Mail Order Catalog Fall 2010 - Cistus Nursery

Corokia cotoneaster
Evergreen, divaricating shrub from New Zealand, our hardiest selection of this odd little dogwood relative
collected from a garden in Eugene, Oregon. Silver gray stems with tiny leaves and, in spring, tiny, fragrant, yellow
flowers. To 8 ft x 8 ft in time. Full sun to part shade with good drainage and summer water. Frost hardy to
USDA zone 8.
$12.00
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Argophyllaceae
Corokia cotoneaster 'Anton's Dwarf' wire netting bush
A dwarf version of the species, this evergreen, divaricating shrub from New Zealand matures at only 2-3 ft tall or
so with delightfully attractive, tangled twiggy growth. Like the species, stems are silver gray with teeny tiny leaves
and, in spring, tiny, fragrant yellow flowers. Full sun to part shade with good drainage and summer water. Frost
hardy to USDA zone 8. Excellent in a container or at the front of a bed.
$14.00
Argophyllaceae
Corokia cotoneaster ‘Little Prince’
Dwarf version of this odd little dogwood relative from New Zealand. Our parent plants have topped out at about
5 ft. Tiny, evergreen leaves adorn angular and interlaced, fine-textured branches adding, in spring, tiny yellow
flowers. Dodo grazing adapted. Sun to part shade with medium summer water. Frost hardy to 15F, mid USDA
zone 8.
$14.00
Argophyllaceae
Corokia x virgata 'Frosted Chocolate'
New from New Zealand where a genus with only 4 species has produced amazing forms and colors, this dazzling
shrub, to about 6 ft tall x 4 ft wide, has chocolate-maroon leaves with silvery undersides on silvery stems. Small,
yellow flowers lead to fruit that is a light purple aging to nearly maroon. Sun or part shade in hottest climates
with even summer moisture. A good small-scale background plant or pot specimen planted with contrasting
colors. Frost hardy to the upper end of zone 8.
$16.00
Argophyllaceae
Corokia x virgata 'Orangerie'
A Cistus introduction. Though we would like to say this lovely plant is a result of years of careful hybridization
under tightly controlled circumstances, we actually found it growing on the floor or one of the greenhouses as a
tiny seedling...but we are willing to take full credit. This grows as other C. x virgata forms, to a 6-8 ft shrub, but
with a more upright form and butter-yellow aging copper-orange leaves with reflective, nearly white, undersides.
In the garden, some summer water, the foliage showing warm yellow in light shade to deeper orange in sun. Very
good container specimen. Great when planted with burgundies or other dark foliage plants. Frost hardy in
USDA zone 8.
$16.00
Argophyllaceae
Coronilla valentina ssp. glauca ‘Variegata’
Variegated form of an obscure plant, though hopefully not for long -- obscure that is.... A Mediterranean shrub,
rewarding not only for its soft, blue-streaked-white leaves, but also its canary yellow flowers from late winter
through mid-spring then sporadically through the rest of the year. Strongly sweet smelling and most rewarding
planted near a path where the foliage stands out and the fragrance can be enjoyed. Quite summer drought tolerant
in dappled shade to bright sun. Lean conditions create more compactness. Frost hardy to USDA zone 8.
$12.00
Fabaceae
Spring 2010 Mail Order Catalog (* = new to mail order list)