ANACAMPSEROS RUFFESCENS PRICE 1@ $5.50

Succulent reddish rosettes like a sempervivum with P.M.S., nearly 2" pink flowers.

 

Anacyclus depressus silberkissen PRICE 1@ $6.50

A selected strain of Mount Atlas Daisy this Moroccan wonder is very compact and floriferous and fully hardy here.

 

Anchusa azurea ....................... Price  - $8.00

Seedlings mostly from Feltam’s Pride, this is a large growing Borage to 150cm with brilliant blue flowers it is perennial if grown lean.

 

Anchusa caespitosa .......... Price  - $19.00

One of those legendary plants that you always see in pictures but seldom see offered for sale, indeed we had searched for several years in vain until Jim Briggs showed up a couple years ago with a plant (thanks to Carl Gehenio for keeping it in cultivation). This rare little Borage forms tufts of bristly grayish green linear leaves, native to Crete it is generally hardy but rather wet sensitive, however if well grown it will reward you by covering itself with insanely blue Eritrichium flowers. It has nearly disappeared from cultivation in recent years and we will do our best to see that our limited stock goes first and foremost to gardeners with the propagation skills needed to maintain it in cultivation. It must be frequently rooted from cuttings or you will lose it to complacency Let us know if you think you are worthy and will promise to propagate it.

 

ANCHUSA OFFICIANALIS .......... Price  - $8.00

A tall short-lived perennial with the typical showy borage flowers, it certainly is not the gem of the genus (See A. caespitosa above) but officianalis is easy and quite showy.

 

Androsace barbulata..... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A classic plant in the villosa section. Barbulata is an attractive and relatively easy plant collected by Vojtec Holubec from limestone crevices in the Western Caucasus at 1,900m, its umbels of pinkish white flowers are produced on short stems above low loose mats of furry rosettes similar to villosa but larger.

 

Androsace carnea alba (brigantiaca)              PRICE 1@ $6.50

One of the best and easiest of the Androsace species, grassy hard tufts of foliage, it's no Aretia but is much easier and perfectly easy in a slightly shaded spot (it's a Primula relative and doesn't want to bake in a dry scree) in the open garden.

 

Androsace LANUGINOSA .. PRICE 1@ $6.50

Silvery rosettes of leaves radiate outwards at the tips of stolons, lovely pink flowers in small heads are freely produced. This is one of the best of the growable Androsace species, a Himalayan Primula it dislikes being too sunbaked, at home in a trough or in the open garden and beautiful trailing over the edge of a rock; this is a particularly fine clone we selected from some Alplains seedlings.

 

ANDROSACE SARMENTOSA (chumbyi) PRICE 1@ $6.50

Just to keep things interesting Punnett brought in cuttings from his favorite clone of sarmentosa, its every bit as tight as Chumbyi, and may in fact be the same form. One of the best of the easy Androsaces, this forms mats of fuzzy 2cm rosettes. In the form Chumbyi (which these are indistinguishable from) they are on very short stolons producing a huddled domed fur-ball cushion. In the spring, umbels of yellow-eyed pink flowers are produced on stems above the cushion.

 

Anemone altaica ................. PRICE 1@ $6.50

Growing in woodland fringes in the Altai it is similar to nemorosa and may indeed be a subspecies of it, white flowers with 8-12 petals veined blue on the interior.

 

anemone HORTENSIS .......... PRICE 1@ $8.00

Tuberous rooted; 1-2" pinkish mauve flowers, also known as A. stellata it is similar to pavonia. Do not believe the rhs bulb book, this is hardy here and they call it zone 8 what a joke.

 

Anemone multifida v. tetonensis Ratko 97-16             PRICE 1@ $8.00

Ron’s collections from Clay Butte at 10,100’ these are similar to drummondii but with broader hairier leaflets, flowers here are cream with a bluish reverse and usually solitary atop 6” stems.

 

Anemone nemorosa ........... PRICE 1@ $8.00

Forming colonies of spreading underground branching rhizomes this wonderful European species is always a welcome addition; 2-4cm flowers in colors that range from white to pink and purple sit solitary atop 5-15cm stems, the effect is enhanced because the flowers generally all face the same direction. These are mixed seedlings but there are myriads of named forms and Brigitta is quietly collecting them all, one to these years she will start to part with them.

 

Anemone nemorosa 'Allenii' Price  - $8.00

A large flowered form with pale blue flowers that are a deeper shade on the reverse, it thrives under cool rich shaded conditions but will tolerate a surprising range of conditions.

 

Anemone nemorosa 'Bracteata Pleniflora'           Price  - $8.00

By far my favorite nemorosa, this thing is bizarre, the true flowers are surrounded by a ring of green and white bracts, it is difficult to describe and no two are exactly the same, it is one of those plants that you cannot walk past with a camera without taking dozens of shots. It is also wonderful as a winter bloomer in a conservatory, (blooming a bit after the Ranunculus ficaria clones) although it is perfectly hardy in the garden as well.

 

Anemone nemorosa 'Leeds Variety' Price  - $8.00

A robust grower with large white flowers it will form rather large mats if happy, and looks great creeping around under shrubs or in a lightly shaded woodland garden.

 

Anemone nemorosa 'Robinsoniana' Price  - $8.00

An old variety selected at the Oxford Botanic garden way back in 1870, the large pale blue flowers have endured rather well and I still find it one of the best growers.

 

Anemone nemorosa 'Vestal' Price  - $8.00

Pure white with a crested button center, it is large flowered and very showy however it has been rather slow to increase so far for us.

 

Anemone nemorosa 'Wyatt's Pink' Price  - $8.00

'Wyatt's pale pink is more like it is attractive enough but don’t be expecting deep pink, and it is an excellent grower multiplying rather quickly.

 

Anemone sylvestris 'Madonna' PRICE 1@ $6.50

What does this have in common with Madonna, well they both have big ones, but the plant has more class, it’s not prone to adoption publicity stunts and never tries to convert foreigners to it’s odd religion. Don’t be put off by the name this is a great anemone with myriads of huge white flowers in spring.

 

Anemone x seemanii (nemorosa x ranunculoides)        Price  - $8.00

A naturally occurring hybrid also known as Anemone x lipsiensis flowers are typically large and pale creamy yellow. It is one of the best small Anemones.

 

Japanese anemone

We list the following cultivars, all have vigorous branching wiry stems and slightly cup shaped flowers over deeply divided dark green leaves, stunning fall display of blooms, they prefer light shade and a little protection.     

 

'Andrea Atkinson' 35” single pure white with orange stamens  PRICE 1@ $8.00

 

'Crispa'  weird crinkled almost succulent foliage PRICE 1@ $8.00

 

 ‘Kriemhilde’ 3' double light pink flowers PRICE 1@ $8.00

 

‘PAMINA’ 35-40” rosy red semi double PRICE 1@ $8.00

 

'Prince Henrich' 24-28” deep pink flowers with a yellow center             PRICE 1@ $8.00

 

'September Charm' silvery pink with a darker exterior    PRICE 1@ $8.00

 

‘SERENADE’: 40” double dark pink flowers PRICE 1@ $8.00

 

ANEMONELLA THALICTROIDES PRICE 1@ $6.50

A charming little eastern American woodlander, with delicate columbine like foliage and demure little anemone flowers in white or pink. 

 

ANEMONopsis macrophylla Price  - $15.00

A choice monotypic woodlander from Japan with waxy pink cup shaped Anemone flowers that are generally whitish in the interior and borne in lax panicles on blackish 40-80cm stems; the nodding flowers are a welcome addition to the late summer woodland garden.

 

Angelica GIGAS ...................... PRICE 1@ $6.50

one of the most exciting new perennials with umbels of raspberry red flowers prominently displayed on dark stems over bold foliage; see the Wayside catalog for a picture.

 

Angelica pachycarpa ...... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A fantastic Angelica, native to Spain and Portugal with glossy deep green foliage that looks dipped in oil above an elephant’s foot fleshy crown, and umbels of white flowers, it’s unlike any other Angelica we have grown.

 

Antennaria aromatica  (pulvinata) Ratko #97-21       PRICE 1@ $6.50

Ratko’s 1997 collection from the type locality, in the Beartooth near the Quad Creek Headwaters at 9800’ where it grows in dry alpine screes and gravelly flats; its extremely similar to Antennaria alpina v. medea, differing primarily in the citronella scented foliage. Both these plants are spectacular and very wet sensitive.

 

ANTENNARIA NEGLECTA ..... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A silvery furred beauty; it is a kinky Pussy Toe with whip like stolons. This may be gaspensis, at the very least it will make you gasp, or possibly moan, with its purple based white tipped female capitula, complete with crimson styles; lots of pleasure and little chance of cat scratch fever.

 

Antennaria neglecta gaspensis PRICE 1@ $6.50

The real thing from the Gaspé Peninsula via Baldassare, its a prostrate dwarf - I’ll leave the rest to your imagination.

 

Anthemis cretica ssp. iberica PRICE 1@ $8.00

Typical Anthemis cushions of dissected gray basal foliage, ssp iberica differs from the rest by producing solitary yellow flowers on 5-15cm stems, Pavelka found it in the alpine meadows of Zigana Dag at 2,300m.

 

Anthemis tinctoria Kellway PRICE 1@ $6.50

An old standby for the perennial border Kellway blooms for months producing a continuing succession of medium sized yellow daises.

 

ANTHYLLIS montana rubra PRICE 1@ $6.50

These are exceptionally nice, dense tufts of silky gray leaves and dark red flowers in short spikes, it could easily be mistaken for a choice Astragalus.

 

Anthyllis vulneraria coccinea 'Red Carpet'         PRICE 1@ $8.00

A vast improvement over the species, Red carpet produces neat mats of brilliant red flowers. Anthyllis vulneraria is a European plant commonly known as Lady’s Fingers; trust me, if you encounter a lady with fingers this color it’s scary to contemplate where they may have been.

 

Antirrhinum MOLLE............. PRICE 1@ $6.50

Dwarf woody bushlet from the Pyrenees, racemes of yellow & white snapdragons.  

 

Antirrhinum pulverulentum PRICE 1@ $6.50

Perhaps the best snapdragon for rock gardens, forming mats of grayish leaves smothered in creamy yellow little snapdragons, Mojmir found it at 1500m in Spain, only three seeds germinated but fortunately it is easy to cut, it is perennial but needs to be re-propagated occasionally or you will lose it.

 

Antirrhinum sempervirens PRICE 1@ $6.50

Dwarf woody bushlets, short racemes of white violet-lipped flowers, one of the best.

 

Aquilegia

An indispensable but sexually promiscuous genus, (only wild collected material is likely to be pure), with ample material for rock gardens and perennial borders alike, the various species will cross and seed, persisting forever in the garden despite being individually rather short lived. Unfortunately unless some new genetic material is introduced on a regular basis they tend to degrade into ugly mongrel looking things fit more for leaf miners and sawflies than anything else, and rest assured if you grow columbines you are virtually certain to have one or both of these nuisances. A problem easily controlled with Marathon or other systemic insecticide applied prior to their appearance. Alternatively, you can do nothing, because even if plants are defoliated they quickly grow new leaves and are seldom killed. Don’t let the bugs dissuade you, if you grow a diverse selection and frequently introduce new blood you will be amply rewarded with a fantastic floral display.

 

Aquilegia atrata ................ PRICE 1@ $6.50

A large species from the Alps and Apennines, it can reach 80cm with nodding short-spurred flowers that are nearly black.

 

Aquilegia barnebyi ............ PRICE 1@ $6.50

From a Bradshaw collection on shaly slopes in Rio Blanco Co at 7400’, bluish green foliage topped with two-toned flowers, butter yellow corollas and peachy pink sepals.

 

Aquilegia caerulea hybrid special blend    PRICE 1@ $6.50

A reselected batch of long spurred hybrids flowers are very large in a wide range of colors, these are outstanding.

 

Aquilegia caerulea v. ochroleuca PRICE 1@ $6.50

A white form Bradshaw collected from volcanic soils in Garfield Co. Utah at 8600’, huge slightly upward facing flowers spread 3” wide with the spurs extending back 4”.

 

Aquilegia canadensis 'Corbett' PRICE 1@ $6.50

Our native eastern species, height is variable ranging from under a foot to nearly 5’ in the wild, Corbett is on the shorter end of the range and the typical pendant orange and yellow flowers are all yellow.

 

Aquilegia caucasica Euroseed PRICE 1@ $6.50

A medium to large tufted species related to A. olympica with blue flowers on 50cm stems. From the alpine meadows of the Central Caucasus at 2500m uncontaminated stock from Mojmir’s collections. This is my favorite Eurasian species and a great performer in our gardens here.

 

Aquilegia chaplinii ............ PRICE 1@ $6.50

Alan Bradshaw’s collections of this miniature chrysantha like plant with butter yellow flowers with long straight spurs over tufts of ferny foliage from Eddy County NM at 5000’ where it was growing in seeps in the Chihauhuan Desert.

 

Aquilegia chrysantha 'Yellow Queen'             PRICE 1@ $6.50

A major component of the long spurred hybrids A. chrysantha is meter tall with long yellow spurs that can rival A. longissima in its best forms. These are from German garden sources and in all likelihood contaminated to a greater or lesser extent with A. longissima, nice stuff for the perennial border, yellow queen is one of the best.

 

Aquilegia flabellata pumila kurilensis rosea PRICE 1@ $6.50

One of the best small columbines this compact form of the Japanese fan columbine has lovely pink short-spurred flowers and attractive tufts of broad foliage, and unlike many of the dwarf columbines it is very easy to please in the garden.

 

Aquilegia fragrans .......... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Himalayan species; 5cm milky white flowers and a nice scent that's unusual for Columbines. Most of these are from Pavelka collections at 3500m near Lahul India.

 

Aquilegia karelinii ............ PRICE 1@ $6.50

A garden gift from Borat this gem may be the best Kazakhstan has to offer deep purplish flowers reminiscent of three day old bruises, I was going somewhere with this but the Kazaks may not have a sense of humor.

 

Aquilegia laramiensis .... PRICE 1@ $6.50

One of the choicest western columbines, lariemiensis is perfect in a trough and much easier to please than Jonesii or scopulorum, it is relatively long lived and never fails to produce abundant short spurred white bloom.

 

Aquilegia micrantha ........ PRICE 1@ $6.50

An elegant western species with delicate flowers atop long fine stems, seed is very tiny for a columbine, it has proven quite growable for us

 

Aquilegia rockii ................... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A legendary plant, which is hardly surprising, Joseph Rock had a knack for finding great plants. Dig out those old national geographics and check out his adventures, from bandits to bridges worthy of raiders of the lost ark he risked his ass to bring you this.

 

Aquilegia saximontana . PRICE 1@ $6.50

Not as nice as jonesii but much more growable this western columbine is a first rate rock garden plant. Farrer lusted after it and for good reason.

 

Aquilegia schlocklei ..... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Bradshaw’s collections of this southwestern native, red sepals and a yellow corolla with the spurs fading to orangish, its normally found in moist areas near streams.

 

Aquilegia viridiflora ‘CHOCOLATE soldier’   PRICE 1@ $6.50

A weird thing from China with nodding flowers, the sepals green, with brownish black petals; ‘Chocolate Soldier’ is a prime example of attaching a cultivar name to a species, don’t be fooled, this does not differ from wild type.

 

Aquilegia vulgaris clematiflora hybs          PRICE 1@ $6.50

Single flowered these are spurless and resemble a species Clematis or Anemone.

 

Aquilegia vulgaris 'Plena Mix' PRICE 1@ $6.50

A very unusual group of hybrids this contains several different double versions some with doubled sepals some with doubled petals some with both.

 

Aquilegia vulgaris ‘woodside gold’ PRICE 1@ $6.50

A mutant out of ‘Woodside Variegated’ with pure gold foliage; flowers are identical.

 

Aquilegia vulgaris ‘woodside variegated’ PRICE 1@ $6.50

A speckled variegate that comes more or less true from seed, typical vulgaris flowers.

 

Aquilegia x cultorum 'Heavenly Blue'            PRICE 1@ $6.50

These look like almost pure caerulea but have been selected for a better habit and greater flower production.

 

ARABIS ANDROSACEA ............ PRICE 1@ $6.50

Enticing tufts of gray hairy leaves, clusters of white flowers on 2" stems; Cicilian Taurus Ingwerson considers it choice enough for alpine house treatment however it is perfectly easy and long lived in the open garden.

 

Arabis blepherophylla 'Red Sensation'         PRICE 1@ $6.50

A richly colored selection of this Western American cushion, plants tend to be short lived but they propagate easily from seed and cuttings and will often self sow.

 

Arabis breweri ...................... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A cute little violet flowered plant with tufts of foliage arising from a woody rootstock, although native to the Pacific Northwest these are seedlings from Mojmir’s garden

 

Arabis bryoides .................... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Mojmir’s collections from Greece near Vermion at 1900m. White hairy cushions that look fantastic if kept dry, flowers are white atop 5-10cm scapes, generally easy but wet sensitive.

 

Arabis caucasica Fl.Pl. .. PRICE 1@ $6.50

Dick rummaged around his garden and came up with a double form that he had grown for years, a classic easy rock plant that I hadn’t seen in a while.

 

ARABIS caucasica variegata PRICE 1@ $6.50

By far the showiest caucasica form that we have ever grown; the foliage is boldly edged in white, never failing to catch a passing eye. It is always in great demand here at the nursery; indeed this is the first year we have had enough excess to list.

 

ARABIS ferdinandi-coburgi 'Old Gold'    PRICE 1@ $6.50

This is the gold variegated version, indestructible as long as you clip out the occasional green reversions, perhaps a bit less commonly seen then the following, despite the fact that we sell tons of it.

 

ARABIS ferdinandi-coburgi variegata PRICE 1@ $6.50

Nice mat, with bold white edged foliage, its a common but indispensable plant that is great for beginners, but is also a permanent fixture in older gardens as well a rock plant that never dies is a bit of a refreshing change.

 

Arabis pumila ......................... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A rare and choice European species filling crevices with pads of almost succulent fleshy leaves and white flowers atop short scapes.

 

ARABIS x KELLERI ................... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A hybrid between ferdinandi-coburgi and bryoides; cushions of felted ash gray leaves topped with heads of white flowers on short stems; this form came from Siskiyou.

 

ARABIS x STURII........................ PRICE 1@ $6.50

Similar to Arabis procurrens but more compact, forming a nice tuft of small leaves topped by large white flowers on three-inch stems, its origins are obscure.

 

Aralia racemosa .................. PRICE 1@ $8.00

A native American woodlander, used for medicinal purposes as well as ornamental it bears umbellets of white flowers in a thrysoid panicle atop 3-7’ stems followed by impressive clusters of black fruit.

 

ARCTOSTAPHYLOS .. SEE SHRUB LISTING

 

Arenaria alfacarensis .. PRICE 1@ $6.50

Mojmir considers this one of the finest species, a rarely available tetraquetra like plant from the Sierra Segura in Spain at 1800 m, very dense hard cushions and stemless white flowers, this is the first offering I have ever seen of this excellent plant.

 

Arenaria balearica ........... PRICE 1@ $6.50

The indestructible rock sheeting species from the Balearic Isles, it is tolerant of sun but best in light shade or a cool site. The tiny bright green leaves forming a green film over porous rock, with myriads of small white flowers dancing on thready inch high stems. Keep anything precious a fair distance from its octopus-like undivorceable embrace.

 

Arenaria griffithii ............ PRICE 1@ $5.50

Ex Pakistan from Piatek’s garden, soft cushions from a somewhat woody base, with white flowers on 8cm stems, griffithii is easy and one of the better Himalayan species.

ARENARIA HOOKERI DESERTORUM Ratko #99-38      PRICE 1@ $6.50

A gem from the west, somewhat intractable in cultivation but very desirable, every bit as choice as Lepidium nanum; hard domes of tiny needle like leaves, stemless white flowers; Ron’s collection from Cedar Mtn. at 7550’ where the pulvinate cushions cling to exposed conglomerate outcrops in an area of Pinyon/Juniper woodland.

 

Arenaria ledbouriana  ssp. pauciflora          PRICE 1@ $6.50

One of the finest dwarf caespitose forms from the stony slopes of Ala Dagh; Mojmir’s 1988 collections with the shortest scapes of any we grow, the white flowers sitting only 5-10cm above the spiny mounds of needle sharp four-angled juniper like foliage.

 

Arenaria montana 'Avalanche' PRICE 1@ $6.50

A selected strain from Germany it is exceptionally floriferous and compact, a veritable avalanche of white (plant with caution to avoid attracting undue numbers of yeti, although they will take care of your deer problem)

 

Arenaria obtusiloba ....... PRICE 1@ $6.50

One of the gems, with exceptionally dense mats of needle like foliage and white flowers atop short stems. These are from a Bradshaw collection at nearly 11,000’ in Wyoming.

 

Arenaria pseudoacantholimon PRICE 1@ $6.50

It really does look like an Acantholimon, spiny domes of glaucous foliage; quite new in cultivation, we got it from the Czechs.

 

Arenaria rigida ..................... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A rarely offered Bulgarian species nice cushions white flowers.

 

Arenaria scariosa ............. PRICE 1@ $6.50

Mojmir collected this rare species on Karakaban Dagh at 1600m back in 98, heads of white flowers rise 10-15cm above the grayish cushions of grassy foliage. Scarious, “thin, dry and shriveled, consisting of more or less translucent tissue”, the name is suggestive of what to expect if grown hard.

 

arenaria TETRAQUETRA GRANATENSIS ‘Ann Leggett Form’          1@ $6.50

Marion Jarvie brought us this clone, which is about as tight as I have seen, approaching green rock status, she didn’t say but I presume Ann grew it from seed.

 

Arenaria 'Blue Cascade' PRICE 1@ $6.50

Rick Lupp’s selection from 7000’ in the Goat Rocks, tight mats of rich blue, topped with white flowers on 4” stems, this is one of the best new Arenarias we have seen.

 

*Arisaema amurensis Drakes form PRICE 1@ $15.00

Widespread from Japan and Korea into China and Russia, 60cm stems topped with 5 leaflets and green flowers that may have purple or white striping selected by Drakes.

 

*ARISAEMA candidissimum medium $24.00

A classic, these are from Mojmir, actually I think they came from his mother’s garden in Czechoslovakia, this is the famous pink striped form that you see in all the books, not necessarily the same as the new wild stuff coming out of China. Candidissimum is the last Arisaema to come up in spring, mark it well it is late not dead.

 

*Arisaema erubescens............ med $19.00

A Sino-Himalayan species related to consanguineum supposedly with less pronounced drip filaments on the leaves, although I am not sure this always hold true, our plants are tall with 9-13 leaflets.

 

*ARISAEMA FARGESII small $19.00 large $49.00

Also from Mojmir these are very interesting, sometimes producing a single leaf of Elephant Ear proportions, others send up three leaflets, much like candidissimum, and some are intermediate with a large central leaflet and two smaller ones at the sides, flowers are brown striped like elephas with a candidissimum spadix. Magnificent, they looked tender as hell to me but Mojmir insists they are hardy for him, and it has been fantastic in Punnett’s garden; I'd still plant em deep and near the house.

 

*ARISAEMA FLAVUM ............ PRICE 1@ $12.00

Himalayan species with deeply divided leaves and a bright yellow spathe and purple spadix, these are easy and more or less hardy, small tubers going on third year (its naturally a small species) but these should flower this year.

 

*Arisaema flavum Hardy Ex Tony PRICE 1@ $15.00

As above but hardier.

 

Arisaema lingunense ... PRICE 1@ $49.00

These are bizzare, waist high hooded flowers with a 6 foot long rats tail that moves, yes if you watch it from day to day it is in different places. I suspect they are tender here but they make a great conservatory plant.

 

*Arisaema odoratum ..... PRICE 1@ $29.00

By any standard this is one of the best with snow-white flowers with a long protruding yellow rats tail and a vanilla lemon fragrance that is unique. it is often confused with saxitile, which we also grow but the two seem distinct at least as we grow them (saxitile is larger bulbed and slower to multiply)

 

*Arisaema sp ex japan Jim Briggs medium $15.00

Seed grown from a plant Jim collected in Japan, its no sikokianum but more than attractive enough to deserve a place in the garden.

 

*Arisaema taiwanense BSWJ 1879 small $15.00

We got these form Heronswood back in 1998, it has survived but been slow to increase and this is the first year we have enough to offer. the unfurling leaves are spectacular, see the photo in the Genus Arisaema, it grows in Cryptomeria forests on Taiwan at altitudes to 2500m and is hardier than I would have guessed.

 

Arisarum vulgare ex france PRICE 1@ $8.00

A strange little aroid from a genus of only three species, best in the alpine house (it needs to be kept warm and dry during its summer dormancy), with hooded brown spathes and a protruding mouse tail. Definitely cool.

 

Arisarum proboscoideum PRICE 1@ $8.00

An odd little Spanish Aroid, commonly known as mouse plant, because the protruding spadix resembles the tail of a mouse; like vulgare it is easy to grow, but needs some protection in the north either heavy mulch or plant near a warm foundation. Both species will fill a pan reasonably quickly and a pot with dozens in bloom is very impressive.

 

Armeria caespitosa (juniperifolia) wild       PRICE 1@ $6.50

Generally represented in cultivation by the single clone which seldom sets viable seed, we now have hundreds of different clones tight ones long needled ones, domed ones, flat ones, in what should be a range of light to deep pink shades, Mojmir collected seed from a population on the stony slopes of Sierra Quadarrama at 2000m in Spain. In the many years I have been gardening, this is the first wild material I have seen.

 

Armeria caespitosa (juniperifolia) alba      PRICE 1@ $6.50

As above but white, this is strangely scarce in gardens.

 

ARMERIA maritima 'RUBRIFOLIA' PRICE 1@ $6.50

This is one of our better new acquisitions for this year. The dark foliage is reddish purple especially in spring flowers are typical maritima.

 

ARMERIA ‘nifty thrifty’ .. PRICE 1@ $6.50

A very attractive new variegated form with long slender leaves, from a distance the plant has an overall lime green cast, however up close the variegation is quite evident.

 

ARMERIA ‘Little Penny’ .... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A new compact clone nearly as tight as caespitosa but with a different look, the leaves are broader with considerable red tingeing in winter.

 

ARMERIA ’Red Faery’ ............ PRICE 1@ $6.50

A compact form with red flowers the leavesare long and soft green in color, quite unlike any other Armeria we grow.

 

Arrhenatherum elatius ssp bulbosum variegatum   1@ $6.50

A cute little variegated grass; the rhizome has its internodes swollen to form a chain of interconnected 1cm bulblets that are quite unusual for a grass.

 

ARTEMISIA glacialis .......... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Silvery cushions even more condensed than genipii, Farrer liked it (although he preferred chewing on genipii, like coca it provides extra energy at high altitude, genipii must have been good, he raved about it); glacialis is great in a dry sand bed.

 

Artemisia schmidiiana 'Silver Mound'   PRICE 1@ $8.00

I have seen fields with a half a million or so lined out in neat rows, on that scale, they are spectacular and for groundcovers especially on dry sandy soil, silver mound is great and obviously immensely popular with landscapers. I understand absinthe is legal once again in France, feel free to plant a few silver mounds in celebration.

 

ARUM

Hey, they're cool (well, actually they are exothermic; the spathes heat up to help attract flies which they trap till the pollen is ripe and then release), and trendy, and very collectable, and besides that most of the flowers smell of dead meat. If you have never grown them, we urge you to try a few. Many of the species produce winter foliage, which looks great in the winter garden a bit further south; here it is usually under the snow however I still admire them as much for their foliage as for their spectacular flowers, not to mention the fantastic clusters of red fruit. A woodland garden without arums is a sad excuse for a woodland garden. What more can I say - you gotta have em all.

 

Arum CONCINNATUM .......... PRICE 1@ $12.00

Rarely offered similar to italicum, green spathe, club shaped spadix, its native to Crete and the Turkish Islands.

 

ARUM CONCINNATUM Arch 195.073 PRICE 1@ $19.00

These are ex a 1960 Furse and Synge collection, a robust form with meter high foliage and huge yellowish spathes, often rimed in light purple, seed from Mike Tuckers plant, which posed for the painting on plate 3 of Boyce’s monograph The Genus Arum.

 

ARUM CRETICUM ...................... PRICE 1@ $8.00

Sensational yellow arum, seldom offered, we have less than a hundred, dig out your books and find a good photo, we await your money.

 

Arum CYRENAICUM............... PRICE 1@ $12.00

Ignore what we said previously, this is a valid name; it is native to the green scrub belt in Cyrenaica, North East Libya.

 

ARUM CYRENAICUM Arch 195.150 PRICE 1@ $19.00

From a Libyan population, large spathes green outside and purplish rose inside with deep purple spadices, best in an alpine house.

 

Arum dioscoridis .............. PRICE 1@ $12.00

Dioscoridis is probably my favorite arum, flower color is variable usually greenish or purplish with darker purple blotches and can be spectacular, see the photo in the AGS encyclopedia and be careful not to drool on it if you were too cheap to buy it and borrowed a friends copy. 

 

ARUM DIOSCORIDIS Arch 195.155 PRICE 1@ $19.00

From an Archibald collection you can look up the details if you wish, I’m not going to bother (everyone will order it anyway).

 

Arum dioscoridis v. dioscoridis AGS PRICE 1@ $12.00

This is the nominate subspecies from the AGS seedex. This and the above are seeded so multiple clones are available; none have flowered yet so I haven't had a chance to skim the best for myself. If you get a particularly outstanding form, be sure to torture me with a photo.

 

ARUM DIOSCORIDIS V. SMITHII PRICE 1@ $19.00

Smithii is by far the showiest dioscoridis we have grown, incredible shaded and spotted spathes, no two are alike and everyone that has flowered has been fantastic.

 

ARUM DIOSCORIDIS V. PHILISTEUM PRICE 1@ $12.00

We got this as Arum dracunculus philisteum, I hate those corrupted names; philisteum is distinguished by its uniform purple spathe.

 

ARUM ITALICUM ALBISPATHUM PRICE 1@ $12.00

Albispaathum was once considered a separate species, but now is lumped into italicum; it is distinct in the garden with its pure white spathe.

 

ARUM ITALICUM ........................ PRICE 1@ $6.50

handsome foliage plant with arrowhead shaped leaves, greenish white spathe, and yellow spadix, with very brilliant red berries in fall. 

 

ARUM ITALICUM MARMORATUM (PICTUM)    PRICE 1@ $8.00

as above; but the foliage is attractively marbled and streaked silvery white, leaves appear in late summer and are still standing in spring when it flowers.

 

Arum italicum 'Pewter Leaf' PRICE 1@ $12.00

Our introduction with leaves heavily overlain with a metalic pattern the foliage is fantastic.

 

Arum MACULATUM ................. PRICE 1@ $8.00

Similar to italicum, but usually a little smaller, and flowering earlier in spring; the leaves emerge in late fall, spadix usually purple.

 

Arum PALESTINUM .............. PRICE 1@ $12.00

Allied to dioscoridis but spathe is uniformly yellow-green without and uniformly rich purple red within with a purplish black spadix. It is Middle Eastern and a bit on the tender side here.

 

Arum PETTERI (orientale) Yugoslavia PRICE 1@ $12.00