Abromeitiella cf. chlorantha #00007AR        PRICE 1@ $6.50

A spiny high altitude xeric terrestrial Bromeliad from the deserts of Argentina, this makes a perfect rock hard hemispherical spine tipped dome, the cushion looks like a strange mutant Draba, When Baldassare Mineo visited he took one plant back on the plane with him, this was it.

 

ACANTHOLIMON

We have amassed what we think is the finest collection of these spiny cushions ever offered anywhere, cutting grown from clones in our private stash, these things are a pain to root, literally, Punnett’s fingers will never be the same, (after our Gloved Employee from Hell incident a couple of years ago no one wants to be seen in gloves).

 

Acantholimon armanum ssp armanum   03    Price   -  $8.00

Euroseed collection from 1300M in Turkey on limestone, dense glaucous - silver shrublets, tiquetrous leaves white to pink flowers

 

Acantholimon avenaceum Price   -  $8.00

A long blooming species grown from cultivated material from the former U.S.S.R. via R.M.R.P with airy sprays of pink flowers produced over an extended season

 

Acantholimon bracteatum ssp capitatum             Price   -  $8.00

Mojmir considers this one of the best Turkish Acantholimons; from 3,000m on the stony slopes of Palandoken Dagh, dense silvery cushions, bright pink fls on 1-3 cm scapes.

 

Acantholimon glumaceum Price   -  $8.00

Native to sunny dry rock crevices in Anatolia and the trans Caucasus, the spiny green cushions bear typical bright pink flowers; it’s one of the easiest species in cultivation.

 

Acantholimon hohenackeri  049 Price   -  $8.00

One of the most attractive species, this forms large spiny cushions of blue gray rosettes, Grown from cultivated material originally collected in Iran, if it’s lost from cultivation it probably won’t be re-collected any time soon.

 

Acantholimon hypochoerum Price   -  $8.00

Piatek’s 1998 collection from Bey Dag at 1900m where he found it growing on gravelly stony hills; white flowers on 10-15cm scapes above spiny cushions.

 

Acantholimon litwinovii 94-0116 Price   -  $8.00

Handsome bluish cushions tipped with spines, pink flowers; dry lover from Asia is rather fine textured and not as wickedly armed as some.

 

Acantholimon ulicinum ssp. purpurescens           Price   -  $8.00

Holubec’s 1997 collection from Dedegöl Dag on limestone screes at 2400m, small to medium greenish cushions; bright rose flowers in short dense spikes with reddish bracts. This is my favorite of the ulicinum forms with outstanding foliage with an unusual hue.

 

Acantholimon ulicinum ssp.  ulicinum  08    Price   -  $8.00

Dense green cushions and nearly stemless dark pink flowers, these date from Mojmir’s 1997 collections from Boz Dagh at 1,900m.

 

Acantholimon venustum v. venustum             Price   -  $8.00

Large very blue rosettes tipped with wicked spines this is a large grower with huge spiny cushions.

 

Acanthus Balcanus (hungaricus ) Price   -  $8.00

Leaves with deep lobes, but lacking spines; flowers are similar to mollis, 2 1/2' h. 

 

Acanthus mollis ................... Price   -  $8.00

The classic bears breech, whose foliage decorates Greek columns, they have lovely dense spikes of purple veined white flowers, 3 ft. high, best in a slightly shaded protected place.

 

ACANTHUS SYRICUS ................ Price   -  $8.00

Leaves with many spines, they have lovely dense spikes of purple veined white flowers, 3 ft. high, best in a slightly shaded protected place; Syria to Greece.

 

Achillea AGERATAFOLIA .. PRICE 1@ $5.50

A dwarf gray tomentose white flowered species from the Balkans.

 

Achillea aleppica ssp zederbaureri    PRICE 1@ $6.50

Collected by Mojmir at 1600 m near Karaman turkey tufts of silvery grey linear leaves 10-15cm high topped by dense corymbs of yellow flowers. It is one of the best rock garden Achillea.

 

Achillea coarctica ........... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Formerly known as Achillea compacta and Achillea sericea, this is a good dwarf form of an attractive and rarely available species Mojmir collected in Bulgaria at 1400m. Short rosettes of grayish green hairy leaves produce dense heads of dark yellow flowers atop 20-30cm stems, as yarrow goes this is quite nice.

 

Achillea millifolium ‘colorado’ PRICE 1@ $6.50

A nice mix of mostly pastel shades this is a long blooming yarrow that is great for massed plantings, it cuts well and can be dried.

 

Achillea millifolium 'Paprika' PRICE 1@ $6.50

Feathery green leaves and orangish flat heads of flowers, seasoning for garden center fodder, we do toss in the occasional mundane plant just to make the rest seem more interesting, surprisingly enough we sell quite a bit of this sort of thing both in the catalog and on site.

 

Achillea siberica KAMTSCHATICA PRICE 1@ $5.50

Toothed leathery deep green leaves topped by flat heads of rose pink flowers this is one of the nicer Achillea species and quite different from the millifolium types

 

Achillea sipikorensis 32a PRICE 1@ $6.50

Another excellent Turkish species with silvery grey cushions of tomentose leaves and solitary white flowers on short stems, Mojmir collected it from the gypsum hills near Gurun at 1700m.

 

ACHILLEA SP. EX UTAH ........ PRICE 1@ $6.50

Punnett, who is not a big Achillea fan but does like new trough plants, loves this cute tiny species, which came to us from John Hargrove at H & H Botanicals.

 

Achillea x lewisii 'King Edward' PRICE 1@ $6.50

'King Edward’ is a charming little hybrid, the parentage is most likely a. clavenae x a. nana x a. tomentosa; it forms small mats of gray foliage topped by flat corymbs of pale yellow flowers that age to cream, atop 15-20cm stems.

Aconitum

Indispensable for their late summer and fall blooms, aconites, like so many of their cousins in the Ranunculaceae tend to be long lived in the garden, I suspect they would be much more popular if seed were a bit easier to germinate. I particularly like them in combination with Tricyrtis and Japanese Anemones, underplanted with a few fall gentians, cyclamens and colchicums. Its time to break the mum addiction, just say no and leave them at the grocery store.

 

Aconitum charmichaelii (wilsonii) spatlase         PRICE 1@ $6.50

Perhaps the finest of the Aconites, this imposing species is always in demand; the soaring spires of hooded blue flowers tower over the Tricyrtis and Cyclamen mocking the pathetic attempts of Mums trying in vain capture you eye.

 

Aconitum napellus Newry Blue PRICE 1@ $6.50

Blooming in late summer this is one of the showiest aconites and a standby for summer color.

 

ACONITUM WILSONII .............. PRICE 1@ $8.00

Seed grown so expect a bit of variation, but in general, they should be tall late flowering and bluish purple.

 

acorus calamus ‘Variegatus’ Price  -  $15.00

A strongly variegated form of our native species celebrated in poem (Whitman didn't tell you it was a dangerous hallucinogen) strange spathe and spadix flowers.

 

Acorus christoffii ............... Price  -  $8.00

As far as I know there are only two species of Acorus, with no mention of christoffii, perhaps it is a quantum Acorus, that both exists and doesn’t exist depending on how you look at it, I’m still working on designing a two slit Sweet Flag detector, and no I have not been chewing on the leaves.

 

Acorus gramineus dwarf 'Himenasumene'    PRICE 1@ $6.50

An exceptional fine textured plant with narrow leaves edged in creamy yellow that fade to white later in the season. We got this from Heronswood years ago however it has long since departed from their catalog, indeed it did not even leave a trace in Google.  It is depressing that so many great plants are not maintained in cultivation, someone should start a propagation repository for plants no longer in the nursery trade, this would be a great mission for a private or public botanic garden.

 

Acorus gramineus ‘licorice’ PRICE 1@ $6.50

Solid green leaves, rather thick and heavy for gramineus, with a strong scent of licorice.

 

Acorus gramineus minimus aureus PRICE 1@ $6.50

Minimus aureus is like a dwarf form of Ogen, small enough to use in a trough or as a companion plant for bonsai, it has a lot of cute appeal.

 

ACORUS GRAMINEUS ‘Ogon’ PRICE 1@ $6.50

The golden Japanese counterpart, much smaller and more delicate; wet sites.

 

Acorus gramineus 'Pussillius' PRICE 1@ $6.50

Tiny and cute this is great in a trough or miniature landscape, or even in drifts as a grass substitute that never needs mowing.

 

ACORUS GRAMINEUS ‘variegatus’ PRICE 1@ $6.50

Similar to the above, white striped leaves; many Acorus contain beta-asarone, which is also found in Sassafras and Asarums and is mildly hallucinogenic as well as carcinogenic.

 

Actea nigra (spicata) ( asiatica) Price  -  $15.00

Native from Europe to western Asia, this is the black-fruited form from China Japan and Korea, the taxonomy is a mess even without the Cimicifuga complications, but nigra is highly desirable under any name.

 

Adenophora takedae howozana PRICE 1@ $6.50

A dwarf species from Japan howozana is the alpine form usually less than 15cm high, and considered among the best in the genus along with tashiroi.

 

Aeoniopsis cabulica ......... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Perhaps my favorite rosette the flat grey mottled leaves are quite unlike anything else we grow, thanks to Panyoti we once again are able to offer this exquisite plant. Like so many rosette formers the rosettes of this little statice relative die after flowering, offset rosettes will live on if it has made any.  Flowers are ugly and we suggest you only allow them if you want seed otherwise destroy them before the rosette starts to elongate.

 

Aeschynanthus novogracilis PRICE 1@ $12.00

A cool new gesneriad out of China, most everything written about it is in chinese, and my chinese is not so good, neither is google’s. The name translates to Fine Man’s Hair Chirita, I don’t think this is a physics pun, elsewhere it translates to Flemish Ethnic Hair Chirita, it is apparently epiphitic often on quercus glandulifera in Yunan at altitudes to 1700m. The 2.5cm Corolla is red with soft outside hair and no facial hair, flowers in November.

 

Aethionema grandiflorum PRICE 1@ $6.50

One of the best species, reliably hardy with rather large pink flowers above neat little bonsai looking foliage.

 

Aethionema iberideum .... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A woody-based sub shrubby species, these are from a colony with large white flowers that Mojmir found in 2002 on Kupe Dag at 2500m.

 

AETHIONEMA membranaceum Price  -  $8.00

Pavelka collected this from the stony slopes of the Sakaltutan pass in Turkey at 2,000m; shrublets with many tangled glaucous leaved stems topped with small rose flowers.

 

Aethionema OPPOSITIFOLIA: see eunomia

agapanthus TINKERBELLe variegated  Price  -  $6.50

Derived from the Greek agape (not to be confused with Harlan Ellison’s Eros Tinkerbelle, which got him fired from Disney). This dwarf form may still turn you on, its only a few inches tall with fantastic strongly variegated foliage, however it is shy flowering and slow to reach sexual maturity; reputedly it blooms best when pot bound and well fertilized, (Tinkerbelle gets it on when she’s in bondage).

 

Agapanthus sp. white ..... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A white form we raised from seed years ago, its tough but nothing like the above.

 

Agastache aurantiaca ..... Price  -  $8.00

Aromatic grey foliage and myriads of orange-yellow long tubed flowers, from Alplains.

 

Agastache 'Big Bazooka' .. Price  -  $8.00

Do the demonic rodents in your garden seem invulnerable, is it true that no weapon ever forged can harm them, Na, you just need a ‘Big Bazooka', it will blow them away (check out Buffy reruns for operating instructions).

 

AGASTACHE CANA  ..................... Price  -  $8.00

Sweetly scented rose purple flowers and foliage, cana is a good showy late summer perennial that the hummers are quite fond of.

 

Agastache cana x rupestris Price  -  $8.00

A customer brought us this cross, nice looking with pleasing aromatic foliage in flowers intermediate between the two parents.

 

Agastache foeniculum .. PRICE 1@ $6.50

2-foot mounds of anise scented foliage topped by short spikes of blue Hyssop-like flowers, it is easy to please and blooms for a good chunk of the summer making it great for general landscape use

 

Agastache foeniculum ‘Golden Jubilee’        PRICE 1@ $6.50

Gold leafed version of the above.

 

Agastache micrantha ..... PRICE 1@ $6.50

An intensely mint scented species ex Dona Ana Co. NM, small flowered with prominent calyces, this dried well and holds it’s fragrance.

 

Agave cupreata .................... Price  -  $12.00

A rarely offered broad leaved Agave from Mexico native near the Monarch Butterfly roosting areas. Supposedly, you can make tequila by macerating the center of the rosette and letting the juice that collects in the center ferment in the sun.

 

Agave desertii ....................... Price  -  $12.00

Spine tipped rosettes, our sources claim these should be fairly hardy and customers report they winter here.

 

Agave parryi super hardy Price  -  $12.00

Silvery grey rosettes these are form the most cold hardy population we know of and should be very tough once established.

 

Ajuga reptans 'Burgundy Glow' Price  -  $8.00

Ajuga, other than chamaepitys and ovalifolia, suffer from a lack of snob appeal. Don’t be put off they have considerable merits not the least of which is they are unkillable, weed strangling and have rather pretty foliage; here the leaves are wine and the flowers blue.

 

Ajuga 'Chocolate Chip' ..... Price  -  $8.00

Very showy spikes of violet blue flowers above mats of chocolate foliage.

 

Ajuga pyramidalis 'Metalica Crispa' ... Price  -  $8.00

a personal favorite the cushions of twisted and crinkled metallic bronze foliage are definitely different, like heaping mounds of fresh raccoon poo glistening in the morning light

 

Ajuga 'Silver Queen' ........... Price  -  $8.00

Attractive mats of green and white variegated foliage.

 

Ajuga reptans ‘Planet Zork’ Price  -  $8.00

This is the weirdest damn thing; we got it from Yinger a few years back. If nothing else, it evokes strong feelings, either you hate it and think it belongs on the compost heap or just think it is cool as hell.

 

Alcea calwertii v albiflora  #816 Price  -  $8.00

A rare Alcea from a central Asian Jurasek collection, white flowered and not in cultivation prior to this listing.

 

Alchemilla erythropoda PRICE 1@ $6.50

A bit reminiscent of A. alpina of the 300 or so species this gem from the Carpathians ranks as one of the best. The foliage is very neat and the display of yellow flowers is among the best.

 

Alchemilla mollis Thriller PRICE 1@ $6.50

Actually less of a Lady’s Mantle than a Small Children’s Mantle, luring them with theme parks and Jesus juice This pale version is all in all just about the creepiest thing I can think of (Oh and did I mention that the music sucks and the nose is in danger of falling off.)

 

Aloinopsis hilmarii ........... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Rosettes of smooth grayish leaves and typical yellow mesemb flowers.

 

Aloinopsis luckhofii ....... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Two toned flowers shade from yellow to apricot, these were collected at Boonstevlei and should be reasonably hardy.

 

Aloinopsis persii 1314 mesa Price -   $8.00

Big fleshy leaves like a giant Delosperma, reasonably hardy according to Mesa.

 

Aloninopsis rosulata .... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Odd lumpy looking cushions of succulent leaves, yellow flowers.

 

Aloinopsis schoonessii PRICE 1@ $6.50

One of the stone plants, the mimicry is not as good as with lithops but they are still cool looking more like some dead fleshy reptilian toe than a rock.

 

ALONINOPSIS SPATHULATA . Price -   $8.00

One of the best of the many mesembs that have been making the rounds thanks to all the South African collecting expeditions, tight cushions of fleshy leaves and large pink daisies on short stems, very slow from cuttings.

 

Aloninopsis thudichumii PRICE 1@ $6.50

Remember that horrible b movie C.H.U.D., how about a sequel C.H.U.D verses the killer tomatoes we can call it Thudichumii.

 

Alstromeria psitacina ..... Price  -  $8.00

One of the more tender species with dramatic green and red streaked and spotted foliage; it is definitely less hardy than aurantica, which survives unprotected here.

 

Alstromeria sp. aff aurea Price  -  $8.00

This has been one of the easier ones here our plants in the garden have formed huge clumps and are spectacular. It needs a deep root run, the fleshy roots are quite brittle, un-pot them carefully, breaking roots can prove fatal, it's worth the effort to see the exotic yellow-orange flowers.

 

Alyssum caespitosum .... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Thanks to the crew’s unintended destruction of our only stock plants we now have enough to list, yep they ripped them to pieces, probably not the safest way to propagate alyssum.

 

Alyssum markgrafii ......... PRICE 1@ $6.50

From cultivated material ex Albania, this is an upright species with fine gray leaves and yellow flowers producing an extended show.

 

Alyssum oschtenicum .... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A rare endemic collected by Pavelka from limestone screes in the Western Caucasus at 2400m, the small gray 5-15cm stems creep or flop to form delightful mats tipped with compact heads of yellow flowers

 

Alyssum ovirense .............. PRICE 1@ $6.50

A mat former from the southeastern Alps and western Yugoslavia, yellow flowers on 12cm stems.

 

Alyssum saxitile 'Dudley Neville Variegated'    Price  - $8.00

Aurinia saxitile if you prefer (personally I hate that name and my muse informs me I have taxonomic license -"Fornit some Fornus" or something like that, apologies to Steven King). In any event, it is the best of the Basket of Gold types with nicely variegated gray fuzzy leaves and flowers that are yellowish with a hint of apricot.

 

Alyssum saxitile Plenum Price  - $8.00

The double flowered form, like all the Basket of Gold types it's lovely in the garden but looks like a scraggly mess in pots; remember to shear them back after planting to tighten them up, in the garden they stay neat.

 

Alyssum stribrnyi ............. PRICE 1@ $6.50

A tufted to spreading plant from the balkans with good yellow flowers and greyish green foliage.

 

Amsonia jonesii......................... Price  - $8.00

Jonesii! I see you marking an X by it already, with that name how bad can it be. It gets better, mature plants bear 50-100 three foot stems of lanceolate leaves topped with heads of long tubed pale blue flowers. An Alplains collection from Mohave co. Arizona at 1,509m.

 

Amsonia ludoviciana ........... Price  - $8.00

The references are quick to tell you there are 20 species, distributed from Europe through Asia to Japan and North America, then they list 19 of them omitting the one you are interested in, I hate that.

 

AMSONIA TABERNAEMONTANA Price  - $8.00

a very long-lived perennial with 3' stems topped with blue flowers and willow like leaves, Amsonia is a little tricky to produce from seed, which is why it is so seldom offered. an outstanding choice for moist heavy soils 

 

Amsonia tharpii ........................ Price  - $8.00

The smallest species we offer, collected from Eddy Co. NM at 3100’ on calcareous soils (unlike the rest which are sand lovers) it’s cute with feathery spirals of falcate leaves.