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Plant Rebloomers for Exciting Colors from Spring to Fall
Why settle for one season of bloom when many of today's newest perennials and shrubs give you two glorious color shows every year? From Daylilies to Dianthus, the latest varieties "repeat" beautifully, extending their seasonal appeal in your garden!
This newsletter contains exciting new Hydrangeas, Lilies, Clematis, Daylilies, and more -- all rebloomers, and all just as easy to grow as older, less floriferous varieties! Find your favorites and order today for spring planting. You'll enjoy not one but two color shows every year!
Daylilies (Hemerocallis)
 I call these Daylilies "rebloomers," but many are more like continuous bloomers -- from early summer right up to fall, they'll toss up new flowers, with a heavy show at the beginning and end of the season, but plenty of "encores" in between as well! Why worry about staggering the bloomtimes of Daylily varieties in your garden -- or be content with just a few weeks of color -- when you can grow these high-performing, colorful beauties?
Hydrangeas
Until a few years ago, Hydrangea macrophylla simply wasn't worth growing north of zone 6. The plant itself was quite cold-hardy, but late spring frosts inevitably killed the flower buds (which arise on old wood). But some exciting new reblooming varieties have come along that bloom on both old and new wood, so even if the first set of buds is frost-killed, a second arises and bursts into bloom in mid- to late summer!
Clematis
Most Clematis offer masses and masses of beautiful blooms over many weeks, the bloomtime varying from early summer to early fall. But a few varieties go this one better by giving two performances every year!
Lilies
What a boon for gardeners the Orienpet Lilies have been! Not only do these magnificent summer bloomers combine the best attributes of both Oriental and Trumpet Lilies -- fragrance, color, and gardenworthiness -- but several are so flower-happy that they form secondary buds during the first flush of bloom, which then open and extend the season for several more weeks! Don't miss these powerhouses of garden and vase!
Roses
 Many Roses toss up a late bloom or two just to tease us, but very few can truly said to rebloom. Carefree Wonder, a Meidiland Landscape Rose, is the spectacular exception to this rule, setting brilliant pink blossoms by the many hundred from late spring till frost. A truly exceptional garden performer, it belongs in the landscape of anyone who values multi-season color and ease of culture.
Dianthus
Perhaps because of its superior heat and drought tolerance, Dianthus Bewitched blooms for weeks and weeks after its cousins have packed up for the season. It's not unusual to get blooms from late spring until frost on this unbelievably hard-working little powerhouse!
Verbena
Now, when it comes to long-blooming, Verbena holds sway in many gardens. Not only does it flower for months, but it chooses the hottest, driest, most inhospitable time of the summer to put on its finest show -- endearing it to gardeners everywhere! Hot Lips is the variety that really stands out, not only for its neon-bright pink and scarlet petals but for its tireless flowering!
Honeysuckle
Not only is the Late Dutch variety Serotina Florida more beautiful than any Honeysuckle has a right to be, but it flowers over an amazingly long season. Despite its name, it actually begins early, not late -- but it stays, and stays, and stays! Fabulously fragrant, the tri-colored flowers begin with the first hot breeze of summer and continue into autumn.
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