Our 2015 Plant Delights Nursery 27th anniversary catalog went in the mail almost two weeks ago, so most of you, except those in remote areas, should have it by now. If you haven’t received your copy yet, drop us an email to office@plantdelights.com and we’ll make sure you’re still on the mailing list, and if
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I’m just back in town from the Direct Gardening Association meeting in New Orleans. It’s my first trip to New Orleans, and my second DGA meeting. The Direct Gardening Association, which started in 1934 as the National Mail Order Nurseryman’ Association, is the organization of of businesses who sell gardening goods direct to consumers, including
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Another favorite of winter is Iris unguicularis…the winter-blooming iris. I just snapped this photo of a clump that’s been flowering for weeks here in the gardens. Iris unguicularis is relatively easy to grow if given a part or full sun site with good drainage. For us, we get random fall flowering that gives rise to
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I was just admiring the winter coloration of the normally gold-foliaged Selaginella tamariscina ‘Golden Sprite’, and wanted to share this image I just snapped. Looks like everything here will get covered with a layer of ice tonight.
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We’ve been lily fans for quite a while, and have spent decades collecting unique lilies that are quite different from the short, stiff Asiatic lilies that are so prevalent in box stores. Our 2015 introduction, Lilium davidii ‘Lite Lunch’ came from a former staffer, David Lee, who purchased this lily bulb for lunch from a
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I just snapped this image of Cyclamen hederifolium in the garden this morning…only a couple of days removed from a low of 12 degrees F. These are so wonderful in the woodland winter garden. Be sure to plant cyclamen where they will stay fairly dry in the late spring and summer when they are dormant.
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For 2015, Plant Delights is pleased to introduce several new ferns from our trial program. Athyrium niponicum ‘Thrill Seeker’ is one of two dwarf compact crested Japanese painted fern selections from a five year joint effort between us and our friend Hans Hansen of Walters Gardens. The second of these crested selections is Athyrium ‘Joy
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We want to mention again that in response to customer requests, especially from our International customers, we’ve added a PayPal payment option to our checkout for 2015. This is also available for domestic customers. As plant collectors ourselves, we realize the importance of making plants available to collectors around the world, so we are delighted
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Two new salvias that stood out in side by side trials with industry standards are these new 2015 introductions. The first is Salvia x sylvestris ‘Violet Riot’. This full sun salvia has an incredible number of flowers and a longer flowering period compared to everything else on the market. Hardiness is at least, Zone 4a
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I hope everyone had a wonderful new year and are recovering/gardening as your prior celebratory evening permits. Continuing to showcase some of our 2015 introductions, we’ll focus today on baptisia…a genus on which we’ve spent a good bit of time. Baptisia minor ‘Blue Bonnet’ is a fabulous, early-flowering, heavy-blooming selection of the US native Baptisia minor,
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