Horticultural Punk Rockers
Selaginella, also known as spikemosses, are the horticultural version of punk rockers.
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Woodland Wonder Wild Ginger
We’ve grown literally thousands of wild gingers, both North American and Asian natives. One of the finest plants in the entire collection is our 2000 Davidson County, NC, selection from a development site, that we named Asarum minus ‘Woodland Wonder’. Below is our 25 year old clump. As much as we hate to divide it,
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Some Biddy Yum flowers
Flowering this week in the garden is Cymbidium (pronounced “Some Biddy Yum”) goeringii ‘Datuanyuan’. The evergreen foliage of this woodland, terrestrial orchid, resembles a clump of monkey grass, until it starts flowering in early March. While we have grown these for decades, this is the first flowering of this special cultivar with rounded petals and
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Take a Deep Breath for these Lungworts
Two of the best performing lungworts in our trials are pictured below, Pulmonaria ‘Diana Clare’ from Cotswold Garden Flowers, and Pulmonaria ‘Shrimps on the Barbie’ from the breeders at Terra Nova. Both have incredible vigor, and put on an exceptional show in the late winter garden and into spring, currently at JLBG. Both are planted
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Small-coned Cycad
Ceratozamia microstrobila has been an amazing cycad in our trials, as you can see from the recent photo below. This rare species hails from the Sierra Madre Oriental mountains of Northern Mexico (Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosi), where there are only six populations remaining in the wild. Our 13 year old garden specimens have thrived in
Red Silver Bear’s Claw
Helleborus foetidus ‘Red Silver’ is looking great in the late winter garden. Not only is the evergreen foliage great, but the flowers have a lovely ring of lipstick on each flower tip. This European species thrives in both open shade and half day full sun, as long as the drainage is good.
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Coal Miner
Looking lovely in the winter garden is the adult ivy, Hedera helix ‘Coal Miner’. When the winter temperature drops, the leaves take on a purple black cast that contrast with the veins, which remain green.
Meet Liara’s sister, Leona
Here is another member of the early-winter flowering Helleborus x lemperi hybrids, Helleborus ‘Leona’. I’d say, she’s looking quite ravishing in the garden for mid-January. All Helleborus x lemperi are sterile hybrids and created by crossing Hellborus niger with Helleborus x hybridus.
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Golden Eggs in the Garden
Looking rather nice in the garden in mid-winter is the yellow-fruited, Rohdea japonica ‘Golden Eggs’. We’re now on our third generation, and have been please to find that all of our offspring that have fruited so far, come true to color from seed. We picked up our original plant a Japanese auction over a decade
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From Vietnam, with Love
In only its third winter in the garden, Camellia vietnamensis has already surpassed our expectations. The large, single white flowers that start for us in early winter, combined with the beautiful foliage has been exceptional in our trials. So far, our plants have sailed through 14 degrees F. There seems to be quite a bit
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