1316 plants in this collection
Slender vine. Showy blue to purple flowers in axillary cymes. Scarlet fruit.(See HRT, RIF)Cut back plants after the frost kills the tops. Mound 10 inches of coarse sand over the stubs. Mulch over with pine straw. As weather warms, remove this covering to allow new shoots to emerge. Given rich soil and ample water, these plants will thrive during hot summers.
This is an evergreen shrub with grayish leaves. Found in sterile dry sands of sandhills and old dunes in SC, GA, FL, and AL. It is unusual being a woody shrub as other goldenrods are herbaceous perennials. Do not plant in shade or in rich or poorly drained soil. Woodlanders may have been first nursery to offer this plant. It bears terminal spikes of yellow goldenrod flowers.
Blue-stemmed goldenrod is the goldenrod for shade. Where most of the clan demand open sun, Solidago caesia threads through the dappled light of the eastern woodland, arching slender, blue-purple stems that carry small, brilliant yellow flowers packed into the leaf axils, so the bloom runs the whole length of each stem like a garland. That habit gives the second common name, wreath goldenrod, and the late-summer to autumn color arrives just as the shade garden begins to fade.
Western variety of Showy Goldenrod recently found growing in deep sandy soil in Aiken County, SC. Smaller leaves than straight species. Blooms mid to late summer.
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Bartram's Ixia is a very rare native bulb with grass-like leaves and producing for a few hours each morning in May beautiful blue 2 inch flowers on 18 inch stems. This legendary plant was praised by William Bartram in the 1770's but probably never offered by nurseries until Woodlanders made it available. It is native to moist pinelands and sunny seepage areas in northeastern Florida where it is very localized and difficult to spot if not in flower. Grows and multiplies in appropriate garden conditions.
Indian Pink is a choice perennial for semishaded rich woodland sites with neutral soils. The flowers are borne on the ends of 2 foot stems. Flowers are tubular bright red with yellow throat. A much sought after plant which is not readily available. Native to the southeastern U.S. north to southern Illinois and Missouri.
Very low growing stoloniferous groundcover for sunny location with good soil. Small narrow bright green leaves and small single bright yellow daisy-like flowers borne on stems well above the foliage. From the pampas of Argentina courtesy of Alberto Castillo. Hardy and proving a good plant here.
Important: This plant is sold within South Carolina only.In the high-gradient streams of the southern Appalachians, the Gauley, the Bluestone, the Greenbrier, scattered tributaries of the New River, and a handful of similar second- and third-order rivers, grows a shrub that holds on to rocky bars and scoured banks where almost nothing else can. This is Spiraea virginiana, the Appalachian spiraea, a plant that evolved alongside the violent flood regime of these mountain rivers and depends on that disturbance. The floods scour competing vegetation off the banks, expose mineral soil for germination, and break off rhizome fragments that float downstream to colonize new sites. Where the rivers were dammed, the floods stopped, and the spiraea began to disappear.
Blue Bell Arboretum and Nursery in England tells us: "A lovely rare species introduced from China by Wilson in 1908, Stachyurus chinensis 'Celina' has long, stiffly pendulous, racemes of soft-yellow flowers in spring. The flowers are very pretty and complimented by dark, purple-brown stems. The dark green leaves turn handsome shades of pink, red or orange before falling in autumn. An unusual and exciting garden plant !...Stachyurus chinensis 'Celina' will grow in full sun as long as it is planted in a soil which remains moist all year round. As a general rule of thumb, it is usually a little less demanding in a position with partial shade or dappled sunlight.
Larger leaves, earlier blooming and hardier than S. chinensis. (See HRT, DIR)
The leaves and flowers are much larger than the species. Hanging racemes of yellow flowers open in winter.
A new introduction from China. Extremely long, narrow, gracefully hanging foliage. To 10 to 15 feet. Yellow flowers in late winter on drooping racemes. Evergreen at 12 degrees for Ted Stephens at Nurseries Caroliniana in North Augusta, SC.
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This small deciduous tree or suckering shrub has trifoliate leaves and interesting greenish-white bell-like flowers followed by curious inflated balloon-like papery fruits. It is best in fertile moist soil in semi-shade. It is native to eastern North America.
Stauntonia hexaphylla is a handsome, vigorous evergreen climber from the woodlands of Japan, Korea, and China, grown as much for glossy year-round foliage as for the famous fruit. The palmate leaves are cut into five to seven leathery, dark-green leaflets, held on a strong, twining vine that clothes a support densely from top to bottom. A member of the Lardizabalaceae, Stauntonia counts Akebia, the chocolate vine, and Decaisnea, the blue-sausage tree, as relatives.
