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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