{"title":"Plants that start with 'R'","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"rudbeckia-maxima","title":"Rudbeckia maxima","description":"\u003cp\u003eRudbeckia maxima is an overlooked drought-tolerant native that can be found from Arkansas to Texas, growing in seasonally moist roadside ditches alongside old tires, beer cans, and cigarette butts. The research into whether the abundance of motor oil in these sites is actually essential for plant growth has been inconclusive. This unique giant black-eyed Susan has a deciduous basal rosette of waxy blue foliage resembling a collard (that's sort of like a cabbage to you northern folks). In late spring through early summer, the flower stalks rise to over 7' tall. At the top of each stalk are 2-3\" wide, brown-centered, yellow daisies...WOW! After flowering, we leave the seed stalks as a delicacy for goldfinches.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eMaintenance:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn the garden, it's a low maintenance perennial. We prefer to cut the old flower stalks back after the seed has dispersed, since they are free bird seed prior to that time. The old foliage will stay evergreen in mild winters, but if they die back or become tattered in winter, it's no problem to cut them to the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing Conditions:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eGiant Black-eyed Susan can tolerate a wide range of garden conditions from very dry slopes to standing water. This wide range of moisture tolerances makes it a perfect rain garden plant. As far as light, it prefers full sun for 6+ hours. While it will grow with less light, the tall flower stalk simply won't remain upright, and in even lower light, the plant probably won't flower.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eGarden Value:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThere are few plants that provide the floral height that comes with as little bulk. This makes it easy to combine with other taller perennials. The blue foliage adds a lovely color to the garden, even when they aren't in flower.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eNatural Impact:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe flowers attract an array of butterflies and bees. As we mentioned above, the seed heads are both a great perch and food for songbirds.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWatch our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6MYeEXEakMc?si=nVS32wXsxdVmku2t\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePlant Spotlight\u003c\/a\u003e video for more information. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21000261829,"sku":"355","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Rudbeckia-maxima.i-355.s-67690.r-1_70cda8e9-7167-454f-ad7d-eaf21d775ba7.jpg?v=1776780812"},{"product_id":"rubus-pentalobus-emerald-carpet","title":"Rubus pentalobus Emerald Carpet","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Rubus hayata-koidzumii, Rubus calycinoides, Rubus 'Formosan Carpet') We probably get as many requests for Rubus 'Emerald Carpet' as any plant we grow. Where else could you find a durable, evergreen, beautifully-textured groundcover that takes sun or shade? The answer...Taiwan. This selection was made at the University of British Columbia from seed collected by Dick Pearson from the alpine forests (9500' elevation) of Mt. Hehuan in central Taiwan. Thick, heavily textured, sandpaper-like foliage adorns fuzzy creeping stems (5' wide in 3 years). At the onset of cool nights in fall, the foliage of Rubus 'Emerald Carpet' turns a wonderful raspberry color. The small \u003ca title=\"More white flowers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/white-flowers-cream-flowers\"\u003ewhite flowers\u003c\/a\u003e are insignificant, but that's okay.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eNomenclature:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMany folks now list Rubus pentalobus 'Emerald Carpet' as a selection of Rubus rolfei, which it actually keys to, if you use the poor quality key in Flora of China. When you use the much more accurate Flora of Taiwan key, it keys to Rubus pentalobus. Rubus pentalobus has leaves that are 2-5.5 cm (.8\" to 2.5\") wide x 2-6 cm (.8\" to 2.5\") wide, where Rubus rolfsii has much larger leaves that are 5-10 cm (2\"-4\")wide x 6-12 cm (2.5\" x 4.75\") wide.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21000534405,"sku":"729","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Rubus-pentalobus-Emerald-Carpet.i-729.s-4736.r-1.jpg?v=1792089026"},{"product_id":"rohdea-japonica","title":"Rohdea japonica","description":"\u003cp\u003eRohdea japonica is a highly-prized, tropical-looking, Asian native that mimics the appearance of an evergreen hosta. The 1' long x 2\" wide, thick, dark green leaves form an upright vase-shaped clump to 2' wide in 10 years. Late in the season, the insignificant flowers produce attractive short stalks of red berries that persist through the winter at the base of the plant. When used en masse, rohdeas are a dynamite evergreen winter interest addition to the deep shade garden. We have masses of Rohdea japonica growing at the base of giant black walnut trees...can you say tough?\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21000867269,"sku":"1088","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Rohdea-japonica.i-1088.s-64057.r-1_f057fbdd-ecaf-465b-ac9f-5f785eda7da5.jpg?v=1791307235"},{"product_id":"rosmarinus-officinalis-arp","title":"Rosmarinus officinalis Arp","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Salvia rosmarinus) Discovered by the late Madalene Hill in Arp, Texas, this rosemary was sent to the folks at the US National Arboretum, who were so taken after it survived -10 degrees F that they released it under the name 'Arp'. This grey-green, clump-former has typical fine-textured foliage, a wonderful fragrance, and (thanks to my wife) makes some fine rosemary chicken. Rosmarinus 'Arp' is the best grower for us in the South through both summer and winter. Beginning in the fall and continuing through the spring, the deer-resistant clump is adorned with dark blue hummingbird feeding flowers...our 8-year-old specimen is 7' tall and 10' across and survived 0 degrees F...WOW!\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21000995205,"sku":"1268","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Rosmarinus-officinalis-Arp.i-1268.s-19569.r-1.jpg?v=1790860177"},{"product_id":"ruscus-aculeatus-wheelers","title":"Ruscus aculeatus Wheelers","description":"\u003cp\u003eRuscus aculeatus is an odd Eurasian poet's laurel relative that forms a clump composed of spiny, dark evergreen foliage held rigidly along the 54\" tall, upright green stems. The clump is adorned by bright red berries in early fall and winter. Our first plant came from Elizabeth Lawrence's old Raleigh garden after the home had been used as a fraternity house for 30 years...that's one tough plant. A conversation piece for collectors, Ruscus 'Wheeler's' is probably the single best plant we grow for dry shade. Our 8-year-old clumps are now 4.5' tall. Ruscus 'Wheeler's' is a self-fruiting form (without benefit of a sexual partner) of a normally dioecious plant. If that's not enough, it is foraged as an edible asparagus substitute, the seed are ground to make coffee, and a root extract is used to treat varicose veins and hemorrhoids. And you don't have one yet...why?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWatch our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/E92UjsfBhjY?si=7BcRRg3T0YAvaMD6\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePlant Spotlight video\u003c\/a\u003e for more information. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21001054341,"sku":"1371","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Ruscus-aculeatus-Wheelers.i-1371.s-60906.r-1_2de1b073-a985-495e-86f8-4662b9c9b25d.jpg?v=1792005870"},{"product_id":"rhodophiala-bifida-hill-country-red","title":"Rhodophiala bifida Hill Country Red","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Hippeastrum advenum, Zephyranthes bifida) Rhodophiala bifida is a delightful, easy-to-grow Argentine amaryllis relative and one of the most outstanding and durable bulbs for southeastern gardens. Multiplying steadily, Rhodophiala bifida remains evergreen through the winter, finally going dormant in late spring. Beginning in late summer or early fall, the 15\" stalks arise from nowhere, each topped with a cluster of stunning, carmine-red, horizontally-facing, habranthus-like flowers...a superb garden surprise toward the end of the season! In 2011, a group of major bulb experts and growers voted to name the old Texas heirloom clone Rhodophiala bifida 'Hill Country Red'.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21025079557,"sku":"3014","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Rhodophiala-bifida-Hill-Country-Red.i-3014.s-62960.r-1.jpg?v=1788466462"},{"product_id":"rhynchospora-colorata","title":"Rhynchospora colorata","description":"\u003cp\u003e(syn: Dichromena colorata) From the savannah and marsh regions of coastal Virginia through Florida comes this truly bizarre member of the sedge family. The slowly spreading patches (3' wide in 2 years) of Rhynchospora colorata are composed of sedge-like foliage until mid-May (NC), when the 15\" stalks are topped with spectacular white bracts (modified leaves) that surround the tiny flowers. While rhynchospora will prosper in all but the driest of garden soils, it prefers a moist boggy site, right beside the leaking water garden pool. If you've got a horticultural know-it-all nearby, I bet a white-top sedge will fool them! We previously offered this clone as Rhynchospora latifolia, which is the name we obtained it under, but have concluded it to actually be Rhynchospora colorata...apologies.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21026117829,"sku":"4757","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Rhynchospora-colorata.i-4757.s-64527.r-1.jpg?v=1790083731"},{"product_id":"remusatia-pumila-mini-mask","title":"Remusatia pumila Mini Mask","description":"\u003cp\u003eShoulda, coulda, woulda been an elephant ear. Remusatia is one of those splinter groups of fundamentalist \u003ca title=\"Read all about elephant ears\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/blogs\/articles\/elephant-ears-bulbs-colocasia-plant\"\u003eelephant ears\u003c\/a\u003e that broke off from the genus Colocasia over differences in reproductive philosophy. Remusatia pumila 'Mini Mask' is a Plant Delights\/JLBG introduction with a particularly dark face on each 8\" long x 5\" wide leaf. Each leaf is highlighted by muted silver veins and a dark purple blush to the leaf back. Remusatia pumila is a slowly stoloniferous species that makes a 4' wide non-invasive mound in 5 years. The plant is made up of 14\" tall leaf stalks that emerge in mid-June. In early summer, the spiky, fragrant, yellow flowers are produced inside the leaf canopy. In the wild, Remusatia pumila grows in humus-like soil and occasionally as an epiphyte.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21026548933,"sku":"5186","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Remusatia-pumila-Mini-Mask.i-5186.s-62308.r-1_2ff64fec-cab6-4caa-8828-1d22d74b9a50.jpg?v=1791234079"},{"product_id":"rostrinucula-dependens","title":"Rostrinucula dependens","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the truly great WHATZAT plants of the fall garden, that results in more questions than anything else is Rostrinucula dependens. Little known outside its native haunts in Shaanxi, China and south to Yunnan, this deciduous shrub to 4' tall is adorned with flaking brown bark and acts as a dieback perennial in the northern parts of its hardiness zone. It remains obscure until late summer and into early fall, when the long pendent, branched flower racemes emerge, giving the overall effect of a miniature cascading pink waterfall. The tiny pink flowers, which are a favorite of native bees, open each day as the floral display travels slowly down the long flower spike, finally ending in mid-October. Rostrinucula is easy to grow in part day sun and average to dry soils. If plants are not cut back in fall, seedlings will appear underneath it in spring.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21026751365,"sku":"5420","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Rostrinucula-dependens.i-5420.s-68666.r-1.jpg?v=1792095018"},{"product_id":"ruscus-aculeatus-elizabeth-lawrence","title":"Ruscus aculeatus Elizabeth Lawrence","description":"\u003cp\u003eRuscus aculeatus 'Elizabeth Lawrence' is a dwarf, hermaphroditic (satisfies itself sexually) \u003ca title=\"ruscus (butcher's broom) for sale\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/ruscus\"\u003ebutcher's broom\u003c\/a\u003e that came from the garden of the late NC garden writer Elizabeth Lawrence. Lawrence obtained the plant from her friend Mr. Krippendorf, who obtained it from the original discoverer, the UK's Clarence Elliott in 1955. This tightly compact form of Ruscus aculeatus eventually makes a 2' tall x 2' wide clump after 10 years. The thick, upright stems are adorned with spiny green cladodes (leaf wannabes) and highlighted by large numbers of glossy, bright red fruit from summer through late spring...a superb winter interest plant. Our plants are 4-5 years old from a seed strain that seems virtually identical to the parent. Although a fabulous, indestructible plant, this is never going to make it big with the petunia and pansy crowd that shop at Wal-Mart.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWatch our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/a2TjQX7Ztoc\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePlant Spotlight\u003c\/a\u003e video for more information.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21027077829,"sku":"5932","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Ruscus-aculeatus-Elizabeth-Lawrence.i-5932.s-66034.r-1.jpg?v=1791307299"},{"product_id":"ruellia-elegans-ragin-cajun","title":"Ruellia elegans Ragin Cajun","description":"\u003cp\u003eRuellia elegans is an amazing plant with a large native range from Chile to Brazil. While some of the selections in the trade are not winter hardy, we have been thrilled with Ruellia 'Ragin' Cajun'. Our 3-year-old deciduous clumps are now 4' tall x 8' wide...what we call in the South, \"big honkers.\" Ruellia 'Ragin' Cajun' is topped from June through frost with terminal clusters of 5-petaled, bright scarlet-red flowers. For us, this has proven amazingly easy to grow but performs best in rich moist soils. Our plants came from Logee's via Dupont Nursery.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21028816453,"sku":"8832","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Ruellia-elegans-Ragin-Cajun.i-8832.s-61345.r-1.jpg?v=1782234912"},{"product_id":"rudbeckia-auriculata","title":"Rudbeckia auriculata","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere's a fabulous and rare US native plant that you're not likely to run into at your neighborhood garden center. The giant, bold-textured Rudbeckia auriculata is endemic to a small region in southeastern Alabama and adjacent Florida and Georgia. Our plants are asexually propagated from plants we received from the Atlanta Botanic Garden, originally from a population in Webster County, Georgia. Rudbeckia auriculata grows alongside pitcher plants in moist, sunny sites, but can also be found in alkaline seeps. In the garden, Rudbeckia auriculata grows fine for us in typical garden soils where it produces 8' tall, joe pye weed-like stalks that branch toward the top. The branches are then topped with clusters of 2-3\" golden orange flowers in August and September. In rich soils, Rudbeckia auriculata can lean like the Tower of Pisa, so it's best used at the back of the border where it can find support as needed.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21029172037,"sku":"9404","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Rudbeckia-auriculata.i-9404.s-66386.r-1_d593ec95-bcc7-4383-9e35-3278c16a08ca.jpg?v=1790883614"},{"product_id":"rudbeckia-umbrosa","title":"Rudbeckia umbrosa","description":"\u003cp\u003eRudbeckia umbrosa is another wonderful, easy-to-grow native perennial that is almost non-existent in horticulture. Native from the Carolinas west to Missouri, Rudbeckia umbrosa can be found in low, damp woodlands. In our garden, we have found it equally adaptable in dry sand in full sun on unirrigated banks. Our five-year-old patch has spread to 4' wide, composed of fuzzy green basal foliage that gives rise in late summer to 30\" tall branched stalks of 2\" golden orange daisies...just wonderful! Our offerings are from Washington County, Missouri plants thanks to the Shaw Nature Reserve.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21029529221,"sku":"9719","price":16.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Rudbeckia-umbrosa.i-9719.s-62562.r-1.jpg?v=1791485801"},{"product_id":"rohdea-japonica-miho-no-matsu","title":"Rohdea japonica Miho no Matsu","description":"\u003cp\u003eOh for those who have lusted in their hearts. For years, we coveted the Japanese Rohdea 'Miho-no-Matsu', but alas both finding and affording one took several decades. Now we are able to share another of these stunning woodland collector plants. The sturdy, 1' long, evergreen leaves arch outward to form a 1' tall x 2' wide clump. Each leaf is heavily banded vertically with cream and a number of chartreuse shades. When the clumps are mature, the central streaked dragon ridge will begin appearing in the new foliage. 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Developed by Hermann Kiese and Johann Christoph Schmidt, and released in 1906, this scrambling multiflora-type rose is the star of our spring open house weekends, thanks to former garden curator, James Stevenson. We've been asked for a source for over twenty years, so we decided to propagate a few to share. The glossy-green disease-resistant foliage adorns the 12' tall scrambler. Starting for us in late April, the thornless stems are laden with masses of 2.5\" wide, semi-double, lightly-fragrant, rosy-pink flowers...well deserving of the common name, Thousand Beauties Rose. 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In cultivation, this new false petunia forms a 16\" tall x 3' wide, deciduous clump, topped for us from mid-June through late summer with 1.5\" wide rich lavender flowers. We hope you'll join us in growing and preserving this rare and exciting plant.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39536676175959,"sku":"16728","price":17.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Ruellia-sp-Humility.i-16728.s-66705.r-1_46d2d879-d6a7-4453-83f9-437ee93ee461.jpg?v=1791486284"},{"product_id":"rudbeckia-deamii-american-gold-rush-pp-28498","title":"Rudbeckia deamii American Gold Rush PP 28498","description":"\u003cp\u003eRudbeckia 'American Gold Rush' is a Brent Horvath introduction of a disease-resistant selection of the North American native (Ohio through Illinois) Rudbeckia deamii. 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