Select Alaska Hardy Perennials, Page 2

Select Alaska Hardy® Perennials -- Page 2

Note for 2008: Please note that prices are now $6.00 for 4-inch size containers, $8.25 for 6-inch pots and $9.25 for one-gallon sized containers. All of our perennial plant pages will be updated shortly with new information and will be much more comprehensive. Thank you and happy gardening!

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Partial sun-shade.

Full shade.

Cimicifuga (Snakeroot)

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Ramosa ‘Hillside Black Beauty’ is new and probably the darkest purplish/black foliage. The flowers are fragrant, foot-long bottlebrush, white with a blush of pink. A definite collector’s plant.

Zone: 4
Location:
Height: 4-7 feet
Price: $20.00

Clematis (Vine)

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Vines were our number 2 best seller in 2003. We’re happy to offer 11 hardy clematis this year. Our printed plant list/catalogue has a full list plus growing information. An old Alaskan favorite ‘Jackmanii’ is pictured.

Zone: 3-4
Location:
Height: Vine
Price: $12.00

Corydalis elata (Fumitory)

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Upright habit, critically cobalt blue, fragrant, you’ll be the envy of your friends in the lower 48 as this plant prefers our cooler summers. Starts blooming in summer and keeps on blooming until fall. Corydalis+hosta+aconitum+ferns equal a perfect vignette.

Zone: 3-4
Location:
Height: 16 inches
Price: $8.50

Delphinium - (Larkspur)

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No Alaskan garden should be without these plants! The Pacific Giant hybrids often reach 12 feet. Almost any color and towering spikes of flowers up to 24 inches present a spectacular display in the gardens. In our gardens we mix ‘Astolat’ (pink) with ‘Black Knight’ (dark violet with dark bee) and white ‘Galahad’. Mix in a few thalictrum ‘Hewitt’s Double’ (tiny pink flowers) and enjoy. We also offer the shorter Magic Fountain series. Start staking these early and continue weekly if you want straight stems.

Zone: 3.
Location:
Height: 6 feet to 10 feet
Price: $7.50 and $8.50

Dianthus (Pinks)

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An excellent rock garden or crevice plant. Our new varieties include; D.‘Dottie’, white blooms with pink dots on petals, D.‘Pixie Star’ offers an extremely fragrant bright pink with blue-green foliage. “Neon Star’ (pictured) is a vibrant, florescent pink. See a great picture of ‘Siskin Clock’ in our Top 20 Best Sellers list.

Zone: 3
Location:
Height: 6 to 12 inches
Price: $5.00 and $7.50

Dicentra (Bleeding Heart)

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Formosa hybrid ‘Ruby Marr’ offers an abundance of blood/ruby-red small flowers on dark green foliage, 10-14 inches, blooms from spring through summer. D. ‘Macrantha’, a bit different, has yellow flowers. D. spectabilis, an old-fashioned spring greeter in pink or white flowers is outstanding combined with spring bulbs. For a trip down memory lane, combine spectabilis, any of our 24 varieties of iris and ajuga ‘Pink Surprise’. My new favorite is ‘Luxuriant’ with fern-type foliage; a shorter variety, it blooms all summer into fall and is extremely hardy. (pictured)

Zone: 2-3
Location:
Height: varies
Price: $8.50

Page 3 >> continues with Dodecatheon through Geranium.