Contemporary Garden

Pyramidal European Hornbeam is an attractive, densely branched, columnar tree when young, aging into a stately, broad cone shape with handsome, fluted, gray bark. Distinctive, dark green foliage turns yellow-orange in fall. Plant in groups as a screen or windbreak, or use as a specimen in a narrow yard or street side. Takes well to hard pruning as a formal hedge. Deciduous. Zone 4-8

Little Ollie® Dwarf Olive is a non-fruiting evergreen with a graceful, multi-branching habit. Deep green leaves have silvery green undersides. Attractive as a formal hedge or specimen shrub. Excellent in topiary form, or trained as a single trunk tree in smaller spaces. Heat, drought and salt tolerant. Zone 8-11

Frosty Ribbons® Hosta is a stunning new variety, featuring lush green and creamy white variegated foliage that nearly shimmers in the shade garden. Dainty, pale lavender tubular flowers appear above mounds of foliage in summer, attracting hummingbirds. Deciduous. Zone 4-8

Festival™ Burgundy Cordyline creates a dramatic and eye-catching grass-like effect with long arching leaves. Tiny white blooms appear on dark red stems. Spectacular paired with bright-colored foliage and flowers. Plant in drifts along walkway borders or in foundation plantings. A bold architectural form in container gardens. Evergreen. Zone 8-11

Blue Yucca forms a trunk that grows to 12 feet tall, with minimal branching near the top. Its distinctive powder blue leaves have a pronounced spine at the tip. Do not plant near human and pet traffic. In the summer the blue foliage is complemented by a showy 5 to 6 foot stalk of white flowers. For best growth, provide supplemental water in the summer, and plant in well-drained soils. Zones 7-10

Baby Pete™ Lily Of The Nile is a unique compact variety that blooms weeks earlier than others! Masses of blue flowers just above clusters of short, wide evergreen foliage. Rarely sets seed pods, resulting in a longer bloom period. Splendid along pathways, or in groupings and mixed containers. Zones 8-11

Golf Ball Kohuhu's dense, formal, low-maintenance form is ideal in containers or as a low hedge in place of boxwood. A great choice to line a walkway or surround a rose or perennial garden. Provides year-round beauty with bright green foliage, maintaining a natural rounded shape that seldom needs pruning. Evergreen. Zone 8-11

Poor agapathus, choice plant of curbside gardens in lots of warm season zones. It's not her fault that she's so useful, easy-to-grow, and brings a whimsical

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