Trudy’s Tried and Terrific | Effinger Garden Center in Belleville, Illinois

Trudy’s Tried and Terrific have stood the test of time. These are popular plants that have survived the introduction of countless new varieties. They are dependable, long-blooming, low maintenance super stars.

	Ceratostigma or Plumbago An excellent ground cover with loads of late summer interest. Sky blue flowers begin in mid summer and persist until a hard frost. Green summer foliage slowly matures to brilliant bronze-red by fall.
	Coreopsis Zagreb Golden-yellow flowers on a bushy yet airy clump of fine, needle-like foliage. Blooms all summer if occasionally trimmed back. Deer resistant. Full sun.
	Dianthus or Pinks Frosty Fire Attractive blue-green foliage, a compact mounding habit and flowers that bloom most of the summer and again in the fall. Requires good drainage, 6-7 inches tall.
	Dicentra or Bleeding Heart Gold Heart Bright yellow folage sports arching sprays of large pink and white heart-shaped blossoms. Goes dormant in very hot weather. 18-24 inches tall.
	Echinacea or Coneflower Pow Wow Wildberry Pow Wow Wildberry is the new standard in dwarf purple coneflower. Pow Wow is smothered with bright pink-purple daisy flowers all summer. It is compact, well-branched, has clean foliage and stands 18-24 inches tall.
	Gaillardia or Blanket Flower Arizona Apricot A soft color pallet and compact habit. Large 3 in apricot flowers with yellow tips and a darker orange center cover the uniform mound almost all summer. Heat and drought tolerant, deer resistant.
	Hemerocallis or Daylily Going Bananas You’ll go bananas for this daylily with its large lemon-yellow flowers that bloom almost continually until early fall. Each stalk can have 10-15 blooms! Plants are 18-22 inches tall.
	Hosta Island Breeze Wide green margins contrast with bright yellow centers in spring. Centers turn chartruese in shade but stay yellow with some sun. Showy red stems. 12 inches.
	Heuchera or Coral Bells Caramel Vigorous growth and dense robust habit. Leaves range in color from apricot to amber depending on light and temperature. 12 inches.
	Leucanthemum or Shasta Daisy Daisy May The best new short shasta daisy on the market! Compact, sturdy, forms a dome of solid white flowers. 3 inch single pure white flowers, 20 inches tall. Blooms right up until frost. Butterfly magnet.
	Rudbekia or Black- Eyed Susan Little Goldstar The best new dwarf Black-Eyed Susan available. Forms a compact, dome-shaped clump of golden yellow flowers. Just 14-16 inches tall. Looks great in a pot.
	Salvia New Dimensions Blue Bright purple-blue flowers on strong upright stems. Forms a compact 14-18 inch mound. Heat and drought tolerant, deer resistant.