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Plant Delights 2020 Nursery, Inc.® Fall Sales Catalog at Juniper Level Botanic Garden CATALOG PRICE: 10 STAMPS OR A BOX OF CHOCOLATES

Since 1988, Plant Delights Nursery is THE Source for unique, rare and native perennial plants. during the early “shelter at home” directives ű ű that overtaxed every aspect of our business Shelter in the Garden systems. We apologize that we were unable to be as responsive as normal during this period, o say that 2020 has been As children of the 1960s, but rest assured that staff was literally working quite a year would be the when racism was much evenings and weekends to tread proverbial water. ultimate understatement. more overt than today, If you had an order issue during this period, please forgive us as we continue to improve our MostT people had no idea that NC STATE UNIVERSITY it warms our heart to Mother Nature could b-slap the finally see people who’ve systems to better handle unprecedented surges in human race into submission as lived their lives with ear demand like we saw this spring. quickly, or as well as she has. Most mufflers on, actually humans have a homo-centric view beginning to listen. Using We’re still catching up with propagation for both of life that allows them to think Anita and Tony ethnicity to apply good this year and next, but we still have an incredible they are in charge…at least until and bad labels is no more offering of new plants along with the return of they come face-to-face with a natural disaster acceptable with people than it is with plants. some long absent favorites for our summer/fall or a COVID-like roadblock. We encourage everyone to be conscious about catalog. how our bias of labeling people and plants based On the bright side, people are spending far more Hardy aroids continue to be an important focus, on ethnic origins creeps into so many aspects of so for fall, we’ve included two special selections time in their gardens, and consequently many our everyday lives. pollutants in the air have decreased dramatically. of Amorphophallus konjac: A. ‘Nightstick’, Although we not have seen any measurements, We have been so blessed through the years to which we introduced in 1994 and our first we’d bet, however, that the concentration have a wide diversity of visitors at the nursery offering of the gold-leaf Amorphophallus of anti-depressants and alcohol in the water and gardens with every age group and ethnic ‘Gordon’s Gold’. Two special arums made the systems have risen as much as air pollutants have demographic well represented. This is reflective fall list, the purple-stemmed Arum ‘Jet Black decreased. As humans, we tend to spend far too of our commitment of inclusion and diversity Wonder’ and our silver-centered Arum ‘Silver much time wishing and hoping for reality to be of both people and plants. A diverse world is a Cloud’. From John Cho’s amazing elephant ear different. The reality is…reality is, and all the better world. Let’s all work together to expand work, we’ve added Colocasia ‘Maui Sunrise’, wishing in the world isn’t going to change it. that philosophy to every part of our lives. which is a more dramatic white-veined version of C. ‘White Lava’. Because people are staying home more, they Our amazing staff have done a yeoman’s job this are much more in touch with the Earth and year, dealing with the unexpected order surge In the world of agaves, we’ve added some hopefully have begun to realize the health amazingg new gems,g includingg the lustful benefits of not only their own gardens, but of public gardens and public natural areas. Of all the hard decisions that have been made by public/private administrators during COVID, the ones that leave us shaking our heads are those to close natural areas and public gardens. In our view, this is ridiculous at a time when people need the healing and soothing health benefits of these areas more than ever. Please join us in urging those in charge to keep these important public spaces open at all times.

Agave ovatifolia ‘Orca’ pg. 5

Amorphophallus ‘Gordon’s Gold’ pg. 7 Colocasia ‘Maui Sunrise’ pg. 12 Sarracenia ‘Judith Hindle’ pg. 31 Ż 2 Preserve Juniper Level Botanic Garden for future generations by donating at jlbg.org Agave ovatifolia ‘Orca’ with its creamy wide- bordered leaves. Agave temacapulinensis is a newly discovered species for gardeners who love experimenting. Agave ‘Emerald Giants’ is our hybrid of two giant century plants, Agave x protamericana and Agave x pseudoferox (mis-sold as A. salmiana var. ferox), toward our goal of creating super-sized century plants for colder climates.

In the geophyte world, we are finally able to introduce our amazing Zephyranthes Alstroemeria ‘Summer Breeze’ ‘Superstar’, which is a pg. 6 steroid-induced form of Zephyranthes candida. Althoughhoughh nnotot wwinteriinter hardyhharddy forffor us,us, HHaHabranthusbbranthhus ruber from Brazil is quite rare and quite stunning…a great plant for Salvia ‘Mes Azure’ pg. 30 anyone interested in ex-situ conservation. Hymenocallis pimana is a North American species of spider-lily, that is one of the most vigorous and showiest species of the genus. In the agapanthus world, Agapanthus ‘Blue Yonder’ has proven to be a flowering machine in our climate. Four Navigating our Print Catalog new distinctive forms of the fabulous Lycoris x rosea made the catalog This catalog contains over 100 plants from our collection cut…all with the classic pink flowers with blue tips. Despite the obvious of nearly 1,500 perennial plants for sale. similarities, these have a range of flowering times and appearances. You may shop all of our available plants As for other great plants, Nepeta ‘Cat’s Pajamas’ is the best nepeta we’ve at www.plantdelights.com ever trialed, and that includes quite a few. Lavandula ‘Bridget Chloe’ adds 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. another member to the short list of growable lavenders in hot, humid, wet summer climates. Salvia ‘Mes Azure’ sets a new high bar for Salvia greggii You may also call us Monday–Friday, 8 am - 5 pm, EST, hybrids that you’ve got to see to believe. Another superb princess lily from at 919-772-4794. our trials is Alstroemeria ‘Summer Breeze’…truly superb foliage and a New to our collection and first time in our great long-season floral show. If you’re a fan of the new mallows, Hibiscus NEW! print catalog ‘Blackberry Merlot’ is the next generation of true red with unopened buds that are nearly black. FAVORITE!Tony’s Tony’s face lights up when describing these plants! We thank those who participated in our 2nd annual Southeastern Plant Symposium, which moved on-line this year. Hopefully, we’ll be able to once again meet in person for 2021 with the same lineup that we had planned PDN PDN/JLBG introduced these plants to the retail for 2020. We also hope you can drop by for our final Open Nursery and INTRO market Garden days for 2020, since the gardens and nursery have plenty of room where you can social distance while still enjoying great plants. In the qq To help you select your plants: Check the left box meantime, back to sheltering in the garden with the new catalog! for plants you want to purchase. Then check the right box for plants you must purchase now! Happy gardening, Tony and Anita TABLE OF CONTENTS Plant Listings (Alphabetical by Genus) ...... pg. 4-33 Ordering & Shipping Information ...... pg. 18 Mail Order Form ...... pg. 19-20 Classes and JLBG Endowment ...... pg. 34 Open Nursery Days ...... pg. 34 PDN Staff ...... pg. 35 Catalog Photo Credits ...... pg. 35 Catalog Cover Art ...... pg. 35 About PDN ...... pg. 35

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that emerge crimson red then morph to crimson violet, both with a contrasting yellow throat. Light shade to morning sun is best for peak performance. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #6169 $17

qq Agapanthus ‘Blue Yonder’ (Blue Yonder Lily-of-the-Nile) WALTERS GARDENS/WALTERS GARDENS, MI Achillea ‘Sassy Summer Taffy’ Sun to Part Sun • 36” tall • Zone: 5b to 10b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Hybrid Agapanthus ‘Blue Yonder’ is a NEW! masterpiece of breeding from Oregon plantsman Steve Hottovy. This amazing selection produces 3’ tall spikes of dense cobalt blue flowers Achimenes ‘Harry Williams’ with darker central streaks down Abutilon ‘Bartley Schwartz’ each petal on a plant that’s reliably of achimenes for winter hardiness and qq Abutilon ‘Bartley Schwarz’ winter hardy into Zone 5b. For us, (Bartley Schwarz Flowering Achimenes ‘Harry Williams’ has not flowering starts in mid-June. I’m not Maple) only survived single digits F, but has sure who will love these most...the stood out from the other survivors pollinators (bumblebees) who find Sun to Part Sun • 48” tall • Zone: 7b by its incredible garden performance. to 10b, guessing • Dormancy: Winter them irresistible or the gardeners who Emerging in June, the fuzzy green embrace them for their summer color. • Origin: Hybrid foliage adorns short stems, topped, In our winter hardiness trials, Abutilon starting in early July with a stunning Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ‘Bartley Schwarz’ (named after the show of beautiful pansy-shaped flowers Catalog #15717 $21 late California plantsman, although incorrectly spelled “Schwartz”) has been one of our best performers. The slightly pendent branching habit of this Achillea ‘Strawberry Seduction’ Abutilon megapotamicum hybrid makes a 4’ tall x 4’ wide clump clothed with qq Achillea ‘Strawberry small, fuzzy green serrated leaves and Seduction’ PP 18,401 @WALTERS GARDENS, MI adorned from early summer through fall (Strawberry Seduction Yarrow) with 1.5” wide, salmon-orange (RHS Sun • 24” tall • Zone: 3a to 8b • 24B), bell-shaped flowers that dangle Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Hybrid from the outstretched woody branches. We’ve tried many yarrows through the As a houseplant, this mallow relative years and most have struggled through is everblooming (should be the same our hot, humid summers, with Achillea in an apartment)...just watch out for ‘Strawberry Seduction’ an exception. hummingbird droppings. This Achillea millefolium hybrid Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) (possibly with Achillea clypeolata) was Catalog #8007 $17 selected in 2001 by Holland’s Michiel Zwaan, who bred it from the Achillea qq Achillea ‘Sassy Summer Summer Pastels seed series. Achillea Taffy’ PP 31,755 (Sassy Summer ‘Strawberry Seduction’ is a long- Taffy Yarrow) flowering selection that begins flowering Sun • 32” tall • Zone: 5a to 8b, in June with strong 2’ tall well-branched possibly much colder • Dormancy: stems, topped with clusters of colorfast Winter • Origin: Hybrid red flowers, highlighted with small yellow centers. We’ve experienced Achillea ‘Sassy Summer Taffy’ is an strawberry reductions before, but admit amazing hot pink flowered selection of that we find the imagery of a strawberry the revolutionary new yarrow hybrids seduction...berry interesting. from Walters Gardens. The mounds of fragrant, green, airy foliage serve Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) as background for the 32” tall, sturdy Catalog #9200 $16 stalks, which arise for us in late June. Each stalk is topped with terminal qq Achimenes ‘Harry Williams’ flower heads of pink that age in the (Harry Williams Orchid Pansy) center to pale pink for a lovely contrast. Part Sun to Light Shade • 12” tall • Achillea ‘Sassy Summer Taffy’ boasts Zone: 7b to 10b • Dormancy: Winter, great heat tolerance, cold tolerance, and Spring • Origin: Hybrid vigor. We can think of few better woodland Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) drought-tolerant groundcovers for Catalog #13575 $16 summer flowering than this amazing gesneriad! We have trialed a number Agapanthus ‘Blue Yonder’ Ż 4 Preserve Juniper Level Botanic Garden for future generations by donating at jlbg.org Agave ovatifolia ‘Orca’ @RANCHO SOLEDAD NSY, CA qq Agave ovatifolia ‘Orca’ qq Agave ovatifolia ‘Sierra has proven to be one of the best agaves (Orca Whale’s Tongue Century Plant) Lampazos’ (Sierra Lampazos for cold, wet climates, far outperforming Agave Sun • 24” tall • Zone: 9a to 11, Whale’s Tongue Century Plant) almost all other species. This offering (Century Plant) guessing • Dormancy: Evergreen Sun • 36” tall • Zone: 7b to 9b is clonally propagated from flowering • Origin: Mexico • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: bulblets from Lynn’s original collection. JLBG Collection Contains ƃ ƃ Mexico 64 Species, 1,100 unique Agave ovatifolia ‘Orca’ is already Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) clones and 34 hybrids NEW! a plant of legend, discovered in The fabulous Agave ovatifolia was Catalog #10229 $25 the mountains of Northern Mexico. first brought into the US by the We love these architectural This stunning selection of Agave late Lynn Lowery, who found it but anti-social Southwest ovatifolia has blue leaves bordered by growing between 3,000’ and 7,000’ native perennial plants. a very wide creamy yellow edge. We elevation in Nuevo León, Mexico. Some agaves thrive in the expect the mature size to be 2’ tall x 4’ Agave ovatifolia was planted ground for us despite our wide. Thanks to expert horticultural around Dallas and survived for hot, humid summers and techniques, the plant was propagated decades unscathed by drought or cold, wet winters. In the for ex-situ conservation purposes, while cold. We have also received several summer months, agaves the original clone remains high in the reports of Agave ovatifolia surviving respond amazingly to water Mexican -5 degrees F when kept dry. and fertilizer but good mountains. Agave expert Greg Starr, drainage and planting on We are curious to know its identity, a slope are essential to pleased to retraced Lynn’s survival in the winter. In finally have I’m feeling route and found the cold zones, we recommend enough original population establishing agave plants a bit like Jonah! to share, in Mexico, where by midsummer at the although we it was determined latest. In containers, agaves are sure that to be a new species are not only very forgiving they will sell anandd subsequently named if a watering is missed, out quickly since we in 22002.0 In form, Agave but they provide great paid double this for ovatovatifoliai looks like an Agave structural form. We are our original plant, plus parryiparry on steroids, forming pleased to offer many rare, airfare to California. a 36” tall x 5’ wide (in variegated century plants 5 years) symmetrical, including many of our own Pot Size: 3.5” pot non-offsetting clump introductions. (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) of wide, grey, succulent Catalog #12751 leaves. Agave ovatifolia $150 Agave ovatifolia ‘Sierra Lampazos’ Ż See our complete collection at www.plantdelights.com ~ phone: 919.772.4794 ~ email: [email protected] 5 PDN INTRO

Ajuga reptans ‘Black Scallop’

Agave x protifolia ‘Emerald Giants’ FAVORITE!Tony’s qq Agave x protifolia ‘Emerald future clonal Agave temacapulinensis Giants’ (Emerald Giants Hybrid selections (5-10 Century Plant) years), but our supply of these amazing leaves with large teeth, and is Sun • 48” tall • Zone: 7b to 10b seedlings is very limited. closely related to the better- known Agave wocomahi. • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Hybrid We don’t have any winter Catalog #13059 $45 hardiness data yet, but we Agave x protifolia ‘Emerald anticipate at least Zone 8a, NEW! Giants’ is our 2020 so these are for gardeners introduction of an amazing hybrid, qq Agave temacapulinensis who love to experiment. created by our adjunct researcher (Temacapulin Century Plant) and agave specialist Mike Papay, who Sun to Part Sun • 30” tall • Zone: Pot Size: 3.5” pot crossed Agave ovatifolia x Agave x 8b to 9b, guessing • Dormancy: (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) protamericana ‘Saltillo’. The largest of Evergreen • Origin: Mexico Catalog #15008 $25 our seedlings, which has been in the Agave temacapulinensis is a qq Ajuga reptans ground since August 2018 are already NEW! newly (2012) named century 20” tall x 3’ wide, so we expect these ‘Black Scallop’ plant species from the Temacapulín in PP 15,815 (Black could easily reach 4’ tall x 10’ wide the Mexican state of Jalisco. According or larger. The leaves are very wide, Scallop Bugleweed) to agave expert Greg Starr, most plants Part Sun to Light Shade glossy green, with large marginal teeth are 2.5’ tall x 3’ wide, although large and upturned leaf tips. We’ve planted • 3” tall • Zone: 3a to 8b, at specimens were seen at the site. Agave several in the gardens for potential least • Dormancy: Evergreen temacapulinensis has wide silver-blue • Origin: Europe Ajuga ‘Black Scallop’ is a Allium kiiense superb and colorful evergreen FAVORITE!Tony’s instead of upward. Allium kiiense makes groundcover that exists thanks to UK a very small, rock garden-sized clump of nurseryman Mike Tristam, who found it needle-thin, 6” long, fleshy green leaves. as a tissue culture mutation in a batch of The clumps are topped in late October

@WALTERS GARDENS, MI Ajuga reptans ‘Braunherz’. Ajuga ‘Black and November with clusters of small, Scallop’ acts like a typical ploidy mutant outfacing, lavender-purple flowers... (additional sets of chromosomes) with simply delightful. We have found larger, darker purple leaves and flowers Allium kiiense easy to grow in our part than its parent, as well as better disease sun rock garden. tolerance. The heat-tolerant dense mat of crinkled, glossy purple foliage Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) is topped in late spring with stunning Catalog #3352 $17 stalks of blue-purple flowers. Ajuga seeding around is a terrible problem qq Alstroemeria ‘Summer Breeze’ (Summer for us with some cultivars, but we have Tony’s never encountered a single seedling Breeze Princess Lily) FAVORITE! from Agave ‘Black Scallop. Tired of Sun to Part Sun • 30” tall mulching? Put this attractive ajuga to • Zone: 5b to 8b, at least • Dormancy: work in your garden as a living mulch. Winter • Origin: Hybrid Average to slightly moist soils are best. NEW! (aka: Alstroemeria Tessumbre) Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) What if we told you there was Catalog #13515 $16 a Zone 5b hardy alstroemeria with black-purple foliage, edged in green qq Allium kiiense and topped all summer with clusters of )DOOÁRZHULQJ.LL FAVORITE!Tony’s flowers with petals alternated orange Garlic) and speckled yellow, each backed with Sun to Part Sun • 6” tall • Zone: 5a an attractive cinnamon blush. I first to 9b, at least • Dormancy: Evergreen met Alstroemeria ‘Summer Breeze’ at • Origin: Japan the Dallas Arboretum, where it scoffed at regular summer temperatures over (aka: Allium virgunculae var. kiiense) 100 degrees F, and ran into it again at Allium kiiense is an amazing fall- Walters Gardens in Michigan, where it flowering, endangered ornamental didn’t blink after winter temperatures garlic that hails from the Kii Peninsula of -15F. Now, it’s in North Carolina, and surrounding Gifu, Aichi, and and we want to share. For us, the 30” Yamaguchi prefectures in southern tall clumps are topped with flowers Japan. Originally thought to be a variety from early June through October... of Allium virgunculae, Allium kiiense simply fabulous! was elevated to species status primarily due to its flowers, which open sideways Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Alstroemeria ‘Summer Breeze’ Catalog #14364 $26 Ż 6 Preserve Juniper Level Botanic Garden for future generations by donating at jlbg.org qq Amorphophallus henryi (Henry’s Love Lily) Amorphophallus FAVORITE!Tony’s PDN Part Sun to Light Shade • 24” tall • Zone: INTRO (Corpse Flower, 7b to 9b • Dormancy: Winter, Spring Voodoo Lily, Love Lily) • Origin: Taiwan ƃ JLBG Collection Contains ƃ From Taiwan comes the amazingly hardy and 47 Species, 243 unique clones very easy-to-grow Amorphophallus henryi. and 11 hybrids Before this woodland garden treasure is mature enough to have sex, you’ll enjoy the 2’ tall, While several amorphophallus speckled green petiole with white blotches, have proven to be winter hardy topped by a giant divided leaf, giving the for us, most are grown as potted overall effect of a decorated palm frond stuck curiosities. Each tuber produces one in the ground. Typical emergence times for inflorescence, some of which can get the foliage is mid-June (NC) through mid- quite large...i.e., Amorphophallus September. Once the tuber saves up enough titanum. The flowers are renowned energy (usually 2-3 years), it will produce a for their odor, which attracts flies for fascinating flower just prior to leaf emergence. sexual purposes. The odor, which in The 1’ tall floral structure resembles a glossy some species is quite noticeable for purple volcanic caldera on a stick, with a dark about a half day, is the basis for great purple “old faithful” spadix emerging from the storytelling. After flowering, each center. If you see a flock of buzzards circling tuber will rest for at least a month overhead, you’ll know they are just enjoying (occasionally an entire year) before the floral fragrance. After flowering, if it had producing one leaf. Larger tubers really good sex, you’ll soon enjoy seeing the will keep their foliage longer into the 1’ tall spike of dark blue berries. season than smaller ones, due to the large amount of energy required to Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) support this oversized plant. In the Catalog #3049 $24 garden, we recommend planting the tuber so that its top is 4-6” below qq Amorphophallus konjac the soil surface...slightly deeper in ‘Gordon’s Gold’ (Gordon’s FAVORITE!Tony’s colder climates. When the tubers get Gold Love Lily) large, they tend to form a cup that Part Sun to Shade • 36” tall • Zone: 7a to holds water...bad in areas with cold 10b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: China, winter rains. When this happens, Japan we recommend you dig the tuber after it has gone dormant in late NEW! Amorphophallus konjac ‘Gordon’s summer and turn it sideways, so that Gold’ is an amazing, but hard-to-find water does not collect in the winter. gold-foliage selection of the hardy love lily Old tubers die and regenerate each from the former nursery of California plant season, so keep the foliage healthy collector, Dave Gordon. When grown in deep and growing. Some tubers can be shade, the gold color is fleeting, but in lightly Amorphophallus konjac ‘Gordon’s Gold’ stored dry while others must remain filtered shade or a couple of hours of sun, the potted (see individual descriptions). color holds for us all summer. Interplanted among purple or blue groundcovers, the Amorphophallus rarely sprout before FAVORITE!Tony’s PDN mid- to late-June, so don’t panic foliage contrast of Amorphophallus ‘Gordon’s INTRO when you don’t see any signs of life Gold’ is stunning! Please remember that in early spring. Amorphophallus konjac does not emerge before mid-June and plants shipped after early September will probably be dormant or going dormant. Quantities are limited. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #15750 $32

qq Amorphophallus konjac ‘Nightstick’ (Nightstick FAVORITE!Tony’s Black Stem Love Lily) Part Sun to Shade • 36” tall • Zone: 7a to 10b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: China, Japan Amorphophallus konjac ‘Nightstick’ is a 1994 Plant Delights/JLBG introduction of a special black-stalked selection that we acquired in 1992 from aroid collector Tom McLamb, and subsequently named and introduced it in 1994. It’s been 24 years (1996) since we’ve had enough to share, so we’re delighted for it to finally make a return engagement Amorphophallus henryi Amorphophallus in the catalog. The 3’ tall, jet black henryi stem, which emerges in mid-June, is a thing of beauty, topped with the extremely dark green palm-like leaf. When the tuber develops enough food reserves, you’ll enjoy a flower stalk instead of a leaf stalk, occurring usually in early May (NC). Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #1166 $32 Amorphophallus henryi Amorphophallus konjac ‘Nightstick’ Ż See our complete collection at www.plantdelights.com ~ phone: 919.772.4794 ~ email: [email protected] 7 PDN INTRO

Arum x diotalicum ‘Jet Black Wonder’ Asclepias tuberosa qq Arachniodes simplicior qq Arum x diotalicum they develop a subtle silver veining and persist throughout the winter until ‘Variegata’ (East Indian Holly ‘Jet Black Wonder’ along with random small black dots... they flower in late April/early May. The Fern) (Jet Black Wonder Hybrid Arum) like your carpet after hiring a low-cost flower is composed of a large lime- Light Shade • 18” tall • Zone: 7a Part Sun to Light Shade • 12” tall painter. From within the foliage in early green spathe with a protruding, stiff to 9b, possibly colder • Dormancy: • Zone: 4a to 9b • Dormancy: spring (April for us), the heavily spotted green spadix. After flowering, Arum Evergreen • Origin: India Summer • Origin: Southeast Europe blush purple spathe and spadix flower ‘Silver Cloud’ hibernates (brumates) for emerge atop jet black stems. Shortly summer, so don’t panic. Arachniodes simplicior ‘Variegata’ is a We originally acquired this gem from after flowering, the leaves go dormant Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) fabulous 18” tall x 18” wide evergreen Europe as Arum concinnatum with for the summer. If your plant took time Catalog #6968 $20 fern that features a wide streak of yellow black spots. Instead it turned out to be to have a sexual rendezvous, you’ll also down the center of each plastic-textured a superb, easy-to-grow hybrid of Arum get a short stalk of bright red berries qq Asclepias tuberosa leaf. Arachniodes simplicior ‘Variegata’ italicum and Arum dioscorides, which after the leaves disappear, but if you is reliably hardy in zone 7, although the we christened Arum ‘Jet Black Wonder’. don’t want babies, given it a snip before %XWWHUÁ\:HHG new growth emerges very late (reports This unique selection is highly prized the little ones hit the ground. Arum ‘Jet Sun • 24” tall • Zone: 3a to 9b • indicate success in parts of zone 6). East for its jet black stems that provide a Black Wonder’ needs a bit of sun to be Dormancy: Winter • Origin: United Indian holly fern is the one garden fern superb contrast to the fall-emerging, a true garden standout, so keep this one States that visitors to your woodland garden arrow-shaped, green leaves. As the leaves out of the dense shade. The 2017 Perennial Plant Association will absolutely drool over, so invite a of Arum ‘Jet Black Wonder’ mature, plant of the year, Asclepias tuberosa is crowd of folks over if you’re having a Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) a heat and drought tolerant US native, drought. that can be found in all but seven Pacific PDN Catalog #6121 $20 Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) INTRO Northwest states. This easy-to-grow perennial forms 2’ tall x 2’ wide clumps Catalog #1428 $18 qq Arum italicum ‘Silver Cloud’ of upright stems, clothed with fuzzy, (Silver Cloud Arum) narrow green leaves. Clumps of Asclepias tuberosa are topped with branched Part Sun to Light Shade terminal clusters of brilliant orange • 12” tall • Zone: 4a to 8b flowers, which are enjoyed by guess • Dormancy: Summer what...Monarch butterflies! The flowers, • Origin: Southeast Europe which are also highly prized by all kinds It’s been fourteen of bees, are followed by unusual seed NEW!years, since we’ve pods that burst open to spread their silk had any of our 2006 laden seed. Good drainage and plenty of introduction to spare, so sun are the keys to success. if you like these, don’t Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) wait. Arum ‘Silver Cloud’ Catalog #33535 $17 is a Plant Delights/JLBG selection of Arum italicum from a seed crop of Arum ‘Chamaeleon’. The silvery Did you say leaf center of the large spade- like leaves is surrounded by butterfly a contrasting green border with a smaller green pattern speed? in the leaf center. In NC, the leaves emerge in late Arachniodes simplicior ‘Variegata’ Arum italicum ‘Silver Cloud’ September/early October Ż 8 Preserve Juniper Level Botanic Garden for future generations by donating at jlbg.org qq Asparagus virgatus @WALTERS GARDENS, MI (Broom Asparagus Fern) Sun to Part Sun • 36” tall • Zone: 7b to 10b, possibly colder • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: South Africa Asparagus virgatus is a South African broom fern that will really sweep you off your feet with its garden performance. Asparagus virgatus is a wonderful winter-hardy, airy-textured addition to both a full sun or part shade garden. The 3’ tall upright spikes open into a soft, thread-like, green “broom.” Each 3’ wide drought-tolerant clump can be used as a fine textural contrast in the garden, for a long-lasting filler in floral arrangements, or to treat syphilis and intestinal worms. You gotta love those multi-use plants. In September the foliage of Asparagus virgatus is adorned with a multitude (catalog lingo for more than one) of small red berries. If winter temperatures stay above 12 degrees F, the foliage should remain evergreen. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #4033 $17 qq Asplenium scolopendrium ‘Furcata’ (Split Crest Hart’s- tongue Fern) Light Shade • 10” tall • Zone: 5a to 9b • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: Asplenium scolopendrium ‘Furcata’ Astilbe ‘Chocolate Shogun’ Europe crested with an attractive petticoat... pink flowers...what amazing color ‘Pictum’) and our native lady fern Asplenium scolopendrium really strange stuff here. The 10” tall x combinations await. Slightly moist, (Athyrium filix-femina). The result is NEW! ‘Furcata’ is an alien-looking 15” wide clumps thrive on moist, near rich soils give best performance. a splendid, upright arching, clump- selection of the evergreen Hart’s-tongue neutral pH soils. forming, deer-resistant fern that reaches Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) 3’ tall x 4’ wide at maturity, which for fern with fronds that split at the tip Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #13514 $19 us took about 5 years. The muted colors (furcate) forming a Y-shape, that is also Catalog #8748 $17 of purple, silver, grey, and green are qq Athyrium ‘Branford Beauty’ qq Astilbe ‘Chocolate Shogun’ suffused through the foliage, which is (Branford Beauty Fern) taller and more delicate than Athyrium PP 26,430 (Chocolate Shogun Part Sun to Light Shade • 36” tall False Spirea) niponicum. Athyrium ‘Branford Beauty’ • Zone: 3a to 8b • Dormancy: Winter makes a great fern for massing in the Part Sun to Light Shade • 36” tall • Origin: Hybrid woodland garden, as well as a striking • Zone: 3a to 7b • Dormancy: Winter specimen plant. • Origin: Japan, Hybrid Athyrium ‘Branford Beauty’ comes to us from the garden of late, legendary Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) We were so excited, we almost wet Connecticut gardener, Nick Nickou. Catalog #3662 $17 our plants when we first saw Astilbe Athyrium ‘Branford Beauty’ is a ‘Chocolate Shogun’...but, was the color dramatic hybrid between the Japanese qq Aucuba japonica ‘Limbata’ really that good, and would it live for painted fern (Athyrium niponicum (Limbata Japanese Laurel) us? The answer to both is a resounding Part Sun to Light yes. Astilbe ‘Chocolate Shogun’ is a Shade • 48” tall Tony’s creation from Japanese plant breeder, FAVORITE! FAVORITE!Tony’s • Zone: 7a to Nagasaki Teruhisa, who selected it 9b, at least • Dormancy: from a seed batch of Astilbe thunbergii. Evergreen • Origin: Japan The 3’ tall x 2’ wide deciduous clump is clothed with dark purple, foliage, (aka: Aucuba ‘Sulphurea Asparagus virgatus and topped in spring with blush @HAWKSRIDGE FARMS, NC Marginata’) Aucuba japonica ‘Limbata’ isn’t a new plant, since it was first introduced in 1864, but it has remained quite rare and expensive since it grows and propagates so slowly. This beautiful 4’ tall x 4’ wide aucuba has dark, evergreen, deeply toothed leaves, each surrounded by a wide yellow border that brightens to white as the leaves age. Aucuba ‘Limbata’ is a female clone, so if you have a male nearby, your plant will be laden with lovely red fruit. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #33 $29 Asparagus virgatus Athyrium ‘Branford Beauty’ Aucuba japonica ‘Limbata’ Ż See our complete collection at www.plantdelights.com ~ phone: 919.772.4794 ~ email: [email protected] 9 qq Baptisia x arachnifolia This spectacular Plant Delights/JLBG (Arachnifolia Hybrid False Indigo) introduction occurred under the PDN Sun • 42” tall • Zone: 6a to 9b, cover of darkness one warm, sultry INTRO possibly colder • Dormancy: Winter • summer night, when our clumps of the Origin: United States Hybrid endangered Baptisia arachnifera and a nearby Baptisia simplicifolia got a bit frisky outside our bedroom window. Our ten year old clump has matured at PDN INTRO 3.5’ tall x 5’ wide, adorned with silvery grey leaves, and topped, starting for us in early July with short spikes of bright yellow flowers...a true showpiece that’s larger than either parent. Since the hybrid doesn’t get endangered status, we can ship this one worldwide. 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qq Begonia ‘Smooch’ (Smooch Hardy Begonia) Part Sun to Light Shade • 16” tall • Zone: 6a to 8b, guessing • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Hybrid Begonia ‘Smooch’ is an introduction Begonia ‘Smooch’ from Georgia plantsman Ozzie Johnson. Begonia ‘Smooch’ is an outstanding hybrid of Begonia PDN INTRO grandis ‘Heron’s Pirouette’ and Baptisia x arachnifolia probably Begonia qq Begonia taiwaniana ‘Alishan offerings are our own seed grown plants chitoensis. In our Angel’ (Alishan Angel Taiwanese that have been selected for our quality trials, Begonia Hardy Begonia) standards after their first flowering. ‘Smooch’ has Light Shade • 18” tall • Zone: 7b to excelled, forming Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) 10b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Catalog #15759 $38 a 16” tall x 4’ wide Taiwan clump of glossy green foliage, Begonia taiwaniana ‘Alishan qq Chrysanthemum ‘Country topped from NEW! Angel’ is our 2020 introduction Girl’ (Country Girl Hardy Garden summer until frost from a collection from 6,500’ elevation Mum) with huge 2.25” in Taiwan’s Yushan Province, where it Sun • 15” tall • Zone: 6a to 9b • flowers dangling grew alongside Aucuba chinensis. It has Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Hybrid from long 8” thrived in our garden hardiness trials For over a decade, we have been pedicels (the stalky since 2009, so it’s finally time to share. so pleased by the performance of things attached Begonia ‘Alishan Angel’ forms an airy Chrysanthemum ‘Country Girl’ in our to the stems). We clump of stalks to 18” tall x 18” wide. hardy mum trials. The low-spreading think you’ll really Each stalk is adorned with 5” long x 1” clump (5’ wide in 5 years) is topped enjoy having a wide long pointed green leaves, heavily in mid-October with a solid cover of ‘Smooch’ in your speckled white. Small light pink lovely, 3”, soft, light pink flowers... garden. flowers dangle from the terminal stems perfect to cheer you up on a dreary in very late fall. Pot Size: 3.5” pot fall day. Chrysanthemum ‘Country (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Girl’ seems to have originated in TX, Catalog #7517 Catalog #14882 $18 possibly as a seedling of the well-known Begonia taiwaniana ‘Alishan Angel’ $17 Chrysanthemum ‘Sheffield Pink’, but qq Bletilla ochracea our detective work continues. ‘Summer Sunshine’ Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) (Summer Sunshine PDN Catalog #6906 $17 INTRO Bletilla Orchid) Part Sun • 20” tall • Zone: 7a to 9b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: China Bletilla ‘Summer NEW!Sunshine’ is a superb summer-flowering seed- grown strain of the Chinese Bletilla ochracea, originally shared with us by orchid breeder Hideka Kobayashi, which we subsequently named. Bletilla ‘Summer Sunshine’ starts flowering for us in June and continues into September, peaking in mid-July. The 20” tall stalks are each adorned with light yellow flowers, each highlighted by a darker Bletilla ochracea ‘Summer Sunshine’ yellow pattern in the lip. Our Chrysanthemum ‘Country Girl’ Ż 10 Preserve Juniper Level Botanic Garden for future generations by donating at jlbg.org qq Colocasia esculenta Tony’s Tony’s PDN FAVORITE! FAVORITE! INTRO ¶%ODFN5LSSOH· 33 %ODFN5LSSOH Elephant Ear) Sun to Part Sun • 48” tall • Zone: 8a to 10b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Eastern Asia (aka: Colocasia ‘Puckered Up’) Colocasia esculenta ‘Black Ripple’ is a relatively new introduction from Kentucky’s Brian Williams. The narrow, glossy black foliage is heavily puckered, resulting in a unique three-dimensional, textured appearance atop the dark violet &KU\VDQWKHPXP¶*ROGHQ6QRZÁDNHV· stems. Moist, rich soils produce the best plants, which when happy will qq Chrysanthemum ‘Golden reach 4’ tall x 3’ wide. 6QRZÁDNHV· *ROGHQ6QRZÁDNHV PDN Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Hybrid Chrysanthemum) INTRO Sun to Part Sun • 24” tall • Zone: 5a Catalog #13716 $22 to 9b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Japan, Hybrid qq Colocasia esculenta ¶+DZDLLDQ3XQFK·33 NEW! (aka: xChryjania) +DZDLLDQ3XQFK(OHSKDQW &RORFDVLDHVFXOHQWD¶%ODFN5LSSOH· Chrysanthemum ‘Golden Ear) a very compact clump to only 3’ tall Snowflakes’ is a 2020 Plant Delights/ Sun to Part Sun • 36” tall • Zone: 7b with glossy green leaves and bright red JLBG introduction that arose as to 10b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: stems. If you’re looking for an elephant a seedling here at Juniper Level Eastern Asia ear that stays a bit smaller than most Botanic Garden between a patch of Colocasia ‘Hawaiian Punch’ is a 2012 while adding great stem color, Colocasia Chrysanthemum (Ajania) pacificum ‘Hawaiian Punch’ is your plant! and Chrysanthemum ‘Gethsemane release from the Royal Hawaiian elephant Moonlight’. Chrysanthemum ‘Golden ear series from Hawaii’s John Cho. For Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Snowflakes’ forms a 2’ tall x 6’ wide, us, Colocasia ‘Hawaiian Punch’ has made Catalog #2469 $23 sturdy-stalked, but open plant, topped, starting in late October with clusters of 1.5” light yellow, heavily quilled flowers, highlighted by a dark yellow central button. Due to the Clinopodium coccineum Chrysanthemum pacificum parent, it ¶$PEHU%OXVK· seems indeterminate in its spreading potential. We have been really impressed with its amazing durability Colocasia and hope you enjoy it as much as we (Elephant Ears, Taro do. Plants) Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #13047 $17 ƃ JLBG Collection Contains ƃ 5 Species and 129 unique clones qq Clinopodium coccineum The elephant ears we offer differ from ¶$PEHU%OXVK· $PEHU%OXVK the more common green box-store Scarlet Calamint) types. We offer many new and hard- Sun • 24” tall • Zone: 7b to 10b to-find selections with colorful leaves • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: as well as colorful stems. Colocasias United States are very heavy feeders. If your plant This amazing variant of the southeast isn’t growing enough, you need either US native Clinopodium coccineum was more heat or more nitrogen. Most of discovered along Weaver River in the the colocasias we offer are hardy here Florida Panhandle (Santa Rosa County in Zone 7b. Although suitable for - the hanging chad place) by plantsmen soggy conditions, the cold-hardiness Fred Spicer, Rick Lewandowski, and of colocasia is increased if soil is drier Florida plantsman Ron Miller. We were during winter. Colocasia tubers work subsequently allowed by the Mt. Cuba their way upward each year, so every Center to introduce this gem to the few years, re-bury the tubers to at least public in 2012. The 2’ tall x 3’ wide 6” deep. Where they remain in the see-through clump of thin woody ground over winter, colocasias will stems is adorned with small narrow be quite late to re-emerge (i.e. June), green leaves. Starting in late summer, unless they are covered with 3-6” of the clump is ablaze with tubular mulch in early fall. In parts of the bright yellow flowers, each with a country, a few of the newer cultivars slight blush of orange. The flowers do not form large tubers and, if dug continue until frost and are a favorite of in winter, cannot be stored dry due to hummingbirds. Well-drained, slightly a lack of adequate food reserves. These acidic sandy soils are key to growing are best overwintered in containers Clinopodium coccineum. in a cool basement or garage that remains above freezing. They also Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) will not take a notion to grow until Catalog #9570 $17 summer temperatures escalate. &RORFDVLDHVFXOHQWD¶+DZDLLDQ3XQFK· Ż See our complete collection at www.plantdelights.com ~ phone: 919.772.4794 ~ email: [email protected] 11 DR. JOHN CHO/KULA, HI

PDN INTRO Are you a sweet fern or a bamboo fern?

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qq &RPSWRQLDSHUHJULQD 6ZHHW)HUQ Part Sun to Light Shade • 24” tall • Zone: 2a to 7b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: North America I am not a fern...I am a shrub...and a fragrant one at that! The common NEW!name, sweet fern, sums up its namesake well. Comptonia hails from Canada south to Northern Georgia, where it is usually found on sandy dry soils in full sun as well as under an open canopy of sparse pine trees. The thick, fern-like, green leaves are deliciously fragrant, as is common in its family, Myricaceae...think wax myrtles. Comptonia peregrina spreads by short stolons, so don’t plant it near smaller, less aggressive neighbors. Sweet fern is a renaissance plant in the garden...a nitrogen fixer as well as a larval host for a wide range of moths and butterflies....and it looks really sweet! Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #616 $20

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@COASTAL MAINE BOTANICAL GARDENS, ME Winter • Origin: China, Japan Coniogramme ‘Shishi’ is a rather rare and unusual form of the Asian bamboo fern. The upright, dark glossy-green, 2’ tall fronds are composed of large pinnae (fern leaflets), each ending in a fancy petticoat-like crest. Expect a 3’ wide patch in 5 years, thanks to the spreading rhizome. Rich, moist soils result in the best growth, while very dry soils will slow its spread to a crawl...a dramatic and unique specimen in the garden! In mild winters, it remains completely evergreen, but when winter temperatures drop to single digits, it will be tardily deciduous.

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@C. KLUCHAR GDN, NC to 9b, possibly colder • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: United States Dryopteris ludoviciana is a stately, semi-evergreen, clumping fern, native to the southeastern US, that makes a wonderful addition to the woodland garden. The shiny but leathery 3’ tall fronds form a striking upright architectural specimen in the garden. Despite being native to swamps, &RUHRSVLVSDOXVWULV¶6XPPHU6XQVKLQH· Cycas panzhihuaensis Dryopteris ludoviciana qq Coreopsis palustris qq Dichromena latifolia has performed admirably ¶6XPPHU6XQVKLQH· 6XPPHU :KLWHWRS6WDU*UDVV for us in normal garden 6XQVKLQH6ZDPS7LFNVHHG Sun • 15” tall • Zone: 7a to 10b, at conditions. According to Sun to Light Shade • 30” tall • Zone: least • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: fern guru Dr. John Mickel, 6a to 9b, at least • Dormancy: Winter United States southern shield fern • Origin: United States also occasionally occurs (syn: Rhynchospora latifolia) From naturally on limestone (aka: Coreopsis helianthoides) Coreopsis the savannah and marsh regions of outcrops, indicating a good palustris ‘Summer Sunshine’ is a 2000 coastal Virginia through Florida comes tolerance for sweet soils. Plant Delights/JLBG introduction that this truly bizarre member of the sedge originated as a seedling shared by the family. The slowly spreading patches (3’ Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) late Rob Gardner of the NC Botanical wide in 2 years) of Dichromena latifolia 'U\RSWHULVXQLIRUPLV¶&ULVWDWD· Garden. We soon realized we had a are composed of sedge-like foliage until Catalog #611 $18 gem, which was confirmed a mere mid-May (NC), when the 15” stalks are qq 'U\RSWHULVXQLIRUPLV¶&ULVWDWD· 8QLIRUPHG3HWWLFRDW0DOH)HUQ 15 years later in the 2016 Mt. Cuba topped with spectacular white bracts Light Shade to Shade • 20” tall • Zone: 5a to 8b • Dormancy: coreopsis trial, where Coreopsis ‘Summer (modified leaves) that surround the tiny Evergreen • Origin: China, Japan, Korea Tony’s Sunshine’ blew away the competition, flowers. While dichromena will prosper FAVORITE! taking the top honor. Native to swampy in all but the driest of garden soils, it The common name of uniformed petticoat male fern creates forested sites from NC to Florida, prefers a moist boggy site, right beside interesting images of a “fern in drag.” From mountainous woodlands of Asia comes Coreopsis palustris ‘Summer Sunshine’ the leaking water garden pool. If you’ve Dryopteris uniformis, an easy-to-grow evergreen fern, which forms a medium-sized makes a great landscape specimen, with got a horticultural know-it-all nearby, I tight clump of 2’ long, erect, dark fronds. The tip of each pinnae (leaflet) is, of its slowly spreading habit similar to bet a white-top sedge will fool them! course, a tiny petticoat. We’ve grown this in our woodland shade garden for over its faster spreading cousin, Coreopsis two decades...what a winner! Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) integrifolia. The shiny, uncut, dark green Catalog #4757 $17 Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #3516 $18 foliage adorns 30” tall clumps. From September to November, Coreopsis palustris is topped with a stunning show of yellow-orange daisies...perfect for an overly moist site in your garden, although it has performed beautifully for us in regular garden soil in full sun. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #3802 $17 qq Cycas panzhihuaensis 3DQ]LKXD6DJR3DOP Sun to Light Shade • 72” tall • Zone: 8a to 10b, at least • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: China Cycas panzhihuaensis is a rare cycad that hails from China’s southern Sichuan and northern Yunnan provinces, where it was discovered and named in 1979. Its natural habitat consists of dry, scrubby, wooded slopes where it grows in alkaline soils. Its native location makes it one of the most cold hardy cycad species. In our trials so far, the leaves are burned back at temperatures below 12 degrees F, but they return nicely in spring. When mature, Cycas panzhihuaensis will develop a 6’ tall trunk topped with a ring of stiff “fronds” which emerge green when young but later change to glaucous. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #7532 $36 Dichromena latifolia Dryopteris ludoviciana Ż See our complete collection at www.plantdelights.com ~ phone: 919.772.4794 ~ email: [email protected] FAVORITE!Tony’s

Echinacea (Coneflower) The resurgence in the popularity of the US native echinacea has coincided both with the study into their use as part of the medicinal landscape and their ability to be reproduced clonally via tissue culture. We value coneflowers as great summer- flowering perennials in the natural garden as well as the mixed perennial border. As a genus, echinaceas are easy-to-grow heat- and drought- tolerant perennials. We hope you are as excited as we are about the new hybrids that greatly extend the range of colors and forms. Do not plant echinaceas after late summer in cold climates, since they will not overwinter well until established. Also, remove all flower stalks for the first few weeks after planting to divert energy into basal growth.

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qq )DUIXJLXPMDSRQLFXP ¶$UJHQWXP· :KLWH(GJHG/HRSDUG Plant) Part Sun to Light Shade • 20” tall • Zone: 7b to 10b • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: China, Japan, Korea (aka: Ligularia tussilaginea ‘Argentea’) Farfugium japonicum ‘Argentum’ is considered the most beautiful and prized member of the genus farfugium. (FKLQDFHD¶6DOVD5HG· Eupatorium greggii The large glossy green leaves to 8” round qq (FKLQDFHD¶.LVPHW5HG· tall, black stems produce a dense show qq (FKLQDFHD¶6DOVD5HG· are bordered with a wide, but variable, 33 .LVPHW5HG&RQHÁRZHU of scarlet red flowers, starting for us in 33 6DOVD5HG&RQHÁRZHU creamy white edge that often streaks Sun • 18” tall • Zone: 4a to 9b mid-June (NC)...perfect for creating Sun • 24” tall • Zone: 4a to 9b into the middle of the leaf. Clumps of • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: United breathtaking summer combinations in • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: United Farfugium ‘Argentum’ are topped with States Hybrid the well-drained sunny garden. After States Hybrid yellow daisy-like flowers on 30” stalks in the first flowering, cut the plants to the October and November. Slightly moist, (aka: Echinacea ‘TNECHKRD’) (aka: Echinacea ‘Balsomsed’) Echinacea ground and you’ll be rewarded with a but well-drained organic soils give the Echinacea ‘Kismet Red’ from the Terra ‘Salsa Red’ stands out as one of the fantastic repeat bloom. best results. Nova breeding program is another best red coneflowers we’ve ever grown. dramatic improvement in coneflower Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Strong words, considering the array of Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) breeding. The compact mass of 18” Catalog #14336 $19 echinaceas we’ve trialed, but this is a Catalog #1784 $24 winner. Echinacea ‘Salsa Red’ comes from the breeders at Pan American qq )DWVKHGHUDOL]HL¶$QJ\R6WDU· Seed Company, who were breeding $QJ\R6WDU7UHH,Y\ for a seed strain but were struck by the Part Sun to Light Shade • 60” tall performance of this exceptional clone. For • Zone: 7b to 10b • Dormancy: us, Echinacea ‘Salsa Red’ makes a 2’ wide Evergreen • Origin: Hybrid clump of sturdy stems topped, starting in June, with hundreds of bright orange- This superb form of the man-made red, salsa-colored 3” flowers. As with all bigeneric hybrid xFatshedera (fatsia coneflowers, well-drained soil is critical. x hedera) was selected in Japan and brought to the US by plantsman Ted Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Stephens, who named it after the town Catalog #9785 $19 which contains many famous Japanese nurseries. The thick, sweetgum-shaped qq Eupatorium greggii leaves of rich green are surrounded 7H[DV$JHUDWXP by a wide creamy white border and Sun to Part Sun • 24” tall • Zone: 7a held along the semi-upright free-form to 10b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: (nursery lingo for not straight) growing United States stems. xFatshedera ‘Angyo Star’ is a fairly slow growing, but exquisitely (aka: Conoclinium greggii) This beautiful selection. amazing, heat-loving Southwest native (Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas) Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) should be grown in every garden Catalog #7230 $23

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qq *ODGLROXV¶2OG)RUW· 2OG)RUW+DUG\*ODGLROXV Sun • 84” tall • Zone: 7a to 10b, possibly colder • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Hybrid The year was 2004, the highway, Interstate 40, the exit, Old Fort, NC. Though it isn’t advertised, old Ford vans can go from 60 mph to 0 in just a few seconds as I can attest when I saw this long-abandoned gladiolus growing by the guardrail just outside Asheville, NC. Upon closer inspection, it was not the Gladiolus dalenii often found in southern gardens, but an old garden hybrid...a very winter-hardy hybrid. Back in our trial gardens, Gladiolus ‘Old Fort’ produces stunning 7’ tall *ODGLROXV¶2OG)RUW· Habranthus ruber Ż 16 Preserve Juniper Level Botanic Garden for future generations by donating at jlbg.org qq Hedychium coccineum FAVORITE!Tony’s ¶$SSOHFRXUW· $SSOHFRXUW+DUG\ *LQJHU/LO\ Sun to Part Sun • 72” tall • Zone: 7b to 10b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Himalayan Mountains Hedychium coccineum ‘Applecourt’ is one of our favorite ginger lilies. This little-known cultivar is one that we picked up on a 1995 visit to the former Applecourt Nursery in the UK. The massive 1’+ long flower heads of brilliant scarlet orange with red throats top the 5-6’ tall clump in midsummer and again in early fall. Moist, but well-drained soils grow the best specimens. Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L) Catalog #1844 $29 qq Hedychium JUHHQLL 5HG%XWWHUÁ\ Ginger) +HOOHERUXV[EDOODUGLDH¶&LQQDPRQ6QRZ· +HOOHERUXV[LEXUJHQVLV¶&KDUPHU· Sun to Part Sun • 36” qq +HOOHERUXV[EDOODUGLDH qq +HOOHERUXV[ Shocks’ forms a 4” tall x 10” wide, tall • Zone: 8a to 10b, at least ¶&LQQDPRQ6QRZ·33 LEXUJHQVLV¶&KDUPHU· FAVORITE!Tony’s vigorous mound of evergreen, trilobed, • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Asia &LQQDPRQ6QRZ+\EULG 33$) &KDUPHU+\EULG olive green leaves, each highlighted by a pattern of muted silver blotches. Hedychium greenii, native to Bhutan &KULVWPDV5RVH /HQWHQ5RVH Part Sun to Light Shade • 12” tall Part Sun to Light Shade • 14” tall Starting in early March (NC), the and Arunachal Pradesh, India has long clumps are topped with a multitude of been one of our favorite gingers. As best • Zone: 5a to 8b, at least • Dormancy: • Zone: 5a to 8b, at least • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: Hybrid Evergreen • Origin: Hybrid 1” wide, six-petaled white flowers...great we can determine, all of the material in in the winter garden with hellebores. cultivation is a single clone collected in (aka: Helleborus ‘COSEH 700’) This Helleborus ‘Charmer’ is the Our 2019 Plant Delights/JLBG Bhutan and distributed by its namesake, Heuger hellebore hybrid (H. niger x NEW! latest breakthrough in the introduction are seed-grown plants from Mr. Green. For us, Hedychium greenii lividus) has been a standout in our crosses between Helleborus niger, our original collection...really special! has survived since 2007 including trials. The 18” wide clump of dark Helleborus lividus, and Helleborus one winter at 9 degrees F. The 3’ tall green leaves is topped in mid-February x hybridus from Holland’s Kwekerij Pot Size: 2.5” pot (7.9 fl. oz/233 ml) stalks, that emerge for us in late June, with bright cinnamon-red stalks ending Verboom. The 14” tall x 20” wide Catalog #11737 $17 are adorned with dark olive green, in a good floral show of pure white clump is composed of black-green, red-backed leaves. The stalks are topped, outward-facing flowers which quickly evergreen leaves, each highlighted with starting in mid-July and lasting until age to pink. silver veins, while the late winter borne PDN fall, with orange-red terminal flowers. INTRO Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) flowers are pink and heavily speckled Since Hedychium greenii is sterile, it has red. learned to reproduce by plantlets that Catalog #9268 $23 form on the old flower stalks. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #13539 $23 Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L) Catalog #8596 $27 qq Hepatica acutiloba ‘Monroe 6KRFNV· 0RQURH6KRFNV6KDUS SRLQWHG/LYHUOHDI Light Shade • 4” tall • Zone: 6a to 9b, possibly much colder • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: United States When we collected a division of this Hepatica acutiloba in Alabama’s +HSDWLFDDFXWLORED¶0RQURH6KRFNV· Monroe County in 2011, we had no idea what we’d just found. After growing PDN it in our garden for several INTRO years, we were shocked to notice that it not only thrived in our summer heat and humidity, but it also never went summer or fall dormant like almost all of our other hepatica collections. In fact, when it flowered in spring, the year old leaves still looked great. +HG\FKLXPFRFFLQHXP¶$SSOHFRXUW· Hedychium greenii Hepatica acutiloba ‘Monroe +HSDWLFDDFXWLORED¶0RQURH6KRFNV· Ż See our complete collection at www.plantdelights.com ~ phone: 919.772.4794 ~ email: [email protected] &ĂůůϮϬϮϬĂƚĂůŽŐKƌĚĞƌŝŶŐ/ŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ

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Hibiscus ‘Blackberry Merlot’

qq Hosta ‘Forbidden Fruit’ PPAF (M. & J. Fransen NR) Part Sun to Light Shade • 18” tall • Zone: 3a to 8b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Hybrid From Holland NEW! hosta collector, Marco Fransen comes an amazing tetraploid (quadrupled chromosomes) sport of the well-known Hosta ‘Orange Marmalade’. Hosta ‘Forbidden Fruit’ is a much better grower than its parent with thick blue leaves, highlighted by a very bright central pattern that emerges gold and ages to a parchment white. Expect a mature clump to Hibiscus ‘Blackberry Merlot’ reach 18” tall x 30” wide... truly stunning! qq Heuchera ‘Citronelle’ mutation from his wonderful Heuchera qq Hibiscus ‘Raspberry Rose’ PP 17,934 (Citronelle Coral Bells) villosa hybrid, Heuchera ‘Caramel’. Like (Raspberry Rose Hardy Mallow) Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L) Part Sun to Light Shade • 12” tall its parent, Heuchera ‘Citronelle’ makes Sun to Part Sun • 84” tall • Zone: 4a Catalog #15034 $28 • Zone: 4a to 8b, at least • Dormancy: a 1’ tall x 18” wide clump of golden to 9b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Evergreen • Origin: United States foliage, topped in summer with tall United States Hybrid Hybrid spikes of small white flowers. Heuchera ‘Citronelle’ doesn’t seem to enjoy full Hibiscus ‘Raspberry Rose’ is the plant If you like the yellow-leaf coral bells but sun like most of its siblings...must be a that stops everyone in their tracks they haven’t proven to be heat-tolerant blonde thing. during our Summer Open Nursery and in your climate, your solution is here. Garden Days. Hibiscus ‘Raspberry Rose’ From France’s Thierry Delabroye comes Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) has also been a favorite of ours for years Heuchera ‘Citronelle’, a gold leaf Catalog #7703 $17 due to its sheer abundance of 10” bright raspberry-red flowers. We grow quite a qq Hibiscus ‘Blackberry few hibiscus, and none come anywhere Merlot’ PPAF (Blackberry close to producing as many flowers...a Merlot Hardy Hibiscus) hummingbird delight. Each clump can Sun to Part Sun • 54” tall get quite large, to 7’ tall x 10’ across, so • Zone: 4a to 9b • Dormancy: allow plenty of room. Remember that Winter • Origin: United nine out of ten hibiscus surveyed prefer States Hybrid rich, moist soils...this is one of the nine. NEW!Hibiscus ‘Blackberry Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Merlot’ is the latest Catalog #4690 $21 new introduction from the groundbreaking hardy hibiscus Hibiscus ‘Raspberry Rose’ work at Walters Gardens. This replacement for the wonderful Hibiscus ‘Heartthrob’ sports very dark green foliage and 8” wide, heavily corrugated flowers with overlapping petals and a much darker black red

color than its predecessor. The @CHELSAE FLOWER SHOW, UK well-shaped and exceedingly sturdy clumps of Hibiscus ‘Blackberry Merlot’ reach 4.5’ tall x 4’ wide. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #16521 $20 Heuchera ‘Citronelle’ Hosta ‘Forbidden Fruit’ Ż See our complete collection at www.plantdelights.com ~ phone: 919.772.4794 ~ email: [email protected] 21 is the earliest flowering PDN INTRO of the giant Mexican spider lilies, starting in late June (NC)...nearly a month before Hymenocallis ‘Tropical Giant’, which appears to be a different species. Hymenocallis ‘Tropical Giant Sister’ prefers a moist soil, but is very tolerant of extended dry periods. Hymenocallis ‘Tropical Giant Sister’ Thanks to the late bulb guru, Thad Howard, for sharing this just prior to his death. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #7982 $22

qq Hymenoxys scaposa ‘Travis’ (Narrow-leaf Four-Nerve Daisy) Sun • 12” tall • Zone: 5a to 8b, at least • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: United States (aka: Tetraneuris scaposa) Hymenoxys scaposa is a delightful rock garden perennial, native from Colorado south through Texas. Although the high- mountain forms tend not to thrive in our wet, humid summers, the Texas forms don’t blink. Thanks to Texas plantsman Pat McNeal, we are able to Hosta plantaginea Hymenocallis ‘Tropical Giant Sister’ offer this seed-propagated collection qq Hosta plantaginea near waterways at 6,000’ elevation. qq Hymenocallis ‘Tropical from Travis County, Texas. For us, (Chinese species) Pima spider lily is one of the showiest Giant Sister’ (Tropical Giant Hymenoxys scaposa forms 5” tall x 10” Part Sun to Light Shade • 20” tall spider lilies we grow. The tight, but Sister Spider Lily) wide rosettes of narrow green leaves, • Zone: 3a to 9b • Dormancy: Winter fast-offsetting clump is topped with Sun • 48” tall • Zone: 7b to 10b, at topped from April through the summer • Origin: China hundreds of white, nocturnally- least • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: months with 1’ tall stalks ending in fragrant flowers in mid-June (NC) held Mexico 1.5” fringed yellow daisies. No worries Hosta plantaginea is the most heat- atop 18” tall scapes. Despite its wet about drought or heat once your clumps tolerant species from China, as well origins, we grow it in our desert garden Hymenocallis ‘Tropical Giant Sister’ is of Hymenoxys scaposa are established. as being the only species that doesn’t around agaves, where it thrives. The an amazing hymenocallis that makes Well-drained, gravelly soils are best. require a winter chilling period. Hosta Pima Bajo people also use the bulbs for a 3’ wide clump of 30” long, glossy plantaginea is noted not only for its green leaves topped, starting in mid- Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) food, but only after boiling them in lye Catalog #2164 $17 shiny, light green foliage, but also for to remove the natural toxins...perhaps June, with numerous 4’+ tall flowering its 6” long, deliciously fragrant, white a reason for the paucity of remaining spikes. The nocturnal, sweetly-fragrant flowers. Beginning in August, the Pima Bajo tribe. We recommend them flowers are composed of a central white flowers, which open in late afternoon, for ornamental use only. cup, surrounded by long white sepals could make any garden a fragrant oasis measuring an amazing 11” from tip and a hummingbird haven. Each Hosta Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) to tip. Each spike holds up to a dozen plantaginea clump reaches 40” wide, Catalog #8112 $22 flowers on long 6” pedicels. For us, it making this a great candidate for a mixed border. FAVORITE!Tony’s Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L) Catalog #1065 $26

qq Hymenocallis pimana (Pima Spider Lily) Sun to Part Sun • 18” tall FAVORITE!Tony’s • Zone: 7b to 9b, at least • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Mexico Hymenocallis pimana, named NEW! in 1990, was discovered in the Mexican Sierra Madre Occidental mountains in the states of Chihuahua and Sonora. In the wild, Hymenocallis pimana is found in large colonies Hymenocallis pimana Hymenoxys scaposa ‘Travis’ Ż 22 Preserve Juniper Level Botanic Garden for future generations by donating at jlbg.org FAVORITE!Tony’s

Isodon effusus .QLSKRÀDURRSHUL Lantana ‘Chapel Hill Yellow’ qq Isodon effusus qq Lantana ‘Chapel Hill Yellow’ wide. For us, the clump is topped with lavender in our trials, which is nearly /RQJWXEHG7UXPSHW6SXUÁRZHU PP 19,548 (Chapel Hill Yellow clusters of bright yellow flowers from unheard of in the heat, humidity, and Part Sun to Light Shade • 36” tall Lantana) early June until frost...a deer-resistant, summer rains of the Southeast US. • Zone: 6a to 8b • Dormancy: Winter Sun • 24” tall • Zone: 7b to 10b hummingbird-inviting, flowering Although Lavandula ‘Bridget Chloe’ • Origin: Japan • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Hybrid machine. was patented as a sport of Lavandula ‘Provence’, we think it’s much more Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) (aka: Rabdosia effusus (longituba), This Mike Dirr introduction popped likely a seedling from that cultivar. Catalog #8970 $17 Plectranthus effusus) From the Japanese up as a spontaneous seedling in the The leaf spot-resistant, grey foliage mountains of Honshu, Shikoku, and Dirr’s temporary residence in Chapel qq Lavandula x intermedia clothes the 30” tall x 5’ wide, compact Kyushu comes this woodland member Hill, NC...obviously a cross of Lantana clump. The plants, which exude a of the salvia family...formerly Rabdosia ‘New Gold’ (Lantana camara x Lantana ‘Bridget Chloe’ PP 27,182 (Bridget Chloe Lavender) lavender fragrance as the wind blows, longituba, before its reassignment to the montevidensis) and Lantana camara are smothered from mid-June (NC) genus Plectranthus, then to the genus ‘Miss Huff’. Lantana ‘Chapel Hill Sun • 30” tall • Zone: 4a to 7b, through early summer with over 250 Isodon. The stems of the clumping Yellow’ has been an amazing plant in at least • Dormancy: Evergreen flower spikes of vivid purple flowers. Isodon effusus rise throughout the our trials, sailing through our 7 degree F • Origin: Hybrid We think you’re going to love this as summer, reaching 2’ tall by September winter in 2009. Be sure to allow enough Lavandula ‘Bridget Chloe’, much as we and the bumblebees do. when they are topped with 1’ long, room, as our 1.5-year-old clump is now NEW! from Georgia’s John Hendon, Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) airy panicles containing hundreds of 2’ (0.33 Dirrs) tall x 14’ (2.3 Dirrs) has proven to be an exceptional pendent, purple tubes. Isodon effusus is Catalog #15018 $18 as hard to describe as it is to pronounce, but finding anything that flowers in the fall woodland is difficult...simply superb! Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #5413 $17 qq .QLSKRÀDURRSHUL 5RRSHU·V Fall-Flowering Red Hot Poker) Sun • 36” tall • Zone: 7b to 10b • Dormancy: FAVORITE!Tony’s Winter • Origin: South Africa Kniphofia rooperi is a late-flowering South African red hot poker, native to coastal marshes with a couple of traits that set it apart from more commonly grown red hot pokers. Instead of a typical poker-like flower head, Kniphofia rooperi boasts a broad, squatty head, each exquisitely patterned yellow at the bottom and bright orange all the way to the top...a hummingbird delight. Secondly, the 3’ flower spikes of Kniphofia rooperi emerge in August and continue through October....long after the spring/early summer-flowering forms have faded into obscurity. If winter temperatures don’t drop below 20 F, it also flowers again in March. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #3036 $19 Lavandula x intermedia ‘Bridget Chloe’ Ż See our complete collection at www.plantdelights.com ~ phone: 919.772.4794 ~ email: [email protected] 23 FAVORITE!Tony’s

Lespedeza thunbergii ‘Gibraltar’ qq Lespedeza thunbergii spikes, each clothed ‘Gibraltar’ (Gibraltar Pink Bush with very narrow Clover) green foliage, which Liatris microcephala ‘White Sprite’ gives a delightfully Sun to Part Sun • 72” tall • Zone: 4a qq Liriope to 9b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: airy appearance. Starting for us in late muscari Japan June, the top half of the spike opens ‘Peedee Ingot’ with small white flowers, creating a (Peedee Ingot Found at the old Gibraltar estate in frothy, see-thru appearance that’s great Wilmington, Delaware, this spectacular Golden Monkey in textural garden design, as well as Grass) lespedeza was selected and named by being a favorite for butterflies. This Part plantsman Bill Frederick. Our plant very drought tolerant perennial prefers Sun to graces the top of our grotto with pea- well-drained sunny sites, particularly FAVORITE!Tony’s Light like foliage on long, arching branches. during the winter. Emerging from the ground each season, Shade • Liriope muscari ‘Peedee Ingot’ the branches quickly reach 6’ tall x Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) 18” tall 12’ wide. In late summer and fall, the Catalog #10605 $17 • Zone: 6a to branches of Lespedeza ‘Gibraltar’ are 10b • Dormancy: laden with thousands of lavender-pink qq Ligularia japonica ‘Frosted Evergreen • PDN INTRO flowers...a great arching effect for a Flecks’ (Frosted Flecks Ligularia) Origin: China, wall or mixed into a perennial border. Part Sun to Light Shade Japan, Taiwan Visitors who see this plant in flower • 20” tall • Zone: 4a to FAVORITE!Tony’s Wow! From have a quick attitude adjustment about 8b, at least • Dormancy: South Carolina lespedezas! Winter • Origin: China plantswoman Ursula Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Ligularia ‘Frosted Flecks’ Herz comes an Catalog #2003 $20 NEW! is a Plant Delights/JLBG incredible monkey introduction of a seed strain we grass that forms an qq Liatris microcephala developed from a green-leaved 18” tall x 30” wide ‘White Sprite’ (White Sprite Ligularia japonica. Ligularia ‘Frosted clump of brilliant Appalachian Blazing Star) Flecks’ has slightly smaller than normal golden foliage. In Sun • 24” tall • Zone: 4b to 8b, leaves, speckled with silvery white shade, the foliage possibly colder • Dormancy: Winter blotches, making it look like someone of Liriope ‘Peedee • Origin: United States spilt milk over the leaves...a real oddity. Ingot’ fades to a In summer, the plants are topped with chartreuse-green in NEW! Liatris microcephala ‘White stalks of golden daisy-like flowers. late summer, but Sprite’, the winner of the 2010 They’re grrrrr-eat! when grown with Great Plants for Great Plains program, any sun exposure, is a superb white-flowered selection Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) the foliage remains of the typically lavender-flowered Catalog #11550 $20 bright gold all year. Southern Appalachian native blazing Liriope ‘Peedee star. Liatris microcephala forms a 2’ tall Ingot’ (named x 3’ wide deciduous mound of radial after SC’s Pee Dee River) makes a great golden textural FAVORITE!Tony’s PDN accent in the INTRO garden, combining Lychnis coronata ‘Orange Sherbet’ nicely with other contrasting colors. In late summer, the clumps are topped with typical 1’ tall particular clone is quite sterile, spikes of lilac-lavender flowers. indicating either the need for a mate or the fact that it has already had Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) too many. Lychnis coronata ‘Orange Catalog #3096 $20 Sherbet’ makes a tidy 1’ tall x 1’ wide mound of light green foliage which is qq Lychnis coronata topped, starting in late May (NC), with ‘Orange Sherbet’ (Orange 1”, or wider, light orange flowers that Sherbet Ragged Robin) continue through most of the summer. Part Sun to Light Shade • 12” tall This is a truly superb deer-resistant • Zone: 5a to 9b, guessing • specimen for a part sun spot in the Dormancy: Winter • Origin: China garden...very tolerant of a variety of soil types, but propagation will drive you This amazing Chinese native (from nearly insane...we’re proof! several provinces, including Sichuan) has been cultivated in Japan and Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Ligularia japonica ‘Frosted Flecks’ England for nearly 300 years. This Catalog #7907 $18 Ż 24 Preserve Juniper Level Botanic Garden for future generations by donating at jlbg.org cinnamon-colored Lycoris sprengeri. Plants like this were stalks are topped referred to by Caldwell as Lycoris x Lycoris PDN INTRO with up to six jacksoniana, an invalid name referring (Surprise Lily, rosy red flowers, to his hybrids of Lycoris radiata x Hurricane Lily, with a darker sprengeri that had been backcrossed red streak on the again with Lycoris radiata. This highly Red Spider Lily) central petals prized selection produces 18” tall ƃ JLBG Collection Contains ƃ toward the throat. stalks in mid- August with the dazzling 7 Species, 730 unique clones The petal tips are flower clusters. It has taken us 8 years and 15 hybrids highlighted by to build up enough stock to share for dark blue tips. the first time. Most folks have had a close Although this Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) encounter with a lycoris (surprise cross was made Catalog #13562 $26 lily) at some time in their gardening in the late 1970s, life. There are two groups of lycoris, Lycoris x rosea ‘Glenn Dale Raspberry Lace’ this is the first ever qq Lycoris x rosea ‘Rose Queen’ those that grow foliage in fall and public release. those that wait until spring. Some of (Rose Queen Surprise Lily) the fall foliage types are winter hardy PDN Pot Size: 3.5” pot Part Sun to Light Shade • 21” tall into Zone 6b, while the spring INTRO (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) • Zone: 7a to 9b • Dormancy: foliage varieties should survive as Catalog #12031 Summer • Origin: Hybrid $26 far north as Zone 3. Now having Lycoris x rosea ‘Rose Queen’ is the largest lycoris collection in the NEW! a 2020 Plant Delights/JLBG world, we continue to evaluate, qq Lycoris x rosea introduction of stunning selection of propagate, and share the best as the cross of Lycoris radiata var. pumila numbers allow. ‘Matchsticks’ (Matchsticks with Lycoris sprengeri that we obtained Surprise Lily) un-named from China via plantsman Jim Waddick in 2000. The 21” brilliant Part Sun to Light qq Lycoris x rosea cinnamon-colored stalks are topped, Shade • 18” tall ‘Berry Awesome’ (Berry starting for us in late August with • Zone: 7a to Awesome Surprise Lily) clusters of heavily ruffled, narrow- 9b • Dormancy: Part Sun to Light Shade • 22” tall petalled, rosy pink flowers...a superb Summer • Origin: • Zone: 7a to 9b • Dormancy: show in flower. The foliage emerges in Hybrid Summer • Origin: Hybrid Lycoris x rosea ‘Matchsticks’ fall and persists all winter. It’s taken (aka: Lycoris x rosea PDN004) qq Lycoris us 20 years to build up enough stock Lycoris x rosea ‘Fruit Punch’ NEW! x rosea of this exceptional selection to finally NEW! Lycoris x rosea ‘Berry Awesome’ (Fruit Punch Surprise Lily) is a 2020 Plant Delights/JLBG ‘Matchsticks’ is a 2020 Plant Delights/ share. Sun to Part Sun • 25” tall • Zone: 7a JLBG introduction of a unique Sam introduction of a Phil Adams hybrid Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) to 9b • Dormancy: Summer • Origin: Caldwell hybrid of Lycoris x rosea that that we’ve had on trial since 2013. Hybrid Catalog #12139 $26 The Lycoris x rosea season runs from we acquired as Lycoris radiata ‘Dark mid-July to late-August, depending on (aka: Lycoris PA/MS 2017) Lycoris Red’. While the flowers open a dark the clone, and Lycoris ‘Berry Awesome’ x rosea ‘Fruit Punch’ is a 2019 Plant cranberry-scarlet, they soon take on the generally starts for us around the 2nd Delights/JLBG introduction of a blue petal tips indicative of a cross with week in August, so it’s just past mid- robust Phil Adams hybrid. Starting in season in the Lycoris x rosea flowering mid-August (NC), the 25” tall stalks, cinnamon brown at the base, are topped period. The dense clusters of flowers PDN that top 22” stalks usually emerge pure with terminal clusters of 8-9 bright red INTRO pink, then quickly take on the lovely buds tipped in blue and open to cherry- blue tips. The foliage usually emerges red with blue-tipped petals...quite in late October (NC). stunning. For us, the foliage emerges in mid-October and grows through the Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) winter. Catalog #4056 $26 Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) PDN Catalog #10823 $26 INTRO qq Lycoris x rosea ‘Glenn Dale Raspberry Lace’ (Glenn Dale Raspberry Lace Surprise Lily) Part Sun to Light Shade • 20” tall • Zone: 7a to 9b Lycoris x rosea ‘Berry Awesome’ • Dormancy: Summer • Origin: Hybrid Lycoris x rosea PDN NEW! INTRO ‘Glenn Dale Raspberry Lace’ is a 2020 Plant Delights/ JLBG introduction of a USDA/Margaret Williams cross of Lycoris sprengeri and Lycoris radiata that produces 20” tall stalks for us, starting in early August. The Lycoris x rosea ‘Fruit Punch’ Lycoris x rosea ‘Rose Queen’ Ż See our complete collection at www.plantdelights.com ~ phone: 919.772.4794 ~ email: [email protected] 25 @WALTERS GARDENS, MI

Mangave ‘Desert Dragon’

Nepeta ‘Cat’s Pajamas’ qq Nepeta ‘Cat’s Pajamas’ Cat Pajamas PP 31,127 (Cat’s Pajamas are in fashion! Catmint) Sun • 14” tall • Zone: 3a to 8b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Hybrid Osmunda cinnamomea Nepeta ‘Cat’s Pajamas’ is a of the clump. In moist soils, a happy will be willing to give it a try despite NEW! true breakthrough in catmint clump of cinnamon fern can reach 3’ it not showing up in any of your basic breeding. This creation from the tall x 3’ wide, although very old clumps books on garden worthy native plants. breeders at Walters Gardens forms a in ideal conditions have been known For us, Pediomelum canescens forms a very dense, compact, symmetrical ball to reach 6’...one of our finest US native 2.5’ tall x 2.5’ wide clump, comprised of tiny fragrant foliage, smothered, plants. Recent DNA work shows that of a few heavily-branched stalks ending starting for us in mid-April, with Osmunda cinnamomea is only distantly in flower spikes, whose small flowers stalks of small lavender flowers. In related to other osmunda ferns like are blue in bud, later opening creamy our trials, Nepeta ‘Cat’s Pajamas’ has Osmunda regalis and some taxonomists white. Our offerings are nursery stood out from all the other similar have moved it to another genus, propagated from an original seed-grown new introductions...a great way to Osmundastrum. specimen from Santa Rosa County, attract cats, but not deer. Nepeta ‘Cat’s Florida, where it grows in prairies and Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Pajamas’ is a true showpiece in the open woodlands on sandy soils. Because Catalog #1366 $18 garden that’s best when used in mass. it forms an underground starchy tuber that was eaten by early American Indian qq Mangave ‘Desert Dragon’ Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) qq Pediomelum canescens PP 31,311 (Desert Catalog #16656 $17 ‘Santa Rosa’ (Eastern Prairie- and European settlers, it’s known as Eastern prairie-turnip. Dragon Mangave) FAVORITE!Tony’s Turnip) Sun to Part Sun • 5” tall • qq Osmunda cinnamomea Sun to Part Sun • 30” tall • Zone: 6a Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Zone: 9a to 11, guessing • Dormancy: (Cinnamon Fern) to 9b, possibly colder • Dormancy: Catalog #9978 $18 Evergreen • Origin: Hybrid Part Sun to Light Shade • 36” tall Winter • Origin: United States xMangave ‘Desert Dragon’ is the • Zone: 3a to 9b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: United States (aka: latest Walters Gardens creation that NEW!Psoralea PDN combines the genes of an astounding (Osmundastrum cinnamomea) The canescens) INTRO four agave species, Agave geminiflora, deciduous US native Osmunda Pediomelum macroacantha, gypsophila ssp. cinnamomea can be found in every state canescens is a pablocarrilloi, and attenuata, with the east of the Mississippi River...and Texas virtually unknown red spotting from a willing manfreda. and Oklahoma. The stately, upright, 3’ Southeastern US The result is a 5” tall x 19” wide tall clumps of osmunda thrive in moist native (southeastern xmangave that looks like a drug- soils but also grow well under typical Virginia to induced hallucination of a giant spider. garden conditions...a great large foil in Florida), despite The thick, grey-green “legs” are heavily woodland settings. The fertile fronds of being a close cousin patterned with giant liver-colored spots. Osmunda cinnamomea arise in spring of the better known Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) just above the sterile foliage as phallic, baptisia. We’re Catalog #13796 $23 cinnamon-colored spikes in the center hoping a few of you Pediomelum canescens ‘Santa Rosa’ Ż 26 Preserve Juniper Level Botanic Garden for future generations by donating at jlbg.org qq Peltandra virginica (Green qq Physostegia virginiana other physostegias...or friends of Jeffrey Arrowleaf Arum) ‘Miss Manners’ (Well-Behaved Epstein. Emerging from a dormant PDN Sun to Part Sun • 36” tall • Zone: 5a Obedient Plant) crown in spring, a cluster of green stems INTRO to 9b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Sun to Part Sun • 30” tall • Zone: 4a shoots upward to 30”, each clothed by United States to 8b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: 3” long, narrow, waxy, dark green leaves. United States The sturdy clumps (unlike Physostegia Peltandra virginica is an easy-to-grow bog ‘Spring Snow’) are topped all summer and stream native that occurs naturally (US PP 12,637 expired) Physostegia with pure white, snapdragon-like from Minnesota south to Florida, but ‘Miss Manners’ was a ground-breaking flowers which can be twisted around is strangely absent from most American 2000 introduction from US plantsman the stem and will remain where you put gardens. Peltandra virginica resembles Darrell Probst. Unlike other so-called them...hence, the common name! a 3’ tall xanthosoma-type elephant ear. obedient plants, Physostegia ‘Miss The 18” tall stems are topped with shiny Manners’ does not run around like Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) green, arrowhead-shaped leaves. In late Catalog #3172 $17 spring, the clumps bear greenish-white spathe and spadix flowers, followed by green seed pods that bend toward the ground as the berries ripen to shiny metallic black. We have had very good luck growing these in very moist garden soils as well as shallow standing water. We love this native aroid in moist sites to add tropical-textured foliage. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #262 $18 qq Phlox subulata ‘Candy Stripe’ (Candy Stripe Thrift, Moss Phlox) Sun • 6” tall • Zone: 3a to 9b • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: Physostegia virginiana United States ‘Miss Manners’ Phlox subulata ‘Candy Stripe’, reportedly from the late Woodbank Podophyllum pleianthum Nursery in Tasmania, is one of the best, ‘Snowfall’ (Snowfall Many- most memorable selections of our US ÁRZHUHG&KLQHVH0D\DSSOH native phlox that I’ve ever seen. The Light Shade to Shade • 20” tall soft, evergreen, needle-like foliage of • Zone: 5b to 8b, at least • Dormancy: this durable, drought-tolerant rock Winter • Origin: China garden (high class) or ditchbank (lower Podophyllum pleianthum ‘Snowfall’ class) groundcover is topped with round is the extremely rare white-flowered flowers, each carefully striped pink form of the Chinese mayapple. and white like a candy cane...a real Podophyllum pleianthum ‘Snowfall’ hummingbird treat. Although Phlox forms a 20” tall clump, topped with ‘Candy Stripe’ flowers heaviest in spring, two 20” wide, angular glossy green it usually reflowers in fall...superb! leaves. Just below one of the leaves Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) you’ll find a large cluster of shredded- Catalog #1419 $17 Peltandra virginica petaled creamy white flowers in May (NC)...a vigorous and stunning specimen in a slightly moist woodland garden. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #9221 $75

Phlox subulata ‘Candy Stripe’ Podophyllum pleianthum ‘Snowfall’ Ż See our complete collection at www.plantdelights.com ~ phone: 919.772.4794 ~ email: [email protected] 27 qq Polianthes x bundrandtii ‘Pink Sapphire’ PP 26,460 PDN (Pink Sapphire Double INTRO Tuberose) Part Sun • 36” tall • Zone: 7b to 10b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Hybrid Polianthes ‘Pink Sapphire’ is an incredibly exciting breakthrough in tuberose breeding from Huang Kuang-Liang at Taiwan’s Taipei University. By crossing the florist Polianthes tuberosa with the hardier Mexican Polianthes howardii, Huang was able to develop a hardier tuberose strain with both fragrance and color. Polianthes ‘Pink Sapphire’, which has been superb in our trials, produces 3’ tall stalks of fragrant, double pink flowers from late July until frost...simply amazing! Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #12279 $17 qq Pyrrosia lingua ‘Alabama Gold’ (Alabama Gold Tongue Fern) Part Sun to Light Shade • 10” tall Pyrrosia lingua ‘Alabama Gold’ • Zone: 7b to 10b • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: China, Japan, Taiwan PDN Pyrrosia lingua ‘Alabama Gold’, was INTRO 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 leathery 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 $24 qq Rehmannia piasezkii Remusatia vivipara ‘Son La’ (Beverly Bells) Sun to Part Sun • 24” tall • Zone: 7a to 10b, at least • Dormancy: Polianthes x bundrandtii ‘Pink Sapphire’ PDN Winter • Origin: China INTRO qq Remusatia vivipara ‘Son La’ (syn: Rehmannia angulata, (Son La Hitchhiker Elephant Ear) Rehmannia elata) Garden visitors Part Sun to Light Shade • 18” tall • quickly fall in love with this easy-to- Zone: 8a to 10b, at least • Dormancy: grow groundcover member of the Winter, Spring • Origin: Vietnam normally parasitic Orobanchaceae family. In loose, moist soils, We are pleased to once again offer our Rehmannia piasezkii will spread to exceptional collection of the hitchhiker make a nice mat of closely-spaced elephant ear, Remusatia vivipara, from rosettes. From late spring through near the northern Vietnam town of Son midsummer, Rehmannia piasezkii La where we found it growing in rocky, is topped with 2’ tall stalks dripping shaded slopes with Amorphophallus with massive, pinkish-purple, yunnanensis and Disporopsis longifolia. penstemon-like flowers...each with The large, often solitary elephant ear- yellow specks deep in the throat. like, olive green leaves, which don’t stick Remusatia vivipara ‘Son La’ Flowering is heaviest in late spring, their heads above ground until mid- then sporadic in the summer... June (NC) are backed with large purple yellow flower in late spring before the OUTSTANDING! Rehmannia blotches...most prominent on the new leaves emerge. A dry spot in the winter is named in honor of the Russian leaves. Mature plants produce bizarre months is key to survival in the ground. physician, Joseph Rehmann (1799- Viagra-induced, rigidly upright stolons In containers, allow Remusatia vivipara 1831). clothed with small tubercles. The sticky to go dormant and keep it above hitchhiking tubercles will produce new freezing. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) clones of the original plant. Mature Catalog #422 $17 Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Rehmannia piasezkii plants produce an attractive bright Catalog #8753 $20 Ż 28 Preserve Juniper Level Botanic Garden for future generations by donating at jlbg.org H. JACKSON/DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, FL

Sabal ‘DeFuniak’ qq Sabal ‘DeFuniak’ (DeFuniak Sabal Palm) Salvia Sun to Part Sun • 400” tall • Zone: 7b to 10b, guessing • Dormancy: (Sage) Evergreen • Origin: United States ƃ JLBG Collection Contains ƃ NEW! This is a limited offering of 53 Species and 247 unique clones seed grown plants from an odd, Our goal is to bring you the latest but well-known palm in the Florida and the best of new perennial panhandle town of DeFuniak Springs, salvias, including some that flower spotted for its unusual character by a in spring, others in summer, and number of palm fanatics through the yet more in fall. If you think of years. Thanks to Alabama palm guru, salvias as little red things in your Hayes Jackson for sharing seed. Palm annual beds...think again. Salvias experts agree that the trunk looks as a group prefer full bright sun Salvia greggii ‘Teresa’ like Sabal bermudiana, while the top and well-drained soils. For many and Salvia ‘Augusta Duelberg’ was born. hummingbird-attracting Salvia greggii, more closely resembles Sabal minor of the marginally hardy salvias, we This splendid selection of the Texas came to us from the late Logan var. louisiana. Some folks think it may recommend they not be cut back native Salvia farinacea makes a compact Calhoun, after being grown for decades be a Sabal minor x palmetto hybrid. until early spring, since water will 30” tall x 4’ wide specimen, topped throughout central Texas. The 2’ tall x 3’ Anyway, if you’d like to try them along fill cut branches and freeze during from May until frost with hundreds of wide, woody clump is topped with dark, with us, here’s your chance. the winter. spikes of silvery-white flowers...attractive red-pink (RHS 57A) flowers highlighted Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) to hummingbirds. Obviously heat- and by a nearly black floral calyx. For us, the Catalog #15648 $24 drought-tolerant, this native wildflower heaviest flowering is during spring and qq Salvia has been a real standout in our trials. fall months, although it still puts on a good show during summer. As with all farinacea Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Salvia greggiis, a dry, well-drained site is ‘Augusta Catalog #6823 $17 Duelberg’ best. This is also one of the most winter hardy of all the Salvia greggii varieties. (Augusta qq Salvia greggii ‘Pink Duelberg Preference’ (Pink Preference Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Mealy Cup Texas Sage) Catalog #5042 $17 Sage) Sun to Part Sun • 24” tall • Zone: 6a Sun • 30” tall to 10b • Dormancy: Evergreen qq Salvia greggii ‘Teresa’ • Zone: 7b to • Origin: United States (Teresa’s Texas Sage) 9b, at least Sun • 36” tall • Zone: 7a to 9b, at Salvia ‘Pink Preference’, a superb • Dormancy: least • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: selection of the durable, deer-resistant, Winter United States • Origin: United States We nearly fell off our chairs when we first saw a photo of Salvia ‘Teresa’... Leave it damn chairs. This wild and crazy to Texas mutation was discovered by Texan plantsman David Steinbrunner and named after Greg Grant to his wife, Teresa. The branch sport from have nothing a red Salvia greggii has white flowers better to do on highlighted by a light purple base just a summer day above the calyx as well as purple streaks than wander on the lower lip...very different from through old any salvia I’ve ever seen. The 3’ tall x graveyards, 3’ wide, upright, deer-resistant clump where he is topped with flowers in early spring, stumbled on then sporadically through the heat a clump of of the summer. In fall, Salvia ‘Teresa’ Salvia farinacea bursts forth again in magnificent floral gracing the splendor...a hummingbird treat. Texas gravesite of Augusta Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Duelberg. The Catalog #7195 $17 Salvia farinacea ‘Augusta Duelberg’ cuttings rooted Salvia greggii ‘Pink Preference’ Ż See our complete collection at www.plantdelights.com ~ phone: 919.772.4794 ~ email: [email protected] 29 great and less filling.” Rich green leaves FAVORITE!Tony’s PDN FAVORITE!Tony’s PDN adorn this amazing INTRO INTRO giant that rockets skyward when grown in rich soil. The green stems are clothed in large 6” long x 5” wide, dark green leaves, then topped, starting in late May, with spikes of cobalt blue flowers...a stunning garden specimen and favorite of high-flying hummingbirds. Salvia ‘Van Remsen’, a probable hybrid of Salvia guaranitica ‘Brazil’ Salvia guaranitica ‘Van Remsen’ x Salvia guaranitica qq Salvia guaranitica ‘Van ‘Costa Rica’, was Remsen’ (Van Remsen Anise discovered in James Sage) Van Remsen’s Salvia madrensis ‘Red Neck Girl’ Sun • 84” tall • Zone: 7a to 10b, at Louisiana garden qq Salvia madrensis least • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: and later named and ‘Red Neck Girl’ (Red Tony’s Argentina, Brazil distributed by the Neck Girl Forsythia FAVORITE! late salvia guru Rich Sage) Salvia ‘Van Remsen’ is an amazing Dufresne. hummingbird favorite that makes a Sun • 84” tall • Zone: 7b to 10b stunning 7’ tall clump that doesn’t Pot Size: 3.5” pot • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Mexico run. That’s right, great height and no (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) You are sure to love this fun 2002 running...ranks up there with “tastes Catalog #8363 $17 Salvia madrensis ‘Red Neck Girl’ Plant Delights/JLBG selection of the giant Salvia madrensis. In order to jazz up what are arguably some of FAVORITE!Tony’s the best stems in the perennial world, we have hand-painted each of the 7’ giant winged stems dark red-violet and christened it Salvia ‘Red Neck Girl’. These colorful stems support the large, fuzzy, silvery green leaves. Beginning in late September (a month earlier than most other forms), the stems end in large panicles of butter-yellow flowers. We are excited about taking a great plant and making it even better. We hope you appreciate all the work we went through just for you! Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #4742 $17

qq Salvia ‘Mes Azure’ PP 21,097 (Mes Azure FAVORITE!Tony’s Sage) Sun • 24” tall • Zone: 6b to 9b, at least • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: United States Hybrid We’ve spent decades looking for NEW! the best purple flowered Salvia greggii form, and we stopped looking after finding Salvia ‘Mes Azure’. Thanks to Ralph Perkins of Syngenta for creating this amazing shrubby sage! Salvia ‘Mes Azure’ is a hybrid between Salvia greggii, Salvia microphylla, and probably Salvia lycioides. Starting for us in mid-April, the 2’ tall x 5’ wide woody-stemmed clump of Salvia ‘Mes Azure’ is smothered in a mass of thousands of purple flowers. The dense habit and extraordinary flower cover raises the bar to an entirely new level. Although flowering slows in the heat of summer, it returns with vengeance in fall. Good drainage and bright sun are the keys to success. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Salvia ‘Mes Azure’ Catalog #16664 $18 Ż 30 Preserve Juniper Level Botanic Garden for future generations by donating at jlbg.org DARWIN PLANTS/DARWIN PLANTS, HOLLAND

Salvia x sylvestris ‘Blue By You’ qq Sarracenia ‘Judith grower Alan Hindle, and Hindle’ (Judith Hindle subsequently named after his Hybrid Pitcher Plant) wife by California Carnivores Sun to Part Sun • 24” owner, Peter D’Amato. If tall • Zone: 5a to 9b you love pitcher plants, this • Dormancy: Winter stunner is a must for your Salvia ‘Silke’s Dream’ • Origin: United States collection! Hybrid qq Salvia ‘Silke’s Dream’ Pot Size: 3.5” pot (Silke’s Dream Sage) The vigorous Sarracenia ‘Judith Hindle’ (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Sarracenia x swaniana Sun • 24” tall • Zone: 7a to 10b, is a hybrid of the yellow pitcher plant Catalog #4138 $27 (Sarracenia flava) with the purple purpurea and Sarracenia minor. The possibly colder • Dormancy: Winter short, dense clumps are composed • Origin: Hybrid pitcher (Sarracenia purpurea), and then qq crossed with the white-top pitcher plant Sarracenia x swaniana of laxly held, rosy-red pitchers that Salvia ‘Silke’s Dream’ is a cross of Salvia (Sarracenia leucophylla). The result is (Swan’s Hybrid Pitcher Plant) somewhat resembles Sarracenia x darcyi x Salvia microphylla, discovered a plant that produces wide, 15” tall Sun to Part Sun • 15” tall • Zone: 5a catesbiae...extremely showy! In early by Art Petley of Austin, Texas. Looking white-top pitchers with a dark raspberry to 9b • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: spring, the dormant clumps are topped superficially like Salvia microphylla, overlay, that is especially prominent in United States Hybrid with clusters of screaming red flowers. the 2’ tall x 3’ wide clump is topped all the hood veining. Sarracenia ‘Judith Sarracenia x swaniana is a rarely seen Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) summer and until frost with 15” spikes Hindle’ was bred by UK sarracenia natural hybrid between Sarracenia Catalog #12665 $36 of rich, dark orange-red (RHS 42A) flowers. In fall, the remarkable number of flowers explodes into a solid mass of color...a hummingbird party plant. Salvia ‘Silke’s Dream’ is a particularly durable and easy-to-grow sage that is destined for stardom. Thanks to Scott

Ogden for sharing this exciting salvia @CHELSAE FLOWER SHOW, UK hybrid that we admired in his Texas garden during a 2000 visit. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #4442 $17 qq Salvia x sylvestris ‘Blue By You’ PP 31,033 (Blue By You Sage) Sun to Part Sun • 16” tall • Zone: 4a to 8a • Dormancy: Evergreen • Origin: Hybrid Salvia ‘Blue By You’ is a new NEW! introduction from the breeders at Ball Seed, the latest to continue mixing the genes of two indestructible European sages (Salvia nemorosa and Salvia pratensis). In this case, the cross was Salvia x sylvestris ‘Mainacht’ and Salvia pratensis ‘Rose Rhapsody’. The 16” tall x 16” wide clumps are composed of fuzzy, tongue-shaped basal green leaves, and topped, starting in early spring, with stalks of dark blue purple flowers. After the first flowering is finished, cut the flower stalks to the ground and a new flush of flowers will emerge. Average to dry soils and a sunny location are best. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #16308 $17 Sarracenia ‘Judith Hindle’ Ż See our complete collection at www.plantdelights.com ~ phone: 919.772.4794 ~ email: [email protected] 31 @J.C. RAULSTON ARBORETUM, NC

Scabiosa columbaria ‘Flutter Rose Pink’ qq Scabiosa columbaria ‘Flutter improvement Tricyrtis ‘Amanogawa’ Tricyrtis ‘Amanogowa’ Rose Pink’ PP 27,809 (Flutter over the short- qq hirta, that’s surprisingly difficult to find. Rose Pink Pin Cushion Flower) lived Scabiosa Spiranthes Sun to Part Sun • 14” tall • Zone: 3a vernalis ‘Wake Up’ Tony’s The rigid, arching habit from the Tricyrtis ‘Pink Mist’. In the garden, expect this FAVORITE! perfoliata parent makes this toad lily to 9b • Dormancy: Evergreen European/African native to form a 14” (Spring Lady’s Tresses) • Origin: Africa, Europe Sun to Part Sun • 18” tall perfect to arch over a rock or through tall x 14” wide clump that’s topped for ferns. The stems are clothed, from very late (aka: Scabiosa ‘Balfluttropi’) us from May through September with • Zone: 5a to 9b, at least • Dormancy: NEW! Winter • Origin: United States summer through early fall, with brown Scabiosa ‘Flutter Rose Pink’ is lovely textured pink flowers that are speckled leaves, leading to the creamy a 2017 clonal introduction from Ball held just above the foliage. The flowers Spiranthes vernalis is a widespread yellow, lightly speckled, orchid-like flowers Seed that arose from their breeding are a great nectar sources for a number NEW!Eastern US native species (New at the end of each stem. “Amanogawa” is program designed to create more of butterflies and moths. Hampshire southwest to Texas), that Japanese for “Milky Way Galaxy.” compact scabiosa with larger flowers. is virtually never grown in gardens. Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) We agree that they have accomplished Catalog #15883 $15 We are pleased to offer these from our both goals with this dramatic property here in Wake County, NC, Catalog #2683 $22 where they pop up in both the pastures and lawns. The deciduous short green qq Tricyrtis ‘Edo no Hana’ (Edo no Hana Taiwanese Toad Lily) FAVORITE!Tony’s PDN rosettes emerge in early spring, topped INTRO by 18” tall, twisting spiral spikes of up Part Sun to Light Shade • 24” tall to four dozen tiny white flowers, starting • Zone: 6a to 8b • Dormancy: Winter for us in early June. After seed set, it • Origin: Taiwan goes dormant for the season. Spiranthes Tricyrtis ‘Edo no Hana’ is a vernalis is quite easy to grow in acidic NEW! Japanese selection, supposedly loamy soils, and is also a nectar source for of the Taiwanese Tricyrtis lasiocarpa, several native bee species. but the growth habit tells us that it is Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) probably a hybrid with T. lasiocarpa. The Catalog #16643 $25 flowers, which top the 22” tall x 5’ wide spreading patch, begin for us in mid- qq Tricyrtis ‘Amanogawa’ September with mauvy lavender tipped (Milky Way Toad Lily) petals, each speckled toward the throat Light Shade to Shade • 24” tall and lightening in color toward the basal • Zone: 4a to 8b • Dormancy: Winter yellow blotches...plus each flower has • Origin: Hybrid been tricked out with a rosy red stigma. Tricyrtis ‘Amanogawa’ is an old Japanese Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) hybrid of Tricyrtis perfoliata x Tricyrtis Catalog #5700 $18

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Verbena ‘Blue Princess’ Zephyranthes ‘Superstar’ qq Verbena ‘Blue Princess’ tolerant carpet of finely dissected green qq Zephyranthes ‘Superstar’ has quite a bit of Zephyranthes candida (Blue Princess Verbena) foliage is topped all spring and summer (Superstar Rain Lily) blood in its background. In our trials, the Sun • 6” tall • Zone: 7b to 10b with short 2” tall spikes of medium Sun to Light Shade • 12” tall • Zone: sterile Zephyranthes ‘Superstar’ grows • Dormancy: Winter • Origin: Hybrid purple flowers. Verbena ‘Lavender 7a to 10b • Dormancy: Winter like an improved Zephyranthes candida, Frappe’ makes a 3’ wide patch in one • Origin: South America with larger white upfacing flowers Verbena ‘Blue Princess’ is a verbena year. We have no idea how much cold during the summer months...each blitz hybrid from England that came to us this will tolerate, but 7 degrees F wasn’t NEW! Zephyranthes ‘Superstar’ is a occurring 2-3 days after a rain event. via plant explorer Greg Grant, of Texas. a problem here. 2020 Plant Delights/JLBG A hummingbird treat, the large, blue- introduction of a 2008 seedling of Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) purple flower heads (RHS 87A) exude Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Zephyranthes ‘Bangkok Yellow’, which Catalog #15987 $17 a terrific fragrance...sort of like those Catalog #9573 $16 expensive QVC perfumes. Verbena ‘Blue Princess’ is one of the most qq Yucca x gloriosa ‘Variegata’ exciting verbenas in color, fragrance, (Variegated Mound-lily Soapwort) and foliage I’ve ever seen...FABULOUS! Sun to Part Sun • 48” tall • Zone: 7a to 10b, at least • Dormancy: Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Evergreen • Origin: United States Catalog #1945 $16 This wonderful deer-resistant, North qq Verbena catharinae American native yucca hybrid (Yucca ‘Lavender Frappe’ (Lavender aloifolia x filamentosa) was originally Frappe Catherine’s shared in the mid-1980s by the JC Verbena) Raulston Arboretum. Each 2-3’ wide, FAVORITE!Tony’s Sun • 1” tall • Zone: 7b to trunked clump reaches 48” in height 10b, at least • Dormancy: in 10 years. The blue-green, rigid leaves Evergreen • Origin: Brazil are bordered with a wide margin that emerges gold, then changes to a rich (aka: Verbena sp. D29-47) We are cream. The good color contrast holds pleased to share this fantastic Yucca Do all season. In midsummer, this stunning selection of the little-known Verbena yucca is topped with 3’ tall spikes with catharinae from the extreme southern attractive, large, white, bell-shaped tip of Brazil. In appearance, Verbena flowers...a hummingbird favorite. Yucca catharinae looks like a flat growing x gloriosa ‘Variegata’ is a great addition form of Verbena tenuisecta, but after to the perennial border and deserves a handling our brutal 2010/2011 winter special place in the dry garden. without a blink, we knew we had something special. The 1” tall drought- Pot Size: 3.5” pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) Catalog #2104 $22

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