A sure garden sign that winter is nearing the end is the flowerring of our first aroid of the year…the lovely and beautiful ….wait, probably not the best choice of words…Symplocarpus foetidus. The flowers of skunk cabbage use thermogenesis to produce enough heat to melt through several feet of snow to allow its fragrance to
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Here’s a photo of a clump of Cyclamen coum in the garden today. These have been in full flower for over a month now, despite the snow and ice. I can’t imagine a woodland garden without these gems…the key is to keep the soil fairly dry when they are summer dormant. http://www.plantdelights.com/Cyclamen-for-sale/buy-Cyclamen/Perennial/
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Helleborus x hybridus yellow with maroon eyezone It’s been very difficult to find good rich yellow-flowered hellebores, but these were created by our friend, plant breeder Hans Hansen.
Helleborus x hybridus violet red with white edge We’ve still go a huge selection of truly amazing hellebores for sale. Here’s a photo of one that we just took.
Helleborus vesicarius While most hellebores are easy to grow, the same cannot be said for the summer-dormant, Turkish Helleborus vesicarius, which requires summer drought like many of the Mediterranean bulbs. Our plants here at Juniper Level Botanic Garden finally flowered for the first time ever this week…hooray!
Helleborus x hybridus pink spotted Another of our lenten rose strains of plants with pink with spotted flowers…this just taken from our plants in the garden and nursery
Helleborus x hybridus Black Purple Here’s another hellebore image we just took from our great assortment of black purple flowered plants.
Dear PDN’ers It’s hard to imagine winter is finally nearing an end when outside today we see the ground covered in snow with freezing rain forecasted to develop tonight and tomorrow. But to help us remember spring is just around the corner, at least in NC, the greenhouses are bursting with colorful hellebores and other
Plant Delights Nursery February 2014 Newsletter Read More »
Dear PDN’ers Happy New Year from Plant Delights Nursery! The 2014 Spring Plant Delights Nursery print catalogs have “left the building” and are in the mail to our active customers. In the meantime, you will now find all the 2014 plants on-line including a record 131 new plants at 2014 New Plants. You’ll also notice
Plant Delights Nursery 2014 Spring Catalog now Online! Read More »
Dear PDNers, Greetings from Juniper Level Botanic Gardens, where a low temperature of 26 degrees has left the garden feeling and smelling like fall. I was just noticing the strong smell of chrysanthemum foliage yesterday, whose oils were released after the recent cold snap, like collards after a frost. So, where did the year go?
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