DAPHNE
Once again we have an
extensive list of Daphne to offer, there are a few first time offerings this
season and we have a number of exciting new plants that we plan to add to the catalog
once we build up sufficient numbers We treat plants
and frames with a biological fungicide called Rootshield
that uses a protective mycorhizza. It seemed to work
very well, one batch of Silveredge rooted in about
1/10th the normal time and we suspect this may have played a role.
Probably our favorite genus of flowering shrubs, Punnett’s
too; you simply never can have too many Daphne. Always expensive because they
are not always easy to propagate and tend to grow on poorly in pots, they only
come into their own when dropped in the ground where they quickly form
beautiful plants. Potted ones always seem to have a scraggly look. Many have
phenomenal fragrance and are perfect for smaller gardens. Resist the temptation
to purchase large plants as they resent disturbance and do not transplant well
when they get large. There are many recipes for success but a sandy
well-drained soil in full sun seems best. They dislike it too wet, ours grow
well in pH 7-8 and Punnett grows them to perfection
in the acid sand his Rhodo's thrive in. There has
been an ongoing discussion on the net, which we have followed with some
amusement, since they seem not cognizant as to why they die; here it is in a
nutshell. They are very sensitive to Phytophthora cinnamonea and related fungi, control it and you will have
no problems. Phytophthora likes high organic fertile
soils and wet conditions, and grows better at certain pH levels and
temperatures (Dirr’s advice to provide moist soils
and mulch is the kiss of death, Daphne’s like it dry.) Subdue is the primary
fungicidal control but is no substitute for good culture. If you are a Daphne Phreak please join Daphne Society, you get an interesting
video and a chance to meet others as crazy as yourself. Contact Daphne society,
John Bieber,
Daphne cneorum f.
verlotii x arbuscula S.
P. -1@ $19.00
We have a pair here that we are unsure of, clones
obtained as the reverse of each other at least on the label. Plants are similar
and very nice, as you would expect from the parentage. We see minor differences
between them but it is possible these are cultural in any event we have kept
them separate.
Daphne blagyana ................ S. P. -1@ $15.00
Native to Croatia and Transylvania, blagyana is a noble creeping evergreen species, sending
long woody shoots here and there, bearing large well-furnished terminal
clusters of creamy deliciously sweet scented flowers. Farrer’s
cultural advice is interesting and the results sound spectacular. ”Each
passer-by to be popular in the garden, should cast a limestone boulder (or any
other sort of boulder) upon the Daphne, until its pile becomes a sort of Absalom’s grave, perpetually getting higher and wider, and
the Daphne therewith, until in the end you have a cairn of stones as at Glasnevin, half a dozen yards across, filled everywhere
with the flowerheads of Daphne blagyana”
Daphne calcicola ............... S. P. -1@ $15.00
A legendary yellow
flowered plant from China see plate 142 in the ags Encyclopedia, our clone is upright and may actually be
Daphne aurantica; however the names work out it is a
legendary Daphne native to Yunan and on the tender
side here, plan on it as an alpine house plant in the north. I would say more
but quantities are limited and far too many lust after it already.
Daphne caucasica variegated Transatlantica?
S. P. -1@ $15.00
This is similar to Summer Ice and Beulah Cross and we
are a bit uncertain as to wheather it is a caucasica or a x transatlantica.
Whatever the taxonomy it is a good variegated plant that tends to rebloom.
Daphne circassica #1 best
S. P. -1@ $19.00
Endemic to the western Caucasus in the region of Mt
Fist and Mt. Osten at altitudes from 1800 to 3200m,
this cool little Daphne is still very rare in cultivation; it was first
introduced by Halda in 1998. Circassica
is closely related to sericea and collina
and has been fully hardy here. The compact clone we offer is the best of the
seedling forms we have seen and will probably eventually be named; I am toying
with ‘Fist of God’ after the mountain on Niven’s Ringworld.
Daphne cneorum 'Benaco' S. P. -1@ $19.00
Peter Erskin’s collection
from northern italy it is a
fairly vigorous plant and very free blooming producing axillary
as well as terminal flowers. I am not a huge fan of cneorum but peters selection is excellent. Peter
visited us a few years back not only was he utterly charming he recognized most
everything on the nursery without reading labels which is no small feat and
hardly what one would expect from a captain in the Royal Navy.
Daphne cneorum variegata S. P. -1@ $15.00
A lovely thing, Carol Mackie in miniature, with neat
gold emargined foliage and fragrant heads of pink
flowers in abundance, cneorum is definitely Phytophthora sensitive so use care in watering.
Daphne jasminea '
Native to Greece and Libya
on limestone cliffs from sea level to 1000m the AGS Encyclopedia call it unreliably hardy and recommends alpine house
treatment in deep containers. Fortunately we never read that and stuck plants
outside, they winter fine in the open garden, but can be displayed to best
advantage in a trough. Foliage is fine with a glaucous
blue cast, terminating in heads of long purple tubes, which open to starry
white flowers. This is a true gem that Farrer lusted
after and ranked with petraea.
Daphne oleoides ................. S. P. -1@ $15.00
Synomous with D. buxifolia oleoides ranges widely from S.E Spain through Asia Minor to
Afghanistan and the Himalayas, it can reach over two feet in the wild but is
generally half that in cultivation, flowers are creamy white and fragrant
followed by red fruits.
Daphne sericea Compact Form S. P. -1@ $15.00
Closely related to collina, (Halda lumped collina into sericea but I doubt
if anyone will take it seriously I agree with robin that the two are distinct
and the Turkish forms are quite different from the Cretan ones) the heads of
sweetly scented lilac flowers, are produced in spring and it generally reblooms later in the summer, in the garden it will make
neat rounded mounds 2-3’ in height.
Daphne striata dwarf .. S.
P..- 1@
$19.00
A dwarf
form of the cneorum like species that can rival petraea, the ags
encyclopedia considers it a difficult plant however it has presented few real
problems for us.
Daphne x Burkwoodii ....... S. P. -1@ $12.00
These are from a green
reversion of silver edge the grex is cneorum x caucasica, fragrant reblooming exceptionally hardy the burkwood
crosses are amoungst the
best garden daphne.
Daphne x Burkwoodii 'G.K. Argules'
S. P. -1@ $19.00
Introduced by a
Daphne x Burkwoodii 'Gold Dust'
S. P. -1@ $19.00
A chance mutation of ‘Silveredge’ that showed up in Punnett’s
garden the leaf is internally misted with gold flecking, not all that
impressive when viewed up close but form a distance it really stands out ‘Carol
Mackie’ and ‘Silveredge’ pale in its presence. Habit
is compact growing at about 2/3 the rate of ‘Silveredge’
it almost looks sheared. As with all variegated plants reversions are possible
however, it has been incredibly stable to date, by far the best burkwoodii we grow.
Daphne x Burkwoodii 'Green on Green' S. P. -1@ $19.00
A point mutation i found on a burkwoodii
cutting here at Arrowhead, imagine ‘Briggs Moonlight’ but in shades of green,
this is the Hosta ‘Guacamole’ of the Daphne world
actually I hate Hosta ‘Guacamole’ but the Daphne is
rather nice, the effect is subtle but hey I can be subtle occasionally.
DAPHNE x burkwoodii ‘silveredge’ S. P. -1@ $12.00
If not the best known (Punnett
scrounged this from somewhere in Canada although it apparently originated with Grootendorst in Holland in the 1950’s) certainly the best
performing of the variegated Burkwoodii clones, in
fact its no contest. This is much more upright and taller in the garden, does
not flop over and crack under snow load, cuttings root easier and it re-blooms
even better than Carol Mackie with less of the tendency to die without warning
that Carol Mackie is so famous for. We grow them side-by-side in the garden and
the verdict is overwhelming.
Daphne x Eschmannii ‘Jacob Eschmann’ S. P. -1@ $19.00
An interesting hybrid blagayana x cneorum first raised
by Eschmann in 1958, foliage takes after blagayana but with pinkish purple flowers. A cool plant and
one you are not likely to find at your local garden center.
Daphne x hendersonii (Brickel 11660) S.
P. -1@ $19.00
The grex
is Daphne petraea x Daphne cneorum,
plants occur naturally in the wild in the region around Lake Garda. The original plant being discovered in the wild by
Daphne x hendersonii 'Earnst Hauser'
S. P. -1@ $19.00
A selected form of the
above found in the Val di Bondo
near Lake Garda by Harry Jans
in 1991, buds are deep purplish red opening shell pink and later fading to near
white.
Daphne x hendersonii 'Kath Dryden' S. P. -1@ $19.00
Robin’s 1997 cross of D. cneorum
Velky Kosir and an early
flowering petraea clone collected by Peter Erskin. He named the deepest colored seedling in honor of
Kath who is a horticultural legend.
Daphne x hendersonii 'Rosebud'
S. P. -1@ $19.00
Margaret and Henry Taylor’s 1991 introduction, Rosebud
is bright reddish purple in bud opening to pale pink and fading to near white.
Robin says it is finiky on it’s
own roots but it has been a good grower for us, doing far better on it’s own
roots than the graft we originally got from him.
Daphne x kazbali (rollsdorfii) '
A 1979 Fritz Kummert cross of petrea x collina, rather similar to 'Wilhelm Schacht' with deep
reddish purple strongly fragrant flowers, this is the original cross that
defines the grex.
Daphne x Kazbali (rollsdorfii) 'Wilhelm Schacht'
S. P. -1@ $19.00
The grex
is collina x petraea with collina as the seed parent, according to Halda Kazbali has precedence over
Rollsdorfii. 'Wilhelm Schacht' was raised by Fritz Kummert in 1979; it is very free flowering with fragrant pinkish
purple flowers, an exciting small Daphne, surprisingly easy despite the petraea parentage.
Daphne x mantensiana 'Audrey Vochins' S.
P. -1@ $19.00
A gold edged sport of Manten, found in the Berkshire garden of Audry Vochins in the late 1990’s,
it is vigorous and a good rebloomer, we are excited
to offer it for the first time this season, as usual for new introductions
(Kath Dryden, Rosebud, Meon, 'Benaco'
etc) supplies are limited plants are small and prices are high.
Daphne x mantensiana 'Manten' S. P. -1@ $19.00
The result of a 1941 cross
by Jack Manten of Daphne x burkwoodii
‘Somerset’ and Daphne retusa, it is an evergreen
plant with clusters of fragrant pink flowers reblooming
three times throughout the season, indeed it is virtually everblooming
here.
Daphne x medfordensis ‘
One of the best small Daphne hybrids, Medfordensis (Susannae) ‘Lawrence
Crocker’ is a vigorous cross between arbuscula and collina and taking after the former, from the garden of the
legendary plantsman and Siskiyou nursery founder of
the same name.
Daphne x napolitana 'Meon' S. P. -1@ $19.00
A 1988 Robin white cross between cneorum
‘Eximia’ and collina this
will eventually form a dome nearly a meter wide and 40cm high with abundant
rose pink intensly fragrant flowers, it reblooms and has been an excellent grower, these came
directly from robin and we highly recommend it.
Daphne x rossetii ............... S. P. -1@ $15.00
A naturally occurring
hybrid between Daphne laureola philippii
and d. cneorum
found in the wild in the Pyrenees by M. Rosset of Correvon Nursery in 1927, and later re-collected and
described by Halda. An interesting plant with a
reputation for being shy flowering; flowers are green tinged pink and honey
scented, moreover the foliage is excellent even when out of flower.
Daphne x thauma ‘Reginald Farrer’
S. P. -1@ $19.00
A naturally occurring
hybrid between D. Petraea and D. striata
found in the Cima Tombea in
Italy and originally introduced by Farrer almost a
century ago. It is beautiful but finicky, often refusing to flower well. Robin
White reports it occasionally dropping all of its leaves without warning in
late summer although it usually recovers from this, flowers are a soft light
pink with deeper tubes in clusters of 5-8; when grown well in a trough it is
incredible.
Daphne x transatlantica 'Jim's Pride'
S. P. -1@ $19.00
According to Brickell and
White 'Jim's Pride' belongs with this grex which is caucasica x sericea, however I
have seen it listed as straight caucasica and Robin
White considers it caucasica x collina
, I suspect robin is correct.. A great plant very free
blooming and exceptionally fragrant, but like caucasica
quite Phytophthora prone.
Daphne x transatlantica 'Summer Ice'
S. P. -1@ $19.00
A variegated version of Jim’s Pride fantastic looking
exceptionally free flowering it is confused in the nursery trade with other
variegated caucasica forms, daphnes
in general seem very prone to throwing variegated shoots.
Daphne x whiteorum 'Beauworth' S. P. -1@ $19.00
Jasminea x petraea grandiflora, foliage is darker green than kilmeston with sweetly scented pink flowers a bit larger
than ‘kilmeston’, Robin white has introduced some
fantastic plants and this is one of his finest efforts.
Daphne x whiteorum ‘kilmeston’
S. P. -1@ $19.00
Robin White’s fantastic
hybrid between D. Petraea grandiflora
and D. jasminea (serious Daphne fanatics need read no
further) with purple flushed foliage that resembles jasminea
and deep pink flowers that are produced over a very long period. Despite its
elite parentage it has proven an easy and vigorous plant both in troughs and in
the open garden where it has wintered with no problem.
Deinanthe bifida pink ex
Kudos to Hinkley for making
this available, it is vigorous and extremely free flowering, far exceeding any
blue flowered form that I have ever grown. Essentially a hydrangea that dies
down to a woody crown each fall; this shade-loving gem deserves much broader
garden exposure.
DEUTZIA gracilis ............... BAP.- 1@ $24.00
Multitudes of white flowers on compact plants, Dicks
are only 2', but literature says a bit more.
Deutzia gracilis 'CHARDONNAY Pearls'
S. P. -1@ $19.00
Myriads of pure white pearly buds explode into
fragrant stars above mounds of lime green foliage eye catching and unlike any
other deutzia we have seen.
Deutzia x 'Kalmiiflora' ...... G.- 1@ $19.00
Introduced by Lemoine back in 1901, this cross between D. purpurescens and D. parvaflora it
still ranks among the very best with a graceful arching habit and a fantastic
floral display, the flowers are deep pink on the outside and light pink on the
inside
DEUTZIA scabra ‘summer snow’ BAP.- 1@ $24.00
White irregular variegation sometimes with a tricolor
effect only on new growth, it becomes all green by summer, attractive white
flowers. Punnett got it from Wayside years ago.
Deutzia scabra ‘variegata’ BAP.- 1@ $24.00
Punnett likes this better than summer snow because the
variegation doesn't fade, which is true but the thing still looks spider mite
infested to me, to each his own.
DEUTZIA
SETCHUENSIS V. CORYMBIFLORA G.- 1@ $19.00
Definitely different, with rather small gray-green
leaves, this summer flowering shrub produces multitudes of rather small star
like flowers in large corymbs, from a distance its reminiscent of baby’s
breath. This long blooming plant was distributed in cultivation by the late
J.C. Raulston.
Deutzia x hybrida 'Magicien'
BAP.- 1@ $24.00
A 1925 Lemoine hybrid with
breathtaking pink and white striped flowers, it still ranks among the best
pinks, a true classic this belongs in every garden.
Deutzia x hybrida 'Pearl Rose'
BAP.- 1@ $24.00
Clusters of pinkish purple buds open to reveal white
flowers streaked and tipped with pink; the strongest color we have seen in a
Deutzia.
Dichroa febrifolia BSWJ 2367 G.- 1@ $24.00
A rare Hydrangea relative
with large glossy evergreen foliage and terminal clusters of blue lacecap flowers followed by spectacular iridescent indigo
blue fruits this clone is from a high altitude Sikkim
collection by Bleddyn and Sue Wynn-Jones.
Diervilla lonicera ........... S.P.- 1@ $15.00
A bush honeysuckle from the Eastern U.S. with
yellowish flowers. Diervilla is an odd genus that
used to include many of the weigela species and will
cross with them.
Diervilla sessilifolia 'Butterfly' S.P.- 1@
$15.00
A selection by the great Dutch plantsmen
Pieter Zwinenburg, (one of only a handful of people
who can walk around the production houses at Arrowhead and recognize virtually
everything without reading the labels) rich yellow flowers held in upright
clusters above neat well branched foliage that does not flop. This is a great
shrub for dry shady locations.
Diospyros virginiana ..... BAP.- 1@ $24.00
Our native persimmon is an interesting tree far too
seldom seen in the north, it is a member of the Ebenacae,
(the ebony of commerce is Diospyros ebenum) and as one might expect the wood is very heavy and
close grained. Fruits are edible and generally best after the first frost, it
prefers moist well drained sandy soils but is adaptable to quite a wide range
of conditions, Dirr considers it hardy to zone 4 but
this may be a bit generous
Dipelta aff. floribunda DJHC 789
G.- 1@ $24.00
From Hinkley’s
Emei Shan collection in
Dipelta floribunda ............. S. P. -1@ $8.00
A second offering from Heronswood but minus the aff.
fragrant pink Weigela-like flowers flushed with a bit
of yellow going down the throat and followed by clusters of winged fruit, it’s
shrubby to 4.5m from Central China.
Dipelta sp.
DJHC 98399 ..... S. P. -1@
$8.00
From Hinkley’s
1996 Emei Shan collection in
Disanthus cercidifolius SP.- 1@ $12.00
A monotypic Witch Hazel
relative from Japan and China, with curious spidery reddish purple flowers and
redbud mimicking leaves that are noted for their beautiful fall color. This is
a beautiful addition to a woodland garden.
Discaria serratifolia HCM980 98 G.- 1@ $19.00
Dan’s collection from the base
of a volcano at 3740’ associated with Nothofagus and
climax Aurucaria forest; an evergreen member of the Rhamnaceae with narrow glossy foliage and paired spines at
the nodes with fragrant white flowers on 4’ plants, although the species can
reach 5 meters.
Elaeagnus 'Quicksilver' S. P. -1@ $15.00
Metallic solid silver leaves, ‘Quicksilver’ lives up
to its name, if the knockout foliage were not enough it produces intensely
fragrant creamy white flowers. Hinkley calls this
zone 4 from which I infer that it is not an Elaeagnus
pungens cultivar. Roy Lancaster suggests that it may
be a hybrid between Elaeagnus angustifolius
and Elaeagnus commutata.
Elsholtzia stauntonii
.. bap.
-1@ $24.00
A 3’-5’ shrubby mint from
Enkianthus cernuus var. rubens
S. P. -1@ $12.00
The beautiful red flowered form, nodding bell shaped
red flowers 10-12 in pendant racemes borne in may
on plants that are not as rangy as the species.
Enkianthus perulatus .. S. P. -1@ $15.00
Dodan-Tsutsuji, (after this I’ll stop with the common names) An
upright ericaceous shrub from Japan with pendulous terminal umbels of white urceolate flowers bearing 5 sack like swellings at their
base perched atop 4-6’ plants; the leaves tend to be clustered at the branch
tips and display excellent fall color, bright reds and yellows predominate.
Erica x darliensis 'Arthur Johnson'
... S. P. -1@ $15.00
A large plant up to 2’ in height with 8” long spikes
of lilac pink flowers from December to April it is believed to be a hybrid
between E. erigena ‘Glauca’ and E. carnea ‘Ruby
Glow’.
Erica x darliensis 'George Rendall'
S. P. -1@ $15.00
A cross between E. carnea
and E erigena, it is quite
lime tolerant and blooms for an incredibly long period in winter and spring
sending up tall pink drumsticks, compact foliage is red tipped in winter,
pinkish yellow tipped in summer.
Erica x darliensis 'Ghost Hills'
S. P. -1@ $15.00
Thought to be a sport of Erica x darliensis
‘Darley Dale’, it blooms early sometimes starting in
September and continuing through April.
Erica erigena 'Golden Lady'
S. P. -1@ $15.00
Fairly dwarf as erigena
cultivars go ‘Golden Lady’ is only 10-20”('W.T
Ratcliff' can reach 60”), it is a sport of 'W.T Ratcliff' with golden foliage.
Erica erigena 'W.T Ratcliff'
S. P. -1@ $15.00
Large pure white flowers, a great improvement over alba,
it is generally under 24” in the garden but well grown specimens can reach 60”,
an unlikely event here in Michigan.
Escollonia Pink Princess G.- 1@ $19.00
A rather dwarf selection with pink flowers, it’s a
broad leafed evergreen from the
Eucryphia
glutinosa ....... S. P.
-1@ $19.00
Probably the hardiest of
these elegant white flowered Chilean shrubs, marginal here, it can reach 15’
with age.
EUONYMUS 'WOLONG
GHOST' DJHC
691 S. P. -1@
$12.00
Hinkley collected this in Panda country; its unique for a
Euonymus with narrow dark green foliage veined a ghostly white, this has the
potential to be one of his most commercially successful introductions, with
great mass market potential, for now it still has snob appeal.
Euonymus EUROPAEUS 'Red Ace'
bap.- 1@ $24.00
A select form of Spindle
Tree with heavy crops of pinkish red fruits and a good orange-red fall color,
all things considered it is rather attractive.
Euonymus fortunei 'Harlequin'
G.- 1@ $19.00
If you like your variegation white and splashy you’ll
love 'Harlequin', its a bold looking but somewhat
unstable clone that has been heavily featured in the national press the last
few years.
Euonymus fortunei 'Blondy'
G.- 1@ $19.00
Normally I couldn’t get very excited about a Euonymus fortunei cultivar, however Blondy
is something special, discovered in the Netherlands as a sport of Sunspot, Blondy features brilliant yellow foliage neatly edged in
dark green. Great year round color, its destined to
become way over planted but at least initially it’ll knock your socks off.
Euonymus japonicus 'Chollipo' S. P. -1@ $12.00
This will get big 12’ tall
with a 6’ spread, deep green leaves with a creamy margin and a vairly dense growth habit.
Euonymus japonicus 'Green Spire' SP.- 1@ $19.00
A narrow columnar form developed at the National
Arboretum a six foot tall plant will be only 6-8" wide, eventually it will
become a 9' green pole; planted close these would make a wonderful hedge or
screen.
Euonymus
japonica 'Rykujo Strongly Variegated' S. P. -1@ $12.00
Our selection with crinkled congested leaves nicely
edged in white, we finally have enough to offer despite almost losing two of
our largest plants to a customer who raided a closed stock house (you have to
duck to get by the keep out sign). This looks spectacular in a trough, for all
of you asked nicely but were turned down; here is your chance at last.
EUONYMUS japonicus 'VARIEGATA NANA' S. P. -1@ $12.00
A dwarf variegated selection we got from H&H, it
was tagged Euonymus f. variegata nana in John’s
hieroglyphics but it appears to be a japonica, nice white edges not as
congested as the variegated ‘Rykujo’, but very dwarf.
Euonymus obovatus ............. G. -1@ $24.00
Running strawberry, native
in Punnett’s woods, Dick’s form is more compact than
the rangy one that grows here.
Euonymus sachalensis
. bap.
-1@ $24.00
Some authors lump this
Euptelea polyandra DJH 422 S. P. -1@ $12.00
A small genus of only three species and belonging to a
monotypic family (Eupteleacae), it’s not surprising
that Dan went to the trouble to bring it back from Japan. Curious rounded
strongly toothed leaves turn red and yellow in autumn, purplish Witch
Hazel-like flowers (lacking petals and sepals) along the stems in early spring.
This is an ancient plant regarded as transitional between the gymnosperms and
angiosperms.
Evodia daniellii ................... bap.
-1@ $49.00
Very interesting lovely small tree good for small landscapes and too seldom
seen, excellent summer foliage, flowers white in broad flat umbels very showy,
clusters of black fruit in autumn, fast growing, 25-30' under landscape
conditions.
Exochorda x macrantha 'The Bride'
G. -1@ $29.00
Clonal material, you see a lot of seed grown stuff offered
under the name as cuttings are somewhat difficult to root and seed germinates
easily. This is the true Lemoine plant named from the
1902 cross of E. korolkowii x E. racemosa,
plants are compact, 4-6’ (both parents can reach 20’) with extremely large pure
white flowers in dense racemes. The true plant is still rarely encountered in
gardens, despite being easy to grow and extremely showy.
Fabiana imbricata ‘violacaea’
S. P. -1@ $15.00
A strange little Andean solanaceous plant that masquerades as a Heather, stumping
all but the best botanists, ‘Violacaea’ is also known
a ‘Combers Variety’, supposedly from Combers collections in Southern Chile many
years ago and hardier than the species. Upright branches of scaly silvery gray
foliage and tubular lavender flowers, the species can reach 2 m in habitat but
‘Violacaea’ seems to be considerably shorter.
fagus sylvatica f purpurea
G.- 1@ $29.00
Purple leaf seedlings
these show some variation but I cannot imagine any of them turning out ugly and
you can never have too many Beech; I’m guessing Brigitta
will steal most of them for the landscape.
Fallugia paradoxa ............ S. P. -1@ $15.00
Known as Apache Plume, this underused monotypic (not
to be confused with monocarpic) Western American
rosaceous shrub features inch wide white flowers from June until August
followed by attractive clematis like feathery seed heads and an attractive
exfoliating bark in winter, a great plant and besides we just love this
one-of-a-kind stuff.
Forsythia 'Ford Freeway' 2G.- 1@ $19.00
A streaky variegated form
discovered by a customer of ours Al Wojcik along the
Ford Freeway in
Forsythia intermedia ‘
From a 1941 cross-made at
the Arnold Arb between Forsythia x intermedia and Forsythia japonica v saxitilis
this is a great cover for banks but does not flower well when young.
Forsythia intermedia 'Goldleaf'
S. P. -1@ $15.00
Gold all season long not just a couple weeks in
spring, the color stands out and the plants lack the sickly sprayed with
herbicide look some yellow plants posses.
Forsythia intermedia 'Gold Tide'
bap.- $24.00
A mutation of Spring Glory
with attractive feathery textured foliage and a dwarf spreading habit this
French import has great potential as a shrubby groundcover for mass plantings
Forsythia intermedia 'minigold Fiesta'
S. P. -1@ $15.00
From Duncan and Davies in New Zealand this flashy
variegated variety ranks among the best, heavily photographed with lots of hype
if you don’t already grow it or know it finding a picture shouldn’t pose much
of a problem.
Forsythia intermedia ‘tremonia’ S. P. -1@ $15.00
A cut leaf clone, we have
had this in the garden for years and I confess somewhat ignored it, however
Jenkins saw it and had to have it, go figure, in any event we rooted a batch
and once again have it for sale.
Forsythia vir. koreana 'Kumson' S. P. -1@ $15.00
A unique plant, the deep
green leaves are netted with white veins, flowers are the typical yellow borne
on arching stems. The Spring Meadow guys brought this back from
Forsythia viridissima koreana 'Suwan Gold'
S. P. -1@ $15.00
Another great plant that Dale Deppe
brought back from
Fothergilla gardnieri 'Blue Mist'
S. P. -1@ $12.00
A Morris arboretum
introduction with good glaucous blue foliage and
typical white bottle brush flowers we have seen this high grafted probably on Parrotia and the result was definitely different.
Fothergilla gardnieri ‘Mt. Airy’ SP.- 1@ $15.00
A Dirr
selection from the Mt Airy Arboretum and arguably the finest of all Fothergilla cultivars, possibly a hybrid between gardnieri and major, with good blue green foliage,
consistent kaleidoscopic purple red orange yellow fall color and honey scented
white bottlebrush flowers up to 2” long produced for a month or so in spring,
even after –25°F winters. While it will tolerate anything from full
sun to rather deep shade its fall color and floral display is at it best in
moist acid soil in full sun.
Genista dalmaticus ............ S. P. -1@ $8.00
A small spiny subshrub, now lumped by some into sylvestris
these are distinct from the plants we grow as sylvestris
pungens.
Genista
A nice low, compact, golden yellow broom, interesting
foliage even in winter, a selection from Punnett’s
garden; if Dick picked it to propagate, you know its nice.
Genista pilosa '
An excellent compact
growing clone seldom exceeding a foot in height (the species can reach 4’) but
with much wider spread with yellow flowers in great abundance, this is a great
landscape plant for dry sandy sites.
Genista radiata
................... S. P. -1@
$19.00
Known as Jet Broom it is
native to France and southeastern Europe, plants are thornless
with much dissected foliage and bear heads of bright yellow pea flowers at the
branch tips in spring, like most of the brooms it thrives in hot sunny sites
with poor dry soil.
Grewia biloba DJH226 ......... S.
P. -1@ $19.00
Dan’s collections of this
curious member of the Tiliacae from the mainland of
Korea along the western coast, umbels of creamy yellow flowers followed by
curious orange bi-lobed fruits. Grewia is a largely
tropical genus but biloba has proven hardy here, although
it suffered considerably from having Jacques Thompson walk on it, 3’ of snow is
no protection from his considerable mass.
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