Friends of Geelong Botanic Gardens P.O. Box 235, Geelong 3220 Ph/Fax 5222 6053 Email [email protected] Website www.friendsgbg.com Sale Catalogue August 2019 Genus/Species/Cultivar Notes Achillea "Mondpagode" Perennial; Yarrow; 0.6m h x 0.5m w; Tall variety. Flowers are red; the range of tonal shades within yarrow flowers is endless.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Red; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Achillea "Moonshine" Silver; 0.6m h x 0.9m w; An easy to grow perennial grows in an upright clump. Will spread indefinitely. Silver, leathery leaves with long-lasting lemon-yellow flowers..Great in a perennial garden bed, as a border plant or in a cottage garden. Attracts bees and butterflies!; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun; Well Drained Achillea "The Beacon" Groundcover; 0.5m h x 0.3m w; Hardy plant with ferny foliage and large flower heads.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Red; Sun; Well Drained Achillea clypeolata Perennial; 0.6m h; Hardy groundcovering perennial with strong golden flowers held on brackets above foliage over summer. Foliage is soft and fern like with a silver appearance. Copes with poor soils, low water and full sun.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun; Drought Tolerant Achillea filipendulina "Gold Plate" Groundcover; Yarrow; Caucasus; 1m h x 1m w; Brilliant deep yellow flowers and aromatic bright green foliage.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Adiantum aethiopicum Fern/Shade; Maiden Hair Fern; Africa, Asia, Australia, NZ; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; One of the prettiest and most delicate ferns, with slender black stems with a mass of delicately rounded pale green leaflets about 8mm diameter.; Sun/Semi Shade Aeonium arboreum Succulent; Canary Islands; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Succulent with pink-tipped rosette leaves on a basal stem. Flowers, which are usually cream or yellow, come out of the growing points in the center of the rosette. In most cases the plant dies after flowering.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun; Well Drained Aeonium arboreum var Succulent; Black Tree Aeonium; 1m h x 0.3m w; The 20 cm rosette of almost atropurpureum "Schwarzkopf" black leaves on an up to 1 m light grey trunk is very showy.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Agapanthus orientalis "Mini White" Bulb/Corm; 0.9m h x 0.5m w; Low strappy plant with white flowers. Sourced from GBG perennial border.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Agapanthus orientalis "Purple Cloud" Bulb/Corm; African Lily; 1.5m h x 0.7m w; Strappy plant with large dark blue/purple flowers. Sourced from GBG perennial border.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Purple; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Agave attenuata Succulent; 1.5m h x 2m w; Non-spiky broad, grey green leaves 50-70cm long. Creamy flowers on a 1.5m spike - after flowering the plant dies, but it produces pups.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Ajuga reptans Groundcover; Common Bugle; Eurasia; 0.2m h x 1m w; Bronze/red foliage. Spreads by runners. Can be invasive.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Page 1 of 22 Genus/Species/Cultivar Notes Ajuga reptans "Caitlin's Giant" Groundcover; Bugle; 0.2m h x 1m w; Has larger leaves and longer (20cm) inflorescences.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Blue; Semi Shade; Moist Allium schoenoprasum Herb; Chives; Europe, Nth America; 0.3m h x 0.15m w; Bulb-forming herbaceous perennial plant. The bulbs are slender conical, 2-3 cm long and 1 cm broad, and grow in dense clusters from the roots. The leaves are hollow tubular with a soft texture; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Mauve; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Aloe spinosissima Succulent; 0.25m h x 0.8m w; Hardy fast growing clumping succulent. Heads to 25cm, clusters to 80cm. Creates a great show of flowers late in winter.; Flowers: Win/Spr; Sun; Dry Aloe vera Succulent; N. Africa; 0.6m h x 0.6m w; Medicinal succulent; Flowers: Spring; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Alstroemeria "r" Perennial; 0.7m h x 0.3m w; Clumping perennial.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Red; Sun; Adaptable Angelica pachycarpa Perennial; Nthn hemisphere; 1m h x 0.5m w; Angelica is a striking ornamental biennial or short-lived perennial with jade green, glossy, bold leaves and large umbels of white to cream flowers. This species is not edible.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Moist Anisodontea capensis Shrub; South Africa; 1m h x 1m w; Erect evergreen shrub which flowers all through the year, but mainly in spring-summer.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Aquilegia "db" Perennial; Granny's Bonnet; Europe; 0.8m h x 0.4m w; Clump-forming perennial with blue-green foliage (small fan-shaped leaflets) that emerge from a woody rootstock. The flowering stems usually reach above the foliage and carry spurred, bell-shaped, often pendulous flowers.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Aquilegia flabellata Perennial; 0.4m h x 0.45m w; Low growing columbine with slightly glaucous, divided leaves. In early summer, it produces pale blue, violet-blue or lavender flowers, about 3 centimetres (1.2 in) in width, with creamy-white petals.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Archontophoenix x cunninghamiana Tree; Bangalow Palm; Queensland; 20m h x 5m w; Single trunk palm with arching feather-shaped leaves 3m long and pendulous clusters of small lavender flowers, followed by small red fruit.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Mauve; Sun; Adaptable Argyranthemum "dp" Perennial; Marguerite; Canary Islands; 0.7m h x 0.7m w; Compact plant which starts flowering early in the season and blooms over many months. Double pink flowers; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Argyranthemum "w" Perennial; Marguerite; Canary Islands; 1m h x 0.5m w; Compact plant which starts flowering early in the season and blooms over many months.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Aristea ecklonii Grass; Blue Stars; Central & Sthn Africa; 0.4m h x 0.2m w; Spreading evergreen perennial with stiff, upright, grasslike leaves in a tight clump. Flowering stalks covered with dozens of small blue saucer shaped flowers stand above the leaves. Each flower lasts for only one day; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Artemisia lactiflora Groundcover; White Mugwort; China; 1.5m h x 0.6m w; Silver-grey foliage with showy plumes of tiny cream flowers with mahogany stems.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Cream; Sun; Moist Artemisia ludoviciana "Silver Queen" Silver; Wormwood; North America; 1m h x 0.75m w; Hardy perennial with aromatic silver grey foliage; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: White; Sun; Well Drained Page 2 of 22 Genus/Species/Cultivar Notes Artemisia ludoviciana "Valerie Finnis" Silver; Wormwood; 0.2m h x 0.9m w; An outstanding silver leafed plant for the front of a sunny border growing to 20cm and slowly spreading. GBG Silver Border.; Flower Colour: Cream; Sun; Adaptable Arthropodium cirratum Fern/Shade; Renga Renga Lily; N Z; 0.8m h x 0.5m w; A hardy, evergreen, clumping perennial that bears panicles of graceful sprays of starry white flowers. These flowers are produced on 60cm stems above tufts of broad, strappy leaves in late spring.; Flowers: Spring; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Aster "b" Perennial; PB; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; From GBG perennial border; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Aster "Purple PB" Perennial; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Purple-blue aster from GBG perennial border; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Purple; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Aster alpinus Groundcover; 0.15m h x 0.3m w; Clump-forming spreading perennial with lance- shaped dark green leaves and pink-purple flower heads.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Purple; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Aster novi-belgii Shrub; Easter/ Michaelmas Daisy; 0.75m h x 0.45m w; Herbaceous perennial with upright, much-branched stems on which masses of small daisies are produced in late summer and autumn.; Flowers: Autumn; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Aster x frikartii "w" Perennial; 0.4m h x 0.2m w; Flowers: Autumn; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Atriplex nummularia Shrub; Old Man Saltbush; Inland Australia; 3m h x 2m w; Handsome erect shrub with roundish silvery-grey leaves. Good hedge plant in arid areas. Flowers are very small.; Sun; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Bergenia cordifolia Groundcover; 0.4m h x 0.5m w; Clumping groundcover with heart-shaped leaves and bright pink flowers.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Pink; Shade/Semi Shade; Adaptable Bidens ferulifolia "namid early yellow" 0.2m h x 0.4m w; Good for butterflies; Flowers: Autumn; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun; Drought Tolerant Buddleja "Silver Anniversary" Shrub; Asia; 1.5m h x 1.2m w; Compact plant with felted silver foliage and ivory- white flowers. GBG silver border. Aka B. Morning Mist.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Buddleja davidii Shrub; Butterfly Bush; China; 3.5m h x 2m w; Upright shrub with arching silvery branches & dense cones of scented mauve flowers.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Mauve; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Canna "Stuttgart" Bulb/Corm; 1.8m h x 0.8m w; Flowers: Win/Spr; Flower Colour: Apricot; Sun; Well Drained Canna "Bengal Tiger" Bulb/Corm; 1.5m h x 0.4m w; Large perennial with a rhizomatous rootstock. The broad, flat, alternate variegated leaves grow out of a stem in a long narrow roll and then unfurl.