Archive for the ‘Plants’ Category
Thursday, June 18th, 2009
Farfugium 'Kaimon Dake'
I recently discovered another amazing Farfugium (Ligularia) that I can not live without, and am delighted to finally have enough to offer for sale at Peacock Horticultural Nursery. Farfugiums (Leopard Plants) are interesting plants for the shade garden grown for their very unusual and dramatic leaf colors, shapes and forms. They include contorted leaf varieties such as Farfugium j. ‘Ryuto’, variegated varieties such as Farfugium ‘Argentea’ or F. ‘Aureomaculata’, and some with both contorted and variegated leaves.
Farfugium 'Kaimon Dake'
‘Kaimon Dake’ is a wonderful new Japanese selection of Farfugium with new leaves emerging pure white to variegated green and white in spring, so dramatic against the older pure green leaves. Later in the season, all leaves will become mostly green, with the whole process restarted every spring thereafter. Each 1′ tall by 2′ wide clump will flower in the fall with yellow daisy-like flowers, however, the beauty of these plants is in their foliage.
Farfugium grow well in well drained, moist soil in your shade garden in USDA zones 7 – 10. Other Farfugiums available at Peacock Horticultural Nursery include Farfugium j. ‘Shishi Botan’ and F. ‘Ryuto’.
Farfugium 'Kaimon Dake'
Tags: contorted foliage, Farfugium, kaimon Dake, ligularia, Ryuto, shishi botan, variegated foliage
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Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Cordyline 'Cardinal'
‘Cardinal’ is a great new clump-forming Cordyline notable for it’s glossy red leaves, and its upright growth and arching broad leaves. ‘Cardinal’ is a hybrid cross between the trunk-forming Cordyline australis and probably C. banksii. This is a very new cultivar in the trade and data is still being collected. Forms a clump to about 3′, and blooms in summer with many small fragrant, creamy flowers.
Cordyline 'Cardinal'
To enhance its radiant red color, ‘Cardinal’ prefers to grow in morning sun or part shade in hotter areas to full sun in cooler areas. This Cordyline is hardy to about 15 – 20 F.
Cardinal is an outstanding accent plant or feature planted in the garden, or is spectacular in mixed plantings (perhaps with some chartreuse foliage) in your favorite pots. If you are looking for an alternative to Phormium(Flax), this plant can be used in much the same fashion (without the common problems I find with Flax – reverting, growing larger than reported, burning foliage, mealy bugs).
Cordyline 'Cardinal'
Other clump-forming Corydlines available at Peacock Horticultural Nursery are Cordyline ‘Renegade’ with dark-purple, almost black, foliage, Cordyline ‘Electric Pink’ with dark maroon leaves that are edged with bright neon pink, and Cordyline australis ‘Pink Champagne’ a very slow growing truck-forming cultivar with narrow pale-green leaves that are variegated along their margins with cream and blushed pink near the base.
In addition, I offer many of the trunk forming cultivars of Cordyline which will grow to a height of 15′ or more. These include Cordyline australis ‘Dark Star’, C. a. ‘Paradise’, C. a. ‘Pink Stripe’, C. a. ‘Red Sensation’, C. a. ‘Red Star’, C. a. ‘Southern Splendour’, C. a. ‘Sundance’, C. a. ‘Sunrise’, and C. a. ‘Torbay Dazzler’.
Cordyline 'Cardinal'
Tags: australis, Cardinal, clump forming cordyline, Cordyline, Electric pink, paradise, pink champagne, pink stripe, Renegade, southern splendour, sunrise, torbay dazzler
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Sunday, June 7th, 2009
Clivia caulescens
Clivia caulescens is one of five Clivia species endemic to South Africa; it has pendent, tubular, 2-3 inch long flowers similar to Clivia nobilis and Clivia gardenii, but differs from these by forming long stems with aerial roots. These stems can reach 2-3′ or more and can flop over and grow along the ground terminating with long, floppy green leaves. The tubular flowers transition from a deep orange throat to brilliant green tips. Clivias are an essential addition to you garden or plant collection with their bold evergreen foliage, brightly colored flowers and large orange to red seed pods in the fall.
Clivia caulescens
Clivia caulescens prefer to grow in light shade in very well-drained soil in climates that are free of frost. These plants thrive and are dramatic grown in containers and can easily be brought inside during winter.
Other Clivias available at Peacock Horticultural Nursery include Clivia miniata with yellow flowers, Clivia hybrids with orange flowers and variegated foliage and Clivia nobilis. In addition, I am growing many hybrids Clivia from seed and will make these available after they develop their first blooms.
Clivia caulescens
Tags: caulescens, Clivia, nobilis, variegated foliage, yellow flowers
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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
New plants available at Peacock Horticultural Nursery this month:
- Abies koreana ‘Horstmann’s Silberlocke’ – Korean Fir Tree with blue/white needles and steely-blue cones
- Acer campestre ‘Carnival’ – Variegated Maple with white and green leaves
- Acer palmatum ‘Purple Ghost’ – Maple with purple leaves.
- Aesculus hippocastanum ‘Lanciata’ – Horse Chestnut with incised leaves and white flowers
- Betula pendula ‘Trost Dwarf’ – Elegant dwarf thread-leaf Birch Tree
- Cercis canadensis ‘Hearts of Gold’ – Redbud Tree with chartreuse leaves – WOW!
- Hibiscus x moscheutos ‘Kopper King’ – Hardy Hibiscus with 12″ white flowers with a red eye and burgundy foliage.
- Liriodendron tulipifera ‘Aureomarginata’ – Variegated Tulip Tree
- Paeonia lutea var. ludlowii – Tree Peony with yellow flowers
- Pinus densiflora ‘Low Glow’ – Dwarf Japanese Red Pine with bright green needles
- Pinus parviflora ‘Goldilocks’ - Japanese White Pine with blue-green needles frosted golden yellow
- Zelkova serrata ‘Goshiki’ – A variegated Zelkova with white and green leaves
Abies 'Horstmann's Silberlocke'
Acer c. 'Carnival'
Acer p. 'Purple Ghost'
Aesculus h. 'Lanciata'
Betula p. 'Trost Dwarf'
Cercis c. 'Hearts of Gold'
Hibiscus x m. 'Kopper King'
Liriodendron t. 'Aureomarginata'
Pinus d. 'Low Glow'
Pinus p. 'Goldilocks'
Zelkova s. 'Goshiki'
Tags: Abies, Acer, Aesculus, aureomarginata, Betula, campestre, canadensis, carnival, Cercis, dwarf, goldilocks, goshiki, hardy hibiscus, hearts of gold, hippocastanum, Horstmann's silberlocke, kopper king, korean fir, lanciata, Liriodendron, low glow, ludlowii, lutea, moscheutos, Pinus, purple ghost, tree peony, trost dwarf, tulipifera, Variegated, Zelkova
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
New plants available at Peacock Horticultural Nursery:
- Acacia stenophylla – Shoe-String Acacia
- Athyrium ‘Red Beauty’ - Relative of the Japanese Painted Fern
- Blechnum spicant – Deer Fern
- Brachychiton ruprestris – Queensland Bottle Tree
- Calandrinia spectabilis – Rock Purslane – Succulent
- Calibanus ‘Lotusland’ – Probably a cross between Calibanus hookeri and a Beaucarnea recurvata at Lotusland.
- Canna ‘Pink Sunburst’ – Dwarf Canna with variegated foliage and salmon pink flowers
- Carpenteria californica ‘Elizabeth’ – CA Native Bush Anemone
- Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’ – Smoke Tree
- Echeveria ‘Nodulosa’ – Painted Echeveria – Succulent
- Grevillea ‘Bonfire’
- Grevillea sericea ‘Collaroy Plateau’
- Grevillea victoriae ‘Murray Valley Queen’
- Isopogon ‘Curra Moors’ – Yellow flowering Drumstick Plant
- Libertia ‘Taupo Blaze’ – New Zealand Iris
- Nolina nelsonii – Nelson’s Blue Bear Grass
- Paulownia kawakamii – Empress Tree
- Polystichum munitum – Western Sword Fern
- Russelia equisetiformis ‘Flamingo Pink’ – Coral Bush
- Wisteria sinensis pink – Pink flowered Wisteria Vine
Acacia stenophylla
Canna 'Pink Sunburst'
Cotinus c. 'Royal Purple'
Echeveria 'Nodulosa'
Libertia 'Taupo Blaze'
Calibanus ‘Lotusland’
Tags: acacia, Athyrium, blechnum, Bonfire, brachychiton, calandrinia, calibanus, canna, carpenteria, collaroy plateau, cotinus, curra moors, deer fern, echeveria, elizabeth, fern, flamingo pink, Grevillea, isopogon, libertia, lotusland, murray valley queen, new plants, nolina, paulownia, pink sunburst, pink wisteria, polystichum, red beauty, royal purple, russelia, stenophylla, succulent, taupo blaze, wisteria
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Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
A list of plants available at Peacock Horticultural Nursery that are currently blooming:
- Aphanopetalum ‘Gossamer Wings’ – Glossy-leaved Australian Vine
- Arisaema ciliatum
- Arisaema ringens
- Beschorneria rigida
- Bignonia ‘Tangerine Beauty’ – Hardy orange flowering trumpet vine
- Callistemon citrinus ‘Jeffersii’
- Callistemon ‘Little John’ (Dwarf Bottlebrush)
- Calandrinia spectabilis
- Carpenteria california (CA Native)
- Clivia caulescens
- Cordyline ‘Cardinal’
- Cynara cardunculus (Cardoon – only 4″ plants available)
- Cytisus ‘Lena’
- Deutzia gracilis Chardonnay Pearls
- Deutzia scabra
- Deutzia ‘Strawberry Fields’
- Grevillea ‘Austraflora Fanfare’
- Grevillea ‘Bonfire’
- Grevillea junipera ‘Molonglo’
- Grevillea lanigera ‘Mt Tamboritha’
- Grevillea ‘Long John’
- Grevillea rosmarinifolia ‘Scarlet Sprite’
- Iris enseta ‘Gusto’
- Iris pallida ‘Argentea Variegata’
- Jasminum humile ‘Revolutum’ (Yellow flowering Jasmine Vine)
- Kniphofia thomsonii
- Philadelphus ‘Belle Etoile’ (Mock Orange Shrub)
- Rhodohypoxis baurii
- Rhodohypoxis b. Picta
- Russelia equsetiformis
- Russelia e. ‘Flamingo Pink’
- Salvia x sylvestris ‘May Night’
- Silene ‘Clifford Moor’
- Wisteria macrostachya ‘Blue Moon’ (Re-blooming Wisteria)
- Zantedeschia aethiopica ‘Gene’s Giant’ (Giant Calla Lily)
Calandrinia spectabilis
Rhodohypoxis baurii Picta
Beschorneria rigida
Wisteria m. 'Blue Moon'
Bignonia 'Tangerine Beauty'
Russelia equisetiformis
Grevillea 'Long John'
Tags: argentea variegata, Arisaema, austraflora fanfare, beschoneria, bignonia, Blooming plants, bottlebrush, Calla, callistemon, cardoon, carpenteria, chardonnay pearls, clifford moor, Clivia, Cordyline, cytisus, deutzia, Gene's Giant, gossamer wings, Grevillea, gusto, jeffersii, junipera, kniphofia, lena, little john, long john, molonglo, mt tamboritha, nursery, revolutum, rhodohypoxis, scabra, scarlet sprite, silene, strawberry fields, tangerine beauty, vine, yellow jasmine vine
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Friday, May 15th, 2009
Paeonia obovata
I am very excited to finally be able to offer blooming Paeonia (pay-OH-nee-ah) obovata plants (6-7 year old plants). This rarely offered Japanese Woodland Peony is slow-growing and usually takes more than five years to reach blooming size from seed. But, with a little patience, you are rewarded in late spring by their lovely single, rose-pink flowers on 18″ – 24″ stems. In the fall, the mature seed pods split open to reveal dramatic metallic-blue fertile seeds and red infertile seeds.
Paeonia obovata prefers bright shade in humus-rich, moist, well drained soil, in USDA zones 5 – 8. Very limited quantities are available.
Paeonia obovata
Paeonia obovata
Tags: Japanese, obovata, paeonia, peony, rare, Shade, woodland
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Thursday, May 14th, 2009
This is one of the plants that always demands attention by visitors to the nursery. A hybrid of several Asian Mayapples, Spotty Dotty features unusually large umbrella-shaped chartreuse leaves with dark spotting that emerge in the spring. The beautiful leaf in the photo below is more than one foot wide. Mature plants can reach about 18″ tall with garnet colored flowers found just under the leaves.
These plants spread slowly to form a clump about 2 feet wide or more. Best located in part shade in Zone 6 – 9.
Other Podophyllums available at the Peacock Horticultural Nursery are Podopyllum veitchii, P. versipelle, P. peltatum, P. pleianthum, P. hexandrum.
Podophyllum ‘Spotty Dotty’
Tags: hexandrum, mayapple, peltatum, pleianthum, Podophyllum, spotty dotty, veitchii, versipelle
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Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Arisaema (a-ri-SAY-ma) is another plant genus that I am very fascinated with. One look at the photos of the of the strange and beautiful flowers and I was hooked. If you have not yet made their acquaintance, please drop in the nursery and see them for yourselves.
Arisaema ringens (Cobra Lily) is one of the first to flower in the spring and is bloom now at the nursery. From a dormant tuber these plants send up these helmet-like flowers with two large green trifoliate leaves.
Arisaema sikokianum
Arisaema sikokianum (with patterned leaves) is also blooming in the nursery now. This is another example of the curious and beautiful flowers in this genus – and this has a variegated leaf as well.
Arisaema are easy to grow if you met their needs – a shady spot in the garden with very well drained soil. Female flowers can produce striking orange-red fruit.
Additional Arisaemas available at the nursery include Arisaema flavum, A. taiwanense ‘Sliver Heron’, A. candidissimum, A. ciliatum and A. franchetianum ‘Hugo’.
Tags: Arisaema, cobra lily, jack in the pulpit, Shade
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Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Of all the Agaves available at Peacock Horticultural Nursery, I think Agave ‘Blue Glow’ has to be one of my favorites. Developed by Kelly Griffin, this is supposedly a cross between Agave ocahui and Agave attenata. The beautiful blue-green leaves are outlined in red and translucent yellow with a red terminal spine.
This Agave rarely pups and will ultimately reach it’s maximum size at about 2′ x 2′. Not totally sure of the hardiness yet. I overwintered mine in a unheated hoop house and we were down to about 25 F here this last winter. Really looks beautiful in a pot with the sun shining through the translucent yeallow margins.
Agave ‘Blue Glow’
Other Agaves available at Peacock Horticultural Nursery include: Agave americana medio-picta, medio-picta Alba and striata, Agave attenuata ‘Kara’s Stripe’, Agave bracteosa ‘Calamar’, Agave ‘Burnt Burgundy’, Agave celsii ‘Multicolor’, Agave ‘Cornelius’, Agave funkiana ‘Blue Haze’, Agave geminiflora ‘Spaghetti Strap’, Agave gentryi ‘Jaws’, Agave guiengola ‘Cream Burlee, Agave ‘Kissho Kan’, Agave montana ‘Baccarat’, Agave ‘Mr. Ripples’, Agave ovatifolia, Agave parryi ”Cream Spike’, Agave parryi huachucensis J.C. Raulston, Agave peacocki, Agave schidigera ‘Black Widow’, Agave schidigera ‘Shira ito no Ohi’, Agave ‘Sharkskin’, Agave stricta nana, Agave ‘Tradewinds’, Agave victoriae-reginae ‘Porcupine and Variegated, Agave virginica ‘Spot’, Agave weberi ‘Arizona Star’, Agave weberi ‘Reiner’s Selection’ and Agave zebra to name just a few.
Tags: Agave, blue glow, kelly griffin, succulent
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