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Plants Blooming in the Nursery Now – March 2010

peahort — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:24:40 +0000

I am so excited that spring starts in just a few days. I even had to water today for the first time this year. Here are a few of the plants that are blooming this month…

Anemone nemorosa ‘Viridiflora’ (Anemone)
Anemonella thalictrides ‘Green Dragon’ (Rue Anemone)
Arisaema ringens (Cobra Lily)
Arisaema sikokianum (patterned leaves)
Bomarea frondea
Camellia ‘Night Rider’
Clivia hybrid Variegated Orange Flowering
Ribes sanguineum ‘Variegatum’ (Flowering Currant)

Anemone nemorosa 'Viridiflora'

Anemonella thalictroides 'Green Dragon'

Arisaema ringens

Arisaema sikokianum (patterned leaves)

Bomarea frondea

Camellia 'Night Rider'

Ribes sanguineum 'Variegatum'

Clivia hybrid Orange Variegated

Plants Blooming in the Nursery Now

peahort — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:48:45 +0000

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'

Arisaema ringens – Cobra Lily

peahort — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:01:30 +0000

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’.