Mail Order Catalog Fall 2010 - Cistus Nursery

* Helleborus x sternii - very silver
A third generation selection from particularly silver parentage, plants from our own garden. The interspecies
crosses of H. argutifolius x H. lividus are grown for their handsome, silver-grey-green foliage with white veins
and hints of purple -- this form adding blue and purple accents to the mix. Flowers of lime-green flushed pink
appear in late spring. To only 18-24" tall and wide in full to half sun. Accepts regular garden water and
occasional summer drought as well. Frost hardy in USDA zone 6.
$16.00
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Ranunculaceae
Helwingia chinensis DJHC 695
Unusual, evergreen shrub, to 6 ft tall x 3 ft wide, with dark green foliage tending toward maroon -- this form, a
Dan Hinkley collection from China, with leaves narrower than the straight species. Odd flowers are little white
bubbles sitting in the leaf centers, appearing in spring and, occasionally again in fall. Best in at least light shade
and well-drained soil with regular summer water. A colorful addition to the woodland garden. Frost hardiness
expected to extend to USDA zone 7 as with the straight species.
$14.00
Helwingiaceae
Hemerocallis ‘Penny’s Worth’
Lovely yellow daylily, this one a dwarf, early blooming, long blooming, and reblooming with small, bright yellow
flowers in abundance. To 10-14” tall in clumps as wide. Sun to light shade with average summer water. Lovely
in and about a rock garden. Frost hardy in USDA zone 4.
$9.00
Asphodelaceae
Hermodactylus tuberosus snake's head iris
Wonderfully exotic, wonderfully fragrant, late winter flowering irid from the Mediterranean regions in unique
colors of beige and purple blue. To 12-18" tall. Rhizomatous and forming colonies that love sun and gritty soil.
Seemingly, the more extreme the climate, the better. Strangely, we had here a description for a tuberose, an error
very recently brought to our attention by a customer. Our thanks. And now we can tell you as well that this irid
that would hate hothouse conditions, has grown and flowered profusely adjacent to the heat loving tuberose.
Frost hardy in USDA zone 6.
$11.00
Iridaceae
Hesperaloe parviflora - yellow flowered
A selection from Ron Gass at Mountain States Nursery in Glendale, Arizona, this form is typical of H. parviflora
in its 3-4 ft rosettes and 5-6 ft flower stalks but with canary yellow flowers. A very pretty and unusual selection
and most attractive when combined in single plantings with the coral-orange flowered forms. Full sun to part
shade with little summer water. An easy grower, frost hardy in USDA zone 6.
$16.00
Liliaceae
Hibbertia aspera rough guinea-flower
Tender, viney, evergreen shrub from Australia, to 18-24" tall x 3-4 ft wide, with small leaves, shiny and rounded,
seeming almost succulent. Bright yellow, buttercup-like flowers are very showy in spring to early summer. Best
in partial shade in fertile, well-drained soil that is kept moist. A cheery plant, but sadly, not frost hardy, tolerating
temperatures only to freezing and better above that, USDA zone 9. So for balmy climates or containers that move
inside for the cold months.
$14.00
Dilleniaceae
Spring 2010 Mail Order Catalog (* = new to mail order list)