PLANT & BULB SALE PLANT CATALOG FRIDAY & SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 27 & 28 9 A.M. – 5 P.M. by Lynn Williamson, 2000, watercolor. Denver Botanic Gardens School of Botanical Art School & Illustration. Gardens Denver Botanic Williamson, 2000, watercolor. by Lynn Tulips FREE ADMISSION MEMBERS RECEIVE A Remember...Bring your own wagon 10% DISCOUNT to transport plants! ON ALL PURCHASES. PRESENTING SPONSOR ASSOCIATE SPONSORS 10th & York Street botanicgardens.org TABLE OF CONTENTS ADMISSION & MEMBERSHIP Bulbs 1 Entry to Fall Plant & Bulb Sale is free on Friday and Saturday. Visit botanicgardens.org Houseplants 9 for more information. Grown at the Gardens 10 Gardens members receive 10% off their Fall Plant & Bulb Sale purchases but must Pansies 11 show their membership card to receive the discount. Not a member yet? Stop by the Notes 12 Visitor Center before you shop and see our visitor services team! REFUND POLICY PARKING, TRANSPORTATION AND All products purchased at Fall Plant & Bulb Sale are non-refundable. PLANT VALET • After exiting the Gardens, leave your cart at Plant Valet in front of the Visitor Center while you retrieve your vehicle. Vehicle loading is permitted in the FOOD & BEVERAGE parking cutout on York Street just south of the Visitor Center. Offshoots Café and the Hive Garden Bistro will • Free parking is located across from the Visitor Center in the Gardens’ parking be open featuring full menus throughout the sale. garage. Please note that parking is limited and does fill quickly. If you park in the surrounding neighborhood on a side street, please be respectful of AMENITIES our neighbors and read all parking signs. Denver Botanic Gardens is not responsible for parking tickets. • Restrooms are located on the first floor of Marnie’s Pavilion, behind the Information Desk in the lobby • RTD routes #24 (York and Josephine Streets), #10 (12th Avenue) and #6 (8th of Boettcher Memorial Center and at the Hive Avenue) are the closest major bus lines to the Gardens. Garden Bistro. • Bike parking is available just north of the Visitor Center. • There is no ATM available on site. • Try Lyft and get $5 off your first three rides with code GARDENS19. THE SHOP AT THE BULB LECTURES Presented by Mike Smedley GARDENS • Three-Headed Dogs, Greedy Drunks and Leper Bells – Weird • Your garden needs more than just plants! Stop Stories Behind Great Bulbs by the Shop at the Gardens for gardening • Right Bulb, Right Place – Planting for Wet, Dry, Sun, Shade equipment, outdoor décor, fountains, pots and or any Condition more. • They’re Not Just for Spring! Bulbs for 8 Months of Outrageous Color • Open during all hours of Fall Plant & Bulb Sale. • Just Starting Out? Really Easy Bulb Basics • Members receive 10% off all purchases. • “Stump the Chump” – One-on-One Free Consult for Your Bulb Planting Mike Smedley has been ruthlessly gardening in Durango’s fickle climate for 20 years, managing to plant more plants than he has killed. His lawn is a Xeric buffalo grass with 10,000 species of BRING YOUR crocus and tulips, blooming from early March to mid-May. The rest of the garden features a couple thousand other bulbs; about 40 species or cultivars. Smedley is also an obsessive rock gardener. WAGON! He is the chief deposit officer for Bank of the San Juans, a community bank in Durango with offices We highly encourage across Colorado, and he writes a weekly humor column for the local newspaper called “Action guests to bring their own Line.” In the 12 years he has been writing the column, he can count on one hand the number of times that “action” actually was taken. wagons, wheelbarrows or carts to allow for ease of transportation. We will have CHOOSING GARLIC FOR limited carts and baskets for YOUR NEEDS Presented by Debi Fowler use at the sale. • A brief history of garlic and the sub-categories and varieties • Tips and tricks to grow great garlic • Garlic as a cash crop – growing for yourself, for retail outlets or wholesale SAVE THE DATE • Picking the right garlic for your recipe • Take-home recipes and more! WINTER GIFT MARKET Debi Fowler has owned The Garlic Store (an entirely e-commerce business) for the last 14 years. Shop from vendors that sell one-of-a-kind, The Garlic Store offers 50-70 varieties of primarily Premium Label (no pesticide, non-GMO) garlic handcrafted holiday items; bath and body products; each season along with a variety of jarred garlic spices, sauces, pickled products and garlic- related kitchen gadgets. Since buying The Garlic Store from longtime family friends, Debi has pottery; jewelry; specialty foods; clothing; antiques grown and experimented with as many garlic varieties as possible. The Garlic Store has been and much more. Get all your holiday shopping featured on culinary shows such as “The Secret Life of Garlic,” an episode of “Emeril Lagasse done in one place! Free Admission. Live” all about garlic, as well as used as the secret ingredient for an episode of “Iron Chef.” Debi has presented both educational and cooking classes on garlic to large audiences at gardening Thu, November 21, 4-8 p.m. conferences in Wyoming and local garden clubs in Colorado. Debi is a Colorado native who loves growing plants and food. For the last 4 years Debi has managed the FoCo Winter Farmers Fri & Sat, November 22 & 23, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Market for the NoCo Food Cluster, which features over 70 vendors in the indoor market. BULBS PRICE RANGE: $2.50 – $20.50 | Get a head start on your spring garden through our wide variety of specialty, rare or common bulbs! Never planted a bulb before? Our horticulture staff and bulb experts will be there to spread their knowledge on bulb techniques and directions. Don’t delay, or they’ll go away! * Selections may vary depending on availability. Allium Crocus ‘Major’ Allium ‘Cameleon’ Crocus ‘Mariette’ Allium akaka Crocus ‘Neringa’ Allium ‘Globe Master’ Crocus ‘Queen of the Blues’ Allium ‘Ivory Queen’ Allium ‘Mount Everest’ Botanical crocus Allium caesium Crocus ‘Yalta’ Allium ‘Purple Sensation’ Crocus ancyrensis ‘Golden Bunch’ Allium schubertii Crocus chrysanthus ‘Blue Pearl’ Allium ‘Gladiator’ Crocus chrysanthus ‘Snowbunting’ Allium moly ‘Jeanine’ Crocus olivieri ssp. balansae ‘Orange Monarch’ Allium karataviense Crocus minimus ‘Spring Beauty’ Allium neapolitanum Crocus tommasiniaus ‘Ruby Giant’ Allium nevskianum Crocus imperati ‘De Jager’ Allium ‘Pink Jewel’ Crocus sieberi ‘Firefly’ Allium ‘Rosy Dream’ Crocus tommasinianus ‘Ruby Giant’ Allium ‘Emir’ Crocus ‘Whitewall Purple’ Allium ‘Ostara’ Crocus ‘Prins Claus’ Allium Nectaroscordum siculum Crocus sieberi ssp. Sublimus Tricolor Allium Nectaroscordum tripedale Crocus ‘Advance’ Crocus ‘Dorothy’ Crocus Crocus ‘Gipsy Girl Crocus alatavicus Crocus ‘Lady Killer’ Crocus antalyensoides yellow form Crocus biflorus ssp. Taurii Large Flowering Crocus Crocus corsicus Crocus Giant Mixed Crocus dalmaticus ‘Petrovac Strain’ Crocus vernus ‘King of the Striped’ Crocus heauffelianus Crocus flavus ‘Golden Yellow’ (‘Yellow Mammoth’) Crocus korolkowii ‘Orange Tiger’ Crocus vernus ‘Remembrance’ Crocus kosaninii Crocus vernus ‘Jeanne d’Arc’ Crocus malyi Crocus chrysanthus ‘Cream Beauty’ Crocus ‘Gaudeamus’ Crocus vernus ‘Vanguard’ 1 BULBS * Selections may vary depending on availability. Eremurus (Foxtail lilies) Fritillaria eduardii Eremurus ‘Cleopatra’ Fritillaria elwesii Eremurus ‘Charleston’ Fritillaria hermonis ssp. Amana Eremurus himalaicus Fritillaria imperialis ‘Lutea Maxima’ Eremurus ‘Jeanne-Claire’ Fritillaria imperialis ‘Rubra Maxima’ Eremurus ‘Lemon Fizz’ Fritillaria meleagris ‘Alba’ Eremurus ‘Moneymaker’ Fritillaria meleagris Eremurus ‘Joanna’ Fritillaria meleagroides Eremurus ‘Pink Fizz’ Fritillaria nigra Eremurus robustus Fritillaria olivieri Eremurus ‘Romance’ Fritillaria persica ‘Twin Towers Tribute’ Eremurus ‘Rumba’ Fritillaria persica Eremurus ‘Sara Cato’ Fritillaria pinardii Eremurus ‘Apricot Yellow Ruiter Hybrids’ Fritillaria pontica Eremurus ‘Ruiter Hybrids Mix’ Fritillaria raddeana Fritillaria raddeana Fall Blooming Bulbs Fritillaria sewerzowii Colchicum ‘Antares’ Fritillaria stenanthera ‘Ugam’ Colchicum ‘Dandaels’ Fritillaria thunbergii Colchicum ‘Waterlily’ Fritillaria Uva-Vulpis Colchicum ‘The Giant’ Fritillaria uva-vulpis Crocus cancellatus ssp. cancellatus Fritillaria ‘William Rex’ Crocus pulchellus Crocus sativus Garlic Crocus speciosus ‘Albus’ Garlic ‘Ajo Rojo’ Certified Naturally Grown Crocus speciosus Garlic ‘Basque’ Certified Naturally Grown (hardneck) Garlic ‘Bogatyr’ Premium Label (hardneck) Bulbs for Forcing Garlic ‘Creole Red’ Premium Label (hardneck) Narcissus ‘Paperwhite Inbal’ Garlic ‘Kettle River Giant’ Premium Label (softneck) Garlic ‘Korean Mountain’ Premium Label (hardneck) Fritillaria Garlic ‘Lithuanian Purple’ Premium Label (hardneck) Fritillaria bucharica ‘Hodji-Obi-Garm’ Garlic ‘Metechi’ Premium Label (hardneck) Fritillaria camschatcensis Garlic ‘Nepal’ Premium Label (hardneck) Fritillaria caucasica Garlic ‘Persian Star’ Premium Label (hardneck) Fritillaria crassifolia ssp.kurdica ‘Aragats’ Garlic ‘Russian Red’ Premium Label (hardneck) 2 BULBS * Selections may vary depending on availability. Garlic ‘Thai Purple Premium’ Iris reticulata ‘Carolina’ Garlic ‘Transylvanian’ Premium Label (softneck) Iris reticulata ‘Fabiola’ Garlic ‘Tuscan Premium’ Iris reticulata ‘Frozen Planet’ Garlic ‘Xian’ (hardneck) Iris histrioides ‘George’ Iris reticulata ‘Halkis’ Hyacinthus Iris reticulata ‘Interstellar’ Hyacinthus orientalis ‘Anne Marie’ Iris reticulata ‘Kuh-e-Abr’ Hyacinthus orientalis ‘Aiolos’ Iris reticulata ‘Painted Lady’ Hyacinthus orientalis