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Sarracenia
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Sarracenia x wrigleyana 'Scarlet Belle' (Scarlet Belle Pitcher Plant)
Sun to Part Sun Zone: 5-9 10" tall Origin: USA
This naturally-occurring cross of the white-top S. leucophylla and the parrot-pitcher S. psittacina has rapidly become one of our favorite pitcher plants. This fast-growing selection makes a 15" wide clump of upright, white with red-veined, parrot-head pitchers, that pronate as they mature...like they've fallen and they can't get back up. Bugs beware, as each clump can form up to 100 pitchers! This is a selected superior clone propagated through the magic of tissue culture. We think you will really enjoy this one. Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #05031
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Sauromatum
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Sauromatum venosum (Voodoo Lily)
Part Sun to ShadeZone: 6-10, at least 30" tall Origin: India alternate image
(aka: S. guttatum, Arum cornutum, Typhonium venosum) This tropical-looking aroid is a relative of arisaemas. In the spring, the peculiar inflorescence (flower head) is the first sign of life...it's just life from another planet. Each flower stalk is 3' tall and only 1" wide. As it unfurls, the inside is patterned with a rich violet and yellow...the ultimate in weird! A month later, a giant hand-shaped leaf, to 2' across, emerges from the bulb on a very mottled, green and black stem. After flowering, a unique seed head (resembling a 2" round alien space object) forms at the base of the leaf. Eventually, the bulbs multiply and make a nice colony...of weird plants. Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #01315
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Scadoxus
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Scadoxus multiflorus ssp. katherinae (Katherine's Torch Lily)
Part Sun to Light ShadeZone: 7b-10 12" tall Origin: S. Africa
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(syn: Haemanthus katherinae) Scadoxus has been one of the greatest surprises in our hardiness trials. Despite enduring temperatures as low as 0 degrees F since the mid-1990s, the torch lily has returned each year. In early July, the 1' tall flower spike emerges overnight, topped with a tiny reddish bud that quickly explodes like a skyward firework into a 6-8", fuzzy red fireball. During flowering the 1' tall, glossy green, strappy leaves emerge from the ground on short green stalks forming a hosta-like clump that lasts through the summer. A bed of torch lilies are sure to cause visitors to do a double take. Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #09021
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Schizachyrium
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Schizachyrium scoparium 'MinnBlueA' PP 17,310 (Blue Heaven Little Bluestem)
SunZone: 3-8, at least 48" tall Origin: USA
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This 2007 release is a selection of the native little bluestem from the work of Mary Meyer at the University of Minnesota. This robust, 4' tall, upright selection that tends not to lodge (fall over like a sloppy drunk) emerges dark silvery blue and in late summer takes on a multicolor foliage combination of burgundy, pink, red, purple, and orange...sounds like some of the hair styles I see on my rare trips to a mall. The clumps are topped in late summer by wispy tan plumes. Schizachyrium is very tolerant of a wide range of soil conditions including clay or sand, as well as acidic or alkaline pH's. Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml) #09146
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