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Clematis ‘Sapphire Indigo’

Looking really good in the gardens now is Clematis ‘Sapphire Indigo’.  This unique hybrid between the vining mailbox clematis and the small-flowered bush clematis has been superb in our trials, flowering virtually non-stop all summer.  Instead of making a vine, Clematis ‘Sapphire Indigo’ sprawls to 2′ wide, creating incredible color combinations with neighboring perennials…a designers

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Aristolochia fimbriata

One of my favorite foliage perennials is unquestionably Aristolochia fimbriata.   While the flowers are insanely cool and produced all summer, the foliage is just so hard to beat.  Even where it isn’t winter hardy, Aristolochia fimbriata makes a great summer container spiller, sprawling to about 2′ in width.  Here’s how it looks in the garden

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Gardens of Germany and Sweden

Just back from a whirlwind 10 day trek to visit gardens of Germany and Sweden.  Lots of amazing plants, many new to me, and others nearly unrecognizable because of their incredible growth rates…especially many of our own native plants.  Here is a photo of the amazing rock garden at the Goteborg Botanic Garden…unquestionably one of

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Laurentia fluvitalis – Blue Star Creeper

On the dwarf side, Blue star creeper, Laurentia fluvitalis is looking great for us now.  This tiny groundcover that likes moist sites in sun to part sun, tops out at only 1″ tall, smothered in tiny light sky blue flowers…perfect in the fairy garden or draping over the edges of a container.  The growth rate

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