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The
Umbrella Plant is Big and Bold, grown for its foliage which is
GORGEOUS in Fall. Makes a fine marginal water plant. Grows in sun or
shade, but soil must be moist. Pink or white flowers appears in
spring before foliage. Attracts the earliest bees and
butterflies and makes a great cut flower.
With
flattened, 3-sided grey-green succulent foliage, (unlike the round
foliage of many of the Genus) this South African species forms a low
4", creeping groundcover and from May through early fall is
smothered with fuchsia blooms with white centers. Needs
well-drained soil, especially in winter. Drought tolerant but
actually better is watered during the season. 
Low
growing perennial succulent with brilliant, shining rose-purple
flowers ALL SUMMER HARD! One of our most spectacular plants. Use for
ground cover, erosions control but give it very well-drained soil.
Also spectacular in a low, wide pot or trough. Drought tolerant. 
A
vigorous mat forming succulent described by some as an improved
Delosperma cooperi, that literally smothers itself in magenta
blooms, sports flatter, green foliage and it's MUCH shorter than D.
cooperi. Also, it looks good in winter. This will be the plant to
compare other Delospermas to! A Colorado Plant Select
introduction named for Denver Bot. Garden's former director.
A
named form of the species from Berkely Botanical Gardens that looks
stunning trailing over a wall which it will do! Great as a
evergreen groundcover with all summer yellow flowers (place 24"
apart). Foliage turns a beautiful red in winter. Small
bright yellow flowers in profusion.
More cold-tolerant than other Delosperma.
There are those who say this and the species are one and the same. 
One
of our favorite Delphiniums 'cause it thumbs it's nose at heat and
humidity, of which we have a plenty! Beautiful 1" long Gentian
Blue to Purple Larkspur type blooms in this East Coast Native over a
period of 2 months from July through September. This species
blooms later, is taller
and has more abundant foliage than most other native U.S. larkspurs.
Altogether, a well, must-have especially for the cottage garden.
Best in mass but that will happen with time as it gently self-seeds.
Belladonna
delphiniums are MUCH better for our area w/ it's hot summers.
Upright, branching perennial, w/ cup-shaped, deep gentian blue
flowers. If you're not having luck w/ delphiniums, this is the one
to try. Seldom needs staking. Elegant treasures with a stately
appearance. 
A
rare NATIVE woodland plant (nursery propagated), often
frequenting limestone areas or rich, wooded slopes. Deeply cleft
leaves with flowers that range from deep purple to blue to rarely
white. This is a fabulous, underused, easy native that's wonderful
in mass, which will occur gradually. Toxic to cattle if you
keep cattle in your garden... :-) Summer Dormant!
A
long blooming Perennial in a Genus that is mostly annoying!
Common names such as Hitch-hikers, Tick Trefoil and Beggar's Lice,
all allude to their seed's ability to stick to clothing as you walk
by. D canadense does as well BUT has such large panicles of
pea-like flowers and is so pretty, you'll ignore it's one little
flaw and place it back in your bed so you don't rub against the
seeds. Showy Tick Trefoil is a host plant for the caterpillars
of many butterfly species, including Silver-spotted & Long-tailed
Skipper, Hoary Edge, Clouded Sulphur, Northern Cloudy Wing and
Eastern Tailed Blue. And the seeds are eaten by many animals
including deer so, consider that as a plus or a minus! This
member of the Pea family adds Nitrogen to the soil. Most
attractive in colonies. Blooms fade from purple thru rose to
blue after pollination so various colors are on the plant at one
time. 
Deep
green foliage forms a prostrate mat that is smothered with frilly
white petals with a red and deep pink eye. Humidity tolerant.
Long flowering and placed 12-18" apart, can make a beautiful and
effective ground cover. If deadheaded or sheared, is a repeat
bloom in summer and again in Fall.
Vivid
red foliage with a crimson eye over glaucous blue-green foliage.
Compact mounding habit forms a 6" x 6" mound covered with red blooms
on sturdy stems.
INTENSELY
FRAGRANT flowers that change from pure white to deep rose from APRIL
to FROST! (Most occur in April & Fall.) Clump forming w/
attractive high, solid bun of foliage in winter. Cut flower lasts 10
days. Needs occasional lime. You can't ask more of a perennial
than this one gives! Best with some shade. Plant Select® 
Perennial
Plant of the Year 2006. Charming, a familiar addition to cottage
gardens, with handsome foliage and sometimes a delightfully spicy,
clove-like fragrance. A hybrid from a family native to the Cheddar
Gorge in England. Very fine blue-green foliage with magenta flowers.
Blooms summer through Fall! One of the VERY BEST dianthus in the
trade! DOES WELL IN THE SOUTH.
We've
never met a single person who could recognize this as a Dianthus
upon first seeing it! Shiny, almost waxy deep green leaves
look nothing like the 'Pinks' your grandmother grew! Short
lived (the classic, blooms itself to death) but no matter, it self
seeds so once you have one... The bonus, the pink form
occasionally produces white blooming plants as well and vice versa.
Does well in the South.
Double flowers that are extremely fragrant clove scented
semi-double flowers of pink with a maroon center and margins.
A superb choice for cut flowers -- it's been around since the 1940's
with good reason. A sumptuous color.
An
heirloom 'Pink'. Dating from the late 1700's, this famous hybrid has pearly white flowers enhanced by deep wine colored lacing and central eye. Sweetly scented, semi-double flowers are nice on the table. Cut back after flowering for possible additional blooms.
A highly prized heirloom Dianthus.
Modern
'border pink' with bluish green foliage. Bears vanilla-scented,
single white ruffled flowers that open from brown buds, from spring
to summer. MORE HEAT TOLERANT than many pinks. Great
dianthus! Very old, highly prized Dianthus.
A
heritage pink from 1820's with numerous, lovely shell-pink, double,
fringed flowers emitting a HEAVENLY PERFUME and gray-blue foliage.
Shear after flowering for repeat blooms. Place this in a suit
buttonhole in the morning. It will still be pumping heavenly
fragrance when you sit down to dinner at night!
Japanese name, ‘Nadesiko,’
translates to “pretty girl” or “child,” Addictively fragrant,
feathery and fringed flowers colored in soft pinkish lavender colors
with rosy-purple fringed petals. Prefers a cool spot with rich, well
drained soil.
Wiry
stems with pink oval flowers. Blue-green narrow foliage. A cloud of
soft pink blooms late SPRING to FROST! Finally a hardy Diascia.
This heat tolerant introduction from South Africa has a wide
tolerance of soil & exposure. By far the toughest performer in this
novel genus of ever-blooming wildflowers. Plant Select® from Denver
Bot. Garden. Hardier than the species from when it came!
Exceptional tolerance to heat and cold.
A
new Fern Leaf Bleeding Heart that sets the standard! Compact
mounds of of feathery blue-gray foliage (reminds me of an Artemisia
it's so finely cut) blooming consistently the entire season from
mid-spring through frost with lots of deep rose-red, heart-shaped
blooms that are a cut above previous offerings. Tips of blooms
turn up edged in white. Ohmygosh! Gottaseeit --
gottahaveit! 
Goes
DORMANT after setting seed; It's tiny pink tubers are close to the
surface so care must be taken as to where it is planted --among
evergreen Ebony Spleenwort ferns is the perfect choice -- same soil
(neutral or limey) & light needs. This plant is too charming for
words! 
A
classic native woodland plant with wonderful cut leaf foliage and
pink blooms ALL summer. Likes moist but well-drained NEUTRAL
soil which most folks don't think of in the woodland setting.
One of a very few shade plants that bloom all summer.
A
older but rarely offered dwarf variety with clusters of pink,
pendulous blooms and glaucous grey leaves. The compound leaves
are fringed, finely cut and delicately beautiful in the very grey
green. Eventually forms a nice patch, spreading by rhizomes
and seed. Award of Garden Merit.
Raspberry
red buds develop intense red, fluorescent bell-shaped flowers.
Compact plant with blue, fern-like leaves. Major bloom in spring
& fall with intermittent blossoms in between. Will take direct
sun if moist. Beautiful, cut foliage. A Western Bleeding Heart
cultivar. Needs neutral soil -- lime if needed. 
Deeply
cut, fern-like, grayish-green foliage with nodding, cherry red,
heart-shaped bloom carried above the foliage. Blooms in spring
in warm areas but in cooler areas, will bloom all season. In
the warmer zones, it may come back for a Fall encore. With
adequate moisture, foliage is attractive all season, giving a
groundcover effect. Thought to be a hybrid between D. eximia
and D.formosa. Varies, but generally grows about 13" tall.
This
plant has been a garden favorite for years. A fairly tall grower.
Prefers moist, woodland soil & no direct sun. But will take more sun
than you might expect, if that's the only spot you have. Will go
dormant earlier. The more you water them, the later they go
summer dormant. Though a common plant in the garden, it's from
Asia.
Blooms
are exquisitely delicate & the white has an entirely different
character than the pink. Prefers moist, woodland soil & no direct
sun. But will take more sun than you might expect, if that's the
only spot you have. Will go summer dormant earlier. Though a
common plant in the garden, it's from Asia.
"An
electric beacon in the garden from Nori Pope of Hadspen House
Nursery in Castle Cary, England. Peach-colored stems hold exquisite,
brilliant, metallic gold leaves. Rich rose-pink flowers emerge soon
thereafter. One of the most stunning plants in our spring garden.
Summer dormant. Voluntary royalty to breeder. Not for resale into
Canada." Terra Nova
A
wonderful new Cut-Leaf bleeding heart with a marvelous blue cast to
the foliage. Place it beside Baccanal, Luxuriant, etc. and you can
pick it out every time due to the much bluer foliage which is even
more cut and finer textured than the others. Sterile so the
carmine rose blooms just keep coming and coming all season in cool
areas. Does want moisture but in well-drained soil. The
parents include Dicentra peregrina from Japan crossed with D.
formosa subsp. oregona crossed with D. eximia. Also the bloom
itself is much improved over other cut-leaf Bleeding Hearts.
This one sets the standard for everblooming Bleeding Hearts.
Among
the sturdiest & longest-lived of perennials, & slowest to establish.
Takes 3-5 years, but then they're yours for life. Handsome foliage,
a delightful tart fragrance and crowns with attractive flower
spikes. The kind of plant you can build a border around. Taprooted.
Does not like to be moved. 1st year plants.
Among
the sturdiest & longest-lived of perennials, & slowest to establish.
Takes 3-5 years, but then they're yours for life. Handsome foliage,
a delightful tart fragrance and crowns with attractive flower
spikes. The kind of plant you can build a border around. Taprooted.
Does not like to be moved. 1st year plants.
Gold
Crest has dark shiny semi-evergreen leaves with continuous yellow
bell-shaped flowers. This sterile perennial grows to about 18" tall
and because it's sterile it blooms all summer!
With
the largest bloom of the Perennial Foxgloves, this one is a gentle
self seeder with huge big lemon yellow blooms. Delightful and
long-lived.
Exploited
commercially for the widely used cardiac drug, digaxin, used to
treat congestive heart failure. White flowers with bold brown
veining are born on 3 foot spikes, usually singular, followed by
many seeded capsules. Perennial with biennial tendencies --
self-seeds well, however, so once you have it, you have it!. (Best
used medicinally by experts.) This foxglove is stunning in
mass.
This
is a true perennial foxglove -- not a biennial with lovely soft
yellow tubular blooms with flared lips that make a delightful
addition to flower arrangements. Self seeds but not a pest.
A
charming evergreen form of foxglove that looks more like a Penstemon
than a Foxglove. One of the most distinctive of the foxgloves
with an almost shrubby base of multiple rosettes of smooth, leathery
textured leaves. A short lived self-seeding Perennial it will
(like most Foxgloves) perform as a Perennial if deadheaded before it
sets seed and will continue to bloom and try to set seed, extending
the bloom season almost all summer. Or you can let it set seed
and maintain it's presence in your garden with seedlings which will
come true if no other Foxgloves are nearby. Ideally, if
you conscientious, dead head several time to extend bloom and THEN
let it set seed -- you'll get the long bloom times and babies to
boot! Unlike most Foxgloves, it takes full sun.
Endures drought and hot summers. 
Large
white Bells with a distinct Burgundy throat. This is a
Biennial Foxglove, however, if you cut it back after blooming and
before it sets seed, it will behave like a Perennial or you can keep
it isolated from any other Digitalis and the seedlings will bloom
true -- either way, you can keep it in your garden once you get a
"start"! One of the best new foxgloves found in recent years.
Extremely dramatic in mass.
Narrow
silvery leaves with spires of soft pink flowers. Raspberry
rose-colored flowers in early summer are carried over a trim mat of
furry leaves. Wow! This cousin to the familiar foxglove is a true
perennial & thrives in a variety of sites and soils. Heat tolerant.
NEW. Blooms for 4 weeks in June & again in FALL! No staking!
Plant Select® Introduction. 
A
Southeaster Native similar to May Apple - but with the flower up
where you can see it without bending over. Large, 16" wide,
beautiful leaves which are dark green, deeply veined and scalloped
on tall stems resembling beautiful green 'Umbrellas'.
Starts blooming in spring and goes through summer. Followed by
blue berries. Adds a bold, almost tropical look to the garden.
Rhizomatous, it eventually forms a massive clump which is riveting!
Rarely offered Japanese
woodland perennial with big umbrella-like leaves, related to
Podophyllum. Pretty white flowers bloom above the leaves and then
are followed with purplish-black berries that enlarge and ripen thru
the summer months. Best in cool shade, rich, moist humusy soil.
A
rhizomatous perennial from China, beautiful in the woodland garden.
A choice, rare woodland plant with evergreen stems, speckled and
spotted purple at the base. Greenish white flowers with brown
marking appear in spring. 
AKA, Polygonatum
cyrtonema. Rhizomatous perennial w/ lance-shaped, glossy, dark green
leaves. Lemon-scented white flowers w/ pale green out tips that are
slightly reflexed are borne singly or in pairs in early summer. From
China. This is a gorgeous, gorgeous plant & very pest free.
Rhizomatous, evergreen closely allied to our Polygonatum. 
A
very low growing spreading evergreen species. Light purple fruit
follows spotted creamy white bell flowers that are purple and yellow
inside. Dangling scented flowers are single or in clusters of two to
three. Gorgeous dark green wavy edged foliage on arching stems
mottle with lilac is evergreen in warmer areas. Found in Sichuan
Provence in stony places in evergreen forests - a tough spot for
plants to grow so this is a tough grower. Rhizomatous.
Shina-no-tsuki
translates to 'China Moon'. Deciduous clump forming variety with
stunning glossy leaves with a chartreuse to yellow center in each
leaf with green edging. Small white flowers in late spring followed
by shiny, blue black berries in late summer to Fall. 
A
delightful new Fairy Bells to the trade that's Evergreen. New
bamboo-like shoots arise from the previous year's evergreen foliage
in early spring, often with a purple tint as they emerge. This
unique woodland plant quickly unfurls into a multi-branched clump,
topped in late spring with cream or chartreuse bell-like flowers
followed by glistening blue-black long lasting fruit.
Introduced by Dan Hinkley.
Discovered
and introduced by Dan Hinkley, with lustrous evergreen deep dark
burgundy foliage and stems as they emerge. With the heat of
summer (depending on how hot), it will develop a more green hue,
purple tinted green in cooler areas. Creamy green-yellow
bell-shaped blooms appear atop tall stems in early summer and are
followed by purple-black fruit. Looks a bit like a
bamboo. The foliage in mass is extremely beautiful especially
in spring when all else is spring green. Best in bright or
part shade with no direct afternoon sun. Although evergreen,
foliage will gradually go ground-ward and is best cut back to the
ground in February.
Rare
but in the trade under a number of aliases, it's true name is
Disporum flavum. It emerges in late spring with the multiple
flower buds almost immediately visible on each stem and blooming
quickly thereafter with large, showy yellow bells. To the
uninitiated, it looks like a large Solomon Seal. It takes 2-3 years
to develop a good root system and can occasionally be divided after
that. Easily, the most impressive of the genus for
blooms. The yellow bells are followed by black berries in
summer.
One
of the 5 species of Disporum Native to the United States,
Fairybells form patches of zig-zagging spreading shiny green leaves
with prominent veins. 3/4" yellow green flowers, generally in pairs,
with prominent yellow stamens, in early spring are often followed by
bright red berries in the fall.
American Disporums have been reclassified to a new genus -- Prosartes --
leaving the Chinese Disporum in that Genus -- differences are not
visible to the naked eye, but rather chemical/microscopic.
An
absurdly rare dwarf Japanese Fairy Bells found only in a few
mountain sites in Japan. Rounded yellow bells appear in the
upper part of 10" tall branched stems. This fast but gently
stoloniferous plant, make a sweet woodland tapestry, weaving gently
among other woodland plants. Too diminutive to bother it's
neighbors.
This
U.S. Native is rare and unknown and one of our most charming.
Nodding white bloom with purple spots like a tricyrtis give way to
3-lobed tan fruits with rough skin. AKA. Fairy Bells because
the dainty flowers hang at the tips of the stems. These rhizomatous
lilies, like Polygonatum and Uvularia thrive in moist, dappled
deciduous woods, particularly on slopes. American
Disporums have been reclassified to a new genus -- Prosartes --
leaving the Chinese Disporum in that Genus -- differences are not
visible to the naked eye, but rather chemical/microscopic.
This is a robust little plant w/ foliage that is mid green, brightly
striped w/ silver & margined w/ white. In autumn the whole plant
turns to bright gold w/ the variegated leaves taking on vivid,
almost fluorescent tones. Black berries in Fall. Stoloniferous but still
polite! This is D. pullum not the often sold D. sessile 'Variegata'
which is taller and a bit of a thug.
Oddly
enough, more rare than the Variegated form. Makes a lovely
delicate groundcover in the shade. Particularly tough, despite
it's delicate look and takes rough spots. Spreads to form a
carpet with creamy white bells to 1" long from the leaf axils in spring.
Lance-shaped leaves. Not bothered by pests or disease.
From China and Japan.
Very
dwarf at 3-4" and great for the garden border. Primarily creamy
yellow leaves with green streaks coming from the leaf tips with very
large flowers for the size of this diminutive sweety.
Spreads to make a low, beautiful carpet surprisingly quickly -
colonizing, stoloniferous.
Like
all D. smilacinum, easy to grow in moist, humus rich, well-drained
soil but what sets this one apart are the pink star shaped blooms.
Extraordinarily rare in this Genus - most have creamy white blooms.
Like all, stoloniferous, colonizing. Pale pink blooms with
darker pink centers.
Japanese
woodland creeper with double creamy white flowers. This is a rare
form of Fairy Bells covered with fully double relatively large white
flowers with a bit of cool green in spring at the ends of the
arching stems. 
Water
well when in active growth. DORMANT IN SUMMER. This is
stunning in mass and gradually self-seeds and multiplies if happy.
As
above but with deep near red Fuchsia (purple red) blooms.
Other aspects of the plants are the same as the species. This
is a select seed strain that consistently produces darker blooms.
The
common name describes the swept-back pink
petals trailing the "Star" -- a cluster of yellow stamens.
Resembling a small orchid, it dances in the air on pliable stems.
Prefers light shade & cool, damp soil rich in humus. Water well
when in active growth. DORMANT IN SUMMER. 
This
enchanting Dracocephalum boasts brilliant blue Snapdragon-like flowers, each
highlighted with a light blue lip. Needle-like leathery green
foliage forms compact durable 1' clumps, long-lived perennial.
Great for infilling crevices in the rockery. 
Another
enchanting Dracocephalum, it's the white form of the above. Showy
snow white flowers but the lower lip has just a blush of blue over
12" tall, 2 foot wide clumps. Butterflies just love it and
deer just walk on by!
Lamium-like, dark violet-blue hooded flowers. Wrinkled green foliage remains attractive through summer. Prefers moist partial shade. From Siberia forming a clump of rounded dark green leaves and large purple-blue hooded flowers on 12" stems.
Well,
it's hard to improve on this fabulous species but 'Blue Dragon' is
an improvement with bigger, bolder blooms. Takes DRY SHADE!
Every garden should have a couple of Dracocephalums. Cold
hardy enough to live in containers in most of the country.
A
wild, ruffled purple vase-like bloom, up to 18" across, with a dark,
central spathe that brought the 'King of Horticultural Comedy' Tony
Avent to dub this plant the 'Viagra Lily'. Speckled, leopard-like
stem supports gorgeous summer dormant foliage. Very rare! Also
available in quarts.
