Foundation Planting · Four Season Interest · Wildlife Habitat
What’s included:
5 native shrubs
• 2 Inkberry Holly (Ilex glabra)
• 1 Virginia Sweetspire (Itea virginica)
• 1 Broadleaf Meadowsweet (Spiraea latifolia)
• 1 New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus)
• A professionally designed planting layout showing spacing and placement for a 17 × 5 foot garden
• A rendered garden image to help you visualize the finished planting
• Individual plant cards with growing conditions and ecological notes
Growing conditions
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Soil: Average to moist, well drained soil
Care: Water regularly during the first growing season to help roots establish and plants settle in
Why we love this garden
• Inkberry Holly provides evergreen structure and screening, an alternative to boxwood
• Virginia Sweetspire adds fragrant early summer flowers and brilliant red fall color
• New Jersey Tea is a low, tidy shrub that fills out the front of the border
• Broadleaf Meadowsweet extends the bloom season with clusters of white flowers from July into September
Why wildlife loves this garden
• New Jersey Tea and Broadleaf Meadowsweet are host plants for the Spring Azure butterfly
• Flowers across the planting provide nectar and pollen for bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects from May thru September
• Pollinated female Inkberry Hollies produce black berries that provide food for birds
• Foliage and dense branching offer cover for birds and other small wildlife
What to expect at pickup
Ground covers and ferns are sold as young, well rooted plugs. Shrubs are sold in 1 gallon containers.
Because this is a fall collection, some plants may have limited foliage or may be beginning to enter dormancy at pickup. This is a normal seasonal change. Their roots are healthy and ready to establish after planting.
Before you order
All orders are for pickup at the Montclair Farmers Market.
• Choose your pickup Saturday at checkout
• Orders must be picked up on that date
• Plants are living and may vary in appearance
• All sales are final once plants are picked up
• Please check your plants at pickup — we can only address issues at that time
