Aralia cordata ‘Sun King’
The lovely Aralia cordata ‘Sun King’ is looking mighty fine in the garden now…couldn’t imagine gardening without this beacon of light. Part sun to light shade is best.
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The lovely Aralia cordata ‘Sun King’ is looking mighty fine in the garden now…couldn’t imagine gardening without this beacon of light. Part sun to light shade is best.
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Here’s a photo from the garden yesterday, the hardy garden orchid, Bletilla x yokohama ‘Sweet Lips’. We tried this with average success in light shade, but once we moved it out into full sun, it exploded. Bletillas are tolerant of pretty much everything from boggy soils to just shy of desert conditions. All of the
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Euphorbia ‘Cherokee’ is one of those great perennials that’s sadly little-known in commerce…despite being one of the longest-lived euphorbias we grow. Here it is flowering in the gardens here at Juniper Level today. We have found this thrives in both full sun and part shade…about all it needs is decent drainage.
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I’m sensing a color theme starting, so let’s continue with Iris virginica ‘Contraband Girl’, whose flirting her stuff in the garden today. This gem can grow in standing water or in typical garden soil. Of course, it will grow much taller with more moisture, often topping out around 6′ tall…another great American native iris.
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The wine cups, Callirhoe involucrata are so amazing in the garden, I wish everyone could see them now. These long-flowering, drought-tolerant, vertically-challenged hibiscus cousins are amazing groundcover perennials. Callirhoes come in white, wine-red, and this mauvy form, Callirhoe involucrata var. tenuissima. If you have full sun and like this color theme, you’ve got to try
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I’ll bet most folks haven’t heard of Ammocharis coranica…your loss. We grew this amazing crinum lily relative for years before we saw it in the wilds of South Africa, where it grew in roadside ditches along a small section of our route. Here’s a photo from the gardens today…it thrived though our brutal NC winter.
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How could you not love such an inviting plant as the Mediterranean native aroid Dracunculus vulgaris, flowering now at Juniper Level Botanic Gardens. Anyone who thinks mother nature doesn’t have a sense of humor has never grown dracunculus. Dracunculus often emerge in February, flower now, and go dormant by early June. Amazingly, they are winter
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I hope you’ve grown some of the amazing bush clematis, including Clematis integrifolia ‘Rose Colored Glasses’ from the gardens here at Juniper Level. I love this plant which continues to flower sporadically through the summer. Mature height is 20″ to 24″ tall with good sun and good drainage.
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Here’s a shot of our patch of Dianthus ‘Feurehexe‘ in the garden…such an amazing display of insanely fragrant flowers…smells like spicy chocolate to me. Good drainage and bright sun are the key to success, so their perfect for a rock garden.
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Here’s another plant that thrilled us with how well it went through the winter here at Juniper Level Botanic Gardens…Verbena ‘Lavender Frappe’. This Brazilian native makes a short 1″ tall groundcover that just flowers non-stop for months, and as you can see, is the earliest verbena to begin flowering for us. I just can’t say
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