Eastern american asarusm see wildflower section

 

Asarum caudatum alba PRICE 1@ $12.00

Langhammer’s albino clone of this evergreen West Coast species with 10cm wide greenish white three armed starfish flowers with waving tentacle tips; this is nearly as spectacular as Asarum minamatianianum in flower.

 

Asarum caulescens ....... PRICE 1@ $12.00

A deciduous species from the montane forests of Japan, it is the Japanese counterpart of Asarum canadense and one of the easier Japanese Asarums.

 

Asarum chinense (caudigerum) PRICE 1@ $19.00

A fuzzy leaved running species that has been distributed under the name chinense, which seems to be conspecific with caudigerum fleshy pink flowers with tails on the tips.

 

Asarum sp Aff magnificum PRICE 1@ $24.00

Perhaps the largest flowered of all the gingers, magnificum is a bit like maximum with huge eyed flowers but with more speckling and texture than maximum, a spectacular plant, it is a cold greenhouse specimen here.

 

Asarum splendens ex wild china PRICE 1@ $15.00

One of the larger flowered Chinese species and one of the easiest, this may or may not be conspecific with Asarum magnificum. The taxonomy is confused with many Chinese imports appearing under a variety of names.  We fear it may be a while before everything is properly sorted out in the meantime enjoy the plants and don’t get too freaked about the names. For what its worth these are the H & H version.

 

Asclepias hallii ................... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A large western milkweed Bradshaw collected at 7800’ in Colorado, umbels of up to 60 flowers typically purplish pink with a creamy corona.

 

Asclepias incarnata ‘Ice Ballet’ PRICE 1@ $6.50

Fascinatingly different new German strain with waxy white umbels, splendid cut; at one time Herb Wagner found a white form of Asclepias tuberosa which would have been interesting in a cross with this, sadly he died before showing me the location.

 

Asclepias tuberosa Gay Butterflies PRICE 1@ $8.00

A wonderful mix, with lots of orange and pure yellow and a few pure dark red flowers; drought tolerant and difficult to transplant once established it is a favorite with monarch butterflies and should be planted in big drifts along with Liatris ligulostylis monarch strain for best effect.

 

Asclepias tuberosa Hello Yellow PRICE 1@ $8.00

A pure yellow selection that comes true from seed, I like it in combination with campanula Stevie Ray.

 

Asperula

A sizeable genus in the Rubiaceae, the name refers to the rough bedstraw like stems, containing some of the finest cushion plants known to man. Long cultivated for the fantastic cushions smothered in long tubed pink flowers. We offer a fair selection and trust me on this you want them all, and with the exception of the furry ones they are rather easy plants in the open garden.

 

Asperula affinis ................. PRICE 1@ $8.00

From sunny dry rock crevices in the caucasus comes this lovely little mat former with terminal whorls of ten or so long tubed pink flowers. I was formerly known as Asperula dolichophylla.

 

Asperula boisieri ............... PRICE 1@ $8.00

Native to alpine regions of southern Greece, boisieri is an incredible thing, mats of bluish-gray-green foliage to 30cm across, clusters of sugar pink flowers, according to the AGS Encyclopedia all attempts at cultivation have been unsuccessful, hey ours aren’t dead… yet.

 

Asperula nitida ssp NITIDA PRICE 1@ $6.50

A first class cushion plant, similar to gussonii from the Bithynian Olympus, where it forms close mats of tangled leaves often obscured by the multitudes of pink flowers.

 

Asperula nitida ssp subcapitellata    PRICE 1@ $6.50

A beautiful alpine species with long tubed rose flowers and dark green mats of foliage, Ota Vlasak collected it from a limestone scree on Ilgar Dag back in 1997.

 

Asperula pontica ............... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Similar to gussonii but more mat forming than domed, very floriferous with good long tubed pink flowers, definitely not a weed.

 

Asperula suavis .................. PRICE 1@ $6.50

Grown from Josef Jurasek’s seed banked material from an old Turkish collection that germinated very well, I don’t have data but suavis is a rare Turkish endemic that grows in the Black Sea costal regions, forget about checking your garden books for this one, its an almost unheard of rarity.

 

Asperula SUBEROSA .......... PRICE 1@ $6.50

The finest Asperula we grow, fuzzy mats and very long-tubed pink flowers, worth any effort to please, they detest wet and overwatering, not for beginners, don't even think of calling after it dies and asking for a replacement.

 

Aster alpinus 'Pinkie' ..... PRICE 1@ $6.50

An exceptionally good form of alpinus with large almost fluorescent pink yellow-eyed daisies in abundance. Plants are compact forming tidy 30cm mounds that stand up well even without a bra.

 

Aster divercatus 'Eastern Star ' PRICE 1@ $6.50

A white flowered woodland aster with attractive dark mahogony stems and a compact habit, profuse yellow centered white starry flowers from late summer to early fall.

 

Aster dumosus (novae-belgii) 'Wood's Purple'     PRICE 1@ $6.50

A lovely compact clone with abundant large purple flowers in late summer. We were very impressed by its neat dwarf habit prolific bloom and excellent rust and mildew resistance.

 

Aster farreri ........................ PRICE 1@ $6.50

Named for the Master a legendary plant no real rock gardener would want to be without. I'm not a big Aster fan but I'll find room for a few of these.

 

Aster lichengensis .......... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Also known as Aster asteroids, which seem a bit redundant, 15cm high with 5cm mauve purple flowersin early summer native from southeastern Tibet to Western China.

 

Aster novae-angliae 'Hella Lacy' PRICE 1@ $8.00

Very free blooming with violet purple flowers in late summer on 40” stems, this one is a classic.

 

Aster patens .......................... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Native to the southeastern us blooming in late summer and autumn with panicles of blue daisies atop 1.5m stems

 

Aster punicus ........................ PRICE 1@ $6.50

A tall Eastern American species with bluish purple flowers it is one of the nicer fall blooming native asters

 

Aster 'Tiny Tot' ..................... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Nova belgii x nova angliae, 'Tiny Tot' is one of the smallest hybrids remaining under 6” tall and covering itself in late summer and fall with masses of bright purplish flowers.

 

Astilbe: garden hybrids & species

We offer the following species & garden hybrids, including some of the finest from Germany; most are of somewhat complex parentage. They form the backbone of many shady summer gardens and look best when planted en-masse.

 

Astilbe X ardensii 'Bridal Veil' PRICE 1@ $12.00

Still considered one of the very best white varieties, it is our most popular white cultivar.

 

Astilbe X ardensii 'Maggie Daley' PRICE 1@ $12.00

28” tall, mid summer flowering with dense rosy purple spikes of flowers.

 

Astilbe X ardensii 'Red Sentinel' PRICE 1@ $12.00

A classic that has stood the test of time, ‘Red Sentinel' stands out as one of the best reds.

 

Astilbe X ardensii 'Snowdrift' PRICE 1@ $15.00

A Blooms of Bressingham hybrid, with clear white flowers on 22" stems.

 

Astilbe X ardensii 'Straussenfeder'     PRICE 1@ $12.00

Huge open arching plumes of coral rose it is also known as ostrich plume and is quite unlike any other Astilbe, it is outstanding either as an isolated specimen or planted in drifts.

 

Astilbe chinensis davidii PRICE 1@ $12.00

The antithesis of pumila these can send their spires to 6', imposing indeed.

 

Astilbe CHINENSIS PUMILA PRICE 1@ $8.00

an older cultivar but still one of the best dwarfs, forming a dense ground cover with short spikes of pink flowers tolerates summer drought and sun quite well.

 

Astilbe chinensis 'Vision' PRICE 1@ $12.00

15” tall, fragrant raspberry-red spikes of flowers above bronze-green leaves.

 

Astilbe myriantha .......... PRICE 1@ $12.00

A white flowered eastern American species, attractive enough in a native woodland setting it should interest the “native only” crowd.

 

Astilbe simplicifolia 'Hennie Graafland'      PRICE 1@ $15.00

Delicate pink flowers, its habit is more erect and it's a better grower than 'Sprite'.

 

Astilbe SIMPLICIFOLIA ‘INSHRIACH PINK’ PRICE 1@ $8.00

a nice dwarf species, everyone is offering 'sprite', we tried to show a little more imagination and bring you the exquisite Inshriach form. Every bit as nice as 'sprite' and not nearly so commonplace, both take a while to establish well.

 

Astilbe simplicifolia 'Jacqueline' PRICE 1@ $8.00

Tall for a simplicifolia, sending airy pink plumes to 28” above the deep green foliage.

 

Astilbe thunbergii 'Morheims Glory'   PRICE 1@ $12.00

A late flowering hybrid with light pink arching plumes that wave 80" in the air.

 

Astilboides tabularis . PRICE 1@ $15.00

If you prefer Rodgersia tabularis, by any name this is a spectacular plant, with huge tropical looking leaves topped by white Astilbe like plumes of flowers. Video from the garden channel of Dan Crows spectacular garden shows it grown to perfection and has generated many inquiries here at the nursery, to see it is to want it, unfortunately it was mis-identified as a Petasites—Oops.

 

astrantia major ‘RAINBOW’ PRICE 1@ $6.50

Contains the widest color range, graceful border plants, seldom offered because seed is hard to germinate; 70cm tall, as are most of the others.

 

Astrantia major ‘Rosensymphone’ PRICE 1@ $8.00

Much like rainbow but tends to more purple shades; one of the best strains.

 

Aubrieta 'variegata'......... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A nice variegated Aubretia with good clean variegation, I like it a lot and generally, I am not impressed with Aubretia.

 

Aubrieta canescens ssp. canescens    PRICE 1@ $6.50

Ota Vlasic collections from the limestones of Kipe Dagh, mats of silvery rosettes and violet flowers on 5-15cm stems.

 

Aubrieta pinardii  65 ........ PRICE 1@ $6.50

Piatek collected this gem from limestone screes on Ala Dag at 2200m; small mats of grey green pubescent leaves and purple flowers on 5-7cm scapes.

 

Aurinia rupestris ssp. cyclocarpa PRICE 1@ $5.50

Mojmir collected this neat little white flowered crucifer from alpine meadows on Bolker Dag at 2500m where it forms dense cushions of linear silvery leaves; scapes rise 5-15cm above the foliage and bear several white Alyssum like flowers.