21 April 2009

Plant Yourself

Thought I'd share some plants I like from recent catalogues* Enjoy!  

Flowering Almond  

Silk Tree  

Variegated Red Twig Dogwood  

Beauty of Moscow Lilac  

Black Knight Butterfly Bush  

In contrast to the Black Knight: Kaleidoscope Butterfly Bush

  

Beni Kaze Japanese Forest Grass  

Japanese Painted Fern  

Red Hens and Chicks  

Hardy Olive Tree 

How cool would it be to grow your own olives (outside of the Mediterranean, that is)?

  

Climbing Shell Plant  

Dazzler Candy Lily  

Egret Flower  

Ruby Cloud Astrantia  

Laced Romeo Carnation 

Sadly no mention of a scent.  

Isaac House Hybrid Scabiosa  

White Feather Hosta 

Really unusual!  

Burning Hearts Dicentra  

Striped Cobra Lily  

Deluxe Toad Lily Mix 

Really into the toad lilies lately. Going to have to look into planting a few. 

 

Raspberry Mousse Toad Lily  

Apple Blossom Everblooming Begonias

   

Bee Balm Blue Shades Mixture  

Purple Pillow Geranium  

Peruvian Lily Mona Lisa  

Switzerland Begonia  

Chocolate Cosmos 

Looks pretty and smells like chocolate? Where do I sign up? 

 

Landini Lily  

Anneke Calla Lily  

I'm a fan of Columbine aka Aquilegia. William Guiness Columbine

   

Double Red and White Winky Columbine

   

Butterfly Amaryllis  

I love dahlias but I don't grow them as they're a little high maintenance for me right now. I expect to eventually inherit my mom's collection, though.  

Rebecca's World  

Procyon  

Way of Life Dahlia  

Crazy Love Dahlia  

Rembrandt Dahlia Blue Star Dahlia  

Tree Dahlia  

Sherbet Cocktail(R) Phlox *Note: I'm not endorsing these companies. I just was intrigued by what I saw in their catalogues and thought you might be too :)

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1 comment:

bella said...

I love the flowering almonds, and am hoping to find a place to put one at my home some day. The red twig dogwood is very unusual, but I like it.