After years of breeders trying to shrink all perennials down to toy train size, there are signs that the trend is finally reversing. One of the best examples for 2018 is Heuchera ‘Lemon Love’ from our friend Hans Hansen at Walters Garden. Imagine a coral bells that grows in excess of 4′ wide!!! Maturing at
Coral Bells…Supersize me! Read More »
We love fall anemones, but don’t allow them in our garden. Well, we did once upon a time, and after 20 years of trying to exterminate it, we’re almost ready to negotiate the rental of a small nuclear device to handle what we’ve been unable to accomplish with traditional garden weaponry In the garden, fall
Introverted anemone Read More »
We’re always on the search for new ornamental grasses, and especially those with good blue foliage, since many of the more cold loving grasses aren’t exactly thrilled with our summers. Well, back in 2003, we were botanizing in Liberty County, Florida…just west of Tallahassee, when we ran across this grass growing in a sandy roadside
New Bluegrass…that’s a new Blue Ornamental Grass Read More »
For our open nursery and garden days, we’ve lined up several of our favorite food trucks, so we don’t have folks falling out in the garden from hunger pains. Being an ice cream junkie, I think the all natural local ice cream from Fresh is probably the best I’ve had anywhere in the world. We
As we approach our first open garden and nursery day of the 2018, we wanted to share some Helleborus x hybridus photos we took in the garden this week…even though you’ll see them when you visit. These are all our own seedlings raised here. In addition to all the named varieties we offer, we’ll have
Hellebores abound at our Winter Open Gardens and Nursery Days Read More »
We’re members of many plant groups, and each are quite wonderful. One of the groups of which we’ve been member the longest is the North American Rock Garden Society. We’re blessed not only with a great national organization, but also with a superb local chapter. We were thrilled to host the groups’ National Meeting last
Do you have rocks in your head…or your garden? Read More »
Just back from speaking at the wonderful Davidson County Garden Symposium, held in the NC metropolis of Welcome. It’s always an honor to share the stage with on of my idols, the 78 year young topiary artist, Pearl Fryar. In addition to being an incredible topiary artist, Pearl is truly one of the great inspirational
Here’s a photo we took in the gardens last year of a new Mangolia insignis hybrid from SC plantsman Kevin Paris, who will be one of many world renown speakers at the upcoming meeting of the International Magnolia Society meeting to be held here in Raleigh, March 23-25. We look forward the amazing lineup
Magnolia lovers headed to Raleigh…join us! Read More »
We couldn’t be happier for Raleigh native, and former Plant Delights staffer, Ron Gagliardo, who manages the new Amazon HQ Rainforest. We’ve known Ron since he was a young teen, tissue-culturing carnivorous plants in his parents home near the State Fairgrounds. It’s so great to see him getting so much recognition in his role as
The Horticulturist behind Amazon’s Garden Workspace Read More »
The late Helen Ballard of England was one of the early pioneers in developing what we know today as hybrid hellebores. It was only fitting, when one of the breakthrough crosses, a hybrid between the Balkan native Christmas Rose, Helleborus niger, and the Majorca endemic, Helleborus lividus, that was formerly known as Helleborus x nigerliv,
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