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| Disporum lanuginosum |
 New this Year!
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| Fairybells, Yellow Mandarin |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7
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Throughout rich woods from Canada to north Alabama and west to Kentucky and Tennessee, Fairybells forms patches of delicately branched, zig-zagging, 30" tall stems with spreading foliage. Yellow/green, nodding, flaring/bell shaped flowers are single or paired at the ends of the stems from early to late spring. Flowering is often followed by a good display of bright red berries in the fall.;;Fairybells can make a nice textural addition to your shade garden. Its fine,complex pattern would look good with broad leaved wildflowers.; Cat# 1499
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Photo courtesy of Tom Barnes
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Available: 2009 or later
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| $12.00 each
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| False Solomon's Seal |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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When not in flower, False Solomon's Seal is easily confused with Solomon's Seal with its arching 2 to 3 foot stems, alternate, long-pointed leaves, and slow creeping method of getting around. But then the differences: False Solomon's Seal has pleated leaves, Solomon's Seal not. False Solomon's Seal has red berries, Solomon's Seal blue. False Solomon's Seal has many starry, fragrant, late spring flowers borne in dense terminal clusters, Solomon's Seal has bell-shaped flowers along the stem undersides. The two species may grow side by side throughout eastern North America in rich woods but False Solomon's Seal distinctly prefers acidic conditions. In a garden situation, when used in masses, False Solomon's Seal can really shine. Given shade and moisture, it will be stunning with ferns, Asarum, Sweet Woodruff, and Sweet Azalea. Cat# 1317
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| Farkleberry |
Zones: 7, 8, 9
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Farkleberry is an erect shrub or small tree common throughout the southeast in dry, acidic, rocky woods. It has dark green, lustrous leaves which turn a fiery red holding on late in the season before falling off, then revealing attractive exfoliating bark. Small white spring flowers make way for clusters of black, inedible berries which persist into the winter. Farkleberry is a good choice for dry, acidic, rocky woods. It responds well to pruning so you can have a short spreading shrub, a tall upright shrub, or a small tree. Try a wood's edge planting featuring Farkleberry, Alumroot, and Eared Coreopsis. Cat# 1319
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Available: 2009 or later
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| $12.00 each
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| Calamagrostis 'Karl Foerster' |
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| Feather Reed Grass |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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The Perennial Plant Association's pick of the year for 2001, 'Karl Foerster', is a very upright clump forming grass that is easy to grow in full sun and average soil. Growing 4 to 5 feet tall, it is a cool season grass so it greens up in early spring and by mid-summer, has whitish flower heads that mature to warm gold later on. Use this one where you want a strong vertical shape as a backdrop or an accent. 'Karl Foerster' may bend and sway in wind and rain but will always find its way back upright. Cat# 1255
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| Fire Pink |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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In late spring and early summer, the brilliant red-orange flowers of Fire Pink are eye-catching on dry, partly sunny road banks. In the wild, the plants rarely are full or many-flowered. However, when happy in cultivation, this short-lived perennial forms full 1- to 2-foot clumps with dozens of 1-inch flowers. Give it light shade, and average well-drained soil in a perennial garden, rock garden, or natural setting. Good companions are Green-and-Gold, Eared Coreopsis, Dwarf Crested Iris, Sundrops, Beard-tongue, Lyre-leaved Sage, Alumroot, and Cumberland Rosemary. Cat# 1200
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Available: 2009 or later
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| $5.00 each
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| Firewitch Clove Pink |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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Old timey Clove Pinks love sun and good drainage. They are perfect for a rock garden or a sunny bank. The silvery green foliage forms low, spreading, evergreen mats and their Carnation-like flowers are strongly and sweetly scented. 'Firewitch' has 1 inch brilliiant raspberry red flowers which cover 6 inch mounds of silvery needle-shaped leaves in late spring, early summer, and then sporadically throughout the summer. If you want tons of color and fragrance, this one is for you. This is the Perennial Plant Association's Plant of the Year for 2006. Cat# 1260
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| Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks' |
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| Fireworks Goldenrod |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Here is a compact, shorter version of the Rough-stemmed Goldenrod. It is perfectly named for its flowering stems which look like golden streamers of fireworks. Our favorite goldenrod, it is a knockout with Great Blue Lobelia, pink Boltonia, and Gateway Joe Pye Weed. Cat# 1206
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| Rhododendron calendulaceum |
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| Flame Azalea |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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Flame Azalea is common to the Appalachians where it lights up the late spring woods with every pale and brilliant shade of yellow, orange, red, and salmon. The 2 inch, non-fragrant flowers are borne in open trusses just as their leaves are beginning to come out. Plants are loosely branched and upright growing to about 6 feet. Fall foliage color is yellow or pale red. It likes good, moisture retentive soil and bright indirect light. Cat# 1311
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Available: 2009 or later
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| $12.00 each
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| Flameleaf Sumac, Shining Sumac |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Flameleaf or Shining Sumac occurs in every state from the Rocky Mountains east along roads, woods edges, and fields. It is a pioneer species invading open or disturbed areas before other woody plants come in. And in the fall, its foliage color is beyond compare - flaming scarlet, orange, and sometimes burgundy. This semi-woody shrub forms open colonies via root suckering that are 7 to 15 feet tall and 10 to 20 feet wide, tallest in the center, gradually shorter at the edges. The leaves are 18 inches long or so, with opposite leaflets, shiny green in the summer, then blazing scarlet in fall, before dropping off for the winter. Female plants have 12-inch clusters of mid-summer greenish flowers that bear showy, fuzzy maroon fruits in the fall that wildlife adores. Male plants have dark maroon flower clusters. This plant is very coarse in texture and it can grow quite quickly, but in the right place, it can be absolutely stunning. It can be pruned to be a tree or its root suckers can be regularly mowed off. It can be used to stabilize a bank and for erosion control. But when massed, and planted where you can take advantage of back lighting and combined with Plumegrass and late asters, the result is hard to beat. All it needs is full sun and dryish soil. Cat# 1454
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Available: 2009 or later
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| $10.00 each
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| Florida Anise-Tree |
Zones: 6, 7, 8, 9
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Here's an evergreen shrub native to moist shady ravines from Florida to Louisiana. Grow it in good soil either moist or dry and in sun or shade, where it will be moderately branched and upright growing to 9 or 10 feet. The medium green leaves are elliptic, 4 to 6 inches long, and fragrant when crushed. Late spring flowers have many narrow burgundy pink, strap-shaped petals forming a broad wavy star. For southern gardeners, Illicium is a nice alternative to our more common evergreen shrubs. Cat# 1121
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| $12.00 each
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| Tiarella cordifolia var. collina |
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| Foamflower (clumping) |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Foamflower forms compact bright green clumps that get about 6 inches tall and 1 foot wide. Spikes of fuzzy white flowers rise an additional 6 inches from mid to late spring. The flowering clumps are very showy and sweetly fragrant. Clumping Foamflower is very well-behaved and might be a good choice for a shady place needing tidy, neat clumps. Cat# 1214
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| Fothergilla, Witch-Alder |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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Fothergilla is an attractive deciduous shrub with leaves and aspect resembling Witchazel. Flowers are borne in spring on slightly zigzag stems before the leaves emerge. They are puffy, creamy-white, and resemble 2-inch-long bottle brushes. They are also strongly scented like honey. Fall foliage color is outstanding-yellow, orange, scarlet, and purple. The plant grows best in mostly sunny spots with good drainage, acid soil, and even moisture. Our form has an open, upright habit and grows to around four feet in full sun. Fothergilla is our favorite shrub. We use it in foundation plantings, at the woods' edge, and massed for a brilliant display. Its open growth makes it very suitable for underplanting with low wildflowers. More than one of our landscapes has featured an entrance planting of Fothergilla, Green-and-Gold, and spring bulbs-simple, beautiful, effective. Fothergilla is uncommon and choice. Cat# 1093
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| Spiranthes cernua odorata 'Chadd's Ford' |
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| Fragrant Ladies Tresses |
Zones: 6, 7, 8, 9
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Spiranthes cernua odorata, a fragrant form of the species commonly known as Nodding Ladies Tresses, grows in wet places along the southeastern coastal plain and down into Texas. 'Chadd's Ford' was discovered in Delaware and is different in that it is more fragrant, the flowers are larger, and it is a very vigorous grower. Each plant forms a clump of shiny, dark green, 8 inch pointed leaves from which a 11/2 to 2 foot tall, cylindrical spike of flowers persists from late summer into fall. The flowers are densely arranged and are yellowish white, tinged green, and usually scented like vanilla. This orchid seems to defy all "rules" about native orchids. 'Chadd's Ford' likes wet to moist, good soil and grows in sun or shade. It not only self-sows prolifically, but it is also stoloniferous and will therefore spread quickly. It is easy and seems not to need any inoculants or special fungi. In fact, it is spreading itself around our shade houses very well. If you have the right spot, give it a try. Cat# 1209
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Fragrant Sumac |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Sumacs are rapidly becoming "the" plants to have for durability, toughness, great fall color and the ability to stabilize soil over large areas. Growing wild in much of the eastern United States in rocky, open woodlands, Fragrant Sumac is a must have deciduous plant for that kind of difficult spot. We first saw it growing in gravely, lousy soil with Little Bluestem, Tennessee Coneflower, and Silkgrass where it formed open 6 foot rounded shrubs - kind of straggly but very tough and durable. Forms vary from low, spreading, and suckering, to taller and upright which is what we have. The bright green leaves look like rounded poison ivy leaves but are non-allergenic and turn bright red, yellow-orange and purple infall. Modest yellow flowers appear in spring followed by small dark red fruits (on female plants) in fall. It is the stems that are pungently fragrant. Use Fragrant Sumac in sun or light shade in dryish soil and surround it with other Drought Busters where it can become the backbone of a very low maintenance garden. This has become one of our most favorite shrubs. Cat# 1184
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Franklinia |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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Franklinia is a handsome, well-shaped, single or multi-stemmed small tree with smooth gray bark and spreading open branches. It has 5 inch, oblong leaves that turn fiery red and orange inthe fall. Furthermore, in July and August, it has fragrant, 3 inch, 5 petaled, white, somewhat ruffled and cupped flowers with tufts of yellow stamens. This 10 to 25 foot tall tree is definitly a specimen kind of plant that deserves the most prominent planting place. The camelia-like flowers are stunning enough to stop traffic but the tree shape with its candelabra type branching and the great fall color are also outstanding. And if that's not enought to make you want one, then read about its interesting history; In 1770, John Bartram first discovered the tree growing along the Altamaha River in Georgia. He collected a few specimens for his garden and also gave some to his friend Ben Franklin for whom he later named the plant. And that was the last (and only) time the plant was seen in the wild. It is thought that a disease that killed cotton plants also wiped out the wild Franklinias. So all existing plants now are descendants of the original collection. Well, how do you grow it? This is one plant where proper siting and soil conditions are mandatory. Franklinia prefers full sun to light shade and moist, acidic, well drainied soil with a fairly high organic content. Given these conditions, it is a rapid grower and should reward you with year round beauty. Cat# 1263
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Available: 2009 or later
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| $15.00 each
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| Fringe Tree, Old Man's Beard |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Here is a beautiful, small tree that deserves a prominent spot. It grows 10 to 20 feet tall and as wide, and has an open, spreading form with one or several light gray trunks. But in mid to late spring just as new bright green leaves are emerging, Fringe Trees erupt into bloom. Individual flowers of inch long, thin, wavy, white petals form clouds of blooms along the stems, almost ethereal and sweetly fragrant. Flowering persists for several weeks. Summer leaves are oblong -pointed, 6 inches long or so, and have medium to coarse texture. Fall color is yellow to brown. Individual Fringe Trees are either male or female. Males may have slightly showier flowers, and females, when pollinated by a male, have clusters of blue berries in late summer. We don't know yet, what sex ours are.;;Fringe Tree grows wild in various habitats in the southeast - moist woods, dry rocky slopes, and sandy stream banks, but usually on basic soils. To best grow this absolutely beautiful small tree, give it sun or part shade and moist, fertile soil. You could frame a path, dress up your front door, or create a lovely lightly shaded island planting using Fringe Tree as your featured plant. Cat# 1363
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Heuchera americana 'Frosted Violet' |
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| Frosted Violet Heuchera |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Vigorous selection emerges deep velvety maroon-purple, maturing to plum-purplish intensifying in the fall. Late spring flowers are pink like pink seed pearls. A Primrose Path introduction. Cat# 1445
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Photo courtesy of The Primrose Path
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