Cornus kousa ‘Akatsuki’ and Asclepias perennis putting on a lovely light show in the summer garden. The white flowers of the native asclepias are a bright color echo of the white variegation of the dogwood. Cornus kousa ‘Akatsuki’, Asclepias perennis
It’s been four years that we’ve been trialing the dwarf princess lily, Alstroemeria ‘Zoe’. We were hesitant about it’s winter hardiness, especially after everyone got burned by the tender Alstroemeria ‘Rock and Roll’. After an extensive trial period, it has proven to be an outstanding, albeit slow-growing, gem for the garden. Below is a photo
Almost two years ago, when I first saw photos of Zantedeschia ‘Frozen Queen’, I was overly skeptical that this was the result of A-I or Photoshop. To find out for sure, I ordered a few for the garden to see for myself. Well, after over a year in the ground, below are the plants in
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The clump of Iris ensata ‘Silverband’ outside our kitchen window has just outdone itself this week. This striped leaf Japanese iris is naturally an aquatic plant, growing in shallow water, but as long as the garden soil isn’t drought stricken long term, it makes a suberb, easy-to-grow garden specimen. Although it grows in a tight
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I remember a few decades back, when my torso looked exactly like the foliage of Podophyllum ‘Spotty Dotty’, during a somewhat unpleasant bout of shingles. Fortunately, there is nothing but joy, that comes from growing this equally patterned mayapple, that’s looking great in the garden now. For over two decades, this Terra Nova introduction has
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Looking great in the garden is the amazing Acorus calamus ‘Argenteostriatus’, a deciduous wetland perennial, native to Kazakhstan. Acorus calamas has been used by humans since at least 1300 BC, when the Egyptians documented using the fragrant rhizomes and roots to create perfumes. Purportedly, early North American settlers used this for a psychotropic experience. This
Eriobotrya japonica ‘Ghostbuster’ is our new loquat seedling, grown from seed from our spring, speckled-leaf selection in the garden. While most of the seedlings show some degree of speckling in spring, this gem is by far, the cream of the crop, with no sign of foliar burn. The foliage ages to green in summer, giving
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One of the most amazingly stunning North American native plants we’ve ever had the pleasure to introduce is Saururus cernus ‘Hertford Streaker’. Below is it in the nursery this week. This perennial is found in swampy bogs from Canada south to Texas. In smaller and more intricate gardens, it’s probably not appropriate since it is
Here’s a fun combo we planted in the woodland garden with a silver-center leaf Jack-in-the-pulpit, Arisaema serratum in a patch of Rohdea japonica ‘Sekkei-no-Homare’. We used the leaf color in the jack to echo the leaf edge color in the sacred lily.
We obtained this amazing variegated Japanese Solomon’s seal selection in 2015, and in the years since, Polygonatum odoratum ‘Ki Chou’ has formed an amazing specimen in the garden. We’ve started dividing our clump, and hopefully, will have enough to share within the next couple of years. Hardiness is Zone 4a-9b. JLBG currently holds one of
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