2012 Spring Sales Catalog & Plant Owner's Manual

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Contents Introduction ................2 Welcome ..................5 Hosta Chart ................6 A useful tool to find specific hostas by size, color and fragrance Common Names/Groups ....8 Find botanical names for your favorite common named plants, and locate them by group How to Use the Catalog .....10 2012 Spring Plants ..........11 Finally, a reason to stop watching TV Education Center Classes, Ordering Information, & Order Form . . . Center Spread Hardiness Zone Information . 110 USDA Hardiness Zone Map. . 111 About the Cover Once again, we are privileged to have one of America’s top com - mercial cartoonists and three-time Award Winner by the National Cartoonist Society (www.reuben. org), Jack Pittman, to pen our catalog cover. Jack’s client list is a veritable who’s who of American corporations. If you are in need of fun commercial art, contact Jack at www.jptoonist.com or at 919.785.1966. Come Join Our Shipping Team! We’re looking for seasonal helpers to pull, pack and ship plants from March through May and August through October. If you’re interested, please call 919.772.4794. PDN on the Web @ www.plantdelights.com ■ Easy 24/7 online ordering ■ Over 1,000 additional web-only plant offerings, most with photos ■ Notices of web-only plant sales ■ Plant exploration journals ■ Plant articles ■ Notices of special events ■ Notices of job opportunities at Plant Delights ■ Links to fabulous informational sites Sign up for our monthly Plant Delights news - letter at www.plantdelights.com. Got time? Volunteer! Join us for an opportunity to learn at one of the top plant collections in the country. We are looking for volunteers to help here at the gardens. Our volunteer program includes openings with Garden Maintenance and our Research Division. For more information, contact Jeremy Schmidt at 919.772.4794 or e-mail jeremy@plantdelights.com. Where Credit Is Due The majority of the text was written by Tony Avent, who is solely responsible for its absurd nature and content. Unless indicated, all photos were taken at Plant Delights Nursery by Tony Avent. Other photos were provided by A. Cabe, B. Solberg, B. Williams, Blooming Nursery, Boo Shoots, C. Brashear, C. Husby, Casa Flora, D. Eechaute, D. Steinbrunner, D. Werner, E. Hornig, Ednie Flower Bulb, Inc., F. Marta, G. Melcher, H. Blumen, H. Hamernik, H. Hansen, Hoffman Nursery, Itsaul Plants, J. Van den Top, J. Yourch, K. Druse, L. Girton, L. Klinkhamer, M. Weinert, N. Rijnbeek, North Creek Nurseries, Inc, Northwest Gdn Nursery, P. Keladis, P. Schmidt, PlantHaven, PP&L, Primrose Path, R. Determann, R. Gardner, R. Livingston, S. Foltz, S. Pradhan, Skagit Gardens, Terra Nova Nurseries, The Garden Shoppe, Van der Giessen Nursery, W. Roitsch, Walters Gardens, www.perennialresource.com We are deeply indebted to those who have allowed us to use their photographs and to photograph plants in their wonderful gardens. 4 MONDAY–FRIDAY 8AM–5PM 919.772.4794 919.662.0370 FAX OFFICE@PLANTDELIGHTS.COM Gift Certificates What a great way to say “I love you” without going to all of the trouble and hassle of buying and sending a gift! Gift certificates are available for $40.00 or more, and we will gladly forward one directly to the recipient with a nice note and our latest catalog. Our gift certificates can be used any time (they do not expire) and will take the guesswork out of gift-giving for that hard-to-buy-for gardener in your life. You can use the order form in the center of the catalog (simply call, mail, or fax it in) or order online at www.plantdelights.com. Please include $4.00 for handling. 2012 Open Nursery & Garden Dates Friday, February 24 8 am–5 pm Saturday, February 25 8 am–5 pm Friday, March 2 8 am–5 pm Saturday, March 3 8 am–5 pm Friday, May 4 8 am–5 pm Saturday, May 5 8 am–5 pm Sunday, May 6 1 pm–5 pm Friday, May 11 8 am–5 pm Saturday, May 12 8 am–5 pm Sunday, May 13 1 pm–5 pm Friday, July 6 8 am–5 pm Saturday, July 7 8 am–5 pm Sunday, July 8 1 pm–5 pm Friday, July 13 8 am–5 pm Saturday, July 14 8 am–5 pm Sunday, July 15 1 pm–5 pm Friday, September 7 8 am–5 pm Saturday, September 8 8 am–5 pm Sunday, September 9 1 pm–5 pm Friday, September 14 8 am–5 pm Saturday, September 15 8 am–5 pm Sunday, September 16 1 pm–5 pm Top 25 Contest Win a $250 Gift Certificate to Plant Delights by predicting our Top 25 sellers for 2012. Go to www.plantdelights.com for details, and enter your selections by February 13, 2012. Catalog design and layout by 919.829.5993
Welcome Started in 1988, the goal of Plant Delights Nursery, Inc., is to change the way America gardens by offering the best, the newest, and the strangest fun, garden-worthy perennials to gardeners around the world. Our Retail Nursery division is a 2.5 acre adjunct funding facility for our research/development/ educational arm, Juniper Level Botanic Gardens. Income from the Nursery Division allows us to continue our research and breeding, maintain our display gardens, and expand our garden outreach programs. We strive to offer large, quality plants at affordable prices. If you are used to receiving dried bulbs, barely rooted cuttings, or cooler-stored D.O.A.’s, we think you will be pleasantly surprised to receive healthy, live plants. JUNIPER LEVEL BOTANIC GARDENS Juniper Level Botanic Gardens is currently a 5 acre display garden containing over 17,000 different plants...some woody, some perennial, and some in-betweeners. We are a proud institutional member of the APGA (American Public Gardens Association). The botanical garden not only functions as a display area, but doubles as a research and development facility. New plants from seed exchanges, plants from our breeding program, and plants from our expeditions are evaluated for their garden worthiness, their adaptability to the climate of the Southeastern US, and their ability to peacefully co-exist with our natives. We also strive to sort out some of the misinformation and nomenclature problems that unfortunately abound in this industry by assembling complete collections of specific plant groups. BREEDING PROGRAM Our specialty is hostas...you know, “I’ve got both, the green and the variegated one.” Since 1984, we have conducted one of the most extensive hosta breeding programs in the country, yielding exciting introductions like Hosta ‘White Wall Tire’ (98), Hosta ‘Tattoo’ PP 11,603 (98), Hosta ‘Elvis Lives’ (95), and the ugliest hosta ever, Hosta ‘Out House Delight’ (94)! Despite the large number of hostas on the market today, there is room for distinctive leaf patterns, better flowers, and good old Southern non-wimpy names. We have worked with other genera to a lesser extent, and we hope these ongoing programs will yield some wonderful results in the near future. PLANT INTRODUCTION PROGRAM For years, we have worked with other plant breeders and explorers from around the country to introduce and market their new plants. If we can be of help to you, feel free to give us a call. We require a trial period for new plants before including them in the catalog... please understand that this is not always a quick process. Also...don’t expect to get filthy rich! Our website details a list of plants that we have either introduced or facilitated their introduction into the market. COLLECTIONS AND INVASIVE PLANT POLICY We spend several weeks each year in different parts of the USA or in other countries on plant expeditions, from which we bring back many new wonders you may one day enjoy. All plants are carefully evaluated here and at other cooperating sites. It is our goal to not offer plants that will become invasive (i.e., invade and displace natives in functioning natural ecosystems). We adhere to the Nursery Codes of Conduct as adopted at the 2001 St. Louis Summit on Invasive Plants and encourage other nurseries to do the same. Realizing that it is impossible to completely predict invasiveness in every ecological region of the country, we implore gardeners to watch for plants that show true invasive potential and to let us know those findings. Please understand also that re-seeding around the garden is very different from invading natural areas. Please also understand that while a species may be invasive, cultivars within that species may not exhibit those particular undesirable traits. While the invasive plant issue is a great area of concern to us, a proposed nationwide ban of plants that are only invasive and hardy in Hawaii or South Florida is absurdly extreme. We are very wary of a small but vocal group of plant bigots who advocate a horticultural ethnic cleansing as a means of satisfying their myopic view of nature. As with all vices, moderation and respon - sibility are the answer. PROPAGATION Our plants are nursery propagated, not wild collected or nursery-grown. We practice conservation by propagation. We are members of the International Plant Propagators Society, a group dedicated to the proposition that all plants should be divided equally. If we have a plant, we will either propagate it or kill it trying...and as a good friend taught me, once you propagate a rare plant...it’s not rare anymore! IDENTIFICATION We use all means at our disposal to make sure the plants are named using correct horticultural nomenclature. Our primary references include the RHS Index of Garden Plants, Hortus III, Jelitto’s Perennials I & II, The Genus Hosta, The Hosta List of Registered Cultivars, The Hosta Handbook, The World Checklist of Conifers, The BONAP Database, Mobot’s Tropicos Database, England’s The RHS Plant Finder, and many National Collection holders in the UK. Special thanks also to our friend Barry Yinger for his invaluable contribution with Japanese plants, and Wilbert Hetterscheid, who worked on the 2004 International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants. If no information exists on a plant (which often happens) we throw a cookout for the neighbors, who after a few drinks begin throwing darts at Jelitto’s Perennials I & II, along with the remainder of Hortus III. When botanists differ on correct nomenclature, we hop in the pickup, find a few taxonomists, and throw darts at them. LOCATION Our nursery and display gardens are in Juniper Level, North Carolina (USDA Zone 7b), centrally located between Panther Branch and Willow Springs...pronounced “willer sprangs” in the South. In case you don’t have a Juniper Level map, we are off Interstate 40 south of Raleigh, NC. And since we are open only by appointment, we will leave it at that. VISITATIONS Our open sale days are limited to eight weekends per year, two each during February/ March, May, July, and September. Any other time, if you are coming from out of town or would like to bring a group, call WAY in advance and we will be delighted to try to make arrangements to meet you at the nursery and garden...weekdays are strongly preferred. Peak season in the display gardens is from late April until October. PLEASE DO NOT DROP IN UNANNOUNCED. We can be much more flexible with visitors after our spring rush ends in early May. We love having visitors, but your visit must be scheduled. CATALOGS We publish two catalogs each year, one on January 1, and the other one on August 1. As much as we would like to be able to send our catalogs to everyone forever, this is not possible with the rising cost of publishing. If you are a garden writer, communicator, teacher, extension agent, horti - culture guru, etc., who would like to remain on our list permanently, just let us know. Customers will remain on the catalog mailing list for two years after purchasing. Even if you run out of room in your own garden, there are always gift certificates for friends. Our online catalog contains many plants that do not appear in our print catalogs. Some are leftovers from past catalogs and some are plants which are available only in smaller quantities. OFFERINGS Since our growing area is limited, we must rotate items in and out of the catalog. If you don’t see your favorite item listed this year, a return engagement is probably scheduled. Our general policy is that the more popular an item becomes in the trade, the less likely we are to offer it. Our function is to get plants into the marketplace, then allow other nurseries to produce them in massmarket numbers. GIFT CERTIFICATES Gift certificates are available for $40.00 or more, and we will gladly forward one directly to the recipient with a nice note and our latest catalog. Our gift certificates can be used at any time and will take the guesswork out of gift giving for that hard-to-buy-for gardener in your life. Please indicate the amount of the gift certificate and the recipient’s name and address on the plant order form. ORDERING/PAYMENT/SHIPPING PRICES You will find the shipping and pricing information in the center of the catalog. OVER 1,000 ADDITIONAL PLANTS AND MONTHLY E-NEWSLETTER AT WWW.PLANTDELIGHTS.COM 5
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Page 9 and 10: ORNAMENTAL GRASSES Reed Grass - Aru
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Page 21 and 22: G. Arisaema heterophyllum (Dancing
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Page 25 and 26: Aster ageratoides var. ageratoides.
Page 27 and 28: H. Baptisia ‘Cherries Jubilee’
Page 29 and 30: China have proven hardy to 9 degree
Page 31 and 32: globosa. Because of this complex pa
Page 33 and 34: F, cannas can remain in the ground,
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Page 37 and 38: fern from rocky outcrops in New Zea
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Page 41 and 42: dramatic black interveinal leaf pat
Page 43 and 44: H. Crinum ‘Super Ellen’ (Super
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H. Eupatorium fistulosum ‘Early R
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Geranium ‘Anne Thomson’ is our
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clump of arching canes in only a co
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seed strains, each plant is differe
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The vigorous 14” tall x 2’ wide
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G. Hosta ‘Big Mama’ (P. Aden 78
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I. Hosta ‘Gypsy Rose’ (J. Ander
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deliciously fragrant, white flowers
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is chartreuse-gold, surrounded by a
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est flowering, divide the clumps ev
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This selection of lantana was intro
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G. Lychnis coronata ‘Orange Sherb
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with cranberry red splotches and ed
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our guess for height. The leaves ar
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are perfect for growing along a pat
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Shaanxi provinces. Most of the mate
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sturdy clump of 16” tall stems to
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clump...particularly effective when
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protect the seeds...very rare! In m
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F. Saccharum arundinaceum (Hardy Su
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I. Salvia leucantha ‘Santa Barbar
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the garden club over to see. Royalt
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topped from late August through Oct
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Thalictrum delavayi and Thalictrum
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adorned with creamy white leaves, e
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G. Trillium flexipes (Bent White Tr
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September, and you have Vernonia le
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E. Zephyranthes ‘Crimson Sunset
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USDA Hardiness Zone Map We’re und
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