Sandy's Back Porch Garden Center in Belleville, IL
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Our plants and products are delivered throughout the season and are subject to availability.

For greater success, add Espoma BioTone when planting your perennials.

Full Sun (FS) – 6-8 hours of direct sunlight.

Part Sun (PS) – A greater emphasis is put on its receiving the minimal sun requirements.

Part Shade (PSH) – Should not be planted where they will get the burning late afternoon sun. Plant where it will get shaded from a tree or plant on the east side of a building.

Full Shade (SH) – Less than 3 hours of direct sunlight each day, with filtered sunlight during the rest of the day. Full shade does not mean “no sunlight.” There are very few plants that will grow in the dark.

Variety

Description

Exposure

Pot Size

Angelonia

Angelface® Blue

18-24″ x 12-18″ – Dark blue flowers

FS

4.5″ Premium

Angelface® Pink

18-30″ x 12-18″ – Dark pink flowers

FS

4.5″ Premium

Begonias

Surefire® Cherry Cordial™ – NEW

12-24″ x 18-24″ – Dark chocolate colored foliage with cherry red flowers

PS to SH

4.5″ Premium

Surefire® Red

12-24″ x 18-24″ – Green foliage with red flowers

PS to SH

4.5″ Premium

Surefire® Rose

12-24″ x 18-24″ – Bronze foliage with pink flowers

PS to SH

4.5″ Premium

Surefire® White NEW

12-24″ x 18-24″ – Green foliage with clear white flowers

PS to SH

4.5″ Premium

Browalia

Endless™ Illumination

12-16″ x 10-14″ – Blue-violet flowers

PSH to SH

4.5″ Premium

Endless™ Flirtation

12-16″ x 10-14″ – White flowers

PSH to SH

4.5″ Premium

Caladium

Heart to Heart® Blushing Bride

15-20″ x 8-10″ – Strap leaf Caladium that features bright deep pink leaf areas with a green border, the main veins may turn whiter depending on growing conditions.

FS to SH

4.5″ Premium

Heart to Heart® Dawn to Dusk

15-20″ x 10-14″ – The foliage is dark and pale Green Splashed with Red

PSH to SH

4.5″ Premium

Heart to Heart® Fast Flash™

15-20″ x 10-14″ – Red variety with dark red central veins with many pink specks and green margins.

FS to SH

4.5″ Premium

Heart to Heart® Heart and Soul

15-20″ x 8-10″ – Strap leaf variety with a white center, green border and red spots. The white center is often flushed pink.

FS to SH

4.5″ Premium

Heart to Heart® Lemon Blush

15-20″ x 10-14″ – A fancy-leaved introduction with rose red center and wide chartreuse margins

PSH to SH

4.5″ Premium

Heart to Heart® Rose Glow

15-20″ x 10-14″ – A a fancy-leaf hybrid with medium green leaves. Is has a bright, flamingo pink center and frosty white halo. As it matures, leaves develop white main veins that contrast well with its pink/rose background.

FS to SH

4.5″ Premium

Superbells / Calibrochoa / Million Bells

The Superbells® Collection is bred for their superb coloration, greater heat tolerance and disease resistance, Superbells will hold their color all season long.

Superbells® Blackcurrant Punch™

6-12″ x 12-24″. Deep black-eye and bright pink petal edges.

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Superbells® Blue Moon Punch™

6-12″ x 12-24″. Lavender with deep purple eye

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Superbells® Cherry Star

6-12″ x 12-24″. The flowers are bright pink with a distinct yellow star pattern.

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Superbells® Coral Sun

6-12″ x 12-24″. Blooms have bright yellow centers with coral pink edges.

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Superbells® Double Amber

6-12″ x 12-24″. Double amber colored blooms

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Superbells® Double Blue

6-12″ x 12-24″. Double violet-blue blooms

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Superbells® Double Orange

6-12″ x 12-24″ Double orange blooms

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Superbells® Double Ruby

6-12″ x 12-24″. Double red blooms

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Superbells® Double Yellow – NEW

6-12″ x 12-24″. Bright yellow double blooms

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Superbells® Doublette Love Swept™

6-10″ x 12-24″. Gorgeous deep pink flowers, with a fine white rim on each petal

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Superbells® Dreamsicle®

6-12″ x 12-24″. Orange flowers

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Superbells® Evening Star™

6-12″ x 12-24″. The flowers are purple with a distinct yellow star pattern.

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Superbells® Grape Punch™

6-12″ x 12-24″ Purple with a large, deep plum-black eye

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Superbells® Holy Moly®

6-12″ x 12-24″. Mottled yellow and cherry-red star bi-color.

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Superbells® Holy Smokes!®

6-12″ x 12-24″. Flowers have a a soft yellow base overlain with blue-purple splotches

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Superbells® Lemon Slice®

6-12″ x 12-24″. Alternating slices of yellow and white

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Superbells® Over Easy

6-12″ x 12-24″. White flowers with bright yellow centers

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Superbells® Pink

6-12″ x 12-24″. Pink blooms

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Superbells® Pomegranate Punch™

6-12″ x 12-24″. Velvety red flowers with black eye

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Superbells® Prism™ Pink Lemonade – NEW

6-12″ x 12-24″. Flowers are lemon yellow and transition to a vibrant pink, with both colors continuously present

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Superbells® Rising Star™

6-12″ x 12-24″. The flowers are bright magenta with a distinct yellow star pattern.

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Superbells® Tropical Sunrise

6-12″ x 12-24″. Blooms have warm streaks of yellow and pinkish red.

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Superbells® Yellow

6-12″ x 12-24″. Bright yellow flowers

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Superbells® Yellow Chiffon

6-12″ x 12-24″. Pale yellow blooms

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Chrysocephalum

Flambe® Yellow

Tufted yellow flowers on silvery foliage; very heat and drought tolerant. Great filler plant. 8-14″ x 8-12″

FS

4.5″ Premium

Cleome

Señorita Rosalita®

Add dramatic height to beds. Pink flowers will not reseed. 24-48″ x 18-24″

FS

4.5″ Premium

Coleus

Colorblaze® Mini Me™ Watermelon – NEW

12-20″ x 10-18″. The narrow leaves are watermelon to coral foliage with golden chartruese accents.

FS to SH

4.5″ Premium

Colorblaze® Wicked Witch™

24-40″ x 18-36″ – Deep Burgundy to Chocolate foliage with a ruffled edge outlined in chartreuse.

FS to SH

4.5″ Premium

Colorblaze® Wicked Hot®

24-40″ x 18-24″ – Orange foliage with a ruffled edge

FS to SH

4.5″ Premium

Colorblaze® El Brighto

4-40″ x 18-36″ – Foliage has purple and red centers with ruffled yellow margins

FS to SH

4.5″ Premium

Colorblaze® Lime Time®

24-40″ x 18-36″ – Chartreause ruffly foliage

FS to SH

4.5″ Premium

Colorblaze® Newly Noir™

24-36″ x 18-36″ – Deep purple with scalloped edges.

FS to SH

4.5″ Premium

Colorblaze® Golden Dreams™

24-40″ x 20-24″ – Colorful chartreuse foliage with red veins.

FS to SH

4.5″ Premium

Dipt in Wine

24-40″ x 20-243″ – Smooth, shiny, rounded leaves are crimson with a lime-green edge

FS to SH

4.5″ Premium

Cuphea

Vermillionaire® (Firecracker Plant)

Abundant yellow orange flowers all season long; loves the heat and loved by hummingbirds. Continuous bloomer. 18-24″ tall and wide.

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Cyperus / Papyrus

Graceful Grasses® Queen Tut™ NEW

This dwarf papyrus grows only 18-24″ x 12-18″

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Dichondra

Proven Accents® Silver Falls™

Vigorous, fan-shaped silver foliage on silver stems; very heat and drought tolerant.  Very strongly trailing plant is a fun component in baskets and other planters. 2-6″ x 18-40″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Doreanthus

Proven Accents® Mezzo Trailing Red

Variegated green and white foliage with deep pink flowers is a fantastic trailing plant. 3-5″ x 12-15″

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Euphorbia

Diamond Frost®

This filler plant is heat and drought-tolerant producing clouds of airy white flowers all season. 12-18″ x 12-18″

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Diamond Snow

This filler plant is heat and drought-tolerant producing dense clouds of white flowers on dense, mounded plants all season. 12-18″ x 12-18″

FS to PS

4.5″ Premium

Evolvulus

Blue My Mind® XL

True blue flowers, loves the heat and blooms all summer long. (More vigorous grower than the original.) 4-8″ x 12-20″

FS

4.5″ Premium

Blue My Mind®

True blue flowers, loves the heat and blooms all summer long. 4-8″ x 8-16″

FS

4.5″ Premium

Gomphrena

Truffula™ Pink

Hot pink flowers – 22-24″ x 22-24″

FS

4.5″ Premium

Ipomea / Sweet Potato Vine

Proven Accents® Sweet Caroline Light Green

Trails to 60″

PS to S

4.5″ Premium

Proven Accents® Sweet Caroline Bewitched Green with Envy

Trails to 28″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Proven Accents® Sweet Caroline Raven

Trails to 30″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Proven Accents® Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Lime

Trails to 20″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Isotoma

Beth’s Blue® Star Flower

Delicate star shaped flowers. 8-12″ x 10-14″

FS

4.5″ Premium

Lantana

Luscious® Basket Tangelo™ – NEW

12-24″ x 12-24″. Peach, Orange and Yellow

FS

4.5″ Premium

Luscious® Berry Blend

20-30″ x 20-30″. Shades of Fuchsia to Orange and Yellow

FS

4.5″ Premium

Luscious® Citron™

20-30″ x 20-30″. Bright yellow

FS

4.5″ Premium

Luscious® Citrus Blend

20-30″ x 20-30″. Bright mixture of red, orange and yellow

FS

4.5″ Premium

Luscious® Goldengate™

20-30″ x 20-30″. Bright golden yellow

FS

4.5″ Premium

Luscious® Royale Cosmo

12-16″ x 12-24″. Magenta-purple with yellow-orange highlights

FS

4.5″ Premium

Luscious® Royale Lemon Tart™ – NEW

12-24″ x 12-24″. Yellow

FS

4.5″ Premium

Luscious® Royale Red Zone™

12-24″ x 12-24″. Red with a bit of yellow

FS

4.5″ Premium

Lobelia

Laguna® Dark Blue

This true blue lobelia has better heat tolerance than older varieties. 6-12″ x 12-24″

PS

4.5″ Premium

Laguna® Sky Blue

Soft blue flowers. 6-12″ x 12-24″

PS

4.5″ Premium

Lobularia / Sweet Alyssum

Snow Princess®

Highly fragrant small white blooms all season long; vigorous plant that thrives in hot or cold. 10-16″ x 24-48″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Violet Knight®

Highly fragrant small rosey violet flowers blooms all season long; vigorous plant that thrives in hot or cold. 8-12″ x 18-24″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Moonlight Knight®

Highly fragrant soft yellow blooms. Very heat tolerant. Highly fragrant soft yellow blooms. Very heat tolerant. 8-12″ x 18-24″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

White Knight®

Masses of fragrant white blooms cover green foliage from planting to hard frost.  Very heat tolerant. 8-12″ x 18-24″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Nemesia

Sunsatia® Nemesia holds its own in both cool and hot temperatures, and is outstanding in hanging baskets, combos, and window boxes. Requires good drainage. More heat tolerant than most nemesia.

Sunsatia® Blood Orange

Rich shades of orange, red and yellow. 10-14″ tall and 12-16″ spread.

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Sunsatia® Lemon

Shades of yellow. 6-10″ tall and 12-16″ spread.

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Osteospermum

Bright Lights™ Double Moonglow

Heat tolerant plants, with a bicolor cream colored petals offset by a  frill of buttery yellow petals in the center. 8-12″ x 8-12″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Bright Lights™ Horizon™ Sunset

Heat tolerant plants with large salmon orange and lavender blue daisy-like flowers. 8-12″ x 10-18″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Bright Lights™ Purple

Heat tolerant plants with large purple daisy-like flowers. 8-12″ x 8-12″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Bright Lights™ Red

Heat tolerant plants with large red daisy-like flowers. 8-12″ x 8-12″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Bright Lights™ Yellow

Heat tolerant plants with large yellow daisy-like flowers. 8-12″ x 8-12″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Supertunias®

Supertunias are vigorous growers with slightly mounded habits that function as both fillers and spillers in containers.  They are also excellent landscape plants, best suited to be placed near the front of beds. They have medium to large flowers.

Bermuda Beach®

Light Pink/Salmon/Coral colored flowers 6-12″ x 18-24″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Black Cherry®

Deep red with black accents. 4-12″ x 18-24″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Bordeaux™

Soft plum-pink flowers with deep, rich plum-purple veins. 4-12″ x 18-24″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Giant Pink

Large bubblegum pink flowers. 6-12″ x 24-36″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Honey

Melange of pink and yellow, sunset colors. 4-12″ x 18-24″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Latte™

Silver white with brown to purple veins. 4-12″ x 18-24″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Limoncello®

Soft yellow with deep yellow veins. 4-12″ x 18-24″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Persimmon – NEW

Pinkish-Orange with yellow centers. 4-12″ x 18-24″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Picasso in Purple®

Purple flowers rimmed with chartreuse. 6-12″ x 18-24″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Priscilla

Double lavender with purple veins. 6-12″ x 18-24″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Raspberry Rush™

Raspberry pink with white markings. 4-12″ x 18-24″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Really Red

Fire engine red flowers. 4-12″ x 18-24″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Royal Magenta®

Magenta purple flowers. 4-12″ x 18-24″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Royal Velvet®

Deep purple flowers. 4-12″ x 18-24″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Mini Vista® Midnight – NEW

Deep dark purple flowers. 6-12″ x 18-24″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Mini Vista® Pink Star

White with cameo pink star pattern. 6-12″ x 18-24″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Mini Vista® Scarlet – NEW

Scarlet red flowers. 6-12″ x 18-24″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Mini Vista® White

White flowers. 6-12″ x 18-24″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Mini Vista® Yellow – NEW

Yellow flowers. 6-12″ x 18-24″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Vista® Bubblegum®

Light pink flowers. 12-24″ x 24-36″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Vista® Fuchsia

Fuchsia pink flowers. 12-24″ x 24-36″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Vista® Jazzberry®

Bright pinkish-purple flowers. 12-24″ x 24-36″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Vista® Silverberry

White with deep pink veins. 12-24″ x 24-36″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Vista® Snowdrift™

True white flowers with pale yellow veining. 12-24″ x 24-36″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Salvia

Rockin’® Deep Purple

Purple flowers each with a black calyx on tough plants. Attracts hummingbirds and other pollinators. 30-40″ x 24-30″

FS

4.5″ Premium

Rockin’® Fuchsia

Fuchsia flowers each with a black calyx on tough plants. Attracts hummingbirds and other pollinators. 24-36″ x 24-30″

FS

4.5″ Premium

Unplugged® So Blue

True blue flowers on mid-sized plants that love heat and don’t mind humidity. 14-24″ x 12-16″

FS

4.5″ Premium

Unplugged® So Pink

14-36″ x 12-20″ – Pink to fuchsia flowers with a black calyx

FS

4.5″ Premium

Scaveloa / Fan Flower

Whirlwind® Blue

Whorls of mid-pink blooms on heat and drought resistant plants. 8-14″ tall and 18-24″ spread

FS

4.5″ Premium

Whirlwind® Pink

Whorls of blue-purple blooms on heat and drought resistant plants.8-14″ tall and 18-24″ spread

FS

4.5″ Premium

Whirlwind® White

Whorls of white blooms on heat and drought resistant plants.8-14″ tall and 18-24″ spread

FS

4.5″ Premium

Sedum

Lemon Coral

This is an aggressive growing filler plant with a trailing habit. 3-10″ x 10-14″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Torenia / Wishbone Flower / Summer Snapdragon

Catalina® Midnight Blue

True blue flowers with a mounding/trailing habit and unique, yellow-throats. 8-16″ x 8-10″

FS to SH

4.5″ Premium

Verbena

Meteor Shower® Verbena bonariensis

Lollipops of lilac blooms on deep green foliage. 20-30″ x 8-12″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Superbena Sparkling® Rosé

Soft pink and white are clustered in large umbels on a trailing habit. 6-12″ x 18-30″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Superbena® Imperial Blue™

The deep blue-purple flowers are clustered in large umbels on a trailing habit. 10-12″ x 18-30″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Superbena® Peachy Keen

Peach tones from apricot to cream flowers are clustered in large umbels on a trailing habit. 6-12″ x 18-30″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Superbena® Raspberry

Raspberry pink flowers, are clustered in large umbels on a trailing habit. 6-12″ x 18-30″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Superbena® Red

Rich red flowers, are clustered in large umbels on a trailing habit. 6-12″ x 18-30″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Superbena Royale® Plum Wine

Bright velvety plum colored flowers, are clustered in large umbels on a trailing habit. 6-12″ x 18-30″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Superbena Sparkling Amethyst

Purple flowers splashed with lavender and white are clustered in large umbels on a trailing habit. 6-12″ x 18-30″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Superbena® Violet Ice

The purple flowers with large white eyes, are clustered in large umbels on a trailing habit. 6-12″ x 18-30″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Superbena® White Out

Pure white flowers with large white eyes, are clustered in large umbels on a trailing habit. 6-12″ x 18-30″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Supperbena® Coral Red

Coral red flowers with large white eyes, are clustered in large umbels on a trailing habit. 6-12″ x 18-30″

PS to FS

4.5″ Premium

Proven Winner plants at Sandy's Back Porch in Belleville, IL
Proven Winner plants at Sandy's Back Porch in Belleville, IL
Proven Winner plants at Sandy's Back Porch in Belleville, IL
Proven Winner plants at Sandy's Back Porch in Belleville, IL
Proven Winner plants at Sandy's Back Porch in Belleville, IL
Proven Winner plants at Sandy's Back Porch in Belleville, IL
Proven Winner plants at Sandy's Back Porch in Belleville, IL
Proven Winner plants at Sandy's Back Porch in Belleville, IL
Proven Winner plants at Sandy's Back Porch in Belleville, IL
Proven Winner plants at Sandy's Back Porch in Belleville, IL
Proven Winner plants at Sandy's Back Porch in Belleville, IL
Proven Winner plants at Sandy's Back Porch in Belleville, IL
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Proven Winner plants at Sandy's Back Porch in Belleville, IL