Primula beesiana

Candelabra Primrose

Family: Primulaceae (Primrose Family)

       

·        Hardiness Zones:  4-7

·        Height: 16-20 inches

·        Spread: 8-12 inches

·        Bloom Time: June to July

·        Bloom: tiers of reddish-pink flowers

·        Light: part shade to full shade

·        Soil: best in organically rich, well-drained soil

·        Moisture: medium to wet

·        Use: shade or woodland garden; attracts bees and butterflies

·        Care: low maintenance; will self-seed if not deadheaded; clumps can be easily divided in spring

·        Concerns: no serious insect or disease problems

·        Native to: mountain meadows of China

·        Notes: light green foliage in low rosette at ground level

·        Supplier: The Flower Factory

·        Teaching Garden Location & Code: Shade Garden F199

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Polystichum makinoi

Makino’s Holly Fern

Family: Dryopteridaceae (Wood Fern Family)

       

·        Hardiness Zones:  5-9

·        Height: 20-30 inches

·        Spread: 24-30 inches

·        Bloom Time:

·        Bloom: non-flowering

·        Light: part shade to full shade

·        Soil: prefers a rich soil

·        Moisture: average to moist

·        Use: woodland garden, shade garden or shady areas of borders, wild or native plant garden; under trees

·        Care: low maintenance; trip back old fronds in late winter or spring

·        Concerns: no serious insect or disease problems

·        Native to: China and Japan

·        Notes: tidy, non-spreading mound of arching, triangular fronds that are dark green ad glossy

·        Supplier: The Flower Factory

·        Teaching Garden Location & Code: Shade Garden F209

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Picea glauca ‘Blue Planet”

Alberta White Spruce ‘Blue Planet”

Family: Pinaceae (Pine Family)

       
  

·        Hardiness Zones:  2-8

·        Height: 8 inches in 10 years

·        Spread: 8 inches in 10 years

·        Bloom Time:

·        Bloom:

·        Light: full sun

·        Soil: average, well-drained

·        Moisture: medium

·        Use: rock garden or trough garden

·        Care: low maintenance

·        Concerns: no serious insect or disease problems

·        Native to: a miniature Witch's Broom found on a plant of Picea glauca 'Echiniformis' in Germany

·        Notes: miniature, bun-shaped with bright blue coloration and tiny needles; grows .5 to 1 inch a year; deer resistant

·        Supplier: Klehm's Song Sparrow

·        Teaching Garden Location & Code: Rock Garden C255

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Armeria maritima ‘Bloodstone’

Sea Thrift ‘Bloodstone’

Family: Plumbaginaceae (Plumbago Family)

       

·        Hardiness Zones:  3-9

·        Height: 6 inches

·        Spread: 12 inches

·        Bloom Time: June to August

·        Bloom: rose-red balls

·        Light: full sun

·        Soil: best in infertile, well-drained soil

·        Moisture: dry; do not tolerate moist soil

·        Use: alpine or rock garden, edging; attracts butterflies and hummingbirds; salt tolerant

·        Care: deadhead to promote additional blooms

·        Concerns: no serious insect or disease problems

·        Native to: species native to mountains and temperate coastal areas of the northern hemisphere, especially northern Europe, from northern California to Iceland to Siberia

·        Notes: dense, mounded tuft of evergreen grass-like spiked green leaves; deer and rabbit resistant

·        Supplier: The Flower Factory

·        Teaching Garden Location & Code: Rock Garden C258

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