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Listed below are plants that are potted up behind our Hangar. Hopefully, they will make thru the winter and will be available for sale at my APRIL 14, 2012 OPEN GARDEN. All of these plants grow in my garden. Keep checking back in as many plants will be added to the list before my April 14 Open Garden/Plant Sale.
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Agarista populifolia - A beautiful 7' tall evergreen native shrub with a weeping shape. White lily-of-the-valley flowers appear in June. Can be sheared if you want. Makes a great hedge in the shade garden...and also grows in sun. Deer resistant and drought tolerant.
Amorpha canescens - Native Leadwort grows to 4-5' tall and wide. The leaves are greyish-green and resemble those of a mimosa. Flowers are long and narrow, dark purple and orange. A very unusual shrub. Sun to part sun. Deer resistant and drought tolerant.
Amsonia hubrictii - Narrow-Leaf Bluestar is a mainstay in the Mailbox Garden and is a native perennial, growing 3-4' tall and wide. It is a four-season plant: light-blue flowers on delicate foliage in spring; beautiful foliage and shade all summer; foliage turns the color gold in October or November; then brown foliage all winter cut back in February. Deer resistant and drought tolerant.
Aquilegia canadensis - Our southeastern native columbine lures the migrating hummingbird, blooming at the time when it migrates up from the Southern Hemisphere. In return for food, the hummingbird pollinates the columbine, promoting seed production. Looks great with native Chrysoganum virginiana at its feet. It prefers part shade in my garden.
Baptisia australis - Native False Blue Indigo should be in everyone's garden. This sun-lover appears in early spring looking like asparagus; its blooms resemble that of a pea (a beautiful color of blue); the foliage is gorgeous the rest of the summer until frost. 3' tall. Deer resistant.
Baptisia 'Carolina Moonlight' - Same as above, but a soft yellow color to the flower. It is easy to find a place for this native in your garden.
Bletilla striata is a Hardy Ground Orchid that has a white-edged leaf. In late April, the 15" tall stems are topped with small white orchid-like flowers. This is a vigorous grower in moist soil, needing a little shade in the South. I grow it in a container as I have such dry soil.
Buxus microphylla 'Golden Dream'is an extremely handsome plant, having good green foliage that is edged in golden yellow. Growth habit is nice & compact(3'Tx3'W), and foliage is very dense. Color is most pronounced in full sun, but will accept either full sun or partial shade. Deer resistant and drought tolerant.
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!!
Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus - This variety of our native Purple Coneflower grows in a full sun to part shade environment. It has enormous flowers up to 6" across. Purple Coneflower attracts birds and butterflies and has interest in the garden from summer thru winter. Drought tolerant. Deer may browse.
Epimedium 'Sulphureum' - Fairy Wings belong in every shade garden. Like magic, they bloom in late March to welcome you into spring. An evergreen groundcover 8" tall...slowly spreading...not at all invasive. Cut back old foliage in late February. Drought tolerant AND deer resistant. A fabulous plant.
Forsythia 'Aurea' - Not like the ordinary Forsythia, this variety has leaves that vie with the yellow color of the flowers, and then the foliage stays a chartruse color the rest of the summer. This one is not a lover of full sun.
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.
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 resistant.
Hydrangea quercifolia - Native Oakleaf Hydrangea is so beautiful in the shady woodland garden. Winter interest is the exfoliating bark. Spring brings beautiful foliage. In June, large panicles of flowers are a show-stopper. Protect in the spring from deer browsing; otherwise pest resistant. 6 ft tall and wide in the shady garden.
Iris brevicaulis - Native to the SE in wet areas and along streambanks, but loves normal garden conditions. Beautiful blue flowers with yellow and white crested falls, great for cutting; good foliage also. 12" tall, sun to part sun. Deer resistant.
Iris cristata - At only 6" tall, Dwarf Crested Iris makes a huge show because it slowly spreads and makes a beautiful groundcover in the woodland garden. My absolute favorite iris.
Iris germanica - Dwarf Yellow - My friend gave me this iris that she brought with her from her previous garden at her home in Indianapolis. It grows to 12-18" tall and blooms in April, a very early bloomer. I love this iris. Sun. Deer resistant.
Iris tectorum - This is an easy-to-grow Asian iris, purple in color, ideal for slightly acid soil of low fertility. It is best in the shade garden, I think. Rhizomes grow in a circular fashion, ergo the foliage follows that pattern becoming a most attractive plant all season, spring to frost. Divide in August or dig up seedlings to share. A great plant for dry shade. Divisions/seedling plants from my garden. Deer resistant.
Iris tectorum 'Alba' - The white version of above.
Lathyrus latifolius - This perennial Sweet Pea (a 6' vine), unfortunately, is not fragrant. However, it makes up for it by blooming its head off summer until frost. It loves sun and does fine without much moisture.
Magnolia stellata 'Pink Stardust' - Garden designer and author Pamela Harper, who gardens in the Tidewater area of Virginia, gives this deciduous magnolia "nine marks out of ten for its moderate size, shapely form, tolerance for...indeed liking of...sandy, low fertility soil and hot sun, and its profusion of faintly fragrant starry flowers. It will reach 20 feet tall in 20 years, multitrunked with silvery bark." According to woody guru Michael Dirr, this decidious magnolia has an "outstanding pyramidal-haystack form' and the flowers open to 4-5" wide and are "nicely fragrant." Plant on the cooler north side of your property to delay early blooms.
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.
Mertensia virginica - Two-feet-tall Virginia Bluebells are a beautiful addition to the spring woodland garden, although they are completely gone by the time hot summer comes. Native. Deer resistant.
Monarda 'Marshall's Delight' - A pink bee balm. Yes, it does spread, but it is easy to pull up (shallow-rooted). Powdery mildew has never appeared on this variety in my garden. A beauty. Native. Deer resistant.
Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Goshiki' - The leaves of this evergreen shrub are highly variegated, giving color to the shade garden all year long. It is very slow growing, eventually reaching 8' tall. Deer resistant and drought tolerant.
Penstemon 'Husker's Red - The leaves are burgundy-red in early spring...lovely interplanted with chartruese foliaged plants. Flowers later in spring are creamy-white. Penstemon likes rather lean (ie. not too fertile) soil. Don't fertilize too aggressively. Deer resistant.
Phlox stolonifera 'Sherwood Purple' More drought tolerant than Phlox divaritaca, this native makes a beautiful spring showing in the part-shade garden. Only 6" tall and deer resistant.
Polygonatum odoratum thunbergii ‘Variegatum’ Highly variegated leaves make this plant a MUST for the shade garden. In early spring, cream-colored bell-shaped flowers appear under the arching 20" tall stems. Solomon's Seal increases by creeping rhizomes but never becomes invasive. Drought tolerant. Deer may eat this plant.
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Mountain Mint is not at all aggressive in the garden. This native grows to 3' tall and wide. Silver-colored leaves are topped with silvery-white blooms in midsummer. This plant attracts beneficial wasps...great pollinators... especially for your vegetable garden. Best in sun. Deer resistant.
Rohdea japonica Not everyone loves this plant. I do because (1) it has bold, evergreen foliage almost a foot tall; (2) it grows beautifully in dry shade; (3) deer don't touch it; (4) it makes beautiful red berries in December; (5) it is politely self-seeding into my garden. 'Nuf said.
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 resistant; and it seeds in and makes lots of babies. My kind of plant. I am offering small, one-year seedlings.
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