Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Perennials for Sun
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Yucca smalliana
Family: (Asparagaceae)
(P) to 4′. Bear Grass Yucca. Southern North America. This Yucca is similar in many ways to the more popular Adam’s Needle (Yucca filamentosa), however smaller in stature. Also, the leaves are finer, flatter, and narrower with smoother leaf margins, except for the occasional thread-like fibres. The flowers are opalescent white and may at times have a light pink-tinge. Yuccas will form a small colony over time from basal offsets. Well-drained soil. Sun. 3 & T2
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Woodland
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Syneilesis intermedia coll. DJHT 99104
Family: Asteraceae
(P) to 2′. Japan. Purchased from Heronswood Nursery in 2001. Wonderful foliage plant very reminiscent of Aconitum, with woolly, peltate, filigreed leaves. Clusters of small, fluffy pink flowerheads atop stiff, dark stems. Intriguing. Partial shade. 4 & T2
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Symphyandra zangezura (syn. Campanula zangezura)
Family: Campanulaceae
(P) to 10″. Armenia. A delightful, short-lived perennial for the rock garden. Slender, wiry stems with pendulous, violet-blue bells in sparse terminal racemes. Dark green serrated foliage. Sun/partial shade. 4 & T2
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Dianthus turkestanicus
Family: (Caryophyllaceae)
(P) to 12″. China and Kazakhstan. This gem forms mats of blue-green, fine foliage. Fringed, pale pink, scented flowers cover the plant in mid-May. Sun and well-drained soil. 4 & T2
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Annuals for Sun
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Salvia coccinea 'Brenthurst'
Family: Lamiaceae
(A/TP) to 2.5′. A cool-coloured cousin of the red bedding Salvia with numerous spikes of bicoloured, lipped blooms. The pale whitish pink upper hoods and three lobed, deeper pink lower lips contrast nicely against the dark tinted calyces and stems. Blooms late summer and lasts until frost. Sun. 4 & T2
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Woodland
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Dodecatheon meadia f. album
Family: (Primulaceae)
(P) to 18″. A wonderful white form of the above. Very reliable in our Woodland. Blooms in May. Summer dormant. Partial shade. 3 & T2
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Pots/Garden (overwinter indoors)
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Francoa sonchifolia
Family: Melianthaceae
(TP) to 2.5′. Maiden’s Wreath. Chile. Graceful, long-lasting spires of pale rose-pink flowers. Deeply lobed, spoon-shaped leaves form attractive, evergreen rosettes. Extremely decorative and unusual foliage. Best grown in pots and overwintered in a cool greenhouse. Moist, well-drained soil. Summer blooming. Sun/partial shade. 4 & T1
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Pots/Garden (overwinter indoors)
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Eucomis zambesiaca
Family: Asparagaceae
Tender bulb to 12″. South Africa. Narrow racemes of open, creamy white flowers. The first Eucomis to bloom, producing flower spikes as early as late spring. Easy to grow. Sun. 3 & T2
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Woodland
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Vancouveria hexandra
Family: (Berberidaceae)
(P) to 12″. White Inside-out Flower. Washington to Northern California. A close relative to Epimedium, however the flowers have six petals rather than four. This woodland groundcover produces nodding, umbrella-like white blooms with prominent stamens in late spring. The beautiful, Thalictrum-like foliage is the main attraction and makes it a choice addition to any woodland garden. Moist, well-drained soil. Shade/partial shade. 3 & T1 & ∆
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Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Woodland
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Semiaquilegia ecalcarata
Family: (Ranunculaceae)
(P) to 16″. False Columbine. A native of eastern Asia with exquisite mauve-purple , bell-shaped, nodding flowers resembling spurless Columbines. A delicate addition to the woodland. We have ours self-sowing nicely around the troughs near the Gardeners’ Bothy. Blooms in late spring. Sun/partial shade. 4 & T2