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

BLOOMERIA
BLOOMERIA CROCEA
‘AUREA’
(blu-MEER-ee-ah CROW-see-ah)
Family: Liliaceae
Special Feature: Special dry meadow plant
Nickname: Golden Stars
BULB COMPANIONS: CALOCHORTUS; TRITELEIA
OTHER COMPANIONS: SIBERIAN IRIS; PEONY; POPPY
This California
native sports clusters
of starlike, soft golden
yellow flowers in large,
softball sized umbels
on straight, tall, 20”-
24” stems; superb cut
flower; 4/5cm corms;
zones 8-10; 1896.
#58-04
10/$9 50/$32
Bloomeria crocea ‘Aurea’
BRODIAEA CALIFORNICA
Family: Alliaceae
Special Feature: Great dry meadow plant
BULB COMPANIONS: TRITELEIA; DICHELOSTEMMA; ALLIUM;
BLOOMERIA; CALOCHORTUS
OTHER COMPANIONS: DIANTHUS BARBATUS; CENTAUREA
Native to northern
California in well-drained
soil and grassy meadows;
stems up to 28” tall; 12-
25 1” flowers per umbel;
blooms in early summer; 5+
cm corms; zones 6-9
#59-10
10/$11 50/$38
Brodiaea californica
Aaron – nice medium
sized dark green leaves
with white center; 8”-
16”.
#60-01
5/$11 25/$38
Carolyn Whorton – large
multicolored leaves; sun
tolerant; 8”-16”.
#60-03
5/$11 25/$38
CALADIUM
Caladium ‘Aaron’
Candidum Sr. – large
white leaves with green
veins; medium tall; adds
light to a shady garden;
10”-18”.
Caladium ‘Candidum Sr.’ #60-02
5/$11 25/$38
Calad. ‘Florida Cardinal’
Calad. ‘Carolyn Whorton’
♥Florida Cardinal –
beautifully graced with
small, bright burgundy
leaves outlined with dark
green; 6”-15”.
#60-04
5/$11 25/$38
§-CALADIUM (ka-LAY-dee-um)
Family: Araceae
Special Feature: Unsurpassed color for shade
Nickname: Angel Wings, Elephant Ears
BULB COMPANIONS: OXALIS; BEGONIA; CANNA; LYCORIS;
COLOCASIA; DAHLIA; HEDYCHIUM; CURCUMA
OTHER COMPANIONS: COLEUS; IMPATIENS; FERN; HOSTA;
ANNUAL VINCA; WAX BEGONIA; ASTILBE
Spectacular, colorful South American
native, suitable for full shade, but also performs
very satisfactorily with a constant, TINY bit
of drip irrigation in our full-sun garden (zone 7,
Tidewater Virginia). New hybrids (Florida Series)
are being bred with more substance and thicker
leaves to help withstand the hot summer sun so
they can ultimately be planted anywhere! We‛ve
also found that the leaves work remarkably well
as filler material in flower arrangements and make
a right proper ‘cut and come again‛ plant. The only
finicky thing about them is that they HATE being
planted in cool soil, but should be planted right
away when you receive them. So you need to start
them inside in 2”-3” pots, giving them bottom heat.
(see pg. 55 to check out our favorite heat mat!)
Once the ground warms up to ~65-70°F, depth
of ~6”, it‛s a good time to plant them outside.
Gives lasting color ALL summer everywhere and
is less expensive than many annuals! All caladiums
make excellent container plants by themselves or
in combination with annuals, perennials or other
bulbs. These tubers are from tissue culture stock
so they should be more vigorous and give superior
performance; Top sized #1 tubers are about 1 ½”-
2 ½” in diameter; plant 1 per sq. ft.; overwinters in
zones 10-11; super summertime performer in any
area that has summer heat.
♥Florida Elise – nonuniform
pink speckles on
lovely, thick, dark green,
medium leaves; 8”-16”.
#60-05
5/$11 25/$38
Cal. ‘Florida Red Ruffles’
Florida Sunrise – medium
sized leaves which
look nice with Gladiolus
‘Flevo Junior‛; 8”-16”.
#60-07
5/$11 25/$38
Cal. ‘Florida Sweetheart’
Caladium ‘Florida Elise’
♥Florida Red Ruffles
– small, lance leafed;
emerges later and lasts
longer than most; 6”-
12”.
#60-19
5/$19 25/$66
Caladium ‘Florida Sunrise’
Florida Sweetheart –
small, strap-shaped, sun
tolerant leaves; short;
6”-10”.great with Glad.
‛Flevo Kosmic‛!
#60-08
5/$19 25/$66
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