We have a thing for aucubas that gotten well out of hand. Of course, you could say the same for many plant groups. I was photographing in the garden this week and snapped this photo of a male aucuba in flower. Most people who grow aucubas often opt for females, since they produce nice […]
Boehmeria ‘Glow Light’ in our woodland garden this week..one of the few rays of brightness we’ve seen in the garden after 11 straight days and over 6″ of rain. Here’s a closeup of Boehmeria ‘Kogane Mushi’ in flower this week. Although we grow boehmeria for the foliage, the flower are also quite interesting. Most of
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Here’s a new photo of the evergreen Autumn fern, Dryopteris erythrosora ‘Brilliance‘ as it emerges in the woodland garden with its stunning new growth.
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The Solomon’s Seal, Polygonatum odoratum ‘Angel Wings’ looks delicious in the garden today! Light shade to part sun is ideal.
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The dwarf native woodland iris, Iris cristata are in flower here today. Iris ‘Montrose White’ was introduced by Montrose Gardens in NC. Iris cristata is native in shade, but flowers much better when given a couple of hours of sun. Iris cristata ‘Powder Blue Giant’ is incredibly floriferous in the garden today. These spring flowering
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What an incredible week for epimediums here at Juniper Level. The first photo is our introduction, Epimedium ‘Songbirds‘…an insanely heavily flowered yellow selection. Epimedium wushanense ‘Starlite‘ is our selection of the amazing Chinese species, which boasts large terminal inflorescences on a plant that approaches 2’ tall. Epimedium zhushanense is another incredible Chinese species
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The Japanese woodland peony, Paeonia japonica just opened yesterday in the garden! Unlike most other peonies, this one requires light shade, so plant it with hostas and ferns. Our supply of these is always limited, so if you like it, don’t delay in getting one for your garden.
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Asarum maximum ‘Shell Shocked’ is quite stunning in the garden today. Here it is in full flower in our woodland garden taken yesterday. This selection is dramatically more vigorous and floriferous than any other clone of the panda ginger we’ve grown.
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I spent the weekend enjoying winter garden clean-up and moving a few plants around. This time of year, the garden is like an Easter egg hunt, with treasures popping through the ground everywhere you look. I was thrilled to discover a huge crop of aspidistra seed, which we’ll plant shortly. Most folks move through the
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One of the first plants to flower in the moist woodland are the lovely heloniopsis. Here’s Heloniopsis orientalis ‘Purple Sprite’ in flower today. Heloniopsis was a former member of the giant Lily family, until the great taxonomic breakup moved it into the Melanthiaceae family. The easy-to-grow Heloniopsis (Zone 5a-8b) are a great way to add
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