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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.
Clintons Lily" Named for DeWitt Clinton, former Governor of the State of New York. Really cool, globular black berries follow umbels of bright white flowers on 6" to 16" stems. This species is stoloniferous and will make a tidy little display clump in just
a short time. Glossy, wide strappy leaves look a bit like
tulip leaves but deep green.
This
dark pink selection of Conandron has clusters of star shaped flowers
are borne in profusion through late summer. Bright, dark green grass
like foliage. Requires good drainage and humid conditions. Conandron
is a genus that consists of 3 species of small ornamental alpine
perennials, native to Japan and Taiwan.
This
dark purple selection of Conandron has clusters of star shaped
flowers are borne in profusion through late summer. Bright, dark
green grass like foliage. Requires good drainage and humid
conditions. Conandron is a genus that consists of 3 species of small
ornamental alpine perennials, native to Japan and Taiwan.
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.
A
classic groundcover (if happy) with the bonus of pink blooms.
In optimum conditions, spreads well to become a beautiful Spring
Blooming groundcover. This cool weather Perennials performs
poorly south of zone 7. Long-lived plants that naturalize
easily in woodland areas. Needs no attention unless they start
to bloom poorly, at which point division is advised. 'Rosea'
is a light pink-flowered form. Little as a cut-flower,
but it's
actually excellent.
A
truly striking form of Lily of the Valley with narrow pin stripped
pale creamy white in the leaves. Same fabulous fragrance as
all in the genus but with terrific foliage during and after the
blooms are gone. The Queen of the Genus. Easy in
the woodland garden. Gradually multiplies.
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!
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!)
An
eye-poppin', foot-stoppin' Coreopsis from the New Guru of Tickseed,
Darrel Probst. If this doesn't get your attention in the
garden, it's because surely you're asleep in the hammock, because
otherwise, it can't be missed. Compact, well-branched,
continuous bloomer. Bright yellow petals with a deep red, dominant
red eye. Great height, flowers are held on strong stems. 
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.
2"
blooms with brilliant-yellow petals with wine-red marks in the
center.
Early, HEAVY bloomers start in early summer, continuing up to Frost.
A compact, heat resistant plant makes this
an easy to grow and rewarding Coreopsis. Deeply lobed green
foliage. Drought tolerant when established.
A Fleuroselect Quality Mark winner.
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.
"Like
'Full Moon' PP19367, the first Big Bang™ Coreopsis, 'Redshift' is
also the result of 8 years of intensive breeding work and the
crossing of 8 species of Coreopsis by hybridizer Darrell Probst.
They share the same parentage and are both clump-forming varieties
with foliage that is intermediate between the threadleaf and
grandiflora types." Perennial
Source.
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. 
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'. 
'Star
Cluster' is
another excellent garden plant coming from the intensive
breeding program of Darrell Probst, accomplished through
eight years of careful breeding. A terrific
performer, Star Cluster blooms from early summer into
early fall with a profusion of sterile 1.5-2.5 white
blooms with gold centers over a bushy clump of bright
green foliage. In cooler months, the blooms have a
deep purple eye and possibly a purple edge on each petal
if plants bloom into late fall in your area.
Blooms continuously without deadheading BUT a quick
shearing periodically keeps the plant tidy all season.
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If
you have a passion for gold then let 'Lightening Flash' hit your
garden -- chartreuse yellow foliage topped with yellow blooms with a
dark eye. I'd suspect a Leprechaun might very well show up in
your garden with this new introduction! And he'll be dwarfed
by this giant Tickseed. Stunning with Eupatoriums (now
Eupatoriadelphus!) and Burgundy foliage plants. Loves hot, humid summers once established. MOBOT says this is actually a hybrid rather than a Cultivar of C.
tripteris.
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! 
Just
bluer than blue! Lovely upright habit and rarely goes summer
dormant as many do. Has a wonderful GARDENIA scent on warm
days! I think this will be THE blue corydalis, especially for
the Southeast! Fabulously Fragrant! From Mt. Omei, China, via
Elizabeth Strangman. (May 'estivate' - go dormant
from heat IN our greenhouses. They return when in a cooler
setting.)
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!
Grown
from Silverhill Seeds. Deep blue green foliage with slightly
wavy margins. Blooms stalks can have as many as 25 blooms per
umbel. Deep pink buds open to pales pink/white blooms
sometimes with pink ribs. Native to South Africa. Rarely
offsets so must be grown from seed which takes 3-5 years to bloom
size if you're wondering about the hefty price. The easiest
Crinum to cultivate and spectacular in bloom. Sweetly scented
flowers, which can hang down or face out, open in the evening
and last two days. Great grown and left in pots --
don't like their roots disturbed.
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 
From
famed English plant breeder David Tristam of Walberton Nursery, bred
for better flowers, 'Bright Eyes' is very free-flowering with front
facing blooms. The distance between buds is shorter so one
stem has blooms just packed thick. Vivid yellow orange blooms
with a deep red eye.
The
outside of the tubular bloom starts to open orangey red turning to
orange scarlet and the inside is carmine (red blue) on the opened
bloom. The calyces are purple, stamens yellow. This is
an exotically colored form with varying shades of red at any given
time. Very flamboyant 19th century hybrid.
A
PROFUSE display of orange-red flowers from a seedling that appeared
at former Seneca Hills Perennials. Per owner Ellen Hornig, "If
you're looking for a gorgeous and indestructible northern-hardy
orange crocosmia, seek no more. This plant is unstoppable here. It
started years ago as a seedling, from a source never recorded and
long since forgotten, and it has spread and spread. It blooms
freely, in a very bright orange, and the flowers are beautifully
flared." Sometimes I try to paraphrase and sometimes I know I
won't do the plant justice if I do! Such is the case here.
I will mention, it's HARDIER than most - confirmed by famed garden
writer Graham Rice in an article about this plant in
Terrific
yellow color on a more compact Crocosmia that's hardier than some.
With a shorter distance between buds, the blooms are packed more
tightly on the stems making amazing floral impact in the garden and
in the vase! From famed English plant breeder David Tristam of
Walberton Nursery
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very long, deep red anthers that lay over against and outside the
blue to purple blooms with darker veins, are in fact, the cooking
herb Saffron and the clearly identifiable trait of this species!
Some describe it as looking like a red tongue poking out of the
flower! This is a sterile plant and only reproduces by
bulblets BUT produces a lot of them.
Pale
lilac with purple veins! Quickly reproduces baby bulblets
and seeds as well. Prefers sun but will take light shade -- in shade
or even cloudy days, they just lay over on their side and wait for
sun! Has a very pale lilac color that is almost luminous. Keep dryish when dormant in summer.
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. 
A
mix from the standpoint of bloom color (no choice) but all have good
silver/pewter leaves. The leaf may be entirely silver/pewter
or predominantly silver/pewter center with a green border They've been sorted only by leaf
coloration when younger and are dormant most of the shipping season.
They should bloom in the coming season.
The
bloom's the deal with this one! Plain green (occasionally with
a bit of silver) but the bloom is white with a deep purple 'nose'!
Glossy
deep green leaves (occasionally lightly marked) with deep reddish
pink blooms. The flowers of this seed are their most intense
color when they first open and change from the reddish magenta to
medium pink as they age. Especially when they first open, the
color is brilliant. 
Not especially hardy BUT if you're in a
warm zone with scree, rock garden or superb drainage or are skilled
at pot culture (dry when dormant), this sun-loving species, hailing
from Greece, has the most beautiful foliage of the Genus and
extremely elegant flowers, opening in early Fall. By in large
pink, there is the occasional white. The foliage is highly
variable, almost like velvet when it unfurls with striking silver or
pewter marking. Moore (1996) says "...the basic colour
is dark green, though all shades from black/green through grey/green
to lime green can be found. The leaf pattern is usually contrasting
blotches or bands of cream, green, grey or silver. The combinations
are so numerous that a collection of different leaf forms could be a
study in itself." Will take frost IF the tuber is buried
deeply. They appreciate decayed
pine needles! They do not like over-potting, so repot when
the bulb really needs to get out of the pot!
As above but with predominantly silver/pewter leaves. There's
such amazing variety to C. graecum leaves but these have distinctly
more silver than green. Not all silver, they have the
distinctive beautiful pattern but significantly more silver than
green. If growing in a pot, they shouldn't be repotted until
they touch the sides of the pot. Will take frost IF the
tuber is buried deeply, so for very warm areas or pots where it
appreciates decayed pine needles! 
Bloom
size. The leaf may be entirely silver/pewter or
predominantly silver/pewter in the center with a small green border.
Flowers late summer while foliage is still dormant.
Bloom
size. The leaf may be entirely silver/pewter or predominantly
silver/pewter in the center with a small green border. Flowers
late summer while foliage is still dormant.
Bloom
size in shades of pink. Lots of silver markings in the leaves.
Flowers late summer while foliage is still dormant.
Bloom
size. Lots of silver markings in the leaves. Flowers
late summer while foliage is still dormant.
Bloom
size. Light to medium markings with an outrageous dark red purple
bloom. 
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. 
We sell very few tender
Perennials but this one is so amazing and so easy to grow. It
will live for years in the same pot just multiplying and making baby
bulbs and putting forth truly exquisite big red trumpet shaped
blooms. Bulb should be partly exposed when potting. Size
below is for pots, in warm areas in the ground, it will be bigger.
