2012/13 Catalogue - Edulis Nursery

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MISCANTHUS NEPALENSIS · Himalayan Fairy Grass · Poaceae Our favorite clump-forming Miscanthus with tall golden plumes through the winter. Hardy with us. Graceful. Ht 2m. Himalayas, SE Asia. MISCANTHUS SACCHARIFLORUS · Silver Banner Grass · Poaceae Tall, upright grass with grey-green strap-like leaves with a silver strip. Excellent bamboo-like clump-former. Rarely flowers. Non-running. 3m. N China & Korea. MISCANTHUS SINENSIS ‘CHINA’ · Chinese Silver Grass · Poaceae One of the most elegant and popular cultivars of M. sinensis. Medium sized with red-brown plumes and excellent autumn colour. Ht 1.2m. MISCANTHUS SINENSIS ‘DAVID’ · Chinese Silver Grass · Poaceae Broad-leaved upright cultivar with light pink plumes. Newer variety. MISCANTHUS SINENSIS ‘DIXIELAND’ · Chinese Silver Grass · Poaceae Broad-leaved variegated variety. Shorter than M. s. Variegatus. Good in containers. Ht 90cm. MISCANTHUS SINENSIS ‘FERNER OSTEN’ AGM · Chinese Silver Grass · Poaceae Narrow-leaved medium sized Miscanthus with arching leaves and good autumn colour. Feathery plumes open red and fade to silver. Ht 1.5m. MISCANTHUS SINENSIS ‘FLAMINGO’ AGM · Chinese Silver Grass · Poaceae Narrow-leaved cultivar with graceful arching leaves and feathery pink-tinged flowers in late summer. Ht 1.5m. Has some ‘Gracillimus’ genes. Introduced by Ernst Pagels. MISCANTHUS SINENSIS ‘GIRAFFE’ · Chinese Silver Grass · Poaceae Tall, variegated cultivar, similar to M.‘Zebrinus’ but much taller. Ht 2.2m. MISCANTHUS SINENSIS ‘GOLIATH’ · Chinese Silver Grass · Poaceae Tall, broad-leaved cultivar with silvery plumes in autumn. Ht 2.5m. Introduced by Ernest Pagels. MISCANTHUS SINENSIS ‘GROSSE FONTANE’ AGM · Chinese Silver Grass · Poaceae Tall, elegant cultivar with silvery plumes held well above the leaves. Good autumn colour. Ht 2.3m. MISCANTHUS SINENSIS ‘KASKADE’ AGM · Chinese Silver Grass · Poaceae Another tall open elegant form, with delightful pinky-silver flowers with a distinct ‘crimping’ as they open. Ht 2.1m Introduced by Ernst Pagels. MISCANTHUS SINENSIS ‘KLEINE FONTANE’ AGM · Chinese Silver Grass · Poaceae One of the earliest into flower in July. Small delicate clumps with silvery plumes. Ht 70cm. Another of Ernst Pagel’s. MISCANTHUS SINENSIS ‘LITTLE KITTEN’ · Chinese Silver Grass · Poaceae Delicate dwarf narrow-leaved cultivar with silvery plumes. Excellent for a container. Ht 50cm. MISCANTHUS SINENSIS ‘MORNING LIGHT’ AGM · Chinese Silver Grass · Poaceae Graceful variegated cultivar with narrow arching silvery leaves with pink plumes late in the season. Excellent in a container. Cultivated in Japan since the 19th century. Introduced to the West by Sylvester March and John Creech of the US National Arboretum, Washington DC in 1976. MISCANTHUS SINENSIS ‘STRICTUS’ AGM · Chinese Silver Grass · Poaceae Robust, erect, broad-leaved ‘Zebrinus’ with variegated leaves and pinky-red flowers late in the season. Ht 2m. MISCANTHUS SINENSIS VAR. CONDENSATUS ‘CABARET’ · Chinese Silver Grass · Poaceae Wide strap-like leaves with creamy-white centres and green margins. Sturdy upright habit. Red flowers held within the foliage. Sun. Ht 2.2m. MISCANTHUS SINENSIS VAR. CONDENSATUS ‘COSMOPOLITAN’ AGM · Chinese Silver Grass · Poaceae Wide strap-like leaves with green centres and broad white margins. Red flowers held within the foliage. Late. Ht 2.2m. Introduced to the US from Japan by John Creech & Sylvester March of the US National Arboretum. MOLINIA CAERULEA SUBSP. ARUNDINACEA ‘KARL FOERSTER’ · Purple Moor Grass · Poaceae Outstanding Molinia cultivar with tall golden brown flower spikes turning yellow in autumn. Sunny position. Ht 2.1m. MOLINIA CAERULEA SUBSP. ARUNDINACEA ‘WINDSPIEL’ · Purple Moor Grass · Poaceae Tall clump-forming perennial grass with airy honey coloured flowerheads in autumn. Sunny position. Ht 2.1m. PANICUM VIRGATUM ‘PRAIRIE SKY’ · Switchgrass · Poaceae Blue-green foliage through the summer with loose open flowerheads in autumn. Good autumn colour. Ht 70cm. PENNISETUM MACROURUM · African Feather Grass · Poaceae Tall clump-forming perennial with long graceful squirrel-tail flowerheads. Back of border. S Africa. Ht 1.8m. PENNISETUM THUNBERGII ‘RED BUTTONS’ · Fountain Grass · Poaceae Evergreen, clump-forming grass with reddish rabbit-tail flower heads. Ht 45cm. Hardy. PENNISETUM VILLOSUM AGM · Feathertop Grass · Poaceae Low-growing pennisetum with masses of squirrel-tail flowers in autumn. Excellent for path edging. Ht 30cm. SESLERIA AUTUMNALIS · Autumn Moor Grass · Poaceae Lime-green mounds of evergreen foliage, with silvery plumes in late summer. Sun or part-shade. Ht 35cm. SESLERIA CAERULEA · Blue Moor Grass · Poaceae Blue-green mounds of evergreen foliage, with delightful blue flowers in early spring. Sun. Ht 25cm. Europe. STIPA GIGANTEA AGM · Giant Golden Oat Grass · Poaceae Large clumps of narrow evergreen leaves with tall spikes of golden flowerheads through the summer. Long lasting. Hardy. Sun. Ht 2m. S Europe. STIPA TENUISSIMA ‘WIND WHISPERS’ · Mexican Feather Grass · Poaceae Clumps of fine hairy-like leaves. Taller than the well known species and more elegant. Graceful. Hardy. Ht 90cm. Mexico. 50
FERNS ATHYRIUM FILIX-FEMINA SUBSP. ANGUSTUM F. RUBELLUM ‘LADY IN RED’ · Red-stemmed Lady Fern · Athyriaceae Dark red stems producing bright mid-green lacy fronds. Upright habit. Deciduous. Shade or part-shade. ATHYRIUM NIPONICUM VAR. PICTUM AGM · Japanese Painted Fern · Athyriaceae Deciduous fern native to China, Japan and Korea. Metallic grey fronds suffused with reddish hues. Shade or part-shade. ATHYRIUM OTOPHORUM VAR. OKANUM · Eared Lady fern · Athyriaceae Deep red veins and stipe set off with lime-green foliage. Full shade.Deciduous. Excellent in a container. Ht & Sp 45cm. Japan. BLECHNUM CHILENSE AGM · Chilean Hard Fern · Blechnaceae Dramatic robust evergreen fern from Chile. Dramatic evergreen groundcover for shade or part-shade. Seen to great effect at Logan Gardens, Stranraer. Ht 1m. BLECHNUM PENNA-MARINA AGM · Alpine Water Fern · Blechnaceae Low creeping evergreen fern with simple pinnate fronds, showing delightful bronze colouration in young fronds. Excellent beneath Acer palmatum. New Zealand. GYMNOCARPIUM DRYOPTERIS AGM PAB 1757 · Oak Fern · Dryopteridaceae Delicate deciduous fern with gorgeous fresh green foliage in the spring. Polish clone collected in beechwood near Krosno, Poland. Excellent in dry shade. Ht 20cm. MATTEUCCIA STRUTHIOPTERIS AGM · Shuttlecock Fern, Ostrich Fern · Onocleaceae Deciduous European rhizomatous ornamental fern forming shuttlecock-like plumes up to 1m. Old specimen can form trunks. Edible leaves-young fronds. Eurasia. ONOCLEA SENSIBILIS AGM · Sensitive Fern · Onocleaceae Deciduous coarse textured medium sized fern, with pinnate sterile fronds and smaller bead-like fertile fronds. Moist shade or part-shade. Ht 80cm. USA. Edible young fronds. OSMUNDA CINNAMOMEA AGM · Cinnamon Fern · Osmundaceae Deciduous fern with fertile and sterile fronds. Erect cinnamon-coloured fertile fronds. Young fronds eaten by native Americans. Sun or part-shade. Ht 60cm. USA. OSMUNDA REGALIS AGM · Royal Fern · Osmundaceae Deciduous graceful native clump-forming fern with large sterile fronds and shorter fertile fronds. Moist sun or shade. Ht 1.6m. POLYSTICHUM MUNITUM AGM · Western Sword Fern · Dryopteridaceae Dark green fronds to 50-180cm, in tight clumps. Common fern of the western USA. Rhizomes eaten roasted. Ht 150cm. W USA. POLYSTICHUM POLYBLEPHARUM AGM · Japanese Tassel Fern · Dryopteridaceae Hardy evergreen shuttlecock fern with dark green fronds with golden hairs. Partial-full shade. Ht 70cm Korea, Japan. POLYSTICHUM SETIFERUM (DIVISILOBUM GROUP) ‘HERRENHAUSEN’ · Soft Shield Fern · Dryopteridaceae Evergreen fern with graceful shuttlecocks and finely-cut elegant fronds. Tough. Part shade. Named in 1970, with finely serrated leaves. Ht 60cm. WOODWARDIA FIMBRIATA · Giant Chain Fern · Blechnaceae North American Chain fern with large upright fronds without arching. Shade. Ht 1m. USA. WOODWARDIA ORIENTALIS · Oriental Chain Fern · Blechnaceae Striking Chain fern from China with numerous young ferns on the fronds. Evergreen for sheltered position. Ht 50cm. China. s 51
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