'The Blues' is a nice blue foliaged selection of this native bunch grass. Thrives in heat and humidity. Good for mass plantings. Blue foliage intensifies in fall, with deep burgandy red mingling throughout the clump as it goes to tan winter color which remains an attractive garden feature. A sunny well-drained site is needed for good growth.
Evergreen shrub with long willowly branches and simple, toothed, glossy leaves. A very attractive shrub from higher elevation area in Tucuman Province, Argentina. Flowers probably small yellow. Fruit are small purple berries on female plants. It has overwintered here with no damage. A Woodlanders introduction.
Vigorous self-clinging deciduous vine with large leaves and large flat heads of Hydrangea-like white fertile and sterile flowers. Seems better than Hydrangea petiolaris for South. Woodlanders introduced this after obtaining it from China via University of British Columbia, Canada. Needs space and strong support to climb on. Will climb high into a tree but may then flower up high out of sight.
Mounding herbaceous perennial probably evergreen in zone 10. Leaves about 1" long and dark green. Tubular flowers on erect 3-4" spikes held just above foliage. Vivid purple. We are indebted to JoAnn Breland of Charleston, SC Parks Dept. for introducing us to this attractive plant. We have listed it as a subtropical but do not know how hardy it may be.
Little known species rather recently introduced by the U.S. National Arboretum. A vigorous climber with ornmental potential. From Anhi Province, China.
Seemannia (Gloxinia) nematanthodes which we originally (and mistakenly) offered as Achimenes heterophylla, produces very showy bright red inflated flowers in late summer above dark velvety green leaves. A somewhat succulent perennial, forming colonies to about one foot tall from tubers that look like little pinecones. This plant will over winter in the South but should have a winter mulch. 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. Plant in semi-shady site with good drainage but with irrigation. We originally obtained this special little plant from a private garden in Beaufort, South Carolina. Our friends at Plant Delights Nursery offer a very similar plant with perhaps more yellow in the throat of the flower. They collected it in Argentina and offer it by the variety name 'Evita'.
This perennial "Catchfly" has striking crimson flowers with notched petals. It flowers from late spring/early summer. A well-drained, gritty soil is good and in the North a full sun exposure is preferable. In the South it should have light shade. Not a strong competitior so don't let other plants overwhelm it. Native to eastern North America.
Shade tolerant. Seed from trees with trunks.A heavy winter mulch is advisable for young plants in areas where palms are marginal. Or, the plants may be potted when received and kept inside the first winter.
This conifer native to California and southern Oregon is the familiar giant redwood tree. A specimen of this tree over 300 feet tall may be the tallest tree in the world. It grows well in much of the Southeast U.S. region and there are large specimens in Williamsburg, VA., Abbeville and Charleston, South Carolina. it needs a well-drained but moist, fertile soil. Maximum size may not be reached in cultivation and not in a human lifetime but obviously a Redwood needs ample space.
Low growing, spreading perennial with fringed deep pink flowers. Hybridized by Dr. Jim Ault and named for Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania. One parent is the federally listed endangered species S. polypetala from Georgia. (See ARM)
Mexican Catchfly is a low herbaceous perennial with spathulate leaves and showy red-orange starry flowers on stems held well above the foliage. It is native to mountains and canyons in the southwestern U.S. and adjacent Mexico. We grew these from seed we collected in the Davis Mountains in west Texas. A good rock garden plant for sun or semi shade.
This large deciduous shrub was recently reclassified as a Calycanthus. It is somewhat like our native Calycanthus floridus but with larger 6 - 10 inch glossy leaves. The cream-white blooms in late spring are larger than North American Calycanthus species flowers but not scented. Should be planted in partial to full shade where it blooms in mid to late spring. Prefers consistantly moist soil, but do not over water. A relatively recent introduction from China. Woodlanders was one of the first nurseries to offer this plant in the U.S. See our listing for hybrids between this and our native Calycanthus including 'Hartlege Wine' and 'Venus'
