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Merriam, KS 66202-2815
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Merriam's Spring Plant Sale ~

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ORDERS!
The deadline for the spring plant sale is now past!

Each customer will receive a receipt which you must present when picking up your order on Saturday, May 1st between 8:00 a.m. and noon. Orders should be picked up at Merriam Public Works facility located at 6901 Knox.

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.

For a printer friendly version of these product descriptions, click here.

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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

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