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 Aralia 'Sun King'
We look forward to seeing many of you in person this fall as we host the Southern Region meeting of the International Plant Propagators Society. If you're involved in plant propagation and production and would like to join in the fun from October 10-13, go to www.ippsraleigh2010.org for the details on how to register.
 Mukdenia 'Karasuba'
We start off the fall catalog with Aralia 'Sun King', a superb gold-leafed selection of the tropical-looking but hardy Aralia cordata. A nice contrast to the aralia is Hibiscus 'Summer Storm', the latest and greatest in the purple-foliaged hardy hibiscus from the breeders at Walters Gardens...a plant that has really impressed us. While we're talking foliage color, check out the amazing Mukdenia 'Karasuba', which unfortunately sounds more like an accident involving tainted Japanese seafood.
For the dry garden, we are pleased to introduce three new agaves. The Agave 'Crazy Horse' is a fantastic hardy selection of the giant Agave salmiana, the psychedelic flowering Agave potrerana has proven shockingly hardy in our trials, and don't miss the wild Agave bracteosa hybrid Agave 'Mateo' from California plantsman Randy Baldwin. Also in the succulent world, we are offering Sedum 'Frosted Fire' an amazing white-edged selection of Sedum 'Autumn Fire', Sedum 'Eco Mt. Emei' an incredible woodland groundcover, and Delosperma dyeri, a bright red-flowered ice plant...scrumptious.
 Verbena 'Tie Dye'
 Alstroemeria 'Casablanca'
We've finally bulked up several new crinums for fall including Crinum x digweedii 'Bolivia' from NC plantsman Frank Galloway, the elegant Crinum 'White Emperor', and Tom Parry's fabulous Crinum 'Super Ellen'...a gynormous (a Southern term for really big) crinum with 7' long leaves that you have to see to believe. Included for the first time this fall is the rare Mexican spider lily, Hymenocallis howardii, and Boesenbergia longiflora...an unknown woodland Asian ginger that has proven to be amazingly winter hardy with its incredible orchid-like flowers in summer. For sunny gardens, consider the lovely and talented South African Scadoxus multiflorus var. katherinae, and lest I forget, a new Chinese form of the popular Japanese Lycoris radiata var. pumila, 'Red China'.
 Zephyranthes 'Star of Bethlehem'
 Zephyranthes 'Rose Perfection'
We've added several new grasses for fall including the purple-foliaged Pennisetum 'Princess Caroline' and P. 'Princess Molly', both of which are great in containers even where they aren't winter hardy. We are thrilled to add two new US native carex for the fall including Carex socialis 'Coahoma' and Carex retroflexa 'Bonnie and Clyde'...two wonderful fine-textured selections from the southeastern US. The blue-foliaged Elymus 'Canyon Prince' is the first non-invasive elymus that we've trialed, so we are glad to finally be able to share. From Mary Meyer of the University of Minnesota comes Schizachyrium 'MinnBlueA', a greatly improved, tall but sturdy, blue-foliaged selection of our native bluestem.
 Solidago rugosa 'Lynn Lowrey'
This is also our first offering of the heuchera and tiarella cousin, Mitella diphylla, which adds yet another plant for the spring woodland garden. How about x Clinadina 'Desi Arnaz'? This amazing gem occurred when two distantly related natives, a clinopodium and a conradina, had a late night illicit rendevous in South Carolina resulting in a now adopted love child...no, the South Carolina Governor was not implicated.
Iris 'Chance Beauty'
In the quirky but cool category, how about a new winter hardy fig? Ever heard of Ficus gasparriniana var. laceratifolia? It's an amazing fig that produces miniature red figs from summer through frost. How many bi-generic palm hybrids do you grow? If the answer is none, here's your chance to grow a mule palm, a hard-to-find sterile hybrid of butia and syagrus. If that's not enough fun, how about growing some Kitty Crack? Yes, Teucrium marum will have your cat looking like it's unknowingly auditioning for America's Funniest Video...and no, we will not pay your kitty rehab bills.
Now, as we say in the nursery biz, the plant show must go on...so sit back and relax with a glass of cold sweet tea and enjoy the catalog!
-tony
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 new to this fall catalog were provided by
R. Adams,
I. Barclay,
H. Blumen,
Boo Shoot Gardens,
C. Brashear,
Briggs Nursery,
Casa Flora,
T. Davis,
R. Determann,
K. Druse,
J. Elsley,
R. Gardner,
G. Gusman,
H. Hamernik,
H. Hansen,
R. Heuermann,
Hillside Nursery,
Hoffman Nursery,
C. Husby,
Itsaul Plants,
J.C. Raulston,
L. Klinkhamer,
R. Livingston,
J. McClements,
North Creek Nurseries, Inc,
S. Ogden,
Pine Knot Farms,
PlantHaven,
Primrose Path, i
D. Probst,
T. Ranney,
N. Rijnbeek,
J. Roethling,
J. Sacks,
P. Schmidt,
C. Seaver,
Skagit Gardens,
B. Solberg,
D. Steinbrunner,
Sunny Border,
W. Taylor,
Terra Nova Nurseries,
The Garden Shoppe,
T. Van Paemel,
M. Weinert,
D. Werner,
www.perennialresource.com,
B. Yinger, and
J. Yourch.
We are deeply indebted to those who have allowed us to use their photographs
and to photograph plants in their wonderful gardens.
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