March 2012
The Endless Summer® Collection Companion Plants
St. Paul, Minn. (Spring 2012) – With four varieties to choose from, the options for paring plants from the Endless Summer® Collection in your garden are just that – ENDLESS! These four hydrangeas are so versatile theyʼre ideal for every area of your garden. All four members of the Endless Summer Collection are easy to grow. The full, yet compact growth habit of The Original, Blushing Bride, Twist-n-Shout™ and new Bella Anna™ make each variety an ideal plant for decorative containers, combined as a group or paired with other garden plants.
Here are just a few great ways to include Endless Summer Twist-n-Shout, The Original, Blushing Bride and Bella Anna in your spring plantings:
The deep green foliage of all three varieties combines beautifully with variegated shade plants such as:
• Light-O-Day Hydrangea
• Raspberry Splash Pulmonaria
• Variegated Hostas
• Jack Frost or Looking Glass Brunnera
• Stairway to Heaven Polemonium
Get a jumpstart on spring color by pairing your Endless Summer Collection varieties with early flowering semishade loving plants such as:
• Snowdrop anemone
• Columbine
• Bleeding heart
• Foxglove
• Jacobs ladder
• Bugloss
• Lungwort
• Siberian iris
Other annual flowering combinations to try include:
• Perennial geraniums
• Goatsbeard
• Astilbe
• Double impatiens
• Fuchsia
• Lobelia
• Nemesia
• Nierembergia
• Torenia
All three varieties make wonderful partners for:
• White birch trees
• Ivory Halo dogwood
If youʼre growing Endless Summer hydrangeas in large containers, where they are getting more sun and regular water, try these dramatic combinations:
• Pansies and violas give you color until the hydrangeas bloom
• Trailing petunias
• Begonias
• Calibrachoa
• Diascia
• Trailing verbena
• Blue and purple sage and speedwell
Endless Summer® Bella Anna™, the newest member of the Collection, will be available exclusively at independent garden centers in 2012. Look for the entire Endless Summer Collection including Twist-n-Shout™, The Original, Blushing Bride and Bella Anna™ in their distinctive blue pots.
All four Endless Summer Hydrangeas are now available online. Click here to purchase yours:http://store.endlesssummerblooms.com/.
Visit www.endlesssummerblooms.com for more information, instructional videos and beautiful, high-resolution images. The site also features a retail locator so homeowners can find a garden center near them to purchase any of the four plants in the Endless Summer Collection.
Bailey Nurseries was founded in 1905. From 15 acres of stony hillside it has grown to one of North America’s largest and most trusted nurseries. Today Bailey Nurseries serves more than 4,500 nursery retailers, landscapers and growers throughout the United States, Canada and beyond. Main offices are located in Newport, Minnesota, near the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, with other locations in Oregon, Washington and Illinois.