Looks Nice List

June 5, 2026


Shrubs

Abelia – (nice color) – Brilliantina, Mucho Gusto, Radiance

Barberry – (nice color) – Orange Rocket, Sunjoy Citrus, Sunjoy Gold Pillar,

Barberry – (nice color) – Sunjoy Mini Saffron, Sunjoy Tangelo

Butterfly Bush – (starting to flower) – Black Knight, Miss Ruby, Ruby Chip

Chamaecyparis – (nice color) – Gold Mop, Soft Serve Gold

Euonymus – (nice color) – Emerald Gaiety, Emerald & Gold, Marginata, Moonshadow,

Euonymus – (nice color) – Silver King

Hydrangea – (starting to flower) – macrophylla – Endless Summer,

Hydrangea – (starting to flower) – macrophylla – Endless Summer BloomStruck

Hydrangea – (starting to flower) – macrophylla and serrata hybrid – Let’s Dance Skyview

Hydrangea – (starting to flower) – quericifolia (Oakleaf) – Pee Wee, Ruby Slippers

Hydrangea – (starting to flower) – serrata – Tiny Tuff Stuff, Tuff Stuff Ah-Ha

Hypericum – (flower buds & nice color) – Magical Midnight Glow

Itea – (flowering) – Fizzy Mizzy, Henry’s Garnet, Little Henry, Merlot

Osmanthus – (nice color) – Goshiki

Physocarpus – (nice color) – Diabolo, Summer Wine, Summer Wine Black, Tiny Wine

Pieris – (nice new growth) – Katsura

Potentilla – (flowering) – Goldfinger

Salix (Willow) – (nice color) – Hakuro Nishiki

Spiraea – (flowering) – Double Play Gold, Little Princess

Spiraea – (nice color) – Double Play Gold       

Thuja – (nice color) – Fire Chief, Fluffy

Weigela – (nice color) – Midnight Sun, Sonic Bloom Wine, Spilled Wine, Very Fine Wine,

Weigela – (nice color) – Wine & Roses, Wine & Spirits

Yucca – (nice color) – Color Guard


Roses

Climbing – (flowering) – Arborose Tangerine Skies, Rise Up Emberays, Rise Up Lilac Days,

Climbing – (flowering) – Winners Circle

Drift – (flowering) – Apricot Drift, Buttercream Drift, Peach Drift, Pink Drift, Popcorn Drift,

Drift – (flowering) – Red Drift, Scarlet Drift, White Drift

Knock Out – (flowering) – Coral Knock Out, Double Pink Knock Out,

Knock Out – (flowering) – Easy Bee-zy Knock Out, Knock Out (single red),

Knock Out – (flowering) – Orange Glow Knock Out, Peachy Knock Out, Petite Knock Out,

Knock Out – (flowering) – Pink Knock Out, White Knock Out

Shrub – (flowering) – Bolero, Brick House Orange, Brick House Pink, Brick House (red),

Shrub – (flowering) – Easy Elegance Champagne Wishes, Easy Elegance Kashmir,

Shrub – (flowering) – Easy Elegance My Girl, Flavorette Honey-Apricot, Flavorette Pear’d,

Shrub – (flowering) – Sunset Horizon,

Trees – (flowering) – Double Pink Knock Out Tree, Double Red Knock Out Tree,

Trees – (flowering) – Easy Bee-zy Knock Out Tree, White Knock Out Tree


Trees

Acer (Maple) – (nice color) – Bloodgood, Crimson Queen, Red Dragon, Tamukeyama

Hydrangea Trees – (flower buds) – Quick Fire Tree

Rose Trees – (flowering) – Double Pink Knock Out Tree, Double Red Knock Out Tree,

Rose Trees – (flowering) – Easy Bee-zy Knock Out Tree, White Knock Out Tree

Salix (Willow) – (nice color) – Hakuro Nishiki Tree


Ornamentals

Juniper – (nice color) – Blue Star Std.

Picea – (nice color) – Glauca Globosa, Glauca Globosa Std.


Perennials

Allium – (flower buds) – Millenium

Astilbe – (starting to flower) – Fanal, Visions, Vision Inferno, Vision in Pink, Vision in Red,

Astilbe – (starting to flower) – Vision in White

Coreopsis – (flowering) – Uptick Red, Zagreb

Dicentra – (flowering) – Passion Hearts

Ferns – (nice color) – Metallicum, Regal Red

Hemerocallis (Daylily) – (flowering) – Happy Returns, Stella D’Oro

Hosta – (nice color) – Guacamole, Halcyon, Minuteman, Royal Standard, Wide Brim

Iris – (flower buds) – Pinkerton

Liatris – (flower buds) – Kobold


Proven Winner Perennials

Achillea – (starting to flower) – Firefly Diamond, Firefly Red Pop, Firefly Sunshine

Allium – (flower buds) – Bobblehead

Perovskia – (nice color) – Denim ‘n Lace

Sedum – (nice color) – Back in Black


Grasses

Miscanthus – (nice color) – Cabaret, Cosmopolitan

Pennisetum – (nice color) – Cassian, Praline

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