{"title":"New Plants Added January 24, 2025","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"indigofera-kirilowii-christo","title":"Indigofera kirilowii Christo","description":"\u003cp\u003eOur original cuttings of this compact form of the Chinese native Indigofera kirilowii came from the late Christopher Lloyd via designer Edith Eddleman. We assigned it the cultivar name Indigofera kirilowii 'Christo' to distinguish it from the other forms appearing in the market. The 18\" tall, upright pea-foliaged stems arise from a slow-moving (NOT INVASIVE) rhizome. In good soils, expect a 6-8' wide patch in 20 years. The miniature, wisteria-like pink flower clusters (6\" long) cascade from the tops of the stems in spring and into early summer...WOW!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWatch our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wRND-cgbJl0?si=TPIqReiiJ-YfpW1a\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePlant Spotlight\u003c\/a\u003e video for more information. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21000491461,"sku":"674","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Indigofera-kirilowii-Christo.i-674.s-67140.r-1.jpg?v=1790871711"},{"product_id":"polygonatum-odoratum-variegatum","title":"Polygonatum odoratum Variegatum","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Polygonatum multiflorum 'Variegata') Emanating from a thumb-sized horizontal rhizome just below the ground in spring, the delicate pink buds emerge, soon evolving into a 20\" ladder of green, pickle-sized leaves, edged in white. In May, the small white flowers dangle (or is it dingle?) beneath the arching stems. Polygonatum odoratum 'Variegatum' looks great from spring until it turns bright yellow as it goes dormant in fall. A 5-year-old patch will spread to 3' wide. This is one of the finest and easiest-to-grow shade perennials anywhere...no wonder it was named the 2013 Perennial Plant of the Year by the Perennial Plant Association.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21000662021,"sku":"895","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Polygonatum-odoratum-Variegatum.i-895.s-64455.r-1_ac031606-6108-47e6-a00a-7fb4566d02fc.jpg?v=1789577811"},{"product_id":"salvia-leucantha-midnight","title":"Salvia leucantha Midnight","description":"\u003cp\u003e(syn: Salvia leucantha All Purple) This is the same wonderful late summer- and fall-blooming salvia as Salvia leucantha, but instead of white florets inside the purple calyces, the florets are also a dark velvety-purple...a hummingbird delight and another of those great flowers to fondle. It's hard to imagine, but visitors who see it in flower don't leave without one!\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21000690373,"sku":"929","price":17.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Salvia-leucantha-Midnight.i-929.s-66484.r-1_478158e3-7b0a-4a7c-bcaf-160fb5a3f3c3.jpg?v=1791486530"},{"product_id":"solidago-rugosa-fireworks","title":"Solidago rugosa Fireworks","description":"\u003cp\u003eSolidago rugosa 'Fireworks' is a 1993 introduction from retired \u003ca title=\"Opens NC Botanical Garden at Chapel Hill in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/ncbg.unc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNC Botanical Gardens\u003c\/a\u003e' Ken Moore that has withstood the test of time and is still regarded as the top goldenrod of all times. Originally selected from an NC Coastal Plain population of Solidago rugosa, it was rated #1 in the goldenrod trials at the \u003ca title=\"Opens Chicago Botanic Garden in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagobotanic.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eChicago Botanic Garden\u003c\/a\u003e. From a slowly spreading rhizome, the stalks emerge upward in late spring, topping out at 3' tall. In mid-August in NC, the clumps are showered with 18\" long, arching spires of brilliant yellow flowers held well atop the foliage...attractive to hummingbirds. The flowers resemble fireworks or literally bombs bursting in air...one of the finest additions to the fall garden! Native bees and wasps will thank you for such a great pollinator plant.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaintenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn the garden, Solidago 'Fireworks' goldenrod requires little maintenance. We prefer to cut the stalks to the ground in early winter to prevent reseeding. If a small amount of reseeding isn't a problem, then leave the stalks until late winter for the birds to feed on.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn extremely dry summer conditions, plants can be attacked by spider mites, but in irrigated conditions, this doesn't usually occur. Growing\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrowing Conditions:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAverage to moist soils seems to give the best garden performance in our trials. We have found it to grow equally as well on clay as in sandy soils, as long as the plants receive more than two hours of full sun daily.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGarden Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eTo see a clump of Fireworks goldenrod burst into flower in fall is truly an amazing site, during in a bit of a flowering lull in the garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNatural Impact:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAs mentioned earlier, it's a superb pollinator plant.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21000821701,"sku":"1032","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Solidago-rugosa-Fireworks.i-1032.s-66862.r-1.jpg?v=1792184305"},{"product_id":"verbena-tenera-sissinghurst","title":"Verbena tenera Sissinghurst","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Verbena canadensis 'Rosea', Verbena 'St. Paul', Verbena 'Texas Tuff Pink') This has long been recognized as one of the finest verbenas for a summer show...a hummingbird favorite. The narrow, cutleaf foliage spreads rapidly to make a 3-4' wide mound in one season. From early spring until frost, Verbena 'Sissinghurst' is topped with hundreds of coral pink flowers (RHS 57A)...a true lover of hot weather.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21000922885,"sku":"1159","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Verbena-tenera-Sissinghurst.i-1159.s-64480.r-1_72f9f81b-639b-49dd-9ccc-81445043b12f.jpg?v=1790784777"},{"product_id":"dicentra-scandens-athens-yellow","title":"Dicentra scandens Athens Yellow","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Dactylicapnos scandens) This Allan Armitage selection (cutting-propagated) of the rare, climbing, yellow-flowered bleeding heart was made for its incredibly floriferous nature. Our Dicentra scandens is a virtual flowering machine, producing thousands of yellow, heart-shaped flowers from April through November. The fast-growing, corydalis-like, grey-green foliage climbs loosely up a trellis, fence, or sleeping neighbor...but unlike neighbors, it's never invasive. Dicentra 'Athens Yellow' ranks high on the \"can't live without it\" list! Even in northern climates, Dicentra scandens makes a superb, deer-resistant, tender perennial attractive to hummingbirds.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21001235845,"sku":"1635","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Dicentra-scandens-Athens-Yellow.i-1635.s-9070.r-1_c1630016-8636-4c9a-9ab2-1b9e160a6f2b.jpg?v=1773858704"},{"product_id":"bletilla-striata-albostriata","title":"Bletilla striata Albostriata","description":"\u003cp\u003eBletilla striata 'Albostriata' is one of the rarer white-edged variegated forms of the commonly grown ground orchid. It is also one of the largest, with leaves which measure 20\" long x 5\" wide. The flower spikes, on this clone rise to a whopping 3' tall, laden with rich purple flowers. 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Each 2' wide clump resembles an upside-down dish of 3-day-old blue spaghetti after rigor mortis has set in. We have found this to grow equally as well in typical, even dry garden soil. We love it both as a solitary specimen as well as in a massed planting.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21025036869,"sku":"2925","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Juncus-inflexus-Afro.i-2925.s-68065.r-1.jpg?v=1791913086"},{"product_id":"parthenocissus-tricuspidata-fenway-park","title":"Parthenocissus tricuspidata Fenway Park","description":"\u003cp\u003eFaster than a speeding bullet...able to climb buildings in a single bound...more powerful than kudzu (sorry...got carried away). This incredible form of Boston ivy was discovered as a sport on the venerable \"Green Monster\" (the Boston Ivy wall at Fenway Park ball stadium) in 1988 by Peter Del Tredici of the Arnold Arboretum. The leaves on this great vine emerge bright golden and retain their color when growing in sun. In fall, the cool weather provides the golden foliage with a lovely red overlay. The clinging tendrils make Parthenocissus 'Fenway Park' a great choice to suck up to brick walls without any assistance! The top conversation piece in our garden!\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21025236357,"sku":"3221","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Parthenocissus-tricuspidata-Fenway-Park.i-3221.s-14978.r-1.jpg?v=1790017861"},{"product_id":"baptisia-royal-candles","title":"Baptisia Royal Candles","description":"\u003cp\u003eBaptisia 'Royal Candles' is a 2015 Plant Delights Nursery introduction that's unlike any baptisia introduction we've seen. Baptisia 'Royal Candles' is a hybrid of Baptisia australis and the little-used Baptisia tinctoria. The result is an insanely vigorous 30\" tall x 6' wide specimen that emerges with dark purple stems clothed in narrow glaucous green leaves and topped, starting in late April (NC) with an amazing number of 16\" tall spikes of royal purple flowers. Baptisia 'Royal Candles' is a wide showstopper in the garden, so allow plenty of room.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21025259269,"sku":"3262","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Baptisia-Royal-Candles.i-3262.s-66762.r-1_59ebda41-d10f-42c2-84b6-9199ed8c49ce.jpg?v=1765399200"},{"product_id":"iris-cristata-vein-mountain","title":"Iris cristata Vein Mountain","description":"\u003cp\u003eIris cristata 'Vein Mountain' is a 1985 We-Du nursery introduction and one of the most unique crested woodland iris selections we grow. We-Du obtained this selection of our US native iris from a plantsman in Japan when they ordered Iris gracilipes. Dick and Rene subsequently named the iris after NC's Vein Mountain, near the town of Marion. Iris cristata 'Vein Mountain' is one of the tallest clones of the dwarf Iris cristata that we grow, topping out at 1' tall. The lovely flowers, which are nestled just atop the foliage in mid-April (NC), are white with a unique blue halo just past the yellow beard...quite lovely. Well-drained woodland soils are the key for success with our native Iris cristata.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21025742469,"sku":"4073","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Iris-cristata-Vein-Mountain.i-4073.s-63408.r-1.jpg?v=1772138352"},{"product_id":"trachycarpus-fortunei-bulgaria","title":"Trachycarpus fortunei Bulgaria","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou are absolutely not going to believe this, but here goes. Palm nut Kiril Donov noticed these 40-year-old windmill palm trees growing in Plovdiv, Bulgaria...that's right, the one near Romania. According to Donov, the original Trachycarpus fortunei 'Bulgaria' trees regularly see very cold temperatures, including a record -17 degrees F in 1993...see www.polarpalm.net. After growing these to a larger size, we are fairly confident they represent hybrids between a very hardy Trachycarpus fortunei and Trachycarpus fortunei 'Wagnerianus'. Please keep in mind that each plant is either male or female...no way to tell until they mature, so grow several to get seed. Although they will take a bit of shade, the growth rate is much faster in full sun. The seed heads of this strain are quite stunning with bright yellow stalks holding the dark blue-black seed...unlike any other windmill palm we've grown.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21025815621,"sku":"4250","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Trachycarpus-fortunei-Bulgaria.i-4250.s-62949.r-1_bc606539-3064-4747-9514-3bd1e4010c0b.jpg?v=1786634925"},{"product_id":"iris-japonica-eco-easter","title":"Iris japonica Eco Easter","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Don Jacobs selection of the easy-to-grow evergreen groundcover Iris japonica was made for its increased hardiness and floriferous nature. Iris japonica is notoriously lacking in floral power, but such is not the case with 'Eco Easter'. The deer-resistant iris fans emerge from spreading rhizomes, similar to Iris tectorum, but considerably faster. 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The 1' tall x 2' wide hairy clumps emerge with butterscotch foliage which changes to peachy-orange as the season progresses. These sun-tolerant plants are topped in summer with tall spikes of small white flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eMaintenance:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHeuchera 'Caramel' is a relatively maintenance free perennial. After flowering is finished, we like to cut back the old flower stalks, for a tidier appearance, but it has not effect on the growth of the plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHeucheras by nature are short-lived perennials, with a life expectancy of 5-7 years. When plants begin to decline, they can be lifted, divided, and reset, to start the clock ticking again. We have had the best success doing this in fall, but most likely other seasons will work as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing Conditions:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eGood drainage is the key to growing coral bells successfully. 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This vigorous 6' tall, deer-resistant, summer-flowering perennial, selected by Japan's Shinri Wakaiki, is topped from August through October with hundreds of small blue flowers that resemble trichostema (blue curls). Caryopteris 'Blue Butterflies' is a great summer border plant, but well-drained soils are particularly important for good survivability as you move into more northerly zones. 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That's right, great height and no running...ranks up there with \"tastes great and less filling.\" Rich green leaves adorn this amazing giant that rockets skyward when grown in rich soil. The green stems are clothed in large 6\" long x 5\" wide, dark green leaves, then topped, starting in late May, with spikes of cobalt blue flowers...a stunning garden specimen and favorite of high-flying hummingbirds. Salvia 'Van Remsen', a probable hybrid of Salvia guaranitica 'Brazil' x Salvia guaranitica 'Costa Rica', was discovered in James Van Remsen's Louisiana garden and later named and distributed by the late salvia guru Rich Dufresne.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaintenance:\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eSalvia guarantica needs to be cut to the ground after frost ends its six month floral display and the stems are dead. This is about the only maintenance it needs. Salvia guaranitca can also be cut to the ground in late summer if it has gotten shabby. It will soon regrow, resume blooming, and look fresh up to fall. This is usually only \"necessary\" in areas with a long growing season. The plant doesn't mind looking shabby, but the tidy gardener might prefer the refreshed plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eSelections of Salvia guarantica vary from clump forming to spreading. The spreading forms are not recommended for small gardens but are superb for large ones, especially where large masses of weed-excluding masses are desired. The clump forming ones are not necessarily small plants but they stay put and die away to the same crown each winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eGrowing Conditions:\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAdaptability is the nature of this salvia, Salvia guaranitica. It thrives in all day full sun to bright shade. It grows well in wet soils to average moisture soils and tolerates fairly dry soils. Though excessively dry soils will not produce a worthwhile display.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eGarden Value:\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eTrue blue flowers are produced from spring to frost and they are highly favored by hummingbirds. These two features are enough reason to grow it. Hummingbirds will fight over this plant. It might even warrant the name of Hummingbird Sage. Yes, we know what you have been told about hummingbirds and the color red.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eSalvia guaranitica is generally avoided by deer and rabbits as are most members of the mint family. 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