Peacock Horticultural Nursery Blog » acacia http://peacockhorticulturalnursery.com A retail nursery featuring unusual, hard-to-find, and interesting plants. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:07:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 New Plants in the Nursery – April 2011 http://peacockhorticulturalnursery.com/plants/new-arrivals/new-plants-in-the-nursery-april-2011/ http://peacockhorticulturalnursery.com/plants/new-arrivals/new-plants-in-the-nursery-april-2011/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:54:01 +0000 peahort http://peacockhorticulturalnursery.com/?p=454 Here are some of the new plants now available at Peacock Horticultural Nursery:

  • Acacia cognata ‘Mini Cog’ (Cousin Itt Acacia)
  • Acer palmatum ‘Purple Ghost’ (Japanese Maple)
  • Acer platanoides ‘Purple Globe’ (Norway Maple)
  • Aesculus x carnea ‘Variegata’ (Variegated Horse Chestnut)
  • Agave xylonacantha (Saw Leaf Agave)
  • Betula pendula ‘Crimson Frost’ (Purple Leaf Birch Tree)
  • Brachychiton rupestris (Queensland Bottle Tree)
  • Calibanus hookeri (Mexican Boulder)
  • Calothamnus villosus (Silky Net Bush)
  • Centaurea gymnocarpa (Velvet Centaurea)
  • Cephalotaxus harringtonia ‘Korean Gold’ (Plum Yew)
  • Cornus capitata x kousa ‘Norman Hadden’ (Dogwood Tree)
  • Cornus controversa ‘Variegata’ (Variegated Dogwood Tree)
  • Cornus florida ‘Cloud Nine’ (Dogwood Tree)
  • Cornus kousa ‘Kristen Lipka’s Variegated Weeper’ (Weeping Variegated Dogwood)
  • Cornus sericea ‘Silver and Gold’ (Variegated Yellow Twig Dogwood)
  • Cotinus coggygria ‘Golden Spirit’ (Golden Smoke Tree)
  • Cotyledon orbiculata ‘Lighthouse Road’ (Pig’s Ears)
  • Cupressus cashmeriana (Khasmir Cypress Tree)
  • Drimys lanceolata (Mountain Pepper)
  • Echeveria lilacina (Ghost Echeveria)
  • Fothergilla major ‘Blue Shadow’ (Witch Alder)
  • Ginkgo biloba ‘Chase Manhattan’ (Dwarf Maidenhair Tree)
  • Ginkgo biloba ‘Munchkin’ (Dwarf Maidenhair Tree)
  • Ginkgo biloba ‘Sunstream’ (Variegated Maidenhair Tree)
  • Grevillea ‘Pink Midget’
  • Ilex aquifolium ‘Ferox Variegata’ (Variegated English Holly)
  • Juniperus communis ‘Gold Cone’ (Juniper)
  • Kalanchoe ‘Fantastic’ – Wow!! (Variegated Paddle Plant)
  • Leucadendron ‘Jester (Sunshine Conebush)
  • Luma apiculata ‘Glanleam Gold’ (Gold Chilean Myrtle)
  • Nyssa sylvatica ‘Sheri’s Cloud’ (Variegated Black Gum/Tupelo/Sourgum)
  • Odontonema callistachyum (Purple Firespike)
  • Paeonia latiflora ‘Coral Charm’ (Chinese Peony)
  • Paeonia latiflora ‘Festiva Maxima’ (Chinese Peony)
  • Paeonia latiflora ‘Red Charm’ (Chinese Peony)
  • Paeonia latiflora ‘Salmon Glory’ (Chinese Peony)
  • Quercus robur ‘Furst Schwarzenburg’ (Variegated English Oak)
  • Rhodocoma capensis (Restio)
  • Robinia pseudoacacia ‘Lace Lady’ (Contorted Blacl Locust)
  • Russelia equisetiformis ‘Flamingo Park’ (Pink Coral Plant)
  • Sequoia sempervirens ‘Kelly’s Prostrate’ (Prostrate Coast Redwood)
  • Taxus cuspidata ‘Aurea Low Boy’ (Japanese Yew)
  • Viburnum carlesii ‘Aurora’ (Korean Spice Viburnum)
  • Viburnum tinus ‘Variegatum’ (Variegated Laurustinus)
Odontonema callistachyum

Odontonema callistachyum

]]> http://peacockhorticulturalnursery.com/plants/new-arrivals/new-plants-in-the-nursery-april-2011/feed/ 0 New Plants in the Nursery http://peacockhorticulturalnursery.com/plants/new-arrivals/new-plants-in-the-nursery/ http://peacockhorticulturalnursery.com/plants/new-arrivals/new-plants-in-the-nursery/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:47:03 +0000 peahort http://peacockhorticulturalnursery.com/?p=163 Here are a few of the new arrivals in the nursery:

  • Acacia linifolia – A small Acacia with fine, soft leaves (phyllodes) and cream flowers.
  • Berberis ‘Gold Pillar’ -  A columnar Barberry with golden foliage – Wow!
  • Ceanothus ‘Tuxedo’ – A striking new variety with dark foliage and lavender-blue flowers.
  • Colletia paradoxa -  A shrub native to South America with gray-green triangular spine tipped stems and small fragrant flowers in summer.
  • Dasylirion longissimum -  Mexican Grass Tree native to Mexico
  • Hesperoyucca whipplei ‘RBG’ – A silver form of (Our Lord’s Candle)
  • Hunnemannia fumariifolia – Perennial Mexican Tulip Poppy
  • Protea ‘Sylvia’ – A beautiful hybrid of P. susannae x P. eximia with red-pink flowers with creamy-yellow center.
  • Salvia ‘Wendy’s Wish’ – A new Salvia with large magenta flowers.
  • Sonchus canariensis – An very unusual foliage plant with yellow flowers in spring.
  • Yucca linearifolia – A great Yucca with many very narrow blue leaves. 
Ceanothus 'Tuxedo'

Ceanothus 'Tuxedo'

Colletia paradoxa

Colletia paradoxa

Dasylirion longissimum

Dasylirion longissimum

Hesperoyucca whipplei 'RBG'

Hesperoyucca whipplei 'RBG'

Hunnemannia fumariifolia

Hunnemannia fumariifolia

Sonchus canariensis

Sonchus canariensis

Salvia 'Windy's Wish'

Salvia 'Windy's Wish'

Salvia 'Windy's Wish'

Salvia 'Windy's Wish'

ucca linearifolia

Yucca linearifolia

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  • 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

Acacia stenophylla

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canna 'Pink Sunburst'

Canna 'Pink Sunburst'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cotinus c. 'Royal Purple'

Cotinus c. 'Royal Purple'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Echeveria 'Nodulosa'

Echeveria 'Nodulosa'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Libertia 'Taupo Blaze'

Libertia 'Taupo Blaze'

Calibanus ‘Lotusland’

Calibanus ‘Lotusland’

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