If you have additional questions about the plants offered in the City’s Spring Plant Sale, contact the Merriam Public Works Department at (913) 322-5570.
| Agastache Blue Fortune |

Size : 1 gal.
Price: $5.25 |
Catalog
Description: Drought and heat tolerant spreading perennial with
lavender-blue flower spikes and fragrant foliage. 30-36”.
Design
Idea: A good addition to a cut flower garden, will
attract butterflies.
Care Instructions: Though drought tolerant. Follow a regular
watering schedule. |
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| Aquilegia Winky Red & White |

Size : 1 gal.
Price: $5.25 |
Catalog Description: Extra large red flowers with white
centers are held upright on compact plants. Clump forming 16 to 18 in. tall
and wide.
Design Idea: Cheery color for informal woodland gardens
and formal mixed borders and containers.
Care
Instructions: Follow
a regular watering schedule. |
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| Aster Professor Kippenvurg |

Size : 1 gal.
Price: $5.25 |
Catalog Description: Features clear blue, yellow centered
daisy-like flowers that bloom late summer to fall when few plants are in
color. Clumps grow to 12 to 15 inches
tall and wide, depending on length of growing season.
Design Idea: Excellent dwarf perennial for borders and
small gardens.
Care Instructions: Tolerates heat and drought. Full to partial
sun. Follow regular watering schedule. |
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| Astilbe Arendsii Fanal |

Size : 1 gal.
Price: $5.25 |
Catalog Description: Showy perennial for beautiful summer color
in shady areas.Tall, feathery blooms of deep garnet red valued for light,
airy quality, rise
above bronze-green foliage.
Design Idea: Great in massed plantings. Moderate, gracefully mounding grower to 2’
tall.
Care Instructions: Partial to full shade. Follow a regular watering schedule. |
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| Azalea Girard Ashley Marie |

Size : 1 gal.
Price: $5.25 |
Catalog Description: Evergreen shrub with red spring
flowers with variegated foliage for shady locations. 3’ tall by 3’ wide. locations on north or east side of the
residence. Can be used in front of larger maturing shrubs for a spring-time
flowering accent.
Design Idea: Good spring flowering shrub for shady.
Care Instructions: Requires soil that has been amended with peat moss or
compost. Plant in a shady
location. Should not require an annual
pruning. Follow a regular watering
schedule. |
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| Azalea Girard Pleasant |

Size : 1 gal.
Price: $5.25 |
Catalog Description: Evergreen shrub with white spring flowers
with green foliage for shady locations. 3’ tall by 3’ wide.
Design Idea: Can be used
in front of larger maturing shrubs for a spring-time flowering accent.
Care Instructions: Requires soil that has been amended with peat moss or
compost. Plant in a shady
location. Should not require an annual
pruning. Follow a regular watering
schedule. |
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| Coreposis Jethro Tull |

Size : 1 gal.
Price: $5.25 |
Catalog Description: Unique quill like bright golden yellow
petals, flowers from mid spring through late summer. 18”.
Design Idea: Add to mixed container plantings or use in the landscape
with other colorful perennials, shrubs and ornamental grasses in a sunny
location.
Care
Instructions: Follow a regular
watering schedule. |
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| Delosperma Cooperi |

Size : 1 gal.
Price: $5.25 |
Catalog Description: A cold hardy succulent bearing the vibrant
purplish-pink flowers of more tender species. Blooms cover the fleshy green
foliage over a very long period from spring till frost.
Care Instructions: Heat, drought and salt tolerant, this
adaptable plant thrives with little care. Succulent. Full sun. Follow a regular watering schedule |
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| Deutzia Gracilis Nikko |

Size : 1 gal.
Price: $5.25 |
Catalog Description: Bright white flowers in the early
spring on a low spreading shrub, burgundy red fall foliage. 5-6’ x 2’.
Design Idea: Useful for filling gaps in a mixed border or use in
groups.
Care Instructions: Full to partial
sun. Follow a regular watering
schedule. |
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| Echinachea Double Decker |

Size : 1 gal.
Price: $5.25 |
Catalog Description: Unique coneflower with longer purple
petals drooping from the base of the cone and shorter petals emerging from
the top of the cone
Design Idea: Good for sunny locations in a cut flower garden, attracts
butterflies.
Care
Instructions: Follow a regular watering schedule. |
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| Gaura Lind. Siskiyou Pink |

Size : 1 gal.
Price: $5.25 |
Catalog Description: Airy masses of deep pink flowers are borne
on long thin wands animated by the slightest breeze.
Design Idea: Ideal for well drained rock gardens, with
western natives, in clay pots, or in more traditional gardens with good
drainage.
Care Instructions: Full sun. Follow a regular watering schedule. |
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| Geranium Johnson Blue |

Size : 1 gal.
Price: $5.25 |
Catalog Description: Lilac-blue summer flowers in the
summer on a low mounding groundcover; cut back after the first flowering for
repeat blooms. Purple-red fall
foliage. 10-15”.
Design Idea: Good groundcover for locations with full or partial
sun.
Care
Instructions: Follow a regular watering schedule. |
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| Hemerocallis Fairy Tale Pink |

Size : 1 gal.
Price: $5.25 |
Catalog Description: Prolific bloomer over many weeks in early
summer. Performs best with even moisture but survives periodic drought. Fast growth 26 inches tall, 23 feet wide.
Design Idea: Perfect for massing and large scale
edging.
Care Instructions: Full sun. Follow a regular watering
schedule |
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| Hemerocallis Mauna Loa |

Size : 1 gal.
Price: $5.25 |
Catalog Description: These daylilies are a dormant tetraploid
that bears circular, bright tangerine-orange flowers, 5 inches across, height
22 inches. Time of bloom is early to late season. Does best in full sun or partial shade.
Though daylilies are drought resistant, they flower better when given some
water during bloom.
Care Instructions: Divide in early spring. Follow a regular
watering schedule. |
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| Hemerocallis Strawberry Candy |

Size : 1 gal.
Price: $5.25 |
Catalog Description: Pink-rose summer flowers begin blooming in
mid-season and reblooms, 24-36” tall.
Design Idea: Colorful perennial for sunny locations, useful in a mixed
border.
Care
Instructions: Follow a regular watering schedule. |
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| Heuchera Plum Pudding |

Size : 1 gal.
Price: $5.25 |
Catalog Description: Deep purple and silver variegated foliage
for shady locations.
Design Idea: A great colorful perennial for the shade garden, combines
well with hostas and azaleas.
Care
Instructions: Amend the soil with
compost or peat moss. Plant in partial
to full shade. Follow a regular
watering schedule. |
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| Hosta Francee |

Size : 1 gal.
Price: $5.25 |
Catalog Description: Beautiful, bold foliage; dramatic
heart-shaped, dark green leaves edged in white
are truly standouts. Moderate grower to 2’ tall, clumps to 4’ wide.
Care
Instructions: Partial to full shade. Follow a regular watering schedule. |
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| Hosta Golden Tiara |

Size : 1 gal.
Price: $5.25 |
Catalog Description: Quite dwarf for a Hosta, the foliage clumps
reach only to 8” to 12” tall by 12” to 16” wide.The green heart-shaped leaves
exhibit a brilliant golden margin. Showy summer bloom on 24” spikes are deep
lavender.
Care Instructions: Partial sun to full shade. Follow a regular
watering schedule. |
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| Hosta Sieboldiana Elegans |

Size : 1 gal.
Price: $5.25 |
Catalog Description: A bold plant for the shade garden with
striking, seer-suckered leaves of metallic
blue-green. Moderate grower to 2’ to
2½’ high, 4’ wide clumps.
Design Idea: Larger than other selections, sure to
attract attention.
Care Instructions: Partial to full shade. Follow a regular watering schedule. |
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| Hydrangea Pinky Winky |

Size : 1 gal.
Price: $5.25 |
Catalog Description: Large cone shaped summer flowers with
petals ranging from deep rose to white atop strong reddish-brown stems,
upright form. Proven Winners. 6’ by 6’.
Design Idea: A great addition to the landscape for cut flowers from mid
summer into fall.
Care Instructions: Partial shade is the best location in the garden. Prune in the fall or early spring. Follow a regular watering schedule. |
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| Hydrangea Quercifolia |

Size : 1 gal.
Price: $5.25 |
Catalog Description: White flowers that fade to pink, beautiful
fall foliage, with cinnamon-colored bark in the winter.
Care Instructions: Partial sun. Follow a regular watering
schedule. |
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| Ilex Sky Pencil |

Size : 1 gal.
Price: $5.25 |
Catalog Description: Small rounded green leaves are
evergreen on this narrow upright growing shrub. 6’ by 1-2’.
Design Idea: Can be planted in a container or in the landscape. In a container, try sweet potato vine along
the base. In the ground, use by itself
as an accent plant or in a row for a border.
Care Instructions: Amend the soil with compost or peat moss. A protected location from winter winds is
best. Follow a regular watering
schedule |
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| Iris Sibirica Caesar's Brother |

Size : 1 gal.
Price: $5.25 |
Catalog Description: Refined, slender sword-like, slightly
bluish-green leaves just over 2 feet high; massed plantings give the best
effect. Blooms from
late spring into summer on stalks taller than the foliage. Prefers moist, slightly
acid soil.
Care
Instructions: Follow
a regular watering schedule. |
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| Leucanthemum Max Craisy Daisy |

Size : 1 gal.
Price: $5.25 |
Catalog Description: A white flowering shasta daisy loaded
with frilly petals. 24-30” tall.
Design Idea: A good addition to the landscape for cut flower gardens or
the mixed border, plant in a sunny location.
Care
Instructions: Follow a regular watering schedule. |
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| Miscanthus Gold Bar |

Size : 1 gal.
Price: $5.25 |
Catalog Description: Dense smaller maturing upright
ornamental grass with creamy yellow horizontal bands. 4-5’ by 4-5’.
Design Idea: Combines well with yellow flowering perennials such as
Rudbeckia, Coreopsis and Daylilies.
Care Instructions: Avoid late afternoon and evening
watering. Follow a regular watering
schedule. |
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| Monarda Petite Delight |

Size : 1 gal.
Price: $5.25 |
Catalog Description: Hardy plants produce large lavender-rose
terminal flowers in early summer. Rich nectar source for bees, plus
butterflies and hummingbirds. Dark green foliage is mildew resistant and
aromatic.
Design Idea: A low maintenance addition to wild, habitat
and native plant gardens.
Care Instructions: Promptly cut back spent flowers to
encourage second flowering. Follow a
regular watering schedule. |
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| Phlox Subulata Blue |

Size : 1 gal.
Price: $5.25 |
Catalog Description: Beautiful masses of deep blue flowers
topping creeping stem. Moderate grower
to 6 inches tall, 3 feet wide.
Design Idea: Make an attractive ground cover or accent
in a rock garden.
Care Instructions: Tolerates some drought. Full sun. Follow a regular watering schedule. |
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| Physocarpus Summer Wine |

Size : 1 gal.
Price: $5.25 |
Catalog Description: A smaller maturing Ninebark with deep
purple foliage on arching branches and rounded blush pink spring
flowers. Proven Winners. 4-5’ by 4-5’.
Design Idea: A very hardy shrub that add a colorful accent to the
landscape. Great for a mixed border
combined with larger shrubs, ornamental grasses and perennials.
Care Instructions: Follow a regular watering schedule. |
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| Spiraea Betulifolia Tor |

Size : 2 gal.
Price: $10.00 |
Catalog Description: The neat mound of rich green foliage
provides the ideal backdrop for tight clusters of brilliant white flowers in
spring. Foliage becomes gold, red and purple in autumn. Compact, rounded
shrub 3 to 4 ft. tall and wide.
Care
Instructions: Full
sun. Follow a regular watering
schedule. |
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| Spiraea Japonica Little Princess |

Size : 2 gal.
Price: $10.00 |
Catalog Description: In summer, dainty clusters of rose-pink
blooms create a pleasing contrast with mint
green foliage. Forms a neat compact round, mounding form that fits nicely
in shrub borders. Moderate grower to
3’ tall, 6’ wide.
Care
Instructions: Full
sun. Follow a regular watering
schedule. |
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| Berberis Thunbergii Atrop Nana |

Size : 2 gal.
Price: $12.00 |
Catalog Description: A dwarf, densely branched form displaying
deep crimson colored foliage all season long, best in full sun. A slow
grower, 2’ tall by 3’ wide.
Care Instructions: Full sun. Follow a regular watering schedule. |
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| Miscanthus Sinensis Gracillimus |

Size : 2 gal.
Price: $12.00 |
Catalog Description: A medium height grass with narrow arching
green blades, grows in an upright form. The seed head flowers are copper colored. 5-7’ tall.
Design Idea: Ornamental grasses combine well with shrubs and perennials
in the landscape and can also be used for screening in sunny locations. They add winter interest to the landscape.
Care Instructions: Cut back to 2’ in March when the new green shoots first
start to appear. Follow are regular
watering schedule. |
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| Pennisetum Alop. Hameln |

Size : 2 gal.
Price: $12.00 |
Catalog Description: Smaller clump form ornamental grass
with creamy white ornamental seed heads in the summer. 12-18” tall.
Design Idea: Great ornamental grass for the front of the landscape
border, combines well with shrubs and perennials, best in full sun.
Care
Instructions: Follow a regular watering schedule. |
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| Syringa Meyeri |

Size : 2 gal.
Price: $12.00 |
Catalog Description: Very fragrant violet-purple spring
flowers, shrub grows in an upright form, foliage is mildew resistant. 5’ by 5’.
Design Idea: A wonderful spring time shrub for the garden.
Care
Instructions: Follow a regular watering schedule. |
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| Buxus Microphylla Wintergreen |

Size : 2 gal.
Price: $15.00 |
Catalog Description: Excellent densely branched evergreen shrub
for small hedges. Among the hardiest of boxwoods, retains its dark green
velvety foliage color in winter. Full to partial sun. Moderate grower to 4’
to 6’ tall and wide.
Care
Instructions: Full
to partial sun. Follow a regular
watering schedule. |
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| Buxus Micr. Green Mountain |

Size : 2 gal.
Price: $15.00 |
Catalog Description: Vigorous growing boxwood when young. Dense
upright form with bright green leaves that retain their color through winter.
Natural cone-shaped form if left unsheared, excellent hedge. Moderate grower to 5 feet tall, 3 feet
wide.
Care
Instructions: Full
to partial sun. Follow a regular
watering schedule. |
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| Rosa Sea Foam |

Size : 2 gal.
Price: $15.00 |
Catalog Description: Creamy white, double flowers borne in large
clusters with excellent repeat bloom. Vigorous, spreading habit and small,
glossy foliage with superb disease resistance.
Design Idea: This hardy gem is suitable for use as a
ground cover or a low hedge.
Care
Instructions: Full
sun. Follow a regular watering
schedule. |
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| Rosa Carefree Celebration |

Size : 2 gal.
Price: $15.00 |
Catalog Description: Salmon orange single petal flowers on
a medium height shrub rose, flowers throughout the summer, disease resistant
foliage. 4-5’ by 4-5’
Design Idea: A good
flowering shrub throughout the summer, combines well with ornamental grasses
and perennials.
Care Instructions: Best planted in a sunny location with good air
circulation. Follow a regular watering
schedule. |
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| Rosa Carefree Sunshine |

Size : 2 gal.
Price: $15.00 |
Catalog Description: Deep yellow buds open to prolific clusters
of sunny yellow, 3- to 4-inch semi-double blossoms all summer long, keeping
their color without fading or washing out in the harsh summer sun. A
virtually maintenance-free upright shrub that grows about 3 feet tall and 4
feet wide.
Care
Instructions: Follow
a regular watering schedule. |
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| Viburnum Rhytidophyllum |

Size : 5 gal.
Price: $18.00 |
Catalog Description: Larger growing evergreen shrub with
creamy white flowers and red fruit. Heavily textured leaves are dark olive green. 10’ by 10’.
Design Idea: A great shrub for screening, can be planted in a row with
several, used alone, or combined with other plants. Can be pruned for a smaller size.
Care
Instructions: Follow a regular watering schedule. |
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| Rosa Poly. Double Knock Out |

Size : 5 gal.
Price: $18.00 |
Catalog Description: These blooms of shiny fire-engine red are
about 2 1/2 inches wide and utterly unstoppable from early summer till frost.
Most are fully double, some semi-double, with an average petal count of 18 to
25 in.
Design Idea: A bit tighter, more dense and compact than
its the original Knockout Rose, Double Knock Out makes a fine low hedge in
any sunny to partly shaded garden.
Care
Instructions: Follow
a regular watering schedule. |
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| Ilex Glabra Shamrock |

Size : 5 gal.
Price: $22.00 |
Catalog Description: Soft rounded evergreen foliage in an
upright mounding form. 4-5’ x 4-5’.
Design Idea: A good back drop for colorful perennials or groundcovers;
tolerates shade, partial shade, full sun.
Care Instructions: Requires soil amended with compost or peat moss, protect
from windy locations. Follow a regular
watering schedule. |