Flower heads are a bit heavy for its stems so suggest full sun with adequate moisture to provide stouter character, 6' hardy maritime W. Collected in 1996 in Sichuan's Wolong, this remains a favorite in foliage and flower, with elegant, narrow felted leaves and bicolor lavender/purple inflorescences to 12 across. Best in light shade and draining but humus rich soils. Often growing there as epiphytes on trees, this clumping erect foliaged species to 15 launches flowering stems slightly above carrying zingy zappy orange flowers. 63,852 used cars for sale from Provence-Alpes-Cte d'Azur. Undeniably substantial, for shade to light shade in evenly moist soils. If you don't read french, you do not deserve to grow this refined hybrid selection. A lovely compact shrub to 2.5' with showy lacecaps of mauve-pink flowers opening from bluish buds from mdidsummer to early autumn; a superb choice for lightly shaded mixed border or 500' long driveway that I am SO tired of weeding. For full sun and well draining soils. Easy, adaptable, charming. Full sun, well drained soil. Mesic. Insanely good. Setting the standard for highly fretted foliage, with plasticized mounds of glossy green foliage to 2.5' for 1-3 years until skyrocketing into flower with a sculpturous stem to 10' clad with yellow umbels while infatuating every pollinating insect on the block. Though native to moist shaded sites, it performs best in the PNW in sunny, well drained positions with supplemental water (this does not say much for the climate of the PNW.) epiphylla. Very hardy. Slips to dormancy in early summer. I selflessly allow Robert to wash dishes as much as I can allow to provide him this pleasure. Slowly forming substantive mounds which add an immensity of drama to emerging spring woodland, Polygonatum multiflorum var. Retreats quickly after flowering to full dormancy. Best is a partially shaded site protected from full sun. Schizophragma aff. Found naturally on slopes of Fan Xi Phan above 9500', no damage in any of the arctic events of the past decade in our garden. This original Frank Kingdom Ward collection, from NE India has never been re-located in the wild after he first collected its seed over a century ago. A neat mounding shrub to 3' x 3', with a long progression of nodding pink flowers in June through July. white-bracted flowers in early summer. A lovely range of soft pink shades from this seedling lot of the European form of this species, lovely in both its tri-lobed foliage as well as the delicate flowers adorning the woodland floor at such an unlikely time of year in late February. Best with some overhead protection in humusy, evenly moist soils. Still unusual in gardens in the PNW, this bronze foliaged selection provides a unique foliage color and texture. A sensational and rare species worthy of greater cultivation in the Pacific Northwest. Collected in NE Arunachal Pradesh in 2018, a robust species to 12', with fine, bluish-green foliage and enormous heads of small (uncertain of) flowers in mid summer. From seed of wild origin provided to us, Scott McMahan, through Changsha University in Hunan Province. A pure white form on an aristocratic species from Japan and Korea, forming compact glossy green rosettes and heads of pure white flowers born atop 6 stems in late winter. Our selection of an extremely vigorous, tall and dark clone that everyone seems to inquire of; this has a good deal of A. inapterus in its blood and is thusly a late season performer. Arisaema sikokianum var. Comments. Light shade in draining soils. For shade only, in cool moist soils. April of 2018 collection of seed of this species for the first time. Reference page. Hardy in the ground in light shade in the PNW but mulching recommended. Bright shade and humus soils best. Grevillea victoriae Murray Valley Queen. A rare epiphytic Solomons Seal from N. Vietnam, completely enduring in terrestrial sites in the PNW. In early June, an eruptive revealing of large purple/lavender flowers rising to 2.5, vigorous and appealing in form and function. Started less than 1 minute ago Boquila trifoliolata has a unique ability to change the shape, size, and color of its leaves to match those of the host plant. Full sun and draining soils. Almost worth growing for the arresting emergence of new foliage in spring. Still, one of the best of spring risers. Arisaema sikokianum var. Best as a container plant to jumpstart its growth in spring or in a particularly warm location. From the enchanting N. American woodland ephemeral comes this exquisite double flowered form with an extremely long lasting display of charming pink 'roses' held on delicate, wiry stems to 6 above low mounds of Thalictrum-like foliage. This will not form fruit without a partner, but it would (probably) not be edible anyway. Bright green foliage in spring with endearing white laceaps held within in May and June on self clinging vines to an infinite height. Sean Hogan's exceptional selection of this astoundingly garden worthy species quickly forming stout stumps carrying rounded heads of lovely blue foliage, rarely in the PNW, late summer panicles to 3.5 ft of creamy white flowers. From original collections of this endemic species from Ulleong -do S. Korea in 1993, this rarity represents the largest of any Hepatica in terms of stature, leaf size, flower. Shaded or part shaded sites, excellent as a container plant. A true blue Mexican species that persists admirably in our draining soils and full sun at Windcliff; makes for a truly sensational and impossibly long-lived container plant (I seem simply unable to kill it despite heroic attempts) 18-24". Hardy to zone 7. These are as of yet unblossomed but we don't much care. Hinkley, Wynn Jones Vietnam in 2003. this proving to be one of the most sensational of the genus, with large white, slightly scented flowers born on bright red scapes amidst glossy green foliage. Non-fruit-bearing. Full sun or light shade in evenly moist soils. High marks thus far on this collection from Hunan Province in 2015, form mounded shrubs to 4.5', distinctive narrow dark green foliage with creamy white, fragrant lacecaps carried above in the early days of May. Bright shade is best in cool humus rich soils. One of our favorites, brought to us by our friend Duane West, with a nonstop flurry of charming, zippy flowers amongst a 2.5' framework throughout summer. Of course you must first know what Helwingia is. Very pretty nocdding yellow bells produced atop scapes to 18. . Arisaema speciosum var. Light shade in any draining, evenly moist soils. The only thing more exciting than having our E. Nepalese Magnolia collection of 2002 blossom after 18 years, with enormous cups of white/yellow born in late winter amidst a framework rising to 40' or more, was to have it set perfectly viable seed. Light shade and draining, humus rich, evenly moist soils. Bizarre, beautiful, forgiving. Best grown on trellis or fence in light shade, even moisture. Rich orange fragrant flowers atop 3.5' stems are produced from this Himalayan hardy ginger, with broad, highly textural bright green foliage. Once placed in Heteropolygonatum, this epiphytic species (that performs admirably in soil ) forms squat evergreen mounds to 6 and axillary bells of white in mid-spring amidst very leathery foliage, followed by bright red fruit. This should be cut hard in spring if needed. Suggestions for its cultivation and propagation are provided and local names and uses are discussed. Moist shade, well drained soil. Spathes of deepest purple black emerge in early spring on stems to 18. Full sun and draining soils. Full sun and draining yet evenly moist soils. This knockout delivers, with arching canes to 4, purple blushed foliage throughout summer while a zesty, long lasting display of bicolor red/wine flowers appear early summer, carrying forward to the first frosts of autumn. Aukland's Bev McConnough selection of a fantastic golden foliaged form of Abraham-Isaac-Jacob, forming beefy mounds of durable, slug resistant foliage especially bright in early season. Both leveillei and leveilleana are seen as nursery form names, neither recognized by the Flora of China. Perfectly happy in full sun and poor, draining soils after establishment. Indispensible. This may have a propensity to reseed. Lovely species with purple brown twigs contrasting nicely with bright green foliage and large white-yellow-centered lacecaps in early summer. Full sun, draining soils, The American Twinleaf, related to Podophyllum, is an unsung and mostly unknown species with superb clumps of twin-leaved stems, tall flowering scapes topped by white flowers followed by astoundingly ornamental crops of powdery fruit- just as the flowering stems transition in color to pink/red. At home in garden soil, it forms beefy leafy clumps to 18 capped with terminal inflorescences of deep yellow and reddish calyces. Full sun, draining soils. A chance hybrid in a batch of seedlings from C. libanotis from open-pollinated seed collected in Robert Page's U.K. garden in 1992. Planting in retaining walls or rubble highly recommended. A true gem of the genus but relatively rare in cultivation considering its wide range of nativity. A very pretty and curious trifoliate species with leaves emargined with pink and black spathes produced near the ground from which a long, protruding, wiry spadix emerges. A wowser conifer from a familiar Japanese species, this with narrower leaves than standard, but with new chartreuse-lemon growth, a selection from Japan introduced to cultivation through Ted Stephens, Nurseries Caroliniana. A dwarfer Dwarf Kowhai from New Zealand, forming a squat specimen of divaricated stems with a light dose of small ferny foliage and racemes of pretty yellow pea flowers in spring/summer. Mikinori Ogisu's collection of one of the queens of the genus, with airy inflorescences in late winter bearing narrow, strongly reflexed purple/lavender flowers. Forms vigorous colonies of 4-5 leafed stems to 10, the overall effect is a more refined Paris quadrifolia. Bowles, early 20th century plant geek/guru, forming quasi-spreading, i.e. The European variant of this widespread species forming mounds of tri-lobed leaves and a lovely display of blue, white or pink flowers in very early spring. From Nancy Goodwin's iconic Montrose Nursery in N.C. comes with superb white flowering form of the crested iris, forming ground hugging colonies of strap-like leaves in which are nestled lovely white flowers in mid-spring, for light shade in draining, humus rich soils. Light shade best with draining evenly moist soils. A sensational selection worthy of any border in light shade, best, and draining soils. Seedling selection of R. palmatum 'Atrosanguineum' by Duane West decades ago while at Heronswood, this emerging with black bruised foliage taking on ruby red while the flowers of pink erupt on branched stems to 6'. A lovely mountain ash, forming small trees to 12' from the upper elevations of Taiwan, with noisy tones of red/orange in autumn, heads of luminescent yellow/orange fruit. To 10' over time. The vine is called the Boquila trifoliolata and is native to Chile and Argentina. A good summer gap plant indispensible for a mid to back position in the border blasted with full sun and provided even moisture. Full sun and draining soils. A 'doer' for full sun and draining soils in the PNW. A beautiful, evergreen, drought tolerant bigeneric hybrid carrying finely textured gray foliage and pink buttons of flower buds opening to white daisies in early summer. The White or Japanese Skunk Cabbage, unfair name for a startlingly white spathed species with a sweet vanilla-like fragrance. Perfectly hardy in our climate, it must be afforded a full sun, sharply drained site in order to thrive in our winter moist climate. This does have appropriate application in the PNW however must be sited in a warm position or micro-climate. Fully hardy and sturdy in zone 7b. South American vine is a masterful mimic | Science News Much hardier than C. libanotis and much larger in every aspect. Hinkley, from NE Sichuan in 2004, A rarely encountered Aloe forming low, dense rosettes of very hairy foliage and short spikes of orange flowers in mid-summer. On coldest years, evergreen foliage will retreat, should be cut in spring. A very good form of this species, collected in NE Turkey in 2000, with sprays of small red/yellow flowers on stems to 18 above handsome papery textured mounds of deciduous foliage. Rarely seen willow in our gardens, though for no good reason, forming a dense framework of yellow stems to 4' x 3', with wooly gray foliage. Light shade is best. Worth it. Chameleon Vine Changes Shape and Color on Demand - Mysterious Universe A very pretty, slowly spreading woodland Iris native to the woodlands of E. North America, with with a doubling of the styles amidst orchid like blue flowers rising to 5 above the flattened mounds of horizontal foliage. Plants are such playful jokesters. The vine produces clusters of three leaflets, but the researchers noticed. Black burgundy upright spears of foliage give rise to purple blushed 'pineapples' in mid to late summer. An exceptional hybrid between H. nobilis and H. transilvanica, forming quickly spreading colonies of highly textural, ruffled leaves and a sensational showing of blue flowers in mid to late winter. Very choice. Of course, exceptional as an easy peasey outdoor container plant. Zone 8 or above in a sheltered position. Hardy, durable, ineffable. Partial shade to shade in moderately draining soils, Hydrangea anomala ssp. This will be stoloniferous when settled, in cool, humus rich soils in light shade. Full sun, draining soils. Extremely rare collection from Sichuan 1996 performing admirably at Heronswood, forming a dense textural and colorful groundcover with naturally variegated lanceolate leaves, in deep shade and average evenly moist soil. Recent Hubei collections described by E.H.Wilson as most beautiful of Chinese broad-leaved deciduous trees. Disporum cantoniense var. A Women at Windcliff selection possessing a lot of A. inapterus in its bloodline, producing sturdy stems to 2.5' in mid-season, capped by nodding flowers of medium blue; this made the grade during our first selection round in 2013 and has been given pride of place at Windcliff, named for lovely next door neighbor and fellow gardener, all around dynamic woman, Karen Brindley. A fantastic, easy to blossom South African best employed in the PNW as a container plant or a very warm, well draining position, forming flat strappy foliage in early summer as a large rounded head of pink starry flowers emerge, held slightly above the leaves. A very good garden plant for partial shade in evenly moist soils. Google cladode. Boquila. Wonderous, really. Ultimately to 10'. A slight but not overwhelming fragrance. Boquila in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Full sun. Though it is counterintuitive, this collection, from the low reaches of Fan Xi Phan, below 7,000' is of equal hardiness to the high elevation form, These seedlings represent our 2001 collections from Guizhou Province from populations we felt were distinctive in foliage posessing varying degrees of lobed laeflets on ginormous palmately compound leafves. A classic Japanese cultivar of the Mountain Hydrangea, with precious, elegant, understated corymbs of double blue/lavender 'stars' surrounding its fertile florets on a compact deciduous shrublet for light shade (best) in any draining soils with a wee bit of humus for good luck. annulata). With most uncamellia-like foliage of light texture held on an 8' upright framework, a sensational plentitude of large, single white flowers with a central boss of golden stamens, much more like Papaveraceae than Theacease (conversations in the tea room at the botany department). Full sun or best effect and some supplemental summer water. Originally collected near Dali, Yunnan Province, this diminutive, extremely hardy charmer has not been seen in the wild for decades and considered extinct. Light shade is best in evenly moist, humus-rich soils. A true harbinger of spring, for lightly shaded, well drained positions. A superb low groundcover. Full sun and warm position in decent soils. A Taiwanese species with narrow, deep green semi-evergreen foliage, most un-Hydrangea like smothered in large heads of creamy white flowers mid-June on shrubs to 4.5'. Superb in poor rocky conditions or as a superlative container plant on the full sun terrace. Very hardy. Rare, if not undescribed species from NE Sichuan, adapts to hanging from moss-covered rocks, producing wiry pendent stems to 3' with minute, narrow foliage; a diaphanous veil if properly sited. As this is quite dwarf in habit, it is ideal for troughs or containers with alkaline-corrected soils. Chameleon Plant? Meet Boquila Trifoliolata, The Master of Plant Mimicry Windcliff seedlings of the original charming dwarf series, forming petite rosettes of succulent foliage and charming pink to purple racemes in mid summer, topped by a 'pineapple-like' coma of bracts. Light shade in humus rich draining soils. Lengthy inflorescences produced after a staggeringly hot summer in 2021, were composed of spidery white flowers with a pleasant fragrance at night. Full sun, adequate moisture. This clone offers a very startling and dependable display of many-white-starry-flowered racemes rising above handsome newly emerging rich pink foliage. A yet-to-be identified species of 'Cimicifuga', now Actaea, from Hubei province in 2014, possessing distinctive cut foliage and flowering stems to 5', brandishing pretty white spikes of fragrant flowers atop willowy stem in late summer. Sails through PNW winters and is early to rise. 4.5' x 5'. To 15, textural pinnate, black green leaves and in February and March, large nodding bells of excitedly toned butterscotch yellow. A Top Ten. Part shaded situations in humus rich draining soils. Vigorous clumps of ruby red stems to 2 are clad with verdant herbage and capped by a steady progression of lilac orchidaceous flowers in mid to late summer. Slowly spreading colonies of stems with 4, 5 or rarely 6 rounded leaves are capped with charmingly understated greenish flowers, followed by handsome fleshy blue fruit. Full sun, draining soils. Proven to represent the best of all seed grown collections, large corymbs of flowers, deserving a cultivar name. Light shade in evenly moist soils. An Italian selection of the 'Jerusalem Sage', an exceptionally useful and handsome, drought tolerant, ever(gray) shrub or subshrub, forming dense mounds of felted gray foliage to 4' while presenting cheery axillary clusters of yellow flowers up and down the stem. A good eye indeed singled out this plant from our seedling trials of Agapanthus in the garden at Windcliff in 2013, when Ms. Stewart was asked to anoint her favorite from several hundred hybrid seedlings. Light shade is best in evenly moist soils, Superlative evergreen groundcovering species frequently seen throughout Slovenia during my time there, forming prostrate mats smothered by 'orchidlike' flowers of magenta/yellow in very early spring, sensational for the rock garden or front of border in well draining soils in full sun or very light shade. The species as it exists in the mountains of South Africa, forming dwarf purple-freckled rosettes of succulent foliage and squat racemes of pink/purple flowers in mid to late summer. Full sun, draining soils. Excellent as a container plant, which will become quite sizable over time, to 3', or planted in a protected, bright position in sharply draining soils. This small shrub carries finely fretted, somewhat unfriendly stiff and armed foliage presenting a very long display of clusters of pink spider flowers for a long period in autumn and early winter. From seed of wild origin provided to us, Scott McMahan, through Changsha University in Hunan Province. One of our favorite selections and, of course, favorite people; surrogate sister, Portlandian Lucy H. Good in containers, 2018 Windcliff Introduction, named for our good friend who possesses similar distinctively attractive attributes. Terribly difficult in containers but will jump into action immediately upon being planted; avoid phosphorous fertilizers. Species name will be provided upon first flowering.
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