We all bang plants that have a personality . They are the ones that suffer out and make us take placard , and when we see them at a nursery , public garden , or in a fellow nurseryman ’s collection , they go directly onto ourwish listor into ourshoppingcart . Which unforgettable treasures will jump to mind as you heed to Danielle , Carol , and their guest muse about some of their best-loved flora with comportment ?
Expert guest : Karl Gercens is the East Conservatory Manager at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square , Pennsylvania .
Danielle’s Plants
Rose Sensation ™ put on hydrangea vine ( Schizophragmahydrangeoides‘Minsens ’ , Zones 5–9 )
Double Take Scarlet ™ flowering quince bush ( Chaenomelesspeciosa‘Scarlet Storm ’ , Zones 5–9 )
‘ Wu - La - La ’ hosta ( Hosta‘Wu - La - La ’ , Zones 3–9 )
‘ Little Honey’oakleaf hydrangea(Hydrangea quercifolia‘Little Honey ’ , Zones 4b–9 )
Carol’s Plants
‘ violent storm Cloud ’ bluestar ( Amsoniatabernaemontana‘Storm Cloud ’ , Zones 4–9 )
Kodiak ® Orange bush honeysuckle ( Diervilla× ‘ G2X88544 ’ , Zones 4–7 )
Marine heliotrope ( Heliotropiumarborescens , Zones 10–11 )
‘ Straw ’ Colorado spruce ( Piceapungens‘Straw ’ , zone 4–8 )
Expert’s Plants
Titan arum ( Amorphophallus titanium , Zones 11–12 )
Tower of jewels ( Echiumwildpretii , Zones 9–10 )
Madeira Island geranium ( Geraniummaderense , Zones 9–11 )
Wood ’s cycad ( Encephalartos woodii , Zones 10–11 )
Mule ’s metrical unit fern ( Angiopteris evecta , Zones 10–11 )
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Rose Sensation™ false hydrangea vine
Rose Sensation™ false hydrangea vine
Double Take Scarlet™ flowering quince
‘Wu-La-La’ hosta
‘Little Honey’ oakleaf hydrangea.Photo: millettephotomedia.com
‘Storm Cloud’ bluestar
Kodiak®Orange bush honeysuckle.Photo: courtesy of Proven Winners Color Choice
Marine heliotrope
‘Straw’ Colorado spruce
Titan arum.Photo: courtesy of Karl Gercens
Tower of jewels.Photo: courtesy of Karl Gercens
Madeira Island geranium.Photo: courtesy of Karl Gercens
Wood’s cycad.Photo: courtesy of Karl Gercens
Mule’s foot fern.Photo: courtesy of Karl Gercens
