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"A
remarkable little plant that will just flower itself silly". From
Spring into Autumn, not only is the foliage supple & perpetual,
but the small pink and white striped flowers just keep on a coming.
Self seeding is welcomed and not a nuisance. Seedlings look like
small ice teaspoons! Short lived but self
seeding keeps it in your garden. Edible leaves! Native to the US as
well as Siberia! Goes SUMMER DORMANT when temperatures start
hitting 90 but then comes back when they cool off.
A
choice Native woodland ephemeral. The star-like pale to medium
pink blooms (really white w/ pink veins) carpet moist, rich
woodland & sunny stream banks. While each 1/2" bloom
is small, in mass, they're spectacular. When established, they
can send up as many as 15 blooms from each underground stem that
looks like a miniature potato - hence the common name 'Fairy
Spuds'. Like many woodland treasures, they're SUMMER DORMANT.
Naturalizes and seeds well. Our cloan is closer to white than
pink in effect with light reddish purple veins.
Thick
clusters of small fluffy lilac to violet flowers above red stems.
The US Native found East of the Rockies is great for adding the hard
to come by violet color in Fall. This striking species spreads
by rhizomes and is stunning in a colony. Blooms for up to 8
WEEKS!
Thick
clusters of small fluffy flowers. A perfect companion to it's blue
sister, Cori. Easy in average moisture. Not good for dry spots.
Stoloniferous. A choice Native plant, you will rarely find for sale.
AKA, White Mistflower is good for the wild-flower garden or
streamside. Select form of a US Native found
East of the Rockies.`
Thick
clusters of small fluffy flowers, Cori offers a brighter, clearer
blue than any Ageratum you've seen before. When late summer blues
are hard to come by, this is a great one. A choice plant, you will
rarely find for sale. Easy care. Select
form of a US Native found East of the Rockies.
These charming and richly fragrant plants have many bell-like, white flowers on strong stems. They spread diligently and are often found near old foundations, where they proved more durable than the houses. Will grow under black walnuts. Plant 6"
apart for quick cover.
Small,
white, nodding, very fragrant, bell-shaped flowers in May, June.
Perennial from a long root; 2 basal upright leaves 4-8 inches long
that remain through the growing season. Partial to full sunlight, in
moist to dry soils; eventually forms a nice ground cover. The is not
the common Lily of the Valley - it's even better. (2 Pips per
pot!)
An easy to grow Tickseed in
well-drained soil and full sun. Tolerates humidity.
Deadheading is tedious but does result in repeat blooms or shear
mid-summer for a Fall rebloom. Stoloniferous but spreads
slowly. Dense and bushy. The poor common name only
means the seeds look like ticks!
"The
large, creamy white flowers are adorned with wine red eyes. Blooms
all summer over a mound of rich green foliage. A wonderful
addition to the mixed border or used in containers. Easy to grow
and makes no seeds." New to the trade for 2007 and
exclusively from Terra Nova and their vendors.
A
summer beauty. Lovely light, peachy-yellow flowers with red eyes all
summer. In the cool days of spring and fall the flowers take on a
wine rose blush. Bright green mounds are covered with large flowers.
Easy to grow and doesn't seed around. (In limited supply from Terra
Nova so we were so happy to be able to get these!)
Simply put, an improved 'Moonbeam'.
Now how can you possibly improve on the Perennial Plant of the Year
name to the Top 10 Perennials of All Time? Well, with HUGE 3"
canary yellow blooms by the HUNDREDS midsummer through Fall,
improved drought tolerance, ease of growing in areas with high heat
and humidity. Forms a dense mound of foliage.
That's how you can improve over 'Moonbeam'! And who could do
such a thing? Why Darrel Probst of Epimedium fame after 8
years of research as part of his
Compact
plant that's easy to grow and once established, just needs
occasional deadheading to keep it bloom all summer. Pays no
attention whatsoever to heat and humidity and just blooms and
blooms. Fringed yellow flowers have deep red center which
float above slender foliage.
One
of the more fascinating members of the Coreopsis family. Short stems
rise from the semi-stoloniferous rhizome with 1" broad wax-like
leaves. 12" flowers stalks of yellow daisies. The is a great,
tough, underused, unknown perennial! This is one of the most
useful, dependable plants we sell! It is the plant
equivalent of the Little Black Dress -- it goes with everything! 
Baby
Sun has single golden yellow ray florets with splashes of red
carried singly of red stems. Excellent for cut flowers with flower
buds even opening in water. Remove dead flower blossoms (deadhead)
to keep plant blooming or leave seed heads to forms for the birds.
Takes any soil. 
A
bright new color for Coreopsis from Blooms of
Bressingham. In early summer, the fine foliage is covered with
rose pink flowers and continue until Frost. A sport of the famous
'Limerock Ruby' and like it, a vigorous grower but tricky to get to
over winter in colder zones. You will see this listed as a
form of C. rosea but according to B. of B., 'Limerock Ruby' and thus
it's offspring, are of unknown parentage, not true cultivars of C.
rosea and thus not hardy as pure C.
rosea cultivars. However, they are astounding colors,
bloom from July until Frost -- just blooming machines. They
just won't overwinter in colder zones 4&5 where Coreopsis rosea
(and its cultivars will.)
A
rhizomatous Missouri native wildflowers which grows to 2 1/2' and is
found in (you guessed it) prairies, glades and dry open woods.
With 2" pale yellow, daisy-like blooms with both yellow rays
and flat yellow center disks. The ray flowers are
distinctively more light, pale yellow than most other native
coreopsis. These butter yellow blooms sit atop stiff, upright
stems from late spring to mid-summer. Thrives in poor
soil. Tolerates heat, humidity and drought. When happy,
forms colonies by both spreading and seeding. Cut back hard
after bloom if foliage gets untidy. If grown in the border,
divide every 2-3 years to keep in check and promote robustness.
This
strikingly lovely plant blooms with the same enthusiasm as its pink
sister but produces a completely different effect. This individual 1"
blooms are white & carried above needle like leaves of rich
green. This variety loves MOISTURE. Deadhead to encourage blooms.
Almost never available in the trade. Easy! 
An improvement over the species, more tolerate to wet conditions and better color. This strikingly lovely
plant blooms with the same enthusiasm as its yellow cousins but produces a completely different effect.
The individual 1" blooms are clear pink & carried above needle like leaves of rich green. This variety loves MOISTURE. Deadhead to encourage blooms. A moderate spreader. 
A
sport from Coreopsis 'Sweet Dreams' with distinct buy-red eye that
are darker and more richly colored than it's parent. Quick
growing, ferny foliage starts blooming early in the summer and
continues until fall, lasting thru frost in most areas.
This
is one of the HOTTEST, most sought after plants in the trade. Petals
are white-tipped with a dark raspberry center. Blooms in late spring
to midsummer atop plants with fine, needle-like foliage. Clumps form
rapidly to form a groundcover. Shear plants after flowering to allow
a new flush of flowers in fall and to limit
self-seeding. A sport of C. rosea 'American Dream'. 
1992
Plant of the Year! Easy to grow. This plant is a real standout. Its
pale yellow flowers are borne in great abundance above delicate lacy
foliage and seem to blend well with practically every color.
Deadhead to encourage blooms to frost. Beautiful with lavender
colors. 
Discovered at
Bauer's Perennial Farm it appeared in
their zone 5 garden in 2005 and has overwintered for 3 years.
They feel that due to the strength in zone 5 (that reached -15
degrees), that it will go as cold as zone 4. Blooms June to
October with a bright yellow bloom and a 'bleeding' burgundy red eye
that with the red 'bleeding' down into the yellow and the
predominant color. By fall it becomes almost all red. We
actually visited Bauer's once on a road trip -- well worth the visit!
Similar
to it's cousin, 'Moonbeam' but with blooms and foliage with more
substance. Where 'Moonbeam' is light & airy, Zagreb is more lush.
Blooms are a more golden yellow. Will grow in dry conditions, just
not bloom as much. Deadhead to keep blooms coming til Sept.
An
amazing new corydalis from China that is taking the trade by
storm. Usually corydalis dislike heat and have to live in the
shade but this guy will take full sun or light shade in superbly
drained soil and grow to a stunning 24" wide clump topped with
fragrant, wine-purple flowers from mid-April through
November. Will take sun but there is more chance it will
estivate (go dormant from summer heat) when placed in sun in warm
zones. In medium shade, ours never goes dormant in zone
7. Some sources list it only for Sun/Light shade but we grow
ours under an 80% shade cloth or a huge pine tree, which is pretty deep shade.
They 'stretch' a bit but otherwise do fine.
This
yellow flowering, evergreen, corydalis looks like a fern. Long,
delicate leaves from a central rosette. Elegant foliage has bronze
tints, especially in cool weather. Dense spikes of short-spurred
flowers. Easy in gardens, tough in pots, so rarely available.
Colonizer. Imagine this delicate looking thing -- evergreen in the
dead of winter! One of our 2 favorites! 
"Beyond
blue, this stunner has a more upright habit than the Corydalis
flexuosa types a-n-d (get ready for this!) it tends not to go
dormant in the summer! Could this be the blue Corydalis for
the south? We’re elated about elata! The critically cobalt flowers
are also fabulously fragrant. These emerge in May and bloom through
July in Oregon. Does well in moist soils." Terra
Nova Has a wonderful GARDENIA scent on warm
days! I think this will be THE blue corydalis, especially for
the Southeast! From Mt. Omei, China, via
Elizabeth Strangman. Raves and photos at 
Where
many Corydalis are a bit 'thug-ish', this is much more delicate in
spread. "New growth on 'Silver Spectre' emerges green
with a slight frosty appearance down the center of each leaf, but
ages into a fuller dusting of shimmering metallic silver. It has one
of the most stunning of all corydalis foliages, pleasing even when
not in flower," 
A fuzzy grey-leafed alpine which produces single blooms of bright yellow-orange from late spring to early summer. In the colder end of its growing range, it a great rock garden addition. In warmer areas, it does seed a bit but they're easily removed. Possibly better with some break from afternoon sun in warmer areas which is true for many alpines that like sun but not sun plus 100 degree heat!
Summer
flowering bulb from South Africa. The long bulb neck bears arching
strap-shaped green leaves. Umbels of up to 4-24 fragrant,
funnel-shaped, white flowers on long straight stems. A group of
majestic, true Southern lilies, among the rarest and most expensive
of all bulbs. Powellii is the hardiest - zone 6 w/ heavy
mulch. Blooms in late afternoon or at night, the flowers begin
to droop at noon the next day, and the fragrance in unequaled by any other
plant! Pest proof bulbs. Often blooms a second
time. Can take shallow water but not over the winter in colder
areas and yet is extremely drought tolerant when established.
See 
Beside
the beautiful burnt orange lily-like flower with a yellow throat, this hardy Crocosmia
really catches your eye. Excellent cut flowers
lasts 2 weeks or longer. Gladiolus like flowers and stems. MUST HAVE
WELL-DRAINED SOIL & SUN. *Provide winter mulch in Zones 5 &
6. Occasionally spelled Crocosmia 'Ember Glow. 
This hybrid strain has much larger flowers than the old-fashioned Montbretia & gives a truly splendid display. Excellent pot plant. Brilliant flame red flower.
Gladiolus like flowers and stems. MUST HAVE WELL-DRAINED SOIL & SUN. *Provide winter mulch in Zones 5 & 6.
Superb cut flower.
Striking
orange flowers with dark red or maroon centers really set this
Crocosmia apart. Gladious like flowers and stems. MUST HAVE
WELL-DRAINED SOIL & SUN. Provide winter mulch in Zones 5 &
6. 
Bright
yellow flowers on tall green, sword shaped foliage. Great cut
flower. New to the trade and rarely seen. Nearest to
yellow of all the Crocosmias. They look best in groups but
that's okay -- because once one is established, they multiply
readily. Divide, every so often if they stop blooming due to
being overcrowded.
Long
arching spikes of flame orange trumpets rise from handsome clumps of
sword-like foliage on this species Crocosmia. Excellent cut flower. Mulch well the first
winter. Divide when foliage starts getting thing instead of fat
& wide. Red with a hint of orange. Well-watered in growth. Not
sure about the Common Name since it's not golden. But it just
supports my theory that we should do away with common names!
A
wonderful fairly new ornamental grown primarily for its lovely dark maroon
foliage. A great companion to gold or blue Hostas or grasses.
Exotic, clump-forming plant. Leaves are edible. Great garnish. Short
lived but self-seeds. To control seeding, trim away most of the
insignificant pink blooms before they turn to seed, leaving a
few. This plant is a knockout and worth dealing with the
seeding. 
From
China, Japan and Korea found in sunny mountain meadows. White
blooms in the terminal and upper axils are white in groups of up to
20 per axil. This is a little known stunning plant is just
loaded, loaded, loaded with waxy white 1/2" blooms with shiny, dark green
heavily veined, substantial leaves to set the proper backdrop for
all these starry little blooms. And if that's not enough, it
blooms for a long time - all summer if cut back occasionally. 5 petaled snow white blooms
which have a
tiny perfect gold star in the center. 
