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Plants that will benefit your Feng Shui Garden 


1.) Chrysanthemum (Dendrathema morifolium)-Hardy Mums 
  •  Moist well drained Soil
  •  Flower in early, mid to late fall
  •  Oakland Nursery Inc. Columbus Ohio (614)268-3511 
2.) Liquidambar styraciflua-American Sweetgum 
  •  Deciduous
  •  Shoots have corky ridges
  •  Leaves are lobed and glossy and are dark green and turn orange, red and purple in the    autumn.
  •  Loves full sun to with moist soil
  •  Grows 100 ft tall
  •  A. Brown & Sons Nursery. Inc. Phillipsburg Ohio (937)884-5826


3.) Liriodendron tulipifera-Tuliptree
 

  •  Deciduous, Vigorus spreading Tree
  •  Leaves are Dark Green and are cut off or notched at the tip, and the sides are lobed.
  • Yellow flowers in autumn and tulip-shaped orange, green and white flowers in mid-summer.
  •  Loves full sun and well-drained soil
  •  Klyn Nurseries, Inc. Perry, Ohio (440)259-3811
4.) Wisteria sinensis-Chinese Wisteria
  •  Deciduous, Vigorous, and Woody-stemmed
  •  Has eleven leaflets and it is a twining climber.
  •  Fragrant Lilac or Pale violet flowers
  •  Blooms in early summer followed by velvety pods.
  •  Loves full sun and well-drained soil
  •  Grows to 100 ft.
  •  Acorn Farms, Inc. (614)891-9348


5.) Stachys byzantina-Lamb's Ear

  •  Loves full sun with a well-drained soil.
  •  Flowers purple and pink in the summer.
  •  Leaves are felt like or velvety textured.
  •  North Coast Perennials, Madison Ohio (440)428-1277
6.) Sedum kamtschaticum-Stonecrop 
 
  •  Perennial, Full sun well-drained soil
  •  Yellow star shaped flower in the summer
  •  Great to fill pockets on a stone wall
  •  Leaves leathery textured
  •  Earthscapes, Inc. Loveland Ohio (513) 683-0144


7.) Buddleia davidii -Butterfly Bush 
 

  •  Fast growing long arching shoots lanceolate shaped with gray-greenish leaves
  •  Flowers are in clusters of fragrances, bloom in summer to autumn 
  •  Full sun and well-drained soil
  •  Gilson Gardens, Inc. Perry Ohio (440) 259-4845
8.) Coreopsis verticillata-Moonbeam Threadleaf Tickseed
 
  •  Clear yellow flower blooms in late spring to late summer
  •  Leaves are of fine texture
  •  Perennial adds to border in garden
  •  Decker’s Nursery, Inc. (614) 836-2130
9.) Digitalis purpurea-Foxglove
 
  •  Pink, Purple, White, rusty or yellow flowers in late spring to early summer
  •  Partial shade in moist well-drained soil
  •  Used as a border plant in natural settings 
  •  Biennial plant
  •  Oakland Nursery, Inc. (614) 268-3511


10.) Iberis sempervirens-Candy Tuft 
 

  •  Alternate leaves, semi-woody perennial
  •  Full sun with well-drained soil
  •  Used in rock gardens and edging
  •  White flowers in raceme inflorescence
  •  Imperial Nurseries Columbus Ohio (614) 876-1193


11.) Campsis radicans-Trumpetvine 
 

  •  Deciduous, woody stemmed, root climber to 40ft
  •  Leaves 7-11 oval, toothed leaflets
  •  Small clusters of trumpet-shaped orange, scarlet or yellow flowers
  •  Blooms late summer to early autumn
  •  Warner-Kingwood Nurseries, Willoughby Ohio (440) 946-0880


12.) Euonymus alatus-Winged Euonymus 
 

  •  Stiff spreading shrub 12’-15’ in height
  •  Corky wing twigs
  •  Leaves elliptic to oval
  •  Brilliant red autumn color 
  •  Average soil, full sun
  •  Klyn Nurseries, Inc. (440) 259-3811


13.) Picea pungens-Colorado Blue Spruce
 

  •  American Evergreen
  •  Whorls of branches stiffly, prickled-pointed
  •  Dull dark green in color
  •  Color needed for growth habit
  •  Willoway Nurseries,Inc. Avon, Ohio (440) 934-4435


14.) Paeonia lactiflora-Garden Peonies 
 

  •  Various colors and fragrance is sweet and overwhelmingly
  •  Flowers late spring to early summer
  •  Loves full sun or light shade
  •  Well-drained in fertile soil
  •  Known to be used as a border flower or a cut flower
  •  Imperial Nurseries, Columbus Ohio (614) 876-1193


15.) Scabiosa columbaria -Butterfly Blue Pincushion Plant 
 

  •  Lavender blue flowers continuously from early summer to frost.
  •  Stems 20”-24” tall
  •  Used as a border specimen
  •  Oakland Nursery Inc. Columbus Ohio (614) 268-3511 
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