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August 1, 2010
Plants from the garden will be propagated this fall and offered for sale on the Open Garden Day, April 9, 2011. Check back in late winter when the list of plants will be updated.
THE PLANTS BELOW WERE AVAILABLE AT LAST YEAR'S SALE.
Click onto plant name, highlighted blue, to view picture of plant.
Achillea 'Summer Berry' - Unlike most other Yarrows, the blooms on Summer Berries refuse to fade, even in punishing heat and sunlight. This mix includes salmon-apricot/yellow, cherry-red/apricot, white picotee pink/cream, two-tone pink, and many more -- all borne in big 3- to 5-inch clusters on ferny foliage. Yarrow is a perennial, native to the U.S. and happy to thrive in those infertile, untended garden spots. Just about the only thing you can do wrong is give this sun-lover any shade or too much fertilizer -- it flowers best in poor soils!
Agarista populifolia (formerly Leucothoe) - This is a wonderful evergreen shrub, native to the southern U.S. Fast growing from 5' to 10' tall, it is a beautiful specimen plant or can make a very effective screen. It takes to pruning so that it can be maintained to any desired height. Its natural habit is lax, arching, and multi-stemmed. The glossy green foliage is not bothered by any pests, including deer. Small bell-shaped flowers appear in spring. Grows best with some shade...is fantastic even in my dry shade garden.
Native to the U.S., Agastache aurantiaca 'Lilac Sprite' is a hummingbird attractor. This variety has a purple/apricot flower, similar to that of a salvia, that blooms for weeks and weeks in our hot, humid summers.
Amsonia hubrectii - Narrow Leaf Bluestar is prominent in my Mailbox Bed all year. In spring, light blue flowers adorn the 3-feet-tall stems. The foliage is beautiful all summer and turns a brilliant gold in October. Don't cut it back until February as the "dead" stems add texture to the winter garden. A wonderful native.
Aquilegia chrysantha 'Yellow Queen' - This beautiful columbine blooms mid-spring through mid-summer, before the yellow daylily. In addition to its beauty, the clear yellow color is perfect next to the color purple.
Aster tataricus 'Jin Dai' - Dwarf Tartarian Aster blooms in October with yellow-centered violet flowers. All summer it is a rosette of bold foliage, deer resistent. Growing 4-5' tall' when in flower. For the sunny garden.
Athyrium nipponicum 'Pictum' - Japanese Painted Fern lends a soft textural effect to the garden and is beautiful next to blue hostas. In severely dry summers, it will die back to the ground, to emerge next spring. Deer resistent.
Baptisia 'Carolina Moonlight' - Baptisias are a mainstay for the sunny spring border. 'Carolina Moonlight' has creamy yellow blossoms...3' tall...wonderful foliage all summer. Drought tolerant. Deer resistant. Native.
- Baptisia 'Wayne's World'..... OK, OK Everybody LOVES the asparagus-like new spikes of the Baptisia 'Alba' that is evident in my April garden. I found 'Wayne's World' at a wholesale nursery and purchased it to share with you. Found in Wayne County, N.C., it has incredible 18" spikes of creamy white blossoms. I've GOT TO HAVE one of these myself. Drought tolerant. Deer resistant.
Calycanthus floridus - Common names abound for this southeast native: Sweetshrub, Carolina Allspice, Strawberry Bush, Sweet Bubba. Oddly shaped flowers produce a fruity fragrance. Plant in part shade to shade or in morning sun. Suckers so you can share with friends.
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides is topped by cobalt blue flowers in August and September...WOW! 6-12" tall with an 18" spread; it would look great spilling out the side of a container. Morning sun to light shade. Drought tolerant and deer resistent.
Chrysogonum virginianum - Native to dry woodlands of the Southeast U.S., Green-and-Gold is a long blooming (early April to Mid-May) 6" tall groundcover. It seeds in politely, usually delightful wherever it is found. Its dark yellow blooms marries beautifully with the red-and-yellow flowers of our native columbine, with the blue flowers of ajuga, with our native tiarella...with everything!!
Clematis Roguchi - This is not a large vine. I planted it on a metal trellis down at the pond two years ago. The very first year it made 2" bell-shaped blossome that continued all summer. A fabulous vine, native to the USA.
Dryopteris erythrosora - Evergreen Autumn Fern is fabulous for your dry shade garden. The fronds were still beautiful last spring after a dry summer and winter. Did I mention that it is deer resistent?
Euonymous americana - Called Heart's a bustin' - see the picture to figure out why. Native to the Southeast (and to my property), this semi-evergreen shrub is drought tolerant, but is tasty to deer.
Fothergilla 'Mt. Airy' - Native plant guru William Cullina believes this shrub to be a natural cross between smaller F. gardenii and larger F. major. Native to southeast U.S., fothergilla blooms in early spring before it leafs out with bottle-brush fragrant blossoms. I call this a 3-season plant: beautiful when it blooms; gorgeous bluish-green leaves all summer; outstanding in fall with leaf colors of yellow, orange and purple. Sun to part sun.
Halesia tetraptera or H. carolina - One of the best native trees for shady, understory habitats, Carolina Silverbell grows just as well as a handsome lawn tree. White, bell-shaped flowers appear in early spring and emerge before the leaves. Will reach 30 to 40 ft in height at a medium rate of growth (approx. 1 ft per year).
Helleborus hybridus - The blooms of Lenton Rose remain on the plant from late winter through spring and produce many seeds, most of which will probably germinate in your own garden if you don't cover them with mulch. The bold evergreen leaves are never touched by deer. Excellent in dry (or moist) shade.
Helleborus foetidus - A huge head of chartreuse-green flowers are so bright in the winter garden. Dark evergreen leaves make this a handsome perennial all year long. A short-lived plant that makes LOTS of seed so you are NEVER without this perennial. For dry shade and is deer resistent.
- Heuchera americana 'Marvelous Marble' - I have planted so many purple foliaged heucheras and most of them die after two years. I believe that we, east of the Mississippi, must purchase only those hybrids that have "americana" or "villosa" in the parentage, as these two are native to the Southeast U.S. This variety has beautiful foliage...a must in the shade garden.
German Iris - Rhizomes shared by my gardening friend and potted up for you. A large yellow variety; another is white; and a third is bicolor, purple and white. Vigorous passalongs.
Iris cristada - At only 6" tall, Dwarf Crested Iris makes a huge show because it slowly spreads and makes a beautiful groundcover. My absolute favorite iris.
Iris tectorum 'Alba' - This is an easy-to-grow Asian iris, ideal for slightly acid soil of low fertility. It is best in the shade garden, I think. Divide in August or dig up seedlings to share. A great plant for dry shade. Divisions/seedling plants from my garden. Deer resistent.
Lillium lancefolium 'Florepleno - Tiger lilies are so easy to grow. This double one is truly bizarre. Some love it; some don't. Sunny conditions. Deer resistent.
Lychnis viscaria 'Firebird' - German Catchfly grows 18-24" in a full sun garden. Its bloom is hot pink in mid summer.
Matteuccia struthiopteris - Ostrich Fern grows in shade and even in sun if given enough moisture. In dryish soils (like mine) it only reaches 2' tall while in very moist conditions it will top out at close to 6 feet! Its gracfully arching fronds dance in the wind. Spreading by undergrond rhizomes, this native can become a beautiful patch in no time at all.
Phlox stolonifera 'Sherwood Purple More drought tolerant Phlox divaritaca, this native makes a beautiful spring showing in the part-shade garden. Only 6" tall and deer resistant.
Polystichum polyblepharum Tassel Fern is my favorite fern, as its fronds look so soft; yet it makes a bold statement in the shade garden. And it does not require consistently moist soil. Deer resistent.
Prunus mume 'Kobai' seedling Japanese Flowering Apricot grows to 20 ft tall in full sun. What is great about this ornamental tree is that it blooms in January/February when we have those warm days that bring us outside. However, buds that have not opened to flowers will withstand the next freeze/frost, so that you have blooms all late winter. A fabulous tough, trouble-free and fast-growing small tree. (P.S. Non-edible fruit)
Ruscus aculeatus Butcher's Broom is a plant that you will eventually see all over my garden. Why? Because it loves dry shade; it grows to 2-feet tall and is evergreen; it has prominent red berries in winter; it is deer resistent; and it seeds in and makes lots of babies. My kind of plant. I am offering small, one-year seedlings.
Silene caroliniana var. wherryi - Wild pink, native to eastern and central North America, has rose-pink flowers on stems rising to 10" tall. Grow in average, dry to medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Prefers sunny sites in dryish sandy or gravelly soils with some part afternoon shade. Requires excellent drainage. Plants are best left undisturbed once established. Deer resistent.
Stokesia laevis - Stokes Aster is a beautiful low-growing native that belongs in the sunny garden. At only 8-12" tall in bloom, the blue flower is highly noticeable. Stokes Aster is beautiful in a terrace bed or rock garden as the flower hangs down over the foliage. Deer resistent.
Tradescantia 'Red Grape' - Our native spiderwort, but with tri-petalled flowers of bright red-violet with fuzzy magenta stamens. This plant will brighten any garden setting over most of the summer; the 18-20" gorgeous blue-green grassy-leaved plants can naturalize. A morning sun to part shade environment is best. Deer resistent.
Verbena bonariensis From South America, this verbena is short-lived, but politely self seeds into the garden so that you will have it perennially (if you don't mulch heavily). It is also known as "Popsicle Plant" because it is see-through, blooming at the top of its 3' tall stems. A favorite of mine and the Yellow Finches. Deer resistent.
Verbena 'Homestead Purple' - A short-lived perennial, lasting only 2-to-3 years in my garden, I will forever replant the great Verbena. It loves the heat and humidity of our climate; it blooms all summer starting in March. What a plant!! (P.S. The plant in the foreground of this picture is actually a tulip...'Angelique.')
- And many other miscellaneous plants. Come see.
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