Pinellia ‘Free Tibet’
Looking good in the garden today…the jack-in-the-pulpit cousin, Pinellia ‘Free Tibet‘…very easy to grow in light shade or part sun.
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Plant Delights Nursery/Juniper Level Botanic Gardens Open Nursery and Gardens
Tomorrow begins our long-awaited Spring Open Nursery and Garden! The gardens have never looked better, so we hope you’ll join us to celebrate all things plants. Here are two photos from the gardens today…one from the newly opened sunny section. While you are here, you can shop our greenhouses filled with perennial plant treasures.
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PDN Congratulations to Dr. Richard Olsen
A special Plant Delights congratulations to former PDN’er and NCSU graduate, Dr. Richard Olsen, who was just appointed the new Director of your U.S. National Arboretum in Washington DC. Since finishing his PhD at NCSU in 2006, Richard has worked as a tree breeder with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Richard is an amazing plantsman,
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Epimedium greenhouse
Sometimes when walking through our production greenhouses, it’s hard to contain our excitement about all the cool plants. For those unable to visit, here’s a shot from our epimedium greenhouses today…so many great new selections for the woodland garden!
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Clematis recta ‘Lime Close’
I just captured this shot of Clematis recta ‘Lime Close’ in the garden. What great dark purple spring foliage!
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Cypripedium ‘Hank Small’ ladyslipper orchid
I remember when I discovered we could actually grow ladyslipper orchids in the garden, despite so many stories of them being impossible to cultivate. The reality is that one ladyslipper, Cypripedium acaule is tough to move. Otherwise, they’re easy. I just took this photo of our clump of Cypripedium ‘Hank Small’…32 flowers this year! I
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Painted ferns for the garden
Here are a couple of fern images from the garden yesterday. First is our giant painted fern, Athyrium ‘Godzilla’, which can reach 6′ wide x 3′ tall. To avoid chlorophyll shed in the garden, it’s best planted a far distance from Hosta ‘Mothra’ or Hosta ‘Rhodan’. Here is the lovely Athyrium nipponicum ‘Burgandy Lace‘..hard to
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Iris cristata in flower
The dwarf native woodland iris, Iris cristata are in flower here today. Iris ‘Montrose White’ was introduced by Montrose Gardens in NC. Iris cristata is native in shade, but flowers much better when given a couple of hours of sun. Iris cristata ‘Powder Blue Giant’ is incredibly floriferous in the garden today. These spring flowering
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Epimediums on Parade in the Garden
What an incredible week for epimediums here at Juniper Level. The first photo is our introduction, Epimedium ‘Songbirds‘…an insanely heavily flowered yellow selection. Epimedium wushanense ‘Starlite‘ is our selection of the amazing Chinese species, which boasts large terminal inflorescences on a plant that approaches 2’ tall. Epimedium zhushanense is another incredible Chinese species
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Paeonia japonica – a peony for shade
The Japanese woodland peony, Paeonia japonica just opened yesterday in the garden! Unlike most other peonies, this one requires light shade, so plant it with hostas and ferns. Our supply of these is always limited, so if you like it, don’t delay in getting one for your garden.
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