The native midwestern trout lily, Erythronium mesochorum showed it’s lovely face for the first time this week. We sowed lots of seed last year, so hopefully we’ll have enough to share in a couple more years.
Even after the early flowers of the Christmas rose, Helleborus niger, finish, the lovely green petals and developing seed pods are quite attractive.
The Iris unguicularis have been amazing this winter. This is our collection from Crete, where they grew in large grass-like masses. Although this clone isn’t as floriferous as some we grow, the intensity of the color is quite special, and like all of the forms from Crete, the foliage is quite short. We may have enough of this for a 2017 introduction.
For the first time in several years, we are able to share our superb collection of the native, evergreen Pachysandra procumbens ‘Angola’, that we collected near Angola prison. This is the earliest, most vigorous, and most fragrant flowering form of this superb native that we’ve ever encountered.
Not only is Silene virginiana ‘Jackson Valentine’ superb in flowers, but it’s also pretty nice with its purple winter foliage.
is Jackson Valentine the same as houseplant Moses in the Cradle? I could not see stem but leaves look the same!
They are not related.