Re: new plants
> I couldn't resist a 40% off sale at a local nursery recently and
> brought home four shrubs and four perennials. Two of the shrubs I had been
> looking for anyway (great excuse), the Wine and Roses Weigela and Henry's
> Garnet sweetspire (Itea virginica), but I wound up getting a Viburnum juddi
> and a lilac with the strangest foliage (more like that of a threadleaf
> coreopsis!) called Syringa lacinata. Does anyone have information about any
> of these?
Hi Susan,
Sounds like you and I were out at the same place this past week! :)
I went twice, and each time I spent way too much money (actually, it
wasn't too bad at 40% off!)
I also picked up Syringa laciniata, although I'm not sure what I'll
do with it. It's supposed to get 6-8' high and I'd guess that it
likes sun (although I hope it'll be like S. meyeri and tolerate a
fair amount of shade without legginess). Here's some photos that
I found online:
http://www.bcc.orst.edu/hort228/syla1.htm
http://www.bcc.orst.edu/hort228/syla2.htm
http://www.bcc.orst.edu/hort228/syla3.htm
Sounds like it's hardy to zone 4, too.
V. x juddii is a cross between V. carlesii and V. bitchiuense. To
me it looks very similar to V. carlesii (although less open) but
boasts much stronger disease resistance. It reaches 6-8', and the
flowers are almost exactly like those of V. carlesii.
Here's my list of goodies:
Tricyrtis x miazaka 'White Towers'
Tricyrtis hirta
Tricyrtis (unknown variegated form) (3)
Begonia grandis (5)
Ilex glabra 'Shamrock' (2)
Myrica pensylvanica
Abutilon 'Clemantime'
Brugmansia versicolor 'Peach Chandelier'
Rhododendron mucronulatum
Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet'
Viburnum nudum 'Winterthur'
Rubus arcticus
Penstemon heterophyllus 'Blue Springs'
Hakonechla macra 'Albo-striata'
Schizophragma hydrangeoides 'Brookside Little Leaf'
Campanula punctata 'Cherry Bells'
Stachys 'Helenolon Stein' (not sure about the name; hard to read)
Saxifraga veitchiana
Salvia officinalis 'Tricolor'
Saxifraga stolonifera
Tiarella spp. (I lost the tag and can't remember what it was -- ARGH!)
Now to just find homes for them all... :)
Chris
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