2019 Introductions Catalog
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2019 Introductions Catalog 10702 Seaman Road • Hebron, IL 60034 • USA TEL: (815) US 648-2788 TOLL FREE: (800) US 648-2788 www.intrinsicperennialgardens.com January 2019 2019 will once again be a year of focus on future introductions and the growing potential of our breeding purple seed heads are showy. I’m pleased Sedum x ‘Bundle of Joy’ PPAF is our fourth Proven Winners plant. program. While the number of selections continues to increase, the number of introductions stays close to 100. It is a white sport of ‘Pure Joy’ and has the same great dome shaped habit, 1’ tall by 15-20” wide. Sedum x This catalog focuses on our introductions possessing potential for market share and plants that already have a ‘Lime Joy’ PPAF has exceptional vigor yielding 200 plants within a year. In July the lime green buds resemble share with building demand. Hydrangea and could make a nice cut flower. By September strong stems hold 6-8” flower heads of deep pink. 2018 saw more demand for our top selling introduction Rudbeckia x ‘American Gold Rush’. It is on its way Sedum x ‘Sunset Boulevard’ PPAF is a sister seedling to ‘Pillow Talk’ with both darker flower and wine colored to popularity and availability with 3 labs producing it in tissue culture and urc availability in 2019-2020 from seed heads above rose and green colored foliage. The foliage adds yellow and orange fall color as the season Darwin Perennials. Andropogon gerardii ‘Blackhawks’ and ‘Red October’ are still hot and our next Big Bluestem ends putting on an extra show for October. Veronica x ‘Kiss the Sky’ PPAF has extra long sky blue flowers above adds silvered foliage to the purple-red fall color. The two newest Geums ‘Cherry Bomb’ PPAF and ‘Top Shelf gray-green clean foliage all on 24” + plants. Margarita’ PPAF both sold well in their first year.Sedum x ‘Pillow Talk’ sales held steady and is now available In 2019 we will work hard to grow our own stock and find suppliers to feed our propagators. I plan on sowing as urc from Quality Cuttings along with 3 other sedum varieties Sedum ellacombianum ‘Cutting Edge’, ‘Rock more seed than ever this year which will yield many great new plants. I look forward to showing these and Star’ and ‘Thundercloud’ and Penstemon digitalis ‘Pocahontas’. Both of the Stachys x ‘Summer Crush’ PPAF many other plants this year and encourage you to visit. IPG will be on the Sunday, July 28th PPA tour before the and ‘Summer Romance’ PPAF will also be available from Quality Cuttings in the future. As I look at our future Chicago symposium. If you can’t make it during PPA consider attending our 5th Annual Ornamental Grasses day, introductions many are grasses including more Pennisetums. This year we are introducing a small Pennisetum Friday, September 13th, 2019. This is a perfect time to see most of our ornamental grasses at their peak. alopecuroides with golden yellow foliage called ‘Yellow Ribbons’ PPAF. It’s size and habit are close to ‘Hameln’ but the thin foliage goes from a bright gold to chartreuse yellow by late summer. Panicum virgatum ‘Prairie Dog’ PPAF is our first Switch grass introduction and was selected for its clean upright gray foliage on relatively short Brent Horvath- Breeder 4-5’ plants. Large inflorescence covers the top third of the plant. Additional new perennials this year include a bright yellow sport of Delosperma ‘Orange Crush’ PPAF called p Our Breeding Philosophy P ‘Mountain Dew’ PPAF with the same great ground covering habit and vigor as ‘Firespinner’. Orostachys x ‘Octopus Garden’ is our newest seed strain, a vigorous blend of gray-green, silvered, and plum succulent foliage Our plants are bred and selected in the tough conditions of the Midwest with hot in overlapping rosettes topped with pointed creamy spikes in fall. It is super attractive to pollinators too. This humid summers and cold wet winters. We strive to breed plants not as a means, year for the first time we will sell seed of our seed strains including: Echinacea purpurea ‘Showoff’, Eryngium but with an end in mind. yuccifolium ‘Prairie Moon’, Liatris spicata ‘Trailblazer’, and Salvia nemerosa ‘Lurie Strain’. I look forward to Our goals are simple- improved, durable, ornamental garden plants for our own sharing more seed strains in the future including Lobelias. Prunella vulgaris ‘Magdalena’ PPAF has both a larger climate and the rest of the world! Our plants are bred to stand the test of time, if habit and foliage than the species it also has regular rebloom after the initial heavy bloom in mid-June. The they don’t survive or thrive in the garden why bother. fingered foliage always looks nice. These plants are very adaptable and native to 48 states. Even the dark a 2 On the cover: d3 Intrinsic Introductions Intrinsic Introductions Genus species Variety/Color COMMON NAME Genus species Variety/Color COMMON NAME Agastache x Velvet Crush PP#29,394 Anise Hyssop Liatris ligulistylis Butterfly Magnet Meadow Blazing Star Allium cernuum Falling Stars - white Nodding Onion Liatris spicata Trailblazer Blazing Star / Gayfeather Allium cernuum Wine Drop Nodding Onion Molinia arundinacea Dutch Dreamer Tall Moor Grass Allium schoenoprasum Rising Star Dwarf Chives Monarda x Mojo PP#29,982 Bee Balm Allium x Chivette PP#30,151 Ornamental Onion Orostachys x Octopus Garden strain Chinese Dunce Caps Allium x Windy City PP#28,100 Ornamental Onion Panicum virgatum Prairie Dog PPAF Switch Grass Allium x August Asteroids Ornamental Onion Parthenocissus tricuspidata Grand Slam Boston Ivy Amsonia hubrichtii Green Mist Bluestar Pennisetum alopecuroides Ginger Love PP#26,442 Ginger Love Fountain Grass Amsonia tabernaemontana Fontana Bluestar Pennisetum alopecuroides Piglet PP#19,074 Dwarf Fountain Grass Amsonia tabernaemontana Short Stop Bluestar Pennisetum alopecuroides Red Head Red Head Fountain Grass Amsonia x First Hit Bluestar Pennisetum alopecuroides Red Rocket PP#28,715 Red Rocket Fountain Grass Amsonia x Halfway to Arkansas Bluestar Pennisetum alopecuroides Yellow Ribbons PPAF Golden Fountain Grass Amsonia x Midway to Montana Bluestar Penstemon digitalis Pocahontas PP#24,804 Beardtongue Amsonia x illustris Seventh Inning Stretch Bluestar Polemonium x Heaven Scent PP#20,214 Jacobs Ladder Andropogon gerardii Blackhawks PP#27,949 Big Bluestem Polygonatum x Prince Charming PP#22,304 Dwarf Solomon’s Seal Andropogon gerardii Dancing Wind PP#26,892 Big Bluestem Prunella vulgaris Magdalena PPAF Selfheal Andropogon gerardii Indian Warrior PP#24,999 Big Bluestem Rudbeckia x American Gold Rush PP#28,498 Black Eyed Susan Andropogon gerardii Red October PP#26,283 Big Bluestem Rudbeckia x Glitters Like Gold PPAF Black Eyed Susan Carex pensylvanica Straw Hat PP#29,432 Penn Sedge Salvia elegans Golden Delicious PP#17,977 Golden Pineapple Sage Delosperma x Mountain Dew PPAF Ice Plant Salvia nemorosa Blueberry Beret Perennial Salvia/Meadow Sage Delosperma x Orange Crush PPAF Ice Plant Salvia nemorosa Lurie strain Perennial Salvia Echinacea purpurea Showoff Purple Coneflower Salvia nemerosa Pink Wesuwe Meadow Sage Echinacea purpurea White Showoff White Coneflower Schyzachrium scoparium Jazz Little Bluestem Eryngium yuccifolium Prairie Moon Dwarf Rattlesnake Master Sedum album Big Rock Stonecrop Eupatorium perfoliatum Milk and Cookies Boneset Sedum (Phedimus) ellacombianum Cutting Edge PP#28,926 Stonecrop Festuca x Cool as Ice PP#27,651 Cool Blue Fescue Sedum rupestre Making Progress Stonecrop Geum x Alabama Slammer PP#23,750 Garden Gems Sedum sexangulare Golddigger Stonecrop Geum x Banana Daiquiri PP#25,351 Garden Gems Sedum spurium Red Rock Two Row Stonecrop Geum x Champagne Garden Gems Sedum x Beka USPP#18,398 Autumn Delight™ Geum x Cherry Bomb PPAF Garden Gems Sedum x Bundle of Joy PPAF Showy Stonecrop Geum x Citronge PP#28,893 Garden Gems Sedum x Lajos USPP# 14,421 Autumn Charm™ Geum x Coppertone Punch PP#28,376 Garden Gems Sedum x Lime Joy PPAF Showy Stonecrop Geum x Cosmopolitan PP#24,982 Garden Gems Sedum x Peace and Joy PPAF Showy Stonecrop Geum x Dark and Stormy PP#27,225 Garden Gems Sedum x Pillow Talk PP#28,528 Showy Stonecrop Geum x Gimlet PP#26,223 Garden Gems Sedum x Plum Perfection PP#22,690 Showy Stonecrop Geum x Limoncello Garden Gems Sedum x Pure Joy PP#24,194 Showy Stonecrop Geum x Mai Tai PP#22,433 Garden Gems Sedum x Rock Star PP#29,036 Showy Stonecrop Geum x Sangria Garden Gems Sedum x Sunset Boulevard PPAF Showy Stonecrop Geum x Sea Breeze PP#26,437 Garden Gems Sedum x Thundercloud PP#21,833 Showy Stonecrop Geum x Solid Gold Dancer PP#29,656 Garden Gems Sorghastrum nutans St. Louis Indian Grass Geum x Spanish Fly PP#27,226 Garden Gems Stachys x Summer Crush PP#29,899 Betony Geum x Tequila Sunrise PP#21,514 Garden Gems Stachys x Summer Romance PP#30,243 Betony Geum x Top Shelf Margarita PPAF Garden Gems Vernonia x Southern Cross Ironweed Geum x Wet Kiss PP#27,227 Garden Gems Veronica incana Pure Silver Wooly Speedwell Hemerocallis x On Top Daylily Veronica x Good Night Irene Spike Speedwell Hosta x Hasta Mañana PP#30,157 Hosta Veronica x Kiss the Sky PPAF Spike Speedwell Koeleria glauca Tiny Tot June Grass Veronica x Spike PP#27,814 Spike Speedwell Lamium maculatum Ghost Lamium Leucanthemum superbum Daisy Duke PP#21,914 Dasiy May® a 4 New plants for 2019 are shown in blue. New plants for 2019 are shown in blue. d5 Grasses US Native, Nativar, and Native Species Hybrids Genus species Variety/Color COMMON NAME Genus species Variety/Color COMMON NAME Andropogon gerardii Blackhawks PP#27,949 Big Bluestem Allium cernuum Falling Stars White Nodding Onion Andropogon gerardii Dancing Wind