Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Euonymus americanus

Family: Celastraceae

Hardy shrub to 6′.  Hearts-a-Burstin.  North America.  A small native shrub with many inconspicuous, greenish-purple flowers in summer.  By October however, the scarlet fruit capsules have popped open to reveal the bright pinkish orange seeds inside, hence its common name.  Excellent red autumn colour.  Truly spectacular.  Sun/partial shade.  3 & 6

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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

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Daucus carota ‘Dara’

Family: (Apiaceae)

(B) to 2.5′.  Queen Anne’s Lace.  Europe.  A new twist on an old-fashioned beauty.  The lacy blooms deepen color as they age to a rose-purple and eventually turn a darker red-purple. Simply lovely.  Full sun and well-drained soil.  3 & T1

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Sinningia sellovii

Family: (Gesneriaceae)

(TP) to 2′.  Brazil. Long terminal panicles of pendant, swollen tubular flowers from bright red to dark salmon-pink.  Several long, arching upright stems arise from a woody, tuberous base.  Pairs of soft textured elliptical, minutely toothed leaves occur along the stems.  An unusual Gloxinia that would make an attractive houseplant for a sunny window.  Blooms late summer to fall.  Sun.  4 & T1

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

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Phuopsis stylosa

Family: Rubiaceae

(P) to 12″. Caucasus and Northern Iran.  Noted for its characteristic pungent scent (“Phuopsis – smells like foxes!”), this unusual perennial forms spreading patches of whorled Galium-like foliage covered with striking heads of pale pinkish, five-petalled, tubular, star-faced blooms in mid to late summer.  Definitely provides a conversation piece in the garden!  Well-drained soil.  Sun/partial shade.  3 & T2

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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

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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

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

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