bAMBOO

Problems with the neighbors, plant a row of yellow groove on your property line, it makes a great living fence, which will eventually eat half your neighbors yard. I think bamboos are best appreciated as large clumps viewed from a distance, the bad news is that unless you take drastic measures it will eat your garden as well, spoiling the whole distant panorama thing. You should also know that Roundup will not stop the creeping attack. The following are from Punnett minus their Latin names, searching for tags was deemed futile. It takes them a while to become established but do not be deceived, they are merely lurking and storing energy for the inevitable big run.

 

Bamboo variegated dwf #2 white PRICE 1@ $8.00

This is a nice boldly variegated plant; much more compact than the yellow dwarf listed above, indeed the habit is almost tufted. Dick brought us this years ago (the tag had long since vanished). We have struggled to produce commercial quantities. Still it is a bamboo and prudent caution is advised, in some settings it may become weedy.

 

bAMBOO YELLOW VARIEGATED DWARF PRICE 1@ $8.00

Dwarf bamboo that runs, but is not as big a menace, caution is still advised.

 

Bamboo yellow groove PRICE 1@ $15.00

The nomenclature for bamboo is all messed up. This is a big winter hardy species that will invade your entire garden and crack it's way through solid concrete to enter your basement; stunning plant but very aggressive and difficult to eradicate, confine the roots in a strong container, plastic garbage cans don't work.

 

Ballota pseudodictamnus nana PRICE 1@ $6.50

A sub shrubby Labiate native to western Turkey and the Aegean islands on limestone, pseudodictamnus is similar to B. acetabulosa but distinctly yellowish woolly, forming 12-15” mounded shrublets, sending up flowering stems bearing multiple whorls of purple flecked white flowers in summer.

 

Baptisia australis v. minor ‘Caspian Dwarf’           PRICE 1@ $8.00

The perfect companion for your Clitoria ‘Caspian Dwarf’, look for the video on Utube.

 

Begonia grandis (evansiana) PRICE 1@ $6.50

a unique and very hardy species with succulent stems to 18", often spreading by means of stem bulbils. ours are predominately pink with a few whites, grandis is a tuberous species native to China and garden visitors are always amazed that it is actually hardy with no protection.

 

Begonia grandis ssp evansiana 'Wildwood Purity'       PRICE 1@ $8.00

A classic selection from Thurman, 1” white flowers are set off by the blood red leaf backs, an outstanding selection.

 

Begonia SUTHERLANDII ..... PRICE 1@ $8.00

Tangerine orange flowers produced all summer, a bulbous tender South African species - very attractive little plant.

 

Bellis perennis 'Rob Roy' PRICE 1@ $5.50

By far the best Bellis in my estimation, lovely double crimson flowers, it must be divided at least every other year or you will lose it.

 

Bergenia cordifolia Rotblum PRICE 1@ $6.50

A red flowered strain from Germany, we have a large batch of Rotblum and Winterglut sitting side by side on the bench and are very impressed with the clean nicely colored foliage of both of them, its a coin toss for which is best.

 

Bergenia cordifolia 'Silberlicht' PRICE 1@ $12.00

We consider 'Silberlicht' the best white Bergenia however considering the lack of competition this may not be saying much; still this German selection is in a class by itself.

 

Bergenia Dwarf Hybrids JCA 6.233.100 PRICE 1@ $12.00

A selected form from Archibald seed, it is quite compact and slow growing. Indeed, we have been dividing it since 1999 and have only managed to produce 21 plants, obviously supplies are short.

 

Bergeranthus artus ....... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Distinguished by the acutely carinate lower leaf surfaces and yellowish red flowers that open in the afternoon, it is great in mixed succulent troughs.

 

Bergeranthus jamesii ... PRICE 1@ $8.00

Crack filler for the Denver sidewalks, dense tufts of succulent narrow leaves and yellow mesemb flowers from spring until frost, hey if you have crack problems this may be just the thing (non-smokable, but highly ornamental, it doesn’t encourage drive-bys).

 

Beschorneria ‘Ding Dong’ PRICE 1@ $19.00

Tony’s selection, (are ho ho’s and Twinkies next) of false red Agave, seven foot phallic stalks open to multitudes of pendant red and green bell shaped flowers, it’s hardy at Plant Delights, I’m guessing not so here.

 

Bletilla striata ............... PRICE 1@ $12.00

A wonderful bulbous terrestrial orchid that is native from Japan through China to Tibet. Flowers resemble a purple Cymbidium; it is hardy with protection here

 

Bletilla striata alba .. PRICE 1@ $12.00

As above but white, both are container grown and at or near flowering size.

 

Boltonia asteroides v. latisquama nana     PRICE 1@ $6.50

A late summer bloomer fairly compact with masses of pale rosy lilac asters with a yellow center, dwarf is relative this is not tiny.

 

Bornmuellera tymphaea   PRICE 1@ $6.50

Woody based suffruticose crucifer with silky hairy narrow leaves and 10-15cm scapes of white flowers, Pavelka collected it at 1,700m from the rocky slopes of the Pindos Mts. in Greece.

 

Brunnera macrophylla 'Langtrees' PRICE 1@ $19.00

Green leaves with a row of silver dots just in from the leaf margins, obscured in spring by clouds of intensely blue Forget-Me-Not flowers it is quietly charming.

 

Brunnera macrophylla 'Looking Glass'         PRICE 1@ $19.00

Similar to jack frost but with even better silver it is outstanding and may eventually surpass Jack Frost in popularity.

 

Calamintha grandiflora variegata PRICE 1@ $6.50

This is one of the most commented on variegated plants here at the nursery. Somewhat fuzzy aromatic leaves; heavily speckled mint green and white, and large showy pinkish purple flowers.

 

Calandrina grandiflora PRICE 1@ $6.50

Native to Chile this Lewisia relative is often grown as an annual in colder regions, although it is a fleshy rooted perennial, flowering first year from seed and easily self sowing producing racemes of hot purple magenta flowers

 

Callihroe altheaoides 'Logan Calhoun'        PRICE 1@ $12.00

Callihroe altheaoides is similar to the better known C. digitata. ‘Logan Calhoun’ is a white flowered selection that is lovely in combination with Callihroe involucrata, flowering for months they love it sunny and dry and were great in last summer’s drought.

 

callihroe involucrata ‘Buffalo Rose             PRICE 1@ $8.00

An outstanding decumbent mallow, trailing from a central rootstock stems snake for several feet through the garden sending up a continuous parade very showy of magenta flowers, we've had a hell of a time convincing some of our botanically challenged customers that it wasn't some sort of geranium. As to the ‘Buffalo Rose’ thing I don’t see much difference from the straight species.

 

caltha Palustris ............... PRICE 1@ $8.00

Marsh Marigolds are perfect for a wet spot or the bank of a garden stream; Caltha will even grow in standing water. It forms large clumps of glossy leaves, which are obscured in spring by the myriads of 2” shining yellow buttercup flowers that scream for a macro lens. I put one in a pond made from a sunken bathtub and over the years, it has filled the tub displacing everything. Viewed from a distance in this dry rock garden setting it is a startling sight, an Adonis gone mad.

 

Calylophus serrulatus PRICE 1@ $6.50

A handsome long blooming plant from an Alplains collection at 6600’ in Elbert Co., CO. the bushy mounds of red tinged foliage bear a continuous succession of orange buds, which open to reveal brilliant yellow flowers.

CAMPANULA

Campanulas are a major element in the summer garden; the genus displays great diversity in size and form providing everything from tiny trough species to huge gaudy border perennials. Admittedly the color range isn’t much, most are blue with the attendant albino versions, and what passes for pink or yellow is pretty pathetic, still how can you go wrong with blues and purples, at their best they rival the finest gentians in terms of color. Most are easy and free blooming, producing a spectacular display in the garden. For the rock gardener there are species that will test the patience of even the most skilful grower. Campanulas are an indispensable group of plants that can keep your interest for years; for as long as I have known her Betty Blake has been busy growing every species Crook lists, not to mention all the new ones. The list below should give you a fair start on her quest.

 

CAMPANULA 'BLUE GOWN' .. PRICE 1@ $8.00

Starry blue flowers with a white center, gray-green leaves, its still rather new for us but seems to be a solid performer.

 

Campanula 'Hilltop Snow' PRICE 1@ $6.50

Tight mounds of toothed foliage topped by an abundance of white flowers that are produced over an extended season we think quite highly of this promising new hybrid from Graham Nichols.

 

Campanula ALLIARIIFOLIA dwarf PRICE 1@ $6.50

Graceful arching stems with long white bells, hanging pendulous from their lower side, this is a rarely seen dwarf form that we are much taken with.

 

Campanula alliariifolia minor PRICE 1@ $6.50

From a 2004 wild collection courtesy of Mojmir from the central Caucasus in Russia at 1500m. He describes the flower color as yellowish but I suspect creamy white is more like it. Plants are only 10-20cm tall.

 

Campanula AUCHERI............ PRICE 1@ $6.50

Farrer calls it a charming species for a choice bed or moraine and a darling of slugs - always keen to discern the very best. It should be on everyone’s must grow list, this beautiful relative of C. saxifraga and C. tridentata is surprisingly easy to please in the garden and never fails to put on an impressive floral display

 

Campanula autraniana .. PRICE 1@ $6.50

A rare and beautiful long lived plant that’s a bit reminiscent of betulifolia (there is an excellent b/w photo in Crook) dense tufts of dark green leaves and large solitary violet flowers, its endemic to the W. Caucasus where Mojmir found it at 2400m.

 

Campanula besenginica (tridens) PRICE 1@ $8.00

They have changed the name but this is still the same exquisite plant that graced our cover a few years back. One of the finest in the tridentata group it is beyond compare, besenginica is morphologically similar to C. Ciliata with the same dwarf habit and huge solitary pale blue flowers differing mainly in the tridentata like toothing of the leaves. An outstanding species Mojmir collected from alpine meadows and stable screes in the Western Caucasus at 2200m.

 

Campanula betulifolia x trogerae PRICE 1@ $6.50

Raised from a Scottish source the foliage on these tends more to betulifolia however many have the wide flat flowers of trogerae (without the tendency to melt if you look at it wrong), this group of seedlings contains some plants worthy of clonal selection.

 

Campanula carpatica 'GRAHAM Giant'    PRICE 1@ $6.50

Truth to tell, I’m not a big fan of carpatica, it wouldn’t break my heart if i never see another plant of ‘Blue Clips’. 'Graham Giant' is another matter however; flowers are huge and upward facing, (they caught Fred Case’s eye from halfway across the greenhouse). A compact seedling selected by Rick Lupp, it seems not to be half annual, I just hope it doesn’t turn ugly as it gets old, young plants are cute as hell.

 

Campanula carpatica v. turbinata PRICE 1@ $5.50

A charming plant quite unlike the nearly annual bedding plants carpatica that are too often seen, turbinata is much more delicate and refined and no relation to those crazy Taliban black towel heads.

 

Campanula cochlearifolia 'Elizabeth Oliver'     PRICE 1@ $6.50

Outstanding named selection of cochlearifolia double flowered and compact, beautiful running around in a scree, a must for any campanula lover.

 

Campanula cochlearifolia 'Miranda'    PRICE 1@ $6.50

Once thought lost to cultivation Farrer’s Miranda is a treasure, “ prodigiously free in growth… comely pale bells… in taller spraying showers… from summer right away till autumn.” Farrer who knew cochlearifolia as bellardii considered Miranda one of the greatest rock garden plants and who am I to disagree.

 

Campanula cochlearifolia 'R.B. Loder'            PRICE 1@ $6.50

Alluring fully double very pale blue flowers that age to pure white, this blooms a couple weeks later than 'Elizabeth Oliver' it rates very high with us.

 

Campanula collina ........... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A running Armenian which Farrer calls “One of the most gorgeous with rich purple blue bells on foot high stems,” it’s easy to please and an excellent garden plant.

 

Campanula fenestrellata PRICE 1@ $6.50

Mojmir’s collections from limestone rock crevices near Biokovo Croatia at 1500m of this outstanding Campanula; in this population, flowers are a beautiful starry light blue with some whites. Plants are similar to garganica but with more pubescent leaves.

 

Campanula formanekiana PRICE 1@ $6.50

A monocarpic species from limestone cliffs in Greece and Yugoslavia with lovely rosettes of grey green wavy leaves that erupt in a spectacular display of 5-6cm long bells. It is a profuse seeder and will persist for years in the garden given the proper site.

 

Campanula fragilis ssp fragilis PRICE 1@ $8.00

It has taken us years to build up enough stock of this rare little campanula to offer, delicate mats of grayish foliage and starry blue flowers up to 4cm across, this is one of the best trough campanulas we have ever grown.

 

Campanula garganica ..... PRICE 1@ $6.50

An outstanding plant from the rocky coasts of the Adriatic, its an easy early blooming species that is a standby in the garden, preferring full sun and a slightly alkaline soil.

 

Campanula garganica 'DICKSON’S Gold'            PRICE 1@ $6.50

an easy but prized rock garden ornament, neat mounds of foliage that splays tightly along the rockwork like suckers on an octopus, topped with expanded blue starfish flowers, produced all summer; Farrer in aquatic mode. The gold form is similar to portenschlagiana aurea, I can only tell them apart if they are sitting side by side.

 

Campanula glomerata ‘joan elliot’ PRICE 1@ $6.50

Brigitta's original strain rescued during the crazy times, we finally have enough excess to catalog, I've seen several plants under this name and this is by far the best, it runs like mad but blooms for months and the flower heads are huge. Friends will beg enough plants to keep it in check. 

 

Campanula hawkinsiana PRICE 1@ $6.50

A rare and beautiful Greek species that maintains a tenuous foothold in cultivation, its native to serpentine screes in Greece and has a reputation for collapsing without warning, however it is not generally monocarpic; always coveted by those who can grow it for the wide open dark blue bells veined with yet a deeper color. Farrer calls it a species of incomparable beauty “Floats out a cloud of 12-18” stems, airy and almost naked but for a few minute narrow leaves, each carrying at the end a single flower, large and rich and wide, of the most refulgent purple”.

 

Campanula x haylodgensis ‘Warley Blue’    PRICE 1@ $6.50

A very free flowering double, this is neat in a pot with a lot of cute appeal, Brigitta found it at a local discount retailer, an unlikely location for such a rare and beautiful plant.

 

Campanula isophylla 'Mayi' PRICE 1@ $6.50

Very showy large flowers, isophylla is often seen as a hanging basket plant in garden centers, it’s definitely on the tender side but I have wintered it outside, however it’s probably safest in a greenhouse this far north.

 

Campanula lactiflora new hybrids PRICE 1@ $6.50

One of the showiest tall campanulas, the large clusters of starry flowers put on a show in the perennial border that few plants can match.

 

Campanula latifolia macrantha ‘Chris’s mix’       PRICE 1@ $6.50

One of the best tall border species, large flowered and easy but not weedy, these should be predominately blue however Chris mixed in a few white ones just to keep things interesting,

 

Campanula linifolia white form PRICE 1@ $6.50

Pendant white bells hover for months over compact mats of foliage, taxonomically intertwined with carnica and rotundifolia it may well represent a high alpine variation in this complex group in any event it is rarely seen below 7000’, native to the Alps, Pyrenees and Carpathians.

 

Campanula persicifolia 'Kelly's Gold'            PRICE 1@ $8.00

White flowers with a light blue edge and excellent golden foliage this is from Ann Holts garden on Bainbridge Island.

 

Campanula persicifolia ‘La Belle’ PRICE 1@ $6.50

A multi-petal double form, the blue rosebud flowers open wide to show prominent white stamens, ‘La Belle’ is an excellent border perennial and seemingly indistinguishable from Campanula persicifolia ‘Flora Plena’, Dutch marketing at its most insidious.

 

Campanula persicifolia ‘telham beauty’      PRICE 1@ $6.50

A tetraploid form of the classic Peach Leafed Bellflower that dates back to Crook’s time, its larger in all its parts and a very strong grower. It remains the standard by which others are judged and is perhaps the finest of the tall border Campanulas.

 

Campanula PORTENSCHLAGIANA PRICE 1@ $6.50

Grown and loved for decades it flourishes in sun or light shade, Farrer calls it the most indispensable, indestructible and generally magnificent of all Campanulas. If the Master liked it he didn't mince words, this one belongs in every garden.

 

Campanula portenschlagiana 'Resholts'    PRICE 1@ $6.50

A vigorous growing clone, possibly of hybrid origin, with larger flowers than the species, color is an attractive shade of deep purplish blue.

 

Campanula poscharskyana PRICE 1@ $6.50

A beautiful Dalmatian plant, with starry open flowers, imagine garganica on Blousant, bigger, firmer, fuller, all natural with no silicone it does tend to run around a bit but can easily be whipped into shape.

 

Campanula prenanthoides PRICE 1@ $6.50

A rarely offered species from the West Coast, plants are upright to 75cm. its attractive enough, a bit reminiscent of C. americana.

 

Campanula punctata 'Alina's Double'  PRICE 1@ $6.50

Named for the Russian ex wife of another mail order nurseryman, alas the tale is too convoluted for the space available; the plant is quite nice although in actuality, I believe it is a recycled Japanese cultivar.

 

Campanula punctata nana lt. Pink PRICE 1@ $6.50

Huge pink speckled bells on compact plants; Brigitta picked this as the best pink.

 

Campanula punctata 'Plum Wine' PRICE 1@ $8.00

A Japanese plant with Long light pink bells above foliage that id reddish plum in winter and silvery green veined in red in summer.

 

Campanula punctata rubriflora PRICE 1@ $6.50

A rich colored selection that we got from Sunny Border.

 

Campanula PUNCTATA hyb ‘Serastro’    PRICE 1@ $8.00

Long bells of the deepest royal purple ‘Serastro’ is named for the priest in Mozart’s Magic Flute it is sterile and almost everblooming.

 

Campanula PUNCTATA hyb ‘stevie Ray’ PRICE 1@ $8.00

By far the best of the blues, this arose as a spontaneous seedling here at Arrowhead, it appears to be a hybrid with Campanula latifolia macrantha, with huge pendant sky blue bells, (this is the largest flowered Campanula we grow) foliage is punctata-like but the plant is not much of a runner.

 

Campanula punctata 'Wedding Bells' PRICE 1@ $8.00

With a quick running punctata habit ‘Wedding Bells’ features long elegant white hose in hose flowers speckled inside with pink, its a must have campanula for the mid border.

 

Campanula pyramidalis PRICE 1@ $6.50

Chimney bellflower; grown as a conservatory plant in Victorian times, under ideal conditions it can reach 16' tall, and no that is not a typo.

 

Campanula samarkandensis PRICE 1@ $6.50

I’m not sure where we got this although it seems to me Halda offered it years ago, literature is thin, however there are a couple of excellent photos on Japanese web sites, I wish I read Japanese. Sprawling mats with numerous long pendant blue-purple bells.

 

Campanula takesimana 'Beautiful Trust'    PRICE 1@ $8.00

You know we like our plants strange and this surely is; it appears to be a chance hybrid between Michauxia and Campanula takesimana. It originated in South Korea and is named for the daughter of Song Kihun from the Chollipo Arboretum (the name loses something in the translation) the corolla is split Michauxia fashion and reflexed but not to the extent you see in Michauxia. We anxiously await the first Campanula zoysii x Michauxia cross, its time for all the amateur plant breeders to abandon their Hostas and Daylilies and get their brushes ready, a flood of possibilities awaits.

 

Campanula tommasiniana PRICE 1@ $8.00

A classic rock plant, long in cultivation, but still rarely seen in gardens. It is at it best in a rock wall where the myriads of long narrow bells can cascade down in a waterfall of blue. Tommasiniana is tap rooted and very long lived once established.

 

Campanula tridentata .. PRICE 1@ $6.50

These are from a R.M.R.P. offering with compact mounds of neat foliage typically notched at the tip with three little tooth marks and huge solitary blue bells that look upward atop short stems, If anyone still grows the pale blue Ender’s Eyes form we would very much like to hear from you.

 

Campanula trogerae ...... PRICE 1@ $8.00

Similar to Choruhensis this is essentially a flat flowered grey leafed form of betulifolia it is difficult and temperamental and exquisite if well grown.

 

Campanula versicolor .. PRICE 1@ $6.50

Collected on rocky limestone slopes at 2000m in Macedonia this is a glabrous perennial with pink to pale blue spicily fragrant flowers with a dark purple center, a very showy plant indeed. It is considered by many to be a microform of Campanula pyramidalis.

 

Campanula x pulloides (carpatica x pulla)           PRICE 1@ $6.50

The grex is (carpatica turbinata x pulla) pulloides resembles the latter with its running habit and deep flower color flowers are pendant like pulla but larger with a slightly crinkled blowsy appearance on 15cm stems

 

Canna Bengal Tiger .......... PRICE 1@ $8.00

A cool Canna with tricolor striped foliage; likes it wet and can be grown in a pond.

 

Canna indica Ex Berlin Bot. Garden Ex Jamaica300m      PRICE 1@ $12.00

Tropical and fairly dwarf, great if you like that sort of thing.

 

Cardamine x maxima ........ PRICE 1@ $12.00

Originally from Pam Harper Cardamine x maxima is a cross between Cardamine diphylla and Cardamine concatenata, it resembles a more robust Cardamine diphylla, with white Dentaria like flowers on 8” stems this Eastern American woodlander goes summer dormant if it dries out only to reappear early the following spring.

 

Cardamine pachystigma PRICE 1@ $12.00

Serpentine Bittercress is a neat little pink flowered western American species; it seems to be more dry adapted than many of the other species we offer.

 

Cardamine quinquifolia PRICE 1@ $12.00

Low mats of glossy compound leaves and attractive lavender flowers this choice little summer dormant woodlander is native from Bulgaria to the Caucasus, a vast improvement over poppers.

 

Cardamine sp purple leaves PRICE 1@ $12.00

This has been kicking around the nursery for years waiting for a better name, we gave up and propagated it; cute even without a name.

 

Cardamine trifolia ......... PRICE 1@ $12.00

A well known European species with attractive purple backed leaves and white or pink cruciform flowers in early spring from creeping rhizomes, this is a charming plant for moist woodland settings (Hinkley considers it one of the finest woodland perennials) it has not been a weed for us although it will creep to form nice mats.

 

Carex buchanii ...................... PRICE 1@ $6.50

the dead sedge- this thing is so brown that people ask if it is alive but it just keeps on truckin’, I’ve come to really like it; planted en masse in the landscape the effect is stunning. much hardier than often reported it winters in Michigan, zone 7 or 8 is just hell in a bucket.

 

Carex ciliatomarginata 'Island Brocade'     PRICE 1@ $12.00

This is also listed as Carex siderosticata, a similar broadleaved sedge, whatever the name it is a nice variegated form although hardly unique, most of these Carex throw variegated forms on a regular basis and almost any large planting will yield forms essentially identical to this.

 

Carex comans bronze form PRICE 1@ $6.50

More bronze than brown, comans has a lovely arching habit quite unlike the stiffly upright form of buchanii; at some point New Zealand must have had strong selective pressure by something that did not like to eat brown leaves but I’ve never heard any speculation as to exactly what.

 

Carex conica marginata PRICE 1@ $6.50

A very short nicely variegated sedge that Dick has had for years and can't remember the name of, we think its conica marginata, in any event it must be nice-otherwise Dick would have Roundup sprayed it by now.

 

Carex demissa ....................... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A short little sedge, I'm sure Tony Reznecek loves it, and after all he is the best botanist I know (rumored to be able to sight ID every described Carex), and a fantastic gardener, who am I to argue, still, I can't find all that much to love.

 

Carex elata  'Bowles Golden' PRICE 1@ $12.00

A beautiful golden sedge, when grown well it is unbeatable however we find it is a bit on the fussy side, if is sulks try moving it to a different spot, eventually you will get it right.

 

Carex muskingumensis 'Ice Fountains'            PRICE 1@ $8.00

A white variegated form of muskingumensis (at least in the Terra Nova picture). Ice Fountians appears dazzling, with wispy leaves reaching 3 feet into the air and shimmering on every breeze, a most ornamental Carex and better still, its easily identifiable on sight (at least during the times of the year that the variegation actually shows.)

 

Carex nigra variegata ... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A medium sized variegated plant, its slow we got this back in ‘99 from Baldassare and are just now listing it for the first time.

 

Carex oshimensis 'Evergold' PRICE 1@ $8.00

We are excited to offer this exciting Carex, leaves are bright golden yellow with fine green margins and the color holds throughout the season.

 

Carex phyllocephala ‘Sparkler’ PRICE 1@ $12.00

A dramatic foliage plant from Japan with gold edged narrow green leaves that spiral up a central stem, it prefers a moist woodland setting and is perfect with ferns and Hostas.

 

Carex siderosticata variegata PRICE 1@ $8.00

Dick brought us a piece of this a few years back and we have been slowly building up stock, at last we have enough, wide leaved with white variegation, its very different from most of the sedges we grow.

 

Carnegia gigantea ............. PRICE 1@ $6.50

Ender thought we needed some big cactus, hell everyone needs a big spiny phallic symbol, eventually they will get big enough for Harris Hawks to nest in, these are seed raised from an Alan Bradshaw collection.

 

Centaurea bebeauxii ssp nemoralis ... PRICE 1@ $6.50

The name sounded like it might have snob appeal, which is the only reason I grew it.

 

Centaurea bella ................. PRICE 1@ $6.50

Bella is a small form of the Turkish simplicicaulis with rose flowers and attractive tufts of foliage heavily white felted beneath.

 

Centaurea montana ALBA PRICE 1@ 8.00

The seldom available and very beautiful white form. We are excited to finally have enough of these to offer; get em now, we may not have enough to list next year.

 

Centaurea montana 'Presley's Blue Hawaii'          PRICE 1@ $6.50

Selected by Brigitta over the years, this almost everblooming strain was named before Brigitta Presley became Brigitta Stewart. It is the king of the cornflowers and an Arrowhead exclusive. (Yes we are not above cashing in on the Elvis craze), but the plants really are nice.

 

Centaurea ruthenica ..... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Native to the Transylvanian Alps, ruthenica has narrow dark green foliage and large sulfur yellow pompom flowers atop 120cm stems. It is a most impressive plant for the back of the border perhaps as a backdrop for Centaurea montana.

 

Centranthus ruber coccineus PRICE 1@ $8.00

A lovely fragrant red flowered Valerian, the cymes of long tubed flowers are perfectly adapted for butterflies, it’s an easy reliable addition to the perennial border.

 

Centranthus ruber 'Pretty Betsy' PRICE 1@ $8.00

With a name like 'Pretty Betsy’, it is more likely to attract pedophiles than butterflies, names aside it is a pink version of the above.

 

Cerastium candidissimum PRICE 1@ $6.50

A silvery mat former from Greece with short cymes of cleft petaled white flowers, it is easy and free blooming and a favorite of Painted lady butterflies.

 

Ceratostigma plumbaginoides PRICE 1@ $8.00

Ceratostigma is a small genus in the plumbaginacaea, flowers are brilliant blue produced for months in summer and fall, autumn foliage is brilliant red and it turns while still covered in blue flowers. Planted en masse it is a spectacular landscape plant tolerating both sun and shade.