With a new year comes a variety of new plants for Bailey Nurseries. The company has introduced many varieties of flowers and plants to several of its collections.
First Editions Galaxy Snowberry
Symphoricarpos x doorenbosii ‘Kolmgala’ PP20,912
The First Editions Galaxy Snowberry features large, bright-white berry clusters that cover the shrub from fall through early winter. The weight of the berries creates an arching effect with the plant stems. A compact and easy-to-grow shrub, Galaxy needs full sun and can tolerate average soils.
Zone: 4-9 |
Shape: Upright rounded |
Height: 30- to 36-inches |
Foliage: Dark green |
Width: 30- to 36-inches |
Fruit: White |
Location: Full sun |
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Lagerstroemia ‘Coral Magic’ PPAF
Coral Magic’s features salmon-pink flowers that cover the plant in early summer. This crape myrtle keeps it’s rounded shape with reddish new growth foliage. The leaves turn dark green through the summer. Coral Magic flowers on new growth and should be pruned in late summer.
Location: Full sun |
Width: 6- to 10-feet |
Zone: 6-9 |
Flower: Salmon-pink |
Height: 6- to 10-feet |
Foliage: Reddish new growth, dark green in summer |
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Lagerstroemia ‘Purple Magic’ PPAF
The dark purple flowers of Purple Magic command attention. New leaves start out a with a red hue, maturing to a green. Purple Magic is a spring bloomer, so prune it in the winter. Deadheading the first flush of flowers can encourage a summer bloom.
Location: Full sun |
Width: 6- to 10-feet |
Zone: 6-9 |
Flower: Dark purple |
Height: 6- to 10-feet |
Foliage: Reddish new growth, maturing to glossy green |
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Lagerstroemia ‘Plum Magic’ PPAF
Plum Magic features bright, fuchsia flowers. New leaves of this dense rounded shrub emerge purple, maturing to a dark green. Plum Magic flowers on new growth and should be pruned in winter.
Location: Full sun |
Width: 6- to 10-feet |
Zone: 6-9 |
Flower: Fuchsia-pink |
Height: 6- to 10-feet |
Foliage: Plum-purple, maturing to dark green |
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Lagerstroemia ‘PIILAG-V’ PPAF
Midnight Magic has deep purple to rich burgundy colored foliage that accent the dark pink flowers. The foliage and the flowers extend from July until September.
Location: Full sun |
Width: 4- to 6-feet |
Zone: 6-9 |
Flower: Dark pink |
Height: 4- to 6-feet |
Foliage: Purple-maroon |
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Lagerstroemia ‘PIILAG-IV’ PPAF
Moonlight Magic has maroon leaves and white flowers. Topping out at 12-feet, Moonlight Magic could be a small landscape tree or a container plant.
Location: Full sun |
Width: 4- to 6-feet |
Zone: 6-9 |
Flower: White |
Height: 8- to 12-feet |
Foliage: Dark maroon |
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Loropetalum Chinense var rubrum ‘PIILC-I’ PPAF
Crimson Fire has neon-pink flowers in the spring and has a compact, low spreading form.
Location: Full sun |
Width: 2- to 3-feet |
Zone: 7-9 |
Foliage: Ruby red, evergreen |
Height: 2- to 3-feet |
Flower: Neon pink |
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Loropetalum Chinense var rubrum ‘PIILC-II’ PPAF
Sparkling Sangria’s is large and has pink-red flowers that cover the plant in spring.
Location: Full sun |
Width: 6- to 8-feet |
Zone: 7-9 |
Foliage: Bronze –red, maturing to medium olive green |
Height: 6- to 8-feet |
Flower: Shocking pink |
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Illicium floridanum ‘Pink Frost’ PP21,287
The white and green foliage of First Editions Pink Frost Illicium brings out the shrub’s maroon, star-shaped flowers.
Location: Shade |
Width: 6- to 10-feet |
Zone: 6-9 |
Foliage: Green with white variegation turning to pink-rose in winter |
Height: 6- to 10-feet |
Flower: Maroon-red |
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Wisteria macrostachya ‘Betty Matthews’
This flowering vine blooms on new growth, covering the plant with flowers beginning in June. Summer Cascade’s flowers open to a deep blue-lavender then fade as the season progresses. In late summer, the plant produces seedpods that add multi-season interest. Research at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum found Summer Cascade to be reliably cold hardy.
Location: Full sun |
Width: Varies |
Zone: 4-8 |
Flower: Lavender |
Height: 15- to 25-feet |
Foliage: Medium green |
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Rosa ʻBAIypsoʼ (PPAF)
Easy Elegance Calypso is an apricot rose that sends forth double blooms atop dark green foliage. This own root rose is extremely hardy and disease resistant.
Classification: Shrub Rose |
Height: 2-feet |
Official Flower Color: Apricot Blend |
Width: 2-feet |
Bloom Cycle: Recurrent |
Flower Form, Size: Double, 2.5-inches |
Hardiness Zone: 4-9 |
Petal Count: 25 |