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

COZY COMPANIONS,CONT. PHLOX
Phlox ‘Katherina’
Katherina - soft
lavender pink flowers
with white eyes.
#89-50
1/$4 5/$14
PHYGELIUS
‘YELLOW TRUMPET’
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Nickname: Cape Fushia
BULB COMPANIONS: AMARCRINUM; DAHLIA; CANNA
Shrub or ‘subshrub‛
forming perennial
with mid-green leaves
and pale yellow flowers;
fertile, moist, welldrained
soil in full sun;
winter mulch is beneficial;
blooms summer
- autumn once established;
2‛-3‛; zones 7-9.
#89-51
1/$5 5/$20
(Fye-JEE-lee-us))
POLYGONATUM JAP.
VARIEGATUM (Pah-li-go-NEY-tum)
Family: Liliaceae
Special Feature: Shade loving plant
Nickname: Solomon‛s Seal
BULB COMPANIONS: ALLIUM; CONVALLARIA; HYACINTHOIDES
Small, white, pendant flowers hang
from graceful, arching stems on this shadeloving
perennial, giving
the illusion of a very
large ‘lily-of-the-valley‛.
The medium, waxy,
green leaves are narrowly
edged creamy
white. Grows 16”-30”
tall in well-drained, humusy
soil in late spring
- early summer; zones
Polygonatum variegatum
#90-10
1/$5 5/$20
5-9; large bare root
perennial tubers.
RHEUM ‘ATROSANGUINEUM’
Family: Polygonaceae)
Nickname:
Rubarb, Pieplant
BULB COMPANIONS:
ALOCASIA, CALADIUM,
COLOCASIA, HEDY-
CHIUM, XANTHOSOMA
Strong
perennial with tall
stems and white
flowers and succulent
red-colored
petioles;
will look right at
home in a tropcal
garden or at the
Phygelius’Yellow Trumpet’
Rheum ‘Atrosanguineum’
back of a border; once established, blooms in early
summer; prefers a site with well-rotted organic
matter in the well-drained soil in partial shade;
4‛-8‛; zones 4-7
.#89-52
1/$6 5/$22
COZY COMPANIONS,CONT.SCHIZACHYRIUM
RODGERSIA
(Roe-JER-zee-ah)
Family: Saxifragaceae
Special Feature: Large bronzy leaves
Nickname: Featherleaf
BULB COMPANIONS: ALOCASIA, CALADIUM, COLOCASIA,
HEDYCHIUM, XANTHOSOMA
Moisture loving giant for the edge of
a pond, bog garden, or damp meadow; native to
Asia, makes a wonderful companion to many of
the tropical bulbs with similar requirements; full
sun to part shade; 3‛-5‛; zones 5-8.
Chocolate Wings -
darker leafed form which
adds another layer of
interest and shadows to
the garden.
#89-53
1/$13 5/$45
Rodgersia podophylla
Rod. ‘Chocolate Wings’
podophylla - lush and
green with bronzy
coloration on leaves
when young, becoming
smoother and glossy at
maturity; turns bronzy/
red in autumn.
#89-23
1/$20 5/$20
SCHIZACHYRIUM
SCOPARIUM ‘THE BLUES’
(shy-ZAK-ree-um sko-PAR-ee-um)
Family: Poaceae
Special Feature: heat and humidity lover
Nickname: Blue Grass
BULB COMPANIONS: ALOCASIA, CALADIUM, COLOCASIA,
HEDYCHIUM, XANTHOSOMA
True ‘blue grass‛ that loves heat and
humidity; colors in the fall vary throughout the
clump from purple to burgundy red; soft seed
heads appear, adding a silvery effect during the
winter; prefers dry, poor soil and may flop if given
too much water or nutrients; We thank Dr. Richard
Lighty for selecting and Tony and Michelle Avent
for introducing it; 2‛-3‛; zone 5-9.
#89-54
1/$10 5/$45
Schizachyrium ‘The Blues’
in summer
Schizachyrium ‘The Blues’
in autumn
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