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Proven Winners has put together a wonderful guide to help you with questions you may have on your hydrangeas!

Large white flowers (8″-9″) with a deep pink veining and cherry eye.  Attractive dark green foliage.
Mature Size: 4’x4′
Attracts Butterflies
Deer Resistant
Full Sun
Fast Growing
Zone 4-9
Blooms in July & August
Photo Credit: Midwest Groundcovers

$25 each (2 gallon container)

Dark foliage against deep red flowers (8″-9″) 
Mature Size: 3-4′ Height, 4-6′ Width
Attracts Butterflies
Deer Resistant
Full Sun
Fast Growing
Zone 4-9
Blooms in June, July, August
Photo Credit: Midwest Groundcovers

$25 each (2 gallon container)

Lavender pink flowers (7″-8″) with a dark red eye on dark green foliage.  
Mature Size: 3-4′ Height, 4-6′ Width
Attracts Butterflies
Deer Resistant 
Full Sun
Fast Growing
Zone 4-9
Blooms in July & August
Photo Credit: Midwest Groundcovers

$25 each (2 gallon container)

Our friends at Midwest Groundcovers have put together some really fun plant recipe cards! All plants available for order at Plant Life Designs.

We would love to help you add some new plantings to your landscape!

Berberis Sunjoy Mini Salsa 3 Gallon: $42.50

Echinacea Salsa Red 1 Gallon $18.50

Festuca Cool As Ice 1 Gallon: $15.50

Geum Mai Tai 1 Gallon: $14

Allium schoenoprasum var. album 1 Gallon: $12.50

Monarda didyma ‘Raspberry Wine’ 1 Gallon: $12.50

Phlox ‘Strawberries and Cream’ Flat of 10 Plants: $54

Rosa Drift Peach 3 Gallon: $38.25

Sambucus ‘Lemony Lace’ 3 Gallon: $45

Calaninta nepeta spp. nepeta 1 Gallon: $10.25

Sedum Sunsparkler Dazzleberry 1 Gallon: $14

Schizachyrium ‘Standing Ovation 1 Gallon: $17

Origanum Herrenhausen 1 Gallon: $10.25

Allium ‘Millenium’ 1 Gallon: $13

Ajuga ‘Chocolate Chip’ Flat of 10 Plants: $41.50

Baptisia Decadence Blueberry Sundae 1 Gallon: $20.50

Hemerocallis ‘Elegant Candy’ 1 Gallon: $17.50

Ligustrum ‘Golden Ticket’ 5 Gallon: $52.50

Phlox ‘Grape Lollipop’ 1 Gallon: $16.50

‘Grape Expectations’ Heuchera 1 Gallon/$19 each

‘Ice Dance’ Sedge 1 Gallonn/$12.50 each

‘Rheinland’ Astilbe 1 Gallon/ $10.50 each

We are a proud supplier of Hocus Pocus Groundcovers from Midwest Groundcovers. Whether you are looking for something to fun to walk on, something to mix inbetween your shrubs and perennials, a new addition to a fairy garden, blooms to bring in pollinators, plants to grow under trees, we can offer a groundcover for every situation. Mixed with ornamental grasses, perennials and shrubs, groundcovers can also help ease the maintenance of weeding the garden! We offer complimentary online groundcover consultation. Send us a message at info@plantlifedesigns.com with your groundcover questions!

We can find the right groundcover for your garden location, calculate exactly how many you need and order it for pick up at Plant Life Designs!

For a detailed list of our availbity from Midwest Groundcovers, click here! https://www.hocuspocusgroundcovers.com/

Pictured below are two different groundcover planting patterns. Once we know how you would prefer to place them, we can calculate the number of plants needed!

During our time quarantined in our homes with the spread of the Coronavirus, we can still find ways to keep growing. Thinking about the garden and planning for the future keeps us going during these more challenging times that we are in. Here are a few suggestions from your friends at Plant Life Designs!

Add a ‘wine garden’ to your landscape this season with these beautiful selections! See the recipe card below and if you need more assistance please give us a call! Order your plants today for a spring pick up. 515.996.8888

(Photos courtesy of Midwest Groundcovers)

Ilex verticillata ‘Berry Poppins’
‘Berry Poppins’ Winterberry
This shrub is perfect for a pop of red in a snowy Iowa landscape!  
Reaching only 3-4′ tall and 3-4′ wide, makes it easy to add into your garden.  The leaves on this plant will drop early, displaying large red colorful berries for the winter season.  ‘Berry Poppins’ prefers full sun to part sun, with moist, well-drained soils.  Pair with ‘Mr. Poppins’ for proper pollination.  

Order today for spring pick-up!  

‘Berry Poppins’ Winterberry, 3 Gal. $46.50

‘Mr. Poppins’ Winterberry, 3 gal. $46.50

Order your tidy plants today for spring! Plants will be available for pick up in late April/early May. We will contact you when they arrive and can be picked up at our gardens in Van Meter.

(Please note, plants only carry a warranty if planted by Plant Life Designs. )

Drift Rose

Apricot Coral Peach Pink Popcorn Red Sweet White