Haberlea rhodopensis PRICE 1@ $12.00

Now considered monotypic (Haberlea ferdandi-coburgi has been lumped into it) this elegant gesnariad features Ramonda like rosettes of stiff dusky flannel, which emit sprays of yellow-throated Streptopus-like lilac lavender flowers. It is native to the mountains of Bulgaria and adjacent Greece and will survive for years on a chunk of tufa, shriveling to a crunch in drought and magically coming back to life when watered.

 

Hakonechloa macra ‘albo-striata’ Price   $12.00

The white variegated version of the well-known Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’.

 

Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold' Price   $12.00

A solid gold version, even slower growing than the variegated forms.

 

Hakonechloa macra ‘aureola’ Price   $12.00

Shade tolerant, and there aren't very many good grasses for shade, a slow growing, and elegant species with bamboo like variegated foliage, despite diligent searching for nipples the origins of the ‘Aureola’ name remain obscure.

 

Haplopapus glutinosus select PRICE 1@ $8.00

I’m not a huge fan of Haplopapus however, glutinosus is generally considered the best of the 160 or so species and this selection John at h&H made from Watson’s wild collections was nice enough to bring home and propagate.

 

hebe ...................... (see shrub section)

 

Hedychium sp. PJ 218 yunan 7300' Price   $15.00

A cool ginger from a relatively high altitude collection in Yunan, this is potentially one of the Hardiest gingers in cultivation. We would love to hear some feedback as to where it proves hardy. 

 

Helenium autumnale Helena Gold Tone        PRICE 1@ $6.50

Pure gold strain, free blooming, this flowers first year and the entire plant can be cut to form an instant bouquet. It blooms in late summer when the garden looks a little bare.

 

Helenium autumnale Helena Rot Tone           PRICE 1@ $6.50

A good red version.

 

Helianthemum 'Burgundy DAZZLER’ PRICE 1@ $6.50

Burgundy red flowers, ground covering glossy foliage.

 

Helianthemum 'Fire Dragon' PRICE 1@ $6.50

A good bright orange-scarlet with gray leaves from Punnett's garden, supplies limited, it's an outstanding plant.

 

Helianthemum 'Peach' ..... PRICE 1@ $6.50

I believe this may have originated at H&H unless John scrounged it elsewhere, whatever the case it has nice peach flowers.

 

Helianthus x laetiflorus PRICE 1@ $6.50

Showy sunflower, a naturally occurring cross between H. rigidus and H. tuberosus, open clusters of 12cm flowers atop 2m stems, nice for late season color.

 

Helianthus mollis ............. PRICE 1@ $6.50

A distinctive species with softly gray pubescent leaves and usually solitary yellow flowers atop 3’ stems, it is extremely drought tolerant and quite attractive to birds and humans.

 

Helianthus hybrid flora PLENA PRICE 1@ $6.50

a truly outstanding perennial sunflower that we obtained a number of years ago from White Flower Farm, it was worth every penny I paid for it and then some. Tons of dahlia like flowers on bushy plants in late summer and fall; by far the best of the yellow daisies, this is a must have plant.

 

Helichrysum plicatum ssp. plicatum   PRICE 1@ $6.50

A neat little everlasting that Piatek picked up on Boz Dag at 1800m; tufted mounds of lanate–tomentose foliage and 15cm scapes topped with bright yellow flowers suitable for dried arrangements.

 

Heliopsis helianthoides 'Sumer Nights'        PRICE 1@ $6.50

An outstanding variety from North Creek Nurseries, with red stems and reddish purple foliage in spring, flowers are golden daises with an orangish red central disc.

 

Helleborus

These captivating Ranunculus relatives have an almost mythical allure, their mysterious blooms appear at a time when most respectable plants are still asleep for the winter. Hellebores, like their Peony and Adonis relatives can be extremely long lived in the garden, and may well out live the gardener who planted them. They prefer slightly alkaline soil with plenty of organic matter but will survive in damn near anything, they will tolerate sun or shade although only Helleborus vesicarius will tolerate a hot sunbaked site, the rest are better with at least some partial shade during the heat of the day. Adequate moisture is essential during the active growing season but established plants seem to tolerate summer drought without incident. Fierce winter winds are to be avoided especially for the evergreen types, it doesn’t kill them but the foliage will look like crap. Treat them as you would other broadleaf evergreens.

 

Helleborus orientalis Ballard Strain          Price   $19.00

Famous strain with large well-rounded flowers that are well displayed.

 

Helleborus orientalis 'Blue Lady' Price   $19.00

The Lady strain represents the efforts of Gisela Schmiemann, flowers are large and upward or outward facing with overlapping petals producing about 80% true clear colors from seed (we have not yet seen these in flower but some may bloom this spring), Blues are not really blue but shades of slate or purple.

 

Helleborus orientalis 'Red Lady' Price   $19.00

Gisela’s reds are particularly nice with very full flowers ranging from pink to maroon; there are many clear colors however a fair percentage also show spotting.

 

Helleborus orientalis 'Yellow Lady' Price   $19.00

As above but in shades of yellow. We have not had sufficient quantities of yellow hellebores for a number of years, yellow is a relatively new color for hellebores and seed germination has proven to be even more irregular than normal.

 

H. orientalis phedar mix . Price   $15.00

Seedlings from Will McLewin, the premier Hellebore grower in England, these should be some of the best plants you are likely to find in the States. Will is a fanatic collector and has more genetic diversity in his breeding program and trial beds than any other breeder, for more details and some stunning color photos of Will's plants pick up a Gardener's Guide to Hellebores.

 

H. orientalis Punnett’s mix Price   $19.00

Dick grows mostly reds and dark purples so I would expect these colors will predominate but he does grow a bit of everything and bees will be bees so you never know for sure what will pop up.

 

HELLEBORUS cyclophyllus PRICE 1@ $15.00

A somewhat tufted stemless species, more or less deciduous from the Balkans, flowers are fragrant with a strong Elder scent, 6cm wide greenish yellow to white flowers and generally upward facing, blooming in winter in mild climates, early spring here.

 

Helleborus dumetorum atrorubens   PRICE 1@ $15.00

A petite plant native to Eastern Europe in scrub areas and light woods, it is a delightful little plant with a quiet charm.  This is considered by most authors to be a species in its own right and is listed as h. atrorubens. However the plant usually offered under this name is H. orientalis ssp abchasicus, which is a much larger plant. Our stock is out of Germany and seems to be correct, however it has not yet flowered.

 

Helleborus foetidus ‘Wester Flisk’ ... PRICE 1@ $12.00

A striking red stemmed selection; these are from Germany and like many of recent plants circulating under this name posse’s better red color than the original. The material we offer is not clonal, (I suspect the original plant is lost to cultivation) it self sows rather freely and a Darwinian pulling inferior seedlings proves quite effective, I suspect solid red leaf forms will show up eventually.

 

Helleborus foetidus ‘gold Bullion’ PRICE 1@ $19.00

A gold leafed plant that seeds true if isolated, I am rather taken with it, and I am anxious to cross it with Wester Flisk.

 

HELLEBORUS multifidus........ Price   $15.00

Clump forming deciduous species with palm like foliage, these are only moderately cut leafed compared to some of the forms the Archibalds have collected; flowers are nodding and saucer shaped.

 

Helleborus niger 'Potters Wheel' Ex Ingwersen         Price   $19.00

As the story goes, Harry Elkins admired 'Potters Wheel' years ago in old man Ingwersen’s garden, and managed to talk him into digging a clump (Harry can be very persuasive). In any event he gave us a piece a few years back and we have been carefully dividing stock ever since. Here is your chance to acquire pure stock of this legendary plant; most of what is offered under this name is seed grown and not clonal.

 

Helleborus odorus ............. Price   $15.00

Native to southeastern Europe, odorus is similar to cyclophyllus, and it is difficult to separate the two, but odorus usually has fused follicles and a stronger Elder scent to the flowers.

 

Helleborus orientalis ssp abchasicus         Price   $15.00

Confined in the wild to the western Caucasus, abchasicus generally has red tinted flowers with purple nectaries; this is horribly confused with the plant long grown as atrorubens, which Mathew places here.

 

Helleborus purpurescens Price   $15.00

A very early blooming deciduous species with distinctive palmate foliage, the five main divisions subdivided into 25 or so leaflets. Flowers are a dark purple blue outside with an almost metallic sheen and green or purple inside, it prefers considerably more sun than other species and will do quite well in full sun although it will tolerate light shade.

 

Helleborus viridis .......... PRICE 1@ $15.00

A rather diminutive slow growing species that prefers an alkaline humus rich soil and considerable shade, the demure deep green flowers posses a quiet charm all their own.

 

HELLEBORUS x STERNII .... PRICE 1@ $15.00

hybrids between argutifolius and lividus, flowers variable with pink to purple flush over greenish background probably the longest flowering and most spectacular foliage species we grow, very showy foliage often displays the lividus influence, mature size 2'.

 

Hemerocallis hyb 'Chocolate' PRICE 1@ $19.00

Unique among the daylilies we grow, it has unusual chocolate brown flowers, Punnett who grows very few daylilies brought us this, I would have preferred Gentiana farreri blue but chocolate is not bad.

 

Hemerocallis hyb 'Dempsey's Red Velvet'    PRICE 1@ $12.00

Martin (who normally works with dwarf yellow plants) brought us this; he thought it an excellent red.

 

Hemerocallis hyb. 'Happy Returns' PRICE 1@ $8.00

A good re-bloomer from Martin.

 

Hemerocallis hyb. 'Penny's Worth'  PRICE 1@ $8.00

Another cute and extremely dwarf daylily Martin brought us, its one of the best dwarf cultivars we have seen.

 

Hemerocallis hyb 'Pocket full of Gold'       PRICE 1@ $12.00

Another of Martin’s dwarf yellow selections, bigger than Penny’s worth and a good rebloomer.

 

Hemerocallis 'Stella de oro' PRICE 1@ $6.50

Simply the most popular free blooming daylily ever. The #1 plant for landscape use but far surpassed by ‘August Orange’ in terms of sheer flower production.

 

Hemerocallis Tweety .... PRICE 1@ $8.00

“Honey, Martin shrunk the Stella”, less than half the size of it with half scale yellow flowers and the same re-blooming habit, its about as close as you can get to a rock garden daylily. These were a rapid sellout a couple of years ago and for all of you who have been bugging us for one ever since here is your chance.

 

Hemerocallis longituba PRICE 1@ $12.00

One time at band camp, no wait that was a flute (there should be a clever way to work the “what’s my name bitch” line in as well) but I digress this is an endemic South Korean species. It is native on Mt. Chiri where it grows above treeline in association with Hosta.

 

Hemerocallis martin’s dwarfs PRICE 1@ $6.50

A nice assortment of dwarf forms from Martin.

 

Hemerocallis minor ....... PRICE 1@ $15.00

Wild collections dainty yellow flowered species from Jurasek, these should be the real deal, which is seldom true in cultivation.

 

Hemerocallis multiflorus PRICE 1@ $8.00

Langhammer brought this pure species to us a few years back. We finally have enough to offer, branching indeterminate scapes of long tubed small yellow flowers, once it starts it doesn’t quit blooming; this is my favorite species daylily. 

 

Hemerocallis multiflorus hyb 'August Orange'           PRICE 1@ $12.00

One of the longest blooming daylilies starting in August and continuing until the plants freeze. Flower scapes have the indeterminate habit of multiflorus, they just keep growing and budding and branching and growing and budding and branching; the Ever-ready Bunny of Daylilies, it outperforms all others in late summer and autumn. Surprisingly it's an old plant dating back to Stout, Langhammer brought us this along with the smaller flowered and slower growing pure species multiflorus, listed above.

 

Hemerocallis vespertina PRICE 1@ $12.00

An Asian species lumped by many into H. thunbergii, it has fragrant yellow flowers that open in the evening, it is not as showy as some of Curt Hanson’s creations but quietly charming nonetheless.

 

Hepatica nobilis ............... PRICE 1@ $15.00

These have a history we raised them from seed from Jacques Thompson from a plant Fred Case gave him as Lindell’s Blue, I suspect his came from Harry Elkins as Lundell’s Blue whatever they are still all gorgeous blue seedlings

 

Heracleum lehmanianum PRICE 1@ $6.50

Large umbels of pale pinkish flowers on 6' plants, incredibly fragrant one packet of seed perfumes a whole room.

 

Hesperis kotschyi ............. PRICE 1@ $6.50

Unlike anything else in the genus, Holubec collected it from the hot limestones of Dedegöl Dagh at 2,200m; basal rosettes of leaves send up 20cm panicles of exceedingly fragrant pinkish white flowers.

 

HEUCHERA ABRAMSII Ratko 98-314 PRICE 1@ $6.50

The tiniest Heuchera Ratko offers, collected from North facing boulder slopes at 9,800m, the dwarf leaves are barely ¼” long with 2-4” floral spikes, the urn shaped calyx is the show here, quickly changing from glistening glandular white to a deep rose violet. 

 

Heuchera micrantha Palace Purple ... PRICE 1@ $12.00

Superb foliage plant with bronze red leaves, selected at Kew it has white flowers but the foliage is its main attraction.

 

Heuchera parvifolia ....... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A nice little western species native in Montana and Idaho with compact foliage topped by rather tall sprays of white flowers.

 

Heuchera pulchella ....... PRICE 1@ $6.50

New material from Alplains, Bradshaw collected these from east facing cliffs at 9200’ in New Mexico, dense panicles of flowers in shades from pale pink to burgundy.

 

Heuchera rubescens  v alpicola Ratko 98-320             PRICE 1@ $6.50

Ron found these tucked between the boulders on north facing cliffs at 9300’ on Bald Mt. billowing over the mats and cascading down the boulders they produced a frothy waterfall of white spray; a particularly floriferous nearly pure white colony.

 

Heuchera 'Hollywood' . PRICE 1@ $15.00

A rebloomer with spikes of coral red flowers over ruffled metallic leaves.

 

Heuchera 'Obsidian' ........... PRICE 1@ $8.00

Useless for knapping projectile points the dark purple leaves just won’t fracture no matter how hard you hit them with a piece of elk antler and they don’t pressure flake worth a damn; still the white flowers and contrasting foliage have a few uses.

 

Heuchera 'Petite Lime Sherbet' PRICE 1@ $8.00

Small green leaves with bold silver veining, bright pink flowers on 12” stems.

 

Heuchera 'Plum Pudding' PRICE 1@ $8.00

Plum purple foliage, my muse hates plum pudding, its altogether too cute, I just want to gag, how can I write a description about plum pudding; no, we will have no Dickens–Christmas Carol sickly sweet prose here.

 

Heuchera sanguinea 'Lace Ruffles' PRICE 1@ $12.00

Ruffled leaves, although it looks like many of the other ruffled forms Dylan liked, it has stayed at Arrowhead far longer than he did.

 

Heucherella 'stoplight’ PRICE 1@ $12.00

4” yellow leaves centered with a red conifer shaped splotch it is a very showy foliage plant with average white flowers.

 

Heucherella 'Sunspot' PRICE 1@ $12.00

A yellow foliaged mutant of dayglow pink leaves are yellow with a blood red center topped by fluorescent pink flowers, it’s gaudier than it sounds.

 

Hieracium auranticum .... PRICE 1@ $6.50

An orange flowered hawkweed, it is too aggressive for the rock garden but perfect in an alpine lawn.

 

Hieracium maculatum Leopard PRICE 1@ $6.50

I'm usually not a big lover of hawkweeds but this is a nice one worthy of a place in the catalog. The grey green leaves are irregularly splashed with purple, superglued to your cloths they should make an interesting camo outfit; I digress, they may look better in the garden.

 

Hieracium tarda .................. PRICE 1@ $6.50

According to Punnett, this is the cream of the crop; indeed most of the hawkweeds are exactly that; weeds (according to the RHS index of garden plants approximately 10000 different species of weeds). I find that number a bit hard to believe, but whatever the species total this is a very choice rock garden specimen that ranks very near the top.

 

Hippocrepis balearica ... PRICE 1@ $8.00

A perfect corona of radiant outward facing golden pea flowers opening simultaneously for a unique and very photogenic floral effect, this is a great little legume that deserves a wider audience.

 

Hippocrepis comosa 'ER JAMES’ PRICE 1@ $6.50

Forms yard wide mats of glaucous low foliage; E. R. James has lighter yellow flowers than the species. It has survived for years Punnett’s mix of benign neglect and periodic Roundup spraying of things, which have fallen from favor so it must have some merit (you simply wouldn't believe the stuff he has sprayed out or chopped down).