Plant Delights Nursery Catalog

2010 Spring Sales Catalog & Plant Owner’s Manual

Plant Delights Nursery, Inc. at Juniper Level Botanic Gardens

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Greetings from PDN and wehope the start of 2010 finds youwell. We’re still hanging inthere…albeit somewhat batteredand bruised from a rough 2009.Through all the turmoil of the lastyear, we remain steadfast in ourmission to seek out, test, and thenmatch you with some great plantsfor your garden. As difficult as theyear was, we still managed to addover 2,000 new plants to ourcollections, most of which will beevaluated for future catalog poten-tial. If you’re looking for vegetabletransplants and fruit trees…that’sgreat, but you’ve come to thewrong place. If cool, fun, andexciting perennials are what youseek, welcome to Plant Delights.

One very special event of notefor 2010 is the annual meeting ofthe Southern Region of theInternational Plant PropagatorsSociety, who will visit PDN and theResearch Triangle area for the firsttime. Although this is a professionalgroup, visitors who are profession-ally involved in propagation or workin botanic gardens are welcomed toattend. We’ve got a truly stellarlineup of tours and speakers yousimply don’t want to miss. Mark thedate of October 10-13, 2010 onyour calender and plan to join us.

So, what’s new in the plantworld for 2010? For droughttolerance, it’s hard to beat centuryplants, so I’ll begin with three newagaves that made the catalog,including the dazzling Agavexylonacantha ‘Frostbite’, the devil-ishly-attractive Agave parrasana‘Meat Claw’, and our own selectionof the large Agave protoamericana‘Blue Steel’. Other drought-tolerantcompanions for summer colorinclude two new agastaches thatstood out in our trials, A. ‘CottonCandy’ and A. ‘Summer Glow’. I can’t stop without mentioningeuphorbias, and to that end, we’vefallen head-over-heels in lust withEuphorbia ‘Ascot Rainbow’…thisone’s a keeper.

We’ve also added some specialsedums that have stood out in ourtrials. These include BrentHorvath’s new dwarf Sedum‘Thundercloud’, Gary Trucks’elegant Sedum ‘Maestro’ and thecharming gold-leaf woodlandsedum, S. makinoi ‘Ogon’. Closelyrelated to sedum is the stunningSouth African Delosperma basu-ticum, which has quickly becomeone of our favorites with its surrealwhite-centered yellow flowers.

How about a winter-hardyecheveria? Echeveria ‘Topsy Turvy’is a fascinating plant that has beenoutstanding in our trials…we hopeyou enjoy it as much as we have.

There’s always some specialgems for the rock garden and 2010is no exception. We’ll start off withthe wonderful, but rare southeastnative, Hypericum buckleii‘Appalachian Sun’, then there isPaul James’ splendid bluet selec-tion, Houstonia serpyllifolia‘Mountaineer’. Two other to-die-forgems are Scutellaria orientalis ‘LilacLullaby’, which has been a stellarperformer in our heat, and theseemingly everblooming german-der, Teucrium cossonii.

Echinaceas continue to be the“flavor of the month,” so we wel-come some new favorites to thecatalog including the long awaitedand sizzling, Echinacea ‘Hot Papaya’;the compact single white floweredE. purpurea ‘Avalanche’; and thedazzling double white, E. purpurea‘Milkshake’. Three new hibiscus alsojoin the lineup this spring includingthe Japanese native Hibiscus maki-noi, the spazzy-flowered Hibiscus‘Turn of the Century’, and thescreaming scarlet Hibiscus‘Cranberry Crush’. How about a for-get-me-not that actually loves theheat? Don’t miss Myosotis‘Southern Blues’ and you simplymust try Dale Lindgren’s amazingnew Penstemon ‘Dark Towers’; whata superb and durable plant.

Don’t look now, but we’re justgetting started. Two new salvias, S.‘Shell Dancer’ and S. ‘Dancing Dolls’are truly unique as well as beinggreat garden performers in ourtrials. Geranium ‘Sirak’ and G.‘Stephanie’ have also passed theheat and humidity tests with flyingcolors, and we welcome them intothe catalog for the first time. Twonew special caryopteris also madethe cut including the vigorous gold-leaf, Caryopteris ‘Lisaura’ and thewhite-edged C. ‘WhiteSurprise’…both very nice! If you’relooking for a dazzling new shrub…Imean woody perennial, don’t missour own gold-leaf Illicium parvi-florum ‘Florida Sunshine’…WOW!

In the geophyte world, we arepleased to add Mark Bridgen’sAlstroemeria ‘Mauve Majesty’,which has been a standout at PDN.In the crinum world, we can finallyoffer two of our favorites…Crinum‘Marisco’ and Crinum ‘Schreck’,both just scrumptious. Themacabre spotted-foliage

Drimiopsis maculata is trulyfascinating if weird is your thing. For spider lily lovers, we are excitedto share the rarely availableHymenocallis ‘New Lion’ as well asthe famed Hymenocallis coronariafor the first time. For surprise lilylovers, don’t delay in being the firstin your neighborhood to grow theincredible double-flowered Lycoris

radiata ‘Fireworks’…oh my, my, my!If that’s not enough, two gladiolusthat impressed us enough to offerare the old passalong Gladiolus‘Carolina Primrose’ and the hard-to-find white-flowered G.byzantinus selection, G. ‘TexasSnowflurry’. While we’re talkinggeophytes, you haven’t gardeneduntil you’ve grown and flowered the

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LYCORIS RADIATA ‘FIREWORKS’

DELOSPERMA BASUTICUM AGAVE XYLONACANTHA ‘FROSTBITE’

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pig’s butt arum, Helicodicerosmuscivorus…get the camera readyand hide the kid’s eyes.

2010 is one of the most excitingyears ever for epimedium intro-ductions including three of our veryown PDN selections, Epimediumacuminatum ‘Guiding Light’, E. ‘PinkParasol’, and E. x omeiense‘Razzleberry’…in addition to severalof our other hard-to-find favoriteslike the fabulous Epimedium‘Spritzer’ and E. ‘Flamingo Dancer’.

In addition to epimediums, it’s ahosta kind of year with a number ofnew intros including three of ourown hybrids, Hosta ‘Blueper’(a H.‘Fragrant Blue’ hybrid), H. ‘CaesarSalad’ with wavy leaves and coolflowers, and Hosta ‘Dixie Cups’ thatlooks like…well, blue Dixie cups.We’ve expanded our offering ofHosta ‘Blue Mouse Ears’ sportswith the white-edged Hosta‘Frosted Mouse Ears’ and H.‘Mighty Mouse’ to go along withthe gold-centered H. ‘Pure Heart’.Hosta ‘Luna Moth’ is a superb newsport of H. ‘Parky’s Prize’, whileHosta ‘Little Treasure’ is a much-improved sport of the dwarf H.‘Little Jay’. This is just a sampling ofthe very special hostas we’veselected to share for 2010.

If you’ve still got room in yourwoodland garden, try a couple ofnew farfugiums including the giantFarfugium ‘Escargot’ and the florif-erous hybrid Farfugium ‘LastDance’. Of course, there’s alwaysroom for more orchids in the gar-den, and we are pleased to add thewonderful native Cypripediumkentuckiense for the first time,along with Cypripedium hybrids, C.‘Maria’, C. ‘Paul’, and C. ‘Tower Hill’.

Did you think that’s all the newwoodland plants? Think again; thinkbeesia. Ever grown beesia…everheard of beesia? You will now! Anew lungwort that really got ourattention in our trials is Terra Nova’snew Pulmonaria ‘Silver Bouquet’…a

real stunner even when not inflower. 2010 also marks the firsttime that we’ve offered both thenative Jeffersonia diphylla alongwith its Asian counterpart,Jeffersonia dubia. So many greatwoodland plants, so little time.Phlox stolonifera ‘Weesie Smith’ is atruly amazing selection, as is thewonderfully white-flowered Phloxdivaricata ‘Manita’. Lest I forget,you’ve just got to check out the newspeckled leaf Ajuga ‘Sparkler’…trulyunique and a good grower.

New hellebores include an early-flowering Helleborus niger called H.‘Jacob’; a new H. niger hybrid, H.‘Winter Sunshine’; and a new selec-tion of Helleborus lividus, called‘White Marble’. How aboutSyneilesis? If you haven’t seenSyneilesis ‘Kikko’, take a deep breath,then look at the photo…just don’t tryto hold your breath or you’re liable to pass out. How about the new fra-grant purple-flowered Polemonium‘Heaven Scent’?…oh, so sweet!

I almost forgot trilliums. For2010, we are releasing the firstoffering of the rare silver leafTrillium cuneatum as well as theequally rare yellow-flowered forms

of T. cuneatum…all grown fromseed at PDN. Other seed-growntrilliums for 2010 include our firstofferings of Trillium flexipes,Trillium luteum, our unique Floridaform of Trillium lancifolium, as wellas our own 1998 discovery, Trilliumludovicianum ‘Ruby Falls’.

We hope you find some treas-ures you’d like for your garden andwe hope you will be able to visitPDN during one of our 2010 OpenHouses. We also hope you will jointhe nearly 20,000 folks who getour monthly email newsletter, filledwith interesting tidbits about plantperformance, special plant avail-ability, plant people, and thegardening industry. You can sign upat www.plantdelights.com. Finally,keep in mind those who may not beable to purchase plants this yeardue to economic hardships, andtake time to share pieces of some-thing special from you garden withthem…after all, what’s gardeningwithout sharing?

Enjoy,

—tony

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StaffCustomer Service RepresentativesNaomi BloomVirginia Meehan

Manager of Customer Service and ShippingDianne Austin

Equipment OperatorLarry Jernigan

Facilities CoordinatorCharlie Wofford

Garden CuratorTodd Wiegardt

Garden StaffBrandon Murray

GrowerCandice Eckard

Business ManagerHeather Brameyer

Nursery ManagerMike Spafford

Nursery AssistantsMargarita GoveaAaron Selby

Plant Pathologist George Clark

Production SupervisorAmber Harmon

Research HorticulturistJeremy Schmidt

Research Assistant/Field ProductionFrank Mandarino

Research Assistant/Plant RecordsDennis Carey

Stocking SupervisorJanice Jackson-Freeman

Shipping/Receiving SupervisorBill Malarkey

And an Array of Perennial Part-timers:Paula BaileyBlanca BenitezBruce CartaLinda DiNunnoRoland FloryPeggy JohnsonLinda PlatzGlory Joy SimonsAnnette Sherrill

PresidentTony Avent

Everything ElseMichelle Avent

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2010 Open Nursery& Garden DatesFriday, Feb. 26 8 am–5 pmSaturday, Feb. 27 8 am–5 pm

Friday, Mar. 5 8 am–5 pmSaturday, Mar. 6 8 am–5 pm

Friday, April 30 8 am–5 pmSaturday, May 1 8 am–5 pmSunday, May 2 1 pm–5 pm

Friday, May 7 8 am–5 pmSaturday, May 8 8 am–5 pmSunday, May 9 1 pm–5 pm

Friday, July 9 8 am–5 pmSaturday, July 10 8 am–5 pmSunday, July 11 1 pm–5 pm

Friday, July 16 8 am–5 pmSaturday, July 17 8 am–5 pmSunday, July 18 1 pm–5 pm

Friday, Sept. 10 8 am–5 pmSaturday, Sept. 11 8 am–5 pmSunday, Sept. 12 1 pm–5pm

Friday, Sept. 17 8 am–5 pmSaturday, Sept. 18 8 am–5 pmSunday, Sept. 19 1 pm–5 pm

Volunteer!Join us for an opportunity to learn at one of the top plant collections in the country. We are looking for volunteers to help here at the gardens. Our volunteer program includesopenings with Garden Maintenance and ourResearch Division. For more information, contact Jeremy Schmidt at 919.772.4794 or e-mail [email protected].

Come Join OurShipping Team!We're looking for seasonalhelpers to pull, pack and shipplants from March through Mayand August through October. If you're interested, please call919.772.4794.

Gift CertificatesWhat a great way to say “I love you”without going to all of the trouble andhassle of buying and sending a gift!

Gift certificates are available for $40.00or more, and we will gladly forward onedirectly to the recipient with a nice noteand our latest catalog. Our gift certifi-cates can be used any time (they do notexpire) and will take the guesswork outof gift-giving for that hard-to-buy-forgardener in your life. You can use theorder form in the center of the catalog(simply call, mail, or fax it in) or orderonline at www.plantdelights.com. Please include $4.00 for handling.

About the CoverOnce again, we are privileged to have one of America’s topcommercial cartoonists and three-time Award Winner by the National Cartoonist Society(www.reuben.org), Jack Pittman,to pen our catalog cover. Jack’sclient list is a veritable who’s who of American corporations. If you are in need of funcommercial art, contact Jack at www.jptoonist.com or at919.785.1966.

ContentsIntroduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Hosta Chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6A useful tool to find specific hostas by size, color and fragrance

Common Names/Groups. . . . . 8Find botanical names for your favorite common-named plants and locate them by group

How to Use the Catalog . . . . . 10

2010 Spring Plants . . . . . . . . . 11Finally, a reason to stop watching TV

Ordering Information, Education Center Classes, & Order Form . . . Center Spread

Hardiness Zone Information. . 110

USDA Hardiness Zone Map . . 1 1 1

Where Credit Is DueThe majority of the text was written by TonyAvent, who is solely responsible for its absurdnature and content.

Unless indicated, all photos were taken at PlantDelights Nursery by Tony Avent. Other photoswere provided by R. Adams, Amazing BreedersCompany, Boo Shoot Gardens, H. Blumen, C. Brashear, Casa Flora, R. Determann, K. Druse, J. Elsley, Emerald Coast Gardens, J. Farmer, R.Gardner, L. Girton, Green Leaf Plants™, H.Hamernik, H. Hansen, Hillside Nursery, HoffmanNursery, Itsaul Plants, T. Izumi, O. Johnson, L.Klinkhamer, Könst Alstroemeria, R. Livingston, NCBotanical Garden, North Creek Nurseries, Inc, PineKnot Farms, PlantHaven, Primrose Path, D. Probst,T. Ranney, N. Rijnbeek, J. Sacks, P. Schmidt, ShadyOaks Nursery, Skagit Gardens, D. Steinbrunner,Sunny Border, Terra Nova Nurseries, The GardenShoppe, Jan van den Top, M. Weinert, D. Werner,www.perennialresource.com, and J. Yourch.

We are deeply indebted to those who haveallowed us to use their photographs and tophotograph plants in their wonderful gardens.

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Started in 1988, the goal of PlantDelights Nursery, Inc., is to changethe way America gardens by offer-ing the best, the newest, and thestrangest fun, garden-worthy peren-nials to gardeners around the world.Our Retail Nursery division is a 2.5 acre adjunct funding facility forour research/development/educa-tional arm, Juniper Level BotanicGardens. Income from the NurseryDivision allows us to continue ourresearch and breeding, maintain ourdisplay gardens, and expand ourgarden outreach programs. Westrive to offer large, quality plants ataffordable prices. If you are used toreceiving dried bulbs, barely rootedcuttings, or cooler-stored D.O.A.s,we think you will be pleasantly sur-prised to receive healthy, live plants.

JUNIPER LEVEL BOTANICGARDENS Juniper Level BotanicGardens is currently a 5 acre displaygarden containing over 17,000 dif-ferent plants...some woody, someperennial, and some in-betweeners.We are a proud institutional mem-ber of the APGA (American PublicGardens Association). The botani-cal garden not only functions as adisplay area, but doubles as aresearch and development facility.New plants from seed exchanges,plants from our breeding program,and plants from our expeditions areevaluated for their garden worthi-ness, their adaptability to theclimate of the Southeastern US, andtheir ability to peacefully co-existwith our natives. We also strive tosort out some of the misinformationand nomenclature problems thatunfortunately abound in thisindustry by assembling completecollections of specific plant groups.

BREEDING PROGRAM Ourspecialty is hostas...you know, “I’vegot both, the green and the varie-gated one.” Since 1984, we haveconducted one of the most exten-sive hosta breeding programs in thecountry, yielding exciting introduc-tions like Hosta ‘White Wall Tire’(98), Hosta ‘Tattoo’ PP 11,603 (98),Hosta ‘Elvis Lives’ (95), and theugliest hosta ever, Hosta ‘OutHouse Delight’ (94)! Despite thelarge number of hostas on themarket today, there is room for

distinctive leaf patterns, betterflowers, and good old Southern non-wimpy names. We have workedwith other genera to a lesser extent,and we hope these ongoing pro-grams will yield some wonderfulresults in the near future.

PLANT INTRODUCTIONPROGRAM For years, we haveworked with other plant breedersand explorers from around thecountry to introduce and markettheir new plants. If we can be ofhelp to you, feel free to give us a call.We require a trial period for newplants before including them in thecatalog...please understand that thisis not always a quick process.Also...don’t expect to get filthy rich!Our website details a list of plantsthat we have either introduced orfacilitated their introduction into themarket.

COLLECTIONS AND INVASIVEPLANT POLICY We spend severalweeks each year in different parts ofthe USA or in other countries onplant expeditions, from which webring back many new wonders youmay one day enjoy. All plants arecarefully evaluated here and atother cooperating sites. It is our goalto not offer plants that will becomeinvasive (i.e., invade and displacenatives in functioning naturalecosystems). We adhere to theNursery Codes of Conduct asadopted at the 2001 St. LouisSummit on Invasive Plants andencourage other nurseries to do thesame. Realizing that it is impossibleto completely predict invasivenessin every ecological region of thecountry, we implore gardeners towatch for plants that show trueinvasive potential and to let us knowthose findings. Please understandalso that re-seeding around the gar-den is very different from invadingnatural areas. Please also under-stand that while a species may beinvasive, cultivars within thatspecies may not exhibit those par-ticular undesirable traits. While theinvasive plant issue is a great area ofconcern to us, a proposed nation-wide ban of plants that are onlyinvasive and hardy in Hawaii orSouth Florida is absurdly extreme.We are very wary of a small butvocal group of plant bigots whoadvocate a horticultural ethniccleansing as a means of satisfyingtheir myopic view of nature. As with

all vices, moderation and respon-sibility are the answer.

PROPAGATION Our plants arenursery propagated, not wildcollected or nursery-grown. Wepractice conservation by propaga-tion. We are members of theInternational Plant PropagatorsSociety, a group dedicated to theproposition that all plants should bedivided equally. If we have a plant,we will either propagate it or kill ittrying...and as a good friend taughtme, once you propagate a rareplant...it’s not rare anymore!

IDENTIFICATION We use allmeans at our disposal to make surethe plants are named using correcthorticultural nomenclature. Ourprimary references include the RHSIndex of Garden Plants, Hortus III,Jelitto’s Perennials I & II, The GenusHosta, The Hosta List of RegisteredCultivars, The Hosta Handbook, TheWorld Checklist of Conifers, TheBONAP Database, Mobot’s TropicosDatabase, England’s The RHS PlantFinder, and many NationalCollection holders in the UK. Specialthanks also to our friend BarryYinger for his invaluable contribu-tion with Japanese plants, andWilbert Hetterscheid, who workedon the 2004 International Code ofNomenclature for Cultivated Plants.If no information exists on a plant(which often happens) we throw acookout for the neighbors, who aftera few drinks begin throwing darts atJelitto’s Perennials I & II, along withthe remainder of Hortus III. Whenbotanists differ on correct nomen-clature, we hop in the pickup, find afew taxonomists, and throw darts at them.

LOCATION Our nursery and displaygardens are in Juniper Level, NorthCarolina (USDA Zone 7b), centrallylocated between Panther Branchand Willow Springs...pronounced“willer sprangs” in the South. In caseyou don’t have a Juniper Level map,we are off Interstate 40 south ofRaleigh, NC. And since we are openonly by appointment, we will leave itat that.

VISITATIONS Our open sale daysare limited to eight weekends peryear, two each during February/March, May, July, and September.Any other time, if you are comingfrom out of town or would like to

bring a group, call WAY in advanceand we will be delighted to try tomake arrangements to meet you atthe nursery and garden...weekdaysare strongly preferred. Peak seasonin the display gardens is from lateApril until October. PLEASE DONOT DROP IN UNANNOUNCED.We can be much more flexible withvisitors after our spring rush ends inearly May. We love having visitors,but your visit must be scheduled.

CATALOGS We publish two cata-logs each year, one on January 1,and the other one on August 1. Asmuch as we would like to be able tosend our catalogs to everyone for-ever, this is not possible with therising cost of publishing. If you are agarden writer, communicator,teacher, extension agent, horticul-ture guru, etc., who would like toremain on our list permanently, justlet us know. Customers will remainon the catalog mailing list for 2years after purchasing. Even if yourun out of room in your own garden,there are always gift certificates forfriends. Our on-line catalog containsmany plants that do not appear inour print catalogs. Some are left-overs from past catalogs and someare plants which are available onlyin smaller quantities.

OFFERINGS Since our growing areais limited, we must rotate items inand out of the catalog. If you don’tsee your favorite item listed thisyear, a return engagement is proba-bly scheduled. Our general policy isthat the more popular an itembecomes in the trade, the less likelywe are to offer it. Our function is toget plants into the marketplace, thenallow other nurseries to producethem in mass-market numbers.

GIFT CERTIFICATES Gift certifi-cates are available for $40.00 ormore, and we will gladly forwardone directly to the recipient with anice note and our latest catalog. Ourgift certificates can be used at anytime and will take the guessworkout of gift giving for that hard-to-buy-for gardener in your life. Pleaseindicate the amount of the gift cer-tificate and the recipient’s name andaddress on the plant order form.

ORDERING/PAYMENT/SHIPPINGPRICES You will find the shippingand pricing information in the centerof the catalog.


Welcome

Hosta ‘Abiqua Drinking Gourd’ 1499 $22 �

Hosta ‘Arctic Blast’ 8531 $20 �

Hosta ‘Big Mama’ 119 $20 �

Hosta ‘Blue Lollipop’ 8730 $18 �

Hosta ‘Blue Mouse Ears’ 4677 $24 �

Hosta ‘Blueper’ 7839 $35 �

Hosta ‘Deep Blue Sea’ 5398 $25 �

Hosta ‘Dixie Cups’ 7209 $35 �

Hosta ‘Elvis Lives’ 375 $20 �

Hosta ‘Flemish Sky’ 8045 $22 �

Hosta ‘Gemstone’ 5917 $18 �

Hosta ‘Halcyon’ 1025 $20 �

Hosta ‘High Tide’ 8019 $24 �

Hosta ‘Ice Prancer’ 8327 $24 �

Hosta ‘Lederhosen’ 7234 $24 �

Hosta ‘Love Pat’ 194 $20 �

Hosta ‘Neptune’ PP 19,674 8301 $25 �

Hosta ‘Pewterware’ 5885 $28 �

Hosta ‘Queen of the Sea’ 6457 $25 �

Hosta sieboldiana ‘Elegans’ 872 $20 �

Hosta ‘Silver Moon’ 8733 $28 �

Hosta ‘Twilight Time’ 5851 $25 �

Hosta ‘Bedazzled’ 6089 $28 �

Hosta ‘Deliverance’ 6559 $24 �

Hosta ‘Diana Remembered’ 3274 $24 �

Hosta ‘First Frost’ 7213 $22 �

Hosta ‘Glory Hallelujah’ 6472 $24 �

Hosta ‘Landslide’ 7200 $28 �

Hosta ‘Mighty Mouse’ 8820 $22 �

Hosta ‘Mourning Dove’ PP 17,311 7192 $28 �

Hosta ‘Olive Bailey Langdon’ 2085 $22 �

Hosta ‘Parasol’ 7947 $28 �

Hosta ‘Tootie Mae’ 7194 $26 �

Hosta ‘Blue Ivory’ PP 19,623 8483 $34 �

Hosta ‘Country Mouse’ 6573 $20 �

Hosta ‘El Nino’ PP 14,632, EUPVR 5253 $25 �

Hosta ‘Frosted Mouse Ears’ 8734 $22 �

Hosta ‘Tom Schmid’ 4988 $26 �

Hosta ‘Spilt Milk’ 1999 $28 �

Hosta ‘White Wall Tire’ 2000 $26 �

Hosta ‘Cathedral Windows’ PP 17,295 6600 $28 �

Hosta ‘Diana Remembered’ 3274 $24 �

Hosta ‘Guacamole’ 1424 $22 �

Hosta plantaginea 1065 $20 �

Hosta ‘Stained Glass’ 4232 $26 �

Hosta ‘Sugar and Spice’ 8330 $22 �

Hosta ‘Dancing Queen’ 8731 $22 �

Hosta ‘Dawn’s Early Light’ 4237 $26 �

Hosta ‘Faith’ 5464 $28 �

Hosta ‘Golden Friendship’ 3022 $22 �

Hosta ‘Key West’ 5884 $26 �

Hosta ‘Moon Waves’ 7550 $22 �

Hosta ‘Pot of Gold’ 7398 $26 �

Hosta ‘Prairie Moon’ 8732 $24 �

Hosta ‘Shiny Penny’ 3645 $20 �

Hosta ‘Squash Casserole’ 2424 $20 �

Hosta ‘Sum and Substance’ 1102 $22 �

Hosta ‘The Shining’ 7393 $28 �

Hosta ‘Bright Lights’ 972 $24 �

Hosta ‘Brother Stefan’ 5351 $28 �

Hosta ‘Heat Wave’ 7283 $28 �

Hosta ‘High Society’ PP 17,313 5980 $30 �

Hosta ‘June’ 1672 $20 �

Hosta ‘Pure Heart’ PPAF 8835 $28 �

Hosta ‘St. Paul’ 5076 $26 �

Hosta ‘Tokudama Aureonebulosa’ 2332 $22 �

Hosta ‘Touch of Class’ PP 13,080 4625 $26 �


Hostas Grouped by Color, Width and Fragrance

BLUISH GREEN W/GOLD-CREAM EDGE

BLUISH GREEN W/WHITE EDGE

FRAGRANT FLOWERS—VIOLET

FRAGRANT FLOWERS—WHITE

FROSTED WHITE FOLIAGE

GOLD

GOLD W/BLUE EDGE

BLUE

Sm Med Lrg XL

HOSTA Item # Price 0–12” 13–36” 37–60” 61” +

Sm Med Lrg XL

HOSTA Item # Price 0–12” 13–36” 37–60” 61” +

Hosta ‘Captain Kirk’ 4712 $24 �

Hosta ‘Cathedral Windows’ PP 17,295 6600 $28 �

Hosta ‘Cherish’ 5400 $25 �

Hosta ‘Dick Ward’ 3276 $28 �

Hosta ‘Dixie Chickadee’ 5412 $28 �

Hosta ‘Emerald Ruff Cut’ 8331 $22 �

Hosta ‘Guacamole’ 1424 $22 �

Hosta ‘Hollywood Lights’ PP 17,296 7799 $26 �

Hosta ‘Inniswood’ 1027 $22 �

Hosta ‘Journey’s End’ PP 16,895 6084 $28 �

Hosta ‘Mango Tango’ 8423 $30 �

Hosta ‘Orange Marmalade’ PP 16,742 5490 $28 �

Hosta ‘Paradigm’ 3012 $22 �

Hosta ‘Pineapple Upside Down Cake’ 3859 $25 �

Hosta ‘Rainbow’s End’ PP 17,251 6035 $24 �

Hosta ‘Spartacus’ 8302 $24 �

Hosta ‘Stained Glass’ 4232 $26 �

Hosta ‘Tattoo’ PP 11,603, PVR 13,143 2089 $28 �

Hosta ‘Twist of Lime’ 1108 $14 �

Hosta ‘Yesterday’s Memories’ 7238 $26 �

Hosta ‘Patriot’s Fire’ 8203 $20 �

Hosta ‘Caesar Salad’ 7462 $35 �

Hosta clausa 1325 $14 �

Hosta ‘Clovelly’ PPAF 8454 $26 �

Hosta ‘Corkscrew’ 6907 $20 �

Hosta ‘Get Nekkid’ 7199 $30 �

Hosta ‘Hacksaw’ 8303 $20 �

Hosta ‘Komodo Dragon’ 2551 $25 �

Hosta ‘Marilyn Monroe’ 6521 $28 �

Hosta ‘Peedee Elfin Bells’ 1062 $20 �

Hosta plantaginea 1065 $20 �

Hosta ‘Red Neck Heaven’ 1079 $22 �

Hosta ‘Restless Sea’ 7801 $24 �

Hosta ‘Stimulation’ 6605 $35 �

Hosta ‘Stirfry’ 2584 $26 �

Hosta ‘Appetizer’ 7837 $20 �

Hosta ‘Atlantis’ PP 17,093, PVR 5552 $24 �

Hosta ‘Capitol Hill’ 7985 $28 �

Hosta ‘Clifford’s Forest Fire’ PP 17,644 6344 $28 �

Hosta ‘Electrocution’ 7407 $28 �

Hosta ‘Ginsu Knife’ 7196 $26 �

Hosta ‘Hanky Panky’ PP 16,217 5482 $25 �

Hosta ‘Hush Puppie’ 6606 $22 �

Hosta ‘Liberty’ PP 12,531 4736 $28 �

Hosta ‘Luna Moth’ 8771 $30 �

Hosta ‘Mishima Fukurin’ 2761 $22 �

Hosta ‘Miss Tokyo’ 7236 $26 �

Hosta ‘Percy’ 7237 $24 �

Hosta ‘Praying Hands’ 4605 $28 �

Hosta ‘Seducer’ PPAF 8837 $26 �

Hosta ‘Shazaam’ 5460 $28 �

Hosta ‘Silver Threads & Gldn Needles 7654 $20 �

Hosta ‘Stitch In Time’ PP 18,061 7285 $45 �

Hosta ‘Summer Lovin’ 8329 $24 �

Hosta ‘Swamp Thing’ 5916 $28 �

Hosta ‘Titanic’ PP 12,402 4231 $26 �

Hosta ‘Applause’ 7589 $26 �

Hosta ‘Cabaret’ 6591 $45 �

Hosta ‘Dixie Chick’ 2073 $25 �

Hosta ‘Iceberg’ 3157 $22 �

Hosta ‘Imp’ 8277 $20 �

Hosta ‘Sugar and Spice’ 8330 $22 �

Hosta ‘Eskimo Pie’ PP 16,290 5789 $28 �

Hosta ‘Extasy’ PPAF 8305 $24 �

Hosta ‘Great Expectations’ 602 $26 �

Hosta ‘Kiwi Full Monty’ 8763 $22 �

Hosta ‘Lakeside Cupcake’ 7218 $28 �

Hosta ‘Little Treasure’ PPAF 8836 $22 �

Hosta ‘Pandora’s Box’ 3002 $20 �

Hosta ‘Eternal Flame’ 4669 $26 �

Hosta ‘Jerry Landwehr’ 7800 $26 �

Hosta ‘Night before Christmas’ 1503 $20 �

Hosta ‘Risky Business’ 4270 $24 �

Hosta ‘Rootin Tootin’ 7807 $24 �

Hosta ‘Teeny-weeny Bikini’ 6455 $22 �

Hosta ‘Vulcan’ 7284 $26 �

Hosta ‘Warwick Comet’ 5470 $28 �


GOLD W/ WHITE EDGE

Sm Med Lrg XL

HOSTA Item # Price 0–12” 13–36” 37–60” 61” +

Sm Med Lrg XL

HOSTA Item # Price 0–12” 13–36” 37–60” 61” +

GREEN

GREEN W/WHITE EDGE

WHITE W/BLUE-GREEN EDGE

WHITE W/GREEN EDGE

GREEN W/GOLD-CREAM EDGE

GOLD W/GREEN EDGE GREEN W/GOLD-CREAM EDGE, continued

To help you find the plants or types ofplants that you are looking for, we havecompiled this guide which groups generaby their characteristics of interest. We haveincluded the common name of each genusin case you’re not quite sure what thescientific name is, as our catalog is in alpha-betical order by genus. Happy hunting!!

AROIDSShocking tropicality! A wealth of collec-tor’s plants here, Aroids have becomesome of the most popular plants in thegarden. Extremes in size, shape and tex-ture range from the impressive elephantear (Alocasia) to the diminutive mouseplant (Arisarum). Also here, are thebizarre voodoo lilies whose anatomicallyincorrect flowers appear out of nowhere amonth before their leaves in the spring.

Calla Lily – ZantedeschiaCobra Lily – ArisaemaDragon Arum – DracunculusDwarf Voodoo Lily – TyphoniumElephant Ear – Alocasia; ColocasiaElephant Ear, upright – AlocasiaGreen Dragon – PinelliaHalf- Arum – BiarumHitchhiker’s Elephant Ear – RemusatiaJack-in-the-pulpit – ArisaemaPig Butt Arum – Helicodiceros muscivorusTaro – ColocasiaVoodoo Lily – Amorphophallus;

Pseudodracontium

BOG/AQUATICSIf you have a soggy area, don’t drain it,landscape it! These plants will make youfall in love with mud.

Canna Lily – CannaCardinal Flower – LobeliaCrinum Lily – CrinumDwarf Bog Elephant Ear – Colocasia fallaxFern, Log – DryopterisFlags – IrisGentian – SabatiaJoe-Pye Weed – EupatoriumMallow – HibiscusObedient Plant – PhysostegiaOrchid, Hardy – Bletilla striataPitcher Plant – SarraceniaPrimrose, Japanese – Primula japonicaRush – JuncusSage, Bog – Salvia uliginosaScrub Palm – Sabal minorSpider Lily – HymenocallisSweet Flag – AcorusTaro – ColocasiaTickseed – Coreopsis helianthoidesUmbrella Plant – CyperusWhite Star Grass – Dichromena

BULBS, CORMS & TUBERSThe world of bulbs reaches far beyond thegolden trumpets of daffodils so familiar inspring. Many gardeners are becomingincreasingly aware of the wide variety ofsummer and fall flowering tuberousrooted plants. Bulbs bring joy with theirsurprise, often seemingly leaping out ofnowhere to offer their bloom.

Amaryllis – HippeastrumArgentine Iris – EnnealophusAztec Lily – SprekeliaBamboo Lily – Lilium Banana – Musa; Musella; EnseteBartram’s Ixia – Calydorea coelestinaBellwort – UvulariaBlackberry Lily – BelamcandaBulbine – BulbineCalla Lily – ZantedeschiaCanna Lily – CannaCrinum Lily – CrinumElephant Ear – Alocasia; ColocasiaFalse Crocus – Nothoscordum sellowianumFalse Freesia – Anomatheca

False Hosta – DrimiopsisFalse Scilla – LedebouriaFalse Shamrock – OxalisFalse Solomon’s Seal – SmilacinaGinger – Zingiber, AlpiniaGinger Lily – HedychiumGoblet Flower – CypellaGreen Dragon – PinelliaHardy Cyclamen – CyclamenHardy Gloxinia – SinningiaHardy Orchid – Bletilla; Calanthe;

CypripediumHidden Cone Ginger – CurcumaHitchhiker’s Elephant Ear – RemusatiaJack-in-the-Pulpit – ArisaemaLadies Tresses, Nodding – SpiranthesLadyslipper Orchid – CypripediumLesser Celandine – Ranunculus ficaria Lily – LiliumLily-of-the-Nile – AgapanthusMayapple – Podophyllum Michigan Lily – Lilium michiganenseMontbretia – CrocosmiaOnion – AlliumOrchid Pansy – AchimenesOxblood Lily – RhodophialaPeruvian Lily – AlstroemeriaPineapple Lily – EucomisPrincess Lily – AlstroemeriaRain Lily – Zephyranthes; HabranthusRed Hot Poker – KniphofiaSand Crinum – AmmocharisSolomon’s Seal – PolygonatumSpider lily – Hymenocallis; Crinum; LycorisSpring Beauty – Claytonia Starflower – IpheionSurprise Lily – LycorisSwamp Lily – CrinumTaro – ColocasiaTrout Lily – ErythroniumVoodoo Lily – Amorphophallus; Typhonium

FERNS & ALLIESFerns and their related non floweringplants (allies) offer subtle charm toshaded gardens. Perfect companions tohostas, most of the following thrive in thesame conditions.

Alpine Fern – Woodsia scopulina Arborvitae Fern – SelaginellaAsparagus Fern – AsparagusAutumn Fern – Dryopteris erythrosoraBamboo Fern – ConiogrammeCat’s Claw Fern – Onychium Chain Fern – WoodwardiaCinnamon Fern – Osmunda cinnamomeaCloak Fern – Astrolepis Glade Fern – DepariaGhost Fern – Athyrium ‘Ghost’Holly Fern – CyrtomiumIndian Holly Fern – Arachniodes simpliciorJapanese Climbing Fern – Lygodium

japonicumJapanese Deer Fern – Blechnum nipponicumKorean Rock Fern – Polystichum tsus-

simense

Lace Fern – Microlepia strigosaLady Fern – AthyriumLip Fern – CheilanthesLog Fern – Dryopteris x australisMaiden Fern – ThelypterisMaidenhair Fern – AdiantumMale Fern – DryopterisOstrich Fern – MatteucciaPainted Fern – Athyrium niponicumPeacock Moss – Selaginella uncinataRabbit Foot Fern – PhlebodiumSensitive Fern – OnocleaShield Fern – Dryopteris, Polystichum

makinoiShiny Bristle Fern – Arachnoides

davalliaeformisSpikemoss – SelaginellaTable Fern – PterisTassel Fern – Polystichum polyblepharum Tatting Fern – Athyrium ‘Frizelliae’ Tongue Fern – Pyrrosia, AspleniumUpside Down Fern – Arachniodes standishii Wood Fern – Dryopteris, Woodsia

GROUNDCOVERSGroundcovers offer wonderful alternativesto lawn, especially in the shade of largetrees where most turf fears to tread. Greatunderplanting to small shrubs or otherperennials, try growing other plants throughthese groundcovers. Two plants can inhabitthe same place at the same time.

Beverly Bells – Rehmannia elataBlue Star Creeper – Laurentia Bluet – HoustoniaBugleweed – AjugaCarnation – DianthusCranesbill – GeraniumCreeping Raspberry – RubusDwarf Sweetbox – Sarcococca hookerianaFairy Wings – EpimediumForget-Me-Not – MyosotisFragrant Carpet – Pratia Germander – TeucriumGolden Saxifrage – Chrysosplenium

macrophyllumGreen and Gold – ChrysogonumIce Plant – Delosperma; RuschiaLeadwort – CeratostigmaLenten Rose – HelleborusLily-of-the-Valley – ConvallariaLungwort – PulmonariaMondo Grass – OphiopogonMoneywort – LysimachiaMonkey Grass – LiriopeMouse Ear Hawkweed – Pilosella

officinarumPeacock Moss – SelaginellaPeriwinkle – Vinca MinorPinks – Dianthus

Plumbago – CeratostigmaRupturewort – Herniaria Speedwell – VeronicaSpikemoss – SelaginellaStonecrop – SedumStrawberry Begonia – SaxifragaSweet Flag – AcorusSweet William – Dianthus barbatusTrailing Red Cattail – AcalyphaVariegated Kudzu – PuerariaVervain – VerbenaWandering Jew – Setcreasea; Tinantia Wild Ginger – Asarum; SarumaWoodland Phlox – Phlox divaricata Woodmint – Meehania

ORNAMENTAL GRASSES & GRASS LOOKALIKESThe ornamental grasses have becomepopular and important landscape addi-tions over the past decade, and rightly so.As a textural element, they offer relieffrom big heavy globs of foundationshrubs, and their interest spans the sea-sons. We also include here plants thathave grassy foliage, similar in texture anduse in the garden, without technicallybeing grasses. Most of the grasses thrivein full direct sun, but the grass alikes suchas carex and acorus will thrive in shade.Use these plants to contrast heavier tex-tured plants; each will enhance the other.

Bamboo, Clumping – Bambusa; Fargesia;Borinda

Bear Grass – NolinaCape Restio – Rhodocoma capensisDropseed – SporobolusFountain Grass – PennisetumHardy Sugar Cane – SaccharumMaiden Grass – MiscanthusMondo Grass – OphiopogonMonkey Grass – LiriopeMuhly Grass – MuhlenbergiaReed Grass – ArundoRush – JuncusSea Oats – ChasmanthiumSedge – CarexShiny Star Grass – Hypoxis ilicifoliaSpider Plant – ChlorophytumStar Grass – DichromenaSweet Flag – AcorusSwitchgrass – PanicumYellow-eyed Grass – Sisyrinchium

VINESYou know...these are the plants you don’thave to go get, they will come to you.

Bleeding Heart Vine – Dicentra scandensBoston Ivy – Parthenocissus tricuspidata

Guide to Plants by Group or Common Name


AROIDS

FERNS & ALLIES

GROUNDCOVERSBULBS, CORMS & TUBERS

BOG/AQUATICS

Firecracker Vine – ManettiaJapanese Climbing Fern – Lygodium

japonicumJasmine – JasminumJasmine, Confederate – TrachelospermumPossum Grape Ivy – Cissus trifoliata Variegated Kudzu – Pueraria

WOODY LILIESThis group includes lily like plants thathave evergreen parts. They are veryeffective and quite happy in perennialborders and as placeholders in afoundation planting.

Bear Grass – NolinaCentury Plant – AgaveFalse Agave – Manfreda; xMangaveFalse Red Agave – BeschorneriaFalse Red Yucca – HesperaloeSacred Lily – RohdeaSoapwort – YuccaSotol – DasylirionSpanish Dagger – Yucca

WOODY PERENNIALSWe are in denial about some of theseplants. Some of them are woodier thanothers. Some misguided individuals referto them as shrubs.

Adult Ivy – HederaAngel Trumpet – BrugmansiaArgentine Silver Palm – TrithrinaxBluebeard, False Spirea – CaryopterisBox Honeysuckle – Lonicera nitidaButcher’s Broom – RuscusButterfly Bush – BuddleiaDwarf Sweetbox – Sarcococca hookerianaFalse Cypress- Chamaecyparis Florida Sunshine Anise – Illicium parviflorumGeorgia Savory – Clinopodium georgianumGum, Omeo – EucalyptusHolly – IlexHummingbird Flower – Bouvardia Indigo – IndigoferaJelly Palm – Butia capitataJerusalem Sage – PhlomisJessamine – CestrumJuniper – JuniperusMazari Palm – Nannorrhops Needle Palm – RhapidophyllumPalmetto Palm – Sabal palmettoPaper Plant – Edgeworthia Paw Paw – AsiminaPoet’s Laurel – DanaePomegranate – PunicaRice Paper Plant – TetrapanaxRosemary – RosmarinusRussian Sage – PerovskiaSago Palm – CycasScrub Palm – Sabal minorSt. John’s Wort – HypericumSweet Almond Tree Verbena – AloysiaSweetspire – IteaTapioca – ManihotTree Ivy – xFatshedera; FatsiaWollemi Fir – WollemiaWindmill Palm – TrachycarpusYew – Cephalotaxus

OTHER COMMON NAME PERENNIALSThere are others that just don’t fit into anysingle category...

Aloe – AloeAnemone – AnemonellaAngel Trumpet – BrugmansiaAngel’s Earrings – FuchsiaAnise Hyssop – AgastacheAshitaba – AngelicaBarbara’s Buttons – MarshalliaBarbary Ragwort – OthonnaBastard Balm – Melittis melissophyllumBear’s Breech – AcanthusBeard Tongue – PenstemonBee Balm – MonardaBellflower – CampanulaBird-foot Violet – Viola pedataBlackberry Lily – BelamcandaBlack Eyed Susan – RudbeckiaBlanketflower – GaillardiaBlazing Star – LiatrisBleeding Heart – DicentraBlue Star – AmsoniaBowman’s Root – PorteranthusBroom Fern – Asparagus virgatusBugbane- CimicifugaBush Clover – Lespedeza thunbergii Butterfly Weed – AsclepiasCalamint – CalaminthaCandy Lily – xPardancandaCardoon – CynaraCast Iron Plant – AspidistraCatchfly – Silene; LychnisCatnip – Nepeta Chaffhead – CarphephorusChocolate Flower – Berlandiera Christmas Rose – Helleborus nigerCigar Plant – CupheaConeflower – EchinaceaCoral Bean – ErythrinaCoral Bells – HeucheraCup Flower – NierembergiaDaylily – HemerocallisDolls Daisy – BoltoniaEvening Primrose – OenotheraEvergreen Solomon’s Seal – DisporopsisFairy Bells – DisporumFalse Allium – NothoscordumFalse Aster – KalimerisFalse Bleeding Heart – CorydalisFalse Bugbane – Beesia calthifoliaFalse Hydrangea – Deinanthe False Indigo – BaptisiaFalse Lily of the Valley – SpeiranthaFalse Nettle – Boehmeria False Petunia – CalibrachoaFalse Sinningia – HemiboeaFennel – FerulaFleece Flower – Tovara; Persicaria Flowering Maple – AbutilonFoam Flower – TiarellaFoamy Bells – xHeucherella

Foxglove – DigitalisGlade Mallow – Napaea Glory Bower – Clerodendron

speciosissimumGolden Lace – Patrinia Goldenrod – SolidagoGold Woodland Foxglove – Titanotrichum Hardy Bromeliad- Dyckia Hen and Chicks – SempervivumHollyhock, Russian – Alcea rugosaHummingbird Mint – AgastacheHummingbird Plant – DiclipteraIndian Pink – SpigeliaIronweed – VernoniaJacob’s Ladder – PolemoniumJoe Pye Weed – EupatoriumLeopard Plant – FarfugiumLion’s Ear – LeonotisLiverleaf – HepaticaLoosestrife – LysimachiaMeadow Beauty – Rhexia Meadow Rue – ThalictrumMeadowsweet – Filipendula Mexican Bamboo – Polygonum cuspidatumMexican Hen and Chicks – EcheveriaMonkshood, Chinese – Aconitum

carmichaeliiMountain Mint – Pycnanthemum

Mum – ChrysanthemumOrange Robin – LychnisPea – AmiciaPeony – PaeoniaPetunia, Hardy – RuelliaPlantain Lily – HostaPrickly Pear Cactus – OpuntiaPrimrose – PrimulaPrincess Flower – Tibouchina Rattlesnake Master – ErygiumRed Hot Poker – KniphofiaSage – SalviaSea Holly – EryngiumSkullcap – ScutellariaShredded Umbrella Plant – Syneilesis Shrub Mint – Leucosceptrum Siberian Bugloss – BrunneraSpanish Snapdragon – AntirrhinumSpiderwort – TradescantiaSpikenard – AraliaSpurge – EuphorbiaStokes’ Aster – StokesiaSundrop – Oenothera Sunflower – HelianthusTansy – TanacetumTexas Firecracker – AnisacanthusTickseed – CoreopsisToad Flower – TrilliumToad Lily – TricyrtisTree Tobacco – Nicotiana Trinity Flower – TrilliumTrumpet Spurflower – RabdosiaTurk’s Cap – MalvaviscusTurtlehead – CheloneTwinleaf – JeffersoniaWake-robin – TrilliumWinter Begonia – BergeniaWood Lily – Trillium


Agave americana ssp. protoamericana‘Blue Steel’

Agave xylonacantha ‘Frostbite’Ajuga x bastarda ‘Sparkler’ PPAFAlstroemeria ‘Mauve Majesty’ PP 18,183Beesia calthifoliaCaryopteris x clandonensis ‘White

Surprise’ PPAFCaryopteris x indica ‘Lisaura’ PP 20,608Crinum ‘Marisco’Crinum x herbertii ‘Schreck’Cypripedium kentuckienseCypripedium ‘Maria’Cypripedium ‘Paul’Cypripedium ‘Tower Hill’Echinacea ‘Hot Papaya’ PPAFEchinacea purpurea ‘Avalanche’ PP 18,597Echinacea purpurea ‘Milkshake’ PPAFEpimedium acuminatum ‘Guiding Light’Epimedium ‘Flamingo Dancer’Epimedium ‘Pink Parasol’Epimedium ‘Spritzer’Epimedium x omeiense ‘Razzleberry’Euphorbia x martinii ‘Ascot Rainbow’

PPAFFarfugium japonicum ‘Escargot’Farfugium ‘Last Dance’ PPAFFargesia nitida ‘Jiuzhaigou’Gladiolus ‘Carolina Primrose’Gladiolus communis ssp. byzantinus

‘Texas Snowflurry’Helicodiceros muscivorusHelleborus lividus ‘White Marble’Helleborus niger ‘HGC Jacob’ PP 17,799Helleborus x ericsmithii ‘Winter Sunshine’Hibiscus ‘Cranberry Crush’ PPAFHosta ‘Blueper’Hosta ‘Caesar Salad’

Hosta ‘Dancing Queen’Hosta ‘Dixie Cups’Hosta ‘Frosted Mouse Ears’Hosta ‘Little Treasure’ PPAFHosta ‘Luna Moth’Hosta ‘Mighty Mouse’Hosta ‘Pure Heart’ PPAFHosta ‘Seducer’ PPAFHoustonia serpyllifolia ‘Mountaineer’Hymenocallis coronaria Bibb Co. AlabamaHymenocallis ‘New Lion’Illicium parviflorum ‘Florida Sunshine’Lycoris radiata ‘Fireworks’Paeonia ‘Kopper Kettle’Penstemon ‘Dark Towers’ PP 20,013Phlox divaricata ‘Manita’Phlox stolonifera ‘Weesie Smith’Polemonium ‘Heaven Scent’ PP 20,214Pulmonaria ‘Silver Bouquet’ PP 20,059Salvia ‘Dancing Dolls’ PP 19,820Salvia ‘Shell Dancer’ PPAFScutellaria orientalis ssp. oreophila ‘Lilac

Lullaby’Sedum ‘Maestro’ PP 20,094Sedum ‘Thundercloud’ PPAFSyneilesis palmata ‘Kikko’Trillium cuneatum coll. #A1NC-027

Yellow FlowerTrillium cuneatum Silver LeafTrillium flexipesTrillium lancifolium coll. #A2FL013Trillium ludovicianum Ruby Falls coll.

#A1NC056Trillium luteumVeronica longifolia ‘Eveline’ PP 14,888,

PVRZephyranthes ‘Abacos Apricot’Zephyranthes ‘Bangkok Peach’

2010 Highlight Sampler

ORNAMENTAL GRASSES WOODY PERENNIALS

VINES

WOODY LILIES

OTHER COMMON NAME PERENNIALS

Before you begin, let us again warnyou about the addictive nature ofthis catalog...the owners or opera-tors of Plant Delights Nursery haveno responsibility for any loss of con-trol, resulting in forfeiture of lifesavings, job, or family, which mayresult from viewing this catalog! Ifyou need your catalog sent in a plainbrown envelope to hide it from yourtherapist or spouse, we would bedelighted to oblige.

HOW TO USE THE CATALOG BOXESAs for the boxes by each plant, the farleft column of boxes is to be checkedfor the plants that you plan to order asyou make your first trip through thecatalog. Once you get to the end andrealize that you have blown yourbudget, then go back to the beginning,and use the right hand column ofboxes to recheck only those items thatyou absolutely, positively can’t livewithout! Simple enough...have a greattime!

NEW PLANT LISTINGS Plants whichare new to our catalog, or which havebeen absent for at least 6 years, areindicated throughout the catalog by aNEW! There is a condensed listing of afew of these in the front of the catalog.

PLANT GROUP LISTINGS/COMMON NAME INDEX We haveprepared a list of plant groups bycommon name on pages 8 and 9,with the genera of plants that areavailable in each group. The generacan then be looked up in alphabeti-cal order in the catalog. Keep inmind that many common names areregional...good luck.

PLANT DESCRIPTIONS The descrip-tion for each plant is based ongrowing conditions in Raleigh, NorthCarolina (USDA Zone 7b). Wedevote the utmost care and atten-tion to the accuracy of ourdescriptions. They may change asour plants mature, or as more infor-mation becomes available.

Below the name of each plant isalso the mature height of the plant. Ifthe blooms extend much higher thanthe foliage, we have included thebloom height in the description. Indifferent climates and differing grow-ing conditions, plants perform...youguessed it...differently. In general,moist conditions and rich soil producetaller plants, while dry weather andpoor soils produce shorter, tighterplants.

We have indicated the sun/shaderequirements based on our trials. Sun,of course means full sun, while shademeans deep shade. Part sun meansthat the plant will get sun for abouthalf of the day...usually morning sun isthe best, since the temperature iscooler. Part shade means filteredshade, where branches have beenlimbed high, so that plenty of light stillreaches the plants. Where we indi-cate shade, this means dense shadefor the entire day.

We have indicated the botanicalorigin of each plant we offer. Manyfolks are looking for plants from par-ticular regions of the world, whilemany others are looking for USnatives. If a selection or hybrid isoffered from a region other thanwhere the plant was native, we haveopted to include that information inthe description.

HARDINESS MAP Once again, wehave included the 1990 USDAHardiness Zone map at the back ofthe catalog. Do not make a mistakeand use the inaccurate 2003 draftversion which used only a warm 11-year stretch of time and eliminated10 temperate zones (the a/b sys-tem). We have also included a basicoutline of how to use the map andthe factors affecting plant hardiness.Please use this information to helpdetermine your target ship date.

NOMENCLATURE We have pro-vided an alphabetical listing bybotanical name, with the commonname in parentheses. Every planthas a botanical or “given” name con-sisting of at least two words, a firstand a last name...sort of like people,except plants put their last namefirst, and their first name last. Just asyou don’t like to be called “Shorty”or “Blondie,” plants prefer to becalled by their given names, notsome nickname that we invent. Plantnames are actually quite simple. Thefirst name is the genus (always capi-talized), while the second is thespecific epithet (lower case). If oneplant of a species is selected for aparticular quality that makes it dif-ferent from the norm, it is given acultivar name (always capitalized).

This third name (the cultivar) isalways written with single quotes (‘ ‘). In some cases, the cultivar is nota selection of a single species, but ahybrid of two or more species. In thiscase, the genus name is followedimmediately by the ‘Cultivar’. For

example, with Miscanthus sinensis‘Variegatus’, Miscanthus is the genus,while sinensis (which means “fromChina”) is the specific epithet.‘Variegatus’ is the name of a particu-lar cultivar with striped leaves thatwas selected and named. Miscanthussinensis ‘Variegatus’ translatedmeans Chinese striped miscanthus.When the plants are propagated veg-etatively from cuttings or divisions,the selections are called clones.

Another exception to the thirdname being the cultivar name is whena species of plant has naturally occur-ring distinct forms. These are referredto as varieties, subspecies, or forms. In this case, the plant will have twolower case names after the genus. Anexample is Amsonia ciliata var. filifolia.

Some cultivars are grown fromseed. The most common example iscolumbine. Although individualswithin a cultivar are fairly similar,there is always a small degree ofgenetic variation. Pronunciation isanother matter. If you are worriedabout pronouncing the Latin nameswrong, don’t worry...the person youare talking to probably can’t pro-nounce them right either. After all, we live in the South, where we don’tpronounce nothin’ right, so makesomething up!

Unfortunately, plant names areoften less stable than we would like.Just like people change their names,plants do also. People who causeplant names to change are calledtaxonomists...although I have heardthem called worse. Taxonomists’(high-dollar botanists) sole purposein life is to give headaches to gardenwriters and nurserymen by changingplant names...we call it job security.

It seems as soon as we learn theold names, they change. There areseveral reasons behind the seemingmadness of plant name changing.First of all, a taxonomist may discoverthat someone had previously pub-lished a name for the plant, prior tothe currently accepted name.

In the nomenclature code, the firstpublished name takes precedent. Forexample, if it were discovered thatsomeone had named hostas asfunkias earlier, the name would haveto be changed. Interestingly, theInternational Botanical Congressadopted a provision that will allow theconservation of the more popularname (although published later),which actually was the case with theexample above.

Another part of the problem

comes from two divisions of taxono-mists...the lumpers and the splitters.

The lumpers believe that aspecies range is large, and that manydifferent looking individual plants cancomprise a large species. The split-ters, on the other hand, believe thateach minute difference warrantsmaking up a new species. MotherNature, not being one to always caterto our wishes, has not provided cleardividing lines, which makes the taxon-omists’ task often one of guessworkand opinion.

The new field of genetic finger-printing promises to make a dramaticimpact on the field of taxonomy, andpromises a plethora of name changesin the years to come. It is our policy touse name changes that were legiti-mately published earlier, but we areslow to make those lumper/splitterchanges, since many of these areoften invalidated only a few yearslater, as the prevailing thinkingchanges.

If this kind of thing fascinates you,I strongly recommend a copy of the2004 International Code ofNomenclature for Cultivated Plants.This easy-to-read and fascinatingbook is a must for anyone who isseriously interested in, or involved inany aspect of the plant business. Toobtain a copy, contact theInternational Society for HorticulturalScience at http://www.ishs.org/sci/icracpco.htm

PATENTS AND TRADEMARKSPPAF or PP x,xxx indicates that theowner of the plant has applied for orreceived a US Patent. A patent pre-vents propagation of the plant forsale without a license for 20 years.Trademarks indicate the origin of theplant but cannot restrict propaga-tion. A single trademark can be usedby its owner to market hundreds ofdifferent plants, but cannot legallybe used to represent a single plant.In an attempt to circumvent USPatent Law, some greedy nurserieshave used trademarks to illegally tryand protect plant varieties.Trademarks can never be part of aplant name, and those who give newplants non-sensical names and thentrademark good names should beashamed of their corruption of ournomenclatural system.

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