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WHEN TO VISIT US AT BAKER’S ACRES - ALEXANDRIA…

MARCH Friday, March 21st - Opening Day 9 - 5 Monday through Saturday 10 – 4 Sunday

APRIL 9 - 7 Monday through Friday 9 - 6 Saturday and Sunday 10 - 2 Easter Sunday

MAY 9 – 8 Monday through Saturday 9 – 6 Sunday 8 pm – 10 pm Saturday 24th ‘Extravaganza’ See page 4 for details 10 – 4 Memorial Day, Monday 26th

JUNE 9 – 7 Monday through Friday 9 – 5 Saturday and Sunday

JULY 10 – 6 Monday through Friday 10 – 4 Saturday and Sunday Closed July 4th After July 4th: 9 - 4 Monday through Saturday 10 – 4 Saturday and Sunday Hours may vary during this time - Please call ahead.

AUGUST 9 - 4 Monday through Saturday 10 – 4 Saturday and Sunday Hours may vary during this time - Please call ahead.

SEPTEMBER 9 – 5 Monday through Saturday 10 – 4 Sunday 10 - 2 Labor Day, Monday 1st

OCTOBER 9 – 5 Monday through Saturday 10 – 4 Sunday Monday 6th - Close for Season (maybe)

NOVEMBER Working our fingers to the bone producing through MARCH plants for 2015

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Two Internet Plant Forums Dave’s Garden (www.davesgarden.com - $15) and GardenWeb (www.gardenweb. com - free) are two very fine Internet sites with tons of information and scores of forums to connect you with gardeners from all over the world including central Ohio. Highly recommended. IN ONE YEAR AND OUT THE OTHER 2013 was a pretty good year, personally speaking. Hope yours was also. Here’s a few interesting tidbits from the last twelve months. In the obituary column, we are sad to report that Chuck Foley, the inventor of the popular game, Twister, passed away at age 82. It was his dying wish that the handles of his coffin be painted different colors and the pallbearers had to spin to see which handle to grab, resulting in many strange and precarious positions. That crazy Chuck! Have you noticed lately that a lot of women, especially morning TV personalities, have been wearing dresses with large blocks of black and another solid color? Is it just me, or do they look like they just stepped off the bridge of the Starship Enterprise? There’s been a lot of talk this past year about the Canadian Tarzans. Apparently a lot of people are upset about this and I don’t blame them. Everyone knows that all the Tarzans have been American, from Johnny Weismüller to Ron Ely. Okay, maybe there was that Frenchman Christopher Lambert later on, but definitely no Canadians. I tried to talk about the Tarzans with my kids but they just tell me it’s time to get a hearing aid. Kids, what do they know?! And don’t get me started on all the school problems caused by the Gum Lobby. Have you looked under those desks? The recent Winter Olympics were pretty exciting and featured the oldest Gold Medal winner ever in skiing, Bodie Miller, at age thirty-eight. Ooh, thirty-eight, that’s really old. I have socks older than that. Speaking of the Olympics, poor Bob Costas was stricken with a raging case of conjunctivitis. A similar thing once happened to Frank Sinatra. For about a three week period in 1962, he was known as Ol’ Pink Eyes. Justin Bieber (a Canadian, no less) was in the news again for making a fool of himself, as was singer Miley Cyrus. There is much speculation by show biz insiders that they are indeed the same person. They are both about the same size, same age, same nut job personality, have basically the same face, and no one can ever remember seeing them in the same room together. At least that’s what I heard on Abscess Hollywood. In a weird carjacking incident in South Africa, three gun-toting men jumped into a car driven by a young woman who then panicked and drove her car backwards, smashing into a brick wall, which just happened to be filled with bees’ nests. This did not amuse the bees, who then proceeded to fly into the car and attack the bad guys. They were last seen running down the road screaming and waving their arms wildly about their heads. All the bees were given little tiny Certificates of Commendation. This year’s new plants are pretty darn cool, if I do say so myself. Perennials include a true perennial everblooming Digitalis called ‘Polka Dot Princess’. The flowers are sterile which results in a very long blooming season and no pesky seedlings. There are two new Dianthus, the sweet smelling ‘Scent First Sugar Plum’ and ‘Scent First Coral Reef’. Again, all summer bloom. For new annuals we have a couple dwarf kangaroo paws, Anigozanthos ‘JoeJoe Orange’ and ‘JoeJoe Yellow’. There is a wonderfully named Caladium, ‘Frog in a Blender’ and much buzz about the annual foxglove, Digiplexis ‘Illumination Rose’. New veggies feature the grafted tomatoes - heirloom varieties grafted on a very hardy, disease resistant root stock. This winter has been a nasty one for sure but it has to end sometime and spring will arrive sooner or later. We’ll be ready for you when it does, count on that. MISSION STATEMENT It is our greatest desire to provide our customers with top quality, well-grown plant material at a fair and honest price. We will strive to provide an unmatched selection of old favorites and underused, hard-to-find items, along with the newest varieties on the market. We will eagerly share our horticultural knowledge gained from years of education and experience. Lastly, we offer all this in a spirit of fun and lightheartedness. SPANISH MISSION STATEMENT Es nuestro mayor deseo el ofrecerle a nuestros clientes una calidad de primera en nuestras plantas a un precio justo y honesto. Nuestra compania hace todo lo possible para proveer a nuestra clientera con una seleccion incomparable de variedades favoritas y no comunes, junto a nuevas variedades en el mercado. Gratamente compartiremos nuestros conocimientos en horticultura obtenidos por una educacion y experiencia con nuestra clientera. Y finalmente ofresemos todo esto en un espiritu de alegria y felicidad. SUSPICION STATEMENT Apparently, we are constantly being monitored for suspicion of illegal activities by the CIA, NSA, FBI, DHS, FCC, MSNBC, IBM, NFL and quite possibly the ASPCA. Someone is probably watching me write this goofy paragraph as well as watching you read it. To know this at least makes me a little more concerned about personal grooming.

EMISSION STATEMENT Last year’s elections resulted in copious amounts of gaseous emissions but it was nowhere near the output from our big yellow dog. Please, someone help us! SUBMISSION STATEMENT Our radio ads, our email newsletter, this catalog, and even our greenhouse music are all filled with subliminal messages designed to force you to submit to our will. You will buy plants until your car is full. You will tell all your friends about us. You will think we look like movie stars. Just kidding! We really don’t do that……..or do we? APPARITION STATEMENT Apparition is a fancy word for ghost. That reminds me of the couple who had a ‘Sixth Sense’ open marriage. They were both free to see dead people.

INTERMISSION STATEMENT This intermission may be used at any time during the reading of this catalog. Feel free to use the restroom facilities or visit the snack bar for refreshments. When the house lights are dimmed, please return to your seat in a timely manner and resume reading. Thank you, The Management.

TITIAN STATEMENT As any good student of art will tell you, Titian was a famous and influential painter from the Italian Renaissance period known for his brilliant use of color. He was a member of the 16th-century Venetian School, often donating his paintings for the PTO fundraising raffles.

RE-MISSION STATEMENT The act of certain people redefining ‘Mission Statement’ over and over, ad nauseum.

OMISSION STATEMENT Due to space limitations again, this year’s Omission Statement has been omitted. That’s Bouquet By Me!

Yes, this is the name of my Cut Flower Business and YES, I can provide you with stunning, one- of-a-kind bouquets for your wedding, special occasion, or any other of life’s rites of passages! YES, I grow all the flowers myself without the use of chemical fertilizers! YES, I have unique varieties you won’t find at the florist, including native Ohio wildflowers! I grow them, cut them, arrange them and deliver them to you! And YES I have more vases and mason jars than one person should ever have that you can use! Call or Email me, Sarah Baker, for more info and pictures....614-746- 2248 [email protected]

TEE SHIRT TUESDAYS For years, folks have wanted to buy our tee shirts. Well, now you can. And if you wear it on a Tuesday in March, April, and May, you’ll get 10% off your purchase. This cannot be used with other discounts or coupons. As of catalog printing time, we don’t yet have a price, but it will be reasonable and well worth the investment – and it’s good for two years. Why, the prestige alone should make you want to get one.

THE BIRTHDAY CLUB “You say it’s your birthday. Happy Birthday to you!” We are happy to announce the birth of the Birthday Club. To join, just show us your ID and you are I-N. You must be a member of the species Homo sapiens and at least 18 years of age. No human offspring or pets allowed. We’ll give you a free 4” potted annual of your choice and a treat from the ice cream freezer, pop cooler or our secret stash of goodies. Then the whole staff will gather ‘round, singing an awful non-traditional birthday song, all the while ringing bells and blowing those hideous aerosol air horns. Just kidding about the singing and the horns and stuff.

NEW ALBANY FARMERS MARKET Join us at the New Albany Farmers Market on Market Square every Thursday from late June to early September. Great fun and great food! Check our website for exact dates. WHAT IS THIS? What is this thing you’re reading right now? We’ve struggled for years for the right term for our catalog. It’s not actually a catalog, having no prices and no descriptions. It’s too large for a pamphlet. Would that make it a pamph? Is it a brochure...not sure. We could call it a roster but that could foster a sports allusion. If we called it a list we would miss the gist of what it’s all about. Printed matter sounds strange and horticultural compendium is way too stuffy. A booklet implies that it’s almost a book which in turn implies literature, which this certainly is not. I guess we’ll just have to call this ‘The Papery Thing with the Words and Stuff’. That’s got a nice ring to it.

TEAM WORK The way we see it, customers and staff are all on the same team and we both have important jobs. YOUR JOBS • Come here with a smile • Wear proper shoes and appropriate clothing • Ask questions so you can be successful gardeners OUR JOBS • Come here with a smile • Wear proper shoes and appropriate clothing (Baker’s Acres shirts) • Answer questions so you can be successful gardeners Hey, wait a minute. These two lists are almost the same. The big difference is you guys get the best parking spaces.

PRICES There are no prices in this catalog. That’s because we don’t know what they are yet. Too many factors are yet to be determined in our price making process, not the least of which is the price of oil. How does that affect flowers? Most of our pots and flats are made of plastic, which is made from oil. Many of our starter plants are shipped from points across the nation requiring jet fuel, diesel and gasoline, although we make every effort to buy locally or regionally. With the price of oil high and going up and down, it’s just too hard to set a price at printing time (late February/early March). We will make every effort to keep things within reason and you can be assured that our prices will be very fair while our quality will remain high. We certainly are not out to gouge anyone but we do need to make a profit to stay in business. Otherwise we’d have to go out and get real jobs.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Hardy Perennials Page 1 Shrubbery Page 13 Annuals and Tropicals in Pots Page 16 Annuals in Flats Page 33 Vegetables Page 37 Herbs Page 41 The Not Quite All Night Extravaganza Page 4 Feed Me Page 8 More Crucial Must-Read Information Page 44-46 Funniest Joke Page 11 HARDY PERENNIALS ACANTHUS (Bear’s Breech) ❍-◗, M-WD spinosus ❍ This list includes perennials, ferns, ACHILLEA (Yarrow) , WD-D Coronation Gold ornamental grasses, ground covers and Moonshine (Lt. Yellow) alpines. All plants are cold hardy in Zone Saucy Seduction (Rose) 5 except where noted. Even the marginal Strawberry Seduction (Red) plants can be grown successfully with Sunny Seduction (Yellow) the careful selection of just the right site. ACONITUM (Monkshood) ◗, M For example, we had Begonia evansiana arendsii (Deep Blue) (Zone 6) growing next to our north side AGASTACHE (Hummingbird Mint) ❍, M-WD foundation for 10 years. This is known as barberii Tutti Frutti (Rose) Blue Fortune ‘site specific’ hardiness and relies on good Kudos Ambrosia (Orange/Lt. Pink) fortune more than anything else. Navaho Sunset (Bright Orange) The genus name is followed by the Red Fortune (Rosy Red) common name, if any, and the variety AJUGA (Bugle) ◗-● name is followed by the flower color or Black Scallop - More Ajuga in Ground Covers leaf color, if applicable. These plants are ALCEA (Hollyhock) ❍ grown in at least one of the following Black Knight pots unless otherwise noted: Fiesta Time (Double Cerise Pink) Halo Blush 1.01 qt / 957 ml (1 true quart) Halo Cerise 4.0 qt / 3.78 l (1 true gallon) Halo Red & Yellow Queenie Purple This key will help describe the different ALLIUM (Ornamental Onion) ❍-◗, WD categories. Millenium (Rosy Purple) ALCHEMILLA (Lady’s Mantle) ❍-◗, M-WD KEY mollis Thriller (Chartreuse) ❍ = Full Sun Direct sun for at least six ALPINES - Rock garden and trough plants hours a day. grown in 1.05 pt/ 501 ml pots (4” square). All ◗ = Part Shade Direct sun for less than six prefer full sun with excellent drainage unless hours a day. otherwise noted. ● = Shade No direct sun. Achillea ageratifolia WD = Well drained Arenaria verna caespitosa Aurea M = Moist Armeria caespitosa VM = Very Moist Artemisia Tiny Green B = Bog or wet tolerant Campanula bellidifolia D = Drought tolerant Campanula Graham Giant T = Tender Iffy in Zone 5. Usually needs Campanula portenschlagiana Aurea protection or specific site. Campanula p. Resholts P = Prairie plant Chasmatophyllum masculinum W = Woodland plant Corypantha sulcata E = Evergreen Cotula minor N = Native to North America Cymbalaria muralis globosa RE = Rebloomer Delosperma c. Tiffindale Magenta Delosperma Fire Spinner Plants designated 199_ PPY have received Delosperma John Proffit the Perennial Plant Association ‘Plant of Delosperma Kelaidis Delosperma sphalmanthoides the Year Award’ Dianthus Tiny Rubies Draba aizoides Hostas designated 199_AHS have Geranium sanguineum Nanum received the American Hosta Society Globularia cordifolia ‘Hosta of the Year Award’ Globularia tarda Gypsophila aretioides New plants for 2014 in Bold Type. Gypsophila cerastoides Pixie Splash 1 HARDY PERENNIALS I don’t like the idea of killing any of God’s ALPINES – cont. creatures, so when I clean my bathroom Herniaria Seafoam with Lysol, I dilute it. That way, the germs Hieracium tarda don’t die, they just stumble around and Iberis sempervirens pygmaea Leptinella Platt’s Black throw up and stuff. - Chris MacEachen Lewisia l. Little Plum Limonium latifolia nana Always be wary of someone who brings a Lysimachia japonica minutissima ❍-◗ spoon to a knife fight. That means they’re Minuartia stellaria Frank Cabot either crazy or really good at killing Origanum microphyllum people with spoons, both of which you Petrohagia saxifraga usually want to avoid. - John Gephart Ruschia pulvinaris Sagina subulata ❍-◗-● AQUILEGIA (Columbine) ❍-◗, M-WD Satureja spinosa Biedermeier Mix Saxifraga Whitehill Cameo Blue and White Scutellaria diffusa canadensis (Red/Yellow) N-W Sedum Cape Blanco Clementine Rose Sedum cauticola lidakense Star Crimson Sedum dasyphyllum Himalayan Skies Winky Double Red/White Sedum divergens ARABIS (Rock Cress) ❍, WD Sedum hispanica minus Pink Form caucasica Variegated (White) Sedum Jelly Bean Little Treasure (Deep Rose) Sedum John Creech ARALIA (Spikenard) ◗ ●, M-WD Sedum lanceolata N - c. Sun King (White-Gold Foliage) Sedum Voodoo ARISAEMA (Jack-in-the-Pulpit) ◗ ●, M-N-W Sempervivella alba - triphyllum (Green/Purple) Sempervivum pseudo-draba ARMERIA (Thrift, Sea Pink) ❍, WD-E Sempervivum Oddity Nifty Thrifty (Rose Pink-Var. Foliage) Sempervivum Pressiane ARTEMISIA (Wormwood) ❍-◗, WD Sempervivum White Ladies Powis Castle Silene acaulis Silver Mound Silene u. Druett’s Variety Silverado Stomatium mustellinum ARUNCUS (Goatsbeard) ❍-◗, M Thymus Bressingham Pink dioicus (White) Thymus minus ASARUM (Wild Ginger) ●, M-WD-W Thymus Nutmeg canadense (Brown) N Veronica Georgia Blue europaeum (Purple) Veronica New Century splendens (Brown) Veronica oltensis ASCLEPIAS (Butterfly Weed) ❍, WD-P-D-N Veronica prostrata Dick’s Wine incarnata Cinderella (Rose Pink) Veronica Waterperry tuberosa (Orange) AMSONIA (Bluestar) ❍-◗, M-WD-N tuberosa Hello Yellow Blue Ice syriaca (Pink) hubrictii (Light Blue) - 2011 PPY ASTER ❍, WD ANEMONE (Windflower) ❍-◗, M-WD Alert (Rosy Red) h. Party Dress (Semi-Double Rose) divaricatus (White) ◗-●, N-W h. Pretty Lady Julia (Double Pink) Professor Kippenburg (Blue) h. Whirlwind (Double White) Purple Dome sylvestris (White) Wood’s Light Blue ANGELICA (Masterwort) ◗, M-WD Wood’s Pink gigas (Purple) Biennial ASTILBE (False Spirea) ❍-◗-●, M ANTIRRHINUM (Hardy Snapdragon) ❍-◗ Bridal Veil (White) braun-blanquettii (Yellow/White) Hip Hop (Pink) hispanicum ssp. Roseum (Pink) Montgomery (Red) 2 HARDY PERENNIALS CERATOSTIGMA (Leadwort) ❍-◗, M-WD plumbaginoides (Blue) ASTILBE - cont. CHELONE (Turtlehead) ❍-◗, M-B Peach Blossom (Pink) lyoni Hot Lips (Rose) Purple Candles CHRYSANTHEMUM (Hardy Mum)❍-◗, M-WD simplicifolia Sprite (Pink) - 1994 PPY Mammoth Red Visions (Raspberry Red) Mammoth Yellow Quill Younique Carmine Matchsticks (Red/Yellow) Younique Lilac r. Clara Curtis (Pink) Younique Silvery Pink r. Mary Stoker ASTRANTIA (Masterwort) ◗, M-WD CHRYSOGONUM (Golden Star) ❍-◗, M-WD Star of Billions (White) virginicum Allen Bush (Yellow) ANTHEMIS (Marguerite Daisy) ❍, WD CIMICIFUGA (Cohosh) ◗-●, M-WD-W Charme (Gold) Hillside Black Beauty (White) BAPTISIA (False Indigo) ❍-◗, WD-P racemosa Atropurpurea (White) australis (Blue) - 2010 PPY CLAYTONIA (Asian Spring Beauty) ●, M-WD lactea (White) virginica (Light Pink) N-W Solar Flare Prairie Blues (Yellow/Org.) COREOPSIS (Tickseed) ❍, M-WD Twilight Prairie Blues (Purple/Gold) Cosmic Evolution (White/Magenta) BEGONIA (Hardy Begonia) ◗-●, M-WD-T Cosmic Eye (Yellow/Red Eye) evansiana (grandis) (Pink) Crème Brulee (Yellow) sinensis (Light Pink) Galaxy (Double Yellow) BELAMCANDA (Blackberry Lily) ❍, WD Golden Sphere (Double Gold) chinensis (Orange/Maroon) Jethro Tull (Gold) BLETILLA (Hardy Orchid) ◗, M-WD-T Little Sundial (Gold w/eye) striata (Pink) Moonbeam (Lt. Yellow) BRUNNERA (Siberian Bugloss) ●, M-WD Red Satin macrophylla (Blue) Route 66 (Yellow/Red) m. Jack Frost (Blue) - 2012 PPY tripteris (Very Tall Yellow) P-N m. Looking Glass (Blue) CORYDALIS ◗-●, M-WD m. King’s Ransom (Blue) lutea (Yellow) CALLIRHOE (Winecups) ❍-◗, WD-P ochroleuca (White) involucrata (Burgundy) sempervirens (Yellow/Rose) W-N CAMPANULA (Bellflower) ❍-◗, M-WD CROCOSMIA (Montbretia) ❍, WD glomerata Freya (Blue) Emily McKenzie (Gold/Red) g. Genti Twisterbell (Blue/White) Lucifer (Red) Takion Blue DELOSPERMA ❍, WD CENTAUREA (Cornflower) ❍, WD Gold Nuggett Amethyst Dream nubigena Basutoland (Yellow) Amethyst in Snow (Blue/White) Red Mountain Black Sprite (Deep Purple) DELPHINIUM ❍, M-WD CENTRANTHUS (Valerian) ❍-◗, WD Belladonna (Lt. Blue) ruber (Rose) Bellamosum (Dark Blue) CEPHALRIA (Giant Scabious) ❍, M-WD Blue Butterfly gigantea (Yellow) Blue Lace (Mid Blue) CERASTIUM (Snow in Summer) ❍, M-WD Cobalt Dreams (Mid Blue) tomentosum (White) Double Innocence (White) Morning Lights (Mid Blue) I just signed my first big contract with Pink Punch Purple Passion H.B.O. !!! It’s a good deal, $79.00 a month DIANTHUS (Pinks) ❍, WD and I get all the movie channels. - Randy b. Wee Willie (Dwarf Mix) Langione Bath's Pink Everlast Burgundy Blush (Deep Red) Is it a good or bad thing to have a Firewitch (Magenta) - 2006 PPY breakout session during a dermatology Frosty Fire (Red) conference? - Brad Simanek g. Bewitched (Pink) 3 HARDY PERENNIALS THE ‘NOT QUITE ALL NIGHT DIANTHUS - cont. EXTRAVAGANZA’ g. Spotti (Rose Red/White Spots) Heart Attack (Deep Red) This year’s Extravaganza, the 97th annual, Neon Star (Hot Pink) Sarah (Pink/Ruby) will be held on Saturday, May 24th from Scent First Coral Reef (Coral/White) 8 pm until 10 pm, TWO WEEKS LATER Scent First Sugar Plum (Dbl Pink) than in years past. For those of you who Starburst (Rose/White) are unaware of this incredible event, it’s a DICENTRA (Bleeding Heart) ◗, M-WD great big party at night in the greenhouse Burning Hearts (Red/White Edge) and, since it’s at night and kinda dark, cucullaria (Dutchman’s Breeches) (White)-N we string loads of lights everywhere and King of Hearts (Red) hope the fuses don’t blow, which they Luxuriant (Red) spectabilis (Pink) sometimes do. The lovely Alexandria spectabilis alba (White) Ladies will be serving delicious and spectabilis Gold Heart (Pink) nutritious food at absolutely no cost spectabilis Valentine (Red) to you or your loved ones. This year’s DIGITALIS (Foxglove) ❍-◗-●, M-W-D entertainment will probably feature the Candy Mountain (Rose) Biennial musical and vocal stylings of Dave Harris Dalmation Purple Biennial and Jamburger, perhaps the greatest rock Dalmation White Biennial and roll band in the history of music... g. Carillon (Cream Yellow) Perennial mertonensis (Rose) Perennial perhaps not, but they are pretty darn Polkadot Polly (Peach) Perennial good, especially the keyboard player. It Polkadot Princess (Rose) Perennial all depends on whether Dave’s allergies DODECATHEON (Shooting Stars) ◗-● are acting up. If they are, then another Aphrodite (Rose Pink) equally fantastic band will perform. meadia (Pink) M-WD-N-W You’re probably saying to yourself, “That ECHINACEA (Coneflower) ❍-◗, WD-D-P sounds just like every other ‘Not Quite All Big Sky Gemini Pink Night Extravaganza’ with free food and Big Sky Sunrise Burgundy Fireworks Jamburger.” But wait, there’s more! All Cheyenne Spirit (Mix) plants are 10% off the regular price. Holy Chiquita (Yellow) Guacamole! Be sure to mark the date. Coral Reef (Coral Pompon) Dixie Scarlet Does anybody really know if Chicago is Dixie Sun (Yellow) in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Does Doubledecker (Doppelganger) (Rose Pink) anybody really care? - Raygun Ferris Wheel (White Wagon Wheel) Firebird (Pink) Fragrant Angel (Orange) C, E flat, and G walk into a bar. The Green Jewel bartender says, “Sorry, no minors” Hope (Soft Pink) Kim’s Knee High (Pink) Frank Sinatra didn’t want to record the Magnus (Rose Pink) - 1998 PPY song “My Way”, but his record label Meteor Yellow forced him to do it. Now Cheesier (Golden Yellow) pallida (Pink) Men do not quit playing because they paradoxa (Yellow) Pink Poodle (Extra Double Pink) grow old; they grow old because they quit Ruby Giant playing. - Oliver Wendell Holmes Tangerine Dream tennesseensis (Deep Pink) N-W Too bad people can’t always be playing Tomato Soup (Red) music, maybe then there wouldn’t be any more wars. - Margot Benary Isbert 4 HARDY PERENNIALS GENTIANA (Gentian) ❍-◗, WD Blue Cross GERANIUM (Cranesbill) ❍-◗, M-WD EPIMEDIUM (Barrenwort) ◗-●, M-W Frohnleiten (Yellow) c. Biokovo (Pink) Lilafee (Lilac) Dragon Heart (Magenta/Black Eye) Rose Queen maculatum (Pink) N ERYNGIUM (Sea Holly) ❍, WD Rozanne (Violet Blue) - 2008 PPY Blue Hobbit s. New Hampshire Purple s. Striatum (Lancastriense) (Pink) ERYTHRONIUM (Trout Lily) ◗-●, M-N-W americanum (Yellow) Tiny Monster (Purple) EUPATORIUM (Joe Pye, Boneset) ❍, M-WD GEUM (Avens) ❍-◗, M-WD Little Joe (Lavender) Blazing Sunset (Double Red) m. Gateway (Lavender) Cocktail Banana Daquiri (Yellow) Pink Frost (Var. Foliage) Koi (Orange) EUPHORBIA (Spurge) ❍-◗, M-WD Totally Tangerine (Orange/Red) Ascot Rainbow (Variegated Foliage) T GRASS – All grasses are grown in 1.21 gal/ ❍ Bonfire (Yellow – Maroon Foliage) 4.6 l pots and prefer , M-WD unless noted First Blush (Yellow - Var. Foliage) otherwise. Many are not available until May. myrsinites (Yellow) Calamagrostis Overdam Carex Evergold FERNS – All prefer ◗-●, M-WD Cinnamon (Osmunda cinnamomea) Cortaderia s. Pumila T ❍ Crested Male (Dryopteris Crispa Cristata) Festuca Elijah Blue , WD-E Ghost (Athyrium hybrid) Hakenochloa macra All Gold ❍ ◗ Japanese Painted (Ath. n. pictum) 2004 PPY Hakenochloa macra Aureola 2009 PPY - Lady In Red (Athyrium angustum) Imperata cylindrica rubra Ostrich (Matteuccia struthiopteris) Miscanthus s. Gold Bar Regal Red (Athyrium pictum) Miscanthus s. Gracillimus Victoria Lady (Athyrium ff. Victoriae) Miscanthus s. Huron Sunrise FILIPENDULA (Meadowsweet) ❍-◗, M Miscanthus s. Little Zebra rubra venusta (Rose) Miscanthus s. Morning Light FRAGARIA (Orn. Strawberry) ❍, M-WD Miscanthus s. Purpurascens Pink Panda (Pink) Muhlenbergia c. Pink Cloud ❍ ◗ FUCHSIA (Hardy Fuchsia) ❍-◗, M Panicum Heavy Metal - , WD Cape Horn (Magenta/Purple) Pennisetum a. Hameln GAILLARDIA (Blanket Flower) ❍, WD-D Pennisetum o. Karly Rose Arizona Apricot GROUND COVERS – Grown in 4-packs Arizona Red Shades with each cell containing 6.59 fl oz / 195 ml, Arizona Sun (Orange/Yellow) AAS total pack 26.36 fl oz / 780 ml. Some can be Fanfare Blaze (Orange) invasive – use with caution. Lucky Wheeler (Red/Orange Fluted) Ajuga Burgundy Glow ◗-● Mesa Bright Bicolor (Red/Gold) Convallaria majalis (Lily of the Valley) ❍-◗-● Mesa Yellow Coronilla varia (Crown Vetch) ❍ Oranges and Lemons (Yellow/Orange) Cymbalaria muralis (Kenilworth Ivy) ◗-● GAURA (Wand Flower) ❍-◗, WD, T Cymbalaria muralis Alba (White) Gaudi Pink Galium odoratum (Sweet Woodruff) ◗-● Gaudi Red Hedera Thorndale (English Ivy) ◗-● GAZANIA (Hardy Gazania) ❍, WD Lamiastrum galeobdolon (Dead Nettle) ◗-● Colorado Gold (Yellow) Lamiastrum Silver Spangles Lysimachia nummularia Aurea ❍-◗ Mazus reptans ❍-◗ NamaSTAY OFF MY LAWN! - the perfect Pachysandra Green Carpet (Spurge) ◗-● balance of inner peace and middle aged Pachysandra Silver Edge suburban grumpiness. – Duane Binkley Vinca minor (Myrtle) ❍-◗-● GYPSOPHILA (Baby’s Breath) ❍, WD Gravity. It’s not just a good idea. It’s the Bristol Fairy (White) law. compacta Plena (White) Perfecta (White) 5 HARDY PERENNIALS SAGE ADVICE HELENIUM (Sneezeweed) ❍-◗, M-WD Salsa (Red Orange) Shade gardening is like Oreo cookies. Siesta (Gold) Having too much can give you a stomach HELIANTHEMUM (Rock Rose) ❍-◗, WD ache, but having none is cruel and unusual Ben Nevis (Orange/Red) punishment. - Allan Armitage Cerise Queen Wisley Pink Wisley Primrose There really are only two rules to HELIANTHUS (Sunflower) ❍, WD composting: 1.) You pile it up, and 2.) You Happy Days (Yellow) let it rot. - Felder Rushing salicifolia (Late Yellow) HELIOPSIS (Sunflower) ❍-◗-●, M-WD The success of my garden is built on the Ballerina (Yellow) compost of my failures. - Jimmy Turner HELLEBORUS (Lenten Rose) ◗-●, M-WD-E Amethyst Gem (Purple Rose) Jade Tiger (Green/Purple Edges) 2005 PPY It’s OK to move plants. That’s why God Peppermint Ice (Double Pink Picotee) invented shovels. - Tony Avent Sparkling Diamond (Double White) HEMEROCALLIS (Daylilies) ❍-◗ HIBISCUS (Rose Mallow) ❍-◗, M-B Adorable Tiger (Gold/Orange/Red) Kopper King (White/Red Eye – Copper) Baby Moon Cafe(Cream/Purple Eye)RE Midnight Marvel (Deep Rose) Cherokee Star (Red/Gold) Turn of the Century (Pink Bicolor) Erin Lea (Yellow) RE HOSTA (Plantain Lily) ◗-●, M-WD Lyrical Presence (Pink) RE Abiqua Drinking Gourd Midnight Raider (Purple/Yellow) RE Alligator Alley South Seas (Coral) RE Appletini- Miniature Spellbinder (Gold) August Moon Stella D’Oro (Gold) RE Captain Kirk HESPERIS (Dame’s Rocket) ◗-●, M-WD-N-W Carolina Sunshine matronalis (Lilac, White) Climax HEUCHERA (Coral Bells) ❍-◗, M-WD Cool As A Cucumber Berry Smoothie (Rose) Corkscrew- Miniature Blackberry Crisp (Dark Purple) Curly Fries - Miniature Citronelle (White – Chartreuse) Dancing Queen Delta Dawn (Orange/Gold Edge) Denim Jacket - Miniature Fire Chief (Rose Red) Diamond Necklace - Miniature Firefly (Red) Emerald Ruff Cut - Miniature Little Cutie Blondie (Cream-Caramel) Fall Dazzler - Miniature Little Cutie Coco (White-Black) Gemstone - Miniature Little Cutie Frost (Pink-Silver) Hideout - Miniature Little Cutie Sugar Berry (Pink-Violet) Hollywood Lights Little Cutie Sweet Tart (Pink-Lime) Humpback Whale Midnight Rose (Black - Pink Spotted) Island Breeze Miracle (Brick Red) Itty Gold - Miniature Obsidian (White – Deep Burgundy) Ivory Coast Peppermint (Pink – Mint Green) Jaws - Miniature Plum Pudding (Purple) June Spirit Rave On (Rose - Silver) Justine - Miniature Southern Comfort (White - Copper) Kaleidochrome - Miniature HEUCHERELLA (Foamy Bells) ❍-◗, WD Komodo Dragon Buttered Rum (White - Caramel) Little Starlet - Miniature Dayglow Pink Mayflower Moon Redstone Falls (White-Copper Red) Mike Shadrak Solar Power (White – Yellow/Red Spot) Night Before Christmas Sweet Tea (White - Orange) Paradise Island 6 HARDY PERENNIALS KNAUTIA ❍-◗, WD Mars Midget (Ruby Red) HOSTA - cont. Thunder and Lightning (Burg. - Var.) Parhelion KNIPHOFIA (Red Hot Poker) ❍, WD Pocket Full of Sunshine Flamenco Mix (Red/Orange/Yellow) Rare Breed Lemon Popsicle Regal Tot - Miniature Orange Vanilla Popsicle (Org/Wht) Royal Wedding LAMIUM (Dead Nettle) ◗-●, M-WD Ruffled Mouse Ears - Miniature Beedham's White (White – Gold) Tomahawk - Miniature Gold Nuggett (Pink - Gold) Totally Awe Sum Purple Dragon Twist of Lime - Miniature White Nancy White Wedding - Miniature LATHYRUS (Hardy Sweet Pea) ❍, WD Wishing Well Red Pearl LAVANDULA (Lavender) ❍, WD!!! HYPERICUM (St. John’s Wort) ❍-◗, WD-D calycinum (Yellow) Hidcote (Deep Violet Blue) Phenomenal (Blue) IBERIS (Candytuft) ❍-◗, WD-E Purity (White) Provence (Lavender) LEUCANTHEMUM (Shasta) ❍ ◗, M-WD IPOMOPSIS (Scarlet Gilia) ❍-◗, WD-N - aggregata (Red) s. Becky (White) 2003 PPY s. Phyllis Smith (White Double) IRIS (Bearded and Others) ❍-◗, WD g. Breakers (Mid Blue) s. Real Glory (White/Yellow Center) g. Picasso Moon (Yellow) s. Real Neat (White Fluted) pallida Albovariegata (Blue) s. Snow Cap (Dwarf White) siberica Butter and Sugar (Yellow/White) s. Sonnenschein (Yellow) s. Caesar’s Brother (Purple) LIATRIS (Gayfeather) ❍-◗, WD-P-N s. Pink Haze (Lavender) Kobold (Purple) LIGULARIA (Ragwort) ◗ ●, M-B KIRENGESHOMA (Waxbells) ◗-●, M - palmata (Yellow) Britt Marie Crawford (Yellow - Black) The Rocket (Yellow) MY WIFE LILIUM (Lily) ❍-◗, M-WD-N-W Anika (DoubleWhite/Green) Belonica (Double Pink) My wife found my Bucket List. I can tell Cancun (Magenta/Yellow) because “Swim With Dolphins” has been Elena (Double Rose) crossed out and replaced with “Finish Elodie (Double Pink) Laundry Room.” - Brad Osberg Fata Morgana (Double Yellow) Star Fighter (Red) My wife says I’m unsophisticated and Tango Black Spider (White/Burgundy) uncultured, so to prove her wrong, guess Tiger Citronelle (Yellow Spotted) Tiger Splendens (Orange) where I’m taking her? Hint: It starts with Tiny Dancers (Rose/Lt Pink) “B” and rhymes with “wallet.” - Brad Tiny Double You (Double Orange) Hamer Tiny Glow (Dwarf Purple Red) Tiny Hope (Dwarf Red) I don’t understand it. Despite the child- Tiny Orange Sensation (Orange) proof cap on all our meds, my wife still Tiny Toons (Pink) got pregnant!! - Mike Ranston LINUM (Flax) ❍, WD n. Heavenly Blue My wife always wants to go camping, but Saphyr (Blue) LIRIOPE (Lily Turf) ❍ ◗, M-WD-E I think it’s disrespectful to our ancient - Big Blue ancestors to go back into the wilderness LOBELIA ◗, M-VM after they put so many centuries into c. Queen Victoria (Red) developing safe housing and processed syphilitica (Blue) foods. - Paul B. LYCHNIS (Campion) ❍-◗, WD coronaria (Deep Magenta Red) 7 HARDY PERENNIALS ‘FEED ME, SEYMOUR’ LYTHRUM (Purple Loosestrife) Non-Invasive Dropmore Purple ❍-◗, M In April, May and June we get really Morden's Pink hungry and none of us have time to bake MALVA (Mallow) ❍ zebrina (Medium Purple) so we’re willing to trade food for flowers. MERTENSIA (Virginia Bluebells) Oddly enough, we call this the ‘Food For virginica (Blue) ◗-●, M-WD-N-W Flowers’ program. We will gladly issue MONARDA (Bee Balm) ❍-◗, M-WD you $10 in Baker Bucks for one of the Coral Reef (Coral Pink) following: a cake, a pie, 3 dozen cookies, Fireball (Red) or a coffee cake. Additionally, food that is Grand Marshall (Fuchsia) actually healthful and non-fattening will Grand Mum (Pink) be accepted if it doesn’t require heat or Jacob Kline (Red) Purple Rooster cold to keep it that way. Finger food would MUSA (Hardy Banana – Really) ❍-◗, M-WD-T be helpful. All items must be homemade basjoo (Hardy to at least zero degrees) and you must call for a sign-up date. MYOSOTIS (Forget-Me-Not) ◗-●, M-WD Please limit your offerings to no more than Victoria Blue twice per month to be fair to all. Also, Victoria Pink if possible, we would love to have the NEPETA (Catmint) ❍-◗, M-WD recipe. We can’t tell you how much joy Little Titch (Blue – Gray Foliage) this brings us even though we have to go Walker’s Low (Dwarf Blue) - 2007 PPY through withdrawal in July. OENOTHERA (Evening Primrose) ❍-◗, WD Glowing Magenta missouriensis (Yellow) N I’m not a coffee guy, so I’m never sure Siskyou (Pink) what to order at Starbucks. Today I got the OPHIOPOGON (Black Mondo Grass)❍-◗, WD Vanilla Blonde Roast, because I really like p. Nigrescens (White) all three of those separately. - Reid Kerr OPUNTIA (Prickly Pear) ❍-◗, WD-D-E humifusa (Yellow) Chinese Food: $16.72 Gas to Get to humifusa Spineless (Yellow) Restaurant: $1.94 Getting Home and ORIGANUM (Oregano) ❍-◗, WD Bristol Cross (Magenta/Pink) Realizing They Forgot One of Your Food Hopley's Purple Containers...... Riceless libanoticum (Pink) OSTEOSPERMUM (Sun Daisy) ❍, WD-D I won’t be truly impressed with technology Lavender Mist until I can download a piece of chocolate OXALIS (Wood Sorrel) ❍-◗, WD cheesecake. crassipes Rosea (Rose) PACHYSANDRA (Allegheny Spurge) ◗-● procumbens M-WD-W-N If you have a burning desire to write or PAEONIA (Peony) ❍-◗, M-WD paint, simply eat something sweet and the Avalon (Pink/Raspberry) feeling will pass. - Fran Lebowitz Ave Maria (Cream/Red Highlights) Buckeye Belle (Dark Maroon) The meal is not over when I’m full, the Charm (Single Red) meal is over when I hate myself. - Louis CK Cincinnati (Deep Pink Double) Coral Charm (Coral Semidouble) My doctor told me I had to stop throwing Double White Itoh Bartzella (Yellow) initmate dinners for four unless there are Itoh Canary Brilliants (Cream/Apricot) three other people. - Orson Welles Itoh Cora Louise (White/Red) Magenta Moon (Double Magenta) Once, during Prohibition, I was forced Margaret Clark (Double Fuchsia) to live for days on nothing but food and Miss America (Double White) water. - W.C. Fields 8 HARDY PERENNIALS DOGS PAEONIA - cont. Mr. Ed (Cream/Pink/Rose Bomb) We’ve got two and when Pink Firefly (White/Dark Pink) they’re not out finding Raspberry Sundae (Pale Pink) s. Hanakisoi (Pink Tree Peony) something that stinks, s. Hoki (Red) they love to hang at the PAPAVER (Poppy) ❍-◗, WD greenhouse. Allie is the Brilliant (Red) crazy little black dog who Little Patty’s Plum used to love greeting everyone. Now Picotee (Orange/White) she’s ancient - going on 15 - and she’s Pink Ruffles very creaky, sleeps a lot, and refuses to Royal Wedding (White) eat the dry crap. She still loves to get in PARDANCANDA (Candylily) ❍-◗, M-WD Dazzler (Mix) the car and ride to the greenhouse where PENSTEMON (Beardtongue) ❍, WD she spends most of her time napping in Dark Towers (Lt. Pink – Dark Foliage) the office. She had to have her spleen Delft Blue Riding Hood removed last fall and we Hot Pink Riding Hood thought we would lose her, Husker Red (White-Red Foliage) 1996 PPY but she recovered nicely. Pike’s Peak (Purple) And then there’s the golden Prairie Dusk (Purple) retriever/hound dog mix by Pretty Petticoats (Deep Purple/White) Red Riding Hood the name of Daisy. She’s 11. She doesn’t Red Rocks (Rose) see very well so she barks at moving Ruby Candles (Red) shapes, but once she realizes you’re not PEROVSKIA (Russian Sage) ❍, WD here to do great harm, she’s just fine. atriplicifolia (Blue) 1995 PPY She is very gentle but somewhat leery of Filigran (Blue) strange men. Then again, who isn’t. Little Spire (Blue) PERSICARIA (Fleeceflower) ❍ ◗, M-WD - “I heard somebody define heaven once,” a. Golden Arrow polymorpha (White) she said, looking at Pearl, “as a place v. Painter’s Palette (Pink) where, when you get there, all the dogs PHLOX ❍-◗-●, M-WD you ever loved run to greet you. ” - Robert divaricata (Blue) N Parker p. Blue Paradise p. David (White) 2002 PPY The difference between a cat and a dog: p. Glamour Girl (Hot Pink) One acts like he can’t possibly live without p. Laura (Purple/White Eye) you; the other acts like he would be p. Pixie Miracle Grace (Purple/White) p. Pixie Twinkle (Pink/Dark Pink) willing to give it a shot. - Brad Osberg p. Red Riding Hood (Rose Red) stolonifera Blue Ridge ◗, M-WD - 1990 PPY They actually have dog psychologists now. s. Home Fires (Pink Ridge) I would try it, but I think if your problems subulata Candy Stripe (White/Pink) are serious enough, you’d be better s. Coral Eye off spending the extra cash to talk to a s. Emerald Blue human. - Anthony Myers s. Millstream Daphne (Pink) s. Red Wings (Rose Red) I feel sorry for people who don’t have PHYGELIUS (Cape Fuchsia) ❍-◗, M-WD African Queen (Scarlet) dogs. I hear they have to pick up their own PHYSOSTEGIA (Obedient Plant) ❍-◗, M-WD food if they drop it on the floor. virginica Miss Manners (White) v. Vivid (Pink) Dogs never bite me. Just humans. - Marilyn Monroe 9 HARDY PERENNIALS PULMONARIA (Lungwort) ◗-●, M-WD Dark Vader (Blue/Rose) Raspberry Splash (Pink) PLATYCODON (Balloon Flower) ❍-◗, M-WD Astra Pink PULSATILLA (Pasque Flower) ❍-◗, WD Fuji Blue v. Papageno Mix Sentimental Blue RATIBIDA (Mexican Hat) ❍, WD-P PODOPHYLUM (May Apple) ◗-●, M-WD-W-N columnifera Red peltatum (White) RHEUM (Rhubarb) ❍-◗, M-WD POLEMONIUM (Jacob’s Ladder) ◗, M-WD Canada Red caeruleum (Blue) N RODGERSIA (Rodger’s Flower) ◗, M Stairway to Heaven (Lt Blue-Var. Foliage) Firework (Pink) POLYGONATUM (Solomon’s Seal) ●, M-W pinnata Elegans (Pink) humile (White) N RUDBECKIA (Black Eyed Susan) ❍-◗ multiflorum Variegatum (White) Goldsturm (Yellow) 1999 PPY Henry Eilers (Yellow) KIDS Herbstsonne (Yellow) Little Goldstar Little Suzy (Dwarf Yellow) Lies I’ve Told My 3-Year-Old Child maxima (Tall Yellow) N-P Recently RUELLIA (Wild Petunia) ❍, M-WD-W-N humilis (Lavender) Trees talk to each other at night. RUMEX (Bloody Dock) ❍, M-WD All fish are named either Lorna or Jack. sanguineus ssp. sanguineus (Red Purple) Before your eyeballs fall out from SALVIA (Meadow Sage) ❍, M-WD watching too much TV, they get very loose. argentea (Silver foliage) Caradonna (Purple Blue) Tiny bears live in drain pipes. greggii Ultra Violet If you are very very quiet you can hear the May Night (Blue) - 1997 PPY clouds rub against the sky. pitcheri (azurea) (Late Blue) The moon and the sun had a fight a long Snow Hill (White) time ago. SANGUINARIA (Bloodroot) ◗-●, M-WD-W-N Everyone knows at least one secret canadensis (White) language. SAPONARIA (Soapwort) ❍, WD When nobody is looking, I can fly. ocymoides (Pink) SEDUM (Stonecrop) ❍-◗, WD We are all held together by invisible album Murale (Light Pink) threads. Angelina (Yellow – Gold Foliage) Books get lonely too. Autumn Charm (Rose-Var. Foliage) Sadness can be eaten. Autumn Fire (Bronze Rose) I will always be there. Autumn Joy (Deep Rose) - Raul Gutierrez Dragon’s Blood (Rosy Red) Fuldaglut (Pink) I was 3 years old when my mom was Lemon Ball (Yellow-Yellow Foliage) Neon (Magenta) diagnosed with my sister. – Glen Brewer platycladus (Pale Yellow) sieboldii Mediovariegatum (Pink) Playing tricks on little children who don’t spurium Tricolor (Rose) know any better is one of the lowest forms Sunsparkler Blue Pearl(Pink-Blue Fol.) of humor, so it’s a good place to start if Sunsparkler Cherry Tart (Pink - Ch.Red Fol.) you’re rusty and need practice. - Mike Sunsparkler Dazzleberry (Rasp.-Blue Fol.) Cunningham Sunsparkler Lime Zinger (Pink-Green Fol.) tet. Coral Reef (Pink-Green Foliage) Thundercloud (White) When I’m at Wal-Mart and see all those SEMPERVIVUM (Hens And Chicks) ❍, WD-E products that are allegedly made by Allison children, I get depressed. My kids can’t atroviolaceum even make their own beds. - Brad Osberg Black Prince 10 HARDY PERENNIALS GIFT CERTIFICATES SEMPERVIVUM - cont. Blue Boy Available year ‘round – just call us. Boule de Neige Easy to give and always appreciated. Candy Floss Cobweb • More personal than cash Crimson Velvet • More tasteful than glow-in-the-dark Edge of Night underwear Georgette • More practical than clothes for your cat Grammens Grenada SEMPERVIVUM - cont. Grey Dawn Unicorn Lilac Time Virgil Limelight Webby Flame Maria Laach Zepherin Pacific Green Rose SILENE (Campion) ❍, WD-P-N Pacific Hazy Embers virginica (Fire Pink) (Red) Raspberry Ice SILPHIUM (Compass Plant) ❍, WD-P-N Red Beauty laciniatum (Yellow) Rosie perfoliatum (Yellow) Rotmantel SISYRINCHIUM (Blue Eyed Grass) ❍, M-WD Rubikon Lucerne (Blue) Sassy Frass SMILACENA (False Solomon’s Seal) ◗-● Silver Cup racemosa (White) M-W-N Silver Thaw SOLIDAGO (Goldenrod) ❍-◗, WD-P-N Strawberry Velvet Fireworks (Yellow) Stuffed Olive Little Lemon (Yellow) tectorum SPIGELIA (Indian Pink) ◗, M, W-N, T marilandica (Red/Green) I WONDER SPIRANTHES (Lady’s Tresses) ◗, M-N odorata (White) I wonder if hedgehogs ever share the STACHYS (Betony, Lamb’s Ear) ❍, WD hedge. l. Helene von Stein (Purple) monieri Hummelo (Lavender Rose) STOKESIA (Stoke’s Aster) ❍, WD I wonder if ballerinas were taller, would Honeysong Purple they still stand on their toes? – Scott Schell Peachie’s Pick (Blue) STYLOPHORUM (Wood Poppy) ●, M-W-N I wonder why no one has ever chosen the diphyllum (Yellow) name ‘Pit Stop’ for a brand of deodorant. TANACETUM (Tansy) ❍-◗, WD v. Isla Gold (Golden Foliage) I wonder if the Ohio State School of THALICTRUM (Meadow Rue) ◗, M Cosmetology has a curling team. aquilegiifolium (Lilac) TIARELLA (Mist Flower) ◗-●, M-W Pink Skyrocket I wonder if Oprah Winfrey ever Spring Symphony (Pale Pink) considered marrying Deepak Chopra. TRADESCANTIA (Spiderwort) ❍-◗, M-B Would she keep her name or go with Concord Grape (Purple) Oprah Chopra? Sweet Kate (Purple/Gold Foliage) TRICYRTIS (Toad Lily) ◗-●, M I wonder, if there is an Arizona Tech, do Blue Wonder (Spotted Deep Blue) they call their sports teams the Aztecs? Golden Festival (Yellow/Bronze Spots) Moonlight (Yellow ) ◗ ● I wonder why a group of squids isn’t called TRILLIUM - , M-WD-N-W erectum (Dark Red) a squad. grandiflorum (White) 11 HARDY PERENNIALS COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD TRILLIUM - cont. luteum (Yellow) •HEALTH ALERT TROLLIUS (Globeflower) ❍-◗, M The Licking County Department of Health New Moon (Light Yellow) Orange Crest has issued a warning not to purchase UVULARIA (Merry Bells) ◗-●, M-N-W the Suture Self Home Surgery Kit. grandiflora (Yellow) Complications have been reported. VERBASCUM ❍-◗, WD Summer Sorbet (Magenta) • NATIONAL SHOE MONTH VERONICA (Speedwell) ❍-◗, WD The Alexandria Museum is celebrating Bicolor Explosion (Blue/Pink) National Shoe Month with a display of Blue Bomb Wade Terwilliger’s great grandfather First Love (Pink) Giles van Hees (Pink) Wilfred’s orphaned shoe collection. Red Fox (Rose Red) Wilfred always had a keen eye and never Royal Candles (Violet Blue) missed picking up a stray shoe found lying VIOLA (Violet) ◗-●, WD in the street. In his later years, he became Black Magic so obsessed that he would sneak onto dissecta chaerophylloides (White) Mort Wupperman’s porch and abscond koreana Syletta (Light Purple) with one of Mort’s work boots. As soon labradorica (Purple) as Mort would replace the missing boot, Rebecca (White/Purple) ZAUSCHNERIA (California Fuchsia) ❍ Wilfred would stike again. Try as he garrettii Orange Carpet WD-D might, Mort could never catch him and finally decided just to wear the boots PROVERBIALLY SPEAKING in the house. Thelma would yell at him like crazy, but it saved a lot in new boot For each mouth, a different soup. - costs, so it was worth it. Mort would just Portuguese Proverb turn off his hearing aid. It’s interesting to speculate how Wilfred would react to all Those who wish to sing... always find a the sneakers hanging over the telephone song. - Swedish Proverb wires these days.

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. – Chinese Proverb

If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you are dry. – African Proverb

Change takes but an instant. It’s the resistance to change that can take a lifetime. - Hebrew Proverb

Every time one laughs a nail is removed from one’s coffin. - Honduran Proverb

We’re fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. - Japanese Proverb

12 SHRUBS,VINES AND TREES ACER (Maple) ❍-◗, M-WD p. Beni Schichihenge ST Shrubbery is a funny sounding word. p. Fireglow ST p. d. Inaba Shidare It rhymes with rubbery and blubbery p. d. Tamukeyama ◗-●, ST but little else, making it a poor topic p. d. Viridis ST for poetry and songwriting. Foliage on AESCULUS (Buckeye, Horsechestnut) ❍-◗-● shrubbery can be rubbery. It can also be glabra (Ohio Buckeye) LT papery, leathery, satiny, prickly and scaly. AMELANCHIER (Serviceberry) ST, ❍-◗, M-N Seldom do you see anyone get blubbery Autumn Brilliance (White) over shrubbery except when some errant AZALEA (Rhododendron actually) S, ◗-●, Acid driver misses a curve and takes out Gibraltar (Orange) Girard Crimson (Rosy Red) their favorite magnolia. The point of all Girard Fuchsia this foolishness is our great selection of Girard Renee Michelle (Pink) shrubbery, which comes in all shapes, Klondyke (Orange) sizes, colors and, textures. We’ve scoured BERBERIS (Barberry) S, ❍, WD the nation to bring you beautiful blooming Bonanza Gold (Yellow Fol.) woody plants for all seasons, usual and Helmond Pillar (Burgundy Fol.) unusual foliage accents, and even those Orange Rocket (Rust Orange Foliage) ❍ ◗ cute little miniatures for rock gardens and BLACKBERRY (Rubus) - , WD Chester (Thornless) garden railways. BLUEBERRY (Vaccinium) ❍, WD Acid While we are proud to grow most Blue Crop of our herbaceous material here at Jersey Baker’s Acres, we grow very few of the Pink Lemonade woody plants that we sell. We rely on BUDDLEIA (Butterfly Bush) SS, ❍-◗, WD the many excellent nurseries around the Bicolor (Butterscotch/Raspberry) country. Please call ahead when seeking Black Knight (Dark Purple) a specific or unusual variety to make sure Buzz Magenta Buzz Sky Blue of availability. Often we are able to find Buzz Velvet the plants you are looking for. We offer a Flutterby Grande Peach Cobbler delivery service for a nominal fee. Please Nanho Blue ask for details. Also, if you need a large Pink Delight amount of landscape plants, we will be Royal Red glad to give you a special price quote. BUXUS (Boxwood) S, ❍-◗, WD-E Green Gem KEY Green Mountain ❍ = Full Sun Direct sun for at least 6 hrs/day Green Velvet ◗ = Part Shade Direct sun less than 6 hrs/day CARYOPTERIS (Blue Mist Spirea) SS, ❍, WD ● = Shade No direct sun. Dark Knight (Dark Blue) WD = Well drained CELASTRUS (Bittersweet) V, ❍-◗, N M = Moist scandens (Orange Berries) FT = Fruit Tree CEPHALOTAXUS (Plum Yew)S, ❍-●, WD-E SF = Small Fruit h. Fastigiata (Gold to Green) S = Shrub CERCIS (Redbud) ST, ❍-◗-●, WD-N SS = Sub Shrub Dies back - regrows annually c. Forest Pansy (Pink - Dark Foliage) ST = Small Tree CHAENOMELES (Quince) S, ❍-◗, WD LT = Large Tree Double Take Orange Storm V = Vine Double Take Pink Storm E = Evergreen CHAMAECYPARIS (False Cypress) S N = Native n. Pendula o. Verdoni Pot sizes vary and will be marked accordingly p. Gold Mop CHIONANTHUS (Fringe Tree) ST, ❍-◗, WD BOLD = New varieties for 2014 virginicus (White) N 13 SHRUBS,VINES AND TREES This sentence contains exactly threee CLEMATIS V, ❍-◗, M-WD erors. Comtesse de Bouchaud (Pink) Elsa Spaeth (Lavender Blue) GRAPE (Vitis actually) V, ❍-◗, WD Ernest Markham (Red) Concord (Purple) Gillian Blades (White) Himrod (White) Jackmanii (Purple) HIBISCUS (Rose of Sharon) S, ❍, WD My Angel (Yellow/Purple)Small Flower s. Fiji (Lt. Pink) Niobe (Red) HYDRANGEA S, ❍-◗, M-WD paniculata (Sweet Autumn-White) arborescens Annabelle (White) Pink Champagne (Pink) m. Blue Cassell (Dark Blue) RE Polish Spirit (Purple/Blue) m. Endless Summer (Pink/Blue) RE Red Cardinal (Red) m. Glowing Embers (Pink) Sprinkles (Magenta Striped) p. Fire and Ice (Cream to Burgundy) Tie Dye (Blue/White Streaked) p. Pinky Winky (White/Pink) Tracy Lee (White/Pink Tinge) p. Vanilla Strawberry (White to Red) CLETHRA (Sweet Pepper Bush) S, ❍-◗, M-WD q. Sikes Dwarf (White) a. Hummingbird (White) q. Snow Queen (White) a. Ruby Spice (Pink) ILEX (Holly) S, ❍-◗, M-WD-E Acid CORNUS (Dogwood) ◗-●, WD crenata Sky Pencil a. W. Stackman (White - Var. Foliage) m. Blue Prince/Princess Combo f. Cherokee Brave (Dark Rose) ST-N JUNIPERUS (Juniper) S, ❍, WD, E f. Rubra (Pink) h. Mother Lode k. Chinensis (White) KALMIA (Mountain Laurel) S, ◗-●, WD-N COTINUS (Smoke Tree) S-ST, ❍-◗, WD Minuet (Pink Dwarf) c. Golden Spirit (Yellow-Golden Fol.) LARIX (Weeping Larch) LT, ❍-◗, M c. Royal Purple (Purple-Purple Foliage) decidua Pendula (Deciduous) EUONYMOUS (Burning Bush) S, ❍-◗, WD-E LEUCOTHOE (Fetterbush) S, ◗-●, M-WD f. Emerald Gaiety (Variegated) f. Rainbow (White-Variegated) f. Moonshadow (Variegated) LYCIUM (Gogi Berry) S, ❍-◗, M-WD FAGUS (Beech) LT, ❍-◗, M-WD Big Lifeberry (Red Fruit) s. Tricolor MAGNOLIA ST, ❍-◗, M-WD FALLOPIA (Silver Lace Vine) V, ❍-◗, WD g. Bracken’s Brown Beauty aubertii (White) virgniana (White) N FORSYTHIA S, ❍-◗, WD MALUS (Crab Apple) ST, ❍, WD Golden Peep (Yellow) Lollipop (White) FOTHERGILLA S, ❍-◗, M-WD PHILADELPHUS ( Mock Orange) S, ❍-◗, WD g. Blue Shadow (White) Snow Dwarf (White) PHYSOCARPUS (Ninebark) S, ❍, WD I WONDER Little Devil (White) PICEA (Spruce) S, LT ❍-◗, WD, E I wonder if stantial is significantly better abies nidiformis (Bird’s Nest) than substantial, which is pretty darn good a. Pendula (Weeping Norway) in and of itself. p. Glauca Globosa (Dwarf) PIERIS (Lily of the Valley Bush) S, ◗-●, WD-E I wonder if it’s rude to throw breath mints j. Mountain Fire (White) RASPBERRY (Rubus) S, ❍ in someone’s mouth while they’re talking. Chester Thornless Heritage (Everbearing Red) I wonder if zombies have their own Willamette (June Bearing Red) version of NPR. And if they do, do they RHODODENDRON S, ◗-●, E Acid have Dismembership Drives to raise funds c. Lee’s Dark Purple to support programming? I’ll take my c. Nova Zembla (Red) answer off the air. – Duane Binkley English Roseum (Pink) Percy Wiseman (Peach/Pink)

14 SHRUBS,VINES AND TREES SYRINGA (Lilac) S, ❍-◗, M-WD m. Pallibin (Lilac) ROCK GARDEN COLLECTION ❍-◗ p. Miss Kim (Lilac) These plants stay short or can be kept short vulgaris (Old-fashioned Lilac) for rock & fairy gardens, and garden railways. THUJA (Arborvitae) S,❍-●, WD, E Berberis t. Bagatelle k. Glauca Prostrata Berberis t. Helmond Pillar o. Janed Gold Buxus Green Velvet o. Mr. Bowling Ball Buxus s. Variegata p. Forever Goldy Buxus Mont Bruno p. Spring Grove Chamaecyparis o. Butter Ball TSUGA (Hemlock) ST, ❍-●, M-WD-N-E Chamaecyparis o. Fernspray Gold canadensis Chamaecyparis o. Golden Sprite VIBURNUM S, ◗-●, M-WD Chamaecyparis o. Just Dandy carlesii Cayuga (Fragrant White) Chamaecyparis p. Golden Mop juddii (Fragrant White) Chamaecyparis p. White Pygmy WEIGELA S, ❍, WD Chamaecyparis t. Top Point First Edition Rainbow Sensation (Pink) Cotoneaster a. Tom Thumb Lemon Ice (Yellow) Ilex c. Sky Pencil My Monet (Pink - Variegated Foliage) Juniperus c. Green Carpet WISTERIA V, ◗-●, WD Juniperus h. Mother Lode macrostachya Aunt Dee (Blue) Juniperus p. Golden Joy Picea a. Jessy COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD Picea g. Elf Picea g. Jean’s Dilly • ALEXANDRIA MALL NEWS Picea g. Pixie Dust Lance Boyle, Assistant Manager of The Pinus m. Mops Alexandria Mall out on the highway, is Pinus m. Slowmound pleased to announce the addition of these Spirea Gold ‘n’ Rubies fine new stores. Thuja o. Zmatlik Thuja p. Whipcord Tsuga c. Jervis • A Fridge Too Far Used Appliances ROSA (Rose) S, ❍-◗, M-WD Coral Drift • Cane You Dig It? Candy Cane Outlet Home Run Pink Home Run Red • That’s A-Door-A-Bell Doorbells Knockout Double (Red) Knockout Double Pink • Nog, Nog Who’s There Egg Nog Shop Knockout Rainbow Knockout Sunny (Yellow) OSO Easy Paprika (Orange) • Nothin’ But Notaries OSO Easy Strawberry Crush (Pink) Peach Drift • GET OUT THE VOTE Pink Drift Betty Sue Sperber needs your vote. The Red Drift owner and head beautician down at Turn Sweet Drift (Double Pink) Your Head and Coif is in the running SALIX (Willow) S or T, ❍-◗, M for a new show called ‘A Star is Shorn’. integra Flamingo (Dappled Willow) i. Hakuru Nishiki (Var. Jap. Willow) Contestants consist of beauticians who SAMBUCUS (Elderberry) S, ❍-◗, M-WD give new hairdos to the losers of ‘Dancing nigra Black Lace (Pink) With The Stars’. The show promises to be SCHIZOPHRAGMA (Hydrangea Vine) V, ◗-● very exciting and move at a fast clip. It hydrangeoides Roseum (Pink) will air Sunday nights at 8 pm on Ch 78/ SPIREA S, ❍, M-WD WALE and be repeated several times each j. Magic Carpet (Pink) weekday. Check your listings. To vote for SYMPHORICARPOS (Snowberry)S,❍-◗, N Betty Sue, go to www.starshorn.com/vote. First Editions Candy (Pink) 15 ANNUALS AND TROPICALS My biggest fear is that I will die while This list includes potted annuals, tropical recounting my biggest fears. I live in patio plants, houseplants, conservatory constant fear. specimens, combination components, and hanging baskets in various sized ALOCASIA (Elephant Ear) TF amazonica Polly containers. Many of these plants are Baby Ray actually perennial in the tropics but few Calidora will take any frost. The genus name is lutea followed by the common name, if any, and Malaysian Monster the variety name is followed by the flower Mayan Mask color or leaf color, if applicable. Pot sizes Morocco are as follows: Sarian 8.86 fl oz / 262 ml Sting Ray Yucatan Princess 10 fl oz / 295 ml Zulu Mask 1.42 pt / 675.9 ml ALONSOA (Mask Flower) 1.56 qt / 1.47 l Maritana Pink (Variegated Foliage) 1.75 qt / 1.66 l ALSTROEMERIA (Peruvian Lily) 3.69 qt / 3.49 l Inca Husky (Peach) 3.93 qt / 3.71 l Inca Lake (Purple) 1.67 gal / 6.32 l Inca Lolly (Rosy Red) ALTERNANTHERA (Joseph’s Coat) CP This key will help describe the categories. bettzickiana (SalmonPink/Yellow) KEY Brazilian Red Hots BU=Tender Bulbs –Don’t forget to dig ’em up Chinese Afro CP=Combination Plant - Plays well with others Gold HB=Hanging Basket – Let it all hang out Little Ruby IB=Indoor Blooming - Windowsill wonders Mai Tai (Green/Yellow/Rose) SU=Succulent – Desert denizens Party Time (Green/Magenta) TF=Tropical Foliage – The Jungle Look Purple Threadleaf TB=Tropical Blooming – Wallflowers…..not! Yellow Threadleaf TV=Tropical Vine – Colorful climbers AMARANTHUS (Amaranth) Unmarked = flowering annuals in pots. Aurora (Yellow) Love Lies Bleeding AMICIA (Gotta Pea) Bold Type = New for 2014 zygomeris (Yellow) ANAGALLIS (Pimpernel) ABUTILON (Flowering Maple) Angie Blue Kirsten’s Pink Angie Orange Lucky Lantern Red ANANAS (Pineapple) TF Lucky Lantern Tangerine comosus Golden savitzii (Apricot – Variegated) ANGELONIA (Summer Snapdragon) Souvenir de Bonn – (Orange – Variegated) Angelface Blue striatum (Orange, Yellow) Angelface Dresden Blue ACALYPHA (Copper Leaf) TF Carita Purple Inferno Carita Raspberry Kiluaea Serena Purple Louisiana Red Serena White pendula Chenille Sungelonia Blue Tiki Jungle Cloak Sungelonia Pink Tiki Tahitian Halo ANIGOZANTHOS (Kangaroo Paw) AGASTACHE (Hummingbird Mint) JoeJoe Orange Forever Summer Berry JoeJoe Yellow Forever Summer Tangerine ANISODONTEA (African Mallow) TB capensis Slightly Strawberry 16 ANNUALS AND TROPICALS BEGONIAS ANTIGONON (Coral Vine) TV lepotus (Pink) Dave Morris is responsible for our ANTHURIUM (Flamingo Flower) TB enormous collection of Begonias. Years plowmanii ago, he started collecting begonias, APTENIA (Iceplant) cordifolia Crystal (Rose - Variegated) and because he’s incapable of making a cordifolia Rose decision, he just kept every one he came ARGYRANTHEMUM (Marguerite) across. As a result, we have way too many, Butterfly (Yellow) but it’s a collection admired by many a Madiera Crested Ivory begonia afficianado. We’ve tried thinning Madiera Crested Merlot it out a bit, and yet new ones keep Madiera Crested Yellow creeping onto the list. Dave has moved Madiera Deep Pink on to another position but the fabulous Madiera Red Reflection Pink begonias remain. Thanks, Dave. Sassy Red ARTEMISIA (Wormwood) BEGONIA Most foliage types have small light Parfum De Ethiope (Silver Foliage) pink or white flowers. Those known for their ASCLEPIAS (Annual Butterfly Weed) flowers are thusly noted with the color. Some curassavica Orange are grown for their exceptionally patterned curassavica Yellow foliage, some for their incredible blooms. IB-TF physocarpa (White - Large Pods) acetosa ASPARAGUS CP Alto Scharff meyeri (Foxtail) Angel Falls Soft Pink HB sprengeri HB Angel Glow ASYSTASIA (Ganges Primrose) Art Hodes g. Variegated Baby Wing Pink HB g. You’re So Vein Baby Wing White HB BACOPA (Sutera actually) Bandit Boutique Tie Dye (White/Lavender) barsalouxiae Calypso Jumbo White Imp Bethlehem Star BASELLA (Malabar Spinach) Big Bronze Leaf Rose alba (Purple Berries) Big Green Leaf Red BEAUCARNEA (Ponytail Palm) TF Black Taffeta recurvata Black Truffles Bonfire (Orange) HB

Butterscotch DEFINITIONS Caravan Caribbean Prince spay•strate – verb - To sterilize a pet Cascade whose gender is indiscernable. Ex. - We Casper took our goldfish Barry Goldwater to the Castaway vet to get spaystrated because it’s the Cathedral Windows responsible thing to do. Catherine Too chloroneura Concord (Pink – Dark Foliage) HB boul•der•dash – noun - The act of Corallina de Lucerna (Pink) running away from a rockslide. Cowardly Lion Dade cash•ew - noun - The sound one makes if Dale Kramer they are allergic to money. Deco Checks Deco Daddy bro•quet - noun - A bouquet for men Deco Raspberry Truffle consisting of bachelor button, blue thistle dipetala Doctor Block and goldenrod. 17 ANNUALS AND TROPICALS BEGONIA – cont. Mocca White HB BEGONIA – cont. Mocca Yellow HB Dotsy Mrs. Ludwig Down Home My Special Angel (Pink) Dragon Wing Pink HB Nokomis (Pink) Dragon Wing Red HB Non Stop Deep Salmon HB Drama Queen Non Stop Orange HB Ebony Non Stop Pink HB echinosepala ssp. elongatifolia (White) HB Non Stop Red HB egregia Non Stop Rose Petticoat erythrophylla Beefsteak Non Stop White Firewalker Non Stop Yellow HB Fireworks Non Stop Begonia List (Boy, I’ll say) foliosa var. miniata Orange County Frosty (Coral Pink) paleata fuchsioides (Red) Palomar Prince fuchsioides Rose Pink Palomar Whirlwind gehrtii Passing Storm Golden Glow Peppermint Sabers (Pink) Golden Lime Peter Piper Golden Swallowtail Peter Sharp Gypsy Maiden PHOE #2 Hannah Rose Phoe’s Cleo heracleifolia nigricans phutoensis Hiro Pinafore (Coral Pink) Immense Plover imperialis popenoei Irene Nuss (Hot Pink) Red Fred Jim Wyrtzen (Pink) Red Planet Judy Cook Reddington Shores listada Richmondensis (Pink) HB Little Beaver Richmondensis Alba (White) HB Little Cleo Rieger Batik (Orange) Little Darling Rieger Blitz (Yellow) Little Miss Mummey (White) Rieger Carneval Orange/Yellow) Looking Glass Rieger Janny Fringed (Apricot) Lopse II Rieger Netja Dark (Pink) Lotusland Rieger Polly (Red/White) luxurians Rieger Red Baron macdougallii var. Purpurea Royal Lustre maculata Wightii (White) San Miguel Marley Selover Marmaduke Selph’s Mahogany masoniana (Iron Cross) Silver Queen masoniana Tricolor sizemoreae Maurice Amey Small Change Midnight Sun Snoopy Mirage Snow Capped (Rose Red) HB Mocca Deep Orange HB Snow Palace Mocca Pink Shades HB Solenia Dark Pink Mocca Scarlet HB Solenia Light Pink Solenia Light Yellow Solenia Orange A roman walks into a bar, holds up two Solenia Salmon Coral fingers and says, “Five beers, please.” Solenia Velvet Red soli-mutata 18 ANNUALS AND TROPICALS COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD BEGONIAS - cont. Sophie Cecile (Pink) • BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENT Stonewall The Gotcha Covered Upholstery Shop Summerwings White is having a two for one sale, according Susie’s Curl Tom Ment (Salmon) HB to owner Marge Fenstermaker. She will U304 recover any two items in Naugahyde U388 for the price of one. Marge also wants U400 to remind everyone that “upholstery” U484 Sport should be pronounced “you-foal-ster-ee” U508 As Marge says, “Hello? Look how it’s Unstoppable Upright Fire spelled!” She’s nice but she’s a very odd Unstoppable Upright White woman. Waterfall Rainbow Falls HB Waterfall Encanto Orange HB Waterfall Victoria Falls HB Whirlwind BIDENS (Beggar’s Tick) HB Kanon Orange Drop (Orange/Yellow) Marietta (Yellow) BOUGAINVILLEA (Paper Flower) TB Barbara Karst (Fuchsia) Imperial Delight (Pink) Lady Baring (Gold) Miss Pixie (Dwarf Pink - Var. Foliage) Raspberry Ice (Raspberry - Var. Foliage) Purple Queen BOUVARDIA (Trompetilla) ternifolia (Orange) BRACHYSCOME (Swan River Daisy) Surdaisy Mauve BRACTEANTHA (Strawflower) CALADIUM - cont. Helica Dark Red Garden White (White/Green) Helica Purple Imp. Gingerland (White/Red/Green) BROMELIADS Assorted TB Miss Muffet (White/Red/Green) Aechmea Moonlight (White) Cryptanthus Pink Beauty (Pink) Guzmania Postman Joyner (Red) Neoregelia White Queen (White/Red) Vriesia CALENDULA (Pot Marigold) BRUGMANSIA (Angel’s Trumpet) TB Sky Fire (Bright Yellow) Betty Marshall (White) CALIBRACHOA (Trailing Petunia) HB Creamsicle (Lt. Apricot Double) Callie Deep Yellow Inca Sun (Yellow) Callie Light Blue Isabella (Pink) Callie Peach Maya (Soft Orange - Var. Foliage) Callie Star Coral Native Habitat (Double Peach) Callie White BULBINE (Snake Flower) Lindura Dark Blue frutescens Hallmark (Orange) Lindura Neon CALADIUM BU Lindura Pink Candidum (White) Lindura Red Cherry Tart (Hot Pink) Lindura White Yellow Heart Florida Cardinal (Red) Million Bells Crackling Fire Florida Sweetheart (Pink) Million Bells Trailing White Frog in a Blender (Green Swirls) Million Bells Trailing Yellow 19 ANNUALS AND TROPICALS CLERODENDRUM - cont. ugandense (Blue) CALIBRACHOA - cont. CODIAEUM (Croton) TF Mini Famous Double Blue Dreadlocks Mini Famous Double Deep Yellow Gold Dust Mini Famous Double Pink Vein King of Siam Mini Famous Double Red Magnificent Mini Famous Double Rose Vein Mammey Noa Yellow Mrs. Robinson Superbells Cherry Star Petra Superbells Coralberry Punch Zanzibar Superbells Grape Punch Superbells Lemon Slice THOSE WACKY COLEUS Superbells Pomegranate Punch Superbells Yellow Chiffon Coleus are the Hawaiian shirts of the Voodoo (Yellow/Pink Spotted) plant world. They are those gaudy little CALLISIA (Inch Plant) TF-CP-HB plants with the multicolored leaves elegans that you remember from visiting your repens repens Bianca (Variegated) grandmother’s house and they seem to CALOCEPHALUS (Pipe Cleaner Plant) CP come in and out of favor. Currently they brownii are popular, mostly because they can be CANNA (Canna Lily) BU-TF-TB used just about anywhere and provide an Australia (Fiery Red – Dark Foliage) anchor of color and/or texture in beds Cleopatra (Red/Yellow) and containers. They shine as either Firebird (Red-Green Foliage) the stars or the supporting players in Praetoria (Striped Orange) garden combos. Several years ago they Tenerife (Yellow/Orange) Wyoming (Orange) changed the name to Solenostemon, and CAREX (Ornamental Sedge) CP just recently to Plectranthus, but in a Amazon Mist (Silver) blatant act of taxonomic defiance, we Red Rooster (Orange) refuse to call them anything but Coleus. CARNATION (Dianthus) Our collection of named varieties is far Super Trouper Pink/White beyond the bounds of sanity at about 150, Super Trouper Scarlet Red give or take 20 or 30. The sad thing is, CELOSIA (Cockscomb) people keep bringing us new ones. Even Comfort (Rosy Purple) CENTAUREA (Dusty Miller) CP sadder is the fact that we keep coming gymnocarpa (Colchester White) up with new ones of our own. Recently, CERINTHE (Honeywort) a fun new flower brand, Hort Couture, Kiwi (Blue) picked several of our varieties to feature CESTRUM (Night Blooming Jasmine) in their new line of coleus distributed nocturnum (Light Yellow) nationally. This year, Stained Glassworks, CHIRITA (Hindustan Gentian) another national brand, chose our ‘Stu Moonwalker (Dark Blue) Jr.’ to add to its line. They have renamed CHLOROPHYTUM (Spider Plant) HB c. Bonnie it ‘Raspberry Tart’. And if ya think that’s c. Reverse somethin’, how about this. Baker’s Acres CISSUS (Grape Ivy) HB-TV-TF is featured in the book by Ray Rogers, discolor (Rex Begonia Vine) ‘Coleus - Rainbow Foliage for Containers Ellen Danica and Gardens’, available at fine bookstores CLEOME (Spider Flower) HB-TF everywhere. We think we’re pretty hotsy- Clio (Magenta) totsy now. Spirit Appleblossom The following varieties marked with an Spirit Frost (White) CLERODENDRUM (Glory Bower) TF asterisk are Baker’s Acres originals. thompsonii (White/Red) 20 ANNUALS AND TROPICALS COLEUS – cont. Filigree COLEUS Fingerpaint Alabama Sunset Fishnet Stockings Anna Flirtin’ Skirts Annabelle Freckles Apocalypse Frizzy Yellow Beaujolais Nouveau Garnet Robe Between The Lines* Gay’s Delight Big Bob* Glennis Big Chief Glory Big Enchilada* Gnash Rambler* HB Big Red Gold Brocade Big Red Judy Gold Giant Bipolar Bigolly Gold Lace Black Cherry Ribbons Gold Pagoda Blackberry Waffle Grape Expectations* Blusher Green Earrings* Brazilian Carnival Henna Bronze Pagoda Hubba Hubba* Brooklyn Horror Illumination Brownie Points* India Frills Butter Cream Inky Fingers HB Butter Cutter Inky Pink Caesar Japanese Giant Cantigny Royale Juicy Lucy* Caracas Keystone Kopper Carm’s Charm* Kiwi Fern Chantilly Large Marge* Cheap Frills* Lenny* Christmas Candy Little Twister Chuluotta Live Wire* Colleen Lord Voldemort Copper Glow Madalyn Cranberry Sun Marcellus* Creamy Dreamy Mariposa Dancing Gypsy* Merlin’s Magic Dappled Apple* Meteor Dark Star Midnight Rambler* Defiance Mighty Mighty* Definitely Different Mint Mocha Dipt in Wine Mocha Mint* Doctor Wu* Morning After* Duckfoot Mr. Wonderful Duke of Swirl* Mrs. Harding El Supremo* Night and Day* Electric Lime Ochre Dokey* Elfers Odalisque Emerald and Snow Oxblood Fantastik Pele Felix Penney Peter’s Wonder Stand firm in your refusal to remain Piñata conscious during algebra. In real life, Pineapple Queen Pink Chaos there is no such thing as algebra. - Fran Pink Elephant* Lebowitz Plum Frost 21 ANNUALS AND TROPICALS COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD COLEUS - cont. Razzle Dazzle • BATTLE OF THE BANDS Red Elephant* This year’s epic battle again takes place Religious Radish next Saturday at 7 pm in the school gym. Religious Rutabaga Riff Raff* The first place band receives a trophy and Riverstreet Black a two-week gig at The Hubbub Club Pub Riverstreet Pink out on the highway. Second place receives Roaring Fire a plaque and a free alignment for their van Saturn courtesy Earth, Wind & Tire. Everybody Scuttlebutt* gets complimentary packs of Beemans Sedona from Annie Get Your Gum. Here’s the Shiny Shoes (aka Black Patent Leather) lineup: Shocking Pink Sky Fire Smallwood’s Driveway HB • The Android Sisters – 40’s style Songbird harmony – that’s 2040, not 1940. Sorcerer* • Gable, Gambrel and Mansard – this hip Sparkler trio will raise the roof. Splish Splash • The Thelonius Monkees – they do Squiggy* a terrific jazz version of Daydream St. Charles Believer. Stella Pink • Satch Squatch and the Big Feet – rock Stormy Weather Stu Jr* monsters. Stunning • Mumps Cluster – this band is going Super Duckfoot viral. Swallowtail • The Salvidorable Dollies – cute, yet Swinging Linda HB surreal. Tabasco • Perry O’Dontal and the Receding Gums Tell Tale Heart HB – definitely something to chew on. The Line • Men o’ Paws – these guys are hot and Thumbelina Tiger Lily flashy. Tilt-a-Whirl • Hedley Lamar and Lily’s Legs – it’s twue Tiny Toes what they say about them. It’s twue. Tooth or Consequences* • Clef Clavin and the Treble Makers – the Trailer Park Princess* last time they played, every good boy Trailing Queen HB did fine. Trailing Rose Trusty Rusty And an extra special guest appearance by Under the Sea Bonefish Under the Sea Electric Coral The Flaming Lisp performing their big hit, Under the Sea Gold Anemone ‘Do You Realithe’. Under the Sea Hermit Crab Violet Tricolor COLOCASIA - cont. Wasabi Coal Miner Watermelon Diamond Head White Fingers Elena Wild Streak gigantea Thailand Giant Yin and Yang* Hawaiian Punch Zesty Blonde* Illustris Zesty Zucchini* Maui Gold COLOCASIA (Elephant Ear, Taro) TF Mojito Black Coral Red Stem 22 Hosta ‘Humpback Whale’ Peony ‘Magenta Moon’

Amsonia ‘Blue Ice’ Pennisetum after a rain

Alocasia ‘Sting Ray’ Calibrachoa ‘Lindura Dark Blue’

Caladiums Digiplexis ‘Illumination Flame’ Senecio confusus Nephrolepis ‘Tiger Fern’

Begonia ‘Judy Cook’ Begonia ‘Fireworks’

Peperomia dolabriformis Succulent Planter

Coleus ‘Inky Pink’ Coleus ‘Big Bob’ Sarah with Ron Wilson On the Air Nick & Pam at 40 Under 40 Awards

Tina, Nick, and Katie at OFA Mark at OFA Trade Show

Riding in Style No charge for the extra kid

Where to? Carmella & Nancy being goofy Heirloom Tomato ‘Thessaloniki’ Cauliflower ‘Graffiti’

Hot Pepper ‘Black Congo’ Mmmm, Strawberries

The Ablers’ Garden Railway We also have Assistant Lettuce

Manning the Farm Market Booth We get Buses ANNUALS AND TROPICALS DAHLIA - cont. XXL Alamos (Red) COLOCASIA - cont. XXL Durango (Yellow) Tea Cups XXL Sunset (Orange) White Lava XXL Veracruz (Light Pink) COPROSMA (Mirror Bush) CP-TF DATURA (Thorn Apple, Jimson Weed) repens Picturata Ballerina Yellow Pink Splendor Belle Blanche (White) Taupata Gold Double Purple CORDYLINE (Ti Plant) TF DELOSPERMA (Iceplant) Black Knight WOW Fire Wonder Candy Cane WOW Golden Wonder Dr. Brown (Burgundy/Red) WOW Hot Pink Wonder Exotica (Green/Pink/Cream) WOW Violet Wonder Florica (Rose/Dark Red) DIANTHERA (Pink Candy Plant) Kiwi (Green/Yellow/Pink) nodosa (Pink) Red Star (Burgundy - Thin Leaf) DIANTHUS (Pinks) CORDYLINE - cont. Bearded Mix Sundance (Green/Yellow Stripe) DIASCIA (Twinspur) Willy’s Gold (Rose/Green/Gold) Upright Orange COSMOS (Chocolate Cosmos) Upright Rose Pink Choca Mocha (Rich Brown) DICHONDRA (Kidney Weed) CP CROSSANDRA (Firecracker Flower) Emerald Falls Orange Marmalade Silver Falls pungens (Yellow) DICLEPTERA (Hummingbird Bush) CUPHEA (Mexican Heather, Cigar Plant) suberecta (Orange) Allyson (Lavender) DIGIPLEXIS (Annual Foxglove) Cuphoric Pink Illumination Rose David Verity (Orange) DIONAEA (Venus Flytrap) TB Granada (Orange/Yellow) muscipula llavea (Red) DOLICHOS (Hyacinth Bean) TV Mello Yellow lablab (Rose) Vienco Red DRACAENA (Spikes, Corn Plant) CP Vienco Salmon Purple Colorama White Heather CYNARA (Cardoon) TF THE BATHROOM cardunculus (Blue) CYPERUS (Papyrus) TF People come from miles away just to see Baby Tut our bathroom and for very good reason. isocladus Cleopatra (Yellow Green) It is always spectacularly amusing. Since King Tut most of our customers are of the fairer Nile Princess sex, the bathroom designs have always DAHLIA BU been geared that way. This time, however, Babylon Pink Babylon Purple we decided to give the guys a little love. Babylon Red Hence, ‘The Man Cave’, a celebration Fleurel (White) of guy paraphernalia. But don’t just Hypnotica Coral take our word for it. Garden Centers of Hypnotica Dark Night (Burgundy) America, a very well-respected green Hypnotica Lavender industry organization, has bestowed Hypnotica Rose Bicolor (Pink/Yel.) their prestigious Gold Award upon The Hypnotica Yellow Cave. That’s right, we have the best Kelvin Floodlight (Yellow) Mrs. Eileen (Orange/Yellow) garden center bathroom in the entire Mystic Dreamer (Pink) country. Please use it with the respect and Mystic Haze (Orange) reverence that it is due. And don’t look in Mystic Wonder (Red) the medicine cabinet. 23 ANNUALS AND TROPICALS We never really grow up, we only learn DRACAENA - cont. how to act in public. - Bryan White Dragon Jade Jewel Dragon Lemon Surprise FICUS (Fig) TF indivisa (Spikes) lyrata Lemon Lime repens Variegated CP Limelight robusta Ruby (Variegated) marginata r. Tineke (Variegated) Rikki FREYLINIA (Honey Bell Bush) DURANTA (Golden Dewdrop) CP-TB tropica (Blue) e. Gold Edge (Blue) FUCHSIA Sweet Memories (Blue/White) Angel Earrings Dainty (Pink/Purple) ENSETE (Abyssinian Red Banana) TF Angel Earrings Double Red maurelii Dollar Princess (Purple/Red) HB EPIPREMNUM (Pothos) HB, TF El Camino (Pink/White) Njoy Fanciful Pink (Pink) ERODIUM (Storksbill) Gartenmeister (Orange-Dark Foliage) Pink Charm Marinka (Red) HB EUPHORBIA (Spurge) Paloma (Pink/Light Blue) Bling Pink Princess Southgate (White/Pink) HB Bling White Princess GAILLARDIA (Blanket Flower) Cool Breeze (White) Galya Red Spark cotinifolia TF Galya Tangerine Spark Diamond Frost (White) Galya Yellow Spark h. Yokoi’s White GAURA (Wand Flower) martinii (Chartreuse) Belleza Dark Pink marginata Summer Icicle (White) GAZANIA (Treasure Flower) White Manaus Sunbathers Nahui (Orange Gold) EVOLVULUS (Hawaiian Blue Eyes) HB Sunbathers Otomi (Rose) Blue My Mind Sunbathers Rumi (Orange) glomeratus Blue Daze Sunbathers Sunset Jane Lemon Spot FERNS TF GERANIUM (Pelargonium actually) Australian Tree Bright Cascade (Cascade Red) HB Austral Gem Caliente Coral Bird’s Nest Caliente Dark Rose HB Blue Star Caliente Fire HB Boston HB Caliente Lavender Button Fern Caliente Pink Chrissy Calliope Burgundy Crested Poly Calliope Dark Red HB East Indian Holly Calliope Hot Pink HB Fancy Frills Calliope Lavender Rose Fritz Luthii Calliope Scarlet Fire Holly Classic Light Salmon Kimberly Queen Classic Mosaic Purple Leslie Classic Mosaic Red Macho Classic Pink Blush Mahogany Classic White Pacific Maidenhair crithmifolium Rabbit’s Foot Crystal Palace Gem Raspberry Distinction (Red) Rita’s Gold HB Friesdorf (Red) Rosy Maidenhair Graziosa Merlot Red Silver Lace Graziosa Royal Lavender Staghorn Graziosa Royal Salmon Tiger Stripe 24 ANNUALS AND TROPICALS I’m never quite certain just how to GERANIUM - cont. celebrate Ambiguity Awareness Day. - Golden Angel (Pink-Gold Foliage) Marco C. ionidiflorum (Lilac) Ivy Contessa Burgundy (Taj Mahal) HB GOMPHRENA (Globe Amaranth) Ivy Contessa Burgundy Bicolor (Picasso) Pinball Purple Ivy Contessa Lavender (Comedy) HB Pink Zazzle Ivy Contessa Pink (Pink Spirit) HB GRAPTOPHYLLUM (Caricature Plant) TF-CP Ivy Contessa Purple (Black Magic) HB pictum Chocolate Ivy Contessa Red (Beach) HB p. Waimea Ivy Contessa White HB GYNURA (Purple Velvet Plant) CP Ivy Pink Blizzard HB aurantiaca (Orange) Ivy Temprano Dark Red HB Pink Ice (Orange) Ivy Temprano Orange (Mandarin) HB HAMELIA (Firebush) Ivy White Blizzard HB patens (Red Orange) Maverick Orange HEDERA (English Ivy) CP Mr. Henry Cox Assorted Varieties Occold Shield (Orange-Bronze/Gold) HELIANTHUS (Sunflower) Persian Queen (Magenta-Gold Foliage) Solita (Yellow) Platinum (Salmon-Var. Foliage) Sunny Smile (Yellow) Rocky Mountain Deep Rose HELICHRYSUM (Licorice Plant) CP Sancho Panza (Purple) Icicle Scented Attar of Roses petiolare (Trailing Dusty Miller) Scented Chocolate Mint p. Limelight (Golden TDM) Scented Citronella (Lemon) p. Minus (Miniature TDM) Scented Lady Plymouth p. Variegated (Variegated TDM) Scented Sweet Mimosa splendidum sidoides (Dark Purple) HELIOTROPIUM (Heliotrope) Sophie Cascade (Pink) HB Fragrant Delight (Purple) Tricolor (Red – Variegated) Nagano Blue Vancouver Centennial (Scarlet-Variegated) White Wilhelm Langguth (Red-Variegated) HEMIGRAPHIS (Waffle Plant) CP-TF GERBERA (Gerber Daisy) alternata Exotica Cartwheel Strawberry Twist (Mix) Exotica Tricolor Garvinea Sweet Dreams (Hot Pink) repanda Skinnie Minnie Jaguar Deep Orange HIBISCUS (Tropical Mallow) TB Jaguar Deep Rose Assorted Tradewinds Hybrids Jaguar Orange Picotee Assorted Tall Standards Jaguar Red rosa sinensis Variegata Jaguar Rose Dark Center tilaceus Tricolor Jaguar Rose Picotee HOMALOCLADIUM (Ribbon Bush) CP- TF Jaguar Tangerine platycladium Jaguar White HOYA (Wax Plant) TF Jaguar Yellow Hindu Rope Variegated HB Patio Bighorn (Rose) Variegated HB Patio Grand Canyon (Pink Pompon) HYDRCOTYLE (Pennywort) CP Patio Great Smoky Mountains (Orange) sibthorpioides Crystal Confetti Patio Olympic (Carmine) IMPATIENS (Busy Lizzy, Balsam) Patio Pacific Rim (Pink Bicolor) All varieties are Impatiens Downy Patio Serengeti (Golden Yellow) Mildew resistant Patio Yellowstone (Yellow/Orange) balfourii (Pink/White) Patio Yosemite (Scarlet) Downton Baby Girl (Light Pink) Patio Zion (Yellow) Downton Brick (Dark Red) GIBASIS (Tahitian Bridal Veil) HB-CP Downton Heart Throb (Red/Yellow) geniculata (White) Downton Cherry Blossom (Pink) 25 ANNUALS AND TROPICALS IPOMOEA - cont. Morning Glory Crimson Rambler TV IMPATIENS - cont. Morning Glory Heavenly Blue TV Fanfare Blush Morning Glory Ismay (Two Tone Blue) TV Fanfare Bright Coral Morning Glory Star of Yelta (Blue/Red) Fanfare Fuchsia Pink Frost (Pink/Mint/Cream) CP Fanfare Orange q. Red Cardinal TV Fanfare Orchid Sidekick Black CP Kew species Sidekick Black Heart CP morsei Secret Love (White/Orange) Sidekick Lime CP namchabarwensis Blue Diamond Sweet Caroline Bewitched CP niamniamensis (Red/Yellow) Sweet Caroline Raven CP n. Golden Cockatoo (Red/Yellow-Var. Fol.) Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Lt. Green CP repens (Yellow) CP Venetian Mask CP sodenii La Vida Rosa (White/Rose) IRESINE (Bloodleaf) CP s. Robert The Red (Lavender) Brilliantissima (Purple/Pink) IMPATIENS (New Guinea Hybrids) Red Bloodleaf Celebrette Cherry Stripe Sunray Celebrette Light Coral JASMINUM (Jasmine) TV Harmony Radiance Pink Fiona Sunrise Petticoat Blue Star JUNCUS (Common Rush) CP Sonic Magic Pink Blue Dart Sonic Mango Twister Sonic Sweet Purple JUSTICIA (Shrimp Plant) Strike Bright Orange betonica (White/Green) Sun Harmony Magenta HB brandegeeana Variegated (Brick Red/Yellow) Sun Harmony Pink HB carnea Hollanda (Pink) Sun Harmony Salmon HB Fruit Cocktail (Red/Yellow) Sun Harmony Violet HB KALE (Brassica actually) TF Sunpatiens Compact Blush Pink Redbor (Purple Foliage) Sunpatiens Compact Electric Orange LANTANA (Shrub Verbena) Sunpatiens Compact Lilac Anne Marie Sunpatiens Compact Magenta Bandana Cherry Sunpatiens Compact White Bandana Cherry Sunrise HB Sunpatiens Spreading Carmine Red HB Sunpatiens Spreading Corona HB LISTS Sunpatiens Spreading Pink Flash Sunpatiens Spreading Salmon HB The following is a list of some of our lists, Sunpatiens Spreading White available just for the asking: Sunpatiens Vigorous Blush Pink Sunpatiens Vigorous Magenta Butterfly & Hummingbird Favorites Sunpatiens Vigorous Orange Deer and Rabbit Resistant Super Sonic Flame Super Sonic Hot Pink Fresh Cut and Dried Flowers Super Sonic Orange Ice Native and Wildflowers Offered Super Sonic Red Alpine and Rock Garden Plants Super Sonic White Late Summer/Autumn Bloomers IOCHROMA (Mini Angel Trumpets) TB Toxic Plants Royal Queen Plants for Sun, Dry Shade, Moist IPOMOEA (Sweet Potato, Morning Glory) Shade, and Wet Areas alba Moonflower TV Walnut Tolerant Plants Ace of Spades (Purple Black) CP Blackie (Purple Black) CP Plus several new ones for 2014 Bright Lights Camouflage CP Illusion Emerald Lace CP We also have Mabel Neidermeyer’s Mardi Gras CP shopping list that she left here eleven Margarita (Chartreuse) CP years ago. 26 ANNUALS AND TROPICALS LYCIANTHES (Blue Potato Bush) r. Great Chlorox Disaster LANTANA - cont. LYSIMACHIA (Golden Globes) Bandana Lemon Zest c. Variegated (Yellow) Bandana Peach nummularia Goldilocks Bandana Pink HB MANDEVILLA (Pink Allamanda) TV-HB Bandana Red HB Alice DuPont (Pink) Bandana Trailing Gold HB Brides Cascade Bandana White Fancy Red Bright Orange HB Fire And Ice Confetti (Purple/Yellow/Pink) Sun Parasol Giant Crimson Elaine (Red) MANETTIA (Firecracker Vine) TV Fireworks (Red/Yellow) Candy Corn Red Butler MECARDONIA (Baby Jump Up) Salsa (Red) Gold Dust Samantha (Yellow – Variegated) MELIANTHUS (Honey Bush) TF Ultra Yellow major (Silver Blue Foliage) LAURENTIA (Isotoma) MIMOSA (Sensitive Plant) IF axillaris Beth’s Blue pudica fluviatilis (Light Blue) MIRABILIS (Four O’Clocks) LAVENDER Limelight (Magenta – Gold Foliage) buchii Fern Leaf MUEHLENBECKIA (Wire Vine) CP LEONOTUS (Lions Ear, Wild Dagga) complexa leonurus Compacta (Orange) MUSA (Banana) TF nepeta (Orange) Mekong Giant LEYCESTERIA(Himalayan Honeysuckle) Siam Ruby Jealousy (White-Chartreuse) NASSELLA (Ponytail Grass) LINDERNIA (Angel Tears) tenuissima grandiflora (Blue/White) NEMESIA LISIANTHUS (Prairie Gentian) Angelart Orange Sapphire Blue Angelart Raspberry Sapphire Blue Chip Cherries a la Mode Sapphire Pink Rim NEPENTHES (Pitcher Plant) TF-HB Sapphire White alata LITHODORA NICOTIANA (Flowering Tobacco) Grace Ward (Blue) langsdorffii (Green) LOBELIA Only the Lonely (White) Magadi Basket Dark Blue HB NIEREMBERGIA (Cupflower) Magadi Compact Blue + Eye Augusta Blue Skies Magadi Dark Blue Summer Splash Light Blue Magadi Electric Blue HB Summer Splash White Magadi White OENANTHE (Water Parsley) Periwinkle Blue Flamingo (White - Variegated) Techno Light Blue OPLISMENUS (Basket Grass) CP LOBULARIA (Don’t Call It Alyssum!) hirtellus Variegated Lavender Stream ORIGANUM (Ornamental Oregano) Summer Stream (White) Kent Beauty (Pink/Green) White Stream ORNAMENTAL PEPPER (Capsicum actually) LOPHOSPERMUM (Mexican Twist) Black Pearl Compact Rose Calico Compact White Great Cascade Wine Red HB I am exactly the same age as the Egg LOTUS (Parrot’s Beak) CP McMuffin, a fact I discovered when I read berthelotii (Red) the latest edition of Reader’s Digest. The Gold Flash combination of those two things must LOUTERIDIUM TF mean I’m pretty old. - Hope donnell-smithii (Green) 27 ANNUALS AND TROPICALS Research has shown that the majority ORNAMENTAL PEPPER - cont. of people who visit the Dollywood Chilly Chili amusement park in Pigeon Forge, Medusa Tennessee, quickly become despondent Sangria over having spent so much money on such ORTHOSIPHON (Cat’s Whiskers) s. White a worthless thing. Post-Parton depression OSTEOSPERMUM (Cape Daisy) is actually very common. - Anthony Myers 3D Berry White 3D Pink PENTAS - cont. 3D Purple Starcluster White 3D Silver Stars and Stripes Ostica Blue Eye (White/ Blue) PEPEROMIA TF Ostica Pink Imp. a. Watermelon Ostica Yellow Mini Watermelon Tradewinds Purple c. Emerald Ripple Voltage Yellow c. Red Ripple Zion Copper Amethyst c. Silver Ripple Zion Denim Blue clusiaefolia Zion Orange fraseri Nana Zion Red galioides OXALIS (Wood Sorrel, False Shamrock) graveolens Allure Burgundy (Lt Pink-Burgundy Foliage) Hope hedysaroides Rubra (Yellow) incana Plum Crazy (Yellow-Pink Var. Foliage) maculata Sunset Velvet (Yellow) obtusifolia Var. Zinfandel (Yellow-Burgundy Foliage) polybotrya OXYPETALUM (Tweedia) puteolata caeruleum Heavenborn (Turquoise Blue) PERICALLIS (Formerly Cineraria) PACHYSTACHYS (Shrimp Plant) Senetti Deep Blue lutea (Yellow) Senetti Magenta Bicolor PALMS TF Senetti Pink Bicolor Majesty - Ravenea rivularis PERILLA (It’s not a Coleus...or is it?) Pygmy Date - Phoenix roebelenii Magilla PASSIFLORA (Passion Vine) TV PERISTROPHE (Marble Leaf) Blue hyssopifolia (Magenta) Lady Margaret (Dark Red) PETCHOA (Petunia x Calibrachoa) PENNISETUM (Purple Fountain Grass) Supercal Blue HB Cherry Sparkler Supercal Neon Rose HB Fireworks (Pink Striped) PETUNIA g. Jade Princess (Golden Millet) Cascadias Fantasy Hot Pink HB Prince Cascadias Indian Summer HB s. Rubrum Cascadias Rim Chianti HB Vertigo Cascadias Rim Violet HB PENSTEMON Crazytunia Black Mamba HB Phoenix Pink Crazytunia Mandeville HB Phoenix Red Crazytunia Pulse HB Phoenix Violet Crazytunia Star Jubilee HB PENTAS (Egyptian Star Flower) Crazytunia Twilight Lime HB Cranberry Punch Double Wave Blue Vein Kaleidoscope Appleblossom Double Wave Blue Velvet Ruby Glow Glamouflage Grape Starburst Glow Forest Fire HB Starcluster Lavender Kermit Baby HB Starcluster Red Kermit Piggy HB Starcluster Rose Marvel Beauty Blueberry HB 28 ANNUALS AND TROPICALS COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD PETUNIA - cont. Marvel Beauty Raspberry HB • CRIME REPORT Peppy Lavender HB Deputy Sheriff Bobby Cooperider reports Perfectunia Orange that the Roger Bucklesby Memorial Bench Picasso in Pink HB Pretty Much Picasso HB once again has been found and returned Ray Purple Vein to the Alexandria Community Park. This Ray Sunray HB time it was located behind Bill Lorimer’s Sanguna Lipstick garage under his huge pile of old tires Supertunia Bermuda Beach and, although he claims innocence, it Supertunia Orchid Charm is well known that Bill and Roger had a Supertunia Raspberry Blast particularly strong dislike for each other. Supertunia Vista Bubblegum (Pink) HB Roger’s widow, Bertha, is relieved to have Supertunia Vista Fuchsia HB Supertunia Vista Silverberry (White) HB the bench back in its proper place. Surfinia Deep Red HB Surfinia Giant Blue HB Surfinia Lemon HB Surfinia Patio Indigo HB Surfinia Patio Yellow HB Surfinia Summer Double Pink HB Surfinia Summer Double Rose HB Surfinia Summer Double White HB Sweet Sunshine Compact Lime Sweetunia Black Satin Sweetunia Orange Flash HB PHILODENDRON TF Brazil (Green/Gold Foliage) Black Cardinal (Burgundy Foliage) Golden Xanadu Moonlight (Creamy Yellow) PLECTRANTHUS - cont. selloum Hope Hi Ho Silver Split Leaf (Monstera deliciosa) madagascariensis Var. (Iboza) PHYGELIUS (Cape Fuchsia) Mona Lavender (Blue) Phegees Lemon Frost (Light Yellow) Nick’s Pick Phegees Passionate Pink Ochre Flame Pheeges Scarlet Heat Old Gold Winchester Fanfare (Coral/Yellow) PLUMBAGO (Cape Leadwort) PILEA TF-CP c. Imperial Blue cadierei POLYGONYUM (Kiss Me Over Garden Gate) glauca orientale grandifolia Coral PORTULACA (Purslane) HB involucrata Norfolk Fairytales Cinderella (Magenta/Gold) microphylla Variegated Pazzazz Jumbo Yellow Moon Valley Pazazz Pink Glow nummularifolia Pazazz Red Flare pubescens Silver Pazzazz Tangerine serpyllifolia PRIMULA (Primrose) unknown Ecuadorean species Orion Scarlet PIPER TF Orion Yellow auritum (Root Beer) PSEUDERANTHEMUM (Snow Bush) TF-CP PLECTRANTHUS (Swedish Ivy) TF-CP atropurpureum Rubrum ernstii a. Tricolor fosteri marginatus (ciliata) Dark Shadows Green on Green Pseu Pseu Pseudio 29 ANNUALS AND TROPICALS SALVIA - cont. g. Heatwave Sparkle (Deep Rose) PSEUDERANTHEMUM - cont. g. Maraschino (Rose) Pseuchotic Reaction g. Pink Flamingo Pseuper Bloomer g. Raspberry Royale Pseuper Freak g. White reticulatum guaranitica Argentina Skies (Light Blue) Stainless Steel g. Black and Blue (Indigo Blue) RICINUS (Castor Bean) TF Indigo Spires (Violet Blue) Carmencita (Rose Red) microphylla Variegated (Red) RUBUS (Creeping Bramble) CP Mystic Spires (Blue) pentalobus patens Blue Angel (Dark Blue) RUDBECKIA (Gloriosa Daisy) Red Neck Girl (Yellow) Denver Daisy (Yellow/Burgundy Eye) sinaloensis (Dark Blue) Marmalade (Golden Orange) v. Faye Chapel (Red) Maya (Double Gold) Velocity Blue Prairie Sun (Light Yellow) Wendy’s Wish (Deep Fuchsia) Tiger Eye Gold SCABIOSA (Pincushion Flower) RUELLIA (Mexican Petunia) Black Pompon brittoniana Blue Butterfly Blue (Moved from perennials) b. Chi Chi (Pink) SCAEVOLA (Fan Flower) elegans (Red) Bombay Pink Maya (Blue) Diamond (Blue/White) RUSSELIA (Firecracker Plant) Paper Doll Top Model (Blue) HB equisetiformis Compacta (Red) Suntastic (Yellow) RUTTYA (Bunny Ears) Surdiva White Orange Dragon SCIRPUS (Fiberoptic Grass) CP RUTTYRUSPOLIA cernuum Phyllis van Heerden (Pink) SCLEROCHITON (Blue Lips) SALVIA (Sage) harveyanus buchananii (Magenta) SCUTELLARIA (Skullcap) Dancing Flame (Red – Var. Foliage) Dorota Blue discolor (Black) Purple Fountain g. Hot Lips (Red/White) Texas Rose g. Heatwave Blast (Salmon Pink) SELAGINELLA (Peacock Moss) g. Heatwave Blaze (Dark Red) uncinata g. Heatwave Glitter (Pink) SENECIO (Groundsel) confusus Mexican Flame (Orange) TV DAYS OF OUR LIVES macroglossus Variegated (Wax Ivy) CP mikanioides (German Ivy) CP SNAPDRAGON (Antirrhinum actually) Just great. Now I can’t stop thinking about Dragon Buttery tomorrow. Curse you, Fleetwood Mac! - Dragon Peachy Ken Foster Dragon Rosy Gummi (White) If not nowsday, then whensday? – Duane Snap Daddy Pink (Variegated Foliage) Binkley Snap Daddy Yellow (Var. Foliage) SOLANUM (Nightshade) jasminoides Var. (White) CP You know something you don’t see every laciniatum (Lavender) day? Thursdays. - Anthony Myers p. Jerusalem Cherry Variegated (White) TF quitoense (Naranjilla) (Lavender) TF “Thursday” is just another word for SOLEIROLIA (Baby Tears) CP “penultimate day before we collectively soleirolii (Green) bestow gratitude to our Creator on s. Aurea (Gold) Facebook for the upcoming weekend.” SPILANTHES (Toothache Plant) - Mark D. Sabien oleracea (Gold/Dark Red) 30 ANNUALS AND TROPICALS SUCCULENTS - cont. Crassula Buddha’s Temple STREPTOCARPELLA (Dauphin Violet) HB-IB Crassula Campfire Concord Blue HB Crassula commutata STREPTOCARPUS (Cape Primrose) Crassula conjuncta Ladyslippers Blue Ice Crassula dejecta Ladyslippers Blue/White Center Crassula dubia Ladyslippers Yellow Purple Cap Crassula falcata STROBILANTHES (Persian Shield) TF-CP Crassula Gollum dyerianus (Light Blue) Crassula Hobbitt STROMANTHE TF Crassula ovata (Jade Plant) Charlie Crassula ovata arborescens sanguinea Trio Star Crassula o. Hummels Sunset Crassula o. Undulata

Crassula o. Variegata SUCCULENTS Crassula pellucida Crassula p. Calico Kitten Nick Baker has taken a real liking to the Crassula perforata Var. succulents. These are the different families Crassula radicans of plants that are mostly native to the Crassula rupestris marnieriana drier regions of the world. They have very Crassula schmidtiana fleshy foliage that comes in a variety of Crassula Springtime colors and interesting shapes, sometimes Disocactus ramulosa TF-HB Echeveria affinis with thorns, sometimes with gorgeous Echeveria Afterglow flowers. As a toddler, Nick fell into a bowl Echeveria agavoides of cactus...kinda like Peter Parker getting Echeveria chroma bitten by a radioactive spider, but as far as Echeveria Blue Sky we know, Nick has no superpowers. Echeveria Doris Taylor Echeveria gibbiflora SUCCULENTS All require high light and Echeveria harmsii should be kept on the dry side. Echeveria imbricata Echeveria Lola Aeonium Blushing Beauty Echeveria minima Aeonium canariense Echeveria nodulosa Aeonium Dinner Plate Echeveria peacockii Subsessilis Aeonium Kiwi Echeveria Perle Von Nurnberg Aeonium mascaense Echeveria pulidonis Aeonium Sunburst Echeveria pulvinata Aeonium Zwartkopf Echeveria pulvinata Frosty Agave assorted Hybrids Echeveria Raindrop Agave Kissho Kan Echeveria Red Prince Agave l. Quadricolor Echeveria The Rose Agave pr. Lemon Lime Echeveria Topsy Turvy Aloe Christmas Carol Epiphyllum oxypetalum Aloe Dorian’s Black Euphorbia aeruginosa Aloe Franco Euphorbia anoplia Aloe Grassie Lassie Euphorbia ferox Aloe Guvnah Euphorbia mammillaris Var. Aloe Pink Blush Euphorbia platyclada Aloe Silver Ridge Euphorbia t. Sticks on Fire (Orange Foliage) Aloe somaliensis Euphorbia trigona rubra Aloe vera (Burn Plant) Euphorbia assorted species & Hybrids Cotyledon ladismithiensis var. Graptopetalum Ghost Cotyledon tomentosa Graptopetalum pentandrum Crassula alpestris Graptopetalum superbum Crassula arborescens Graptoveria amethorum 31 ANNUALS AND TROPICALS DOUBLE POSITIVE SUCCULENTS - cont. Graptoveria Fred Ives An MIT linguistics professor was lecturing Haworthia cuspidata his class the other day. “In English,” he Kalanchoe beharensis said, “a double negative forms a positive. Kalanchoe Big Mama Kalanchoe Fantastic However, in some languages, such as Kalanchoe f. Creamed Scallops Russian, a double negative remains a Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri negative. But there isn’t a single language, Kalanchoe Gremlin not one, in which a double positive can Kalanchoe hildebrandtii express a negative.” Kalanchoe luciae A voice from the back of the room piped Kalanchoe l. Fantastic up, “Yeah, right.” Kalanchoe longiflora Kalanchoe nyikae SUCCULENTS - cont. Kalanchoe orgyalis Senecio scarposus Kalanchoe pumila Senecio vitalis Kalanchoe scapigera Stapelia gigantea Kalanchoe thyrsiflora SYNGONIUM (Arrow Leaf) TF Kalanchoe tomentosa Allusion Hybrids Lampranthus deltoides TALINUM (Jewel of Opar) Lepismium cruciforme crassifolium Kingwood Gold (Carmine) Lithops assorted species (Living Stones) THUNBERGIA TV-TB Manfreda Chocolate Chip Sunny Susy New Orange HB Opuntia Variegated Spineless (Prickly Pear) Sunny Susy Red Orange HB Orostachys boehmerii Sunny Susy Yellow Dark Eye HB Pachyphytum hookeri Susie Mix (Black-eyed Susan Vine) HB Pachyphytum oviferum TIBOUCHINA (Princess Flower) TB Pedilanthus Lemon Crinkle grandifolia (Blue) Pedilanthus t. Zig Zag Lime TINANTIA (Widows Tears) Portulaca molokiniensis pringlei (Light Blue) Portulacaria afra (Elephant’s Bush) TORENIA (Wishbone Flower) Portulacaria afra Variegated Solarina Misty Veil (Light Blue) Rhipsalis capiliformis Summer Wave Bouquet Gold HB Rhipsalis paradoxa Summer Wave Bouquet White HB Rhipsalis pilocarpa Summer Wave Large Amethyst HB Sansevieria Bantel’s Sensation (Snake Plant) Summer Wave Large Blue HB Sansevieria cylindrica Summer Wave Large Silver HB Sansevieria Moonshine TRADESCANTIA (Spiderwort) HB-TF-CP Sansevieria Twisted Sister Burgundy Scilla violacea (White) Kevin’s Purple Sedum lineare Variegatum pallida Biltmore Bimbo Sedum makinoi Ogon (Golden Foliage) CP pallida Purple Queen HB Sedum makinoi Variegated pallida Variegated Sedum morganianum (Burro’s Tail) HB Rainbow Sedum nussbaumerianum sillamontana Sedum pachyclados spathacea Dwarf Variegated Sedum rubrotinctum s. Sitara Gold Sedum rubrotinctum Aurora Trading Gold Sedum Tokyo Sun White Striped Senecio crassissimus zebrina (Purple Wandering Jew) HB Senecio haworthii TRIPOGANDRA (False Bromeliad) TF Senecio j. Variegata Glass Beach Senecio mandraliscae TURNERA (Buttercup Flower) Senecio radicans (String of Pearls) HB ulmifolia El Dorado (Yellow) Senecio rowleyanus 32 ANNUALS AND TROPICALS ANNUALS IN FLATS

VERBENA (Vervain) This list includes all annuals that are Aztec Blue Velvet considered ‘bedding’ annuals and annual Aztec Dark Red flowers used for cutting or drying. They Aztec Wild Rose HB are grown in 10” by 20” flats consisting bonariensis bonariensis Little One of twelve 3-packs per flat (36 plants per Homestead Purple HB flat). Certain other plants are grown in Lanai Blush White 306 flats consisting of three larger 6- Lanai Bright Pink packs per flat. They are marked 306. The Lanai Candy Cane HB following are the volumes. Lanai Lime Green HB Lanai Twister Pink HB 3 cells @ 4.5 fl oz / 133 ml Lanai Twister Purple HB Total pack 13.5 fl oz / 399 ml Lanai Upright Purple Mosaic 6 cells @ 9.5 fl oz / 281 ml Tapien Blue Violet Tapien Pink Imp. Total pack 1.78 qt / 1.69l VIGNA (Snail Vine) TV caracalla (Lavender) Bold = New for 2014 VINCA (Vinca Vine) CP major Variegated KEY m. Wojo’s Jem ✄= Cut Flower VIOLA (Violet) ✺= Dried Flower Hip Hop Cranbunny (Pink/Cranberry) ❍= Full Sun Hip Hop Honeybunny (Yellow/Blue) ◗= Part Shade ZALUZIANSKYA (Night Phlox) ●= Shade capensis (White) WD = Well Drained M = Moist WORDS TO LIVE BY D = Drought tolerant

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, AGERATUM (Mist Flower) ❍, M making everything in its vicinity freshen Blue Hawaii into smiles. - Washington Irving Blue Horizon (Tall) ✄ ALYSSUM (Sweet Alyssum) ❍-◗, WD Forgiveness means letting go of the hope Clear Crystals Mix for a better past. - Lama Surya Das Easter Bonnet Deep Pink Easter Bonnet Lavender Easter Bonnet Lemonade Losing an illusion makes you wiser than Easter Bonnet Pastel Mix finding a truth. - Ludwig Borne Easter Bonnet Peach Easter Bonnet Violet Everybody does not have to like you. That Snow Crystals is not their job. Liking you is not anyone’s BALSAM (Impatiens balsamina) ◗, WD purpose in life except yours. - Iyanla Topknot Mix Vanzant BEGONIA (Begonia semperflorens) ❍-◗-● Senator Mix (Dark Leaf) Senator Pink Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem Senator Scarlet to be solved. - Soren Kierkegaard Senator White Super Olympia Mix (Green Leaf) Good people are good because they’ve Super Olympia Pink come to wisdom through failure. We get Super Olympia Red very little wisdom from success, you know. Super Olympia White - William Saroyan BELLIS (English Daisy) ❍-◗, WD Galaxy Mix 33 ANNUALS IN FLATS DIANTHUS (Pinks) ❍, WD Lavender Picotee BROWALLIA (Bush Violet) ◗-●, WD Super Parfait Raspberry (Dark Red/White) Bells Marine (Dark Blue) Super Parfait Red Peppermint CALENDULA (Pot Marigold) ❍, WD Telstar Crimson Bon Bon Mix Telstar Mix Bon Bon Orange Telstar Pink ❍ ◗ Bon Bon Yellow DUSTY MILLER (Senecio) - , WD CELOSIA (Cockscomb) ❍, WD Silverdust ❍ ◗ Amigo Mix (Dwarf Crested) FOUR O'CLOCKS (Mirabilis) - , WD Fashion Look Mix Mix ❍ Flamingo Feather Purple ✄, ✺ GAZANIA (Treasure Flower) , WD-D Fresh Look Orange Big Kiss Orange Flame Fresh Look Red Big Kiss White Flame Fresh Look Yellow Big Kiss Yellow Flame New Look (Red/Dark Foliage) New Day Orange Clear Smart Look Romantica (Pink) New Day Pink Shades CENTAUREA (Bachelor Button) ❍, WD New Day Red Shades Florence Mix ✄ New Day Strawberry Shortcake Mix CHRYSANTHEMUM (Mini Marguerite) ❍ New Day Sunny Side Up Mix Snowland (White) New Day Yellow ❍ CLEOME (Spider Flower) ❍ GOMPHRENA (Globe Amaranth) , WD

Queen Mix Buddy Rose Sparkler Mix Fireworks Sparkler Rose Gnome Purple (Dwarf) ✄ ✺ COLEUS (Solenostemon) ❍-◗-● Qis Carmine , ✄ ✺ Black Dragon Qis Purple , ✄ ✺ Carefree Mix Qis Red , ✄ ✺ Chocolate Covered Cherry Qis White , ❍ Chocolate Splash HELICHRYSUM (Strawflower) , WD ✺ Dark Chocolate Tall Mix ❍ ◗ Lime Delight HYPOESTES (Polka Dot Plant) - , WD Mighty Mosaic Pink Splash Versa Watermelon Red Splash Wizard Mix White Splash ◗ ● Wizard Pineapple (Gold) IMPATIENS (Busy Lizzy) - , M-WD Wizard Velvet Red Super Elfin Blue Pearl (Lavender) COSMOS ❍, WD Super Elfin Lipstick Picotee Super Elfin Mix Sensation Mix ✄ Super Elfin Orange Bright Sonata Mix Super Elfin Pink Sonata Pink Super Elfin Punch Sonata White Super Elfin Red ALL SUSCEPTIBLE TO CUPHEA (Cigar Flower) ❍, WD Super Elfin Rose IMPATIENS DOWNY ignea Dynomite (Red) Super Elfin Ruby MILDEW DAHLIA ❍ Super Elfin Violet Diablo Mix Super Elfin White Figaro Mix Xtreme Lavender ◗ ● Figaro Red IMPATIENS NEW GUINEA - , M-WD Figaro Violet Divine Cherry Red Figaro Yellow Divine Lavender Harlequin Mix Divine Mystic Mix All in 306 Divine Orange Divine Pink ALL RESISTANT TO Rule #1 of Jedi Square Dancing: Divine Pink Pearl IMPATIENS Do-si-do or do-si-do not. There is no do-si- Divine Violet DOWNY MILDEW try. - Paul B Divine White Blush 34 ANNUALS IN FLATS I couldn’t find any lip balm, so I used hand LOBELIA ❍-◗, WD cream instead. My lips feel better, but Riviera Marine Blue now when I talk it sounds like a round of Riviera Sky Blue applause. - Travis Ruetenik MARIGOLD (Tagetes) ❍, WD Antigua Orange PETUNIA - cont. Antigua Primrose Carpet Pink Bonanza Deep Orange Carpet Sky Blue Bonanza Flame Carpet Velvet Bonanza Mix (Dwarf) Carpet White Bonanza Yellow Daddy Sugar (Light Purple) Disco Red Debonair Dusty Rose Disco Yellow Double Madness Satin Pink Janie Harmony Easy Wave Blue 306 Janie Primrose (Light Yellow) Easy Wave Burgundy Star 306 Lulu Yellow (Gem type) Easy Wave Plum Pudding Mix 306 Marvel Orange Easy Wave Red 306 Marvel Yellow Easy Wave White 306 Mr. Majestic (Striped) Frost Blue Safari Red March Madness Mix Safari Yellow Merlin Blue Morn Safari Yellow Fire Picobella Blue Taishan Gold Picobella Lavender Taishan Orange Picobella Red Taishan Yellow Picobella Rose Star Vanilla (White) Pink Wave 306 MELAMPODIUM (Medallion Flower) Prism Sunshine (Yellow) Lemon Delight ❍, WD-D Purple Pirouette (Double) Showstar (Yellow) Purple Wave Improved 306 NASTURTIUM (Tropaeolum) ❍ Rose Pirouette (Double) Alaska Mix (Variegated) Shock Wave Coral Crush 306 Empress of India (Scarlet) Shock Wave Deep Purple 306 Jewel Mix Shock Wave Pink Vein 306 NICOTIANA (Tobacco) ❍-◗ Sophistica Blackbherry Fragrant Cloud (Tall White) Sophistica Lime Bicolor (Pink/Lime) Perfume Deep Purple Sophistica Lime Green Perfume Lime Supercascade Blue Perfume Mix Supercascade Pink Starmaker Pink Picotee Supercascade Red PANSY (Viola) ❍-◗, WD Supercascade White Cool Wave Berries and Cream Mix Tidal Wave Cherry 306 Cool Wave Pastel Mix Ultra Red Star Cool Wave Violet Wing PHLOX (Annual Phlox) ❍-◗, WD Cool Wave Yellow 21st Century Mix Delta Pure Colors Mix PORTULACA (Moss Rose) ❍, WD-D Delta Pure Violet Happy Hour Banana Delta Pure White Happy Hour Coconut Delta Pure Yellow Happy Hour Fuchsia Other Assorted varieties Happy Hour Orange PETUNIA ❍, WD Happy Hour Peppermint Baby Duck Yellow SALVIA (Scarlet Sage, Mealy Cup Sage) ❍ Carpet Blue Lady in Red Carpet Blue Star Lighthouse Carpet Bright Red Rhea (Blue) Carpet Mix Snow Nymph 35 ANNUALS IN FLATS ZINNIA ❍, WD Benary Mix (Tall) ✄ SALVIA - cont. Crystal White Summer Jewel Pink Magellan Coral Summer Jewel Red Magellan Mix Victoria (Blue) ✺ Magellan Pink Vista Red Magellan Scarlet SNAPDRAGON (Antirrhinum) ❍, WD Magellan Yellow ✄ Madame Butterfly Mix (Tall) ✄ Oklahoma Mix (Tall) Montego Mix Pop Art Golden Red Montego Red Profusion Cherry Montego Yellow Profusion Coral Pink Rocket Gold ✄ Profusion Double Fire Rocket Mix (Tall) ✄ Profusion Double Hot Cherry Rocket Pink ✄ Profusion Orange Speedy Sonnet Rose Profusion White Speedy Sonnet Yellow Queen Lime Twinny Peach Queen Red Lime STATICE (Limonium) ❍, WD Swizzle Cherry and Ivory Fortress Dark Blue ✄, ✺ Swizzle Scarlet and Yellow Fortress Heavenly Blue ✄, ✺ Uproar Rose Zahara Double Cherry Fortress Yellow ✄, ✺ Zahara Double Fire STOCK (Matthiola) ❍, WD Zahara Double Strawberry Vintage Mix Zahara Scarlet TITHONIA (Mexican Sunflower) ❍-◗, WD Zahara Starlight Rose Torch (Orange) Zahara Sunburst TORENIA (Wishbone Flower) ❍-◗ Zahara Yellow Kauai Blue & White Zinita Red Kauai Deep Blue Zinita Rose Kauai Lemon Drop Zinita Yellow Kauai Mix Kauai Rose Zowie Yellow Flame VERBENA (Vervain) ❍, WD canadensis (Rose) ACTUAL BOOK TITLES (REALLY) Imagination (Purple) Obsession Light Blue with Eye • Knitting With Doghair by Anne Quartz Blue Montgomery Quartz Burgundy Quartz Pink • The Manly Art of Knitting by Dave Quartz Scarlet VINCA (Catharanthus, Periwinkle) ❍, WD-D Fougner Jams N Jellies American Pie Mix Jams N Jellies Blackberry • Eating People is Wrong by Malcolm Pacifica Blush Bradbury Pacifica Mix Pacifica Raspberry • How to Raise Your IQ by Eating Gifted Pacifica Really Red Children by Lewis Frumkes Pacifica White Titan Apricot Titan Dark Red • The ‘You’ve Had Worse Things in Your Titan Icy Pink Mouth’ Cookbook by Billi Gordon Titan Lavender Blue Halo Titan Lilac • Missed Periods and Other Grammar Titan Polka Dot Scares by Jenny Baranick Titan Rose VIOLA ❍-◗, WD • How to Avoid Work by William J. Reilly Assorted varieties 36 VEGETABLES ARUGULA (Rocket) Astro - F Standard* - F It’s official, growing your own food is Sylvetta - F ASIAN GREENS Joi Choi (Bok Choy) – F in! Ever since Michele Obama put in a Komatsuna (Summerfest) - F vegetable garden at the White House, seed Mei Qing Coi (Baby) – F sales have been steadily on the rise. This Mizuna – F year we’ll carry seed packets from Seed Purple Mizuna - F Saver’s Exchange, a seed company based in Purple Pac Choi - F Decorah, Iowa. They are the largest non- Senposai - F governmental seed bank in the country. Shungiku - F Many of their seed varieties come from Tatsoi – F Tokyo Bekana - F members of the exchange, people who BEET Bull’s Blood - F send in their grandpa’s favorite tomato Merlin - F seed that he saved year after year. And all Touchstone Gold - F of their seeds are “Open Pollinated”, a BITTER MELON Foo Gwa - 3C term synonymous with “Heirloom”. The BROCCOFLOWER - F seeds produced by these types of plants BROCCOLI DeCicco - F can be easily saved because they will Goliath - F turn out pretty much the same each year, Green Magic – F Raab - F whereas hybrid seeds will not come true. BRUSSEL SPROUTS Falstaff (Purple) - F This is because hybrids have been bred Jade Cross E - F to have certain qualities by using two CABBAGE Alcosa (Early Savoy) - F different parents and if you try to save Copenhagen Market* - F and replant the seed it won’t turn out the Danish Ballhead* - F same. Which brings me to the issue of Early Jersey Wakefield* - F food security. Growing open pollinated Late Flat Dutch *- F varieties and saving your own seed is a Napa Rubicon - F O S Cross - F great way to take the whole process of Ruby Perfection - F home food production a step further, and Savoy Express- F starts to close that loop of having to rely Savoy King - F on outside resources such as big seed Stonehead - F companies. People often ask if we carry CAULIFLOWER Bishop - F bean, pea, or corn plants. The answer is Cheddar (Gold) – F we usually don’t because these are very Graffitti (Purple) - F easy to start from seed directly in the CELERIAC Brilliant - F CELERY Cutting - F ground. Starting your own seeds can be Golden Self-branching* - F healthy, rewarding, economical and fun. Redventure - F But don’t forget, for those who aren’t Tango - F comfortable in doing this, we’re here for COLLARDS Champion - F you. CUCUMBER Armenian* - 3C Boothby’s Blonde* - 3C KEY Burpless #26 - 3C F=10” x 20” flats, 12 packs of 3, 36 per flat Crystal Apple* - 3C Each cell 4.5 fl oz / 133 ml Diva - 3C 4C=3.75” cow pots, 15 per flat Homemade Pickles - 3C Each pot 9.46 fl oz / 280 ml Lemon* – 3C 3C=3” cow pots, 12 per flat Mexican Gherkin - 3C Each pot 7.2 fl oz / 213 ml Poona Kheera - 3C G=Gallon, 3.69 qt / 3.49 l Spacemaster 80 – 3C CB=Color Bowl, 1 gal / 3.78 l Striped Armenian - 3C Suyo Long* - 3C New plants for 2014 are listed in Bold Type. Sweet Success - 3C * = Heirloom 37 VEGETABLES I recently entered the National EGGPLANT Barbarella - 4C Pathological Liars Contest -- and WON! Black Beauty - 4C Then again, all the entrants claimed they Classic- F, 4C won. - Dan Burt Dancer - 4C Fairy Tale - F Ghostbuster (White) – F LETTUCE - cont. Green Goddess - 4C Rhazes (Red Romaine) - F Kermit (Thai) - 4C Saladbowl - F Little Fingers – 4C Skyphos (Red Butterhead) - F Millionaire - F, 4C Summertime (Iceberg) - F Pingtung Long* - 4C Tropicana (Heat tolerant-leaf) - F Pumpkin on a Stick - 4C MELON Ambrosia (Cantaloupe) - 3C Rosa Bianca* - 4C Burpee’s Hybrid (Cantaloupe ENDIVE Salad King - F Dulce Nectar (Honeydew) - 3C Tres Fine Maraichere - F Eden’s Gem (Green Cantaloupe)* - 3C ESCAROLE Natacha - F Emerald Gem (Cantaloupe)* - 3C FENNEL Perfection (Bulbing Type) - F Hale’s Best (Cantaloupe)* - 3C GOURDS Apple - 3C Lambkin (Christmas) - 3C Birdhouse - 3C Lily (Crenshaw)- 3C Daisy Mix (Small) - 3C Minnesota Midget (Cantaloupe) - 3C Dipper - 3C Noir des Carmes (Fr. Cantaloupe)* - 3C Gremlins Mix (Small) - 3C Prescott Fond Blanc (Cantaloupe)* - 3C Luffa - 3C Sakata’s Sweet (Asian)* - 3C Lunch Lady Mix (Large) - 3C Sarah’s Choice (Cantaloupe) - 3C Snake - 3C Savor (Charantais) - 3C Speckled Swan - 3C Superstar (Cantaloupe) – 3C GREENS Claytonia perfoliata (Miner’s Lettuce) MUSTARD Cherokee - F Mizspoona Green Wave - F GROUND CHERRY Aunt Molly’s* – 4C Red Giant - F KALE Green Curled Winterbor - F OKRA Burgundy - F Lacinato/Dinosaur* - F Jambalaya - F Rainbow - F ONION Sets (Bulbs) Red Russian* - F Red Redbor - F Vidalia White Russian - F White KOHLRABI Garth’s Purple - F Yellow Kossack - F PARSLEY ROOT - F Winner - F PEPPER BELL Bell Boy - F, 4C LEEK Lexton - F Blushing Beauty - 4C Megaton – F Chocolate Beauty - 4C LETTUCE Adriana (Butterhead) - F Golden Summer - F, 4C Alfresco Mix - CB Ivory - 4C All Lettuce Mix - CB Jingle Bell (Mini) - 4C Black Seeded Simpson - F King of the North (Red) - F, 4C Braising Mix - CB Lady Bell - F, 4C Buttercrunch (Bibb) - F Lilac - 4C Concept (Romaine) - F Merlot - 4C Cracoviensis - F Mohawk (Containers) - 4C Deer Tongue (Bibb)* – F Red Knight – F, 4C Freckles* - F Super Heavyweight - 4C Jericho (Romaine) - F Valencia (Orange Bell) - 4C Mascara - F Yes to Yellow - 4C Red Fire - F PEPPER HOT Aji Amarillo* - 4C Red Sails - F Aji Cristal* - 4C Red Salad Bowl - F Aji Pineapple* - 4C 38 VEGETABLES Vegetables are a must when on a diet. I PEPPER HOT - cont. suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and Anaheim - 4C pumpkin pie. - Jim Davis Beaver Dam* - 4C Big Sun Habanero - 4C PEPPER HOT - cont. Black Congo - 4C Thai Hot - 4C Bulgarian Carrot Chile* - 4C Tobasco - 4C Butch T (Hot) - 4C Trinidad Scorpion* (LETHAL) - 4C Cajun Belle - 4C Urfa Biber - 4C Caribbean Red (Very Hot) - 4C Wenk’s Yellow Hot* - 4C Cayenne Long Thin - F, 4C White Habanero - 4C Cherry Bomb - 4C Yellow Bhut - 4C Chiltepin (Very Hot) - 4C Yellow Devil’s Tongue - 4C Chipotle - 4C Yellow Fatalii - 4C Chocolate Ghost - 4C Yellow Moruga - 4C Chocolate Habanero - 4C Yellow Naga - 4C Chocolate Naga - 4C Zavory - 4C Chocolate Scorpion - 4C Zimbabwe Bird - 4C Cyklon* - 4C PEPPER SWEET Carmen - 4C Datil (Mild) - 4C Corno di Toro* - 4C Fatalii* - 4C Cubanelle* – 4C Georgia Flame* - 4C Fooled You (Mild Jalapeno) – 4C Ghost (Bhut Jalokia-One of the Hottest!) – 4C Giant Marconi - F Golden Cayenne - 4C Golden Treasure - 4C Habanero (Hot) - 4C Gypsy - 4C Holy Molé (Mild) – 4C Hungarian Sweet (Sweet Banana) - F, 4C Hungarian Hot (Hot Banana) - F, 4C Lipstick - 4C Hot Portugal *- 4C Lunchbox Orange - 4C Jalapeno (Hot) - F, 4C Lunchbox Red - 4C Joe’s Round* – 4C Lunchbox Yellow - 4C Lemon Drop* - 4C Paprika - 4C Maule’s Red Hot - 4C Peperoncini – 4C Moringa Red - 4C Pimento Elite - 4C Mustard Habanero - 4C Sheepnose Pimento *- 4C Naga Morich - 4C Super Sweet Cherry - 4C Orchid (Mild) - 4C PUMPKIN Baby Pam - 3C Padrone - 4C Cannon Ball - 3C Pasilla Bajio - 4C Dill’s Atlantic Giant - 3C Peach Habanero - 4C Fairytale (Musque de Provence)* - 3C Poblano San Martin (Ancho) - 4C Galeaux d’Eysines (Peanut)* - 3C Purple Cayenne* - 4C Howden - 3C Reaper (Hot) - 4C Jack-Be-Little - 3C Red Fatalii - 4C Jarrahdale* - 3C Red Manzano (Med Hot) - 4C Long Island Cheese* - 3C Red Peter (Hot)* – 4C Lumina (White) - 3C Red Savina (Hot) - 4C Marina de Chiogga* - 3C Robin’s Long Cayenne (Mild) - 4C New England Sugar Pie* - 3C Rooster Spur* - 4C Red Warty Thing* - 3C Scotch Bonnet - 4C Rouge vif D’etampes* - 3C Serrano (Hot) – 4C Sorcerer – 3C 7 Pot Chocolate - 4C RADDICHIO Bel Fiore - F 7 Pot Red - 4C Fiero - F 7 Pot White - 4C Indigo - F Super Chili (Hot) - F, 4C SCALLIONS Deep Purple - F Texas Bird* - 4C Nabechan - F 39 VEGETABLES TOMATO CHERRY - cont. Sweet ‘n’ Neat Scarlet - 6” SPINACH Bloomsdale Longstanding* - F Sweet Treats - 4C Olympia - F Tomaccio - 4C Perpetual - F Tomatoberry - 4C Tyee - F Yellow Pear* - 4C SQUASH SUMMER Papaya Pear – 3C TOMATO HEIRLOOM Ananas Noire* - 4C Peter Pan - 3C Aunt Ruby’s German * - 4C Sunburst Patty Pan - 3C Big Rainbow* - 4C Superpik (Yellow Straightneck) - 3C Black Krim* – 4C Yellow Crookneck* - 3C Brandywine * - F, G, 6” Grafted SQUASH WINTER Black Futsu* - 3C Cherokee Purple * - 4C, G, 6” Grafted Blue Ballet - 3C Costoluto Genovese * - 4C Buttercup (Bonbon) - 3C Dixie Golden Giant* - 4C Delicata - 3C German Red Strawberry* - 4C Delicata Bush - 3C Giant Belgium* - 4C Early Butternut - 3C Goldie* - 4C Jet (Acorn) - 3C Great White* - 4C Kabocha Orange Sunshine - 3C Herb’s German Gold* - F, 4C Red Kuri - 3C Herb’s Red* - F, 4C Spaghetti - 3C Hillbilly* - F, 4C Sweet Dumpling - 3C Jaune Flamme* - 4C Sweet Meat* - 3C Kellogg’s Breakfast* - 4C STRAWBERRY (Yeah, we know they’re fruits) Marglobe* - F All Star - June bearing - 3C square Mortgage Lifter * - F, 6” Grafted Fort Laramie - Everbearing - 3C square Moskvich* - 4C Honeoye - June bearing - 3C square Mr. Stripey* - 4C, G Ozark Beauty - Everbearing - 3C square Old German* - 4C Seascape - Everbearing - 3C square Orange Oxheart * - 4C Sequoia - June bearing - 3C square Orange Strawberry* - 4C SWEET POTATOES Georgia Jet - 3C square Oxheart * - 4C Vardaman - 3C square Pineapple* - 4C, 6” Grafted White Yam - 3C square Principe Borghese* - 4C SWISS CHARD Bright Lights - F Rose* - F, 4C Fordhook Giant - F Rossa Sicilian* - 4C Oriole - F Silvery Fir Tree* - 4C TOMATILLO De Milpa* – F Slava* - 4C Gigante - F Stupice* - 4C TOMATO CHERRY Chocolate Cherry - 4C Thessalonika* - 4C Cupid (Grape) - 4C Valencia* - 4C Green Grape - 4C TOMATO HYBRID Abraham Lincoln - 4C Hagan Little Yellow - 4C Beefmaster (Beefsteak) - F, 4C Indigo Rose - 4C Better Boy - F, 4C, G Italian Ice - 4C Better Bush - 4C Matt’s Wild Cherry* - 4C Big Beef - 6” Grafted New Hampshire Pickling* - 4C Big Boy - F, G Red Currant - 4C Big Zac - F, 4C Red Pear* - 4C Biltmore - F, 4C Sugar Lump* - 4C Bush Champion - 4C Sun Cherry - F, 4C Celebrity - F, 4C Sungold - F, 4C, G Champion - F, 4C, G Sun Sugar - 4C Early Girl - 6” Grafted Supersweet 100 - F, 4C, G Fourth of July - F, 4C, G Fried Green - 4C Husky Red - 4C If tomatoes are a fruit, then ketchup would Jetsetter - F be a smoothie, right? Lemon Boy - F, 4C 40 VEGETABLES HERBS

TOMATO HYBRID - cont. This year the herbs have moved to the Park’s Whopper - F greenhouse beside the vegetable house. Rutgers - F Tomande – F, 4C Pot sizes 14.29 fl oz / 422.7 ml Valley Girl - 4C 1.42 pt / 675.9 ml Yellow Stuffer - 4C KEY TOMATO PASTE Amish Paste * - F, 4C A=Annual herbs La Roma – F, 4C B=Biennial herbs Orange Banana* - 4C P=Perennial herbs Purple Russian* - 4C T=Tender Needs winter protection Roman Candle* - 4C C=Culinary San Marzano – F, 4C TOMATO SALADETTE Black Plum* - 4C ANISE A-C Green Zebra * - 4C BASIL African Blue A-C Health Kick - 4C Amethyst Ildi - 4C Cinnamon Japanese Trifele* - 4C Genovese Juliet - 4C Greek Column Moonglow - 4C Green Bouquet Red Zebra - 4C Herbalea Ajaka Wapsipinicon Peach* - 4C Herbalea Green Fortune WATERMELON Crimson Sweet - 3C Herbalea Harlekin Cream of Saskatchewan* - 3C Holy Green and Red Moon and Stars* - 3C Italian Orangeglo* - 3C Lettuce Leaf Sorbet Swirl - 3C Licorice Sugar Baby - 3C Mrs. Burns Lemon Yellow Doll - 3C Napoletano ZUCCHINI Alexandria - 3C Poppy Joes Cocozelle - 3C Purple Ruffles Costata Romanesco* - 3C Red Freddy Eight Ball - 3C Red Rubin Elite - 3C Siam Queen Raven - 3C Spicy Globe Spacemiser (Compact) - 3C Supersweet Chen Sweet Besides these plants, we also offer Sweet Dani packaged seed, bulk seed, potted Thai Magic horseradish, Jersey Knight asparagus White Edged BAY LAUREL T-C roots, seed potatoes, onion sets, and the BORAGE Blue A new pink-flowered strawberry hybrids, BURNET P-C Frisan and Toscana, in hanging baskets. CARAWAY A-C CATNIP Common P A garden is not a matter of life or death. Lemon Scented It’s much more important than that. - CHAMOMILE German A-C unknown CHERVIL A-C CHIVES Common P-C Garlic Please understand the reason why CILANTRO Coriander A-C 3-packs Chinese vegetables taste so good. It is COMFREY P simple. The Chinese do not cook them, DILL Bouquet A-C they just threaten them. - Jeff Smith Fernleaf Super Dukat EPAZOTE A 41 HERBS ROSEMARY - cont. Golden Rain T-C EUCALYPTUS A Gorizia T-C FENNEL Bronze T-C Madeline Hill P-C Green Spice Island T-C GARLIC A-C Tuscan Blue T-C GERMANDER P RUE P HOREHOUND Archer’s Variegated P SAGE Common P-C Common P-C Dwarf P-C LAVENDER Ellegance White P Golden A Goodwin Creek P-C P Mexican A Grosso P-C Pineapple A Hidcote P-C Pineapple Golden Delicious A-C Jean Davis P-C Purple A-C Munstead P-C SAGE - cont. Phenomenal P Tricolor A-C Platinum Blonde P White A-C Provence P SANTOLINA chamaecyparissus T LEMON BALM Common P-C rosmarinifolia T LEMON GRASS A-C SAVORY Creeping Winter P LEMON VERBENA A-C Summer A-C LIPPIA Sweet Herb A-C Winter P LOVAGE P-C SHALLOTS A-C MARJORAM Golden A-C SHISO Green A-C Sweet Purple Zaatar ST. JOHN’S WORT P MINT Apple P-C STEVIA rebaudiana Sugar Leaf A-C Chewing Gum SWEET ANNIE A Chocolate TARRAGON French P-C Corsican T THYME Caraway P Ginger Coconut P Hilary’s Sweet Lemon Elfin P Kentucky Colonel English P-C Lime French P-C Mojito Golden Lemon P Orange Lavender P Peppermint Lemon P-C Pineapple Lime P-C Spearmint Orange P-C MOUNTAIN MINT P-C serphyllum P NASHIA Moujean Tea A-C Silver P OIL TEA TREE Melaleuca A Spicy Orange P OREGANO Cuban (Plectranthus) A Wooly P Greek P-C VALERIAN Garden Heliotrope P Hot and Spicy P-C VICKS PLANT Plectranthus purpuratus A Italian P-C Mexican A-C POTPOURRI Turkestan A-C PAPALO A Lactose Intolerant means that you should PARSLEY Curled B-C 3-packs avoid eating dairy products. Lack Toast and Italian Tolerant means that you don’t have any PATCHOULI Pogostemon A PENNYROYAL Common P toast and you’re okay with it. PLECTRANTHUS caninus A ROSEMARY Arp P-C People who think they know everything Barbeque T-C are a great annoyance to those of us who Common T-C do. - Isaac Asimov 42 THE GOOD FOLKS WHO WORK HERE Thirty-two years is a long time. Without these great people to help us all these years, we wouldn’t be here…or at the very least we’d be way way behind. Here are their lovely pictures along with their favorite animal.

Nick Baker Pam Baker Sarah Baker Susan Broehl Dogs Dogs Sloths Cows

Cheryl Campbell Katy Gamertsfelder Tovah Gross Mark James Mini Australian Dachshunds Lions Tigers Shepherds

Patty Lewis Steve Liss Tom Messerall Sharon Ellis Manatees Bald Eagles Dogs Maine Coon Cats

Jean Morrison Trish Padley Carol Benedict Bill Murray Horses Dogs Horses Groundhogs

Carolyn Swisher Tina Haegele Nancy Baker Chris Baker Squirrels Dogs Praying Mantises Ocelots

These fine people also help on a part-time basis: David Lees, Mike Morrison, John Schwartz, Andy Taylor and maybe some other folks who haven’t been hired as of this printing.

43 COOL PLACES TO VISIT

Central Ohio has many great greenhouses and garden centers. It is a close-knit and friendly community and you’d be hard pressed to find nicer people. We don’t have space to list all the garden centers; you can find them in the phone book. We are listing some of the specialty/hobby greenhouses and public gardens that are worth visiting if you’re in the area:

• Glasshouse Works - Fantastic selection of tropicals, succulents, and hardy plants. Huge display of books, pottery, statuary and garden art. Impressive web site. Catalog. Church St., P.O. Box 97, Stewart, OH 45778 800-837-2142 www.glasshouseworks.com • Companion Plants - Outstanding herbs and other botanicals. Great displays. Plants and seeds. Catalog. 7247 North Coolville Ridge Rd., Athens, OH 45701 740-592-4643 www.companionplants.com • Quailcrest Farms - Large variety of herbs, old roses and perennials. Lots of display gardens. Catalog. 2810 Armstrong Rd., Wooster, OH 44691 330-345-6722 www.quailcrest.com • Wade and Gatton Nursery - THE place for Hostas. Also daylilies, perennials and woodies. Unsurpassed display gardens. Catalog. 1288 Gatton Rocks Rd., Bellville, OH 44813-9106 419-883-3191 www.wadeandgattonnurseries.com • Lynd’s Fruit Farm - Quality fruit farm with a great corn maze in the fall. 9090 Morse Rd., Pataskala, OH 43062 740-964-4744 www.lyndfruitfarm.com • Amity Farm Hostas - Our neighbors. Wonderful selection of Hostas. Some other shade perennials. Check the site or call. 3050 Johnstown-Alexandria Rd, Alexandria, OH 43001 740-924-0400 www.amityfarm.com • Inniswood Gardens - Beautiful wooded Metro Park with streams, wildflowers, formal beds and herb gardens. 940 S. Hempstead Rd., Westerville, OH 43081 614-895-6216 www.inniswood.org • Franklin Park Conservatory – Outstanding Victorian glasshouse with beautiful modern upgrades. A showplace. 1777 E. Broad St., Columbus, OH 43203 800-214-7275 www.fpconservatory.org • Dawes Arboretum - A first class arboretum just off I-70. Great Japanese Garden. 7770 Jacksontown Rd., Newark, OH 43056 www.dawesarb.org 800.44.DAWES • Chadwick Arboretum and Learning Gardens - Spread out over the Ohio State Campus. Interesting flower trials, perennial beds, labyrinth. http://chadwickarboretum.osu.edu/

PLANT SOCIETIES

Feel the need for the companionship of other plant nerds like yourself? Here are some:

• Central Ohio Hosta Society – Mona Darwin [email protected] • Columbus Garden Railway Society - Richard Abler [email protected] 614-885-0351 www.thecgrs.org • Metropolitan Columbus Daylily Society – Sylvia Mellinger [email protected] www.columbusdaylilies.us • Ohio Valley Chapter North American Rock Garden Society - http://ovnargs.org/ Chuck Ellsworth, 5728 Running Fox Lane, Mason, OH 45040 [email protected] • Columbus Bonsai Society - Hold monthly meetings at Franklin Park Conservatory www.columbusbonsai.org • Ohio Prairie Association - www.ohioprairie.org • Central Ohio Daffodil Society - Phyllis Hess 614-882-5720 [email protected] • Central Ohio Cactus & Succulent Society - http://columbus-cactus-club.webs.com/index.html • Central Ohio Orchid Society - www.coosinfo.info • Central Ohio Unit of the Herb Society of America - www.herbsociety.org/units/central-ohio- unit.html • Ohio Herb Education Center – 110 Mill Street, Gahanna, OH 43230 614-342-4380 www.gahanna.gov/departments/parks/herbcenter.aspx • Perennial Plant Association - www.perennialplant.org 44 RADIO ADS We advertise on 610 WTVN’s “In the Garden with Ron Wilson”, a two-hour call- in gardening program that airs Saturdays at 10 am. Ron is very entertaining and dispenses a great amount of sound horticultural advice. Our ads can also be heard at various other times on WODC 93.3 (FM). We also do TV spots on WCMH NBC4 and, new this year, on WBNS Channel 10. Be sure to look for them. The radio spots are ‘oddly different’, much like the pair that appears in them: Chris Baker as himself and buddy Chris Calvin as ‘Cal, The Voice of Baker’s Acres’. The theme song was written and produced by Mr. Baker and performed by his musical cronies, aka The Baker’s Acres Orchestra and Chorus. For the sake of their professional careers they have asked not to be identified. If you were unfortunate enough to hear the theme song previously, it is probably still playing over and over in your head until, desperate for relief, you’ve resorted to self-medication.

WEB SITE, NEWSLETTER & FACEBOOK Many of you web-surfer-type folks have asked if we have a website. As they say in technological Internet jargon…yes, we do. The site has received a brand new facelift and went live in March of 2014. Many thanks to the good folks at Ipso Web Design in Akron for all their hard work in the redesign. The new site is much easier to navigate and has a lot more information. In fact, if you want to download this catalog in PDF form, there is a button to click. We will also announce any special events, write a blog, share special information and, hopefully, offer a live inventory of plants. Since we have discontinued mailing catalogs and sale postcards due to the high cost of postage, we have started an Email Newsletter, to be sent seven or eight times a year to keep you abreast of the latest happenings here at the Acres. To sign up, go to the contact page and follow the directions. We promise not to share your email addresses with anyone. www.bakersacresgreenhouse.com Oh, and for those of you who are facially bookish, Baker’s Acres Greenhouse is on Facebook. Just look us up in the search box. Be sure to get the Ohio Baker’s Acres. Become a fan and get the latest and greatest Acres Info.

THE 10% CARD We like to reward our frequent flower buyers. If you’re here a lot, we have a program for you. Here’s the deal: you can purchase a 10% off, non-transferable card from us for $50. This may be used all of 2014 for any purchase. Simply present it to the cashier when checking out. It should be a simple way to save some money if you spend a lot of it here at the Acres.

SUMMER BREAK Last year, in an effort to make sense out of the S-L-O-W summer garden center business in July and August, we closed during the week from the end of July until the end of August, but remained open on weekends. This year, we’re staying open all the time - probably. It just gets too confusing to switch hours every month. Your best bet is to check the website or the Facebook page in case we make any changes. Or you can call us. We’ll also post summer hours in the Email newsletter.

END OF SEASON We usually end our season on the first Sunday in October, but we play it by ear and sometimes stay open longer, depending on the weather. The first Sunday was always our potluck but we have changed it to charity Sunday. A portion of your purchase goes to your choice of several different organizations. 45 BUS TOURS We seem to have become a destination for garden clubs, horticulture classes, Master Gardener groups and other various gardening gangs. If your group would like a tour, just call us to set up a time (please, no weekends in May). There are several good restaurants in nearby Granville if you’re looking to add lunch to the trip. We can handle anything from a van full to a busload or two so bring ‘em on.

OUR GUARANTEE In a perfect world everything that you buy here would be …well…perfect, but we all know imperfection is part of our normal lives. Around here we strive for perfection, but if that less than perfect thing happens, here are our guarantees and conditions. • All plants and all hardgoods are guaranteed and may be returned in resaleable condition, for store credit, exchange, or cash refund, for up to five days. Resaleable condition is defined as growing in the original healthy state, in the original container, and with the original tags or packaging. • Perennials are guaranteed from time of purchase until October 15th, with receipt, for store credit only. Winter wetness is usually the culprit in perennial failure and is beyond our control. • Outdoor trees and shrubs are guaranteed for one year from time of purchase, with receipt, for store credit only. This tree and shrub guarantee may be waived at the time of purchase by the customer in exchange for 10% off the purchase price. • Any plant that leaves our greenhouse with a disease, insect problem or an incorrect tag may be returned with no questions asked. Unconditionally. • This guarantee does not cover death or damage caused by Mother Nature such as flooding, winds, frost, drought, rabbit and deer browsing, locusts, stampedes, or giant armadillos. We reserve the right to void any guarantee due to CUSTOMER NEGLECT or ABUSE. How can we logically be held responsible for something over which we have no control? Replacement plants are not guaranteed. All sale items are final for anything 50 percent off or more and are not guaranteed.

CUSTOM POTTING Dig this! We offer a custom potting service. Here’s the scoop. • Bring your own pots and we’ll design your containers for you. • Give us about 1 week lead time. • Know your light requirements • $50 per hour plus the price of the plants. Cost includes soil and labor. Need help designing? Call Nick or Pam for a design appointment.

SMALL WORLD Fairy Gardens, Terrariums and Garden Railways are very popular right now and we offer many smaller plants and accessories for these fun ways to garden.

ORGANICS You want organic? We’ve got organic. We now offer organic lawn, flower and vegetable fertilizers exclusively. We will try to offer beneficial ladybugs and praying mantis eggs, but these are sometimes hard to obtain. Check with us. New this year, all our vegetables and herbs will be fed with organic fertilizer. They are never sprayed with chemicals. We can’t say that they are Certified Organic - that certification is very costly and hard to obtain - but we do make every effort to grow them in a responsible and organic way.

46 THANKS 2014 is our 32nd year in business. Many wonderful people have helped us over the years, some in large ways, some in small, but all deeply appreciated. Here’s a list of folks we’d like to thank. Please forgive us any omissions. Barb and Richard Abler Tom Glass Claudio Pasian Wouter Addink Marsha Gleaves Angie Patterson Bev Allen Gary Gossett Steve Pletcher Adelaide Amos Jayson Grunewald Chuck Powell Allan Armitage Carol and Dennis Haas Steve Powell Bob and Nancy Armstrong Erna Hassebrock Rita Randolph Pam and Jim Ashworth Bob and Nancy Heber Sandy Raupp Bob and Marge Baker Dan Heims Mike Rausch Donna and Jeff Baker Bert Hendley Mark Raymond Alice Baroody Dale Hendricks Al Rector Susan Barton Herb the Tomato Guy Kevin Reiner Chris Bernacchi Julia and Eric Hofley John and Penny Replogle Darrell Betts Mike and Diane Howard Bob and Lucy Riffle David Biggar Fred Hower Teresa Riley Monica Bilbao Craig Jaynes Anne Roberts Roger and Diane Billman Chris Jensen Earl Robinson Duane ‘Mocko’ Binkley Dave and Anne Johnson Ray Rogers Ann Bird Rose Jones Ralph and Martha Rohrbaugh Christine Block Max Kackstetter Chuck Ross Bluebird Nursery Howard Katz Ken Sadd Tim Bright Lu and Jerry Killilea, Sr. Judy and Scott Schell Jim Broderick Karen & Jerry Killilea, Jr. Rick Schoellhorn Rindy Brooks Brian Killilea Jack Schmidt Bob Brown Deb Knapke Jack and Katie Skaggs Ed Buckingham Debbie Knitz Elton Smith Jeff Burkholder Janet Kohr Irene Snyder Chris and Sue Calvin Elaine Kolb Nancy Lee Spilove Carmella Carlton Bob and Dink Larson Ellen Stein Walter and Ellen Castle Dave Lees Bert Stevens Steve Castorani Virginia Lees Bob and Suzy Stewart Ann Champney & Jim Miller Brock Lehman Mary Stowe Myron Cherry Woody Lily Lucy Tavener Doug Cole Dick Lindquist Peggy and Dave Tefft Darlene Cooper Mitch Lynd Uncle Bill Toennis Anne and Mark Cox Chuck Lyons Rick Tower Dick Derks Justin Marotta Candy and Lloyd Traven Diana Derringer Kim Marshall Jason Twaddell Janet Dickstein Jane Martin Brad and Russ Ulery Jerry and Eileen Dill Bob and Pam McCarthy Claire Walsh Robbie DuPont Ursula McMorrow Walter’s Gardens Tracy DiSabato-Aust Dennis McNulty Jeff Watt Dude and Jeannie Engel Tom McNutt Carl and Mary Jane Weals Walter Engel Sr. Holly Messerall Connie Williams Jim Eyerdom Tom and Anne Messerall Brian Wilson Dave and John Fleming Jim Monroe Harry Wilson Joe and Nina Fleming Jim and Sherrie Moore Ned and Mitzie Wilson Kenny Fleming Mike Morrison Ron Wilson Larry Fleming Bill Noble Joanne Woodyard Ken Frieling and Tom Winn Sonnie and Mike Nye Jenny Wright and Stan Millie Gavitt Tim O’Dell McCumber Bernard Gebhart Janet Oberleisen Jim Yonkers Jim and LaVonda Gibson Caroline Ouding Roseanne Zerafa Glen and Kate Giffen Betsy Parker Tom and Rita Zigo 47 NOTES These ‘Notes’ pages are common sights in catalogs because of the way catalogs are constructed - in units of four pages. If you don’t have enough material to fill exactly four pages, people label the empty pages as ‘Notes’ pages. We’ve never been clear on what kind of notes they mean. Are we supposed to take notes on a lecture or slide presentation (who can see, the lights are so low)? Are we supposed to rip the pages out and send them as thank you notes or put notes on the refrigerator (Wendell, we’re out of beer again. And get some milk and bread while you’re out). Perhaps it’s for reminding yourself to tell the catalog sender never, ever send you another stupid catalog. Here’s your ‘Notes’ page, what’s left of it. You figure it out.

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48 HOW TO FIND US...

For your driving pleasure, the Rt. 161 four lane upgrade is complete from Columbus to Newark. After 32 years of being in the ‘middle of nowhere’ we are finally in the ‘middle of somewhere’.

Baker’s Acres Greenhouse is just 27 miles northeast of downtown Columbus, 12 miles west of Newark and 1,356.2 miles north of Key West.

HOW TO REACH US...

BAKER’S ACRES GREENHOUSE 3388 Castle Road Alexandria, Ohio 43001

1-800-934-6525 740-924-6525 FAX 740-924-0500 E-Mail [email protected] www.bakersacresgreenhouse.com Baker’s Acres Greenhouse is on Facebook

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