{"title":"Plants that start with 'G'","description":"\u003ch3\u003eList of Perennials That Start With the Letter 'G'\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBelow are some of the genera in our collection with Latin names starting with G.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eGaillardia\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eGalanthus\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eGualtheria\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eGaura\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eGenista\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eGentiana\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eGeranium\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eGladiolus\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eGlaucidium\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eGlaucium\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eGloxinia\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eGraptopetalum\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eGrevillea\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eGymnaster\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"geranium-azure-rush-pp-22684","title":"Geranium Azure Rush PP 22684","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeranium 'Azure Rush' is a superb addition to the hardy geranium market. Geranium 'Azure Rush' hails from Germany, where it was discovered in 2007 as a mutation on Geranium 'Rozanne' by Jan Dirk Schuiver. Geranium 'Azure Rush' has shorter internodes and consequently a more compact habit than Geranium 'Rozanne', in addition to having slightly lighter lavender flowers. Like its parent, it has the same continuous flowering habit, continuing through October. The compact 18\" tall x 2' wide clump habit is truly superb in the garden where Geranium 'Rozanne' is a bit too aggressive.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWatch our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pxAx9oaDy6E?si=avC4KiK01nHCu7za\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePlant Spotlight\u003c\/a\u003e video for more information.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21025066181,"sku":"2988","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Geranium-Azure-Rush-PP-22684.i-2988.s-65676.r-1_f6763831-c59f-4cda-a005-4f257a055a04.jpg?v=1791287683"},{"product_id":"gaura-lindheimeri-pink-cloud","title":"Gaura lindheimeri Pink Cloud","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Oenothera lindheimeri) This 2001 Plant Delights\/JLBG introduction of Loleta Powell's discovery has blown away the competition. Borrowing its upright habit from Gaura 'Dauphin' and color from Gaura 'Siskiyou Pink', Gaura 'Pink Cloud' provides a stunning, 30\" tall, upright, deer-resistant plant that is truly smothered with \u003ca title=\"See more pink flowers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/pink-flowers\"\u003ebrilliant pink flowers\u003c\/a\u003e! While other gauras have slowed here by October, Gaura 'Pink Cloud' is still a mass of color. If you have found the others a little on the \"limp\" side, you will love Gaura 'Pink Cloud'!\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21025719429,"sku":"3989","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Gaura-lindheimeri-Pink-Cloud.i-3989.s-60246.r-1.jpg?v=1791989393"},{"product_id":"geranium-rozanne","title":"Geranium Rozanne","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Geranium 'Gerwat'; Plant Patent 12,175 Expired) Geranium 'Rozanne' is an amazing geranium that has proven to be an outstanding garden performer...hence, it is one of only a few hardy geraniums ever patented. She was discovered in 1990 in the garden of Donald and Rozanne Waterer of Somerset, England, and released by Blooms of Bressingham. This sterile hybrid of Geranium himalayense x Geranium wallichianum 'Buxton's Variety' makes an 18\" wide clump topped, from June until frost, with large, 2.5\", blue-violet flowers. We think you should let her do her thing in your garden.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eMaintenance:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn the ground, this superb selection is a very low maintenance perennial. The only thing you might want to consider is to cut the plant to the ground in fall as part of your garden cleanup. The basal rosette will remain evergreen, re-sprouting in spring. Rozanne geranium is quite a scrambler and can overtake smaller adjacent perennials, so there may be a time in the middle of growing season you need to cut it back, which is no problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing Conditions:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e'Rozanne' isn't particular fond of shade or saturated soils, but there isn't much else it doesn't like. It responds quite well to rich, organic garden soils. Irrigated gardens are fine, as are all droughts, except those that may be extended with temperatures over 90 for weeks. In this case, some extra water will be appreciated.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGarden Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eYou'll find this a superb plant to weave in and out of other perennials with no detrimental effects on their neighbors. The lavender blue flowers are produced from spring through fall, for an amazingly long floral show.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eNatural Impacts:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBees are the dominant pollinator for hardy geraniums.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21026465669,"sku":"5111","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Geranium-Rozanne.i-5111.s-65677.r-1_0cba2447-51dd-4e79-8048-291ad9c778c7.jpg?v=1791989769"},{"product_id":"gloxinia-nematanthodes-evita","title":"Gloxinia nematanthodes Evita","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Seemannia nematanthodes 'Evita') This amazing 2004 Plant Delights\/JLBG introduction from 4,000' elevation in \u003ca title=\"Link to JLBG expedition log from Argentina in 2002 opening in a new window.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jlbg.org\/content\/learn\/expeditions\/2002_argentina\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eArgentina\u003c\/a\u003e is a great addition to our list of winter-hardy gesneriads. Gloxinia nematanthodes 'Evita' is late to emerge, usually June in NC. The compact, 1' tall x 4' wide mass of short stems, bearing soft green foliage, is topped, starting in August, with 1\" long bells of the most brilliant orange-red we have ever seen on anything other than a custom Ferrari. For us, flowering attracts hummingbirds and continues until frost. Gloxinia nematanthodes also spreads by above-ground stolons, soon making a wonderful groundcover. If you like brilliant colors, grab your camera and sunglasses.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21026849669,"sku":"5556","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Gloxinia-nematanthodes-Evita.i-5556.s-65039.r-1_5e70819a-97c0-4d1a-8f8d-d1ac1f859685.jpg?v=1791570485"},{"product_id":"gentiana-true-blue-pp-20433","title":"Gentiana True Blue PP 20433","description":"\u003cp\u003eGentiana 'True Blue' is a 2008 introduction from breeder Darrell Probst, who, in his quest for a longer flowering gentian crossed a Gentiana makinoi hybrid with a Gentiana scabra hybrid to obtain this gem. The upright, 18\" tall, well-branched stems of Gentiana 'True Blue' are adorned with glossy green foliage and topped from mid-June into September (NC) with large, 2\", pure blue, open flowers. Well-drained soils with average moisture are perfect. 'True Blue' gentian is an absolutely special plant for the perennial rock garden.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWatch our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NjZai-GbXKA?si=iuSqxgKKGAZO7Ixv\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePlant Spotlight\u003c\/a\u003e video for more information. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21028588933,"sku":"8505","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Gentiana-True-Blue-PP-20433.i-8505.s-65265.r-1_625e7ae8-a840-42a2-8fdf-9c2e092f02a5.jpg?v=1791919797"},{"product_id":"gloxinia-little-red","title":"Gloxinia Little Red","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Seemannia 'Little Red') Gloxinia 'Little Red' is an amazing John Boggan hybrid, a cross of Gloxinia nematanthodes and Gloxinia purpurascens, that we've had on trial since 2011. Although it emerges very late, usually around July 1 (NC), Gloxinia 'Little Red' is a showstopper from mid-summer until frost. The dark cinnamon stems are clothed with thumb-sized, bronzy green leaves. Each leaf axil is home to small, tubular, scarlet-orange flowers...a favorite of hummingbirds as well as two-legged garden visitors. Gloxinia 'Little Red' is quite vigorous and makes a 16\" tall x 3' wide patch in 4 years. Dry soils during cold winters are key to survival.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21029946821,"sku":"11082","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Gloxinia-Little-Red.i-11082.s-64210.r-1_09e46e48-06ca-4a94-bc35-15b0fefb506a.jpg?v=1791833628"},{"product_id":"gloriosa-simplex","title":"Gloriosa simplex","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Gloriosa plantii, Gloriosa superba 'Plantii') Gloriosa simplex is an amazingly showy species of the African native gloriosa lily. The 8' tall, twining deciduous vine is covered from June through summer (NC) with clusters of 3\" flowers, each consisting of six red ruffled petals, highlighted by a dramatic yellow border that ages to cream. There are few plants better to beautify an ugly fence than gloriosa lilies. Like their cousins, colchicums (fall crocus), gloriosas contain the chemical colchicine, so please, no snacking on your plants. This is often sold under an array of incorrect names, mentioned above.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":19471650783319,"sku":"11560","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Gloriosa-simplex.i-11560.s-68308.r-1.jpg?v=1790794413"},{"product_id":"gaillardia-aestivalis-glitz-n-glamour","title":"Gaillardia aestivalis Glitz n Glamour","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf you're like us, you've tried many different gaillardias through the years, but we were pleased to introduce in 2019, the star of 30 years of trials. Gaillardia 'Glitz 'n Glamour' is a seed strain with incredible flower power that came to us via Wade Roitsch of the now shuttered Yucca Do Nursery, who found this growing wild in Austin County, Texas. Gaillardia 'Glitz 'n Glamour' forms a 26\" tall x 4' wide patch of stems that start flowering for us in May and continue to be smothered in 3\" wide pure \u003ca title=\"See more yellow flowers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/yellow-flowers-gold-flowers\"\u003eyellow flowers\u003c\/a\u003e until frost...a true bee and butterfly magnet. We usually kill blanket flowers in our wet, humid summers, but this drought-loving Gaillardia aestivalis selection even sailed through our 2018 wettest year on record, however, we still recommend planting it in a very sunny location with excellent drainage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWatch our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_IUSbu9Snok?si=fZoPa01qm5_nht_o\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePlant Spotlight\u003c\/a\u003e video for more information. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29452869632087,"sku":"15525","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Gaillardia-aestivalis-Glitz-n-Glamour.i-15525.s-66434.r-1.jpg?v=1790595177"},{"product_id":"gladiolus-firedance","title":"Gladiolus Firedance","description":"\u003cp\u003eGladiolus 'Firedance' is a 1968 heirloom glad with 40\" tall stalks of rusty orange flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40471204397143,"sku":"17873","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Gladiolus-Firedance.i-17873.s-67555.r-1_f08d9837-de1f-47aa-86de-c9057638c516.jpg?v=1791486473"},{"product_id":"galanthus-elwesii-var-monostictus","title":"Galanthus elwesii var monostictus","description":"\u003cp\u003eGalanthus elwesii var. monostictus is a Turkish native snowdrop and one of the easiest and most durable ones we grow. For us, Galanthus elwesii var. monostictus forms dense clumps of 1' tall flower stalks, that start for us in early November and continue through December, followed by wide, glaucous foliage. In late spring the foliage begins to die back and goes dormant for the summer and fall. Until the mid-1990s, this was mistakenly cultivated as Galanthus caucasicus. It is also similar, but larger than Galanthus alpinus.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40611243294807,"sku":"16958","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Galanthus-elwesii-var-monostictus.i-16958.s-67511.r-1.jpg?v=1779465289"},{"product_id":"galphimia-glauca","title":"Galphimia glauca","description":"\u003cp\u003eNative to the dry mountainside forests of southern Mexico, and south to Guatemala, Galphimia glauca is surprisingly winter hardy for us here in Zone 7b\/8a. For us, it makes an amazing fall-flowering perennial, that's virtually unknown in most gardening circles. Our four-year-old specimen, which dies to the ground each winter, returns in spring to reach 6' tall x 9' wide by fall. In warmer winter climates, it remains evergreen. Starting for us in late September and continuing until frost, the drought-loving clumps are topped with hundreds of terminal spikes of brilliant yellow flowers. In addition to being beautifully ornamental, golden showers is also valued for its use to treat inflammation, diarrhea, malaria, and stomach ailments. We swear, we didn't make up the common name, which also has rather different connotations.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41907023052887,"sku":"18016","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Galphimia-glauca.i-18016.s-68166.r-1_e102d529-dc1c-408b-9907-c60b99a2b3bc.jpg?v=1792149909"},{"product_id":"graptosedum-vera-higgins","title":"Graptosedum Vera Higgins","description":"\u003cp\u003exGraptosedum is quite an oddity...a bigeneric (think, humans x gorillas) hybrid between the South American Graptopetalum paraguayense and Sedum stahlii, from southern Mexico. This fascinating evergreen succulent has thrived outdoors in our region for a decade, so it's time to share. xGraptosedum 'Vera Higgins' makes a clump of jelly bean-like leaves that are cinnamon grey. The foliage color varies with the amount of sun. It's namesake, the late British botanist, Vera Higgins (1892-1968), was an internationally renown expert on cactus and succulents. Good drainage, especially in the winter months is the key to success.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42450489966679,"sku":"18352","price":16.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Graptosedum-Vera-Higgins.i-18352.s-68309.r-1_249e241b-50b4-47d0-89ac-0c465ce96d48.jpg?v=1783602840"},{"product_id":"galanthus-mt-everest","title":"Galanthus Mt Everest","description":"\u003cp\u003eGalanthus 'Mt. Everest' is truly an amazing introduction in an already crowded field of snowdrops. This Galanthus elwesii hybrid (possibly with Galanthus plicatus), appeared as a seedling for Holland's Kwekerij De Schullhorn. For us, it emerges in late January with wide glaucous leaves that serve as an ample background for the very large (for a galanthus) white flowers. This is a fast-multiplying selection, so it makes a superb garden specimen.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42450493702231,"sku":"18598","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Galanthus-Mt-Everest.i-18598.s-68492.r-1.jpg?v=1780576514"},{"product_id":"galanthus-nivalis-viridapice","title":"Galanthus nivalis Viridapice","description":"\u003cp\u003eGalanthus nivalis 'Viridapice' is an industry standard, a century after its original discovery in the Northern Holland in the 1920s. The upright growth habit, and good vigor make this a great garden performer. Starting for us in late February\/early March, the clumps are adorned with white flowers, each tipped in green, which compliments the green calyx.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42570319069271,"sku":"2504","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Galanthus-nivalis-Viridapice.i-2504.s-68493.r-1.jpg?v=1788987002"},{"product_id":"galanthus-s-arnott","title":"Galanthus S Arnott","description":"\u003cp\u003eGalanthus 'S. Arnott' is another superb snowdrop for garden performance that's prospered in cultivation for more than a century. It was originally introduced to English plant explorer, Henry Elwes by Scottish gardener, Sam Arnott, in the early 1920s. For us, starting in early February, it produces an abundance 1' tall stalks, tipped with white bells, with the central cup tipped green. 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