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Convallaria
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Convallaria majalis 'Hardwick Hall' (Lily-of-the-Valley)
Light Shade to Shade Zone: 3-7 9" tall Origin: Europe, Asia
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Here's a great plant for our customers further north. We've always loved lily-of-the-valley, especially the variegated forms, but they are painfully slow in our southeast heat and wimpy winters. We are delighted to finally be able to share one of our favorites, the yellow-edged Convallaria 'Hardwick Hall'. Named after the famed English garden, Convallaria 'Hardwick Hall' is a vigorous clone with 9" tall, glaucous leaves edged with a dramatic golden border. In spring, the deer-resistant patches are adorned with fragrant white flowers...a superb deciduous groundcover for a wide range of soil conditions. Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #06826
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Coreopsis (Tickseed)
Coreopsis are recognized around the world for being tough, durable plants. Our ever-expanding selection offers some of the wonderful southern natives that are virtually unknown in gardening circles. In addition, some of the new hybrids that we offer are quickly going to become mainstays in virtually all sunny gardens. We have found that many of the new hybrid coreopsis tend to perennialize better if they are cut back after flowering reducing the seed production. |
Coreopsis helianthoides (Helianthus-leaf Swamp Tickseed)
Sun to Light ShadeZone: 6-9, at least 30" tall Origin: USA
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This rare NC native is another of the great overlooked garden plants growing naturally here in the Southeast. Native to swampy forested sites from NC to Florida, Coreopsis helianthoides is similar in growth habit to Coreopsis integrifolia. The shiny, uncut, dark green foliage adorns 30" tall clumps. From September to November, Coreopsis helianthoides is topped with a stunning show of yellow-orange daisies...perfect for an overly moist site in your garden, although it has performed beautifully for us in regular garden soil in full sun. Thanks to Rob Gardner at the NC Botanic Garden for sharing this eastern NC accession with us. Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #03802
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Coreopsis major (Whorled-leaf Tickseed)
Sun to Part SunZone: 5-8 36" tall Origin: USA
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From New York south to Florida, you are liable to run across Coreopsis major in open dry woodlands. So, why is it not grown in everyone's garden? Probably because it looks like crap (pardon my French) in the woods. Put a plant in full sun, and it becomes a killer perennial. The spreading rootstock makes a 5' clump in 5 years of sturdy 3' tall stems clothed in whorled green leaves. From late spring through midsummer, the drought-tolerant clumps are topped with 2" yellow daisies...simply superb! Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #06825
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Corydalis (False Bleeding Heart)
While corydalis are found around the world, it is the temperate species from Japan/China that are proving to have the most garden value for the central-to-southern US. Breeders have now begun to use these species to add more exciting new breakthroughs in heretofore-unimaginable colors. |
Corydalis 'Berry Exciting' PP 18,917 (Berry Exciting Corydalis)
Part Sun to Light ShadeZone: 5-8a, possibly warmer 10" tall Origin: Hybrid
If you've been looking for another screamer for your garden, we've got just the plant. The folks at Terra Nova turned the foliage on Corydalis 'Blackberry Wine' to bright gold, and I mean bright! This amazing new deer-resistant selection makes an 18" wide mound of bright golden foliage in spring, topped, starting in late spring, with the same blackberry-colored flowers of the parent. I can think of few plants with this much potential to bring the effect of sunshine into a woodland garden. Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #07425
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Corydalis 'Blackberry Wine' (Blackberry Wine Corydalis)
Sun to Light ShadeZone: 5-8a, possibly warmer 10" tall Origin: Hybrid
This stunning new deer-resistant corydalis from a recent China collection has performed amazingly well in our trials. What is normally a heat-sensitive woodland perennial is dazzling in our full-sun rock scree. For us, the 2'+ wide deciduous clump is topped with lovely, fragrant, wine-purple flowers, starting on tax day and continuing into early summer. In some climates, we are hearing reports of continued flowering through November. C. 'Blackberry Wine' is perfect in the lightly shaded woodland garden and integrates well with hostas and ferns. Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #04868
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Crinum (Crinum Lily)
Crinum lilies are truly classic southern pass-along plants. Crinums have thrived for hundreds of years at abandoned home sites where daffodils have long ago turned up their toes. The giant clumps of bold, tropical lily-like foliage make an imposing architectural statement in the garden. In summer, the clumps are adorned with an array of pink-to-white flower types...usually fragrant. Crinums are extremely adaptable...either in dry or in boggy soils. Think of crinum lilies as a horticultural IRA for your grandkids to remember you by. |
Crinum 'Alamo Village' (Crinum Lily)
SunZone: 7-10 20" tall Origin: Hybrid
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This amazing plant has graced old Southern gardens and was popularized by Dr. Thad Howard of Texas who discovered the plant in the 1960s in Alamo Village, Texas. The fast-growing clumps of glossy, light green foliage are topped continuously through the summer with 20" tall stalks of large, spidery, fragrant flowers of pale pink. Although no one is sure of its origin, Dr. Howard suggests that Crinum americanum is one of the parents. Whatever combined to make this hybrid, it's a real winner in the garden. Pot size: 3 qt. (2.83 L) #05074
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Crinum americanum St. Mark's, FL (American Crinum Lily)
Sun to Part SunZone: 7-10 20" tall Origin: USA
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This collection of the bog native Crinum americanum hails from just south of Tallahassee, Florida, and has thrived in our garden for many years. The glossy, dark green hippeastrum-like foliage forms 2' wide clumps that multiply from short underground runners. In late summer, the clumps are topped with 2' tall spikes, ending in clusters of large, fragrant, white, star-shaped flowers. We have found this very easy to grow in our moist bog and not difficult to flower as some have written. Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #06038
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Crinum 'Birthday Party' (Birthday Party Crinum Lily)
SunZone: 7b-10, at least 36" tall Origin: Hybrid
Crinum 'Birthday Party' hails from the breeding program of crinum guru, the late Luther Bundrant, reportedly a cross of C. 'Bradley Giant' x C. scabrum. For us, Crinum 'Birthday Party' begins flowering in early- to mid-June and continues until August with sturdy 3' tall spikes topped with dark wine-colored buds, opening into large, fragrant outfacing flowers of rich pink with a wide darker stripe down the middle of each petal....outstanding against the 40" long, glossy green foliage! Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #08445
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Crinum 'Bradley' (Bradley Crinum Lily)
Sun to Part SunZone: 7-10, at least 24" tall Origin: Hybrid
From the late H.B. Bradley of Australia comes this deep-wine flowered crinum with large open-faced flowers. This hybrid (probably C. scabrum x flaccidum) boasts much narrower, glossy, green foliage than the powellii hybrids, eventually making a 2' tall x 3' wide clump. Each 2' tall scape is topped in summer with a dozen wine-colored, very fragrant flowers...superb! Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #03042
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Crinum bulbispermum 'Sacramento' (Sacramento Crinum Lily)
SunZone: 6-10 36" tall Origin: Hybrid
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Crinum 'Sacramento' has a mysterious background, but is reportedly a Les Hannibal cross between two forms of Crinum bulbispermum, one of which originated in the town of Kimberly, South Africa. Crinum bulbispermum 'Sacramento' makes an often solitary, 3' wide clump of arching blue-green foliage topped, starting in late spring, with 3' tall stalks of flowers that have particularly nice red-and-white striped, anise-fragranced flowers. Since Crinum 'Sacramento' rarely offsets, it is produced only as seedlings which come true to type. For us in NC, it is the earliest crinum to flower, often producing the first scape in late April. Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #03141
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Crinum buphanoides (Boophone Crinum Lily)
SunZone: 7b-10, at least 36" tall Origin: S. Africa
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Crinum buphanoides (looks like a boophone...not related to a cell phone) comes from the northern regions of South Africa where it can be found growing in areas that are swampy during the summer months and dry in the winter. The large rosettes of fleshy glaucous leaves are often heavily rippled...a reason to grow the plant even if it didn't flower. In summer, the huge flower spikes are adorned with up to 50 white, sweetly-fragrant, star-shaped flowers, highlighted by purple stamens...similar to Crinum erubescens.
Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #06303
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Crinum 'Carnival' (Carnival Crinum Lily)
Sun to Part SunZone: 7-10 30" tall Origin: Hybrid
This Thad Howard hybrid (C. bulbispermum x C. 'Thaddeus Howard' [C. scabrum x C. bulbispermum]) has lush, glossy, green foliage making a 3-4' wide mound. The 3' tall bloom scapes are topped with large, fragrant, rich pink flowers with pale white striping from July to August. This is truly one stunning crinum!
Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #03048
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Crinum 'Claude Davis' (Claude Davis Crinum Lily)
SunZone: 7-10, possibly colder 48" tall Origin: Hybrid
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Crinum 'Claude Davis' is a selection from Louisiana nurseryman Claude Davis, and was reportedly a seedling of Crinum. 'Cape Dawn'...we concur. The glossy green foliage forms a nice offsetting clump, topped starting in early June with 4' tall spikes of horizontal-facing, maroon-pink flowers...a most unusual shade of pink. Our clump has produced more than 15 flower spikes at once...a true showstopper! Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #06770
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Crinum 'Ellen Bosanquet' (Ellen Bosanquet Crinum Lily)
Sun to Part SunZone: 6b-10 24" tall Origin: Hybrid
This is still considered one of the finest crinum lilies for the home garden. This vigorously multiplying hybrid (possibly C. 'JC Harvey' x C. scabrum) was hybridized in Florida during the 1920s by Louis Bosanquet and named after his wife. C. 'Ellen Bosanquet' begins flowering in mid-June and continues through most of the summer. The large, reddish-purple flowers, on 2' stalks, emit a delightful spicy fragrance. The rosette of wavy, glossy, tropical-looking foliage is a great addition to the garden, even without the flowers. Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #02193
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Crinum erubescens (Swamp Lily)
Sun to Part SunZone: 7-10, at least 30" tall Origin: S. America
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One of the classic passalong plants of the deep South is Crinum erubescens...the South American equivalent of our native (and much more difficult to grow) Crinum americanum. The wide, glossy green leaves, to 30" long, form a large clump that actually spreads about by means of a large, underground rhizome. In moist soil, Crinum erubescens will make a large colony, while it is more restrained in normal garden soil. The clumps are topped with 3' tall red stalks of sweetly scented, spidery white flowers that continue all summer, from July to frost. Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #03582
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Crinum 'Hannibal's Dwarf' (Hannibal's Dwarf Crinum Lily)
Sun to Part SunZone: 7-9, at least 18" tall Origin: Hybrid
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Once again we are able to offer the wonderful Les Hannibal dwarf crinum. This cross of Crinum moorei x Crinum americanum is the fastest-multiplying crinum that we have ever seen. The glossy, green, strap-like leaves remain attractive all season, unlike those of some of the hybrids. In our area, expect a heavy flowering show of large, deep pink flowers, held 1' above the foliage in midsummer, followed by a rebloom in early fall...a great plant for smaller gardens! Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #02799
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Crinum 'Infusion' (Infusion Crinum Lily)
SunZone: 6-9, at least 36" tall Origin: Hybrid
This superb new hybrid crinum is a cross of C. 'Ellen Bosanquet' x C. 'J.C. Harvey' from Florida crinum breeder Alani Davis. C. 'Infusion' is a vigorous grower, topped, starting in early summer, with 3'+ tall sturdy spikes with up to a dozen well-formed, outfacing, bright cherry-red flowers. This is certainly one of the best new crinum hybrids we have grown in years. Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #08443
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Crinum 'Jubilee' (Jubilee Crinum Lily)
SunZone: 7b-10, at least 36" tall Origin: Hybrid
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Crinum 'Jubilee' is a wonderful but little-known hybrid (Crinum 'Sundance' x Crinum scabrum) from the late Luther Bundrant. The vigorous clump of medium green foliage is topped in summer with large, blush-pink, fragrant flowers atop 3' tall stalks...a very unique crinum. Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #07333
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Crinum 'Lorraine Clark' (Lorraine Clark Crinum Lily)
SunZone: 7-10, possibly colder 36" tall Origin: Hybrid
From Louisiana's Barry Clark comes this dazzling new hybrid boasting the darkest reddish-pink flowers of any crinum hybrid we have seen. The dark outfacing flowers combined with the black-red buds make this one of the most unique crinums on the market. Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #07381
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Crinum 'Marisco' (Marisco Hardy Crinum Lily)
SunZone: 7b-10, at least 24" tall Origin: Hybrid
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We are very pleased to offer this fast-offsetting crinum hybrid that was discovered by the late plant explorer, Thad Howard in Veracruz, Mexico. Thad found this plant growing in a naturalized population of the East African C. zeylanicum adjacent to a population of the native swamp-growing, C. loddigesianum (similar to C. americanum). Thad named it 'Marisco' (which means seafood) to commemorate the region's seafood industry. C. 'Marisco' makes a relatively small 3' wide clump (by crinum standards) of 30" long strap-like green leaves. The clump is adorned sporadically through the summer with 2' tall stalks of large fragrant white flowers with each petal highlighted by a central burgundy stripe. Moist soils will produce the best flowering.
Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #08442
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Crinum 'Mrs. James Hendry' (Mrs. James Hendry Crinum Lily)
Sun to Part SunZone: 7-10 54" tall Origin: Hybrid
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This 1915 crinum hybrid from the late Henry Nehrling is a very compact and tidy crinum lily with rigidly erect, glossy bright, green foliage. Throughout the late spring and early summer, the offsetting clumps are topped with 4.5'+ tall sturdy spikes ending in large clusters of very fragrant white flowers with a pink lavender blush showing toward the tips of the flowers. Crinum 'Mrs. James Hendry' is one of the first crinums to flower in the spring, beginning for us in late April.
Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #03045
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Crinum 'Ollene' (Crinum Lily)
SunZone: 6-10, possibly colder 24" tall Origin: Hybrid
This hard-to-find but wonderful 1962 Thad Howard hybrid is a result of a cross of Crinum 'Seven Sisters' (C. americanum x bulbispermum) crossed back to Crinum bulbispermum var. album. The result is a rock-hardy, thick, green leaf clump that bears 24" tall stalks of clusters of large, pure white flowers with a deliciously sweet scent. For us, C. 'Ollene' flowers sporadically from early summer into fall. I cannot imagine why Crinum 'Ollene' is not grown in every southern garden. C. 'Ollene' was named in honor of Ollene Bundrant, wife of famed crinum breeder Luther Bundrant. Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #03622
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Crinum 'Sangria' (Sangria Crinum Lily)
Sun to Part SunZone: 7-10 24" tall Origin: Hybrid
This much sought-after crinum lily originated in 1983 as a cross of C. procerum 'Splendens' x an unknown C. bulbispermum (or hybrid). It was discovered as a seedling in the garden of the late Marcia Clint Wilson by Texan Scott Ogden. The dark purple reflexed foliage makes a dramatic clump, topped in late spring and again in fall with 18" spikes of rosy pink flowers. Because of its C. bulbispermum parentage, C. 'Sangria' is much more winter hardy than other purple leaf crinums. Most of the material that is sold as C. 'Sangria' is simply C. procerum 'Splendens'. Thanks to Scott Ogden for providing us propagation stock from the original plant. Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #04188
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Crinum 'Summer Nocturne' (Summer Nocturne Crinum Lily)
SunZone: 7-10 24" tall Origin: Hybrid
This vigorous and heavy-flowering Thad Howard cross of C. moorei and C. erubescens has become one of our favorite crinums. The 2' tall, purple flower spikes arise from among the lush green foliage starting in mid-July and continuing until frost. Each spike produces 5-6 large, widely open, pale pink flowers that darken toward the end of the petals. Each flower boasts a phenomenal sweet fragrance that perfumes for quite a distance around the clump...AMAZING! Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #05075
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Crinum 'Walter Flory' (Walter Flory Crinum Lily)
Sun to Part SunZone: 7-10 40" tall Origin: Hybrid
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This Katherine Clint hybrid of Crinum 'Ellen Bosanquet' x Crinum x powellii 'Alba' makes a relatively short clumper to 2' tall. From "Ellen", "Walter" inherits an early flowering habit, often starting as early as April in the deep South. Crinum 'Walter Flory' features 3' tall stalks of stunning pink bicolor flowers with burgundy stripes running from the base of the flower to the tips. The flower stalks are attractively perched atop the lush, tropical-looking, glossy green foliage. Pot size: 3 qt. (2.83 L) #03047
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Crinum 'White Prince' (White Prince Crinum Lily)
SunZone: 7-10, at least 36" tall Origin: Hybrid
This Les Hannibal hybrid of Crinum yemense (album) x C. moorei makes a fine garden plant, whose lush, glossy green foliage is topped, starting in early June (NC), with 3' stalks, each holding up to a dozen large, pendulous, white, fragrant flowers with recurved tips. This was Hannibal's attempt to re-create Luther Burbank's 'White Queen', but he guessed wrong about the parentage...oh well, a nice mistake!
Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #06021
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Crinum 'White Queen' (White Queen Crinum Lily)
SunZone: 7-10, at least 36" tall Origin: Hybrid
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Thanks to Scott Ogden for sharing this wonderful Luther Burbank hybrid, which he described as "arguably the most lovely crinum ever bred." We've finally got it propagated so we can spread this plant far and wide. Crinum 'White Queen' is a cross of Crinum x powellii 'Alba' and Crinum macowanii, which should give it very good hardiness...probably into Zone 6. The very long, wide leaves make an imposing, but slowly offsetting, clump topped in late spring with 3' tall spikes of large, pure white bells that emerge sideways then become pendent. If you've been looking for a "white queen" to live in your garden, we can help. Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #06001
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Crinum x herbertii 'Schreck' (Schreck Crinum Lily)
SunZone: 7-10, possibly colder 24" tall Origin: Hybrid
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I love this Crinum x herbertii (C. bulbispermum x C. scabrum) that comes from the Schreck family of Vidor, Texas...no relation to the famed Shrek family of Hollywood, California. Texas plantswoman Marcelle Shepard recognized its value, subsequently naming and distributing it. For us, the 2' tall stalks emerge, starting in late May, topped by heads of wide outfacing tubular flowers of white, each highlighted by dramatic wide cherry red stripes...both inside and out. C. 'Schreck' is an extraordinarily floriferous plant that reblooms throughout the summer...truly outstanding! Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #08446
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Crinum x powellii 'Eden' (Eden Crinum Lily)
SunZone: 6-10, guessing 36" tall Origin: Hybrid
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Crinum 'Eden' was shared with us many years ago by Florida plantsman Russell Adams as an exceptional white-flowered form of Crinum x powellii. We have enjoyed this for many years now and are pleased to finally be able to share it under the name 'Eden'. The 3' tall flower spikes get started in June and are topped with particularly large outfacing Crinum x powellii-type clear white flowers...simply stunning!
Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #06769
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