Hardiness Zones: 3-8)
Spring Meadow Nursery/ Proven Winners
Sarcococca ‘Purplerij1’ Sweet & Lo
is a sweet box that brings fragrant, thread-like flowers in early spring to deeply shaded spots
in the landscape. It is evergreen, durable and deer resistant.
(Hardiness Zones: 5-9)
Spring Meadow Nursery/ Proven Winners
Chaenomeles Double Take Eternal White
quince is thornless and is the longest-blooming flowering quince on the market. Its large, doubled blooms appear in spring, and the show continues for months, often into early autumn. This is a lower, wider growing shrub, making it useful in an array of landscape situations. (Hardiness Zones: 5-9)
Spring Meadow Nursery/ Proven Winners
Tilia x flavescens ‘Jefhouse’
also known by trademarked name Lighthouse, is a new linden with a narrow crown and strong branching. It has performed well in prairie tests and is introduced to other growers for production by Jeffries Nurseries Ltd. (Hardiness Zone: 3)
Syringa x pubecens ‘SMNSPTP’ Bloomerang Purpink
is a prolific rebloomer with three seasons of fragrant bloom, disease resistance and a compact growth habit. Decide for yourself if
the bloom is purple or pink.
(Hardiness Zones: 3-7)
Spring Meadow Nursery/ Proven Winners
Weigela florida ‘SMNWFG’ Sonic Bloom Wine
is the first-ever purple-leaf rebloomer which means you get months of bright blooms and colourful foliage instead of only a few weeks. (Hardiness Zones: 4-8)
Spring Meadow Nursery/ Proven Winners
Physocarpus opulifolius ‘ZLENora’ First Editions Honeycomb
is a ninebark selection with large, vibrant, chartreuse leaves that hold colour all season long, even in full sun. The honeycomb-shaped white flowers appear in spring and contrast nicely with the foliage, which turns shades of gold in fall. This ninebark grows nicely both in containers and the landscape. (Hardiness Zone: 3)
