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Retail listings 2012 by USDA zone, as of April 5 - please check for current availability
Cupressus sempervirens 'Totem'
Obsessively upright, pencil-thin Italian cypress used for an exclamation point in the garden. Smaller in all
respects than the species; to 15 ft tall or so by 1 ft wide. Full sun, well-drained soil, and very little summer
water. Cold hardy to USDA zone 7.
5g @ $57 Cupressaceae
Cynara scolymus 'Green Globe' green globe artichoke
Silver-blue-gray leaves, finely cut and arching to create a fountain like form -- fast growing and vigorous
producing tender artichokes, the edible flower buds that, if left, open to incredible purple, thistle-like flowers!
To 4 ft tall by 6-8 ft wide. Full sun and water to establish. Drought tolerant thereafter. Frost hardy in USDA
zone 7.
1g @ $11 Asteraceae
Cyrtanthus breviflorus - bright yellow
A robust form from the Drakensburg Mountains of South Africa, collected by plantsman Panayoti Kelaidis,
with strap-like leaves emerging in spring followed by yellow trumpets that first look a bit like daffodils. Best
in bright conditions and well-drained but summer-damp soil. Frost hardy to at least 0 and 10F, USDA zone 7.
Have proven hardy in the ground in Colorada. Stunning pot specimen.
1g @ $14 Amaryllidaceae
Cyrtanthus mackenii - yellow
From a beautiful genus -- akin to a red agapanthus -- springing forth with leaves emerging in late spring and
dangly flowers, usually orange, but dazzlingly golden yellow in this form. To 12-18" for bright conditions and
well drained but summer damp soil. As its high, Drakensburg Mtn., South Africa, habitat suggests, hardy to
between 0 and 10F, USDA zone 7, if well mulched. Stunning pot specimen.
4D @ $14 Amaryllidaceae
Daphne odora 'Marginata'
Flowering in late winter with very fragrant pink flowers that open from magenta buds, this is a dense
mounding shrub, to 4 x 4 ft, with nicely variegated evergreen foliage. Good for late winter cheer! Sun, good
drainage, and summer water. Cold hardy to USDA zone 7.
2g @ $28 Thymelaeaceae
Dasylirion wheeleri blue sotol, desert spoon
The best known and one of the more spectacular of the genus, these trunk-forming denizens of southeast
Arizona to southern New Mexico and south into Sonora can grow as tall as 8 ft with 4-5 ft rosettes of very
pretty gray-blue, adorned with small golden teeth and threadlike filifers at the leaf ends. Beautiful when back
lit. Not fussy about water or soil though would rather not sit in winter wet. Great container specimens. This
high elevation collection from southeastern Arizona should be frost hardy into the 0 to 10F range, USDA zone
7, especially in bright light with good air circulation and very well-drained soil. Said to be deer resistant.
2g @ $22 Liliaceae
Cistus Nursery ◆ 22711 NW Gillihan Rd ◆ Portland, OR 97231 ◆ (503) 621-2233 ◆ info@cistus.com
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