Phlox paniculata ‘Dunbar Creek’
Here’s a new photo of Phlox paniculata ‘Dunbar Creek’ that’s looking particularly good in the garden right now. I love the recurved petals and lack of mildew.
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Ledebouria zebrina
The little-known South African bulb Ledebouria zebrina sailed through our winter (single digits F) without a scratch and looks great right now. Ledebourias are cousins to the more popular scilla, and this one gives a wonderfully tropical look to the garden. The back of the leaves are striped like a zebra at the base (hence
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Phytolacca ‘Sunny Side Up’
There are few plants in the summer garden with the visual impact of the gold-leaf poke berry, Phytolacca americana ‘Sunny Side Up’…a truly dazzling American native. Here it is in the garden today.
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Curcuma ‘Snowdrift’
Curcuma longa ‘Snowdrift’ is looking fabulous in the garden now, suffering no damage from our recent cold winter. The is such a great plant for the woodland garden to add a tropical touch. Remember it doesn’t emerge before mid-to-late June.
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Dwarf red mushroom
I just photographed this very cute gnome-sized mushroom in the garden that tops out just over 1″ tall. Anyone recognize it?
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Boehmeria ‘Glow Light’
Brightening up the woodland garden today is the lovely Boehmeria ‘Glow Light’ There’s nothing like bright gold foliage to make a summer woodland garden come alive. Below is Boehmeria ‘Nichirin’. While this one grows slowly in light shade, we’ve found it much better in half day sun. Our oldest clump is now 6′ wide x
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Centrosema vine
I just snapped this photo yesterday in the garden of the native (Illinois south to Florida) Centrosema virginianum (butterfly pea) vine. We don’t currently offer this, but if we did, would you buy it? See the top 25 flowers that attract butterflies here.
Cicada love
Anita just discovered and photographed some cicada love when she heard some unexplained loud “sighing” in the perennial border the other day. Seems many critters are also enjoying the summer garden.
Agave ovatifolia mutant
Here’s a teaser for the morning. We’ve assembled a rather fun collection of variegated agaves (century plants), and here is a one-of-a-kind mutation we found on Agave ovatifolia, where the chimeral pattern is stable on one side of the plant and unstable on the other side. The next chance to see this in person is
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Agapanthus ‘Ellamae’
Not all agapanthus are created equal, and in our trials, Agapanthus ‘Ellamae’ is one of the best, flowering well after our cold winter. Here is it in the gardens at Juniper Level today…a lovely addition to the summer garden.
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