Aspidistra Elatior (Cast Iron Plant) 1 Gallon Zone 8-10, Part to Full Shade, Medium Water

Aspidistra elatior (Cast Iron Plant) 1 Gallon Zone 8-10, Part to full shade, medium water Aspidistra elatior is an evergreen perennial that can be grown outside in shade. Commonly called cast iron plant for its ability to survive significant cultural abuse, is native to China and Japan. It is an easily maintained, stemless, evergreen foliage plant that typically grows to 3' tall. Quantity 11 Price $6.00 Calathea louisae (Hardy Calathea) 1 Gallon Zone 8-11, Part sun/part shade, moist soil Calathea louisae is a species of plant belonging to the genus of Calathea native to Brazil but cultivated in other places as an ornamental. Calathea louisae is an herb up to 80 cm tall. Leaf blades are up to 22 cm long, 10 cm wide, with two different shades of green running in stripes from the costa to the margins. Quantity 19 Price $8.00 Cynara cardunculus (Cardoon) 3 Gallon Zone 7-9, Full sun, medium water Cynara cardunculus has prickly, deeply cut, gray-green foliage and tall flower stalks topped with brilliant purple flowers. While it is a perennial, it is often grown as half-hardy annual. Annual plants may not have enough time to grow before flowering, but the large, jagged leaves provide ornamental interest all its own. Cardoons need rich, well-drained but moist soil and full sun to grow. They may go dormant in hot summers and will die back in winter. Mulch heavily to aid in winter survivability. Quantity 10 Price $6.00 Duranta erecta ‘Cuban Gold’ 1 Gallon Zone 8-11, Sun/part shade, medium water Duranta erecta is a sprawling shrub or (infrequently) a small tree. It can grow to 6 m (20 ft) tall and can spread to an equal width. Mature specimens possess axillary thorns, which are often absent on younger specimens. Quantity 18 Price $6.00 Guara lindheimeri ‘Siskiyou pink’ 1 Gallon Zone 5-8, Full sun, medium water Gaura lindheimeri, commonly called gaura, is an herbaceous clump-forming perennial that is native to Texas and Louisiana. It grows to as much as 5' tall on stems clad with spoon-shaped to lanceolate leaves (to 3" long). Pinkish buds along wiry, erect, wand-like stems open to white flowers which slowly fade to pink. Flowers appear in long, open, terminal panicles and open only a few at a time. Narrow, lance-shaped, stemless leaves (1-3" long) are occasionally spotted with maroon. Quantity 44 Price $6.00 Ginkgo (assorted) 1 Gallon Zone 4-9, Full sun, medium to heavy water Ginkgo biloba is a large, deciduous tree that matures to 100' tall and considered to be a living fossil. It is the only surviving member of a group of ancient plants believed to have inhabited the earth up to 150 million years ago. It features distinctive two-lobed, somewhat leathery, fan-shaped, rich green leaves with diverging (almost parallel) veins. Leaves turn bright yellow in fall. Ginkgo trees are commonly called maidenhair trees in reference to the resemblance of their fan-shaped leaves to maidenhair fern leaflets (pinnae). Ginkgo’s are dioecious (separate male and female trees). Nurseries typically sell only male trees (fruitless), because female trees produce seeds encased in fleshy, fruit- like coverings which, at maturity in autumn, are messy and emit a noxious, foul odor upon falling to the ground and splitting open. Quantity 4 Price $20.00 Myrtus communis 1 Gallon Zone 8-10, Full sun/part shade, medium water Myrtus communis, commonly called myrtle, is a broadleaf evergreen shrub or small tree that is native to the Mediterranean region. It typically grows to 5-6’ tall but may reach 15-20’ over time. Pointed, opposite (sometimes whorls), ovate to lanceolate, glossy dark green leaves (to 2” long) are strongly aromatic when bruised. White aromatic flowers (3/4”) with many yellow tipped stamens bloom in late spring/summer (May-July). Flowers are followed by blue-black berries. Berries are edible and may be eaten raw but are at best moderately tasteful. Dried flowers, leaves and fruits are used to flavor foods. Leaves are sometimes used as a substitute for bay leaves. Fresh flowers may be added to salads. Wood and leaves are added to charcoal to flavor grilled meats. Quantity 26 Price $8.00 Senna alata 1 Gallon Zone 9-11, Full sun, medium water Senna alata, commonly called empress candle plant or candle bush, is so named because the erect flower spikes when in bud resemble yellow candles. It is also commonly called ringworm cassia because the plant leaves were once used to treat ringworm. It is an evergreen tropical shrub or tree that typically grows to 12-30’ tall in its native habitat. In St. Louis, it can grow rapidly to 6-8’ tall in a single growing season if started by seed indoors in late winter. Features pinnately compound medium to dark green leaves (to 30” long), each with 7-14 pairs of leaflets. Bright yellow 5-petaled cup-shaped flowers bloom bottom to top in erect axillary racemes in fall. Flowers give way to winged bean-like seedpods (6-8” long) which also add ornamental interest. Cassia alata and Senna alata are synonymous. Quantity 3 Price $5.00 Stobilanthes dyerianus (Persian Shield) 1 Gallon Zone 10-11, Part sun to shade, medium water Strobilanthes dyerianus, commonly called Persian shield, is native to Burma (Myanmar). It is a soft- stemmed, tropical, evergreen shrub or subshrub that is grown primarily for its attractive iridescent purple foliage. It grows 3-4' tall in frost-free climates, but typically grows 1-3' in the St. Louis area. Quantity 1 Price $5.00 Tecoma stans (Yellow Bells) 1 Gallon Zone 8-11, Full sun to partial shade Tecoma stans, commonly called yellow bells, is native to the West Indies, Florida, and Mexico to South America. It is a broadleaf evergreen shrub or small tree that grows from 10' to 25' tall and features a lengthy bloom of bright yellow tubular flowers. Flowers are slightly fragrant. Quantity 20 Price $6.00 Acorus ogon 1 Gallons Zone 5-9, Full sun to part shade, medium water Acorus gramineus is commonly called grassy-leaved sweet flag. It is native to wetland areas of China, Japan, Korea, India, Thailand, Myanmar and the Philippines. It is a semi-evergreen, marginal aquatic perennial that features a grass-like tuft of narrow, linear leaf blades (1/4“ wide) that fan outward to 6- 12” tall. Quantity 30 Price $5.00 Magnolia grandiflora (assorted) 1 Gallon Zone 7-9, sun to part shade, medium water Magnolia grandiflora is a broadleaf evergreen tree that is noted for its attractive dark green leaves and its large, extremely fragrant flowers. It typically grows to 60-80’ tall with a pyramidal to rounded crown. This is a magnificent tree of the South. It is native to moist wooded areas in the southeastern United States from North Carolina to Florida and Texas. Leathery evergreen ovate to elliptic leaves (to 10” long) are glossy dark green above and variable pale green to gray-brown beneath. Fragrant white flowers (to 8-12” diameter) usually have six petals. Flowers bloom in late spring, with sparse continued flowering throughout the summer. Flowers give way to spherical cone-like fruiting clusters (to 3-5” long) that mature in late summer to early fall, releasing individual rose-red coated seeds suspended on slender threads at maturity. Quantity 29 Price $8.00 Rosemary ‘Arp’ 1 Gallon Zone 6-10, full sun, low water Arp Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis Arp) is a very cold hardy shrub Rosemary. It has a stiff upright growth habit and a mid-spring display of light blue flowers. Released by the National Arboretum. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric). Quantity 8 Price $6.00 Assorted Trellis Ivy and Vinca Vines 1 Gallon Zone 4-9, part to full shade, medium dry Ivy, any plant of the genus Hedera, with about five species of evergreen woody vines (rarely shrubs), in the ginseng family (Araliaceae). The name ivy especially denotes the commonly grown English ivy (H. helix), which climbs by aerial roots with adhering disks that develop on the stems. Vinca major is a trailing vine, spreading along the ground and rooting along the stems to form dense masses of groundcover individually 2–5 m across and scrambling up to 50–70 cm high. Quantity 21 Price $5.00 Roses (assorted) 1 Gallon Zone 6-10, Full sun, medium low water A rose is a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa, in the family Rosaceae, or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing, or trailing, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. • Rosa Rosa ‘Mrs. B.R. Cant’ - 3 • Rosa sp. (pink) – 30 • Rosa ‘Jeanne d’Arc’ –4 • Rosa ‘Sam Tucker’ – 4 Itea virginica Scentlandia 1 Gallon Zone 5-8, sun or shade, medium water Itea virginica, commonly called Virginia sweetspire, is an erect, rounded, broad-spreading, deciduous shrub with arching branches. Typically grows 3-4' (less frequently to 5') tall with a similar spread. Features fragrant, tiny white flowers borne in cylindrical, drooping racemes (3-6" long) which cover the shrub with bloom in late spring to early summer. Oval, dark green leaves (1-4" long) turn varying shades of red, orange and gold in autumn. Long period of fall color, with leaves often persisting on the plants until early winter. Quantity 2 Price $8.00 Laguras ovatus (Bunny Tail Grass) 1 Gallon Zone 7-10, full sun/partial shade, medium water Bunny grass is a small clumping grass with soft ivory to white oval flowers.

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