2007 Summer Catalogue December 7 2006.indd - Brent and ...

HYMENOCALLIS, CONTINUED
LACHENALIA AFRICAN BEAUTY®
Hymenocallis festalis
♥festalis ‘Zwanenburg‛ –
much larger, fuller white
flowers with scalloped
‘cup‛; 20+cm bulbs; 1912.
#79-04
5/$15 25/$52
Hymenocallis harrisiana
♥Sulphur Queen
– soft yellow flowers
with a green
striped throat; wonderful
citrus-like
fragrance; great
with yellow pansies
and a must for the
Evening Garden;
14+cm bulbs; Heirloom
1830.
#79-03
5/$22 25/$76
festalis – 4”-6” fragrant,
pure white flowers
with a small defined
green base; 16/18cm
bulbs; 1910.
#79-01
5/$9 25/$32
Hym.fest.’Zwanenburg’
harrisiana – native of
Mexico, these white
beauties are a bit
smaller and narrower
petaled than the
others; lovely, starshaped,
narrow gray/
green leaves; zones
9-11; 12”-18”; 14/16cm
bulbs; 1840.
#79-02
5/$21 25/$73
Hymen.’Sulphur Queen’
INCARVILLEA (in-kar-VIL-ee-ah)
Family: Bignoniaceae
Special Feature: Lovely flower
Nickname: Hardy Gloxinia
BULB COMPANIONS: ANEMONE CORONARIA; BLETILLA; ASIATIC
LILY; TRITELEIA; BABIANA
OTHER COMPANIONS: SWEET WILLIAM; LARKSPUR
Native to Tibet, Nepal and Western
China, this showy, early summer perennial bares
clusters of 6-10 blossoms on 12”-14” stems and
has an attractive rosette of lobed foliage. Each
floret is a flared trumpet with ruffles at the edges
similar to a foxglove.
Excellent
container plant
and garden perennial
that prefers
full sun and fertile
soil. Top-sized tuberous
roots; 1 per
sq. ft.; zones 6-
10.
delavayi – beautiful
rich pink trumpets
darkening at
Incarvillea delavayi
the center with a
contrasting yellow throat.
#80-01 1/$3
5/$11 25/$41
Incarvillea ‘Snowtop/
Snowtop – these long
lasting snow white wonders
with a yellow throat
give a cooling effect to
even the hottest summer
garden; great for
Evening Garden.
#80-02 1/$4
5/$14 25/$52
† ♥KAEMPFERIA ROTUNDA
‘RAVEN’ (kamp-FAIR-ee-ah)
Family: Zingiberaceae
Special Feature: Decorative leaves
Nickname: Peacock Ginger
BULB COMPANIONS: CALADIUM; CURCUMA; HEDYCHIUM;
CANNA; ARUM; CONVALLARIA; OXALIS
OTHER COMPANIONS: COLEUS; IMPATIENS; HOSTA; FERN
(see pg 31 B) This is a real ‘WOW‛
plant! decorative and
shade loving; has very
distinguished, variegated
leaves which may be more
desirable than its charming,
small flowers. This
plant makes an excellent
groundcover; 1 per sq. ft;
zones 8-11; lance shaped
leaves that have a silver
variegation on the front
and rich maroon on the
back; 2” purple and white
flowers appear the 2nd
year and form in bunches
at ground level before Kaempferia rotunda’Raven’
the 15”-18” leaves come
up in late spring. (~4” pots from tissue culture)
#82-13 1/$11 5/$38
LACHENALIA (Lack-eh-NAIL-ee-ah)
AFRICAN BEAUTY®
Family: Hyacinthacea (Liliaceaea)
Nickname: Wild Hyacinth; Cape Cowslip
Special Feature: excellent pot plant
An excellent container plant with a long
bloom time of 4-6 weeks or more. The leaves and
stems are very attractively mottled with muted
burgundy splotches. Hardy in frost free areas
that have dry summer dormancy. Easy pot culture
requiring no cold period. Excellent for cool
greenhouse; these are new
hybrids from tissue culture
that are becoming a big hit
in the European pot plant
market. They normally bloom
in Jan/Feb., but these have
been pretreated, so plant
them as soon as you receive
them, and they should bloom
shortly afterwards. We have
had the species in our cool
greenhouse for years with
great easy care success;
zones 9-11.
Romaud – soft yellow and
pale green on beatifully
mottled stems and leaves;
8”-10”. #83-20
5/$7 25/$25
Ronina - golden yellow
with small ‘tiger prints‛
in the stems and leaves;
early blooming.#83-23
5/$7 25/$25
Lachenalia ‘Romaud’
Lachenalia ‘Ronina’
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