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Wednesday December 24th, 2008
New 2009 Highlights, Part Two
The new Heronswood Catalogue ships to homes next week. Here is part two of the highlights among the 80+ cultivars newly listed in the upcoming pages, both in print and here on the 2009 website.
Perennials L-Y
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| Ligularia przewalskii ‘Dragon’s Breath’ – Both texture and color of leaf, spike and florets on a tall plant for mid borders and containers. |
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| Lobelia x speciosa ‘Russian Princess’ – A tall beauty, indeed, she adds long legged elegance to any garden. |
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| Melittis melissophyllum ‘Royal Velvet Distinction’ – One of our most exciting new varieties, this European perennial from our friends at Terra Nova offers dramatic color, sweet aroma and fuzzy foliage—distinction in spades. |
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| Papaver orientale ‘Place Pigalle’ – Super exotic looks and outstanding garden performance combine for beds, borders and indoor cut vases. |
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| Papaver ‘Ruffled Patty’ – An exciting, double-flowered form of the tremendously popular ‘Patty’s Plum’. |
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| Phlox paniculata ‘David’s Lavender’ – After many years of breeding to create a tall, fragrant, colored version of the miraculously disease-resistant ‘David’, we’re proud to offer ‘David’s Lavender’. |
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| Primula ‘Elizabeth Killelay’ – Like a medieval tapestry flower, this exotically detailed hybrid was found in an English garden. |
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| Primula japonica ‘Wanda’ – Interesting flower color, petal forms and foliage color in a vigorous interspecies hybrid. |
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| Yucca ‘Bright Star’ – Astounding, petite, variegated yucca in shades of pink, gold and ivory contrasting with green. Thrives in mild climates. |
| Shrubs |
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| Buxus sinica insularis ‘Justin Brouwers’ – An exceptional dwarf boxwood that is perfect for topiary. |
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| Paeonia ‘Kopper Kettle’ – Easily the best shrub we’ve released in many years, this unusually colored peony is from Wisconsin breeder Roger Anderson. Long-lived and absolutely stunning, it is a must for every garden. |
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| Sorbaria sorbifolia ‘Sem’ – A brand new dwarf hybrid false spirea with exceptional color and branching habit. A Sorbaria for All Seasons. |
| Ferns |
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| Athyrium ‘Regal Red’ – An exquisitely contrasting Lady Fern that is easy to grow yet adds a unique shape and texture to any garden. |
| Trees |
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| Cornus controversa ‘Aurea’ – Call it the Golden Little Big Man of dogwoods, this “giant” is, in fact, small—reaching only 25 feet, with golden leaves that will glow in any garden, zones 6-9. |
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| Magnolia x ‘Sunsation’ – A spectacular new Tulip Magnolia in a blend of yellow, purple and ivory. |
| Vines |
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| Clematis texensis ‘Clair de Lune’ – Moonlit, free-flowering in June, July and later for a second flush in August. Widely adapted new hybrid. |
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| Wisteria brachybotrys ‘Shiro-Kapitan’ – Unusual and unique new wisteria that features pure white flowers. Easy to grow but needs a strong frame or fence. |
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BRAVO AGAIN AND THANKS MUCH!
RSF
Can you understand what I mean by the plants being represented in an honorable way, with an hornorable logo These magnificent plants…how they are so precious, gorgeous, such gifts to our mind, eyes, nose, touch; how well they move in the air…they deserve a logo that represents their absolute beautiful quality. Congratulations on all these unbelievably creations. Sincerely, Mary Ruther
It would be so helpful if you put Heronswood in the subject line. We all get so many span e-mails and many are advertisements we don’t want and just delete. I do want the e-mails from Heronswood but wonder how many I’ve deleted because the subject line does not tell me who it is from?
Thanks for reading and hopefully considering my suggestion.
Carolyn
Dear Carolyn,
Excellent suggestion. I keep asking my staff to correct this, but they’re so busy growing plants that they haven’t gotten around to it. We’ll change it very soon.
Is it possible for the Russian Princess to
grow in Colorado? Thanks
Some of these are spectacular, George.
If you are ever in the mood to send trial plants to this garden writer in zone 7, I would love to grow and write about them.
Martha Stoodley
The sorbaria looks very interesting, love the tall lobelia too. And the liquaria…. so many to choose form!
Nice autofill feature too!
Am looking everywhere for the Asiatic Species V. davidii. Does anyone locally sell seeds or seedlings of this specimen?
Would prefer a one year old seedling as you gain nothing by planting a larger vine.