Proposal info | Date | Details |
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Proposal: new_plant Status: Approved Propid: 46720 |
May 3, 2012 8:48 AM | Genus: Paeonia Species: lactiflora Cultivar: Magenta Moon Common: Garden peony |
Coin Leaf Peperomia (Peperomia polybotrya 'Jayde') Proposal: edit_name Status: Approved Propid: 1192 |
Oct 5, 2011 3:49 PM | Pid: 181491 Genus: Peperomia Species: polybotrya Cultivar: Jayde Common:
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Closed Gentian (Gentiana andrewsii) Proposal: comment_edit Status: Approved Propid: 966 |
Oct 3, 2011 11:24 PM | Body: In zone 5, this plant blooms later in the season (late summer) and adds a beautiful blue color to the garden. It seems to grow fairly slowly, and does not spread aggressively. Does not seem to be picky about soil conditions or need frequent watering. The shape of the flower really is a unique look among other flowers blooming at the same time. Cid: 719 |
Crimson Clover (Trifolium incarnatum) Proposal: comment_edit Status: Approved Propid: 965 |
Oct 3, 2011 11:22 PM | Body: Short lived in my garden. It grows, it flowers and then it shrivels up and dies. Pretty enough to be grown as a garden flower. I love the shape and color of the flower.
Located on the north shore of Nassau County Long Island, NY zone 6/7 where it is humid in the summer. Cid: 724 |
Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Abba ll') Proposal: comment_edit Status: Approved Propid: 961 |
Oct 3, 2011 11:03 PM | Body: Abba is on it's third year with me in the Pacific Northwest. It has proven to be an easy semp to grow, is very prolific and handles both our very long rainy season and our summer drought season with no problems. Cid: 990 |
Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum arachnoideum 'Ali') Proposal: comment_edit Status: Approved Propid: 960 |
Oct 3, 2011 11:02 PM | Body: S. 'Ali' was given to me in a trade spring of last year (2010). I have not taken it through our very wet winter/spring, which was a record breaker for us. Ali had no problems with the wet, no rot and it didn't even slow it down in the production of many offsets. I consider this a very tough little semp. Cid: 992 |
Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Anne Marie') Proposal: comment_edit Status: Approved Propid: 959 |
Oct 3, 2011 10:57 PM | Body: S. 'Ann-Marie' was one of my first fuzzy type semps. She has gone through several years here at my place. In-spite of record breaking wet seasons (2011) and record breaking heat and drought she has continued to be healthy and very productive. Cid: 993 |
Winterberry Holly (Ilex verticillata 'Red Sprite') Proposal: comment_edit Status: Approved Propid: 958 |
Oct 3, 2011 10:51 PM | Body: Red Sprite is a smaller growing variety of Winterberry shrubs that sets really large berries. Fruit sets in the fall and turns a vivid red when ripe. Fruit then stays on plants all winter on the otherwise bare branches of this deciduous holly. It looks especially striking against the white of a winter snowfall. Like most hollies, Red Spite requires a male plant to be within pollinating distance of the females which are the only ones to set berries.
The fruit is eaten by many types of backyard songbirds. In my garden the berries are especially popular with Mockingbirds.
Rita on the north shore of Long Island, New York zone 6/7 where it is humid during our Long Island summers. Cid: 1026 |
Black Eyed Susans (Rudbeckia) Proposal: comment_edit Status: Approved Propid: 957 |
Oct 3, 2011 10:49 PM | Body: Black eyed susan is a common reseeder in my garden. I never know where the next plant might pop up. There are many fancy varieties available at the nurseries but no matter which type I try they all seem to reseed to the old fashioned single yellow variety. No matter as that is my favorite anyway.
Rita on the north shore of Long Island, New York zone 6/7 where it is humid during our Long Island summers. Cid: 1031 |
European Cranberrybush Viburnum (Viburnum opulus 'Xanthocarpum') Proposal: comment_edit Status: Approved Propid: 956 |
Oct 3, 2011 10:47 PM | Body: I wanted Xanthocarpum because of its unusual yellow fruit as compared to most varieties with the more common red fruits. Also the shrub really does stay much smaller than other common varieties. Another shrub that I planted for fruit to attract the backyard songbirds. As far as that goes, it has been a big failure as nothing ever eats these fruits. They hang on all winter into the spring when they just rot away.
Rita on the north shore of Long Island, New York zone 6/7 where it is humid during our Long Island summers. Cid: 1033 |
Black Eyed Susans (Rudbeckia) Proposal: comment_edit Status: Approved Propid: 955 |
Oct 3, 2011 10:45 PM | Body: Black eyed susan is a common reseeder in my garden. I never know were the next plant might pop up. There are many fancy varieties available at the nurseries but no matter which type I try they all seem to reseed to the old fashioned single yellow variety. No matter as that is my favorite anyway.
Rita on the north shore of Long Island, New York zone 6/7 where it is humid during our Long Island summers. Cid: 1031 |
Tea-Leaf Viburnum (Viburnum setigerum) Proposal: comment_edit Status: Approved Propid: 954 |
Oct 3, 2011 10:44 PM | Body: I originally planted seven shrubs of Tea Viburnum in my garden because I had read that the fruit is very attractive to overwintering Bluebirds. I have never seen a Bluebird here in my garden yet and I have had the shrubs for many years. As far as I can see nothing eats the fruit as it lasts all thru the winter and is still hanging on in the spring.
Attractive orange berries on graceful slender shrubs.
Rita on the north shore of Long Island, New York zone 6/7 where it is humid during our Long Island summers. Cid: 1034 |
American Cranberry Bush (Viburnum trilobum 'Wentworth') Proposal: comment_edit Status: Approved Propid: 953 |
Oct 3, 2011 10:39 PM | Body: Give this shrub plenty of room because it can grow really big. I don't know why they are often called highbush cranberry as they don't look like cranberries to me. Shiny red fruit in the fall which is eaten by the backyard songbirds over the winter.
Rita on the north shore of Long Island, New York zone 6/7 where it is humid during our Long Island summers. Cid: 1037 |