AND ALPINE, ROCK GARDEN AND RARE PLANTS  

Each month a different set of two or three of our favorite plants will be spotlighted complete with a temporary price reduction.  A time limit will apply for ordering at that price, but the shipping date will be up to you. 

Here are 3 featured plants for March:

Ypsilandra tibetica   A recent find from China, this evergreen perennial is in the Liliaceae family like Heloniopsis.  The lanceolate pale green leaves, up to five inches long, make a rosette  from which the flower stalk appears, extending from five inches to 18 inches as the flowers mature.  The flower color changes from pale lilac to cream.  3 1/2  $6.00     Special  $5.00

Buxus microphylla var. japonica ‘Morris Midget’.  From USDA (United States Department of Agriculture). Has a compact, rounded habit  to 10 - 12 inches tall but should develop faster than ‘Kingsville’. The edges of the 5/8" leaves role under giving the plant an interesting texture. Foliage apple green in spring turning to rose and golden tan in the winter. .  Z5/S/PT/EV/                                                        Medium Band  $6.50,   Special  $5.50               Tall Band $8.50   Special $7.50

Zenobia pulverulenta, [Ericaceae] North Carolina to Florida.  A rounded mound with graceful arching, slender branches.  Most notable for its handsome bluish-green foliage which turns yellow in the fall.  Clusters of 3/8 inch wide, urn-shaped white flowers appear in May and June.  Does best in acid, moist, well drained soils, in the sun.  In late winter we prune back last years flowering stalks to the newer growth.  "One of the most beautiful and most neglected of the early summer flowering shrubs.    Z5-9/S/pt   Gal  $15.00   Special  $12.00
 

 

                                        Rhododendron phaeochitum                                Bovees # V80

Revised March 8, 2009