I know brown foliage freaks out many gardeners, but we were thrilled how well our cycad collection fared during our cold winter. We expect the foliage on all Cycas species to turn brown below 12 degrees F, but if you grow these, look closely at the base and you’ll probably see that the very base
Brown is a color too…Cycas after a hard winter Read More »
This was our coldest winter since we began growing the dwarf Japanese Selaginella tamariscina forms outdoors, so we are thrilled to find how well they sailed through our cold weather. Here is Selaginella ‘Golden Sprite’ in our rock garden…very tiny and very slow growing, but sooo cute! http://www.plantdelights.com/Selaginella-for-sale/buy-Spikemoss/Groundcovers-for-Shade/
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The giant Chinese mayapples have emerged in the last couple of days. Here is Podophyllum pleianthum showing off its fascinating leaf edges..a soft eyelash-like fringe around the edge of each leaf. You’d never guess that mayapples are actually in the barberry family! Podophyllum pleianthum emerges from the ground in bud, so it won’t be long
What lovely teeth you have, Podophyllum pleianthum Read More »
Another of my favorite plants of winter are the toothworts. Here is Dentaria diphylla aka: Cardamine diphylla in the garden yesterday. The foliage emerges in winter, making a lovely groundcover. We’ll see the short stalks of small, but cute flowers in a few more weeks, before most species go summer dormant. Dentaria diphylla has a
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With a much sweeter fragrance that the skunk cabbage, here’s a photo of Edgeworthia chrysantha ‘Snow Cream’ from the garden today with its daphne-like flowers. I can’t imagine gardening without this as part of the winter garden. http://www.plantdelights.com/Edgeworthia-for-sale/buy-Paper-Plant/Flowers-with-Nectar/
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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/
Cyclamen coum silver leaf form Read More »
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!
