Our 2014 tongue fern introduction, Pyrrosia lingua ‘Limon’, was discovered here as a solid gold sport on Pyrrosia lingua ‘Ogon Nishiki’. We took this image last week, of a superbly grown specimen at our sister institution, the JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh. This is a lovely evergreen fern, hardy from Zone 7b to 10b. It’s
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A splendid new selection, of the little-known, native (Virginia to Texas) Hydrangea barbara, is the gold-foliaged Hydrangea barbara ‘Chattahoochie Sunrise’. If you don’t recognize the name, it was formerly known as Decumaria barbara, before members of the genus hydrangea had an unexpected family reunion. We have grown this amazing discovery from Georgia plantsman, Cliff Brock,
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We have long loved the North American native, dawn redwoods. Yes, you read it correctly…North American natives. As I always try to explain to the scientifically challenged, native is not a place in location, but instead only a place in time. Metasequoia went extinct in North America, a mere 7.5 million years ago, primarily because
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Striking a pose in the moist garden is Sarracenia flava ‘Black Ascot’. This incredible, native yellow pitcher plant has a variety of amazing forms. The key for success is full sun for 6-8 hours, and moist toes (roots). We offered this selection for the first time in 2020. We have it in production again and
A lively color combination we enjoy near our home, combines Clematis ‘Sapphire Indigo’, Tradescantia pallida, with the bright gold Carex oshimensis ‘Everillo’. Clematis ‘Sapphire Indigo’, Tradescantia pallida, Carex oshimensis ‘Everillo’
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Cedrus deodara ‘Gold Cascade’ provides a lovely backdrop to the brighter gold foliage of Tanacetum vulgare ‘Isla Gold’…a golden color echo with a contrast in forms.
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One of the most asked about trees in our garden is the Indochina native, Broussonetia papyrifera. Flowering paper mulberry has long been an important tree in tropical Asia, both for its edible fruit, and bark, which is used to make a fiber, known as tapa cloth. It also has tremendous medical use as an antioxidant,
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Cotinus ‘Winecraft Gold’ PP 30,327, is an amazing 2019 introduction from French nurseryman, Patrick Pineau, who selected it from seed, grown from the first gold leaf cultivar, Cotinus ‘Ancot’. Cotinus ‘Ancot’ was a breakthrough, although it’s lanky, open habit left a bit to be desired. Cotinus ‘Winecraft Gold’ is much more dense selection, with far
The lowly US native arborvitaes still don’t get the respect they deserve. Because they are so easy to grow and propagate, their widespread use in places from trailer parks to fast food restaurants, cause many plant snobs to dismiss them as too common. The diversity in the genus is absolutely amazing, and as a landscape
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Most of the elephant ears we now grow in the garden are the clumping forms, since the fast runners simply outgrow their space too quickly, on the way to their goal of world domination. One running cultivar we can’t part with is Colocasia esculenta ‘Lemonade’. While it does spread, it doesn’t do so anything like
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