Burning Bush-Bursting Heart at Nature Hills Nursery store

Burning Bush-Bursting Heart
The Bursting Heart Burning bush, Euonymus americana 'Bursting Heart', is a unique shrub. In the spring and summer this shrub quietly takes the back seat to other seasonal color. However, in early fall, it draws curious looks with its unique display of fruit. Bumpy, raspberry-red pods hang on the ends of stems and split open to reveal small, smooth, red seeds. If you'll plant this shrub with some room to grow, it will delight you with its fullness and profusion of fall "hearts." The lower limbs can be removed up to 2' or so and ground covers (foam flower, green and gold, ginger, etc.) planted to carpet the ground beneath. Grows 4-6'. Native.

Partial Shade Mix
This mixture is a premium blend proven in areas that receive a minimum of 4 hours of sun a day. It contains 25 shade-tolerant species including foxglove, wallflower, viola, dame's rocket, and columbine. This mix is great for use up against a fence or building, or near trees where sunlight is diminished.

Cimmaron Ash
The Cimmaron Ash tree, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, 'Cimmzam', is a fast growing ash tree that has beautiful glossy purple-colored leaves for showy foliage color. This deciduous trees is seedless with strong, upright branches that are resistant to storm and snow damage. The Cimmaron can grow 3 ft. or more per year in rich loose soil. Cimmaron Ash trees have a good salt tolerance, but it does not like poor compacted soils. The tree is narrow when young with upright branches. The glossy dark-green foliage turns brick-red to orange-red in the fall. It is a beautiful shade tree for homeowners and landscapers.

Red Maple
The Red Maple tree, Acer rubrum, is a deciduous tree which will typically grow 40-60' tall with a rounded to oval crown. In northern states, red maple usually occurs in wet bottomland, river flood plains, and wet woods, but in the south, it typically frequents drier, rocky upland areas. Leaves are shiny green above and pale green beneath, 3-5 lobed and 3-6" across. Species name of rubrum (meaning red) is everywhere in evidence: red flowers in dense clusters in late March to early April (before the leaves appear), red fruit (initially reddish, two-winged samara), reddish stems and twigs, red buds, and, in the fall, orange-red foliage color. This maple tree grows faster than Norway and Sugar maples, but slower than silver maple. Sap of this tree can be used to make a maple syrup that is inferior in quality to syrups made from the sugar maple. Red Maple trees are widely planted and admired.

Comice
The Comice Pear produces a large pear with a very juicy, melting flesh. It has an outstanding flavor. The Comice is not self-pollinating and requires a pollinator. Grow these and put them in your own gift boxes. The giant, juicy, rich-flavored pears are golden with a trace of red. It?s also blight-resistant. It is sometimes referred to as the "connoisseur?s" pear.

Southeast Mix
For AL, AR, DC, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA. A premium blend of Southern favorites has made this mix a big success all over the southeast. Geared to the varied soils and long growing season of the south, this mixture offers quick color the first year from annuals, plus a strong increase of bloom from perennials in years thereafter. Plant spring or fall. Includes 25 wildflowers: 12 annuals for first-year color. Plus 13 hardy perennials for second and successive years? bloom.

Indian Summer
The Indian Summer Crabapple has abundant pink flowers with an extended blooming period. It blooms with King bloom of Red Delicious apple tree. Attractive rose-red flowers in spring followed by bright red fruit 3/4" in diameter. Excellent disease resistance. Indian Summer crabapples can take cold, shifts in temperatures, semi-arid climate and brisk winds. With sweeping branches, symmetrical shapes and modest proportions they add beauty as well as providing good pollen.

Butterfly Mix
This is a specially designed mixture of 16+ easy-to-grow wildflowers that butterflies and hummingbirds love. The mix includes both wild annuals and perennials, so bloom will begin just 3 to 4 weeks after sprouting, and should return year after year. When and where to plant: Plant in spring or early summer, or in late fall after frost for spring bloom. In warm-winter areas, plant at beginning of rainy season. Choose any bright sunny spot. Butterflies and hummingbirds will find your bright flowers once they bloom.