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SENY NORSINGH Stephens, with unreal greatO adventure. Summer 2018 hard plastic foliage, and marks our first flowering of after many years, we’re titan arum, Amorphophallus finally able to extend an titanum ‘Peter Grande’. It was an encore offering of the amazing occasion, drawing many giant flowering Aspidistra new visitors to our gardens. We Anita and Tony guangxiensis ‘Spiderman’. continue to expand and improve the gardens here at Juniper Level, with this Also, after years of no availability, we are pleased years’ projects including plantings around the to again offer the sterile Helleborus ‘Walberton’s parking lot, a complete renovation of our bog Rosemary’…a superb Helleborus niger hybrid. garden, expansion of our trial beds, and now, We hope you’ve saved room in your shade installation has begun on our final section of garden for two amazing new hostas from our crevice garden. friend Hans Hansen. Both Hosta ‘Diamond pg. 32 Lake’ and ‘Age of Gold’ are uniquely large and Current operations of Juniper Level Botanic in charge. Garden are solely funded by Plant Delights SSeverall new NNorthh AAmericani nativei plantsl Nursery. An endowment has been established For tropical-garden lovers, you’re going to flip have stolen our hearts and are included for the to receive contributions to preserve Juniper over Canna ‘Red Tiger’…a new variegated first time, include two amazing groundcover Level Botanic Garden, as any future issues with foliage canna that is truly unimaginable. A great junipers…the gold-foliaged Juniperus Tony’s health will likely result in a shutdown of companion is Colocasia ‘Black Ripple’…a horizontalis ‘Copper Harbor’ and the tiny all facilities. The only way to preserve Juniper new, heavily corrugated jet black-leafed elephant dwarf Juniperus horizontalis ‘Pancake’. If you’re Level Botanic Garden and its plant collections ear from plantsman Brian Williams. To top looking for a native groundcover with a great for this and future generations is for the JLBG off the combination, check out the hardy floral show,Conradina verticillata ‘Rocky endowment to be fully funded. Funds in the Clerodendron speciosissimum with its summer Top’ is a show stopper. endowment cannot be used, and only interest panicles of screaming scarlet-red flowers. We’ve added some new geophytes to our fall will be available for garden operations lineup including two new dwarf crinum lilies once the endowment is funded. that are quite extraordinary and unique… The JLBG endowment is set up and Crinum ligulatum ‘Star Power’ and Crinum administered by The Endowment lugardiae ‘White Dove’. Alophia drummondii Fund of NC State University, a tax- is a little-known Texas native bulb from the deductible 501-C-3. Here is the link too iris family that deserves wider acclaim, as does contribute on-line: go.ncsu.edu/JLBG. its cousin, Tigridia pavonia ‘El Salto’. One Our passion for propagating and sharing rare and endangered plants and newly developed treasures is as strong as ever, evidenced by our amazing Fall 2018 catalog. Our fall lineup includes a couple of new cast iron plants. Aspidistra sichuanensis

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Colocasia ‘Black Ripple’ pg. 10 pg. 10 Crinum ‘Star Power’ pg. 11 Ż 2 Monday-FridaySUPPORTING 8am-5pm ~ phone: Juniper 919.772.4794 Level Botanic ~ Gardenemail: sales forl [email protected] lYEARStdd li hht of the most exciting plants we’ve ever had the joy to to new levels. Mangave ‘Blue Mammoth’ which offer isHowardara ‘Riley Kate’…a fascinating tri- we can finally offer for the first time, has been generic hybrid of hippeastrum (amaryllis), Aztec lily the most winter hardy selection in our trials so (sprekelia) and rain lily (zephyranthes). There are only far, while Mangave ‘Red Wing’ has foliage colors a handful of people worldwide who have even seen that don’t look real. The two-tone leaf of Mangave this in person, so if you’re willing to splurge…. ‘Blazing Saddles’, and the variegation of Mangave ‘Snow Leopard’ look good enough to eat, but don’t Two splendid new groundcover sedums for the rock fall for the temptation. garden that impressed us with their performance are Sedum ‘Little Miss Sunshine’, and its variegated AAs usual, we have plenty of really cool oddities counterpart, Sedum ‘Boogie Woogie’…both from the that aren’t to be missed. The hardy Cuphea cyanea great breeding work at Walters Gardens. ‘Ashevilla’ is amazing, as is the incredibly hairy Brazilian desert fern, Pleopeltis lepidopteris The dramatic upgrades in the hibiscus world continue ‘Morro dos Conventos’. If you’ve been looking to amaze us. Hibiscus ‘Holy Grail’ and ‘Cherry Choco for a truly long-lived euphorbia, check out Pat Latte’ are truly superb selections for both flower, habit, McCracken’s Euphorbia ‘Galaxy Glow’. Carrying and foliage. The flower saturation of Hibiscus ‘Airbrush through the purple theme is the purple-foliaged Effect’ is astonishing, as is Hibiscus ‘Holy Grail’ pg. 21 Yucca aloifolia ‘Indigo Dagger’. Many plants from the variegated foliage of the spring are also back in stock, so check out our new rose of Sharon, Hibiscus complete offerings at Plantdelights.com ‘Carpa’. ThThanks again for buying our plants and for helping us to increase The parade of amazing new bbiodiversity and conserve plants through gardening. mangaves hasn’t slowed, with eight new next generation Tony and Anita hybrids that take the group Navigating our Print Catalog This catalog contains over 100 plants from our collection of nearly 1,400 perennial plants for sale. You may shop all of our available plants at www.plantdelights.com 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. You may also call us Monday–Friday, 8a–5p, EST, at 919-772-4794.

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Aloe Farm in South Africa. Agapanthus This vigorous selection is the (Lily-of-the-Nile) pinnacle of years of breeding between The blue or white flowering South Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis African lily-of-the-Nile are well- and Agapanthus campanulatus. Each known for being great summer semi-deciduous clump is composed flowering perennials in warm of 1’ long leaves, and topped, starting winter climates, but our goal is in mid-June (NC) with 4’ tall stalks, to find good cold-hardy garden ending in 7” wide clusters of tubular performers. We have trialed over bicolor flowers; white tips with a violet 93 different agapanthus selections blue base. and offer the best from those trials Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) for both perennial gardens and Catalog #13692 $19 summer color bowls. Although agapanthus are drought-tolerant, qq Agave potatorum they flower much better when ‘Bluewinds’ (Bluewinds the soil is kept moist during the Century Plant) summer months. Sun to Part Sun • 8” tall • Zone: Tropical • Dormancy: Evergreen qq Agapanthus ‘Elaine’ • Origin: Mexico (Elaine Lily-of-the-Nile) Sun to Part Sun • 50” tall • Zone: 7a (aka: Agave ‘Eye Scream’) Agave to 10b, at least • Dormancy: Winter ‘Bluewinds’ is sheer perfection. We • Origin: Hybrid picked up this un-named variegated sport of Agave potatorum from a (Plant Patent 7303 expired) Agapanthus grower in Thailand in 2008, only to ‘Elaine’ is a 1990 introduction from find out later that is was named Agave California’s Archie Amate, that’s been ‘Bluewinds’. For us, it has formed a a vigorous grower for us in NC. The stunning 8” tall x 18” wide symmetrical wide green foliage (evergreen in mild clump that makes visitors go gaga (no climates) forms a fast-growing 3’ tall relation to the Lady). Each clump clump of green strap-like leaves, topped of Agave potatorum ‘Bluewinds’ is in midsummer with 50” stems of composed of 6” long x 3” wide blue hummingbird-attracting, dark blue- leaves, each edged with a wide border violet (RHS 93A), 8” wide flower heads. of creamy gold. @ WALTERS GARDENS, MI Agave potatorum Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ‘Bluewinds’ Catalog #3513 $19 grows to about half the size of qq Agapanthus ‘Navy Blue’ the similarly Agapanthus ‘Elaine’ (Navy Blue Lily-of-the-Nile) colored Agave Sun to Part Sun • 32” tall • Zone: potatorum 6a to 10b • Dormancy: Winter • ‘Snowfall’. Origin: Hybrid Pot Size: 3.5” pot (aka: Agapanthus ‘Midnight (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) NEW! Star’) Agapanthus ‘Navy Blue’ is Catalog #9340 the most popular agapanthus selection $29 in the UK and much of Europe. This deciduous selection has shown incredible winter hardiness in open Agapanthus ‘Navy Blue’ field trials in Western Michigan (zone CONCEPT PLANTS 5b/6a). Starting in July, Agapanthus ‘Navy Blue’ is topped with 32” tall stalks of medium-sized clusters of dark royal blue flowers, which flower well into August. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #12996 $19

qq Agapanthus ‘Twister’ PP 25,519 (Twister Lily-of-the-Nile) Sun to Part Sun • 48” tall • Zone: 7b to 10b, at least • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Hybrid Agapanthus ‘Twister’ is the NEW! latest introduction from the master agapanthus breeders at De Wet Agapanthus ‘Twister’ Agave ‘Bluewinds’ Ż 4 SUPPORTING Juniper Level Botanic Garden for 30 YEARS qq Allium ‘Pink Planet’ qq Anomatheca laxa (Pink Planet Ornamental Onion) ‘Joan Evans’ (Joan Evans Sun to Part Sun • 18” tall • Zone: 4a to 8b, False Freesia) at least • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Hybrid Sun • 8” tall • Zone: 7b to 10b • Dormancy: Summer • Origin: Allium ‘Pink Planet’ has been a superb performer in South Africa our heat and humidity tolerance trials. This Intrinsic (Aka: Freesia laxa, Lapeirousia Perennial Gardens introduction forms a nice clump NEW! laxa) Anomatheca laxa ‘Joan of slightly twisted, thin, glaucous. blue-green leaves, Evans’ is a delightful color variant thanks to the influence of Allium senescens. The of the typically salmon red South vigorous, deer-resistant clumps are topped, starting African false freesia. The tiny green for us in late June (NC) with numerous 18” tall stalks, iris-like foliage emerges in late winter, each terminating in a 3” wide, dense flower head of forming a small, but fast-offsetting pale lilac flowers...or if you’re color blind (i.e. male), clump, topped, starting for us in pink. If you don’t overuse pesticides, Allium ‘Pink April with lovely small white flowers, Planet’ is a great attractant to bees and butterflies (not each highlighted with a dramatic red included). Our 10-year old clumps are now 2’ wide, blotch. Dry soils in either part sun and so far, no seedlings have been spotted. Allium or part shade are best, and is a great ‘Pink Planet’ is a great rock garden plant, so a nice rock garden plant. When happy, sunny, well-drained spot will be very satisfactory. Anomatheca ‘Joan Evans’ will seed Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) around nearby. Be sure to mark the Catalog #12727 $16 planting spot, since it goes summer dormant. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) qq Alophia Catalog #13004 $15 drummondii (Purple Pinewood Iris) qq Aquilegia chrysantha Part Sun • 15” tall ‘Denver Gold’ (Denver Gold • Zone: 7a to 9b, at least Yellow-spurred Columbine) • Dormancy: Winter Sun to Light Shade • 36” tall • Origin: United States • Zone: 3a to 8b • Dormancy: (aka: Trigridia Evergreen • Origin: United States NEW! purpurea) Alophia drummondii Aquilegia chrysantha ‘Denver Gold’ is a delightful small is an easy-to-grow, stunning addition Allium ‘Pink Planet’ US native iris-relative, to the spring garden. Native from hopelessly confused in Colorado south to Mexico, the 2-3’ tall the trade with another stalks arise from an evergreen rosette of Texas native,...the deeply lobed, glaucous green foliage. In completely different late spring, the stalks are topped with Herbertia lahue. Alophia clouds of long-spurred yellow flowers... drummondii hails from great emerging through lower ground the region encompassing covers. This long-lived columbine will Mississippi west to reflower if dead-headed promptly, Oklahoma and Texas, and will reseed true if your pollinators Alophia drummondii where it can be found in are well-trained and if it’s kept a safe sandy pinelands. Alophia distance from other horny columbines. drummondii emerges from a winter- Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) dormant corm in mid-spring, forming Catalog #1238787 $14 15” tall, narrow, pleated green leaves. The 15” tall flower stalk is topped withh terminally produced, sideways-facing, intricately-decorated, purple, cypella- like flowers from May until October. There’s gold We have found these very easy to groww in a part-sun garden setting. in Denver? Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #8806 $16

Aquilegia ‘Denver Gold’ Anomatheca ‘Joan Evans’ Ż See our complete collection at www.plantdelights.com ~ phone: 919.772.4794 ~ email: [email protected] 5 Asclepias tuberosa Asclepias ‘Hello Yellow’

fuzzy, narrow green leaves. Clumps Asclepias of Asclepias tuberosa are topped with branched terminal clusters of brilliant (Swamp Milkweed, orange flowers, which are enjoyed by Butterfly Weed, guess what...Monarch butterflies! The Butterfly Flower) flowers are followed by unusual seed pods that burst open to spread their silk Asclepias are popular perennial laden seed. Good drainage and plenty of flowering plants that attract sun are the keys to success. butterflies and hummingbirds with their brightly colored flower Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) clusters. Some asclepias are Catalog #335 $15 drought-tolerant, while others prefer soggy soils, but most grow qq Asclepias tuberosa ‘Hello best in full sun gardens. The

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Aspidistra ‘Fuji-No-Mine’

Aspidistra ‘Fuji-No-Mine’ Aspidistra ‘Spiderman’ Asplenium ‘Cristatum’ Ż See our complete collection at www.plantdelights.com ~ phone: 919.772.4794 ~ email: [email protected] 7 qq qq Aster oblongifolius Astrolepis sinuata FAVORITE!Tony’s ‘Fanny’ (Fanny’s Fall Aster) ‘Parker Creek’ (Parker Creek Sun to Part Sun • 24” tall • Zone: 4a :DY\&ORDN)HUQ to 9b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Sun to Part Sun • 12” tall • Zone: 7b United States to 9b, at least • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: United States, Mexico (syn: Symphyotrichum oblongifolium) (syn: Cheilanthes sinuata) We originally acquired Aster ‘Fanny’, a NEW! Astrolepis sinuata ‘Parker Creek’ selection of the American native Aster comes from our 2005 spore collection oblongifolius, from Montrose Gardens, from 5,200’ elevation in Arizona’s Gila which acquired it from Ruth Knopf County. This fascinating desert fern of Boone Hall Plantation in South has been happy in our southeastern Carolina. Ruth acquired the aster from US rock garden for well over a decade, her maid, Fanny, who acquired it as a forming a 1’ tall x 18” wide clump of pass-along plant from her grandmother. dark-olive, narrow, upright, evergreen Aster ‘Fanny’ is one of the last asters to fronds with fuzzy brown backs. flower in our garden, usually in October Although Astrolepis sinuata is native in and November. ‘Fanny’ (the aster, not alkaline soils, it has thrived in our 6.2 the maid) makes a nice 2’ tall clump to pH and much wetter climate, as long 8’ in width and is smothered with 1” as drainage is good. During periods of blue flowers starting in October (NC)... drought, the leaves will curl inward to awesome! For a fall show in a hot dry reduce water loss. site, a nice ‘Fanny’ is a hard thing to beat. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #7066 $20 Catalog #341 $16

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Baptisia arachnifera is the most unique Aster ‘Fanny’ Astrolepis ‘Parker Creek’ member of the genus. Each 2’ tall x 5’ wide clump is adorned with clasping, silvery- grey, eucalyptus-like, hairy leaves. Baptisia arachnifera is a compact grower for a special FAVORITE!Tony’s spot in the rock garden and is topped with short terminal spikes of yellow flowers in late summer...long after most other baptisias have finished flowering. Baptisia arachnifera is also late to emerge in spring, so don’t get worried when it’s not the first thing out of the ground. Despite being nursery propagated from seed here at Plant Delights, this federally endangered, coastal Georgia native cannot be shipped outside of NC due to misguided Federal regulations, so you’ll have to visit and pick yours up in person. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #510 $23

qq Canna ‘Red Tiger’ (Red Tiger Canna Lily) FAVORITE!Tony’s Sun • 48” tall • Zone: 7b to 10b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Hybrid Canna ‘Red Tiger’ is the Kardashian NEW! of the plant world...hot, loud, and screaming “look at me”. From a backyard plant breeder in Thailand, Canna ‘Red Tiger’ is the first of a new series of amazing variegated cannas. For us, Canna ‘Red Tiger’ forms a 4’ tall clump of creamy yellow and green striped leaves, topped with large cherry red flowers...what a sight to behold. Supplies are still limited, so don’t miss being the first on the block to have your neighbors screaming for joy...or reporting you for having plants that are too loud for your HOA sound ordinance. Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L) Baptisia arachnifera Catalog #13733 $27 Ż 8 SUPPORTING Juniper Level Botanic Garden for 30 YEARS CONCEPT PLANTS Carex (Sedge) qq Carex siderosticta ‘Banana Boat’ (Banana Boat Sedge) ƃ JLBG Collection Contains ƃ Part Sun to Light Shade • 6” tall • 73 Species and 174 unique clones Zone: 4a to 8b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Japan The ornamental grass genus carex is the Rodney Dangerfield of the plant world...they just don’t get Carex ‘Banana Boat’ is a beautiful no respect. These mostly variegated form of the deciduous Carex evergreen clumpers add siderosticta from Japan that makes a dramatic form, behave well, slowly spreading clump of 6-8” long, blend texturally with most bright golden leaves bordered with a anything, and are easy to Not car wrecks... dark green edge. Carex ‘Banana Boat’ is grow. Many carex are even - an easy-to-grow textural complement to suited to perform such CAREX ferns in the moist woodland garden. In mundane garden functions 5 years, expect a 3’ wide deer-resistant as lining pathwayss in a patch. woodland garden. Great companion plants to hostas, Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) most carex performm ttheirheir Catalog #6175 $17 best when grown iinn a moist location, althoughh ttheyhey are qq Caryopteris divaricata ‘Blue somewhat tolerantt %XWWHUÁLHV· %OXH%XWWHUÁLHV of neglect and Bluebeard) resistant to deer... Carex ‘Evercream’ Sun • 72” tall • Zone: 6b to 9b, at give a carex a try! least • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Japan

We have been taken with the floriferous herbaceous perennial, Caryopteris divaricata ‘Blue Butterflies’ in our trials! This vigorous 6’ tall, deer-resistant, qq Carex oshimensis summer-flowering perennial, selected ‘Evercream’ PPAF (Evercream by Japan’s Shinri Wakaiki, is topped :HHSLQJ6HGJH from August through October with Part Sun to Light Shade • 10” hundreds of small blue flowers that tall • Zone: 5a to 9b • Dormancy: resemble trichostema (blue curls). Evergreen • Origin: Japan Caryopteris ‘Blue Butterflies’ is a great summer border plant, but well- Carex ‘Evercream’ is the drained soils are particularly important NEW! latest in the line of amazing for good survivability as you move sedges from Ireland’s Patrick into more northerly zones. In some Fitzgerald. Carex oshimensis climates, Caryopteris divaricata can seed ‘Evercream’ is a creamy edged excessively, so keep your eyes peeled if it version of Carex ‘Everest’, but likes your climate too much. brighter than the more muted border of Carex ‘Everlime’. Each Carex ‘Eversheen’ Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) flowing clump forms a 10” tall x 2’ Catalog #7518 $16 wide specimen, which is best used to create a river of color in the shade garden. Carex ‘Evercream’ is drought tolerant, but really thrives in a slightly moist, light shade setting. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #14282 $17 qq Carex oshimensis ‘Eversheen’ PP 25,938 (YHUVKHHQ:HHSLQJ6HGJH Part Sun to Light Shade • 6” tall • Zone: 5a to 9b • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: Japan

Carex oshimensis ‘Eversheen’ is the smallest growing of the new Carex oshimensis selections from Ireland’s Patrick Fitzgerald. Carex oshimensis ‘Eversheen’ is a new twist on the standard, Carex ‘Evergold’, with a darker yellow central stripe instead of creamy white. Like the other Carex oshimensis selections, expect an evergreen, weeping clump, but only 6” tall x 15” wide...a great combination with variegated hostas and ferns. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #10749 $17 Carex ‘Banana Boat’ &DU\RSWHULV¶%OXH%XWWHUÁLHV· Ż See our complete collection at www.plantdelights.com ~ phone: 919.772.4794 ~ email: [email protected] 9 qq Chasmatophyllum plantsman David Cockrell shared narrow, glossy black foliage is heavily qq Conradina verticillata musculinum (Tiger Jaws) a hardy form of Clerodendrum puckered, resulting in a unique three- ‘Rocky Top’ Part Sun • 2” tall • Zone: 6a to 9b, at speciosissimum that he discovered dimensional, textured appearance atop (Cumberland Rosemary) FAVORITE!Tony’s least • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: traveling through his home state on the dark violet stems. Moist, rich soils Sun to Part Sun • 6” tall Southern Africa business. Despite our skepticism that produce the best plants, which when • Zone: 6a to 8b, at least • Dormancy: it couldn’t survive here in Zone 7b, happy will reach 4’ tall x 3’ wide. Evergreen • Origin: United States Chasmatophyllum musculinum this amazing clone has returned since NEW! Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) is one of several South African 2003. In our climate, it emerges late, This federally threatened central Catalog #13716 $21 NEW! succulents from the Karoo and and never gets over 2’ tall, although Tennessee/Kentucky native can surrounding areas, that make great in warm winter climates, expect it be found naturally growing in sandy rock garden specimens. Tiger jaws qq Coniogramme japonica streamside soils that are seasonally to reach 7’ tall. The slowly suckering (Japanese Bamboo Fern) forms a compact mat of small, fleshy, plant emerges with upright woody inundated. Conradina verticillata green leaves, covered for months stems, clothed in 1’ wide, velvety green Light Shade to Shade • 24” tall • ‘Rocky Top’ has so much garden value, in both spring and fall with bright leaves and topped in very late summer Zone: 7b to 9b, at least • Dormancy: we feel it should be in every garden yellow daisies with orange tips on the and early fall with terminal clusters of Winter • Origin: China, Japan, Korea where conditions allow. Forming a back the back of the petals. Although brilliant, scarlet-red flowers along with 6” tall x 4’ wide specimen in three Chasmatophyllum musculinum is loads of hummingbirds. Not only does Coniogramme japonica has long been years, Conradina verticillata resembles quite drought tolerant, we recommend Clerodendrum speciosissimum look one of the most admired and requested a rosemary that’s been run over by occasional watering in dry summer great in the garden, but it can also be ferns from our garden. Japanese a steamroller. The prostrate woody climates, but keep soils very dry used to cure everything from arthritis bamboo fern is a unique bold-textured stems are adorned with rosemary-like, during the winter. The genus name, to hemorrhoids. You’re sure to feel a fern with upright, 2’ tall, dark green, fragrant leaves. Starting for us in early Chasmatophyllum translates to “crevice sense of relief just having this in your plastic-feeling fronds, emerging from a May, the stems are smothered with a leaf”. garden. slowly spreading rhizome. For us, our mass of mauvy violet flowers. Good 10-year-old clump of Coniogramme drainage is a key to success, so we have Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) japonica is 3’ wide. Where we have seen our plants perched atop a rock wall, Catalog #13532 $15 Catalog #6678 $20 this growing in the wild, bamboo fern where they can cascade. Our offering seems to prefer a moist to slightly moist qq Clerodendrum is an exceptional clone, propagated by qq Colocasia esculenta ‘Black woodland soil...very easy to grow. cuttings. speciosissimum ‘Arkansas Hardy’ Ripple’ PP 26,151 (Black Ripple (Arkansas Hardy Giant Red Glory Elephant Ear) Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #4877 $18 Bower) Sun to Part Sun • 48” tall • Zone: 8a Catalog #758 $16 Sun • 84” tall • Zone: 7b to 10b • to 10b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Dormancy: Winter • Origin: China Eastern Asia NEW! Clerodendrum speciosissimum (aka: Colocasia ‘Puckered Up’) ‘Arkansas Hardy’ is a tropical NEW! Colocasia esculenta ‘Black clerodendron that surprised us with its Ripple’ is a relatively new introduction winter hardiness. In 2003, Arkansas from Kentucky’s Brian Williams. The

Chasmatophyllum musculinum Colocasia ‘Black Ripple’ Coniogramme japonica

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Clerodendron ‘Arkansas Hardy’ Conradina ‘Rocky Top’ Ż 10 SUPPORTING Juniper Level Botanic Garden for 30 YEARS qq Crinum ligulatum qq Crinum lugardiae ‘White Dove’ (White Dove Crinum Lily) garden trials since 2013, so it’s time to ‘Star Power’ (Star Sun to Part Sun • 24” tall • Zone: 7b to 10b, at least • Dormancy: share. Cuphea cyanea ‘Ashevilla’ forms Power Crinum Lily) FAVORITE!Tony’s Winter • Origin: South Africa FAVORITE!Tony’s a dainty-looking 1’ tall x 18” wide airy Sun • 24” tall • Zone: 7b mound, topped, from late summer (aka: Crinum lugardiae PDN008) If you think crinums are to 10b • Dormancy: Winter through frost with hundreds of tiny NEW! too large and gawky, then we’ve got a crinum for you. Crinum ‘White • Origin: Madagascar dangling pink flowers, each highlighted Dove’ is an incredible selection of the dwarf South African Crinum lugardiae. by a yellow tip, and two cinnamon NEW! Crinum ligulatum The small growing clump forms a 1’ tall x 3’ wide clump of narrow glossy eyes...seriously cute. Light shade or ‘Star Power’ green leaves, morning sun in rich soils is best. is a compact, dwarf topped, Cuphea cyanea was the winner crinum for people who FAVORITE!Tony’s PDN starting INTRO of the prestigious RHS Award of Merit don’t like crinums. This in early in 1978. 2018 Plant Delights August and Nursery introduction continuing Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) started life as a seedling into late Catalog #11924 $16 selection we made September from an original seed with up qq Cuphea glutinosa collection in its native to 13, 2’ (Texas Heather) haunts in Madagascar. stalks, each Sun to Part Sun • 8” tall • Zone: 7a Crinum ligulatum ‘Star terminating to 10b, at least • Dormancy: Winter Power’ forms a vigorous, in 8-9, lightly • Origin: United States but compact 18” tall x fragrant, 3.5’ wide clump of 20” pure white, Cuphea glutinosa is an amazing North long glossy green leaves. narrow- American native, found only in a The attractive clumps petalled few counties in east Texas and west are topped, starting in flowers. Louisiana. It’s one of the finest part sun early May (NC) with A mature groundcovers we’ve ever grown...native numerous 2’ tall stalks, clump of or otherwise. The low mounding 8” tall each terminating in a Crinum x 4’ wide (10 years) semi-evergreen mats cluster of cherry-red buds, ‘White Dove’ consist of arching, wiry, reddish stems, which open to reveal has over clothed with tiny, pointed green leaves. pure-white, star-like, 100 flowers A patch of Cuphea glutinosa is covered sweetly-fragrant flowers open at the from late April through November with with pink petal backs same time... hundreds of small, light purple flowers... and contrasting pink unheard of in each one with dark stripes radiating out anthers...truly amazing. the crinum from the center...extremely cute and a Crinum ‘Star Power’ is world...truly superb groundcover! Cuphea glutinosa very drought tolerant, but an amazing should not be used by gardeners who moist rich soils still grow floral show. need a glutin-free landscape. the best plants. Pot Size: Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Pot Size: 3.5” pot 3.5” pot Catalog #1489 $14 (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #12655 $35 Catalog #11997 $29 PDN Crinum ‘White Dove’ INTRO qq Cuphea cyanea ‘Ashevilla’ (Ashevilla Pink Cigar Plant) FAVORITE!Tony’s PDN INTRO Sun • 12” tall • Zone: 7a to 10b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Mexico Cuphea cyanea is one of those NEW! plants that simply shouldn’t have any winter hardiness, but that’s one of the lovely things about plants not being able to read. Hailing from the southern Mexican states of Chiapas and Oaxaca, I was astounded upon seeing it in the Asheville, NC garden of Jasmin and Peter Gentling, where it made a reliable perennial. Shared cuttings have since thrived in our Cuphea ‘Ashevilla’

Crinum ‘Star Power’ Cuphea glutinosa Ż See our complete collection at www.plantdelights.com ~ phone: 919.772.4794 ~ email: [email protected] 11 qq Dahlia imperialis Dryopteris (Giant Tree Dahlia) Sun • 108” tall • Zone: 7b to 9b (Autumn Fern, Male Fern, Wood Fern) • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Central Dryopteris is a genus of 225 species worldwide that give us America the majority of our great garden ferns. Most species prefer evenly moist soils in woodland garden conditions. We strongly I have this fetish for growing peculiar things, recommend planting dryopteris (male ferns) near athyriums and the giant tree dahlia is at the top of (lady ferns)...even pteridophytes need a conjugal visit every my list. In the wild, Dahlia imperialis can now and then! reach 30’, but our garden plants only reach a meager 9’ in height. The bamboo-looking stalks easily grow to a massive 3” in diameter qq Dryopteris qq 'U\RSWHULVÀOL[PDV and are topped with oversized but typical crassirhizoma (Thick- ‘Parsley’ (Parsley Male dahlia foliage. If you garden in Zone 7a, you Stemmed Wood Fern) Fern) can forget flowers, which are single pink and Part Sun to Light Shade Part Sun to Shade • 18” tall always manage to open the day we have our • 36” tall • Zone: 5a to 8b • Zone: 4a to 8b • Dormancy: first killing frost. Nevertheless, this tropical- • Dormancy: Evergreen Deciduous • Origin: United looking gem is worth growing just for its • Origin: Asia States, Europe stature and texture in the garden...and to fool all your neighbors with its identity. Have (syn: Dryopteris buschiana) Dryopteris filix-mas ‘Parsley’ someone take your photo standing alongside Dryopteris crassirhizoma is a unique selection of the your dahlia, and you’re a sure-fire winner for is a handsome, tall, Clark widespread (much of North the next Miracle-Gro commercial. Gablesque, vase-shaped fern American and Europe) male that usually forms a solitary fern, discovered in the US as Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) crown and can reach 3’ tall x a sporeling with a particularly Dahlia imperialis Catalog #4724 $17 3’ wide when happy. The semi- congested form and occasional evergreen, deer-resistant, thick crinkled fronds. When fully textured fronds of Dryopteris grown, expect a 18” tall x 2’ crassirhizoma give a very tropical wide deciduous clump...very appearance in the garden. In attractive and deer resistant. winter the fronds remain green Pot Size: 3.5” pot but lay flat on the ground, (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) helping to protect those nearby Catalog #7782 $16 from the ravages of winter. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #2733 $16

qq Dryopteris erythrosora ‘Brilliance’ (Brilliance Autumn Fern) Part Sun to Light Shade • 24” tall • Zone: 5a to 9b • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: Eastern Asia @ WALTERS GARDENS, MI Dryopteris erythrosora ‘Brilliance’ is a selected form of autumn fern that has brighter red new growth than what Dryopteris ‘Brilliance’ is typically seen with spore-grown plants. Frankly, all autumn ferns have great color when the new fronds emerge from the evergreen clump, so this is @ WALTERS GARDENS, MI really something special. Autumn fern is a very easy-to- grow, deer-resistant fern making a 2’ wide clump that is tolerant of a wide range of garden conditions, including extreme drought once established. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #5293 $17 Dryopteris crassirhizoma Dryopteris ‘Parsley’ Ż 12 SUPPORTING Juniper Level Botanic Garden for 30 YEARS Dryopteris marginalis Dryopteris tokyoensis Echinacea ‘Pixie Meadowbrite’ qq Dryopteris marginalis Korea. The tight, 3’ wide deer-resistant Echeveria ‘Topsy Turvy’ was named by sized, flat-petaled pink flowers that (Marginal Wood Fern) clump of upright, narrow, 3’ long fronds former Huntington Gardens director bloom all summer...a real winner and Part Sun to Light Shade • 18” tall provides a nice vertical accent in the and succulent guru, Myron Kimnack. hummingbird treat! Since it was given • Zone: 3a to 8b • Dormancy: woodland garden. We think Dryopteris Dry soils and good drainage in winter the illegitimate name of CBG Cone 2, Evergreen • Origin: United States tokyoensis, which we find similar to a are key to survival in cold climates. we have renamed it using their illegal dwarf Dryopteris celsa, is an exceptional Our plants of Echeveria ‘Topsy Turvy’ trademark name of Echinacea ‘Pixie Dryopteris marginalis is a superb easy- fern for the woodland shade garden. survived unprotected at 7 degrees F. Meadowbrite’ as the cultivar name. to-grow, but overlooked, native that Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) should be in every woodland garden. Catalog #3650 $16 Catalog #8928 $16 Catalog #7574 $18 From Maine, west to Oklahoma, and south to Georgia, Dryopteris marginalis qq Echeveria runyonii qq Echinacea ‘Pixie qq Echinacea ‘Tiki Torch’ can be found on rocky woodland slopes. ‘Topsy Turvy’ (Topsy Turvy Meadowbrite’ PP 18,546 (Pixie 33 7LNL7RUFK&RQHÁRZHU Dryopteris marginalis typically makes Mexican Hen and Chicks) 0HDGRZEULWH&RQHÁRZHU Sun • 32” tall • Zone: 4a to 9b an 18” tall x 2’ wide, evergreen, deer- Part Sun to Light Shade • 6” tall Sun to Part Sun • 18” tall • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: United resistant, vase-shaped clump. • Zone: 7b to 10b • Dormancy: • Zone: 4a to 9b • Dormancy: Winter States Hybrid Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Evergreen • Origin: Mexico • Origin: United States Hybrid Catalog #2132 $16 Echinacea ‘Tiki Torch’ is a dynamite Echeveria runyonii is a Mexican (syn: Echinacea ‘CBG Cone 2’) coneflower hybrid from the breeding qq Dryopteris tokyoensis succulent native to rocky cliffs, Echinacea ‘Pixie Meadowbrite’ is program at Oregon’s Terra Nova (Tokyo Wood Fern) discovered in the wild by Yucca Do the third release from Dr. Jim Ault’s Nurseries. The 32” branched stems are Light Shade • 36” tall • Zone: 5a Nursery in 1990 and named in honor breeding program at the Chicago topped with multitudes of pumpkin- to 8b, possibly colder • Dormancy: of Dr. Runyon, who brought a Mexican Botanic Garden. This new coneflower is orange flowers starting in late June...a Deciduous • Origin: Japan, Korea garden specimen into the US in the the result of an intentional horticultural fabulous color! The long-term early 1900s. Echeveria ‘Topsy Turvy’ menage a trois with Echinacea purpurea, performance of Echinacea ‘Tiki Torch’ The Tokyo wood fern is one of those little is a unique winter-hardy form that tennesseensis, and angustifolia. The has been excellent in our trials. known but very easy-to-grow deciduous makes a 6” tall x 10” wide offsetting result is a charming 18” tall x 2’ wide Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) woodland ferns, native to woodlands rosette of thick silver-blue leaves that are compact clump, composed of sturdy Catalog #8292 $18 from Honshu to Shikoku and across to recurved upward and slightly contorted. flowering stems that end in mid-

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Ficus ‘Icebox’

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Eucalyptus neglecta Eucalyptus neglecta Omeo gum is a striking conversation piece for any garden with enough growth for years of flower arranging. Euphorbia ‘Galaxy Glow’ Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) 3.5’5’ wide d mass of f thick, h k upright h stems, Catalog #1001 $21 each clothed in pink-flushed, glaucous, qq blue-green leaves. The massive clumps Eupatorium ‘Phantom’ are topped for us, starting in mid-April PP 18,354 (Phantom Joe-Pye) with massive terminal flower heads of Sun to Part Sun • 36” tall • Zone: 4a alien-looking green flowers that rise to 8b, at least • Dormancy: Winter 18” above the foliage. Good drainage is • Origin: United States Hybrid the key to success with Mediterranean derived euphorbias. Euphorbia ‘Galaxy From Herbert Oudshoorn of the Glow’ is a truly superb specimen for Netherlands comes a very compact Joe- the dry garden! Pye, a purported hybrid of Eupatorium maculatum ‘Atropurpureum’ and Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Eupatorium rugosum. The resulting Catalog #12357 $18 Eupatorium ‘Phantom’ is the shortest Joe-Pye we’ve ever trialed, maturing at qq Ficus palmata ‘Icebox’ just under 3’ tall. The diminutive stalks (Icebox Hardy Palmate Fig) are topped in August with typical sprays Sun to Part Sun • 360” tall • Zone: 7b Euphorbia ‘Phantom’ of lavender flowers...enjoyed by low- to 9b, at least • Dormancy: Winter qq Eucalyptus neglecta flying butterflies as well as cats, who also • Origin: India (Omeo Gum) enjoy low-flying butterflies. Euphorbia ‘Galaxy Glow’ Sun • 360” tall • Zone: 7a to 10b We are excited by our introduction of Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L) north, but the quality of the small, • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: this new selection of the widespread Catalog #7012 $18 purple-black, slightly astringent fruit Australia Himalayan Punjab fig, Ficus palmata ssp. virgata, that’s been incredible in our is regarded as on par with Ficus carica. qq Euphorbia ‘Galaxy Glow’ In fact, some taxonomists regard Ficus The fast-growing Eucalyptus neglecta trials. Ficus ‘Icebox’ is a Plant Delights PP 28,761 (Galaxy Glow palmata as a possible ancient parent hails from Victoria in southeast selection from a Chris Chadwell seed Euphorbia) of our current edible fig. While the Australia and has been the most collection (CC6807) at 6,900’ elevation Sun • 42” tall • Zone: 7a to 8b, at fruits can also be used as a laxative and hardy species in our extensive trials. in Kumaon, India. Although Ficus least • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: bladder curative, we value Ficus palmata In our garden, Eucalyptus neglecta ‘Icebox’ is usually a dieback perennial Spain, Hybrid ‘Icebox’ more as a large, bold-leaf, has survived 0 degrees F with only tip in our climate, it survived 7 degrees F, tropical accent specimen for the warm burn, but we’ve heard reports of root Euphorbia ‘Galaxy Glow’ unprotected, to re-grow to 12’ tall x 18’ temperate garden. In warmer climates, survival in Zone 5. The fast growing NEW! is a 2018 Pat McCracken wide the following summer. The large it can reach a whopping 30’ tall, so plan Omeo gum (30’ tall in 10 years) has introduction that has proven to be one 1’ long x 1’ wide leaves, held along the accordingly...no more Ficus roxburghii lovely, brown, exfoliating bark and of the most long-lasting of the typically very fuzzy stems, feel like sandpaper on envy for us! oval, blue-green, juvenile foliage. The short-lived Euphorbia characias hybrids the top and velvet on the back. Without adult foliage of Eucalyptus neglecta we’ve grown. Our original clone, a mild winter, we probably won’t see Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) later changes to an elongated leaf. planted in 2006 has formed a 2’ tall x the early spring-borne fruit this far Catalog #13044 $19 Ż 14 SUPPORTING Juniper Level Botanic Garden for 30 YEARS Fuchsia ‘Sanihanf’ Gloxinia ‘Little Red’ Hedychium ‘Dr. Moy’ qq Fuchsia ‘Sanihanf’ qq Gloxinia ‘Little Red’ PP 10,378 (Angels’ Earrings (Little Red Hardy Gloxinia) Cascading Fuchsia) Part Sun to Light Shade • 16” tall Part Sun to Light Shade • 30” tall • Zone: 7b to 9b • Dormancy: • Zone: 7a to 8b • Dormancy: Winter Winter • Origin: Hybrid • Origin: Hybrid (aka: Seemania ‘Little Red’) Gloxinia Fuchsia ‘Sanihanf’ is another of the ‘Little Red’ is an amazing John truly heat-tolerant fuchsias from the Boggan hybrid, a cross of Gloxinia Suntory breeding program. This large nematanthodes and Gloxinia spreading cultivar is a 30” tall x 3’ purpurascens, that we’ve had on trial wide flowering machine. The stems are since 2011. Although it emerges adorned with pendent flowers consisting very late, usually around July 1 of purple petals, with contrasting red (NC), Gloxinia ‘Little Red’ is a anthers and red sepals...attractive to showstopper from mid-summer until hummingbirds. Fuchsia ‘Sanihanf’ frost. The dark cinnamon stems are makes a superb hanging basket where it clothed with thumb-sized, bronzy isn’t winter hardy. Thanks to the folks at green leaves. Each leaf axil is home Japan’s Suntory for a moronic name for to small, tubular, scarlet-orange such a great plant. flowers...a favorite of hummingbirds as well as two-legged garden visitors. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Gloxinia ‘Little Red’ is quite vigorous Catalog #7450 $18 and makes a 16” tall x 3’ wide patch in 4 years. Dry soils during cold qq Gaillardia aestivalis var. winkleri ‘Grape Sensation’ winters are key to survival. (Grape Sensation Blanket Flower) Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Sun • 24” tall • Zone: 7a to 9b, Catalog #11082 $18 possibly colder • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: United States qq Hedychium ‘Dr. Moy’ (Dr. Moy Hardy Ginger Lily) Forget everything you know about Sun to Part Sun • 48” tall • Zone: gaillardia and check out this unusual 7b to 10b • Dormancy: Winter 2004 introduction! Gaillardia ‘Grape • Origin: Hybrid Sensation’ is a selection of the amazing, but very rare (three counties only) Hedychium ‘Dr. Moy’ is one of Texas native, Gaillardia aestivalis var. the best known ornamental plant winkleri made by Dawn Stover of the hybrids from the late plant breeder SFA Mast Arboretum in Nacogdoches, Dr. Moy of the San Antonio Texas. Gaillardia aestivalis var. winkleri Botanical Garden. The 4’ tall ‘Grape Sensation’ is a superb long-lived stalks of this Hedychium flavum x perennial, forming an airy 2’ tall x 3’ coccineum hybrid are clothed with wide clump. Instead of typical gaillardia 1’ long leaves, each heavily speckled flowers, Gaillardia ‘Grape Sensation’ with white paint-like dots. In is topped with an abundance of 2” September, clumps of Hedychium wide grape flowers from May through ‘Dr. Moy’ are topped with fragrant, October....good drainage always helps. peachy-orange flowers with a darker orange throat...exquisite! Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #7637 $18 Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L) Catalog #2711 $26 Gaillardia ‘Grape Sensation’ Ż See our complete collection at www.plantdelights.com ~ phone: 919.772.4794 ~ email: [email protected] 15 @ DALLAS ARBORETUM Heuchera (Coral Bells) ƃ JLBG Collection Contains ƃ 3 Species and 77 unique clones Few plants have undergone such a resurgence, thanks originally to Heuchera ‘Palace Purple’, Heuchera ‘Montrose Ruby’, and more recently, to the wonderful efforts of breeders Dan Heims, Charles Oliver, and Thierry Delabroye. Coral bells are great in woodland gardens, originally grown only for their flowers (great butterfly attractors), but now for their dramatic and truly unbelievable foliage. Heucheras will tolerate a fair amount of sun, provided they are sited in a well-drained soil that doesn’t hold too much moisture. We are focusing primarily on the hybrids using Heuchera villosa, which we find produce the most long-lived, humidity-tolerant plants.

qq Heuchera ‘Berry Timeless’ bronze color, while the edge PP 26,357 (Berry Timeless remains chartreuse...a truly Coral Bells) amazing combination! We Part Sun to Light Shade • 8” tall have not found Heuchera Helleborus ‘Walberton’s Rosemary’ • Zone: 4a to 8a • Dormancy: Evergreen ‘Delta Dawn’ to color up as • Origin: United States Hybrid well in shade, so 1-3 hours qq Helleborus ‘Walberton’s of sun, preferably in the Rosemary’ PP 19,439 Heuchera ‘Berry Timeless’ is a 2014 morning, is preferred. (Walberton Hybrid Lenten Rose) release from our friends at Walters Pot Size: 3.5” pot Part Sun to Light Shade • 15” Gardens. This Heuchera villosa hybrid tall • Zone: 4a to 8b • Dormancy: (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) is one of the first plants to combine the Catalog #9855 $16 Heuchera ‘Delta Dawn’ Evergreen • Origin: Hybrid heat tolerance of Heuchera villosa with the lovely flower genes of Heuchera (aka: Helleborus ‘Walhero’) Helleborus qq Heuchera ‘Grape sanguinea. Heuchera ‘Berry Timeless’ Expectations’ PP 26,894 ‘Walberton’s Rosemary’ was one of the forms an 8” tall x 18” wide clump of earliest hybrids of Helleborus niger and (Grape Expectations silvery leaves highlighted with dark Coral Bells) Helleborus x hybridus. This prolific- green veins. The clumps are topped, flowering selection from the UK’s David Part Sun to Light Shade starting in late May (NC), with a • 12” tall • Zone: 4a to 8a Tristram was discovered in 2000, but prodigious number of 15” sturdy spikes only released in 2009, although stock • Dormancy: Evergreen of small, dark pink flowers that age to • Origin: United States still remains very limited. In our trials, rose-red. Helleborus ‘Walberton’s Rosemary’ Hybrid starts flowering in early February Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) (NC) with rosy-pink flowers that age Catalog #10755 $16 Heuchera ‘Grape darker pink. The foliage and flowers Expectations’ is an incredible are intermediate between both parents qq Heuchera ‘Delta Dawn’ introduction from Walters and, like Helleborus niger, the flowers PP 23,545 (Delta Dawn Coral Bells) Gardens. Even in full NC face outward and are less damaged Part Sun to Light Shade • 12” tall • sun, it has produced a by severe freezes than Helleborus x Zone: 4a to 8a • Dormancy: Evergreen stunning 12” tall x 30” hybridus. Also, Helleborus ‘Walberton’s • Origin: United States Hybrid wide clump of silvery- Rosemary’ is sterile, so unlike our purple leaves, highlighted former Senator Edwards, there won’t Heuchera ‘Delta Dawn’ has been a by dark purple veins. The be any surprise offspring to deal with. splendid performer in our garden, clumps are topped with We find that Helleborus ‘Walberton’s despite our intense summer heat and 30” tall sprays of tiny white Rosemary’ prefers a bit more sun than humidity. For us, Heuchera ‘Delta flowers in late spring. We’ve typical Helleborus x hybridus, so no Dawn’ makes a large clump 1’ tall x found Heuchera ‘Grape deep shade. 30” wide, topped in June with 2’ tall Expectations’ sets the new spikes of tiny white flowers. The large standard for heat-tolerant, Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) leaves of this Heuchera villosa hybrid purple-foliaged coral bells. Catalog #9417 $24 are chartreuse in summer. When Pot Size: 3.5” pot temperatures cool the leaf veins turn (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) bright red, eventually filling the entire Catalog #11294 $16 center of the leaf with a solid reddish Heuchera ‘Delta Dawn’ WALTERS GARDENS/WALTERS GARDENS, MI Having a ball with these bells!

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Heucherella ‘Solar Eclipse’ qq Heucherella qq Hibiscus ‘Solar Eclipse’ aculeatus PP 23,647 (Solar (Pinelands Eclipse Foamy Bells) Hardy Mallow) Part Sun to Light Shade Sun • 48” tall • 10” tall • Zone: 4a • Zone: 7a to 10b to 8b • Dormancy: • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: Winter • Origin: United States Hybrid United States

Is xHeucherella ‘Solar This wonderful Eclipse’ the best Hibiscus ‘Airbrush Effect’ native from NC, xheucherella ever south and west to introduced? It very Texas, is one of the lesser-known of our well could be...what Hibiscus (Hardy Mallow) native mallows. Hibiscus aculeatus is an amazing plant! The found in upland bogs, roadside ditches, 16” wide clumps are ƃ JLBG Collection Contains ƃ and coastal pinelands in the lower composed of dark purple 15 Species and 167 unique clones Southeast. Although Hibiscus aculeatus leaves, each edged in likes moist feet, we have had very good a ring of chartreuse. The hardy mallows, particularly luck growing it in raised sandy berms Many patterned-leaf the genus hibiscus, are an with regular watering. The 4’ tall fuzzy xheucherellas fade in the overlooked group of primarily stems are clothed with lobed, okra-like intense heat of summer, American native sun perennials leaves. From the leaf axils, plenty of but with xHeucherella with wonderful garden potential. 4-5” open, cone-shaped, light yellow ‘Solar Eclipse’, the color We have been especially pleased flowers highlighted with a dark purple actually intensifies in with the performance of many eye are produced from early summer the heat. The amazing of the unknown species and new until fall...attractive to hummingbirds. clumps are topped in hybrids we continue to trial, Virtually everything about Hibiscus late spring with spikes of especially those with purple foliage. aculeatus is fuzzy...do not approach white flowers, but you’re Their midsummer flowering, with without a razor in hand. growing this for the lots of nectar for butterflies, means Heucherella ‘Solar Eclipse’ Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) foliage...wow! that both you and the winged wonders will enjoy hibiscus in your Catalog #5905 $19 Pot Size: 3.5” pot garden. Many hibiscus will grow (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) equally well in soggy soil or typical qq Hibiscus ‘Airbrush Effect’ Catalog #9394 $16 garden conditions. PP 29,295 (Airbrush Effect Hardy Mallow) Sun to Part Sun • 48” tall • Zone: 4a to 9b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: United States Hybrid Hibiscus ‘Airbrush Effect’ is a NEW! 2018 release from the amazing breeding program at Walters Gardens. This compact, well-branched selection of our native Hibiscus moscheutos boasts an abundance of large 8”+ flowers with widely overlapping petals. The rich pink flowers morph toward white in the center of each petal, all highlighted by a crimson eye. Hibiscus ‘Airbrush Effect’ forms a 4’ tall x 4.5’ wide specimen with a long bloom season, that starts for us in late June. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #13757 $19

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@ WALTERS GARDENS, MI P. SCHMIDT qq Hibiscus ‘Cherry Choco Latte’ PPAF (Cherry Choco Latte Hardy Mallow) Sun to Part Sun • 48” tall • Zone: 4a to 9b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: United States Hybrid Hibiscus ‘Cherry Choco Latte’ is the new and improved NEW! version of Walters Gardens’ Hibiscus ‘Cherry Cheesecake’. The key difference is mature size, which is 4’ tall x 4’ wide, compared to 5’ tall x 5’ wide for its parent. The stalks are clothed with dark purple foliage, and adorned, starting for us in late June with a dense show of giant 9” wide, rich pink flowers, each highlighted by dramatic red veining and a large bright eye zone. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #13758 $19 qq Hibiscus coccineus (Scarlet Rose Mallow) Sun • 96” tall • Zone: 6a to 9b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: United States

Hibiscus coccineus is a versatile native mallow that’s equally at home in a swamp, submerged in a garden pool, or in a perennial border. The palmate-leaved (looks like a Japanese maple) Hibiscus coccineus has 6” brilliant red flowers on nice upright stems to 8’ Hibiscus ‘Cherry Choco Latte’ Hibiscus coccineus tall...a great see-through perennial. For us, Hibiscus coccineus @ WALTERS GARDENS, MI flowers from June through October...attractive to hummingbirds. In the winter, we leave the stalks and enjoy the ornamental seed pods...great for arranging, both in the garden and in a vase! Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #1215 $19 qq Hibiscus ‘Holy Grail’ PPAF (Holy Grail Hardy Mallow) Sun to Part Sun • 54” tall • Zone: 4a to 9b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: United States Hybrid Hibiscus ‘Holy Grail’ is a 2018 Walters Gardens NEW! introduction that fulfilled their goal of creating a dark purple leaf hardy hibiscus with bright red flowers...a combination of traits that proved elusive until now. The 4.5’ tall x 4.5’ wide clump is clothed with dark purple foliage, and topped, starting in early summer with giant 9” wide, brilliant red flowers. Moist, rich, slightly acidic soils produce the best results. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #13759 $19 qq Hibiscus syriacus ‘Carpa’ PP 24,965 (Showtime Rose of Sharon) Sun to Part Sun • 60” tall • Zone: 5b to 9a • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: China (aka: Hibiscus ‘Showtime’) We typically don’t offer woody NEW! hibiscus, but this new selection of the Chinese native Hibiscus syriacus (rose of Sharon) was too good not to share. Hibiscus ‘Holy Grail’ Hibiscus ‘Carpa’ From Canadian nurseryman Paul Van Der Kroft comes Hibiscus ‘Carpa’ (sold as “Showtime”), discovered by Paul in 2000 as a sport on the sterile 1800s introduction, Hibiscus ‘Ardens’. Hibiscus ‘Carpa’ forms a 5’ tall shrub, clothed with creamy- yellow-edged green leaves, and adorned in summer with lovely lilac-lavender double flowers...what a showpiece in the sunny garden! Hibiscus syriacus needs a bit of mythbusting. The specific epithet “syriacus” is a bit misleading...first it isn’t from Syria as Linnaeus assumed, but was traded from China via the Silk Road prior to the 1600s. Also, it doesn’t like or need dry soil, since it grows wild along Chinese sea cliffs and streams.

Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) WALTERS GARDENS/WALTERS GARDENS, MI Catalog #12748 $21 qq Hosta ‘Age of Gold’ PPAF (H. Hansen 2018) Light Shade • 24” tall • Zone: 3a to 7b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Hybrid (aka: Hosta H10-349-1) Hosta ‘Age of Gold’ is the latest NEW! creation from our friend Hans Hansen of Walters Gardens. Hosta ‘Age of Gold’ forms a giant clump, 2’ tall x 5’ wide of large, round, corrugated leaves...looking like someone placed the sun in your woodland garden. Hosta ‘Age of Gold’ is sure to become an industry standard for giant gold hostas. The clumps are topped with attractive white flowers on 4’ tall stalks in midsummer. Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L) Catalog #13552 $24 Hosta ‘Age of Gold’ Ż See our complete collection at www.plantdelights.com ~ phone: 919.772.4794 ~ email: [email protected] 21 qq Hosta ‘Diamond Lake’ PPAF qq Howardara ‘Riley Kate’ the late Texas-based bulb explorer, very upright, glossy green leaves. The (H. Hansen 2018) (Riley Kate Howardara) Thad Howard. In 2015, when Dave clumps are adorned with spikes of Part Sun to Light Shade • 17” tall Sun to Part Sun • 8” tall first released the first offsets, we paid fragrant, white, star-shaped flowers that FAVORITE!Tony’s • Zone: 3a to 8b • Dormancy: Winter • Zone: 7b to 10b, at least $1000 per bulb, so we are thrilled to emerge for us around early June. Full • Origin: Hybrid • Dormancy: Winter now be able to share this amazing plant to part sun and moist soils are best. with a few others. As you can imagine, • Origin: Hybrid Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) (aka: Hosta 11-397-3) Hosta quantities are very limited and are NEW! Catalog #11826 $20 ‘Diamond Lake’ is a stunning We are pleased to present the likely to go quickly. new hosta from our friend Hans NEW! first catalog offering of an Hansen. This amazing hosta hybrid amazing tri-generic bulb hybrid from Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) qq Hypericum calycinum was created involving multiple liaisons Texas breeder, Dr. Dave Lehmiller. Catalog #11529 $200 ‘Fiesta’ PP 26,400 with favorites like Hosta ‘Niagra Falls’ Dave accomplished something rarely (Fiesta St. John’s Wort) FAVORITE!Tony’s and Hosta ‘Neptune’. Hosta ‘Diamond done outside of orchids, by crossing qq Hymenocallis durangoensis Sun to Light Shade • 12” Lake’ forms a 17” tall x 45” wide a rain lily (zephyranthes) with an (Durango Spider Lily) tall • Zone: 4a to 7b • Dormancy: clump of large, deeply-corrugated, Aztec lily (sprekelia) and an amaryllis Sun to Part Sun • 24” tall • Zone: 7a Evergreen • Origin: Asia, Southern powder-blue foliage (11” long x 9” (hippeastrum). xHowardara ‘Riley to 10b, at least • Dormancy: Winter Europe wide) with an amazing wavy leaf Kate’ has the appearance of an 8” tall • Origin: Mexico (aka: Hypericum ‘Crowthyp’) edge. The clump is topped with 28” screaming red rain lily. We’ve grown Hymenocallis durangoensis Hypericum calycinum ‘Fiesta’ is tall scapes of light lavender flowers it in the open garden since 2015, NEW! is another of the wonderful an amazing variegated form of the in summer. Hosta ‘Diamond Lake’ is enduring 7 degrees F, but have also garden worthy North American native popular evergreen groundcover St. truly a masterpiece from one of the top found it happy in container culture. spider lilies, that are sadly, rarely John’s wort, Hypericum calycinum... perennial breeders of our time. xHowardara ‘Riley Kate’ offsets slowly, grown. Hymenocallis durangoensis the best variegated St. John’s wort on and as you can imagine, is virtually hails from Durango, Mexico, where Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L) the market. Hypericum ‘Fiesta’ forms sterile. xHowardara is named to honor it forms 2’ tall clumps of narrow, Catalog #13553 $28 a 1’ tall, steadily- stoloniferous groundcover, composed of arching woody branches. In our compost-enriched soil, we have an 8’ patch after 3 years. The stems are adorned with

WALTERS GARDENS/WALTERS GARDENS, MI amazing finger- sized leaves with a green central pattern surrounded by a chartreuse Hosta ‘Diamond Lake’ Hymenocallis durangoensis yellow edge and with a pink flush on the new FAVORITE!Tony’s FAVORITE!Tony’s growth. If that’s not enough, the clumps are topped with bright, 2.5” wide, yellow flowers in summer. Although fairly drought tolerant, Hypericum calycinum ‘Fiesta’ thrives better in evenly moist, well-drained soils. After a long winter, if your plants look more ragged than you when you wake, just mow them to the ground and they’ll reflush beautifully. If that’s not enough, Hypericum calycinum is used medicinally as an anti-inflammatory treatment for wounds. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #11515 $15

Howardara ‘Riley Kate’ Hypericum ‘Fiesta’ Ż 22 SUPPORTING Juniper Level Botanic Garden for 30 YEARS qq Ilex crenata ‘Dwarf Pagoda’ qq Iris unguicularis qq Juniperus horizontalis qq Lantana camara ‘Southern (Dwarf Pagoda Crenate Holly) ‘Winter Echoes’ (Winter Echoes ‘Pancake’ (Pancake Horizontal Fried’ (Southern Fried Lantana) Sun to Light Shade • 20” tall Winter Blooming Iris) Juniper) Sun • 36” tall • Zone: 7b to 10b • Zone: 6b to 9b, at least • Dormancy: Sun to Part Sun • 15” tall • Zone: 6b Sun to Part Sun • 3” tall • Zone: 3a to • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: South Evergreen • Origin: Japan to 9b • Dormancy: Summer • Origin: 8b • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: America Northern Africa, Mediterranean United States, Canada From the former Rutgers holly breeding Europe This way cool sport of Lantana ‘Miss Pancake juniper is a program of Dr. Elwin Orton comes this Huff’ was discovered by a PDN NEW! particularly diminutive version fabulous rock garden specimen, a hybrid Iris unguicularis ‘Winter Echoes’ is customer, NC’s Robert Hughes. The of the wonderful North American of Ilex ‘Mariesii’ x Ilex ‘John Nosal’. a 2011 Rick Tasco introduction...a fast growing Lantana ‘Southern Fried’ native groundcover, Juniperus Although most true plant nuts loathe sibling to his earlier introduction, forms a 3’ tall x 6’ wide clump in one horizontalis. This 1990s introduction this overused species of holly, this special Iris ‘Wishmaster’. Iris unguicularis season, sporting leaves of green with was discovered in Newfoundland by selection causes even the most jaded ‘Winter Echoes’ starts flowering for a misty yellow speckling. As the night the late plantsman Nick Nickou and horticulturists to marvel. The natural us in November, pauses during the temperatures cool, the deer-resistant UConn botanist Howard Pfeifer. shape of Ilex crenata ‘Dwarf Pagoda’ is coldest part of winter, then resumes leaves become bright gold with a faint The blue-grey foliage of Juniperus that of a tiny bonsai-like specimen of when temperatures moderate. The large, green speckling. All summer the clumps ‘Pancake’ creeps along the ground at closely stacked, tiny, dark green rounded rich purple, sweetly-fragrant flowers are topped with the typical orange and a maximum height of a mere 3” tall, leaves. The painfully slow growth rate, are highlighted by a prominent yellow yellow flowers of its hummingbird- beautifully echoing each feature of the 20” tall in 10 years and 3’ tall x 2’ wide eyezone which is surrounded by nice approved parent. We are particularly ground below. In winter, the foliage in 30 years, is almost as fast as watching white floral veining...outstanding! taken with this splendid introduction! of the 4’ wide patch takes on a purple paint dry (a favorite Southern pastime). Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) hue...truly charming! Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) This no-prune holly is a superb plant Catalog #9981 $24 Catalog #8508 $14 for those tiny spaces where you need a Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) tiny plant. CatalogCa #13859 $18

Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) H. HANSEN/HANSEN GDN, MI Catalog #3387 $17 PDN INTRO @ GOSSLER FARM, OR Juniperus ‘Pancake’

Lantana ‘Southern Fried’ Iris ‘Winter Echoes’

qq Juniperus horizontalis Ilex ‘Dwarf Pagoda’ ‘Copper Harbor’ (Copper Harbor Horizontal Juniper) Sun • 12” tall • Zone: 3a FAVORITE!Tony’s to 8b • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: United States, Canada Juniperus ‘Copper Harbor’ is NEW! an amazing gold-foliaged sport of the popular Juniperus horizontalis ‘Bar Harbor’, discovered in 2002 at Michigan’s Blue Horizon Nursery. This dazzling North American native (Alaska to New England) evergreen groundcover forms a 1’ tall x 6’ wide brilliant yellow specimen, whose foliage morphs to copper during the winter months. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #13858 $16

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Juniperus ‘Copper Harbor’

@ BLUE HORIZON NURSERY, MI Ż See our complete collection at www.plantdelights.com ~ phone: 919.772.4794 ~ email: [email protected] 23 qq Lantana ‘Chapel Hill named in 2013 by California Yellow’ PP 19,548 (Chapel lycoris breeder Phil Adams. Lycoris Hill Yellow Lantana) ‘Modern Japanese’ flowers for Sun • 24” tall • Zone: 7b to 10b us with terminal heads of 7-8 • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: brilliant, orange-red, lacy flowers Hybrid atop 2’ nekkid scapes, starting in early September, and is the last This Mike Dirr introduction of the Lycoris radiata cultivars to popped up as a spontaneous flower. Lycoris radiata var. radiata H. HANSEN/WALTERS GARDENS, MI seedling in the Dirr’s temporary ‘Modern Japanese’ is also one of residence in Chapel Hill, NC... the first surprise lilies to produce its obviously a cross of Lantana ‘New fall foliage, which emerges in late Gold’ (Lantana camara x Lantana September. montevidensis) and Lantana Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) camara ‘Miss Huff’. Lantana Catalog #4007 $17 ‘Chapel Hill Yellow’ has been an amazing plant in our trials, qq Manfreda undulata sailing through our 7 degree F ‘Cherry Chocolate Chip’ PPAF winter in 2009. Be sure to allow (Cherry Chocolate enough room, as our 1.5-year-old Chip Manfreda) FAVORITE!Tony’s clump is now 2’ (0.33 Dirrs) tall Sun • 12” tall • Zone: x 14’ (2.3 Dirrs) wide. For us, the 7b to 9b, at least • clump is topped with clusters of Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: bright yellow flowers from early Mexico Lantana ‘Chapel Hill Yellow’ June until frost...a deer-resistant, hummingbird-inviting, flowering Plantsman Hans Hansen, of Mangave ‘Blazing Saddles’ machine. Walters Gardens, created this Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) wonderful white-edged sport of Catalog #8970 $15 the North American native (Mexico), Mangave Manfreda undulata ‘Chocolate Chips’. (False Agave, Spotted qq Lycoris radiata var. Each 1’ tall x 4’ wide, slowly-offsetting Multi-Century Plant) radiata ‘Modern Japanese’ rosette of Manfreda ‘Cherry Chocolate (Modern Japanese Red Chip’ is composed of dusty green, Spider Lily) dramatically ruffled, rubbery leaves, Sun to Light Shade • 24” tall adorned with an abundance of large • Zone: 6b to 9b • Dormancy: liver-purple spots, and edged with a Summer • Origin: Japan narrow white border. When Manfreda ‘Cherry Chocolate Chip’ reaches mature size after several years, each clump will xMangaves are a man-made There are a number of widely group of intergeneric hybrids differing forms of Lycoris radiata be topped with fascinating 3’ tall flower spikes with spidery flowers. Unlike their between agave and manfreda. in the trade, so our goal is to sort All xmangave hybrids are out the different ones and give cousins, agaves, manfredas don’t die after flowering. evergreen above freezing, but them cultivar names so you’ll many are deciduous or not hardy know if you’re buying an early or Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) at much colder temperatures. By late flowering form. Lycoris radiata Catalog #12991 $23 crossing xmangaves with agaves a var. radiata is a form commonly second time, the evergreen traits imported from Japan that was are enhanced, while the purple- spotted leaves remain. The growth rate of xmangaves are also up to Lycoris ‘Modern Japanese’ 3-4 times as fast as agaves, so they quickly fill a summer container. We are working on the forefront FAVORITE!Tony’s of these amazing plants and are very excited!

qq Mangave ‘Blazing Saddles’ PPAF (Blazing Saddles Mangave) Sun to Part Sun • 8” tall • Zone: 9a to 11, guessing • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: Hybrid xMangave ‘Blazing Saddles’ is NEW! a new agave x manfreda cross from Walters Gardens, combining xMangave ‘Bloodspot’ with the southern spineless Mexico Agave nizandensis. The small 8” tall x 15” wide rosette is composed of softly serrate, olive-green leaves, adorned with large violet spots that become so concentrated toward the center that the leaf appears red...a truly a stunning specimen that doesn’t look real...like the characters from the movie of the same name. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #13797 $23 Manfreda ‘Cherry Chocolate Chip’ Ż 24 SUPPORTING Juniper Level Botanic Garden for 30 YEARS FAVORITE!Tony’s Mangave ‘Blue Mammoth’

qq Mangave ‘Blue Mammoth’ rubbery, dark purple-brown foliage The thick grey-green “legs” are heavily qq Mangave ‘My Dog Spot’ PPAF (Blue Mammoth Mangave) and tooth-like nubs along the deeply- patterned with giant liver-colored spots. PPAF (My Dog Spot Mangave) channeled leaves. xMangave ‘Coffee Sun to Part Sun • 24” tall Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Sun to Part Sun • 9” tall • Zone: 9a to Jitters’ is an elegant and architecturally • Zone: 7b to 11, guessing FAVORITE!Tony’s Catalog #13796 $23 11, guessing • Dormancy: Evergreen • Dormancy: Evergreen interesting specimen for a color bowl • Origin: Hybrid • Origin: Hybrid or combination planter. For our canine-loving xMangave ‘Blue Mammoth’ Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) NEW! customers, here’s one you don’t NEW! is a 2018 Walters Gardens Catalog #13798 $23 want to miss...xMangave ‘My Dog introduction that’s been the most Spot’. This smaller growing agave winter hardy xmangave in our trials... qq Mangave ‘Desert Dragon’ x manfreda hybrid was produced so far, to 7 degrees F. In three years, PPAF (Desert Dragon Mangave) through a cross involving Agave expect this Agave ovatifolia hybrid Sun to Part Sun • 5” tall • Zone: 9a to macroacantha, Agave geminiflora, and

to form a 2’ tall x 4’ wide, slowly- 11, guessing • Dormancy: Evergreen • H. HANSEN/WALTERS GARDENS, MI Agave gypsophila var. pablocarrilloi. offsetting, architectural rosette of Origin: Hybrid The resulting 9” tall x 17” wide jagged, blue leaves with subtle olive xMangave ‘Desert Dragon’ spidery-looking rosette of narrow, spotting. Unlike its agave parent, NEW!combines the genes of an bronze-green foliage, is laden with xMangave ‘Blue Mammoth’ doesn’t astounding four agave species, Agave small liver-colored spots. Unlike die after flowering, so sit back and gemniflora, macroacantha, gypsophila agaves, xmangaves don’t die after enjoy the 10’ tall spike of yellow var. pablocarrilloi, and attenuata, flowering. flowers that usually occurs in year 4-5. with the red spotting from a willing Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Good drainage and sun are the keys to manfreda. The result is a 5” tall x 19” Catalog #13855 $23 success. wide xmangave that looks like a drug- Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) induced hallucination of a giant spider. Mangave ‘Desert Dragon’ Catalog #13794 $23 qq Mangave ‘Coffee Jitters’ PPAF (Coffee Jitters Mangave) Sun to Part Sun • 6” tall • Zone: 9a to 11, guessing • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: Hybrid

(aka xMangave 14-157-6) H. HANSEN/WALTERS GARDENS, MI NEW! xMangave ‘Coffee Jitters’ is a 2018 Walters Gardens release that was created by mixing two parts manfreda (Manfreda longiflora and Manfreda maculosa) with one part Agave marmorata. The result is a 6” tall x 2’ wide, squid-like plant with narrow, Mangave ‘Coffee Jitters’ Mangave ‘My Dog Spot’ Ż See our complete collection at www.plantdelights.com ~ phone: 919.772.4794 ~ email: [email protected] 25 @ WALTERS GARDENS, MI qq Mangave ‘Red Wing’ PPAF Baldwin Nursery in the (Red Wing Mangave) 1920s. The name was Tony’s Sun to Part Sun • 16” tall first published in 1957 FAVORITE! FAVORITE!Tony’s • Zone: 9a to 11, guessing by Conrad Morton • Dormancy: Evergreen • in the American Fern Origin: Hybrid Society Journal. We planted this unique NEW! Holy mother of all things fern in 2006, and it red! xMangave ‘Redwing’ quickly became one continues the amazing lineage of of our favorite hardy Hans Hansen’s creations, this one garden ferns. The tardily combining the California native Agave deciduous (evergreen shawii with the Texas native Manfreda in warmer climates) longiflora. No border guards were Japanese Microlepia harmed in the making of this hybrid. strigosa ‘MacFaddeniae’ The surreal colored 16” tall x 26” forms a slowly spreading wide clump is violet-red with faint patch to 3’ wide in green undertones...good light is the 5 years, composed key to the brightest red coloration. A of 2’ long, narrow, container of xMangave ‘Red Wing’ arching, deeply-lobed looks so artificial, visitors won’t fronds. Microlepia believe it’s real, and if you garden in a ‘MacFaddeniae’ has frost-free climate, you can design your proven amazingly easy garden like a master artist. to grow and quite Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) vigorous...we think Catalog #13795 $23 you’ll really like this! Mangave ‘Red Wing’ @ WALTERS GARDENS, MI Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) qq Mangave ‘Snow Leopard’ Catalog #9625 $16 PPAF (Snow Leopard Mangave) Sun to Part Sun • 18” tall • Zone: 8a to 11, guessing • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: Hybrid xMangave ‘Snow Leopard’ is a NEW! white-edged sport of xMangave ‘Jaguar’ discovered by our friend Hans @ WALTERS GARDENS, MI Hansen of Walters Gardens. xMangave ‘Snow Leopard’ forms an 18” tall x 2’ wide clump, composed of fleshy green leaves, adorned with large purple spots and edged with a white border...simply brilliant. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Mangave ‘Snow Leopard’ Catalog #13854 $25 qq Oenothera fruticosa ‘Fireworks’ (Fireworks Evening Primrose, Sundrop) qq Mangave ‘Thunderbird’ PPAF (Thunderbird Mangave) Sun to Part Sun • 20” tall • Zone: 3a to 9b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: United States Sun to Part Sun • 8” tall • Zone: 9a to 11, guessing • Dormancy: Evergreen Oenothera fruticosa ‘Fireworks’ is an amazing North Mangave ‘Thunderbird’ • Origin: Hybrid American native, which hails from prairies and similar xMangave ‘Thunderbird’ habitats from Canada south to northern Florida, and is NEW! is a new agave x manfreda one of the most stunning plants in the late spring garden. hybrid that forms a small 8” tall x The hairy, woody stalk emerges in spring from winter 12” wide clump, with leaf spotting so rosettes, clothed in lanceolate (narrow) green leaves and dense that the foliage appears solidly topped from mid-May thru mid-June with bright red reddish-violet...quite dramatic! buds that open to “Thunderbird” consists of two screaming yellow, parts manfreda and one part 4-petaled flowers Agave marmorata...shaken produced on the thoroughly and stirred. Unlike top half of the agaves, xmangaves don’t die after stem. Oenothera flowering. fruticosa spreads by underground Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) rhizomes, but Catalog #13853 $23 is nothing like the horribly qq Microlepia strigosa ‘MacFaddeniae’ weedy Oenothera (MacFadden’s Rigid Lace berlandieri. Our Fern) 10-year-old clumps are 6’ wide but Part Sun to Light Shade easily removed • 15” tall • Zone: 7b to 10b, from unwanted possibly colder • Dormancy: areas. Winter • Origin: Japan Pot Size: 3.5” pot Microlepia ‘MacFaddeniae’ (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) was named from the garden of Catalog #8719 California’s Fay MacFadden, $15 who got it from California’s Mr. Microlepia ‘MacFaddeniae’ Oenothera ‘Fireworks’ Ż 26 SUPPORTING Juniper Level Botanic Garden for 30 YEARS WALTERS GARDENS/WALTERS GARDENS, MI

Parthenocissus ‘Fenway Park’ qq Pleopeltis lepidopteris ‘Morro dos Conventos’ (Brazilian Hairy Sword Fern) Panicum ‘Blue Fountain’ Sun to Light Shade • 18” tall • Zone: 7b to FAVORITE!Tony’s qq Panicum virgatum 9b, at least • Dormancy: ‘Blue Fountain’ PP 28,192 Evergreen • Origin: (Blue Fountain Switch Grass) Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Sun • 84” tall • Zone: 4a to 8b, at least Panama, Peru, Venezuela • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: United States For a fern I didn’t even know NEW! a few years ago, Pleopeltis Panicum virgatum ‘Blue Fountain’ has lepidopteris has quickly become been a standout in the trials of the new one of our favorites. This sun-loving generation of improved switch grass lithophyte (rock grower) fern hails the selections. Panicum ‘Blue Fountain’ is sandy, acidic coastal (restinga) habitats a 2015 Walters Gardens introduction in Southern Brazil (Rio Grande du that forms a structurally rigid, 7’ tall Sul). This offering is a Yucca Do find specimen of powder-blue foliage. from a disjunct population along the Starting in midsummer, the top of the beach in Morro dos Conventos, Brazil. clump becomes a dense mass of tan The 18” tall x 2” wide, rigidly upright plumes. We are so thankful that plant fronds emerge covered in thick silver breeders are now paying attention to the hair, to which I can now relate. As the need for tall, but narrow plants. fronds age, the hair thins and the green leaf surface becomes more visible. Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L) Pleopeltis lepidopteris spreads slowly Catalog #12961 $21 from surface rhizomes. We’ve grown this evergreen Pleopeltis in our rock qq Parthenocissus tricuspidata garden since 2012, where it has thrived FAVORITE!Tony’s ‘Fenway Park’ (Golden Leaf even through winter temperatures of Boston Ivy) 7 degrees F. In extremely hot climates, Pleopeltis Sun to Shade • 1000” tall • Zone: 4a part sun to light shade might be best. ‘Morro dos Conventos’ to 8b, at least • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: China, Japan Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #10774 $21 Faster than a speeding bullet...able to climb buildings in a single bound...more qq Polystichum x dycei What’s your powerful than kudzu (sorry...got carried (Dyce’s Hybrid Shield Fern) away). This incredible form of Boston Part Sun to Shade • 24” tall • Zone: 4a pleasure...hairy sword ivy was discovered as a sport on the to 7b, at least • Dormancy: Evergreen fern or switch grass?g venerable “Green Monster” (the Boston • Origin: Hybrid Ivy wall at Fenway Park ball stadium) in 1988 by Peter Del Tredici of the Arnold This wonderful fern hybrid of the Arboretum. The leaves on this great vine Australian Polystichum proliferum and emerge bright golden and retain their the Asian-American Polystichum braunii color when growing in sun. In fall, the produces robust-growing, deer-resistant cool weather provides the golden foliage clumps to 2’ tall x 3’ wide. Clumps of with a lovely red overlay. The clinging Polystichum x dycei are composed of tendrils make Parthenocissus ‘Fenway sturdy, 30” long, slightly arching, dark Park’ a great choice to suck up to brick green fronds which in fall produce walls without any assistance! The top new plants at the end of the fronds by conversation piece in our garden! proliferation. Rather kinky...interracial marriage, then offspring without Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) mating...ain’t that all the rage today. Catalog #3221 $17 Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #8135 $17 Polystichum x dycei Ż See our complete collection at www.plantdelights.com ~ phone: 919.772.4794 ~ email: [email protected] 27 qq Polystichum makinoi qq Ruellia brittoniana ‘Chi Chi’ qq Salvia greggii ‘Big Pink’ (Makino’s Shield Fern) (Chi Chi Hardy Pink Petunia) (Big Pink Texas Sage) Part Sun to Light Shade Sun to Part Sun • 24” tall • Zone: 7a Sun to Part Sun • 40” tall • Zone: 7a • 24” tall • Zone: 5a to 8b FAVORITE!Tony’s to 10b, possibly colder • Dormancy: to 10b, possibly colder • Dormancy: • Dormancy: Evergreen Winter • Origin: Mexico Evergreen • Origin: Mexico • Origin: China, India, Japan Ruellia ‘Chi Chi’ is a dynamite ruellia Salvia ‘Big Pink’ is a very nice, large- Polystichum makinoi is one of those discovered in Texas...a seedling selection flowered, pink form of Salvia greggii ferns that truly has it all. Okay...it doesn’t of Ruellia brittoniana from plant guru collected by Pat McNeal near Saltillo, have petunia-like flowers or gardenia- Scott Ogden. The narrow, dark green Mexico. The rigidly upright form and like fragrance, but geez...it’s a fern. foliage clothes the 2’ tall stem, topped very shiny, deer-resistant foliage make What Polystichum makinoi does have with 1” pink petunia-like flowers, from this a great plant, even for the small is deer-resistance, an elegant beauty, early summer through fall. Ruellia ‘Chi garden. From May through July, and an ability to thrive in shade. Native Chi’ has performed well in both moist and again from September through to forested mountains in China and and dry conditions. Everyone who sees November (NC), the 3’ wide Salvia surrounding countries, Polystichum ‘Chi Chi’ wants to take her home... ‘Big Pink’ is topped with a stunning makinoi forms a vigorous, easy-to- perhaps they’ve been watching too many array of large, violet-pink flowers grow, 2’ tall x 2’ wide, dark green, lacy, soap operas on the Spanish Channel. (RHS 57C). The flowers are further evergreen clump. Dr. John Mickel, Arriba! We do not recommend these for accented by the unique, dark maroon author of “Ferns for American Gardens,” tropical or semi-tropical moist climates calyces that surround them...a writes, “This is one of my favorite holly where they grow and multiply too well. hummingbird favorite. ferns.” We concur, 10 times, that and can’t imagine why any shade gardener Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) wouldn’t plant these en masse. Catalog #1582 $15 Catalog #2615 $16 Pyrrosia ‘Alabama Gold’ Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #6508 $16 FAVORITE!Tony’s

qq Pyrrosia lingua ‘Alabama Gold’ (Alabama Gold Tongue Fern) Part Sun to Light Shade • 10” tall • Zone: 7b to 10b • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: China, Japan, Taiwan Pyrrosia lingua ‘Alabama NEW! Gold’, was shared by Alabama plantsman, Hayes Jackson, who found it for sale at a local garden center. Pyrrosia ‘Alabama Gold’ creeps via pencil-lead sized rhizomes that lay on the ground or any solid surface. Emerging from the rhizome are 10” long, thumb-shaped leaves with a Ruellia ‘Chi Chi’ leather texture. The green leaves are flushed gold when grown where it receives open shade or morning sun. Pyrrosia ‘Alabama Gold’ should form a 2’ wide patch in 3-5 years, but will also make a stunning container specimen. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #4104 $22

qq 5KRGRSKLDODELÀGD¶+LOO Country Red’ (Hill Country Red Oxblood Lily) Sun to Light Shade • 15” tall • Zone: 7a to 10b • Dormancy: Spring • Origin: Argentina

(aka: Hippeastrum advenum) Rhodophiala bifida is a delightful, easy- to-grow Argentine amaryllis relative Polystichum makinoi and one of the most outstanding and durable bulbs for southeastern gardens. Multiplying steadily, Rhodophiala bifida remains evergreen through the winter, finally going dormant in late spring. Beginning in late summer or early fall, the 15” stalks arise from nowhere, each topped with a cluster of stunning, carmine-red, horizontally-facing, habranthus-like flowers...a superb garden surprise toward the end of the season! In 2011, a group of major bulb experts and growers voted to name the old Texas heirloom clone Rhodophiala bifida ‘Hill Country Red’. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #3014 $15 Rhodophiala ‘Hill Country Red’ Salvia ‘Big Pink’ Ż 28 SUPPORTING Juniper Level Botanic Garden for 30 YEARS qq Sarracenia x farnhamii (Farnham’s Pitcher Plant) Sun to Part Sun • 15” tall • Zone: 5a to 9b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: United States Hybrid Sarracenia x farnhamii is a NEW! truly stunning pitcher plant hybrid, a cross of two North American natives...the white topped pitcher plant, Sarracenia leucophylla, and the dwarf Sarracenia rubra. Sarracenia x farnhamii is a fast-growing hybrid that produces an abundance of 15” tall, rigidly upright pitchers featuring green bottoms and topped with a red and white stained glass hood, whose colors also flow into the top of the pitcher body. Our offering is seed grown, so while they look similar, each plant is genetically unique. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #12666 $24

qq Sauromatum venosum (Voodoo Lily) Part Sun to Shade • 36” tall • Zone: 6a to 10b, at least • Dormancy: Winter, Fall • Origin: India

(aka: Sauromatum guttatum, Arum cornutum, Typhonium venosum) This tropical-looking aroid is a relative of arisaemas. In spring, the peculiar inflorescence (flower head) is the first sign of life...it’s just life from another planet. Each sauromatum flower stalk is 3’ tall and only 1” wide. As it unfurls, the inside of the spathe is patterned with a rich violet and yellow...the ultimate in weird! A month later, a giant hand-shaped leaf, to 2’ across, emerges from the bulb on a very mottled, green and black stem. After Sauromatum venosum Sarracenia x farnhamii flowering, a unique seed head (resembling a 2” round alien space object) forms at the base of the leaf. Eventually, sauromatum corms multiply and make a nice colony... of weird plants. Pot Size: Bare Root / 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #1315 $16

qq 6FDGR[XVPXOWLÁRUXVVVS katherinae (Katherine’s Torch Lily) Part Sun to Light Shade • 12” tall • Zone: 7b to 10b • Dormancy: Winter, Spring • Origin: South Africa

(syn: Haemanthus katherinae) Scadoxus has been one of the greatest surprises in our hardiness trials. Despite enduring temperatures as low as 0 degrees F since the mid-1990s, the torch lily has returned each year. In early July, the 1’ tall flower spike emerges overnight, topped with a tiny reddish bud that quickly explodes like a skyward firework into a 6-8”, fuzzy red fireball. During flowering, the 1’ tall, glossy green, strappy leaves emerge from the ground on short green stalks forming a hosta-like clump that lasts throughout the summer. A bed of torch lilies is sure to cause visitors to do a double take. Pot Size: Bare Root / 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #9021 $15

Sauromatum venosum 6FDGR[XVPXOWLÁRUXVVVSNDWKHULQDH Ż See our complete collection at www.plantdelights.com ~ phone: 919.772.4794 ~ email: [email protected] 29 Sedum (Stonecrop) spreading, rubbery buns of blue-grey creamy white, and topped starting in qq 6LQQLQJLDWXELÁRUD 7XEH foliage that in 3 years can spread to midsummer (NC) with an impressive Flowered Hardy White Gloxinia) This diverse genus includes some more than 2’ wide and just 1” tall show of bright yellow flower clusters. It Sun to Part Sun • 20” tall • Zone: 7b of our most durable garden (virtually no root system, so it’s easy really doesn’t get any better than this in to 10b, at least • Dormancy: Winter perennials, although certainly not to remove). In late summer, mats of the realm of groundcover sedums. • Origin: Argentina, South America the most showy. Most sedums are Sedum bithynicum are topped with Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) known for their fleshy succulent russet-brown flowering stems to 3” Catalog #14257 $15 (aka: Sinningia longituba) One of the foliage and yellow-to-pink topped with tiny, white, star-shaped real joys of gardening is finding a plant or white flowers. As a group, flowers. In winter, the blue-grey foliage qq Sedum ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ that you think can’t be hardy and then they prefer well-drained, moist takes on a russet overlay...splendid! discovering that it becomes an easy-to- soils, although many are highly PPAF (Little Miss Sunshine Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Stonecrop) grow staple in your garden. Such is the drought-tolerant. In nature, most case with the hardy gloxinia, Sinningia sedums occur in light shade or Catalog #2798 $15 Sun to Part Sun • 6” tall • Zone: 3a to 8b, at least • Dormancy: Evergreen tubiflora. Forming large underground partly sunny sites, while a few qq tubers, Sinningia tubiflora not only are also well-adapted to full sun Sedum ‘Boogie Woogie’ • Origin: Hybrid PPAF (Boogie Woogie Stonecrop) lives, but spreads nicely in our rock situations. Sedum ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ is Sun to Part Sun • 6” tall garden. All summer long, the green, NEW! a 2018 release from the Walters • Zone: 3a to 8b, at least felty leaf clumps are topped with 20” FAVORITE!Tony’s Gardens breeding program, a focus qq Sedum bithynicum • Dormancy: Evergreen • tall spikes of 6” long, very fragrant, to create better groundcover sedums. (Turkish Stonecrop) Origin: Hybrid pure white flowers...somewhat Sun to Part Sun • 3” tall • Zone: 5a Sedum ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ is a resembling Hosta plantaginea. The to 8b, at least • Dormancy: Evergreen NEW! Sedum ‘Boogie Woogie’ is the vigorous grower, forming a 6” tall x 20” hummingbirds and visitors alike go • Origin: Turkey latest variegated groundcover wide mound of rich, black-green foliage. nuts when they see this in our gardens. sedum from the breeding program The contrast between the foliage and You must grow this plant, even if you (syn: Sedum pallidum var. bithynicum) at Walters Gardens. This gem was the bright yellow midsummer flowers is have to use containers in the North. discovered as is a sport of their other stunning! We predict this will become The Turkish Sedum bithynicum attracts Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) more attention than most other plants recent introduction, Sedum ‘Little Miss an industry standard. Sunshine’. Sedum ‘Boogie Woogie’ Catalog #4688 $17 in our rock garden. This diminutive, Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) forms a perfect 6” tall x 20” wide but easy-to-grow sedum forms small, Catalog #13748 $15 mound of dark green foliage, edged WALTERS GARDENS/WALTERS GARDENS, MI

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Sedum ‘Boogie Woogie’ Ż 30 SUPPORTING Juniper Level Botanic Garden for 30 YEARS qq Sisyrinchium angustifolium (NC), with flower clusters that are there it was, growing in the middle of qq Tephrosia virginiana ‘Lucerne’ (Lucerne Blue-Eyed much more orange-red compared to the dirt road as we trekked through (Virginia Goat’s Rue) Grass) the blood-red of the other forms in the Northern Argentina back country. Sun to Part Sun • 18” tall • Zone: 5a Sun to Part Sun • 8” tall • Zone: 5a the trade. Also, Spigelia ‘Ragin Cajun’ Had a full-fledged Hortgasm...right to 9b, guessing • Dormancy: Winter to 7b • Dormancy: Evergreen produces nearly 1/3 more flower heads in the middle of the damn road. Our • Origin: United States • Origin: United States than other forms we’ve grown, resulting single clone has thrived in our garden in a fuller clump...truly spectacular! for more than a decade, and thanks So, who’s grown Tephrosia virginiana... to our friends at Yucca Do, we finally Sisyrinchium ‘Lucerne’ is an amazing Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) aka goat’s rue? This little-known, native have enough seed-propagated plants to selection of our native blue-eyed grass, Catalog #8718 $24 baptisia relative can be found in acidic made by plantsman Robert Herman, share. Synandrospadix ‘Salta and Peppa’ sandy soils from Wisconsin, south to formerly of White Flower Farm, while qq Synandrospadix comes from the Salta region of Northern Florida, and west to Texas, yet few Argentina where it grows at 3,200’ in Lucerne, Switzerland. The amazingly vermitoxicus ‘Salta FAVORITE!Tony’s people have grown it in their gardens. large, 0.75”, blue-purple flowers top and Peppa’ (Salta and elevation...dramatically more winter We have long been enchanted with the narrow, iris-like foliage from May Peppa Jungle Cabbage Voodoo hardy than the commercial green leaf Tephrosia virginiana after seeing it in until July. Sisyrinchium angustifolium Lily) form from warmer Columbia. When the NC Sandhills years earlier. We are grown in dry, sunny sites, Synandrospadix ‘Lucerne’ does not seem to have the Sun to Part Sun • 22” tall • Zone: 8a pleased to offer this again from our proclivity to try and take over the world vermitoxicus will reward you with own garden seed, NC origin. The 18” to 9b, possibly colder • Dormancy: upright, glaucous, blue-green, rubbery with aggressive seeding...wonderful! Winter, Fall • Origin: Argentina tall x 3’ wide clumps are composed of leaves that form a tight vase-shaped upright stalks, clothed with pinnate Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) clump. The clumps are topped in late foliage and adorned, starting in mid- Catalog #4782 $15 (aka: Synandrospadix D35-01) I’ll June with 1’ tall stalks bearing amazing, always remember when I first met May (NC), with clusters of flowers with tortoise-shell-shaped, lightly-fragrant creamy yellow pouches, accented by qq Spigelia marilandica ‘Ragin the hardy aroid, Synandrospadix (no, it doesn’t smell like lilacs) flowers. Cajun’ (Ragin Cajun Indian Pink) vermitoxicus in person. It was 2002... a hot-fuchsia-pink lower lip...so cool. Each inflorescence (spathe We find Tephrosia virginiana quite Sun to Light Shade and spadix) resembles easy to grow when planted in a hot, • 20” tall • Zone: 5a to 9b FAVORITE!Tony’s Tony’s abstract screensaver art... well-drained site. Goat’s rue also has • Dormancy: Winter FAVORITE! dark and light green quite a history of medicinal use; as a • Origin: United States stripes on the outside diuretic, a root tea for strengthening and dark and light purple children, a tuberculosis treatment, (aka: Spigelia A1LA-007) Spigelia stripes on the interior, for male sexual dysfunction, bladder marilandica ‘Ragin Cajun’ is a selection serving as background issues, rheumatism, and now treating we made in 2000 while botanizing for its alien looking, cancer. How can you not afford to grow near St. Francisville, Louisiana. In the multiple impregnation Tephrosia virginiana? garden, it makes a 20” tall, compact point, purple sex organ. clump topped, starting in mid-May Synandrospadix doesn’t Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) emerge from dormancy Catalog #7331 $17 until early to mid-June, so please don’t call us in @ SALTA, ARGENTINA May wondering why your plant died. This is a very FAVORITE!Tony’s special, limited offering. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #12194 $32 Planting time! Where is my spadix?

Sisyrinchium ‘Lucerne’ Synandrospadix ‘Salta and Peppa’

SynandrospadixSynSSyy ‘Salta and Peppa’ FAVORITE!Tony’s PDN INTRO

Spigelia ‘Ragin Cajun’ Tephrosia virginiana Ż See our complete collection at www.plantdelights.com ~ phone: 919.772.4794 ~ email: [email protected] 31 FAVORITE!Tony’s

Verbena ‘Sissinghurst’ produced tigridias, which are worthless for us as perennials, Tigridia ‘El Salto’ has thrived in the garden since 2000. The narrow, gladiolus-like, upright green leaves are a nice foil for the 2’ tall flower stalks, that start for us in late July and August. Each traffic-stopping 3” wide flower resembles a sculpted goblet of carmine, with an intricate basal pattern of white, spotted red, and a yellow outlined rim. Say no more! Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #9107 $16

qq Verbena tenera ‘Sissinghurst’ (Sissinghurst Verbena) Sun • 3” tall • Zone: 7b to 10b • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: Hybrid

Tiarella ‘Sylvan Lace’ Veronica ‘Amethyst Plume’ (aka: Verbena canadensis ‘Rosea’, Verbena ‘St. Paul’, Verbena ‘Texas Tuff qq Tiarella ‘Sylvan Lace’ PPAF Pink’) This has long been recognized as 6\OYDQ/DFH)RDPÁRZHU  one of the finest verbenas for a summer Part Sun to Light Shade FAVORITE!Tony’s PDN show...a hummingbird favorite. The INTRO • 8” tall • Zone: 3a to 9b FAVORITE!Tony’s narrow, cutleaf foliage spreads rapidly to • Dormancy: Evergreen • make a 3-4’ wide mound in one season. Origin: United States From early spring until frost, Verbena ‘Sissinghurst’ is topped with hundreds Tiarella ‘Sylvan Lace’ from of coral pink flowers (RHS 57A)...a true NEW! Terra Nova has been a standout lover of hot weather. in our trials and we are delighted to share. The deeply-cut, lacy green Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) leaves are adorned with a lovely central Catalog #1159 $14 maroon pattern that ages to black. Starting for us in mid-April (NC), Veronica ‘Amethyst Plume’ the clumps are topped with spikes of PP 24,411 (Amethyst Plume tiny flowers that begin as pink buds, 6SHHGZHOO then open to pure white...a truly Sun • 26” tall • Zone: 4a to 8b extraordinary selection. • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Hybrid Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Veronica ‘Amethyst Plume’ is Catalog #13740 $15 NEW! another of the florally-branched series of veronicas from Dutch plant qq Tigridia pavonia ‘El Salto’ breeder, Jan Verschoor, who set out to (O6DOWR7LJHU)ORZHU  created upright speedwells with better Part Sun to Light Shade FAVORITE!Tony’s branching. For us, Veronica ‘Amethyst • 24” tall • Zone: 7b to Plume’ forms a 26” tall x 1.5’ wide 10b, at least • Dormancy: upright clump, including its densely- Winter • Origin: Mexico branched inflorescence, which begin flowering for us (NC) in late spring and NEW!(aka: Tigridia pavonia T84-29s) continues into early summer. We’ve Tigridia pavonia ‘El Salto’ is a grown Veronica ‘Amethyst Plume’ since 1999 seed collection from an expedition 2015, and love its good vigor and the by Yucca Do founder, John Fairey and unique visual texture of the branched North American Rock Garden Society inflorescence in the landscape...we know director, Bobby Ward. This population you will enjoy it also. was discovered in El Salto, Coahuila, Mexico at 5,200’ elevation, growing Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) near Agave celsii. Unlike the Dutch Tigridia ‘El Salto’ Catalog #11790 $15 Ż 32 SUPPORTING Juniper Level Botanic Garden for 30 YEARS qq Zephyranthes ‘Eastern Pearl’ (Eastern Pearl Rain Lily) PDN PDN INTRO Sun • 10” tall • Zone: 7b to 11 INTRO • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Hybrid

Zephyranthes ‘Eastern Pearl’ is a 2010 Fadjar Marta introduction which is topped after summer rains with clusters of lovely 3” wide, peachy-pink flowers, highlighted with butter-yellow stripes down the center of each petal and a dark yellow eye...simply scrumptious! Quantities are very limited. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #9153 $16

Yucca ‘Indigo Dagger’ qq Zephyranthes ‘Heart Throb’ (Heart Throb Rain Lily) qq Yucca aloifolia ‘Indigo Sun • 6” tall • Zone: 7b to 10b Dagger’ (Indigo Dagger • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: FAVORITE!Tony’s Yucca) Mexico Sun • 48” tall • Zone: 7a to 9b, =HSK\UDQWKHV¶6XPPHU6QRZ· guessing • Dormancy: Evergreen It’s hard to remember the emotions that nocturnally-opening hybrid of Zephyranthes • Origin: United States ran through my mind when I first saw drummondii, from the famed ‘Labuffarosea’ Our friends at Briggs Zephyranthes ‘Heart Throb’ in flower, strain. From midsummer through fall (after NEW! Nursery propagation lab but my guess is, it must have resembled a rains) 6” tall stalks emerge, atop which unfurl solved an age old mystery when hot flash. This Yucca Do introduction is a lovely, 2” unique, reddish-pink (that’s hard a few of their tissue cultures of to capture with the camera) Yucca ‘Blue Boy’ mutated, only to flowers with a white eye. The discover that it had reverted back flowers change from dark to the original purple-leaf form reddish-pink to medium pink of the Southeast US native Yucca on day two, still highlighted by aloifolia. Since the cultivar name the contrasting white central ‘Purpurea’ is hopelessly confused eye zone. Zephyranthes ‘Heart in the trade, this clone has been Throb’ isn’t fast to multiply, named Yucca aloifolia ‘Indigo but we hope you’ll agree it’s Dagger’. This spiky accent plant worth the wait. forms upright stalks to 4’ tall, each Pot Size: 3.5” pot dressed in sharp green leaves that Zephyranthes ‘Eastern Pearl’ (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) take on a lovely mauvy-indigo- Catalog #5945 $16 purple color as nights cool in fall. The coloring is not induced by a lack of FAVORITE!Tony’s qq Zephyranthes nutrition, which has been the case with ¶6XPPHU6QRZ· most of the purple cultivars we’ve tried 6XPPHU6QRZ5DLQ/LO\ in the past. Spikes of white bell-shaped Sun • 15” tall • Zone: 7b to flowers top each stalk in early spring. 10b • Dormancy: Winter Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) • Origin: Hybrid Catalog #13747 $18 (aka: Zephyranthes PDN10- 01) This stunning 2014 Plant Zephyranthes Delights rain lily introduction (Rain Lily) started its life as a seedling of Zephyranthes ‘Bangkok ƃ JLBG Collection Contains ƃ Yellow’, which is a seedling 25 Species and 257 unique clones of Zephyranthes candida and most likely Zephyranthes We are fascinated with the wonderful citrina. Our Zephyranthes genus zephyranthes (rain lilies). ‘Summer Snow’ out-flowers Rain lilies are unobtrusive, summer- all the other rain lilies in our flowering bulbs that can fit in virtually trials, with narrow rounded any garden, with a flower range foliage like Zephyranthes from yellow to white to pink. We candida, but with larger appreciate the lack of large foliage that cupped flowers that emerge a accompanies many spring-flowering creamy ivory. The 15” tall x bulbs. Rain lilies grow in a range 1’ wide thick clumps of glossy of conditions from bogs to deserts, green foliage are topped from with most having an incredible heat midsummer until frost with a tolerance. We are thrilled that our massive floral show of creamy butterflies find these a wonderful cups after each rain and with nectar source in the summer months. sporadic flowering even in Our rain lily selection is one of the drier periods. We think you’ll best in the world, with many of really enjoy this summer snow the hard-to-find Mexican species, in your garden. many older US hybrids, and the Pot Size: 3.5” pot groundbreaking hybrids from Fadjar (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Marta of Indonesia. Zephyranthes ‘Heart Throb’ Catalog #6099 $16 Ż See our complete collection at www.plantdelights.com ~ phone: 919.772.4794 ~ email: [email protected] 33 VISITING űFall 2018 Classes and Workshops ű Open Nursery and Garden days are Come and join our interactive series of classes and workshops to learn from our expert instructors. limited to eight weekends per year, Pre-registration is required and space is limited. To register, call 919-772-4794 or visit our website at www.plantdelights.com for more details. We are excited to add several new classes this year. two each during February/March, If there is a topic you would like to see covered, please let up know. April/May, July, and September. Visit us at other times by requesting Endangered Moonlight Garden Walk a visit at www.plantdelights.com. Perennials 10/27/2018 • 7pm – 9pm We are more flexible with visitors 8/25/2018 JLBG/PDN Staff $40 after our busy spring website sales 10am – Noon Most gardeners love to see the diurnal butterflies, season ends in mid-May. Meghan Fidler but miss out on the beauty of nocturnal moths. We love having visitors, but your $40 This fall come visit must be scheduled in advance. explore our Where has all garden in the the Ginseng moonlight gone? This and take in course will focus the season’s on some of the bloom in most stunning a different ű endangered light. Evening plants from time brings Open Nursery around the its own world. From luminosity habitat loss to and magic, & Garden over collection, inviting a we will discuss walk through elements that to enjoy the have caused textures and 2018 Dates these plants to become threatened and provide resources activity of and behaviors which budding naturalists can use to help twilight. protect at-risk perennials. The lecture will be divided FALL OPEN DAYS into two sections, a classroom setting and a garden walk. The World of Soils September 7-9 September 14-16 Let’s Talk Plants Autumn Garden Walk 11/10/2018 • 10am – Noon 10/13/2018 • 10am – Noon Tony Avent, JLBG/PDN Staff $40 Tony Avent, JLBG/PDN Staff $40 With the increasing interest in soil care as a means of avoiding plant stress and subsequent pest problems, the 2019 Dates October is a transitional month in the garden, as the demand for this plants of summer begin to fade and the stars of the class has risen autumn WINTER OPEN DAYS each season. February 22-24 garden The interactive begin to lecture will March 1-3 shine. cover nutrient Join Tony balance, soil test SPRING OPEN DAYS for this reports, how two-hour May 3-5 to incorporate May 10-12 class...an organics, taking interactive care of microbes, outdoor and an array of SUMMER OPEN DAYS walk misconceptions July 12-14 through regarding July 19-21 our extensive botanical gardens, discussing the plants planting techniques. If you have soil test reports, in the garden, and how and why they grow. Come be sure to bring them to class. prepared to write as we send you on plant overload. Life of Cacti & Succulents Free Garden Chat and Walk at JLBG 10/20/2018 • 10am – Noon JLBG/PDN Staff $40 Held each day during our Open Nursery & Garden weekends. Cacti and succulents You can view previous Gardening Unplugged topics on our are a highly YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/PlantDelights evolved group of plants! Learn 2018 Fall Open Nursery & Garden Days how they survive and reproduce in Native Plants for Fall Hardy Palms extreme conditions September 7 • 10:00 am Tony September 14 • 10:00 am Mike Papay and how scientists Water Features & Surrounding Plants Art in the Garden classify these plants September 7 • 2:00 pm JLBG Staff September 14 • 2:00 pm Jim and Kathy Phillips along with their What’s in a Plant Name Hardy Bananas basic morphological September 8 • 10:00 am Zac Hill September 15 • 10:00 am Tony structure. This workshop will Exciting New Plants Dividing Perennials include both September 8 • 2:00 pm Dennis Carey September 15 • 2:00 pm Jeremy Schmidt a PowerPoint Carex Ornamental Grasses presentation and a September 9 • 2:00 pm Tony September 16 • 2:00 pm Tony garden tour. Ż 34 SUPPORTING Juniper Level Botanic Garden for 30 YEARS Plant Delights ű ű Nursery, Inc. About Us at Juniper Level Botanic GardenWe are a small, family-owned, mail-order Staff nursery, established in 1988, offering unique, Nursery Staff: rare, well-grown, and properly named native and other perennial plants Nursery Manager - Meghan Fidler to passionate gardeners around the world. Assistant Nursery Manager - Dennis Carey Our love for interesting plants and our desire to make them widely available are equaled only by our passion for enriching the gardening lives of our customers. Maintenance & Facilities Specialist - Open Plant Delights Nursery/Juniper Level Botanic Garden has one of the most extensive Grower - Sara Martin perennial trialing programs in the country. Our concern goes far beyond selling IPM/Plant Healthcare Specialist - plants…it matters to us how they perform in your gardens. Mike Wallace Despite being best known as a mail-order nursery, we actually exist for our work as Production Supervisor - Aaron Selby a private 28-acre botanical garden and plant research facility focusing on ex-situ Production Nursery Assistant - plant conservation, plant exploration, breeding, and propagation. We have had Kevin Worthy several new plant species named from our collections, with more in the pipeline. Nursery Staff - Blanca Benitez, Margarita Our horticultural educational efforts are visible in our catalog, our website, our Govea presentations around the country, in public and scientific publications, and now on social media. Juniper Level Botanic Garden 15% of our retail sales at PDN are going to Juniper Level Botanic Garden to RESEARCH STAFF: support this mission, and we now currently display over 23,000 taxa (different Grounds and Research Supervisor - kinds of plants). We are working towards opening as a full-time public botanical Jeremy Schmidt garden for all to enjoy. Equipment Operator - Jim Coley To preserve JLBG for future generations, an endowment has been established and Plant Records Specialist/Taxonomist - is administered by The Endowment Fund of NC State University, a tax-deductible Zac Hill 501-C-3. Here is the link to contribute on-line: go.ncsu.edu/JLBG. Research Assistant/Field Production - Mike Ross Tony & Anita Avent, Proprietors Grounds Technician - Chris Britt GARDEN STAFF: Garden Curator - Amanda Wilkins Garden Supervisor - Thomas Thornton Outdoor Plant Healthcare Specialist - About the Cover and Illustrations Candace Knotts Weekend Volunteer Coordinator - Once again, we are privileged to have one of America’s top commercial cartoonists Maureen Hammond and three-time Award Winner by the National Cartoonist Society (www.reuben.org), Jack Pittman, to pen our catalog cover and illustrate our catalog. Jack’s client list is Internship Opportunities Available a veritable who’s who of American corporations. If you are in need of fun commercial art, contact Jack at www.jptoonist.com or 919.785.1966. Administrative & Customer Service Staff: Administrative Manager - Lyllan Roberts ű Customer Service Representatives - Where Credit Is Due Allison Morgan, Elaine Giarelli All photos, with the exceptions below, were captured by Tony and Anita Avent at Plant Shipping Lead - Annette Sherrill Delights Nursery and at other gardens as noted. These images are copyrighted and all rights Seasonal Shipper - Mardee Pater, are reserved. For information on using these images please read our Image Use Policy Kalyn Norris at www.plantdelights.com. Order Prep Lead - Charlotte Walsh We thank Casa Flora, Concept Plants, H. Hansen, S. Norsingh, P. Schmidt, and Walters Gardens Stocking Specialist - Lisa Miller for their images and have noted their name on their images. HR/Accounting - Julie Hales We are deeply indebted to those who have allowed us to photograph plants in their gardens and Marketing Coordinator - Chris Hardison their garden’s name is noted on our image. E-Commerce and Database Specialist/IT - Our gratitude goes to Shari Sasser for our catalog graphic design: www.sharisasser.com Robert Lawless Catalog text and plant descriptions provided by Tony Avent. Proprietors - Tony and Anita Avent

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