Young Flower Garden
Cornell Plantations Plant List Last Updated 8/3/12
scientific name
Abelia ×grandiflora 'Rose Creek'
common name
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GLOSSY ABELIA
'Rose Creek' is perhaps the densest and most compact form of Abelia to date. Evergreen leaves are shiny and become purple in cold weather. Tubular white flowers are 0.5" long and form in loose clusters. Occasional tip pruning encourages blooming until fall frost. 2-‐3' tall x:3-‐4' across.
Acanthus balcanicus
BEAR'S BREECH
Acer japonicum 'Green Cascade'
FULL MOON MAPLE
Acer palmatum 'Peaches and Cream'
JAPANESE MAPLE
Achillea 'Apricot Delight' (Tutti Frutti Series)
YARROW
Achillea 'Saucy Seduction' (Tutti Frutti Series)
COMMON YARROW
Achillea 'Walther Funcke'
COMMON YARROW
Achillea (Desert Eve™ Red)
YARROW
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Like A. mollis but the basal leaves usually pinnatisect; leaf lobes narrowed at base; upper cauline leaves more or less petiolate; lower lip of calyx pubescent at apex. Rich green finely cut leaves narrowly radiate from the petiole providing a very lacy effect. Fall colors are a brilliant range of red-‐orange yellow. Palm shaped leaves emerge with a magical pastel pink and rose overlay. As the season progresses the foliage ages to pale green. Plants assume an upright, arching form and reach 10-‐12’ tall when mature. 'Apricot Delight' produces a chameleon-‐like range of pinks from pale apricot to near red. Full sun intensifies the hues. 'Saucy Seduction' produces large rosy-‐pink heads with subtle white shading from June into August. To 2' tall and 2' across. ‘Walther Funcke’ is a rhizomatous, spreading, upright yarrow cultivar that is noted for its brick-‐red flowers, gray-‐green foliage and compact size. It features deeply-‐dissected, fern-‐like, aromatic, gray-‐green leaves and tiny, long-‐lasting, brick-‐red flowers with contrasting yellow centers Bred for compact growth with large barn red flower heads, up to 4" across. Perfect in the landscape or containers, or for dried flower arrangements. To 18" tall.
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Achillea millefolium 'Pomegranate' (Tutti Frutti Series)
COMMON YARROW
Rich velvety red flowers on outstanding, compact, sturdy and full plants. Excellent flowering uniformity. Long blooming period, mid-‐June through July. Foliage is reliably robust and disease-‐resistant even in hot, sticky summers. A Blooms of Bressingham
Achillea ptarmica 'Ballerina'
SNEEZEWORT
Plants reach 20" in height; small, double, pure white flowers are borne throughout the summer.
Actaea 'Chocoholic'
BUGBANE
Agapanthus 'Mooreanus'
AGAPANTHUS
Alchemilla alpina
ALPINE LADY'S-‐MANTLE
Alchemilla erythropoda 'Alma'
DWARF LADY'S MANTLE
Alchemilla sericata 'Gold Strike'
LADY'S MANTLE
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The large, deeply lobed leaves are glossy and dramatic, held out flat on long, black stems in many layers. The foliage portion of the plant reaches about two feet high and nearly as wide, "lightening" to dark violet-‐burgundy as the hot weather of summer sets in. Tall, crowded bottlebrushes of mauve mature to soft pink, wonderfully fragrant and a magnet for butterflies. Leaves deciduous, upt to 28cm long and 1.3cm wide, upright, strongly ribbed beneath. Peduncle 45-‐70cm tall. Inflorescence of 20-‐25 flowers. Insides of the flowers are violet-‐blue (92A), segmets sometimes recurved, 2.9cm long (tube 1cm), 3.8cm across. Mainly seed propagated since its introduction and so better to regard this as a group of plants that look similar rather than a proper cultivar. Perennial with stolons; stems reaching 8"; rosette leaves to 2" long, leaflets 5 to 7, oblong-‐obovate, toothed at the tip, silky-‐ hairy, especially beneath, stem leaves reduced; calyx tube strigose, stamens 4. 8” tall, early flowering (June to August), with small, scalloped leaves, red stems, and yellowish-‐green flowers in the spring. Requires partial shade and consistent moisture to thrive. Readily self-‐sows, divide in the early spring before flowering. Alchemilla sericata ‘Gold Strike’ has bright chartreuse flowering umbels and velvety gray-‐ green, scalloped foliage. It is a free flowering plant that blooms from June to August and maintains a compact habit. 14" tall.
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Allium 'Pink Feathers'
ORNAMENTAL ONION
Allium 'Summer Drummer'
ORNAMENTAL ALLIUM
Allium aflatunense 'Purple Sensation'
ORNAMENTAL ONION
Allium atropurpureum
ALLIUM
Allium giganteum
GIANT ALLIUM
Allium pulchellum
ORNAMENTAL ONION
Allium sphaerocephalon
DRUMSTICK ALLIUM
Alstroemeria 'Tangerine Tango'
INCA LILY
Anemone hupehensis var. japonica 'Bodnant Burgundy'
JAPANESE GARDEN ANEMONE
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This Allium came from England Herb Farm. Strong, strap-‐like leaves bear umbels of pink flowers. A strong, clump-‐former once established. Some sources list this as Allium schoenoprasum 'Pink Feathers' but it's not that, it is probably a form of A. senescens according to Allium expert Mark McDonough. H: 8" W: 8" Huge, 8" purple-‐white flowers on 72" stems. The unique, corn-‐like foliage emerges partially along the stem as well as from the ground and has a distinct bend. Adequate moisture and intense drainage are essential to achieve full height without falling over. Flowering stems reach 20"-‐30" in height; violet-‐purple flowers are held in a 4" diameter umbel, effective in late May. Stems reach 20"-‐30" in height; fragrant flowers are dark wine-‐red, held in 2" diameter loose umbels, effective in May and June. Stems reach 1.5 m in height; flowers pink, held in very dense inflorescences the stamens very prominent. Slight, grassy foliage. Flowers nod in bud, turning upwards after pollination; they are rich amethyst purple. Inclined to sow itself freely. Plants 2' tall 6" wide. Plants reach 30-‐80 cm in flower with 3-‐5 semi-‐ terete, broadly grooved, 3 mm wide leaves carried on the lower 1/3 of the flower stalk. Flowers purple to carmine red, campanulate, held in 3 cm diameter, globose, dense, many-‐ flowered umbels in July and August. Plants have a vibrant array of tangerine colored flowers that blanket sturdy, upright stems from May until first frost. A creamy yellow throat and deep speckling accentuate flowers. Height 30", spread 12-‐18". Protect with a layer of mulch in cooler regions as uniform soil temperature extends bloom period. Can take Zone 5 when protected and well mulched. Plants reach 40" in height; single flowers are burgundy-‐red.
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Anemone hupehensis var. japonica 'Prinz Heinrich'
JAPANESE GARDEN ANEMONE
Anthriscus sylvestris 'Ravenswing'
COW PARSLEY
Armeria 'Bee's Ruby'
THRIFT
Armeria pseudoarmeria 'Ballerina Red'
COMMON THRIFT
Aruncus dioicus AGM
GOAT'S BEARD
Asarum europaeum
EUROPEAN GINGER
Asclepias tuberosa
BUTTERFLY WEED
Aster 'Wood's Pink'
DWARF ASTER
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Introduced in 1902. Bears a remarkable resemblance to the original A. hupehensis var. japonica; its color is slightly darker, the segments rather longer, and the leaves less acutely pointed; moreover the pollen is mainly infertile. Selected in Germany by Wilhelm Pfitzer. Of late years this has appeared erroneously in some lists under the name 'Profusion', which is a totally different variety (G.S. Thomas). Flowers large, double, deep purplish-‐pink (Hebb). Leaves green turning purple-‐black; flowers creamy-‐white. A long season bloomer, from late spring to summer with tall, 15" stems bearing large, rose-‐pink globes over dense foliage, forming clumps. Numerous rose red blooms from mid through late spring, reblooming sporadically throughout the summer months. ‘Ballerina Red’ has broad evergreen leaves, stiff flower stems, and 1" large round flower clusters. Armeria overwinters well and once established is heat and salt tolerant. To 14" tall and 16" across. Males more attractive and feathery in bloom, but females provide attractive seed heads which persistûinto winter. Plants 6-‐7' tall, 4' wide. Evergreen; leaves 2, to 3" across, uniformly green, glossy, petioles to 5" long; flowers greenish-‐purple orûbrown, 1/2" long. Erect, largely hispidulous perennial; stems simple, robust, crowded, reaching 0.75-‐2 m in height. Roots tuberous, the rootstock becoming woody with age. Leaves to 11.5 cm long, narrow-‐lanceolate, crowded, loosely spirally arranged on stem. Inflorescence an axillary, flat-‐topped cyme; corolla lobes yellow, orange, or vermillion, the hoods stalked. Plants reach 18" in height; foliage mildew-‐ resistant; flowers large, clear pink, effective in late August into September.
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Astilbe ×arendsii 'Beauty of Ernst' (COLOR FLASH®)
PLUME FLOWER
Astilbe ×arendsii 'Red Sentinel'
PLUME FLOWER
Astilbe ×rosea 'Peach Blossom'
FALSE SPIREA
Astilbe chinensis 'Vision in Red'
PLUME FLOWER
Astrantia major 'Lars'
MASTERWORT
Athyrium 'Branford Beauty'
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Brilliant electric green foliage emerges in early spring, soon maturing to a palette of burgundy, purple and green. In fall, foliage turns vibrant gold, orange and russet colors. Mounding foliage 6" tall, up to 18" wide; 10 to 12 in. tall in bloom. Flowers pink. Flowers deep crimson-‐red, panicles open and elegant. Plants to 3' in height, early season blooming. Flowers pale pink; spikes are heavy with flowers; midseason blooming. Foliage thick and sturdy. Plants 24" to 28" tall. Plants 18" tall, blooming in mid to late summer. Flowers are dark pink and open from deep red buds. Foliage is bronze green. Plants reach 2' in height and 20" in width; flowers dark red. Superior to A. major 'Rubra' in both vigor and flower production. Probably what Mickel in DS 97 describes as a garden plant reputed to be a selection of A. felix-‐femina X A. nipponicum 'Pictum'; he suspects it is an Asiatic species. The plant is described in the Roslyn Nursery catalog as reaching 2' in height with silvery fronds and red petioles, and being a hybrid of "Japanese painted fern and red-‐stemmed lady fern." Sunny Border Ohio says this hybrid was selected by Nick Nicou of Branford, CT.
LADY FERN
Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum' AGM
JAPANESE PAINTED FERN
Athyrium niponicum var. pictum 'Pewter Lace'
JAPANESE PAINTED FERN
Athyrium niponicum var. pictum AGM
JAPANESE PAINTED FERN
Boltonia asteroides 'Pink Beauty'
WHITE DOLL'S DAISY
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... unique among hardy ferns because of the color of its fronds; the maroon stalk and flush are as in the species, but the rest of the pinnae are of a gray, even glaucous hue...; 2' tall with 18" spread. Deer-‐resistant Japanese painted fern makes a 2' wide and 12" tall clump composed of fronds of a nice pewtery silver color, highlighted by a dark central zone. ... unique among hardy ferns because of the color of its fronds; the maroon stalk and flush are as in the species, but the rest of the pinnae are of a gray, even glaucous hue...; 2' tall with 18" spread. Plants 4' tall, 2' wide, looser in habit than 'Snowbank'; flowers pale pink, borne in September.
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Boltonia asteroides var. latisquama 'Snowbank'
BOLTONIA
Brunnera macrophylla 'Variegata'
SIBERIAN BUGLOSS
Buxus sempervirens 'Elizabeth Inglis'
Buxus sempervirens 'Katerberg' (North Star™) Buxus sinica var. insularis 'Justin Brouwers' Calycanthus chinensis x floridus 'Athens'
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Numerous white daisies are produced in dense clusters on branching sprays in fall. The foliage is small and silvery. Spreads rapidly but is not invasive. Plants form compact clumps to 4' in height; strong stems do not require staking. Leaves handsomely parti-‐colored with white; brought to England from a Dutch garden by Douglas Dawson before 1969.
COMMON BOXWOOD
A discovery from Michigan, where it had been propagated from boxwood sprigs used as decorations on a gift box of apples sent from New York in the 1930's. Rich medium green leaves with a bluish cast and a billowy pyramidal shape. Unlike many boxwood cultivars, 'Elizabeth Inglis' tolerates direct sun quite well, and is quite cold-‐hardy. Growing in an exposed location at Frelinghuysen Arboretum in northern NJ, it got high ratings on resistance to leaf miner, appearance and ease of growing. Also resistant to boxwood psyllid and mites. 6 x 6 feet. Zones 5-‐8.
COMMON BOXWOOD
A cold hardy, dense globe that requires little if any pruning to form a low, dense, thick hedge. Shiny dark green leaves maintain good winter color.
KOREAN BOXWOOD SWEETSHRUB
Camellia japonica 'Korean Fire'
CAMELLIA
Campanula 'Pink Octopus'
BELLFLOWER
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Rounded dwarf reaching 2.5' in 10 years. Red flowers, unscented. 'Korean Fire' is an evergreen camellia that typically grows over time to 10-‐15’ tall and to 8’ wide with elliptic to obovate, glossy, dark green leaves. Flat, single, bright red flowers with yellow center stamens bloom in early spring. Introduced by Barry Yinger through Hines Nursery from plants collected in Korea in 1984. 2003 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Gold Medal Winner. Campanula 'Pink Octopus' displays Japanese lantern buds which open to striking pink, octopus-‐like flowers. Each flower stem can have over 50 blooms over the deeply cut foliage. Campanula 'Pink Octopus' is very easy to grow and tolerant of most soils.
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Campanula 'Summertime Blues'
BELLFLOWER
Campanula latifolia 'Brantwood'
BELLFLOWER
Campanula poscharskyana 'Blue Gown'
BELLFLOWER
Campanula punctata 'Plum Wine'
SPOTTED BELLFLOWER
Campanula rotundifolia 'Olympica'
OLYMPICA BLUEBELL
Catalpa speciosa
NORTHERN CATALPA
Chaenomeles 'Hime'
FLOWERING QUINCE
Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips'
PINK TURTLEHEAD
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Masses of large silvery blue flowers will adorn Campanula 'Summertime Blues' from spring into the summer with some bloom even in the fall. The long-‐lasting blooms are bell-‐shaped and are on 2 foot tall stems. It has an excellent clumping habit that does not spread or reseed. Upright, unbranched, finely pubescent perennial reaching 1m in height; deep violet-‐ blue flowers are effective in summer. Pubescent perennial with decumbent stems; flowers large, medium-‐blue, funnelform-‐star-‐ shaped, held in a loose raceme or panicle, opening throughout the summer. Campanula punctata 'Plum Wine' has wine colored foliage that has a silvery luster to it which is accented by large, light pink flowers nearly all summer long; plants form compact, slowly spreading clumps. Bright blue flowers in clusters from July to September. Plants 12" tall. Tree, 40 to 60' in height with a spread of 20 to 40', but sometimes reaching 100' or more in the wild. Crown narrow, open and irregular, can be quite striking in winter. Bark greyish brown on old trunks. Flowers white, 2" long and wide, the tube bell-‐shaped, the lobes spreading and frilled at the margin, the lower one with yellow spots and ridges as in C. bignonioides, but less freely spotted with purple, in large upright terminal panicles, 4 to 8" long. Fruit an 8 to 20" long capsule, 1/2 to 3/4" wide, persisting through winter, contains numerous fringed seeds. This flowering quince is unusual in that it doesn't have any thorns. The plant will get 2-‐ 3 feet tall and wide. The flowers are orange red in March and though the individual flowers are small there are lots of flowers on the stems. Plants reach 30"-‐36" in height; new foliage is tinged bronze and matures to a very dark green; stems reddish; flowers pink, effective in late summer.
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Chrysanthemum 'Glowing Ember'
CHRYSANTHEMUM
Chrysanthemum 'Innocence'
GARDEN CHRYSANTHEMUM
Chrysanthemum 'Little One' Chrysanthemum 'Peace'
BUTTON-‐FLOWERED GARDEN CHRYSANTHEMUM GARDEN MUM
Chrysanthemum 'Sheffield Yellow'
CHRYSANTHEMUM
Chrysanthemum 'Sweet October'
CHRYSANTHEMUM
Chrysanthemum 'Venus'
GARDEN CHRYSANTHEMUM
Clematis 'Evipo30' (BIJOU™)
CLEMATIS
Clematis 'Niobe' AGM
CLEMATIS
Clematis texensis 'Duchess of Albany'
CLEMATIS
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This introduction has been described as an "Autumn Red" with a gold edge on the ray florets on a 2 1/2" semi-‐double bloom. However, Lazy S's Farm Nursery has found the blooms to be more peachy coral than red. Usually has 30-‐32 flowering stems with 16-‐18 flowers per stem. H: 22-‐24" W: Slowly indefinite. An old selection, with palest pink, almost white, 2" single daisies in October. To 30", if not pinched in early July. Compact mound-‐forming plants produce button-‐shaped lemon-‐yellow flowers. Flowers soft yellow, plants to 18-‐36" Incredible fall display of pale salmon pink flowers from this fully perennial mum. Spreading habit, good vigor and excellent hardiness. Flowers even continue after a light frost. A fabulous near luminous color that can actually be detected from a great distance. H:24-‐36" W: 24-‐36" Late, profuse bloomer, with medium red flowers. 18" tall. A Korean Mum hybrid that has been around North Carolina gardens for over 40 years. It reaches 30" in height and 18" in width and should be pinched back in mid-‐July to maintain bushiness. Flowers are semi-‐double, rich coral-‐pink. Medium to large, single, mauve flowers with a slight pink bar. Pink anthers. Publicity photographs would suggest that some early flowers can be semi-‐double. A member of the Evison/Poulsen® 'Flora' collection released in 2003. Medium-‐sized deciduous climber, the 15cm wide flowers with six deep velvety-‐red sepals and greenish-‐yellow stamens. Vigorous, semi-‐woody climber reaching 9' in height. Leaflets 5, to 4cm long; bell-‐shaped flowers are nearly pink, sepals 4,; late-‐season blooming (DS 170). A vigorous, semi-‐woody climber reaching 12' in height. Attractive, elongated bell-‐shaped flowers of bright pink are borne from July through October (DS 106).
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Coreopsis 'Redshift'
THREADLEAF COREOPSIS
Coreopsis rosea 'Sweet Dreams'
VARIEGATED PINK TICKSEED
Coreopsis verticillata 'Golden Gain'
THREAD-‐LEAF COREOPSIS
Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam' AGM
THREAD-‐LEAF COREOPSIS
Crocosmia 'Walcroy'
MONTBRETIA
Crocus 'Goldilocks' AGM
CROCUS
Crocus 'Romance'
SPRING CROCUS
Delphinium (Blue Fountains Group)
DELPHINIUM
Dendranthema 'Harmony'
HARDY GARDEN MUM
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'Red Shift' blooms from midsummer into early fall, producing large 2 inch diameter, creamy yellow flowers with a rich red ring around the gold button-‐like center. The well-‐ branched plants have healthy mid-‐green foliage that remains attractive all season. Height: 30-‐36'' Bicolored flowers are white tipped with a dark raspberry center. Blooms in late spring to mid-‐summer atop plants with fine, needle like foliage. Clumps form rapidly to form a groundcover. Plants grow to 18" tall to 24" wide. Dense, upright bushy plant covered for months with deep, golden yellow flowers. Plants 18" tall, 18" wide (DS 100). Mound-‐ shaped plants are clad in delicate ferny foliage; 2" golden flowers are borne profusely during early and mid-‐summer (DS 106). Flowers delicate creamy-‐yellow, produced freely throughout the summer. Compact grower, reaching 1 1/2 to 2' in height (DS 106). Not a vigorous grower, and requires division to keep plants strong and floriferous (MFH). This crocosmia hybrid from the UK's David Tristam produces 2' tall flowering stalks, each with large numbers of 2" wide, outfacing golden flowers with recurved petals. The soft, sword-‐like green foliage is nearly hidden by the masses of flowers during the summer months. Deep yellow flowers with a purplish brown base; plants up to 12" tall. Early blooming with creamy yellow exterior and buff yellow interior. Massive flower spikes on 3 foot plants are shades of blue, purple and white, many with contrasting black or white 'bees'. Plants bloom in June and July and may rebloom if cut down after flowering. Dendranthema 'Harmony' produces plenty of bright yellow, 2.5 inch daisy-‐like blooms that fade to a creamy yellow with pink tones as they age.
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Deutzia gracilis 'Duncan' (CHARDONNAY PEARLS™)
SLENDER DEUTZIA
Dianthus 'Dainty Dame' AGM
PINK
notes Attractive, crisp, lime-‐yellow foliage provides season long garden color after the pure white, pearl-‐like buds explode into a shower of fragrant springtime flowers. Petals of pristine white surround a dark red eye, with flowers the size of a twenty-‐five cent piece. It is very floriferous from spring into fall. Sweetly fragrant, carrying some distance in the air. Its growth is tight and compact. Its leaves are are a lovely, chalky bluish-‐green.
GARDEN PINK
A vigorous cultivar to 32cm. Free flowering with glaucous grey-‐green foliage and slender stems. Flowers 35mm in diameter, semi-‐ double. Vivid velvet red ground (53A to 53B but brighter and more blue) with a deep red (53A) eye. Margins toothed. Flowers scented.
Dianthus 'Ideal Pearl'
HYBRID PINKS
Violet center, white edge. Subtle and unique, Barbatus/Chinesis hybrid, continuous blooming, heat tolerant, early, compact, hardy, largest flowered series. Height: 10"
Dianthus 'Laced Hero'
PINK
Dianthus 'Neon Star' AGM
GARDEN PINK
Dianthus 'Pomegranate Kiss'
GARDEN PINK
Dianthus 'Whatfield Ruby'
PINK
Dianthus 'Devon Xera' (Fire Star)
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1.5” double white flowers, with purple centers and rosy edge, on 8-‐12” stems above bluish foliage. Blooms May-‐June. From Dianthus breeder John Whetman of Devon, England. Plants make a tight 7" mound of grey-‐blue foliage, topped in spring with >1" flowers that are fluorescent neon pink. Boasting fragrant rich velvet red blossoms, this double form of garden pink has petals that are distinctively etched and edged in rosy pink. As the flowers age, they fade to romantic shades and contrast attractively with the blue green grassy foliage. Tidy compact habit 6" high x 8" wide. Compact plants of six to eight inches tall by eight inches wide carry numerous sweetly scented flowers of rich ruby red during the months of May and June. The evergreen leaves are a grayish green. Hardy to Zone 5 when given protection in winter such as a blanketing of snow.
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Dianthus 'Wicked Witch'
PINK
Dianthus 'Wp04' (Shooting Star)
PINK
Dianthus ×allwoodii 'Frosty Fire'
ALLWOOD PINK
Dianthus deltoides 'Arctic Fire'
MAIDEN PINK
Digitalis 'Waldigone' (GOLDCREST™)
FOXGLOVE
Digitalis lutea 'Grimes Dwarf'
DWARF YELLOW FOXGLOVE
Digitalis purpurea 'Pam's Choice'
COMMON FOXGLOVE
Dodecatheon meadia AGM
SHOOTING-‐STAR
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Dianthus 'Feuerhexe', except in flower color, which is a cherry red instead of the typical pink. The tight mats of powder blue foliage are topped in late April with 8" tall spikes of clove-‐like fragrant cherry red (RHS 66A) flowers that nearly obscure the foliage. As with the parent, we see sporadic rebloom through summer and into fall. 'Shooting Star' forms neat and compact evergreen mounds that remain attractive all season long. The glaucous blue-‐green foliage is covered with hundreds of magenta purple flowers in early spring and again in early fall after dead-‐heading. The delightful spicy clove fragrance is an added bonus. To 7" tall and 12" across. Dianthus 'Frosty Fire' makes a tight 15" wide mound of very silvery blue foliage, topped in spring with 6" tall, bright cherry red, fragrant flowers. Plants reach 6" in height, foliage is carpet-‐ forming and evergreen. Flowers are 1/2" in diameter, white with a rose eye, effective throughout the summer. Introduced by Plant Haven, Digitalis GOLDCREST ('Waldigone' PPAF) blooms from mid summer into early fall and has strong 18" long stems with dark green lance shaped leaves. The flower racemes are in shades of yellow-‐peach with reddish brown markings. Plants reach 24" in height; pale yellow trumpet-‐shaped flowers are held in terminal spikes. Biennial or perennial, to 4' in height. Basal leaves lanceolate to ovate or broadly ovate, long-‐petioled, stem leaves sessile or short-‐ petioled; flowers drooping in one-‐sided racemes to 2' long; clayx lobes ovate, corolla to 3" long, white, maroon spotted inside. Scapes 10-‐15 cm tall, leaves glabrous, oblong-‐ oval, to 30 cm long, obtuse, occasionally crenate. Umbels 10-‐20-‐flowered; flowers pale to dark pink, lavender, magenta, or white, usually with white tips; petals lanceolate, stamen filaments orange, distinct or loosely connate into a short tube. Variable.
scientific name Echinacea 'Firebird'
Echinacea 'Hot Lava'
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CONEFLOWER
Echinacea 'Firebird' is a compact coneflower growing to 18-‐27" tall with a spread of 22". The stunning red-‐orange petals fall below the beautiful dark cones.
CONEFLOWER
Echinacea Hot Lava heats up the garden with fire-‐red petals that are tinged with burnt-‐ orange and accentuated by a deep orange cone. Extra petals give the flowers a fuller look, and the super-‐strong stems make it a natural for cut flowers. Blooms from summer into fall. Plants to 36" tall by 33".
Echinacea 'Hot Papaya'
CONEFLOWER
Echinacea 'Tiki Torch'
CONEFLOWER
Echinacea pallida (large flowered)
CONEFLOWER
Echinacea purpurea 'Pink Double Delight'
PURPLE CONEFLOWER
Echinacea purpurea 'Purity'
CONEFLOWER
Erigeron 'Rosa Juwel'
FLEABANE
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'Hot Papaya' was hybridized by the Dutch breeder Arie Blom. The flowers are fluorescent orange-‐red pompoms. Plants form 3' tall by 3' wide clumps. Large, bright, pumpkin orange flowers. Upright, well branched flowering stems. (DS 982) This is a pumpkin orange hybrid with 15-‐ 19 rays in bright orange, darker at the base, surrounding a greyish red cone. The strongly scented inflorescences are about 11.5cm wide; pictures show what seems to be the richest orange flower yet. Height 90cm to 1m. (DS 1066) For the species: Plant to 1m in height; leaves to 20cm long, 4cm wide, linear-‐lanceolate to elliptic, entire, the base attenuate; capitula solitary, ray florets purple. New shorter pink, fully double pompon-‐like coneflower well branched and very floriferous. Straight and sturdy stems hold flowerheads for 8-‐12 weeks during summer. A coneflower featuring pristine white 4.5" flowers. The flowers emerge with bright green button-‐like cones that mature to large orange cones that look great against the white petals. 'Purity' is very floriferous with well-‐branched, strong stems that give it a very full look. Plants 18-‐27" tall by 22". ‘Rosa Juwel’s thin, closely set orchid-‐pink petals abundantly converge around golden yellow centers. From a bed of round-‐tipped basal foliage, the sturdy, branching stems clad in smaller, lance-‐shaped leaves bolster 1-‐ ½ in. wide, asterlike blooms which are perfect for cutting. 18"–2' high x 2' wide; hardy to zone 4.
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Eupatorium dubium 'Little Joe'
COASTAL PLAIN JOE PYE WEED
Euphorbia 'Jessie'
SPURGE
Euphorbia ×martinii 'Ascot Rainbow'
PERENNIAL SPURGE
Euphorbia sikkimensis AGM
SIKKIM SPURGE
Filipendula palmata 'Elegantissima'
MEADOWSWEET
Galanthus nivalis
COMMON SNOWDROP
Gentiana clausa
BOTTLE GENTIAN
Geranium 'Phillippe Vapelle'
CRANESBILL
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notes Discovered growing on the grounds of Conard-‐Pyle in Pennsylvania, this mutation of the popular Joe Pye Weed grows only 4 feet tall. Selected by Steve Lighty . To 36" tall with brilliant yellow bracts that have margins of bright orange. The 20" tall, branching, evergreen stalks are adorned with narrow, glaucous leaves, each edged in an attractive yellow border. In cold weather, the upper leaves take on an attractive red overlay, then in early spring the deer-‐resistant clumps are topped with bouffant-‐like flower clusters consisting of showy green-‐ and yellow-‐striped bracts, housing the tiny red flowers. Non succulent, glabrous perennial herb to 90cm; rhizome creeping. Stem leaves to 13×2.2cm, alternate, linear or lanceolate, green, apex acute, midrib white, pink at base. Bracts campanulate, to 5mm diameter, yellow, lobes 5; cyathia yellow; glands 5; ovary smooth; pedicel bowed. Fruit subglobose, smooth, to 5mm, sometimes tinged pink. Plants reach 2.5-‐3' in height with leaves 3-‐5 palmatifid, pink-‐tomentose beneath; flowers small, dark rose, held in terminal corymbs, the anthers red. Leaves two, appearing with the flowers (in cult. forms), narrow, to nearly 4" long, 1/4" wide, pressed flat against each other in bud; flowers about 1" across, the outer segments white, inner segments whiteûwith green markings around the sinus at apex. Herbaceous perennial to 65cm, similar to G. andrewsii, differing in larger flowers with corolla lobes equalling 2-‐3 cleft plicae. Deep blue. Foliage like that of G. renardii but plants more tolerant of heat and humidity. Flowers periwinkle-‐blue with violet veins, effective May through June; plants 12" tall, 15" wide. A plant of the same parentage raised by Geman breeder Alan Bremmer is also circulated under this name (Plantsman part III Sept. 2005 pg. 173)
scientific name
common name
Geranium 'Tiny Monster'
CRANESBILL
Geranium ×cantabrigiense 'Karmina'
HARDY GERANIUM
Geranium ×oxonianim 'Rebecca Moss'
CRANESBILL
Geranium ×oxonianum 'Katherine Adele'
CRANESBILL
Geranium ×oxonianum 'Phoebe Noble'
CRANESBILL
Geranium macrorrhizum 'Spessart'
CRANESBILL
Geranium phaeum 'Margaret Wilson'
MOURNING WIDOW
Geranium phaeum 'Variegatum'
BLACK WIDOW
Geranium pratense (Victor Reiter Junior strain)
CRANESBILL
Geranium sanguineum 'Connie Hansen'
BLOODY CRANESBILL
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Geranium hybrid (G. sanguineum x psilostemon). Each plant makes a 2' wide clump of cutleaf green foliage, 10" tall, topped all summer with the 1" lavender flowers. Also sold in the USA under the name 'Rolf Royce' (Plantsman Sept. 2006) This hybrid geranium is a spreading, rhizomatous plant typically growing 6-‐10" high. Features masses of 5 petaled, carmine red flowers 3/4" in diameter which bloom in late spring. Rounded, lobed, medium green foliage. A low growing spreader that can quickly form a respectable carpet. Flowers very light silvery-‐pink without darker veining, produced in abundance over a long period. Plants reach 15" in height and width; foliage with a central dark bronze blotch and silvery-‐ pink flowers with purple veins. Named for Katherine Adele Jones, Robert Jones' mother (Jones is co-‐owner of Heronswood Nursery). Plants reach 18" in height with deeply saturated dark pink flowers effective throughout the summer. Compact, carpeting, useful as weed-‐ suppressing ground cover. Apple scented leaves turn bronze & scarlet in autumn. Semi-‐ evergreen. Drought tolerant when established. Rhizomatous, quick spreader. White flowers and pink sepals. Exceptionally ornamental foliage is silver overlain with greenish yellow; flowers are mauve-‐purple, effective in spring. Sold as 'Muldoon' for many years; foliage blotched and streaked with white and pink; flowers dark lavender-‐burgundy (DS 467). The plant Yeo describes sounds somewhat different: irregular pale yellow variegation towards the leaf margins, the variegated areas usually somewhat curled (DS 57). A purple foliaged geranium in spring and later turns dark green with a purple edge and a compact habit with large deep blue purple flowers. From the garden of Connie Hansen, Lincoln City, OR. Highly distinctive, large, light pink flowers with a pale center.
scientific name
common name
Geranium sanguineum 'New Hampshire Purple'
BLOODY CRANESBILL
Geum 'Mai Tai'
AVENS
Gladiolus 'Boone'
GLADIOLUS
Gypsophila paniculata 'Pink Star'
BABY'S BREATH
Hamamelis ×intermedia 'Gingerbread'
HYBRID WITCH-‐HAZEL
Hamamelis ×intermedia 'Orange Peel'
HYBRID WITCH-‐HAZEL
Hamamelis ×intermedia 'Winter Dawn'
WITCH HAZEL
Helenium 'Rubinzwerg' AGM
SNEEZEWEED
Helianthus 'Lemon Queen' AGM
SUNFLOWER
Helianthus ×multiflorus 'Sunshine Daydream'
FALSE SUNFLOWER
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notes Flowers of good, strong, purple are borne throughout the season; plants to 15" tall; foliage assumes colorful tints in fall. Geum 'Mai Tai' bears semi-‐double 1 1/2" ruffled apricot blossoms which contrast well on 14" burgundy stems in late May-‐ July. Pretty as a cut flower, and the deer aren't interested. This is cultivar is close to the species G. dalenii, flowers with tones of apricot, buff and gold. It retains the dignity of a species glad, with flowers spaced out a bit along the spike. Once established, it gets quite tall, and multiplies. Double pink flowers on 18" tall plants. A de Belder selection from the mid-‐1990's, 'Gingerbread' has scented, dark orange flowers in late winter. The medium to dark green foliage flushes out purple in spring. Midwinter flowers sport thick petals and are lightly scented. Richly colored bright orange and yellow petals blend with a darker base. Witch-‐Hazel expert, Chris Lane, reports that 'Winter Dawn' is the first Witch Hazel to flower, always before Christmas in the U.K. Flowers are red-‐orange at the base shading to gold at the tips, creating an overall impression of soft orange . There is an excellent, spicy fragrance. In fall, leaves turn a lovely scarlet and gold. Height 1.1m. Masses of rich mahogany red flowers surrounding a green center that matures to a dark chocolate brown and opens with a halo of golden anthers. Somewhat bare lower stems. Clump-‐forming plants reach 6' in height; flowers are profuse, soft yellow, effective in late summer. Yellow dahlia-‐like blooms brighten the garden like sunshine from June through August. The dome-‐like flowers are 2.5" across and sit upon sturdy stems. Easy to grow in full sun with average, moist to well drained soil. In 10 years plants can be 4' wide and 5' tall.
scientific name
common name
Heliopsis helianthoides ssp. scabra 'Spitzentanzerin' AGM
FALSE SUNFLOWER
Hemerocallis 'Big Smile'
DAYLILY
Hemerocallis 'Blueberry Sundae'
DAYLILY
Hemerocallis 'Cherry Candy'
DAYLILY
Hemerocallis 'Condilla'
DAYLILY
Hemerocallis 'Double Ethel'
DAYLILY
Hemerocallis 'Mauna Loa'
DAYLILY
Hemerocallis 'Scarlet Romance'
DAYLILY
Hemerocallis 'Siloam Show Girl'
DAYLILY
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notes Moderate height. Small, neat semi-‐double blooms of deep gold, ray florets reflexed at the tip giving the flower a downward curved outer edge. Ht. 1.4m Flowering from mid to late June until September. Plants to 28" in height, flowers a yellow-‐ orange blend with a green throat, 5.5"across, fragrant. Blooms mid-‐season. The petals, more than 5" across are mostly white fading into blue-‐purple highlights. It is a reblooming variety which blooms in early summer and is followed by more blooms in late summer. 30" tall. Hemerocallis 'Cherry Candy' flowers stay open for 16 hours each. The striking flowers are light orange with a cherry red center. Overlapping petals create an interesting eye zone that is notched at each midrib. There is a light fragrance to the flowers that attracts butterflies. Height 30", spread 18-‐24". 4 1/2" orange-‐gold flowers on 20" tall scapes. Early to mid season blooming with a later rebloom. 5" blooms, 29" tall, mid-‐late season flowering, this fleshy peach-‐colored double has a rose halo mixed in amongst its ruffled center. Ruffled edges, a vigorous grower. 'Mauna Loa' is a tetraploid cultivar which features 5" diameter, amber gold blend flowers with deep red wire edges and light green throats. Flowers appear on naked stems which typically rise to 22" tall above a clump of arching, linear, blade-‐like leaves. Individual flowers open for one day. Blooms in early mid-‐season. 5 1/2" rich scarlet flowers with a small green throat bloom in mid-‐season on 26" tall scapes. Plants 18" tall; flowers 4.25" across, red with a deeper red eye, effective in midseason.
scientific name
common name
Hemerocallis 'Starstruck' (All-‐ American)
DAYLILY
Starstruck is a 1998 All-‐American winner in the 'Exhibition' Category and is one of the few daylilies that begins its blooming late in the season. Just as the other daylilies are finishing their show, Starstruck comes into its own. The 7" delicately ruffled blossoms, bright gold with a pale green throat, have heavy substance and a mild fragrance. 15-‐24" lush foliage. Hardy USDA Zones 4-‐10.
DAYLILY
Tall plant with yellow flowers. AB Stout made 100 named crosses. His crosses resulted in hundreds of thousands of seedlings. John Filkins, who gave us this plant, knows it only as a Stout hybrid. If it is a named hybrid, it could possibly be H. 'Statuesque' (shm)
Hemerocallis 'Stout's Hybrid'
Heuchera 'Autumn Leaves'
ALUM ROOT
Heuchera 'Beauty of Color'
CORAL BELLS
Heuchera 'Blackout'
CORAL BELLS
Heuchera 'Cappucino'
CORAL BELLS
Heuchera 'Ginger Ale'
CORAL BELLS
Heuchera 'Midnight Rose'
CORAL BELLS
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‘Autumn Leaves’ changes its leaf color as the days grow longer. Mid-‐sized leaves of red in the spring, taupe in summer, and ruby red in the fall, put on a show in any season. The H. villosa and H. americana parentage will help with heat and humidity tolerance. Plants grow to 8" tall and have a 15" spread. Beauty of Color was bred in Europe using native American (H. americana) as one of the parents. Its velvety green slightly scalloped leaves have a background of chocolate and tinges of silver. In cooler weather it develops a bright orange picotee band on the leaves edges. Really black shiny rounded leaves form a tight, compact mound topped with cream colored flowers. 10” x 16” Leaves an unusual creamy-‐chocolate color; sun-‐resistant. Flowers of ginger yellow and pink arise on wiry stems from matched ginger yellow and pink leaves. Plants 6-‐9" tall (22" in flower). The burnished black leaves of Heuchera 'Midnight Rose' are dappled with spots of hot pink in the spring. As the summer progresses, the leaves lighten and cream and pink dots adorn the foliage.
scientific name
common name
Heuchera 'Peach Flambé'
CORAL BELLS
Heuchera 'Purple Petticoats' AGM
CORAL BELLS
Heuchera 'Snow Angel'
CORAL BELLS
Heuchera 'Southern Comfort'
CORAL BELLS
Hibiscus 'Jazzberry Jam'
ROSE MALLOW
Hibiscus 'Moy Grande'
TEXAS GIANT HIBISCUS
Hibiscus 'Summer Storm'
HIBISCUS
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Bright peach glowing leaves from spring through fall, deepening to plum in winter. Flame red infusions create real drama in the garden and multi-‐season interest. White flowers in spring. Plants 7" tall (16" in flower). Ruffled dark purple foliage with pinkish purple reverse. Flowers cream on dark stems. Ground cover. 40 cm high. Good winter foliage. This coral bells cultivar is a clump-‐forming perennial which features a basal mound to 12" tall of variegated, light-‐green, heart-‐ shaped leaves having a creamy, mottled appearance and tiny, pink, bell-‐shaped flowers borne on wiry, branched panicles extending well above the foliage mound in early summer. Huge cinnamon-‐peach leaves and a lush habit. Creamy white flowers erupt in late summer. Foliage color changes from cinnamon peach to burnished copper to amber. Bred to do well in Southern humidity, the Midwest, the Northeast or in the Northwest. This hardy Hibiscus has 9", billowy, ruffled, overlapping petals in a deep magenta with a red eye. Hibiscus 'Jazzberry Jam' PPAF will bloom from midsummer into early fall. Its full upright habit also makes it useful as a hedge or border. To 5' tall and 7' across. From retired plant breeder Dr. Moy at the San Antonio Botanic Gardens. H. 'Moy Grande' boasts one of the largest flowers seen on a hardy hibiscus, reaching sizes in excess of 1' across when grown in rich moist soils. Dozens of the giant, bright, rosy blue-‐ red flowers adorn the 5' tall x 5' wide clump each day from midsummer until early fall. Plants with black-‐purple foliage and 8 inch flowers with large overlapping pink petals with a deep magenta eye that radiates out through the veins of the petals. 'Summer Storm' is a profuse bloomer, flowering from mid summer until frost. To 4' x 4'.
scientific name
common name
Hosta 'Autumn Frost'
PLANTAIN LILY
Hosta 'Blue Angel'
PLANTAIN LILY
Hosta 'Dancing Stars'
PLANTAIN LILY
Hosta 'Lemon Lime'
PLANTAIN LILY
Hosta 'Little Jay'
PLANTAIN LILY
Hosta 'Night Before Christmas'
PLANTAIN LILY
Hosta 'Patriot' (Best New Seedling or Sport Best in Show (cutleaf Division) HOSTA OF THE YEAR)
PLANTAIN LILY
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‘Autumn Frost’ is a sport of the 2010 Hosta of the Year, ‘First Frost’ which in turn is a sport of ‘Halcyon’. The leaves of ‘Autumn Frost’ PPAF emerge a frosty blue with extra wide bright yellow margins that lighten to a creamy white during summer. Light lavender flowers are produced in mid to late summer. 12" tall and 24" across. Plants reach 32" in height and 70" in width. Leaves are 16" long and 12" wide, deep blue-‐ green aging to dark green by mid-‐summer with a thick bloom on both upper and lower surfaces, the blade broadly oblong-‐ovate with a long distinct tip, moderately wavy margins, slight corrugation, and thick substance with 16 vein pairs. Flowers are near-‐white with a pale lavender midrib, 2 1/2" long, held in very dense clusters well above the foliage on 36"-‐44" tall scapes in July. One of the finest large, blue-‐leaved hostas. Similar types include 'Snowden'. Plant: 20 in. (51 cm) diameter, 16 in. (41 cm) high; mound-‐like; medium. Flower: 3 in. (8.12 cm) long; darker striping, translucent margins; tubular; Zeeland, MI -‐ June 1 to July 15; Plants reach 12" in height and 18" in width; leaves 3" long, 1" wide, chartreuse, lanceolate, flat. Scape bare, straight, the flowers bell-‐shaped, purple-‐striped. Miniature hosta with 4" long, lance-‐shaped leaves that are slightly folded and ripped, displaying as a riot of intertwined leaves. Emerging creamy, leaves will brighten to near white with a dark green edge. Lavender flowers in early summer on 8" stalks. Larger and more vigorous than its parent 'White Christmas' with velvety thick green leaves highlighted by a white center. Foliage retains its color better and is less susceptible to sunburn than its parent. A sport of H. 'Francee' with the same dark green center on the leaves but with a crisp, white, 1" wide margin; cup-‐shaped leaves are 5" wide and 7" long.
scientific name
Hosta 'Red Dragon'
common name
notes
PLANTAIN LILY
H. ‘Red Dragon’ has nicely rippled shiny bright green leaves held on strong upright red petioles. The red on the petioles extends all the way up to the leaves and even the flower stalks are bright red. The tall stalks bear purple flowers in August that are fertile.
Hosta 'So Sweet' (HOSTA OF THE YEAR)
PLANTAIN LILY
Hosta 'Wogon'
PLANTAIN LILY
Hyacinthus orientalis 'Raphael'
DUTCH HYACINTH
Hydrangea 'Dancing Snow' (WEDDING GOWN™)
LACE CAP HYDRANGEA
Hydrangea 'Dvppinky' (PINKY WINKY™)
HARDY HYDRANGEA
Hydrangea arborescens 'NCHA1' (INVINCIBELLE™ SPIRIT)
SMOOTH HYDRANGEA
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Plant 8" tall, 12" wide; leaves 7" long, 4.5" wide, medium green with white margin, lanceolate, flat. Scape 14" tall, bare, straight; flowers purple-‐striped, fragrant. The correct name = 'Ogon Giboshi' from "Ogon" meaning gold, although 'Wogon' has been registered with the IRA and has been accepted as a valid cultivar name. This cultivar is one of the many named yellow forms of H. sieboldii. Plants 6" tall, 12" wide; leaves 4" long, 1.5" wide, ovate. flat, yellow. Flower scape 14" tall, flowers purple, bell-‐ shaped. Flowers pink, fragrant. Early to bloom, then reblooms. This lacecap Hydrangea has beautiful, double white flowers. Its smaller stature makes it wonderful for mixed borders and a stunning container plant. 2' tall x 3' wide in 5 years. Hydrangea Pinky Winky™ is a unique Hydrangea with two-‐toned flower heads in mid-‐summer. The large, 12-‐16 inches long flower heads emerge white, turn pink and continue to push new white flowers from the tip of the panicle. The flowers are held upright on strong stems and contrast nicely against dark green foliage. It blooms regardless of climate, soil, pH or pruning. A truly remarkable plant for the summer and autumn landscape. INVINCIBELLE™ Spirit hydrangea is the first pink flowered, mop-‐head form of Hydrangea arborescens. Unlike other selections it continues to produce new flowers right up until frost. It is very hardy and easy to grow. The flower buds are produced on new wood, so it will still produce flowers even if the stems die back to the ground in winter. 4' x 4'.
scientific name
common name
Hydrangea involucrata 'Wim Rutten' (BLUE BUNNY™)
LACECAP HYDRANGEA
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Glowing Embers'
LACECAP HYDRANGEA
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Horheart' (Edgy™ Hearts)
LACECAP HYDRANGEA
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Ramars' (CITYLINE™ MARS)
LACECAP HYDRANGEA
Hydrangea paniculata 'Bokrathirteen' (SWEET SUMMER™)
PANICLE HYDRANGEA
Hydrangea paniculata 'Bombshell'
PANICLE HYDRANGEA
Hydrangea paniculata 'Le Vasterival' (GREAT STAR™)
PANICLE HYDRANGEA
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A selection of lacecap hydrangea that reliably flowers on new wood in zone 6, meaning it should bloom reliably year after year. Also of note: the blue flower color appears unaffected by the pH of the soil, unlike with other Hydrangea. Summer-‐flowering shrubs with fluorescent rosy pink mophead blooms that will not turn blue. Glossy, dark green foliage provides the perfect background for the flowers. Grows 3 feet tall with as equal spread. Edgy™ Hearts Hydrangea has dark pinkish-‐ red flowers, with heart-‐shaped petals that are emphasized by narrow, white line margins along the edges. Edgy™ Hearts was developed in Dresden, Germany and grows to 2-‐4 feet tall and wide with strong stems and glossy foliage. Cityline™ Mars was developed in Europe and its strong stems can easily handle the big, heavy, red and white variegated flowers. To 3' tall and 4' wide. Extremely abundant, billowing, dense blooms. Green panicles mature to white in summer and then turn shades of pink in fall. A soft blend of white and shades of pink will show at the same time. To 4' x 4' in 5 years. With its compact growth habit of 18-‐36", 'Bombshell' is incredibly well branched and is covered with white flowers from early summer until frost. It boasts more flowers per plant than any other Hydrangea paniculata, and needs little if any pruning. This cultivar was recently introduced from and named after the late Princess Greta Sturdza's garden, Le Vasterival, in Normandy, France. Dramatic clusters of starry, white flowers, up to 4" in diameter are produced from midsummer until the first hard frost. Flower petals are elongated and wavy.
scientific name
Hydrangea paniculata 'Renhy' (VANILLE FRAISE)
common name
notes
PANICLE HYDRANGEA
Enormous flower panicles held on upright red stems emerge creamy vanilla beginning in midsummer, changing to pink and finally to strawberry-‐red. As new blooms continually emerge, the plant becomes a multicolored visual masterpiece. At 6 to 7 feet tall, it has an upright habit that becomes more cascading later in the season.
Hydrangea quercifolia 'Little Honey'
OAKLEAF HYDRANGEA
Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snowflake'
OAKLEAF HYDRANGEA
Hylotelephium 'Abbey Dore'
LIVE-‐FOREVER
Hylotelephium 'T. Rex'
LIVE-‐FOREVER
Hylotelephium telephium 'Picolette'
LIVE-‐FOREVER
Hypericum androsaemum 'Albury Purple'
TUTSAN
Hypericum androsaemum 'Golden Tutsan'
TUTSAN
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A sport of the dwarf, native Oak leaf Hydrangea ‘Pee Wee’ with golden-‐yellow spring foliage which becomes chartreuse during summer before turning a brilliant scarlet in fall. Dense, compact, long lasting, pyramidal heads of white flowers during midsummer. To 4' x 4' in eight years. Flower heads are very large, usually 12"-‐15" long; multiple tiers of bracts emerge above the older ones, creating a double-‐flowered appearance. A compact form with rosy pink flowers blooming in late summer, over medium green, succulent foliage. Grows 16" tall. 'T. Rex' is one of the most rigidly upright varieties. Plants remain tidy and compact all season long. Green foliage has serrated edges that add to the plants appeal, along with rose-‐pink colerd blooms. Height 24-‐ 28", spread 32". Picolette' has a compact upright habit with dark bronze foliage & clusters of rosy pink starry flowers. Grows to 12-‐15" tall. A vigorous, spreading shrub to 2-‐3' tall. The light yellow, 3/4" diameter flowers occur 3-‐9 together in cymose clusters at the terminus of the stem and lateral branches. Leaves are suffused with burgundy, which fade with maturity and heat. Fruits are red to purple-‐ black fleshy capsules. Plants with electric yellow foliage, bright yellow flowers and attractive dark red fruit. Its low mounding habit makes it perfect for mass plantings. Great for brightening up shady areas. 18-‐24 inches.
scientific name
common name
Ipomoea quamoclit
CYPRESS VINE
Iris 'Before the Storm'
BEARDED IRIS
Iris 'Cracklin Burgundy'
GERMAN BEARDED IRIS
Iris 'Gold Scarlet'
STANDARD DWARF BEARDED IRIS
Iris 'Jewel Baby'
STANDARD DWARF BEARDED IRIS
Iris 'Lion King'
JAPANESE IRIS
Iris 'Paradise'
TALL BEARDED IRIS
Iris 'Study in Black'
IRIS
Iris ×germanica 'Dusky Challenger'
TALL BEARDED IRIS
Iris ×germanica 'Silverado'
TALL BEARDED IRIS
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Annual climber to 3m; stems slender, glabrous. Leaves 1-‐9cm, elliptic to ovate in outline, deeply pinnatisect with 9-‐19 pairs of linear lobes; pseudostipulate. Infloresences 1-‐ 5 flowered on 1.5-‐14cm peduncles; pedicels 8-‐25mm, club-‐shaped; sepals 4-‐7mm, elliptic to oblong, apex blunt with a short subterminal mucro, fleshy; corolla 2-‐3cm, hypocrateriform, limb 1.8-‐2cm diameter, distinctly and stellately 5-‐lobed, scarlet, occasionally white; stigma 2-‐lobed; stamens exserted. Fruit 7-‐9mm, ovoid, mucronate (remains of style), 1-‐4 seeded. 'Before the Storm' is a mid-‐late season bloomer and is regarded as one of the best purple-‐blacks. Sweet fragrance and excellent growth habit are an added bonus. Plants reach 35" in height; standards and falls are burgundy with matching beards. Beautiful gold with blue beards. 10" tall. 10" Re-‐blooming. Dark purple self with mid-‐ violet beard, slightly spicy fragrance. Good later fall rebloom. Blooms are 4-‐5 inches on top of 12 inch stems. ‘Lion King’ grows to 4' tall with huge, fully double, 7-‐8" blooms that open in early summer. Each ruffled petal displays a grape purple edge that wisps softly into the pure white centers and tucked down at the base of each petal is a tiny splash of sunshine yellow. To 28" across. Plants reach 33" in height; flowers unusually profuse, the bud count very high, rich pink with ruffled standards and falls. A hardy, large bulbous perennial with strong, green, upright foliage and ruffled, silky dark-‐ purple, almost black flowers in late spring to early summer. Plants reach 39" in height; well-‐branched stems carry 6" wide, rich purple flowers with ruffled standards and falls. Plants reach 38" in height; strong stems bear silvery-‐blue flowers with ruffled standards and falls.
scientific name
common name
Iris ensata 'Caprician Butterfly'
JAPANESE WATER IRIS
Iris ensata 'Glitter & Glamour'
JAPANESE IRIS
Iris ensata 'Light at Dawn'
JAPANESE WATER IRIS
Iris ensata 'Royal Banner'
JAPANESE WATER IRIS
Iris ensata 'Royal Lines'
JAPANESE WATER IRIS
Iris pallida 'Variegata'
VARIEGATED ORRIS ROOT
Iris sibirica 'Butter & Sugar' (Morgan Award Morgan-‐Wood Award)
SIBERIAN IRIS
Iris sibirica 'Spinning Song'
SIBERIAN IRIS
Iris sibirica 'Tropic Night'
SIBERIAN IRIS
Iris sibirica 'Tycoon'
SIBERIAN IRIS
Iris variegata AGM
HUNGARIAN IRIS
Jeffersonia diphylla
TWINLEAF
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'Caprician Butterfly' has rich purple veining on the white falls, with the veining covering the entire flower. The center of the flower is darker. Six falls (petals) indicate this is a double flower, since a single flower has three falls. Height of 'Caprician Butterfly' will be 30 to 36 inches. Large flowers of eight inches across. Plants reach 30"-‐36" in height; flowers are large, dark purple with white veins. The flower is mostly a light creamy white. The edge of the petals is rimmed with light violet and a light blush of violet brushes over the falls. Ruffly and delicate looking, with six falls. Height will be two and a half to three feet. Plants 34" tall producing dark purple-‐red flowers in midsummer. Plants reach 36" in height; flowers have purple standards edged with white, and white falls pencilled with dark purple. Leaves are striped vertically with yellow; Fragrant lavender flowers are borne on 24"-‐ 30" tall stems. Plants reach 27" in height; flowers have white standards and yellow falls. Diploid. Large flowers are lightly ruffled with flaring form, the standards rich red-‐violet with lighter feathered style arms and falls an even deeper shade of red-‐violet. A small white blaze is bordered in bright blue. To 3' tall. Plants reach 30" in height; late-‐season flowers are 3.5" across, velvety, deep, blue-‐ purple. Flowers large, deep violet-‐blue; plants to 3' tall; June blooming. Rhizomatous herbaceous perennial to 40cm tall, with narrow, dark leaves and up to 6 flowers, 6-‐7cm wide, with pale yellow standards and white falls heavily veined with deep purple; beard yellow. Leaves all basal, peltate, divided into 2 ovate lobes; flowers white, solitary, saucer-‐shaped, long-‐stemmed, effective in May. Foliage often turns a bronze-‐brown in autumn.
scientific name
common name
Kalmia latifolia 'Little Linda' AGM
MOUNTAIN LAUREL
Kniphofia 'Green Jade'
POKER PLANT
Kniphofia 'Shenandoah'
RED HOT POKER
Lamium maculatum 'Anne Greenaway'
GOLDEN DEAD NETTLE
Lamium maculatum 'Pink Pewter'
DEADNETTLE
Lamium maculatum 'Shell Pink'
DEAD NETTLE
Lavandula 'Sarah'
LAVENDER
Lavandula angustifolia 'Lavandula Schola' (BLUE CUSHION)
ENGLISH LAVENDER
Lavandula angustifolia 'Violet Intrigue'
ENGLISH LAVENDER
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notes The red buds open to display white corollas which age to pink. Foliage is reduced in size, dark glossy green and leaf spot resistant. Plants display a compact-‐rounded growth habit. To 3' x 3'. A hybrid Kniphofia, with blue-‐green foliage. Above the foliage, rise huge inflorescences, densely packed with cool yellow buds opening to an even cooler near-‐white. The color is reminiscent of ‘Ice Queen’ , but the size of the inflorescence (typically 12”-‐15” long) and the denseness of the flowers differentiates them. Plant Height 30-‐36", spread 24". The flowers are orange-‐red and yellow, growing to a height of three to four feet and blooming from late spring to early summer. It grows robustly, spreading wider over the ground and eventually reaching massive clumps. Most likely a form of Kniphofia x praecox. Clump-‐forming perennial reaching 6" in height with tricolored foliage, a narrow central silver streak is enclosed with a band of olive green, this in turn is enclosed by a jagged band of gold; lavender flowers top stems in spring. Leaves tinted with silver; flowers rich pink. Foliage variegated with creamy white; flowers pink, effective from April through July. A very compact, ( to 12" tall) aromatic selection with dark violet flowers. Dwarf habit and deep blue flowers from early to late summer are combined in this selection. Plants to 16" tall. Bred by New Zealand Lavender authority Virginia McNaughton, this aptly named colorful cultivar delivers ultrascented, vibrantly violet corollas and saturated violet-‐ blue calyxes on staunch, long straight stems that are ideal for cutting. Silvery green leaves dress its upright bushy profile. Blooms June–July. Size: 2-‐1/2' high x 2-‐1/2' wide.
scientific name
common name
Leucanthemum ×superbum 'Becky'
SHASTA DAISY
Leucanthemum ×superbum 'Daisy Duke' DAISY MAY™
SHASTA DAISY
Leucanthemum ×superbum 'Snow Lady'
SHASTA DAISY
Leucanthemum ×superbum 'Sunny Side Up'
SHASTA DAISY
Leucojum aestivum
SUMMER SNOWFLAKE
Ligularia ×yoshizoeana 'Palmatiloba'
GOLDEN RAY
Ligularia przewalskii 'Dragon Wings'
Ligularia stenocephala 'The Rocket'
notes Plants reach 36"-‐ 42" in height; single flowers are white, very large, effective from June to October if dead-‐headed; an unusually long-‐ lived cultivar. Daisy May™ Leucanthemum is a gorgeous and exciting new shasta daisy with beautiful white flowers that have 2 rows of petals. Height 12-‐24 Inches spread 10-‐14 Inches. This Shasta daisy cultivar is a compact, dwarf plant which typically grows on rigid stems to 12" tall. Features 2.5" diameter flower heads with the classic white rays and yellow center disks and coarsely-‐toothed, lance-‐shaped, medium green leaves. Stems do not require staking. Blooms most of the summer. Excellent and long-‐lasting fresh cut flower. Plants grow to 15" tall and spread to 30" across, with a unique semi-‐double layer of petals surrounding a large cushion center of yellow and gold. Leaves are narrow and strap-‐shaped, 30-‐45 cm long, the scapes only slightly taller; flowers are 3-‐7, pendulous, held on 5-‐10 cm long pedicels, white with green tips. Plants reach 1.8M in height; basal leaves are large, rounded, deeply lobed; flowers are yellow, large, held in erect, loose racemes in July and August.
BIG LEAF LIGULARIA
The leathery leaves of Ligularia ‘Dragon Wings' conjure up images of fairy-‐tale creatures with their deeply cut spiky edges. Impressive twelve inch wide leaves with dark purple stems form a clumping habit that is deer resistant. In late summer ‘Dragon Wings’ produces yellow flowers in slender, dense racemes on dark purple stems.
LEOPARD PLANT
Elegant, decorative, deeply fingered, dark green leaves of triangular outline extend up the nearly black stems, ending in a narrow spire of small clear yellow flowers.
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scientific name
Lilium 'Belladonna'
common name
notes
ORIENTAL LILY
'Belladonna' is more intense in color than 'Novatore' and this rich, almost golden-‐ yellow introduction has been a real attention grabber. 'Belladonna has huge bowl-‐shaped flowers, great rich color, and soft, wafting fragrance. 4 Feet. July to August.
Lilium 'Belo Horizonte'
ASIATIC LILY
Lilium 'Black Beauty'
ORIENTAL HYBRID LILY
Lilium 'Bon Bini'
LILY
Lilium 'Flashpoint'
LILY
Lilium 'Flying Wing'
ASIATIC LILY
Lilium 'Grand Cru' AGM
ASIATIC LILY
Lilium 'Latvia'
ASIATIC LILY
Lilium 'Lennox' AGM
ASIATIC LILY
Lilium 'Lovely Girl'
ASIATIC LILY
Lilium 'Monte Negro'
ASIATIC LILY
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Flowers with golds that have range-‐red to red highlights. A late June to early July bloomer, reaches 3 to 4 Feet. Unscented. Stems reach 5'-‐7' in height; flowers are smaller than most Oriental Hybrids, pendant, recurved, the petals deep red with white edges, effective in July and August. Very dependable and long-‐lived in a wide variety of regions. Bon Bini' has beautiful white petals with a unique lilac pink diamond shape around a yellow-‐green throat. It is very fragrant and grows 36 to 40" on thick, sturdy stems. Blooms July & August. Petals are a robust red and cream with upfacing flowers. Super substance even for an Orienpet and great scent. In the propagation field they run 3 to 4 feet. We expect this cultivar to top out at around 6 feet when settled in. July bloom. ‘Flying Wing' is almost a tomato soup orange-‐ red in color. These outfacing flowers have super substance for long lasting bloom. To 3 feet tall. Deep buff yellow with a dark reddish/brown heart; long term perennial to 3' tall. Flowers a unique lime green color with a deep red-‐black spotted center. Plants to 5' tall. Pure, spotless white, fragrant flowers on plants to 24" tall. Up to 12 beautiful flowers per bulb. Lily with jaunty white petals sporting yellow stripes and maroon spots. Blooms in midsummer. 3-‐4' tall. Plants to 5' tall with dark red flowers with black spots, up to 12 flowers per stem.
scientific name
common name
Lilium 'Moonlight Strain'
HYBRID TRUMPET LILY
Lilium 'Orange Marmelade'
MARTAGON HYBRID
Lilium 'Red Jamboree'
ORIENTAL HYBRID LILY
Lilium 'Red Velvet'
TIGER LILY
Lilium 'Rio Negro'
ASIATIC LILY
Lilium 'Scheherazade'
ASIATIC LILY
Lilium 'Spring Pink'
ASIATIC LILY
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notes Flowers chartreuse-‐yellow with lime-‐green reverse, 5" to 6" across, and intensely fragrant. Stems 4' to 6' tall, bearing up to 20 flowers each. July and August flowering period. 'Orange Marmalade' carries the familiar downfacing pendant type flowers of L. martagon and L. hansonii, but proudly sports the orange coloration of it's mother L. tsingtauense. Growing usually to about 3 feet once established, 'Orange Marmalade' can easily hit 4 feet. June flowering. Light Fragrance. Stems reach 5' in normal conditions but can attain 8' if planted in rich soil and left undisturbed for several years. Flowers are pendant with slightly recurved petals, intense deep crimson with white edges and heavy spotting, highly fragrant, effective in August. Flowers large, bell-‐shaped, with recurved, wide, vibrant fiery red petals sprinkled with attractive black dots. They have a long blooming period and produce 12-‐20 blooms per stem. Plants to 48" tall. 'Rio Negro' has a black-‐red flower, and as a bonus has a chocolate star in the center of each bloom, reminiscent of the old J. S. Yeats variety 'Journey's End'. A heavy bloomer, this scented lily is good for the border, with bright colored blooms and sturdy stems. 3 to 4 feet tall. Strong-‐growing Tetraploid Oriental lily has rosy-‐red flowers with creamy-‐yellow margins that lighten as the bloom ages, a small amount of papillae, indistinct spots, and light pink, green and brown tints on the petal reverse. Well grown stems of 'Scheherazade' will produce both secondary and tertiary buds which extend the bloom for more than a month. Light fragrance. 5 to 6 Feet. July/August Flowering. Fragrant soft pink semi-‐double flowers with a delicate purple edge. 2-‐4' tall.
scientific name
common name
Lilium 'Star Gazer'
ORIENTAL LILY
Lilium 'Starburst'
TANGO LILY
Lilium 'Summer Valley'
ASIATIC LILY
Lilium 'Sweetheart'
ORIENTAL LILY
Lilium 'Tiger Woods'
ORIENTAL LILY
Lilium 'Trebbiano'
HYBRID LILY
Lilium formosanum
FORMOSA LILY
Lilium lancifolium
TIGER LILY
Lobelia 'Gladys Lindley'
LOBELIA
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This is the original Woodriff ‘Star Gazer’ which produces reliably lots of sweetly-‐ scented, deep rose-‐pink to crimson blooms with dark spots and a white edging on each petal. Normally reaches 3 feet but at times can hit 4. July flowering. Fragrant. In 1989, Piet Schenk, a Dutch Lily Hybridizer, bought pollen from Mr. Orekhof of Latvia, who introduced the first Tango Lily. In honor of Mr. Orekhof, all new Lilies in this series get the name Tango. The flowers are enormous and red with black markings. Very heavy petal texture on these flowers insures extra long bloom. Graceful and dainty in appearance, but tough as nails in the garden, the golden orange tones of ‘Summer Valley’ are extremely color fast even in full sun. This flashy oriental lily has a large splotch of startling apple-‐red over most of the flower, and the petal edges are framed in mango-‐ yellow. 3 to 4 Feet. Late July Flowering. Fragrant. White petals with red stripes and maroon spots. Spicy fragrance. 2-‐3' tall. Blooms late July. Lime green, large, fragrant, waxy flowers on plants to 4' tall. A statuesque, sweetly-‐fragrant, large-‐ flowered and easy to grow species with thick-‐ textured, out-‐facing white trumpets in late summer. For full sun to light shade and ordinary soil. Reaches maturity from seed much more quickly than most Lilium species. Stems 60-‐150 cm in height, dark purple with white hairs, and black bulbils in the leaf axils; stem-‐rooting. Leaves 12-‐20 cm long and 1-‐2 cm wide, numerous, lanceolate, scattered, 5-‐ 7-‐veined, the margins rough. Flowers up to 40, held in a raceme, turk's-‐cap, pendulous, 12.5 cm wide, unscented the tepals recurved when first open, gradually spreading, the interior orange spotted deep purple, the anthers orange-‐red to purple, the pollen brown, effective from summer into early autumn. Plants 4' tall with pure white flowers.
scientific name
common name
Lobelia 'Red Beauty'
LOBELIA
Lobelia cardinalis 'Fried Green Tomatoes'
CARDINAL FLOWER
Lobelia cardinalis 'Queen Victoria' AGM
CARDINAL FLOWER
Magnolia 'Golden Gift'
MAGNOLIA
Malus 'Hargozam' (HARVEST GOLD®)
Malus 'Lollizam' (LOLLIPOP™)
Mentha suaveolens
notes 2-‐3’ spikes of beautiful, pinkish red flowers in late summer. Selected for it's extreme vigor by a Pennsylvania nursery from a batch of seed grown Lobelia cardinalis. Quick to establish, dozens of brilliant red blooming stems appear in late June. As days turn warmer, upper foliage transitions to a deep olive tone while foliage undersides remains maroon. Extremely winter hardy, L. 'Friend Green Tomatoes' prefers full sun and performs quite well in average to wet soil moisture. 3' tall. Short-‐lived herbaceous perennial to 90cm tall, with beet root-‐colored, oblong leaves and bright scarlet, two-‐lipped flowers in long terminal racemes. A yellow magnolia of smaller stature, reaching only 6' wide by 8' tall in 10 years. Flowers are a strong yellow, and they are produced in multiple terminal buds and even axillary buds from the trunk all the way to the tips of the branches, so that the plant in bloom is a globe of yellow. Flowers keep opening for about 4 weeks.
FLOWERING CRABAPPLE
Upright small tree, 20' tall, 15' across. Flowers white, single, buds pink; fruit gold, 0.7" across, abundant, persistant through late December. Very good disease resistance.
FLOWERING CRABAPPLE
Plants reach 10' in height and width and have a rounded, compact habit. White flowers are followed by 3/8" wide yellow fruits. Disease resistance rating: Scab -‐ good; rust -‐ excellent; mildew -‐ excellent; fireblight -‐ unknown.
APPLE MINT
Perennial reaching 3' in height, pubescent to tomentose sweet-‐scented; leaves sessile, oblong to nearly ovate, acute or obtuse, with or without an apical cusp, serrate, rugose, somewhat pubescent above and often heavily so beneath; inflorescence usually branched, spicate, verticillasters many, usually congested; calyx campanulate, hairy, corolla whitish or pink; summer blooming.
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scientific name Miscanthus sinensis var. condensatus 'Cosmopolitan' AGM
Monarda 'Grand Mum'
Monarda 'Raspberry Wine'
common name
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Plants reach 10' in height; foliage very wide, to 1.5" across with mostly green centers and wide cream-‐white margins, in a pattern WHITE VARIEGATED JAPANESE SILVER almost the reverse of 'Cabaret'. Much freer GRASS and slightly earlier-‐flowering than 'Cabaret', opening coppery-‐red in early September. Named by Kurt Bluemel. Grand Mum Bee Balm has light pink mauve BEE BALM flowers that resemble little pom poms or Mum flowers. Plants to 18" tall. BEE BALM
Mukdenia rossii 'Crimson Fans'
MUKDENIA
Muscari armeniacum 'Saffier'
GRAPE HYACINTH
Muscari armeniacum 'Valerie Finnis'
GRAPE HYACINTH
Muscari macrocarpum 'Golden Fragrance'
GRAPE HYACINTH
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Plants 3' tall and 2' wide, quite mildew resistant, producing vibrant raspberry-‐red flowers. Plants reach 60 cm in height, spreading from a short, scaly rhizome. Leaves peltate, round to reniform, cordate at the base, deeply palmately 5-‐9-‐lobed, bronze-‐green, held on long petioles. Flowering stems leafless, taller than the leaves, the flowers small, white, held in paniculate racemes, effective in spring. Stems reach 6"-‐8" in height; flowers are dark blue often with a white rim, sterile, long-‐ lasting. Plants reach 6" in height; flowers are an unusual light silvery blue, effective in April and May (DS 554). Discovered by Lady Scott (Valerie Finnis) in her British garden. It is not known if this was a self-‐sown seedling or had been purchased by her husbad Sir David Scott, hence it is listed under both M. armeniacum and M. neglectum. Lady Scott gave bulbs to Wayne Roderick who took them to his California garden where they were later seen by nurseryman Win de Goede, who brought bulbs to Holland, provided the name 'Valerie Finnis' and obtained breeder's rights to the cultivar in 1999 (Plants vol.7(4). 4-‐9” tall. Mid-‐spring blooming. An Aegean native bulb, ‘Golden Fragrance’ is a cultivar with bright sulfur-‐yellow flowers. It is more floriferous and cold hardy than the species. Its delightful fragrance has elements of banana and gardenia.
scientific name
common name
Myrrhis odorata
SWEET CICELY
Narcissus 'Baby Moon'
MINIATURE DAFFODIL
Narcissus 'Bahama Beach'
JONQUILLA DAFFODIL
Narcissus 'Foundling'
CYCLAMINEUS DAFFODIL
Narcissus 'Hawera' AGM
MINIATURE DAFFODIL
Narcissus 'Minnow'
MINIATURE DAFFODIAL
Narcissus 'Mint Julep' AGM
DAFFODIL
Narcissus 'Replete'
DOUBLE DAFFODIL
Narcissus 'Spellbinder' AGM
DAFFODIL
Narcissus 'Tête-‐à-‐tête' AGM
CYCLAMINEUS DAFFODIL
Narcissus 'Thalia'
TRIANDRUS DAFFODIL
Narcissus 'Tripartite'
DAFFODIL
Narcissus bulbocodium 'Golden Bells'
HOOP PETTICOAT DAFFODIL
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notes Perennial reaching 3' in height; leaves 2-‐ to 3-‐ pinnate, the segments lanceolate, toothed or cut; flowers small, whitish, in compound umbels; fruit shining, nearly 1" long, strongly ribbed. Stems reach 4"-‐6" in height; foliage is dark green and reed-‐like; flowers are yellow, fragrant, held in terminal clusters. Pale yellow flowers with great fragrance, to 16-‐20" tall. Stems reach 8"-‐10" in height; flowers have a short rose-‐pink cup and white reflexed petals. Plants reach 5"-‐6" in height; flowers are pale yellow, with strongly reflexed petals and a bell-‐shaped trumpet, held in clusters. A strong grower; floriferous. Plants 5"-‐6" tall; flowers of the Tazetta type with a buttercup-‐yellow cup and multi-‐hued white petals. Flowers with a green eye and very pale yellow, rounded, overlapping perianth segments with a beautifully shaped cup. The 'Replete' Double Daffodil has full double pink blooms with petals of snow white emerging even from the centers. To 18" tall. An entrancing sulphur-‐yellow flower, with the trumpet turning white at maturity. Erect bulbous perennial to 50cm tall, with pale sulphur-‐yellow flowers, the trumpets fading to near white except at the rim. Plants reach 6" in height; yellow flowers have a long cup and reflexed petals, effective in April. Stems reach 12"-‐14" in height; flowers are white, outward-‐facing with a short trumpet, fragrant. Plants reach 14" in height; each stem produces a cluster of honey-‐yellow, softly-‐ scented flowers with a split cup; very late blooming, effective in summer; a vigorous grower and a repeat-‐bloomer. Plants reach 6"-‐8" in height and produce up to 15 stems from each bulb; foliage grass-‐ like; flowers golden-‐yellow, upward facing, effective in April and May.
scientific name
common name
Nepeta 'Blue Dragon'
CATMINT
Nepeta ×faassenii 'Walker's Low'
CATMINT
Nepeta racemosa AGM
RACEME CATNIP
Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens' AGM
BLACK MONDO
Paeonia (Herbaceous Group) 'Chameleon'
PEONY
Paeonia (Herbaceous Group) 'Constance Spry' Paeonia (Herbaceous Group) 'Dancing Butterflies'
PEONY PEONY
Paeonia (Herbaceous Group) 'Earlibird'
PEONY
Paeonia (Herbaceous Group) 'Little Rhyme'
PEONY
Paeonia (Herbaceous Group) 'Petite Princess'
PEONY
Paeonia (Herbaceous Group) 'Raspberry Sundae'
PEONY
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Big, bright blue-‐violet tubular blooms with an extended white freckled lower lip and smoky purple calyxes bedeck showy 6 in. floral spires. Inheriting the vigor of its yunnanensis parent, yet maintaining a neat compact habit, branched upright stems emerge from underground stolons and sprout attractive notched grayish green leaves. Blooms June–mid-‐September. Size: 2-‐1/2'–3' high x 2-‐ 1/2' wide; hardy to zone 6. Mound-‐forming plants reach 10" in height and produce masses of soft lavender-‐blue flowers throughout the late spring and summer; exceptionally prolific. Jagged, spear-‐like, light green leaves and spikes of pale purple flowers. Blooms intermittently from late spring to frost. Used as ground covers, edging or rock garden plants. Stoloniferous perennial with a thickened root; 15cm long leaves are curved, purple-‐ black lined silver-‐green at the base when young; flowers white tinted pink to lilac; fruit black. Plants to 15" tall which grows into a 30" wide specimen. An early bloomer, with single lavender-‐pink blooms on compact plants with gray-‐green foliage. A cross between Paeonia lactiflora and P. peregrina. A semi-‐double red. Single, cup-‐shaped, rich pink with overlapping petals & yellow stamens. Abundant, single bright crimson flowers on finely cut olive foliage. One of the first to bloom. Plants grow to 21" tall. Plants to 18" tall with beautifully formed bright fire-‐engine red blossoms that complement semi-‐cutleaf rich green foliage. Plants to 18" tall forming a cute, diminutive bush with fine textured blue-‐green foliage. Lovely, early blooming lavender-‐rose single blossoms in proportion to plant stature and texture. Plants 27" tall; flowers double, bomb-‐type, white striped with raspberry-‐red, distinctive in form with a mild fragrance, effective in midseason.
scientific name
common name
Paeonia (Herbaceous Group) 'Scarlet O'Hara'
PEONY
Paeonia (Itoh Group) 'First Arrival'
ITOH PEONY
Paeonia (Itoh Group) 'Yellow Dream'
PEONY
Paeonia (Tree Group) 'Golden Isles'
PEONY
Paeonia (Tree Group) 'Leda'
TREE PEONY
Paeonia lactiflora (Herbaceous Group) 'Sword Dance'
PEONY
Papaver orientale 'Brilliant'
ORIENTAL POPPY
Papaver orientale 'Carneum'
ORIENTAL POPPY
Papaver orientale 'Royal Wedding'
ORIENTAL POPPY
Papaver orientale (Goliath Group) 'Beauty of Livermere'
ORIENTAL POPPY
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notes Flowers single, scarlet with yellow stamens. (Reg. by Mrs. Elizabeth Falk, Plainfield, IL, 1956). See APS Bulletin no. 142, Sept. 1956. Lovely semi-‐double blooms of creamy pink with maroon flares and picotee edges. Good plant habit with rich green foliage as well as long stems for cutting. Flowers yellow, ball-‐form with light blotches in the center, fragrant, reliable, flowering in midseason; develops pollen and sets seed. Tree peony foliage on plants with a herbaceous habit that reach 24" to 36" in height. (Reg. and intro. by Louis Smirnow, January 1964); see APS Bulletin no. 209, March 1974. Flowers medium to large, semi-‐double, brilliant yellow with rasberry, almost black flares, and crinkled and notched petals. (Saunders lutea hybrid, Golden Hind Group, 1948). Flowers semi-‐double, lavender-‐rose. Japanese flower type with red petals that are a background for a large cluster of yellow stamens. 32-‐36” x 24” wide with scarlet-‐orange flowers. Plants go dormant in summer, Flowering stems reach 36" in height; flowers are single, pink with a black interior basal blotch. Papaver 'Royal Wedding' has large, black seed capsule centers surrounded by dark purple stamens which enhance the 4 to 6 inch wide, white, papery blooms. Its strong stems, covered with fine hair, support the large blooms from late spring through early summer. Like many other poppies 'Royal Wedding' will go dormant after the bloom cycle is complete. To 30" tall and 24" across. Plants reach 3' in height; flowers deep red and very early. Direct progeny from P. bracteatum and comes true from seed.
scientific name
common name
Penstemon 'Dark Towers'
BEARDTONGUE
Penstemon 'Prairie Dusk'
BEARD TONGUE
Perovskia artemesioides
RUSSIAN SAGE
Phlomis tuberosa 'Amazone'
SAGE-‐LEAF MULLEIN
Phlox 'Spring Delight'
PHLOX
Phlox paniculata 'Blushing Shortwood'
PERENNIAL PHLOX
Phlox paniculata 'Eva Cullum'
PERENNIAL PHLOX
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Penstemon 'Dark Towers' is a new hybrid from the University of Nebraska that is tough and hardy to zone 3. In midsummer, the plants explode with tall stems of tubular flowers that are deep lavender-‐rose at the base and lighter pink towards the tips. The deep wine-‐red foliage is even darker than Penstemon 'Husker Red'. Plants reach 20" in height; tubular flowers are rosy purple, borne early in the summer. Leaves pinnately parted, inflorescence narrowly paniculate; flowers blue-‐purple. Our plants are late summer through early fall blooming (MFH). Catalog description applies to the type -‐ the special characteristics of 'Amazone' are not identified. A cross between the tall garden phlox P. paniculata and woodland creeping phlox, P. stolonifera. Height reflects both parents as it reaches only 12-‐15". Spread is about a foot reflecting the tall phlox. Many rosy-‐pink flowers over a good period. A bicolor cross of David and Shortwood -‐ each petal half white / half pink giving a pinwheet effect. 24-‐30" tall; mildew resistant. 'Eva Cullum' is a garden phlox cultivar that typically grows in an upright clump to 2-‐3' tall. Fragrant, tubular flowers (1/2" to 1" diameter) with long corolla tubes and five flat petal-‐like lobes are pink with dark pink eyes. Individual flowers are densely arranged in large, terminal, pyramidal clusters (panicles to 6-‐12" long) in summer atop stiff, upright stems which seldom need staking. Long mid to late summer bloom sometimes extends into early fall. Narrow, opposite, pointed, lance-‐shaped leaves (to 5" long). An introduction of Blooms of Bressingham in England (Eva Cullum was a former department head at Bloom's Nursery).
scientific name
common name
Phlox paniculata 'Jeana'
PERENNIAL PHLOX
Phlox paniculata 'Thai Pink Jade'
PERENNIAL PHLOX
Phlox subulata 'Tamaongalei'
CREEPING PHLOX
Physocarpus opulifolius 'Seward' (SUMMER WINE™)
NINEBARK
Physostegia virginiana 'Gigantea'
TALL FALSE DRAGONHEAD
Pieris japonica 'Sarabande' AGM
JAPANESE PIERIS
Primula 'Francesca'
PRIMROSE
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Discovered along the Harpeth River in Tennessee, Phlox 'Jeana' makes a floriferous 4' tall clump, topped all summer and well into fall with 6" flower heads of 0.5" lavender pink flowers that are attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies. Trialed at Plant Delights since 2000 and showing no sign of mildew. Perfectly formed, baby-‐pink blooms are extremely long lasting and appear over dark green, very mildew resistant foliage. This strong, sturdy, upright phlox is 30-‐36" tall and 24" across. Easy to grow phlox that loves full sun. Delightful pink and white striped flowers will appear in late spring and cover the foliage of this low-‐growing perennial. Grows to 4-‐6" tall and spreads 12-‐18". A new and improved Ninebark with neat, compact branching and fine deeply cut, dark crimson-‐red leaves. A hybrid which combines the fine textrue and compact branching of Physocarpus 'Nana' and the dark foliage of DIABLO. This native has pinkish-‐white, button like flowers in mid-‐summer. It is very showy and extremely hardy. Stems reach 5'-‐6' in height with bright lilac-‐ pink flowers effective from July through September. Plant compact, dome shaped, 100cm high, 120cm spread, very free-‐flowering. Foliage 7cm long, 3cm wide, dense, fairly small dull dark green with paler midrib. Inflorescence 12cm long, 12cm wide, laxly held with c.30 flowers. Corolla 1cm long, 0.5cm wide, white, sepals and pedicel very pale greenish yellow (6D). Each yellow flower in the large clusters are ringed on their edges with bright lime green.
scientific name
common name
Primula vulgaris
ENGLISH PRIMROSE
Pulmonaria 'Majeste'
LUNGWORT
Puschkinia scilloides var. libanotica
STRIPED SQUILL
Rhus typhina 'Bailtiger' (TIGER EYES)
SHINING SUMAC
Rosa 'Chewground' (SCENTED CARPET®)
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Leaves obovate to oblanceolate, gradually tapering to the petiole, margin irregularly crenate-‐serrate, surfaces wrinkled, downy beneath. Scape very short or obsolete, the pedicels several 5-‐12cm long; flowers several (to 25), apparantly basal, rising from the center of the leaf rosette, unscented, pale sulphur-‐yellow with darker spots in the throat, broadly open, to 3cm across, opening from September through May. Long silver-‐grey leaves are edged with a narrow green margin; flowers open blue and fade to pink, effective in early spring. Perennial herb, closely related to Chionodoxa and Scilla. Leaves to 15x0.5cm, 2-‐3, basal, linear-‐lorate. Flowering stems 5-‐20cm, naked; flowers in a loose raceme, pale blue with darker stripes, rarely white or tinged green, sub-‐sessile or, on lower stems, on pedicels to 1cm; perianth short tubular, 7-‐ 10mm, lobes 6, erect or slightly spreading; stames 6, filaments united in a 6-‐lobed corona, anthers borne on corona and alternating with corona lobes; ovary superior; style 1. Fruit a 3-‐valved, spherical capsule. Plants are wide spreading at maturity, with a slow growth rate. Leaves are bright yellow which turn a stunning yellow-‐orange to intense scarlet in autumn. A disease resistant ground cover rose adorned with loads of fragrant, single, pink flowers. It’s a low growing rose for covering large areas, banks or other difficult locations.
ROSE
Rosa 'Delicata'
HYBRID RUGOSA ROSE
Rosa 'Hanbau' (PINK PAVEMENT)
HYBRID RUGOSA ROSE
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A compact, densely mounded shrub reaching 4' in height and 3' in width; foliage is typical of R. rugosa with excellent disease resistance; flowers are semi-‐double, sweetly fragrant with wavy petals; hips are large, red-‐ orange. Salmon pink semi-‐double repeat flowers are held against a background of dark green rugosa type foliage. To 3.5' tall and 3' across.
scientific name
common name
Rosa 'HARpageant' (EASY DOES IT™)
FLORIBUNDA ROSE
Rosa 'MEIjocos' (PINK DRIFT ®)
COMPACT GROUNDCOVER ROSE
Rosa 'MEIpitac' (CAREFREE WONDER™)
SHRUB ROSE
Rosa 'RADsunny' (Sunny Knock Out)
SHRUB ROSE
Rosa 'RADyod' (BLUSHING KNOCKOUT™)
CAREFREE ROSE
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As the only 2010 AARS winner, Easy Does It™ is unique with its orangey-‐apricot flower color and scalloped to ruffled petals. The flower color is set alight against disease resistant, glossy green leaves. A rounded, bushy plant to 4' tall. Pink Drift® is low-‐growing with distinctive mounded flowers that reach 1½' in height with a 3' spread. Deep pink flowers with a soft faded center bloom in abundance throughout the season. Disease-‐resistant. This upright, bushy, compact, shrub rose hybridized by Meilland of France typically grows 3-‐4' tall and 3-‐4' wide. Features large, fragrant, pink, semi-‐double blooms with a white reverse (to 4" across) which occur in small clusters on arching canes. Blooms profusely from late spring to frost. Semi-‐ glossy, medium green foliage. Orange hips in fall with good persistence throughout the winter. 1991 All America Rose Selection winner. The only fragrant member in The Knock Out® Family of Roses. It has a slightly more compact and upright habit than The Knock Out® Rose with bright yellow flowers that fade quickly to a pastel cream color. The yellow color stays more intense during cooler times of the year. The dark, semi-‐glossy foliage contrasts nicely with the bright blooms. To 5' tall by 4' across. An addition to the Knockout™ line of carefree Roses, Blushing Knockout™ is as gratifying and foolproof as its fellows. Individually, the blossoms are modest, 3 1/2 inch rounds of light pink petals, but they are borne in such profusion from early summer through early fall that the impact is just what the name claims. As flowers mature, the color fades to shell pink, adding depth to the display. Plants combine an exceptional resistance to blackspot and mildew with outstanding winter hardiness, and because the petals fall from the flowers as they fade, this rose doesn't need deadheading.
scientific name
common name
Rosa 'WEKcisbako' (HOME RUN®)
SHRUB ROSE
Rudbeckia laciniata 'Herbstsonne' AGM
CONEFLOWER
Salvia 'Royal Crimson Distinction'
SALVIA
Salvia azurea 'Nekan'
AZURE SAGE
Salvia chamaedryoides
GERMANDER SAGE
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This flame red seedling of the famous Knock Out® has a phenomenal resistance to the dreaded black spot like its father. But, unlike Dad, it is also completely resistant to powdery mildew and has a much higher level of tolerance to downy as well. Rounded, bushy, fast-‐to-‐flower and nearly always in color, 3.5' -‐ 4' tall. Large plants reach 6' to 7' in height, with a 30" spread, and require staking at a height of 18" to 22". Flowers are bright yellow with a central raised cone; blonde seed heads are of interest after petals fall. Strong stems hold rich deep royal crimson spikes. Very long blooming. A selection of this North American native with showy sky blue flower spikes to 4' in late summer through fall. It differs from the species in having hairy stems, larger flowers than the species and is more robust. ‘Nekan’ (abbreviation of Nebraska and Kansas) is a seed strain that was found growing in the wild in an area north of Lincoln, Nebraska. It features whorls of 2-‐lipped, sky blue flowers in spikes atop stiff stems with linear grayish-‐ green leaves. H: 24-‐48" W: 24-‐36" 18" x 24" wide. The quilted gray foliage is an attractive backdrop to the spikes of pure blue flowers. Germander Sage loves sun and heat and should be planted in a loamy, well-‐ drained soil. It blooms most heavily in early summer and again in the fall. The plant spreads by underground roots to form impressive mounding specimens. Native of the Sierra Madre Oriental mountains of Mexico.
scientific name
common name
Salvia forskaohlei
BALKAN SAGE
Salvia nemorosa 'Amethyst'
BALKAN CLARY
Salvia verticillata 'Purple Rain'
LILAC SAGE
Sambucus nigra 'Eva' (BLACK LACE™)
BLACK ELDERBERRY
Scilla siberica 'Spring Beauty'
SIBERIAN SQUILL
Sedum 'Fuldaglut'
STONECROP
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Perennial herb 25-‐100cm. Stems erect, simple or occasionally branched. Leaves very variable depending on habitat, from 5x3cm to 30x23cm, mostly basal, ovate or lyrate with larger terminal segments and small laterals, cordate at base, serrate or crenate, minutely glandular-‐strigose, long-‐petiolate. Verticillasters 4-‐8-‐flowered, calyx ovate-‐ campanulate, 8-‐12mm, teeth rather spinose, glandular-‐pilose; corolla 20-‐30mm, violet-‐ blue to pinkish-‐magenta, with white or yellow markings particularly on lower lip, tube curved upwards, exserted, upper lip deeply bifid, falcate. Nutlets 2mm, rounded-‐ trigonous. Plants are 25" tall with wonderful lilac-‐pink flower spikes June-‐Aug. Plants reach 18" in flower and produce spikes of deep purple flowers. Best with moisture and half-‐shade. BLACK LACE™ is a cultivar of European elderberry. It is particularly noted for its deeply cut dark purple foliage, its lemon-‐ scented, pink flowers and its dark blackish-‐ red elderberries. It is a large, upright, deciduous shrub that typically matures to 6-‐ 8’ tall. It was developed in England in a somewhat complex 10-‐year breeding program commenced in 1988. Compound pinnate leaves are dark purple and generally retain that color throughout most of the growing season. Leaflets are deeply cut. Young stems are also purple, with older branches being a rough, gray-‐brown. Tiny pink flowers appear in large flattened cymes, to 10” across, in June. Flowers emit a lemony aroma. Flowers give way to clusters of black elderberry fruits in late summer. Fruits are attractive to wildlife. Dark blue flowers clustered on 6"-‐8" stems; vigorous form of S. siberica. Short 4" tall plants with soft rose red flowers and bronze-‐red leaves that persist all season.
scientific name
common name
Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks'
ROUGH-‐STEMMED GOLDENROD
Spigelia marilandica
INDIAN PINK
Thalictrum 'Black Stockings'
MEADOWRUE
Thalictrum 'Splendide'
MEADOWRUE
Thalictrum rochebruneanum 'Lavender Mist'
MEADOW RUE
Thuja occidentalis 'Yellow Ribbon'
GOLDEN AMERICAN ARBORVITAE
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Clump-‐forming rather than stoloniferous, reaching 3'-‐4' in height, producing a compact mound of graceful arching branches. The golden-‐yellow flowers are effective in autumn. Discovered in its typical wet coastal savannah habitat by Ken Moore of the North Carolina Botanical Garden in 1970, the original plant was relocated to the Botanical Garden and placed in the native plant display. The Botanical Garden asked Niche Gardens to begin propagating this plant in 1992 for introduction in 1993. At Plantations this plant has proven to have a weakly rhizomatous habit. Perennial herb reaching 2' in height; leaves ovate, to 4" long, sessile; flowers red outside, yellow inside, to 2" long. Plants to 5' tall with nearly black stems, contrasting green leaves and topped by fluffy lavender flowers in large flat-‐ topped corymbs. Discovered as a garden seedling between T. elegans and T. delavayi by French Heuchera breeder, Thierry Delabroye, this towering floriferous Meadow Rue is indeed splendid. Heaven bound and steadfast, 9 ft. tall, crimson tinted stalks, clothed with lacy grayish green fernlike foliage, have a willowy architectural appeal. Myriad lavender-‐pink flowers, centered by cream-‐colored stamens, compose a massive, yet sprightly pastel cloud, which envelopes the entire upper 3 ft. of each impressive plant nearly all summer long. Blooms late June–September. 5'–9' high x 2' wide. Plants reach 6'-‐8' in height and produce sprays of lavender flowers in summer. ** I wonder if there is a distinct cultivar 'Lavender Mist' or if this is just a common name that over time has been incorrectly raised to cultivar status. I can find no manuals that describe this cultivar, only nursery catalogs, and their descriptionsw do not differ from that of the species. Plants reach 10' in height and 3' in width developing an upright pyramidal form with golden foliage.
scientific name
common name
Thuja plicata 'Spring Grove'
GIANT ARBORVITAE
Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) 'Sunshine Charm'
SPIDERWORT
Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) 'Zwanenburg Blue'
GARDEN SPIDERWORT
Tsuga canadensis
CANADA HEMLOCK
Tulipa 'Abba'
DOUBLE EARLY TULIP
Tulipa 'Angelique' AGM
DOUBLE LATE TULIP
Tulipa 'Attila'
TRIUMPH TULIP
Tulipa 'Bastogne'
TRIUMPH TULIP
Tulipa 'Burgundy'
LILY-‐FLOWERED TULIP
Tulipa 'Candela' AGM
FOSTERIANA TULIP
Tulipa 'China Pink' AGM
LILY-‐FLOWERED TULIP
Tulipa 'Don Quichotte'
TRIUMPH TULIP
Tulipa 'Donna Bella' AGM
GREIGGII TULIP
Tulipa 'Douglas Bader'
SINGLE LATE TULIP
Tulipa 'Fats Domino'
TRIUMPH TULIP
Tulipa 'Havran'
TRIUMPH TULIP
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notes A fast growing tree with rich green foliage that stays green in winter; pyramidal habit. Sunshine Charm' forms a mound of grassy-‐ looking leaves of a bright golden-‐yellow to chartreuse shade. The violet purple color stands out beautifully on the bright foliage. 20" tall and 15" across. Plants 20"-‐24" tall with large royal blue flowers. Plants 40' to 70' in height, 25' to 35' wide; can attain 100' or more. Softly and gracefully pyramidal in youth with tapering trunk, becoming pendulously pyramidal with age. Bark flaky and scaly on young trees, brown, soon with wide, flat ridges; on old trees, heavily and deeply furrowed; freshly cut surfaces showing purplish streaks. Abba is a vibrantly-‐colored red tulip on 16" stalks. Fragrant. Stems reach 14"-‐16" in height; double flowers are rose-‐shaped, soft bluish-‐pink shaded irregularly both darker and lighter. Stems reach 16"-‐18" in height; flowers are egg-‐shaped, reddish-‐violet. Stems reach 18" in height; flowers are brilliant red, lightly scented, effective in April and May. Stems reach 22"-‐24" in height; flowers are velvety burgundy-‐red. Large and lovely bright pure yellow tulip; strong and sturdy to stand up well in spring storms; 12"-‐16" tall. Graceful medium pink tulip with a white heart; 16-‐20" tall. Stems reach 16"-‐18" in height; flowers are large, dusky-‐rose tinged with purple. A spectacular compact plant; striking red and white flowers offset beautiful plum purple and kelly green leaves which will give 3 months of show; 8"-‐12" tall, blooms mid-‐late spring. Stems reach 18" in height; flowers are light pink blending to near white at the edges. Flowers primrose yellow, on stalks 12-‐15" tall. Flowers are the dark rich color of a glossy eggplant; nearly black. To 18" tall.
scientific name
common name
Tulipa 'Inzell'
TRIUMPH TULIP
Tulipa 'Jacqueline'
LILY-‐FLOWERED TULIP
Tulipa 'Jan Reus'
TRIUMPH TULIP
Tulipa 'Kingsblood' AGM
SINGLE LATE TULIP
Tulipa 'Lucky Strike'
TRIUMPH TULIP
Tulipa 'Merry Christmas'
TULIP
Tulipa 'Perestroyka'
SINGLE LATE TULIP
Tulipa 'Pink Diamond'
SINGLE LATE TULIP
Tulipa 'Pink Impression' AGM
DARWIN HYBRID TULIP
Tulipa 'Pirand'
EMPEROR TULIP
Tulipa 'Purissima' AGM
FOSTERIANA TULIP
Tulipa 'Quebec'
GREIGII TULIP
Tulipa 'Red Riding Hood' AGM
GREIGII TULIP
Tulipa 'Shirley'
TRIUMPH TULIP
Tulipa 'Sunray'
SINGLE EARLY TULIP
Tulipa 'Sunset Delight'
TRIUMPH TULIP
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notes Stems reach 14"-‐16" in height; flowers are clear white with a faint lavender flush at the base and an occasional tiny line. Pink flowers, on stems 14-‐16" tall. One of the richest, deepest reds with a mist-‐ like blush on its strong petals and a very dark reddish black stem; blooms midseason; 14"-‐ 16" tall. Bulbous perennial to 60cm tall, with cup-‐ shaped cerise-‐red flowers, the petals margined with scarlet. Flowers with a vibrant red fading to white at the petals' edges. Grows 14-‐20" tall. Bright, rich crimson tulip 12"-‐14"; blooms in early spring. Looking closely, there is scarlet, muted orange and yellow, but from a distance, it's a lovely dusky salmon rose; a very tall lily-‐ shaped tulip that towers over most of the other flowers at 24"-‐36" tall; late spring. A sport of 'Pink Supreme', with a rose purple exterior with paler edges and a phlox pink interior. Giant solid clear pink flowers atop 22" stalks. Plants to 12-‐14" tall with pink flowers edged in white. Stems reach 14"-‐16" in height; flowers are clear white with a yellow center and base. Petals with scarlet, chartreuse and buttercup yellow, combined with decorative foliage, this multi-‐flowered tulip is a show stopper; 8"-‐ 14"; mid-‐late spring. Bulbous perennial to 20cm tall, with purple-‐ marked leaves and large, solitary flowers, bright scarlet inside with a black base, deeper red outside. Stems reach 16"-‐18" in height; flowers are ivory-‐white edged purple with a black basal blotch on the interior; flowers vary from mostly white to white heavily streaked with purple. Plants reach 20" in height; pale yellow flowers have darker petal edges and are sweetly scented, effective in mid-‐April. Plants 18-‐20" tall with red flowers and leaves edged in white.
scientific name
common name
Tulipa 'Sweet Love'
TRIUMPH TULIP
Tulipa 'Toronto'
GREIGII TULIP
Tulipa clusiana 'Cynthia'
LADY TULIP
Tulipa tarda AGM
TULIP
Veronica 'Fairytale'
SPIKED SPEEDWELL
Veronica 'Sweet Lullaby'
Veronica prostrata 'Aztec Gold'
notes Dark rose flames decorate this creamy tulip; a palette of pastels; 12-‐16"; blooms mid spring. Stems reach 10"-‐12" in height; leaves are mottled with purple; flowers borne in clusters, salmon-‐pink. Red petals edged with chartreuse; purple base; a great grower and perennializer; 8"-‐ 10" tall; blooms mid spring. Stems 5-‐15cm tall, leaves 12cm long, 1.5cm wide, 3 to 7, closely set, lanceolate, recurved, bright green, glabrous, the margins claret, often ciliate. Flowers 4-‐15, broadly star-‐ shaped, fragrant, the outer tepals white on the outside, shading to purple and yellow at the base, the inner tepals often yellow at the base. This plant features a compact but bushy habit. Its silvery pink flowers are enlivened by darker anthers (pollen sacs) projecting out for the benefit of visiting insects. The effect is pleasing and since 'Fairytale' retains its foliage right down to the soil, it always looks smart.
SPEEDWELL
This petite seedling of ‘Giles van Hees’ brings a much softer color palette to the garden with its pure baby pink flower spikes. They stand at attention atop the very short and compact (6"), bushy mound of healthy green foliage from mid through late summer.
DWARF GOLDEN SPEEDWELL
Low growing, this has golden leaves that are brightest in sunlight. Spreading to a foot or more wide it makes an attractive ground cover. In late spring to early summer 6" tall stems of pale, lavender-‐blue flowers open. When the main flush of blossoms is done a lighter, intermittent follow-‐up of flowers may continue through the rest of summer. The golden leaves are noted for their resistence to sun scorch in hot climates. When grown in heavier shade the leaves turn more green.
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scientific name
common name
Veronica spicata 'Romiley Purple'
SPEEDWELL
A bushy spiked Veronica, that is mat-‐forming to 18" wide but tall to 18". More bushy than some spiked Veronicas with lateral racemes of dark violet flowers. It blooms almost continually, into November in an unheated greenhouse.
SPEEDWELL
Plants 6-‐8" tall with rich sky blue flowers accented with white eyes layered across a carpet of bronze tipped dense foliage. Leaves turn purple in fall. From the Russian Republic.
Veronica umbrosa 'Georgia Blue'
notes
Plants reach 36"-‐48" in height and 24"-‐36" in width; flowers are lilac-‐rose, held in 15" long spikes. A compact, tiered shrub reaching 4'-‐6' in height; flowers long-‐lasting, fall color burgundy-‐purple. The large 1.75" lemon yellow flowers of 'Etain' have beautiful contrasting lavender margins and are incredibly fragrant. Very long flowering from May through October. Plants 8" tall x 8" across. The large 2" electric purple flowers bloom profusely in spring and then continues with sporadic flowering until fall. The 8" flower stems rise nicely above the foliage and 'Purple Showers' makes an excellent cut flower. Plants 8" x 8". A very small-‐statured perennial reaching 1cm in height, the stem almost lacking; leaves glabrous, dark green with a purple tinge, nearly orbicular, the stipules linear, entire above. Flowers small, to 2cm across, scentless, porcelain-‐blue to lavender, effective in April and May.
Veronicastrum virginicum 'Fascination'
CULVER'S ROOT
Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Summer Snowflake'
DOUBLEFILE VIBURNUM
Viola 'Etain'
VIOLET
Viola 'Purple Showers'
VIOLET
Viola labradorica
LABRADOR VIOLET
Viola sororia 'Freckles'
WOOLLY BLUE VIOLET
Plants reach 5"-‐6" in height; flowers are white dappled with violet, effective in spring.
CHASTE TREE
Shrub or small tree 10-‐15' tall and 6' across with fragrant, lavender blue flowers that persist throughout the summer. Interesting silver blue foliage has fuzzy white undersides and are somewhat delicate in appearance.
Vitex agnus-‐castus 'Abbeville Blue'
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scientific name
common name
Vitex agnus-‐castus 'Shoal Creek'
CHASTE TREE
Vitex negundo
CUT-‐LEAF CHASTETREE
Weigela 'Rumba'
OLD FASHIONED WEIGELA
Weigela florida 'Pink Poppet'
OLD FASHIONED WEIGELA
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Fragrant blue-‐violet flowers on long spikes open from July to September on this imposing shrub with dusty gray-‐green foliage. It may die back to the ground in some winters, but it will quickly reestablish itself and bloom on new wood. This introduction's flower color is noticeably more brilliant than the species. Shrub or small tree to 8.5m. Leaves 3-‐5-‐ foliate; petiole to 4.5cm; leaflets to 12x3cm, chartaceous, lanceolate, acuminate, green-‐ white and glabrous above, white and densely short-‐pubescent beneath, entire or slightly dentate, sessile or short-‐petiolulate. Inflorescencea terminal panicle to 25cm, densely grey-‐pubescent; flowers lilac or lavender; calyx to 3.5mm, densely grey-‐ pubescent; corolla tube to 4mm, pubescent; ovary pubescent. Fruit to 6mm diameter, globose. Plants reach 3' in height and width; leaves are yellow-‐green with a dark red edge; flowers wine-‐red with yellow throat, effective over an 8 week period in late spring and early summer. See also HortScience, 20(1) Feb. 1985 p.149. Shrub with profuse display of soft pink flowers in late spring to summer. To 4' tall.
