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“Dad, you’ve got to come look at this spring combination,” said my color design guru son, James. It made me want to scream “wow!” because it was so beautiful. He chuckled, saying it was kind of an accident. The stunning partnership featured Double Play Candy Corn spirea and Primo Wild Rose heuchera. One of his crew had cut the spirea to the ground in late fall as she believed it to be dead, versus deciduous and dormant
I’ve written about Double Play Candy Corn twice in the last three years. I suppose I’ll keep writing about it until I get used to its shocking flaming orange and yellow leaves commencing with spring growth. I’ll keep writing about it because everyone needs to experience it. This is our fourth year to grow it, utilizing three totally different applications.