One of our long time concerns is the accuracy of plant tags…especially now that 60% of the plants purchased in the country are now sold through the box stores. While we’re thrilled that more plants are available to the masses, most tags are produced from a single national vendor, and the information may not be
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If you’ve followed us for a while, you know our passion for the North American native baptisia. Our breeding program is over two decades old now, and we are thrilled to introduce our latest selections. Baptisia ‘Blue Candleabra’ is a 2008 seedling that produces an insane number of spikes with a great flower density. Baptisia
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We never seem to have enough of our most popular variegated cast iron plants, so we’ve held back stock to try and rebuild our numbers. We are finally able to again list three customer favorites…all in the same year. The foliage color on each is the most brilliant when the new leaves emerge in summer,
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For our agave collectors, here’s a new drool-worthy introduction…a variegated edge sport of Agave geminiflora, called ‘Leaping Lizards’. This is an amazing opportunity to obtain a truly rare specimen…as long as they last. While Agave geminiflora isn’t terribly winter hardy, these do make amazing container specimens. Agave ‘Leaping Lizards’ is a solitary specimen (no offsets),
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New Year greetings from the staff at Plant Delights Nursery and Juniper Level Botanic Garden. We thank you all from the top of our hearts for another amazing year. As we turn the page on the calendar, 2018 begins our 30th anniversary year…and they said it wouldn’t last. At this time of reflection, we wanted
A couple of years ago, we introduced this amazing acanthus with red rhubarb-like stems under the name Acanthus ‘Wofford Rhubarb’. Here is our garden clump this week, looking better each year…truly stunning.
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On of the exciting new plants in the 2018 catalog is the first commercial variegated hardy perennial hibiscus. Hibiscus ‘Summer Carnival’ was developed by our friend Hans Hansen. I can still recall the moment I first laid eyes on this beauty…truly love at first sight. The variegation runs up the stem, into the leaves, and
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Where has the year gone? We don’t know about you, but our last three months has been spent writing and assembling the 2018 Plant Delights Nursery catalog. After weeks of proofing, it’s finally been printed and will go in the mail first of the year. The on-line version should go live this weekend. As always,
Sixty is the new Thirty It doesn’t seem possible, but both Anita and I hit the big 60 this year. During my youth, I entertained occasional thoughts about what old age would be like, and wondering if I’d actually make it. Well, it’s here, I’m here, and whatever it was that I expected, I’m not
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