Perennials & Biennials
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Helleborus foetidus Bear’s foot Z 5-8
Nodding chartreuse cups with purple accents emerge in March-April from evergreen, palmate foliage. Like a Robin - the 1st sign of spring.
Nodding chartreuse cups with purple accents emerge in March-April from evergreen, palmate foliage. Like a Robin – the 1st sign of spring.
Size: 12-24" x 18-24"
Care: full to part shade in well-drained to moist well-drained soil.
Native: W. Europe
Awards: Great Plant Pick Award from Elisabeth Carey Miller Botanical Garden; England’s Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit.
Size: Deer and rabbit resistantThe name Helleborus is Greek from hellein meaning “to kill” and bora meaning “food” referring to the plant’s poisonous qualities if eaten. Foetidus because crushed leaves are malodorous, but the flowers are sweetly fragrant. In gardens before 1753. In 1876 it was a “well known old-fashioned plant…” The Garden.
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Helleborus niger Christmas rose, Black hellebore Z 5-8 POISON
Outfacing, white, waxy cup-shaped flowers resembling single roses in late winter, evergreen leaves.
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Outfacing, white, waxy cup-shaped flowers resembling single roses in late winter, evergreen leaves.
Size: 12-20” x 12”
Care: part shade in moist well-drained soil
Native: rocky places in Europe
Awards: Received Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit.The name Helleborus is Greek from hellein meaning “to kill” and bora meaning “food” referring to the plant’s poisonous qualities if placed in food. This species is ancient – known as long ago as 300 BC in Greece where it “purged and cured the mad or melancholicke daughters of Praetus with the roots thereof.” (Parkinson, 1629) Grown in the Eichstätt Garden, the garden of Johann Konrad von Gemmingen, prince bishop of Eichstätt in Bavaria, c. 1600. In Middle Ages petals thrown on floor to drive out evil and ward off power of witches. English herbalist John Gerard (1545-1612) strangely recommended it for curing poisoned animals. Sorcerers made themselves invisible by tossing the powdered plant in the air.
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Helleborus orientalis Lenten rose Z 4-9 POISON
Creamy white to pink, waxy saucers (by 1900 purple varieties too) in early spring, evergreen foliage.
Creamy white to pink, waxy saucers (by 1900 purple varieties too) in early spring, evergreen foliage.
Size: 12” x 12”
Care: moist humusy soil in full to part shade.
Native: Asia Minor
Wildlife Value: Deer and rabbit resistant.
Awards: Missouri Botanic Garden Plant of Merit.The name Helleborus is Greek from hellein meaning “to kill” and bora meaning “food” referring to the plant’s poisonous qualities. This species was identified by Dioscorides in De Materica Medica for medicinal uses around 70 A.D. According to folklore witches summon demons with this. Favorite plant of Gertrude Jekyll (1848-1931) mother of the mixed perennial border, planted with Daphne shrubs and Dog tooth violet in her personal garden at Munstead Wood.
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Hemerocallis ‘Hyperion’
Midsummer, fragrant lemon yellow trumpets
Midsummer, fragrant lemon yellow trumpets
Size: 36" x 12"
Care: Sun, moist well-drained soil. Drought tolerant.Hybrid origin, bred in 1925 and still popular today.
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Hemerocallis ‘Peachy Sunshine’ Z 4-9
Wavy-edged, peachy-pink petals form a 6-pointed star with a yellow throat as sunny as Bob’s disposition. Blooms late mid-season
Wavy-edged, peachy-pink petals form a 6-pointed star with a yellow throat as sunny as Bob’s disposition. Blooms late mid-season
Size: 30-35” tall, flowers 6 1/2” across
Tetraploid hybridized by Robert Koehne in 2013, only a seedling when Bob passed (1971-2014)
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Hemerocallis ‘Tomato’ Bob’s Tetraploid Daylily ‘Tomato’ Z 4-9
Self daylily with fat, round petals resembling rich, ripe red polished tomatoes with a hint of sparkle, deepening toward the throat. Mid-season bloom.
Self daylily with fat, round petals resembling rich, ripe red polished tomatoes with a hint of sparkle, deepening toward the throat. Mid-season bloom.
Size: 32-38” tall, flowers 6” across
Wildlife Value: Pollen attracts and feeds bees, some hawkmoths, some butterflies and hummingbirds.Tetraploid hybridized by Robert Koehne in 2013, only a seedling when Bob passed (1971-2014)
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Hemerocallis ‘Baby Cheeks’
Ruffled margins encircle its broad recurve petals, the color of baby’s cheeks setting off a primrose yellow throat.
Tetraploid daylily. Our own hybrid. Flowers in July.
Ruffled margins encircle its broad recurve petals, the color of baby’s cheeks setting off a primrose yellow throat.Size: 20-30” tall
Care: Full sunOur own hybrid
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Hemerocallis ‘Candy Corn” Z 4-9
Tetraploid Daylily. Broad peach fading to yellow ruffled edges. Sepals shorter than petals, Golden center. Blooms in July.
Tetraploid Daylily. Broad peach fading to yellow ruffled edges. Sepals shorter than petals, Golden center. Blooms in July.
Size: 28-36” tall. Blossom 4.5” across
Care: sun in most any soilTetraploid Daylily. Broad peach fading to yellow ruffled edges. Sepals shorter than petals, Golden center. Blooms in July.
