Lagerstroemia x 'Chickasaw' S. P. -1@ $12.00

A strange little Crepe Myrtle with congested witches broom like foliage this is perhaps the finest of Egolf’s genetic dwarfs eventually forming a mound 2’h x 3’w after many years. Flowers are pinkish lavender leaves are glossy dark green turning bronze red in fall. Perhaps its only fault is that the exfoliating bark is hidden by foliage most of the year.

 

Leptodermis oblonga ...... S. P. 1@ $15.00

A Daphne by another name, outstanding small shrub, with long tubed, pink flowers produced for months, one of our stock plants in the greenhouse was in bloom for over 10 months continuously, hardy outside, it makes a low shrub that suckers moderately. Yet another of the seemingly endless supply of wonders that Punnett keeps showing up with, much talked about here, even Peter Erskine had never seen it. This form appears to be a dwarf clone, I was promised a cutting of the tall form that is described in the literature but it has yet to materialize.

 

Lespedeza bicolor 'Yakushima' bap.-  1@ $24.00

A cute dwarf mounding form from Yakushima Island the home of so many wonderful dwarf plants, the 12-18” fine textured mounds are adorned in late summer and autumn with delicate purple pea flowers

 

Leycesteria formosa ......... G.-  1@ $19.00

A neat little Himalayan Honeysuckle relative with shrimp like flowers followed by attractive fruits that ripen at different times producing a nice multicolor effect, an easy plant and better still I found a variegated one this summer, look for it in a few years. This will generally behave like a Buddleja in Northern gardens, dying to the ground each season and flowering on new wood.

 

Ligustrum japonicum coriaceum S. P. -1@ $12.00

Attractive crinkled thick dark green foliage; described as a living sculpture, these will get4-6'.tall and are hardy here in a sheltered site.

 

Ligustrum sinensis ’variegatum’ BAP.-  1@ $29.00

I'm not a big fan of Privet (I grew them to feed my saturnid moths) but Hinkley spoke highly of this and he's right the variegation is outstanding and sinensis is noted for its abundantly produced fragrant flowers.

 

Lindera benzoin ..................... S. P. -1@ $8.00

I’ve always like Spicebush but hadn’t offered it since the Life-Forms days; however Dr Storer wanted some for his butterfly garden and Punnett brought him plants from his garden (to Storer’s delight Spicebush Swallowtails promptly found it). In any event, it was the push I needed to get it listed again; it turned out to be extremely popular so much so that we had to remove it from last years catalog to build up some stock. The fragrant yellow flowers early in spring before the leaves and the eye catching brilliant scarlet fruits in autumn are reason enough to grow it. However, the real charm is unfolding a silk matted leaf to have a perfect green snakes head mimic wave orange fleshy scent gland tentacles at you, and then magically retract them when you don’t try to eat him.

 

Lindera sericea   DJH 470 S. P. -1@ $12.00

Source of the notorious oil of kuromoji this japanese spice bush was collected by Hinkley before the demise of heronswood..

 

Liriodendron tulipifera .. G.-  1@ $19.00

A nearly monotypic genus related to Magnolia, Tulip Trees are ancient with one species in the us and one in China, these can approach 200’ in height with an immense girth, it is one of our most spectacular native trees.  The flowers are lovely but so high on mature trees that they are often overlooked, we like it as a food plant for tulip tree silk moths and Promethia as well as tiger swallowtail.

 

Lonicera crassifolia SEH085 S. P. -1@ $15.00

Steve Hootman from the Rhododendron Species Foundation collected this in China; it forms a dense prostrate evergreen mat of tiny round dark green fleshy leaves which is smothered in masses of white flowers that age golden and are followed by blue berries. Its very different from any other Lonicera we have seen and has a high cute quotient.

 

Lonicera fragrantissima S. P. -1@ $15.00

Winter Honeysuckle from Northern China, extremely fragrant lemon scented flowers, one of the first shrubs to bloom. From Hammer, who always likes to extend the gardening season, - considered one of the most fragrant woody shrubs.

 

Lonicera henryi DJHC 070 S. P. -1@ $15.00

A scandent evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub from China, with glossy oblong leaves and maroon/yellow bilabiate flowers followed by black fruits. This really stood out at Spring Meadow, after walking for hours through greenhouse after greenhouse it takes something cool to break the plant zombie trance. Lonicera henryi zapped us from a distance.

 

Lonicera heterotricha . S. P. -1@ $19.00

A rare species (its listed in the Tadjikistan red data book of rare and endangered plants) these are surely not in western cultivation we grew these from Jurasek’s wild collected seed I can’t tell you much, hell I can’t even come up with a good hairy hetero joke.

 

Lonicera korolkowii floribunda 'Blue Velvet'   S. P. -1@ $15.00

A drought tolerant plant with neat bluish green leaves, it can eventually reach 12’ in height with opalescent pink flowers followed by bright red berries, it has excellent resistance to aphids that often disfigure Lonicera.

 

Lonicera microphylla 'Woad Warrior'              S. P. -1@ $15.00

Native from Afghanistan to Mongolia, the true plant is rare in cultivation; microphylla is a deciduous shrubby species that can reach 60-100cm in height. These were collected by Jurasek from a scree in the Tien-Shan at 2300m, leaves are tiny as you might expect from the name, flowers are yellowish white followed by large berries, which were yellow in this population. Might we suggest growing it in an arid bombscape littered with vulture picked Taliban bones?Our selection from the above seedlings with absolutely nothing to do with Mel Gibson or passionate blue pagan berserkers. A compact clone with intensely blue foliage, 'Woad Warrior' is one of the coolest new dwarf shrubs we have seen (cute Australian kid with wicked steel boomerang and nitrous injected sand rails not included)

 

Lonicera nitida 'Lemon Beauty' S. P. -1@ $8.00

Nitida is a somewhat tender plant often confused with Lonicera pileata, the boxwood like leaves of 'Lemon Beauty' are neatly edged in yellow, this may be the prettiest of the various nitida clones we have grown over the years.

 

Lonicera nitida 'twiggy' .. S. P. -1@ $8.00

Bears little resemblance to the skinny flat chested model, which is fine by me.

 

Lonicera standishii ............. G.-  1@ $19.00

A fragrant winter blooming Chinese species that has been in cultivation since 1845 but still remains rare, it will hybridize with Lonicera fragrantissima. Although considered semi evergreen it is generally deciduous here; these are courtesy of Langhammer who collects plants that bloom at odd seasons.

 

Lonicera stenantha ........ S. P. -1@ $19.00

Jurasek collected this medium sized fine textured species from a scree in the Tien Shan at 2200m it will eventually grow 80-150cm tall with creamy flowers followed by large blue-black berries. Stenantha is apparently new to cultivation and should prove a good garden specimen.

 

More Lonicera ... in the vine section

 

Maackia amurensis ............ S. P. -1@ $12.00

Native to Mandchuria this small ornamental tree is related to cladastris foliage is clean, and being a pea it fixes it’s own nitrogen but it still is rather slow growing eventually reaching 45’ and wider than tall. The late summer flowers are creamy and fragrant in erect clusters.

 

Maesa japonica ........................ G.-  1@ $19.00

An obscure thing that Punnett got as a cutting from Mike Lehman years ago, it is on the tender side and has set flower buds for the first time this fall. The foliage is attractive enough on its own and who knows maybe it will turn out to be showy, if anyone has a photo let me know.

 

Magnolia grandiflora 'Tony' G.-  1@ $24.00

Tony Rezinicek raised this from seed from one of the northernmost inland populations. This was selected as the hardiest seedling. It grew taller than Tony’s house in Ann Arbor before it was accidently destroyed by construction workers, fortuneately we have cuttings.

 

Magnolia kobus v borealis G.-  1@ $24.00

A Japanese species that can grow to 80’ in height and is absolutely covered with flower in spring, perhaps the most cold hardy of any magnolia, it is slow to reach flowering age but more than worth the wait. Stick a few out in the fencerows for the grandkids to appreciate.

 

Magnolia kobus var. stellata 'Waterlily   bap $49.00

An outstanding plant, buds are rich pink opening to fragrant double white flowers that open later than Royal star, it is extremely hardy and reliable growing to 15’ in twenty years.

 

Magnolia kobus v stellata 'Edward A. Kehr'         G.-  1@ $24.00

A chromosome doubled version of the outstanding tetraploid Magnolia kobus v stellata ‘Two stones’ fast growing and large leaved for a stellata to the best of our knowledge this is the only octoploid magnolia in cultivation every serious Magnolia collector will want it in his garden.

 

Magnolia kobus var stellata 'Kikuzaki'       bap $49.00

A small shrubby plant that blooms profusely from an early age, 'Kikuzaki' has 2” light pink flowers with 20-30 tepals. its one of the first Magnolias to bloom and a favorite here.

 

Magnolia liliflora 'Nigra' S. P. -1@ $15.00

Probably the hardiest cultivar of this long cultivated species, nigra dates back to Vietch in 1861, flowers are very dark on small trees to 15’, while a bit tender flowers are produced rather late and often miss the hard frosts. With careful placement, it’s growable here although not as hardy as the soulangiana (liliflora x denudata) hybrids.

 

Magnolia liliflora ............ S. P. -1@ $15.00

probably a seedling from nigra.

 

Magnolia sieboldii 'Colossus' S. P. -1@ $19.00

This is supposed to be a tetraploid form, flowers are ok but hardly colossal, nor is the central boos of stamens particularly dark red, still it is nice enough and blooms well even when young.

 

Magnolia sieboldii x macrophylla S. P. -1@ $19.00

An unlikely cross, not surprisingly it is intermediate in leaf size, there is a photo up on the website, flowers are like a huge sieboldii. This cross would be worth repeating with one of the huge flowered clones of macrophylla and a good red stamened sieboldii.

 

Magnolia sp. 'Witches Broom' S. P. -1@ $19.00

These are from a broom found by Greg Williams of Kate Brook nursery. We get a letter from him every year, filled with all manner of plant trivia and requiring the services of the NSA to decrypt. Actually I reread the letter and it turns out his then parter Sue found the broom. This may possibly be in the trade as Susan or Milliken, Talon and Dick Janes got cuttings early on, and Talon is calling it witches broom.  It is clearly different from the plant we have as sue. It is very large flowered and compact growing, a unique plant by any name.

 

Magnolia virginiana ......... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Cuttings from our deciduous clone of virginiana in the front garden, a nice early blooming form that has never taken any damage despite its somewhat exposed placement. Scent is hard to define but I am particularly fond of our clone’s strong lemony fragrance, which carries well in the garden.

 

Magnolia virginiana 'Moonglow' S. P. -1@ $19.00

A semi-evergreen plant with a distinctive upright habit and excellent cold tolerance we are struck by how clean the foliage always looks.

 

Magnolia x Betty ................ S. P. -1@ $15.00

Another from the girl series, flowers deep purple red outside, white inside; plants are rather large reaching 10-15’.

 

MAGNOLIA X 'GALAXY' ........... S. P. -1@ $15.00

Upright, almost columnar in habit, this would make it a natural for Elkins, or anyone else with a crowded city lot, it flowers young and produces great quantities of 8-9” rich reddish purple flowers.

 

Magnolia x 'Gold Star' ... S. P. -1@ $19.00

The late Phil Savage (Phil died from West Nile complications) crossed magnolia acuminata ‘Miss honeybee x magnolia stellata ‘Rubra’ to produced this wonderful plant, its fast growing, as much as 2’ per year, with the habit of an open growing stellata. The 4” yellow star like flowers appear before the leaves, which unfurl bronze red, and change to green as they mature.

 

Magnolia x Kewensis 'Wada's Memory' S. P. -1@ $15.00

Kewensis is the grex for the cross kobus x salicifolia, Wada has been around since 1959 and is a classic, precocious flowering with 7” white flowers and new leaves that emerge red and gradually change to green, this will eventually become a large tree.

 

Magnolia x 'Leonard Messel' S. P. -1@ $15.00

Thought to be the result of crossing kobus with stellata rosea, Colonel Messel’s plant has dark purple buds composed of 12-15 tepals opening 6” wide, dark purplish pink outside and white inside. its been around since the fifties and is something of a classic; Dirr considers it one of the truly great Magnolias and is particularly fond of its lovely fragrance.

Magnolia x 'Pinkie' .............. bap.-1@ $39.00

Perhaps the most distinctive member of the girl series 'Pinkie' is pale flowered and considered the longest blooming as well as being the latest flowering. The parentage is M. liliflora ‘reflorescens x M. stellata rosea.

 

Magnolia x 'Sue' (arrowhead) G. -  1@ $24.00

This came to us as Sue but is clearly different from the old plant Punnett grows as Sue; our plant is shrubby (a few years back the rabbits grazed it to the snow line and we let it grow back from the lower tier of branches, but it was shrubby even before the bunnies molested it.) Our ‘Sue’ never has a hint of mildew (unlike Susan as Dirr describes it) and produces its deep pink flowers continuously from spring until frost. Its now late November and i think there are still a few flowers hanging on, it is never out of bloom and attracts considerable attention. I could believe the parentage of stellata rosea x liliflora nigra; perhaps this is a point mutation out of Susan? 

 

Magnolia zenii .......................... G.-  1@ $29.00

This rare magnolia denudata relative was introduced in 1980 the original plants are at the Arnold Arboretum, growth is fast reaching 24’ in just 10 years. It is extremely rare and local in the wild known only from Paohua Shan in Jiangsu province. Extremely hardy despite published hardiness ratings of zone 9, which are preposterous. Even as a newly planted two year cutting it survived last years hellacious winter that laid waste to a large number of conifers including White Pine and Norway Spruce cultivars. The first magnolia to open even before M. stellata, flowers are fragrant, cup shaped, white inside and purple pink outside, plants flower in about 6 years from seed and we expect cuttings to behave similarly.

 

Mahoberberis neubertii . G. -  1@ $24.00

A weird bigeneric cross between Mahonia aquifolium and Berberis vulgaris produced in France in 1854, Dirr was a trifle to hard on it, if find myself strangely drawn to the open spiny leaved silhouette, ours have never flowered but the semi evergreen what the hell is that foliage qualifies it for garden space.

 

Margyricarpus pinnatus HCM 98192 S. P. -1@ $15.00

Hinkley collected this from the dunes on Chiloe Is. Chile; it makes a cute little twiggy ground cover with attractive white berries, unlike so much of the South American temperate flora, this has proven easy and not disease prone.

 

Morus alba 'Itsoguma' ....... G.-  1@ $19.00

AKA Morus alba ‘Nuclear Blast’ actually this came to us as 'Itsoguma' but seems indistinguishable from plants we have seen as ‘Nuclear Blast’ with incredibly twisted thread foliage that resembles Betula pendula ‘Trost’s Dwarf‘ more than a Mulberry. It may foreshadow future plant introductions from several places in the Middle East if the “Nuke em till they glow and shoot em in the dark” faction has its way.

 

Morus alba 'Nuclear blast' S. P. -1@ $15.00

Its The Sum of All Our Fears, we can’t tell this apart from 'Itsoguma' but just in case we have kept them separate and while we are on the subject of mass weapons here’s a troubling question. Do you really need a Krytron to trigger one, or is a fast high current solid-state switch good enough if you pay attention to the wire lengths going to the compression charges; and how hard can it be to build a gas centrifuge, export restrictions would seem to be useless?

 

Morus alba 'Paper Dolls' S. P. -1@ $15.00

A beautiful variegated form this is sadly tender here but lovely as a conservatory plant, the variegation is outstanding.

 

Morus bombycis 'Unryu' S. P. -1@ $12.00

A contorted form with large leaves and twisted branches, this is the form being distributed under this name on the West Coast not the smaller leaved more heavily contorted form Harry Elkins grows, like many of the corkscrewed things it needs careful placement so the silhouette is shown to best effect in the winter.

 

Morus rubra super dwarf ex tony S. P. -1@ $24.00

A witches broom off of red mulberry found by Tony Reznicek, it is incredibly tiny and slow and perfect for the rock garden, thise are year old cuttings not grafts so be prepared to spend some time growing them on, this is there first commercial offering and supplies are limited.

 

Myrtus communis microphylla VARIEGATA   G.-  1@ $19.00

Attractive variegated boxwood like bush, fragrant white flowers with a powderpuff of stamens, followed by purple berries, an attractive patio plant, cultivated for centuries.

 

Nandina domistica 'Compacta' bap.-  1@ $29.00

Compact is relative, compared to 'Senbazura' this is huge growing 2-4’ in height with red winter foliage white flowers and red berries.

 

Nandina domistica 'Moyers Red' bap.-  1@ $29.00

An excellent variety for the south with good red winter pigment and fruits color up earlier than other clones and are held in tighter panicles however it may be a bit more tender than some of the other clones we offer.

 

Nandina domistica 'Umpqua Chief' bap.-  1@ $29.00

A medium sized plant with typical foliage matures at 5-7’.

 

Nandina domistica 'Umpqua Warrior'     bap.-  1@ $29.00

The largest of the series eventually reaching 6-9’ in height with the largest panicles and fruits as well.

 

Nandina domistica v capillus 'Senbazura'   G. -1@ $24.00

A bizarre thready mutant thing that appears leafless, forming a compact ball of photosynthetic twiggy stems it is the perfect companion plant for Morus alba 'Itsoguma' (it also looks outstanding in a trough with Carmichaelia enysii).

 

Nandina domistica v capillus 'Tama Shishi'             g. -1@ $24.00

Another compact mutation from Japan although this one at least has leaves and looks a bit more conventional, a tight bun covered in glossy reddish green leaves.

 

Neillia affinis ........................... G.-  1@ $19.00

Introduced from China in 1908, Neillias are rosaceous shrubs rather similar in general appearance to Physocarpus with typical racemes of pink flowers in spring.

 

Neillia sinensis .................. bap.-  1@ $29.00

Yes, I admit it I like Neillias, the arching canes of spirea- like leaves and racemes of 20 or so pink flowers are quite attractive in a partly shaded setting; native to Central China, it seems tough.

 

Neillia Sp. ex Heronswood S. P. -1@ $15.00

Yet another Neillia, you know how it goes you get one and soon you need them all even if the name is a bit sketchy.

 

Neillia thibetica ................. S. P. -1@ $15.00

Also known as N. longiracemosa according to Dirr (Krussman claims affinis to be very close to longiracemosa and I admit I’m confused), it grows to 6’ or so in height with a graceful arching habit and bears long terminal racemes of up to 60 rosy-pink flowers in spring.

 

NEILLIA UEKII ............................ S. P. -1@ $15.00

A bit taller eventually attaining three meters but otherwise quite similar, its a bit reminiscent of Physocarpus with short cylindrical racemes pink flowers this Korean species came to us from Heronswood.

 

Neviusia alabamensis ..... S. P. -1@ $15.00

Alabama Snow Wreath, Dr. Wagner encouraged us to acquire this rare native, monotypic or nearly so, the flowers are little powderpuffs of white stamens. It proved easy to obtain, Punnett already had it and whacked us a few cuttings.

 

Orixia japonica ................... bap.-  1@ $49.00

A strange monotypic Rutaceous shrub that is native to Japan and Korea. We are hopeless; if it is monotypic, we grow it. I lusted after it in the hope that Giant Swallowtails who eat only Rutaceous plants would find it attractive. i was thrilled when the Royal Botanic Gardens in Hamilton offered cuttings, Punnett casually pointed out that he had grown it for years but never thought it worthy of propagating. This sort of thing will make you crazy. However, I have a new quest now, there is a cream edged variegated form, if anyone happens to grow it give us a call.

 

Osmanthus heterophyllus Variegatus         S. P. -1@ $12.00

Small, variegated, glossy holly like leaves, stunning variegated plant, probably not as hardy as the above although wind seems more of a problem than temperature

 

Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Purpureus'        S. P. -1@ $12.00

Young leaves are blackish purple & appear to be dipped in tar, the hardiest form.

 

Osmanthus 'Gulftide' ...... S. P. -1@ $12.00

One of the hardiest clones with extremely glossy solid green foliage heavily spined at the leaf margins; it is supposed to be compact however Dirr reports it can reach 15’.

 

x Osmarea burkwoodii .. bap.-  1@ $39.00

A rare bigeneric cross between Osmanthus delavayi and Phillyrea vilmoriniana made before 1919 by Burkwood and Skipworth in England, milky white flowers are fragrant in axillary clusters of 5-7, foliage is glossy and evergreen.

 

Parrotia persica pendula bap.-  1@ $39.00

Actually this is only slightly pendulous with a strongly horizontal habit, old specimens are nonetheless spectacular. If you desire a truly weeping form seek out Kew weeping, which is extremely pendulous but somewhat tender.

 

Paulownia tomentosa ..... 2G.-  1@ $29.00

Dragon tree is highly prized for its wood in the orient, it can grow to 75’ in just 15-18 years if left un-pruned but in the u.S. it is generally coppiced (cut to the ground each year), it will then produce a shoot with immense 3-4’ wide leaves, reaching 20’ in a single season. Planted near a house it is supposed to attract the phoenix and bring good luck (don’t tempt fate plant one just to be on the safe side), it flowers young often in as few as three years if fertilized well, big clusters of lavender centered white foxglove flowers. The wood is highly prized in Japan and China, Empress Tree is traditionally planted when a daughter is born and cut to make a dowry box when she marries. It is probably the most asked about tree in our display gardens.

 

Paxistima canbyi nana..... S. P. -1@ $15.00

A creeping member of the Celastracaea, grown primarily as a groundcover for shaded areas, it may not be stunning but anything is better than Vinca this is the Siskiyou clone.

 

Tree peonies . see perennial listing

 

Petteria ramentaceae ...... G.-  1@ $19.00

Yet another monotypic genus, Petteria is related to Laburnum, differing primarily in the upright racemes of fragrant yellow flowers, cultivation is as for Cytisus, judging by the black and white photo in Krussman this should be quite showy.

 

Philadelphus x 'Burkwoodii' S. P. -1@ $15.00

‘Etoile Rose’ X ‘Virginal’ developed by Burkwood in England in 1929, the moderately fragrant flowers resemble Clematis montana but with a pinkish basal blotch.

 

Philadelphus coronaria ‘variegata’     S. P. -1@ $15.00

This is another of the fantastically variegated new plants we have been madly working to propagate and finally have enough to list; very broad snow-white emargined leaves. Who cares about the fragrant white flowers? 

 

Phil. delavayi var purpurescens DJHC 98087        G.-  1@ $19.00

Perhaps the showiest of the genus but alas far from the hardiest I plan to try one outside next spring but even if it is hardy I will probably never see flowers which are snow white with reddish purple calyx and stems.

 

Philadelphus 'Innocence' G.-  1@ $19.00

Very different from the above, the variegation here is of the irregular splashy sort, however the main attraction is the fragrance. 'Innocence' may be the most heavily scented of all the Mockoranges.

 

Philadelphus lewisii 'Snow Velvet' S.P. -1@ $15.00

A repeat bloomer selected from the Cascade Mountains, Tim Woods spoke so highly of this that we decided we simply had to acquire it, he rates it by far the best mockorange.

 

Philadelphus x lemoinei 'Manteau d' Hermine'     S.P. -1@ $19.00

Low mounds covered with myriads of creamy white fragrant double flowers, this is one of the best.

 

Photina davidiana undulata bap.-  1@ $39.00

An almost prostrate form, its evergreen foliage emerges red, contrasting with the fall color, which it retains through winter, flowers are white followed by persistent clusters of showy red fruits.

 

Photina villosa H&S 92 424 G.-  1@ $19.00

A Chinese and Korean species in the large shrub small tree size range it is quite hardy and easy to please.

 

Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Dart's Gold’          S. P. -1@ $15.00

No connection to the local Styrofoam Billionaire I used to work for, thank god, a nice plant despite the name, its gold fading to lime green as the season progresses.

 

Physocarpus op. 'Diablo Seedlings yellow leaf'          S. P. -1@ $15.00

We raised a group of open pollinated seedlings from Diablo, the pollen parent may have been Diablo or Dart’s Gold or possibly Summer Wine, or all three from this batch we have sorted out two groups, this one with greenish gold foliage and the following

 

Physocarpus op 'Diablo Seedlings purple leaf'            S. P. -1@ $15.00

More seedlings from the above cross, these have leaves in various shades of purple, yours to name, they make great gifts, everyone wants a one of a kind plant in their garden.

 

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Summer Wine'       S. P. -1@ $15.00

A miniature version of ‘Diablo’, a result of Spring Meadows uncontrolled cross between Diablo and a dwarf form of opulifolius, compact growing with excellent dark purple leaves, it is the best Physocarpus currently in the nursery trade (Dale has a couple sister seedlings that are every bit as nice if not nicer)

 

PIERIS JAPONICA ‘BISBEE DWARF’ Bap.-  1@ $19.00

This is nowhere near as dwarf as pygmaea; foliage is typical for the species, forming a nice condensed plant.

 

Pieris japonica 'Little Heath Green'    S. P. -1@ $12.00

A nice miniature introduced by Raulston (there is also a variegated version), it forms a foot high mound that is wider than tall with typical clusters of white flowers, this has been a good grower here.

 

Platycrater arguta ...... Bap.-  1@ $29.00

Great name, imagine a silvery platypus smashed flat by a meteor, got a mental image, well chuck it, this is different, more like a cross between a Hydrangea and a Deutzia.  A monotypic, (can you believe it) hydrangea relative from Shikoku, with flat clusters of four petaled white flowers, the fertile ones with a powderpuff of yellow stamens in the center. 

 

Polygala ....... see perennial section

 

Poncirus trifoliata 'Flying Dragon' ... S. P. -1@ $19.00

A monotypic rutaceous small tree, ‘Flying Dragon’ is incredibly contorted and thorn covered, this unusual Citrus relative from Northern China and Korea is hardy here with good protection. White flowers and pubescent inedible lemons, immortalized in Led Zeppelin’s The Lemon Song, “ you can squeeze my lemon, till the juice runs down my leg” Plant of course.

 

Poncirus trifoliata 'Flying Dragon seedlings' S. P. -1@ $12.00

These are seedlings raised from Langhammer’s tree, all show varying degrees of contortion. out of the hundreds of seedlings in this batch there were 12 nearly identical incredibly tiny genetic dwarfs. We plan to introduce these twelve clones in a few years if we manage to propagate them. We suspect some of their siblings may carry this gene as a recessive and urge you to grow a few and criss cross them.  I suspect Hammer would send pollen if you want to do a back cross. We also selected a single variegated seedling for future introduction Poncirus can be sheared into tall impenetrable hedges so tough you can actually walk on top of them I see a great wall of citrus, complete with gun turrets to protect against marauding deer.

 

Potentilla fruticosa ‘Abbottswood’               Bap.-  1@ $19.00

Considered one of the best white clones with excellent disease resistance and abundant pure white flowers produced over an extended season on low compact plants.

 

Potentilla fruticosa 'Apricot Whisper'        Bap.-  1@ $19.00

I suspect the breeder was trying for flaming orange but 'Apricot Whisper' this is just altogether too cute.

 

Potentilla fruticosa 'Bear Tooth Pass'       Bap.-  1@ $19.00

A dwarf Siskiyou selection with good sized yellow flowers, choice enough for the larger rock garden.

 

POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA 'CASCADE CUSHION'       S. P. -1@ $12.00

Rick Lupp’s dwarf selection from the Cascades, it is one of the best dwarf forms we have seen and ideal for rock garden or edging use.

 

Potentilla fruticosa ‘Hollandia Gold’          Bap.-  1@ $19.00

A low mounded plant with large dark yellow flowers

 

Potentilla fruticosa 'Katherine Dykes'       Bap.-  1@ $19.00

No jokes about dykes or Catherine the Great, of course that thing with the swans, or was it stallions, is tempting, but no, I'm still getting crap over that Isle of Lesbos thing, whiter shade of pale yellow flowers minus the vestal virgins.

 

Potentilla fruticosa ‘Mt. Townsend’ S.P. -1@ $12.00

An outstanding plant, it was originally collected on Mt. Townsend, and is one of the few double forms of Potentilla fruticosa that have ever been found. This should make it of great interest not only for its considerable ornamental value but also as a source of double genes for plant breeders.

 

Potentilla fruticosa 'Orangeade' S.P. -1@ $12.00

Mix with tequila for the perfect potentilla sunset, that’s right, drink enough and you will love this thing., hell your entire garden will look great, even the weeds.

 

POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA ‘PRIMROSE BEAUTY’      Bap.-  1@ $19.00

Small shrub having gray green foliage arching branches, & primrose yellow flowers from late spring until frost.

 

Potentilla fruticosa ‘Sunset’ Bap.-  1@ $19.00

Pale yellow flowers tinged with orange, at its best it is lovely but the orange does tend to fade in hot weather and its not quite as free flowering as some of the clones we grow.

 

Prostanthera ovalifolia variegata

A tender Australian shrub with masses of purple flowers so abundant that they obscure the plant and attractive variegated aromatic foliage when not in bloom. It is supposed to be winter hardy to 20deg F but we grow it as a conservatory plant, it can reach 12’ in height.

 

Prunus depressa 'Gus Melquist' S.P. -1@ $12.00

A creeping cherry courtesy of Punnett, this neat groundcover has white flowers and good red fall color a sure cure for mild to moderate depression.

 

Prunus 'Hally Jolivette' S. P. -1@ $15.00

A complex hybrid this is P. subhirtella x P. x yedoensis backcrossed to P. subhirtella, made by Karl Sax at the Arnold Arboretum in 1983. The 1 ¼” flowers are double, pink in bud opening white. It is one of the most spectacular flowering cherries.

 

Prunus 'Kojo No Mai' ........ S. P. -1@ $15.00

We got this as a gift and it has kicked around the nursery for years without being propagated, (Dick is not a big fan of flowering cherries), however when it was in flower this spring he agreed that it was indeed exceptional and worthy of whacking.

 

Prunus laurocerasus 'Schipkaensis'   bap.-  1@ $24.00

Discovered by Spathe of Berlin in Bulgaria this is supposed to be the hardiest of all the cherry laurel cultivars, evergreen glossy leaves and white bottlebrush flower scapes above spreading mounds of foliage.

 

Prunus padus coloratus S. P. -1@ $19.00

Dick cut this from Harry Elkins garden, it has stunning purple foliage all season long, in the spring the 6” drooping racemes of light pink flowers are quite impressive, given the general popularity of flowering cherries I’m surprised that you so rarely encounter this plant.

 

Prunus subhirtella pendula S. P. -1@ $19.00

A widely grown weeping cherry, there are multiple clones grown under this name as it comes fairly true from seed. Mature plants are extremely impressive, and while these are small they grow reasonably fast.

 

Pterostyrax psilophylla G.-  1@ $24.00

 A rare thing with unique double tipped foliage, psilophylla is quite unlike anything else we grow (don’t bother checking Dirr or Krussman for this one). It has kicked around the nursery for a number of years and we finally succeeded in rooting a fair batch of cuttings (it seems to have actually liked our abysmally hot summer).