%1.00 M I N N E S O T A L A N D S C A P E ARBORETUM AUXILIARY SPRING PLANT SALE Friday, May 10, Saturday, May 11 & Sunday, May 12, 2013 Table of Contents Shade Perennials...................................2-5 Our 45th Year ! Ferns..........................................................5 PLANT SALE HOURS Sun Perennials.....................................6-10 Friday, May 10, 12 am to 3 pm Rock Garden Perennials........................11 Saturday, May 11, 9 am to 4 pm Martagon Lilies......................................11 Sunday, May 12, 9 am to 4 pm Hemerocallis (Daylily).......................12-13 • The sale will be held at the Arboretum’s picnic shelter area Water Gardens........................................13 near the Marion Andrus Paeonia (Peony)......................................14 Learning Center. • Come early for best selection. Roses........................................................15 • Bring carrying containers for your purchases: boxes, wagons, Hosta...................................................16-17 carts. Woodies: • There will be a pickup area where you can drive up and load $Vines................................................18 your plants. $Trees & Shrubs...........................18-19 • We also have a few golf carts with volunteers to drive you and Prairie Plants..........................................20 your plants to your car. Hanging Baskets & Annual Kits...........20 PAYMENT Ornamental Grasses..........................21-22 • Please assist us in maximizing our support of the MLA by using Ground covers for Shade.......................23 cash or checks. However, if you Herbs..................................................24-25 wish to use a credit card, we gladly accept Visa, MasterCard, Scented Geraniums, Herb Bowls, Amex and Discover. Fairy Gardens & Miniature Gardens....25 • Volunteers will make a list of your purchases which you will Vegetables..........................................26-27 hand to a cashier for payment. • Please keep your receipt as you may need to show it to a volunteer as you exit. • There will be an Express lane for purchases of 10 items or fewer. SHADE PERENNIALS Interest in Shade Gardening continues to grow as more homeowners are finding ASTILBE ‘Cotton Candy’ (False Spirea)--Arendsii Group--16” Deep their landscapes becoming increasingly shady because of the growth of trees and pink, flu&y plumes. Very compact habit. ML. shrubs. Shade plants are those that require little or no direct sun, such as those in ASTILBE ‘Country and Western’ (False Spirea)--Arendsii Group northern exposures or under trees or in areas where the sun is blocked for much of --15-20” Soft pink plumes. Dark green foliage. Compact plant. M. the day. Available !om us are many newly introduced plants and old favorites ASTILBE ‘Delft Lace’ (False Spirea)--2-3’ Apricot-pink plumes on red which can add striking foliage and appealing flowers to brighten up your shade stems in early to midsummer. Lacy blue-green foliage overlaid with garden.You will find Shade Perennials in the SHADE silver. Leaves can have red highlights. Burgundy fall color. M. BUILDING ASTILBE ‘Drum and Bass’$ (False Spirea)--Arendsii Group--15-20” Reddish-purple plumes. M. ACONITUM lamarckii (Monkshood)--28” Soft sulphur-yellow ASTILBE ‘Ellie’ (False Spirea)--Japonica Group)--24-30” Large white flowers. Toxic. plumes. Handsome, dark green foliage. M. ACONITUM x cammarum ‘BressinghamSpire’ (Monkshood)--24” ASTILBE ‘Erika’ (False Spirea)--Arendsii Group--30” Pastel-pink Dark violet-blue flower. Compact, bushy plants do not need staking. flower, bronze foliage. M. June-Aug. Toxic. ASTILBE ‘Hennie Graafland’ (False Spirea)--Simplicifolia Group--16” ACONITUM x cammarum ‘Eleanor‘$ (Monkshood)--40” Near white Light pink flower. L. flowers with blue edge. Vigorous, improved ‘Bicolor.’ Toxic. ASTILBE ‘Jump and Jive’ (False Spirea)--Arendsii Group--15-20” ACTAEA pachypoda (Baneberry)--18” Clumped bushy appearance, Pinkish-red plumes. M. spring-bearing flu&y clusters of small white flowers producing shiny ASTILBE ‘Key Biscayne’ (False Spirea)--15-18” Rose-pink flower. white berries which are toxic. Native. E to M. ACTAEA rubra (Red Baneberry)--18”Hx12”W Clumped bushy ASTILBE ‘Key Largo’ (False Spirea)--15-20” Reddish-pink flowers on appearance. In spring bears flu&y clusters of small white flowers red stems. Fine-textured green foliage. E. producing shiny red berries which are toxic. Native. ASTILBE ‘Key West’ (False Spirea)--15-20” Carmine-red plume. E. ADENOPHORA ‘Amethyst’ (Ladybells)--30-36” Nodding amethyst- ASTILBE ‘Montgomery’ (False Spirea)--Japonica Group--22” Deep blue bells are gently lobed. More heat tolerant than Campanula. Free- orange-red plumes on dark red stems. M. flowering all summer. ASTILBE ‘Rhythm and Beat’ (False Spirea)--Arendsii Group--15-20” AMSONIA ‘Blue Ice’ --12-15” Dark lavender-blue flowers in dense Purple-pink plumes. M to L. terminal clusters bloom for long period in late spring to early summer. ASTILBE ‘Rise and Shine’$ (False Spirea)--30-36” Large plumes of Narrow dark green leaves turn brilliant yellow in fall. Very easy to grow vibrant pink flowers on sturdy stems in midsummer. VL. with few pests. ASTILBE ‘Rock and Roll’ (False Spirea)--Arendsii Group--20-25” AMSONIA ‘Halfway to Heaven’ --36-42” Mounding habit. Pale blue White plumes. E. star-shaped flowers in dense terminal clusters bloom in May. Narrow ASTILBE ‘Sugarberry’ (False Spirea)--10” Light pink, feathery, dark green leaves turn brilliant yellow in fall. Very easy to grow with triangular-shaped bloom. Thick green foliage. E to M. few pests. ASTILBE ‘Weisse Gloria’ / ‘White Gloria’ (False Spirea)--Arendsii AMSONIA hubrectii --24” Steel-blue flowers. Willowy foliage turns Group--20” White, blocky plume. M. golden in fall. Native to SW U.S. Early spring. ASTILBE ‘Zuster Theresa’ / ‘Sister Theresa’ (False Spirea)--Arendsii AMSONIA tabernaemontana (Willow Amsonia)--42” Steel-blue Group--24” Large salmon-pink, blocky plume. Occasionally sports to a flowers in dense terminal clusters. Leaves turn yellow in the fall. Very darker color. E to M. easy to grow with few pests. May-June. ASTILBE chinensis ‘Diamonds and Pearls’ (False Spirea)--26-28” Pure ANEMONE multifida ‘Rubra’ (Anemone)--12-18” Glowing carmine- white flowers above dark green foliage. The most robust white- red flowers. Deeply divided, hairy basal leaves. May-June. flowered Astilbe. M to L. AQUILEGIA vulgaris ‘Dorothy Rose’ (European Columbine)--24-30” ASTILBE chinensis ‘Milk and Honey’ (False Spirea)--30” Fragrant Light rose-pink, double flowers. Light blue-green foliage. Blooms late creamy-white plumes mature to light pink. Juvenile foliage is marbled spring to early summer. green and silver. Sturdy and vigorous. M to L. ARISAEMA triphyllum (Jack-in-the-pulpit)--12-18” Flower stalk forms ASTILBE chinensis ‘Purpurkerze’ / ‘Purple Candles’ (False Spirea)--36” in late May, clusters of red berries ripen in August. Likes light, moist Purple-red flower. Dense, narrow plumes form tall candle-like spires. woodland soil. VL. ARUNCUS dioicus (Sylvan Goat’s-beard)--5-7’ Large showy panicles of ASTILBE chinensis ‘Veronica Klose’$ (False Spirea)--18-24” Intense red- white flowers to 4’ tall. Native. Early summer. purple plumes. Late summer. VL. ARUNCUS dioicus ‘Child of Two Worlds’ (Goat’s-beard)--4’ Showy ASTILBE chinensis ‘Visions in Pink’$ (False Spirea)--18” Sturdy, upright white panicles, feathery foliage. Early summer. pink plumes. Blue-green foliage. M. ASARUM canadense (Canada Wild Ginger)--4-6” Excellent ground ASTILBE chinensis ‘Visions in Red’$ (False Spirea)--15” Deep red buds cover with heart-shaped leaves and thick rootstalk. Small reddish- open to pinky-red flowers. Bronze-green foliage. M. brown flowers form under leaves in May. ASTILBE chinensis ‘Visions in White’ (False Spirea)--18-24” Large ASTILBE prefers partial shade in any moist, fertile soil. Very hardy. creamy-white plumes. Smooth, glossy, green foliage. M. Beautiful plume-like heads are decorative in the winter landscape. E#ective in ASTILBE chinensis ‘Visions’ (False Spirea)--15” Fragrant raspberry-red !esh arrangements or when dried. plumes. Deep green foliage. M. VE - Very Early E - Early EM - Early Mid-season M - Mid-season LM - ASTILBE x japonica ‘Rheinland’ (False Spirea)--20” Bright pink Late Mid-season L - Late flower, floriferous. VE. ASTILBE ‘Amethyst’ (False Spirea)--Arendsii Group--24” Light ASTRANTIA major ‘Abby Road’ (Masterwort)--2-3’ Dome of tiny magenta-amethyst. M. purple-red florets on black stems. Lovely naturalized in a woodland ASTILBE ‘Boogie Woogie’ (False Spirea)--Arendsii Group--15-20” Pink garden. Summer. plumes. M. ASTRANTIA major ‘Star of Billions’ (Masterwort)--18-24” Flowers ASTILBE ‘Brautschleier’ / ‘Bridal Veil’ (False Spirea)--Arendsii have white centers surrounded by white bracts with green tips. Group--18” Graceful, wide white plumes. M. Summer. 2 ASTRANTIA major ‘Star of Fire’ (Masterwort)--19-21” Burgundy-red GILLENIA trifoliata (Indian Physic, Bowman’s-root)--2-3’ White to flowers with white centers. Dark purple stems. Floriferous and long- pale pink flowers. Reddish, slightly fuzzy stems. Suitable for the lasting from mid- to late summer. Good cut flower. shaded wild garden. Woodland plant native to eastern U.S. July. BERGENIA purpurascens 'B. delavayi( --14” Dark pink to purple-red HELLEBORUS x hybridus (Lenten-rose )--PPA 2005--12-18” Dark flowers. Foliage sometimes purple especially in fall. Spring. green, leathery leaves may be evergreen. Several nodding, cup-shaped BRUNNERA macrophylla$ (Heartleaf Brunnera)--12-18”