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Plant List - Gardening Friends of the Big Bend - Plant Sale Extravaganza - October 6, 2018 - UF/IFAS NFREC, 155 Research Rd., Quincy

Plant Sale Extravaganza! 2018 Plant List & Descriptions

Saturday, October 6, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Mark your calendar for Saturday, October 6, 2018, for a huuuge plant sale! The Gardening Friends of the Big Bend, a non-profit organization, is sponsoring a sale of all kinds of plants ranging from rare and sought after show-stoppers to well-known and useful landscape varieties. Included will be trees, shrubs, perennials, natives, bulbs, and much, much more. See the following pages for a list and descriptions of some of the plants we are planning to offer. Quantities are limited! The Plant Sale Extravaganza will be held at the University of Florida NFREC just off SR 267 (Pat Thomas Parkway) in Quincy. This event will be free and open to the public from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the new botanical garden, “Gardens of the Big Bend”, at NFREC. What: Plant Sale Extravaganza! Held in association with the UF/IFAS NFREC Art, Garden & Farm Family Festival When: Saturday, October 6, 9:00 am to 2:00 p.m. Where: University of Florida/IFAS, North Florida Research and Education Center, off Pat Thomas Highway, SR 267 at 155 Research Road, Quincy, FL. Located just north of I-10 Exit 181, 3 miles south of Quincy. For more information: [email protected] or 850-875-7162

http://nfrec.ifas.ufl.edu/art-and-garden/


Plant Sale Extravaganza:

Plant List of Special Dona-tions from Nurseries

Saturday, October 6,

9 a.m.-2 p.m.

What: Plant Sale Extravaganza! Held in association with the UF/IFAS NFREC Art, Garden & Farm Family Festival When: Sat., Oct. 6, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Where: University of Florida/IFAS, North Florida Research and Education Center, off Pat Thomas Highway, SR 267 at 155 Research Road, Quincy, FL. Located just north of I-10 Exit 181, 3 miles south of Quincy. For more information: [email protected] Special plants were contributed from Clinton Nurseries of Florida, Hackney Nursery, Lloyd Nursery, May Nursery, Oglesby Plants International and Talla-hassee Nurseries. As of Thursday Octo-ber 4, these plants include:

Abelia Radiance Abelmoschus esculentus ‘Bronze

Pink’ Abelmoschus esculentus ‘Green

Fingers’ Acer palmatum ‘Mikawa Yatsub-

sa’ (Japanese maple) Acorus gramineus ‘Ogon’ (golden

sweet flag) Anthuriums (assorted) Begonia ‘Gryphon’ Boxwood Wintergreen Buddleia Pugster Amethyst Purple Buddleia Pugster Blue Carex Everillo Carica papaya ‘Tainung’ (papaya) Cephalotaxus (Spreading Plum

Yew) Clerodendrum thompsoniae Cryptomeria Globosa Nana Diefenbachia (dumbcane) Distylium Cinnamon Girl Duranta repens ‘Variegata’ Dryopteris (Autumn Fern) Elettaria cardamomum Erythrina herbacea Farfugium Firefly Farfugium japonicum ’Giganteum’ Ferns (assorted) Gardenia jasminoides ‘Radicans’ Hibiscus acetosella

Hosta Fragrant Bouquet Humulus ‘Chinook’ (hops) Hydrangea paniculata Limelight Hydrangea paniculata Little Lime Ilex Burfordi Dwarf (Holly) Illicium parviflorum Leonotis leonurus Liriope Super Blue Loropetalum Sparkling Sangria Nevada Fern hanging basket Osmanthus fragrans ‘Apricot

Echo’ (orange tea olive) Osmanthus heterophyllus Goshiki Osmanthus heterophyllus Gulftide Osmanthus ‘Kaori Hime’ Podocarpus Pringles Prunus persica ‘Tropic

Snow’ (peach) Silphium asteriscus Spathoglottis (assorted) Topiary Buxus pyramid Topiary Gardenia tree-form Topiary Hydrangea Limelight tree-

form Topiary Loropetalum Carolina

Midnite tree-form Topiary Podocarpus tree-form 2

ball Vitex agnus-castus Blue Puffball,

Dwarf chastetree Vitex agnus-castus ‘Delta Blue’


Plant List & Descriptions:

Plant Sale Extravaganza

Saturday, October 6,

9 a.m.-2 p.m.

What: Plant Sale Extravaganza! Held in association with the UF/IFAS NFREC Art, Garden & Farm Family Festival When: Sat., Oct. 6, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Where: University of Florida/IFAS, North Florida Research and Education Center, off Pat Thomas Highway, SR 267 at 155 Research Road, Quincy, FL. Located just north of I-10 Exit 181, 3 miles south of Quincy. For more information: [email protected] Photos and descriptions of plants listed here can be found in following pages: Abelia chinensis Abelia ‘Rose Creek’ Abutilon ‘Canary Bird’ Abutilon 'Georgia Rose' Aechmea gamosepala Aesculus pavia Agapanthus ‘Stevie’s Wonder’ Agarista populifolia Aloysia virgate Alpinia galanga Alpinia japonica ‘Peppermint Stick’ Anemone hupehensis ‘Pink’ Asclepias curassavica ‘Red’

Asclepias curassavica ‘Silky Gold’ Baptisia australis Barleria cristata Begonia nelumbifolia Billbergia nutans - large foliage Billbergia nutans - thin foliage Bletilla x yokohama ‘Kate’ Boehmeria biloba Boehmeria nivea 'Nichirin' Buddleia asiatica Caesalpinia pulcherrima Callistemon 'Sullivan's Island' Calycanthus floridus ‘Aphrodite’ Camellia ‘Pink Perfection’ and ‘Red’ Centratherum punctatum Chrysanthemum x morifolium Kathy's garden mum Clappertonia ficifolia Clerodendrum laevifolium Cuphea 'David Verity' Cuphea micropetala Cuphea schumanniii Cycas revoluta Dichroa febrifuga Dichorisandra thyrsiflora Distylium racemosum ‘Mr. Ishii’s Variegated’ Drimiopsis maculate Duranta erecta ‘Silver Lining’ Erythrina x bidwillii Euphorbia tithymaloides Gardenia jasminoides 'Variegata' Hamelia patens Hemerocallis ‘Crystal Tide’ Hibiscus coccineus Hippeastrum (red) sp. Iochroma cyaneum ‘Purple’ Iris ‘Nada’ Jatropha integerrima compacta Juniperus Justicia aurea Kostelezkya pentacarpos 'Cassandra Loos' Lespedeza thunbergii ‘Little Volcano' Lilium formosanum Lobelia laxiflora Lobelia ‘Black Truffle’ Lobelia ‘Monet Moment’ Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’ Magnolia macrophylla Magnolia macrophylla var. ashei Malvaviscus 'Diamond Red' Mascagnia macroptera

Monarda didyma 'Ben’s Red' Muhlenbergia capillaris 'White Cloud' Musa (large ornamental) Ocimum 'African Blue' Ocimum labiatum Odontonema callistachyum Odontonema cuspidatum Orthosiphon aristatus Persicaria virginiana ‘Brush Strokes’ Pavonia hastata Phlox pilosa ‘Forest Frost’ Plectranthus Nancy Crater Pseudocaryopteris bicolor Pyrrosa linguia ‘Ogon Nishiki’ Rosa 'Clothilde Soupert' Rosmarianus officianalis 'Barbecue' Rostrinucula dependens Rotheca myricoides 'Ugandense' Ruellia 'Ragin Cajun' Ruellia simplex 'Mayan Purple' Ruellia simplex 'Mayan White' ×Ruttyruspolia ‘Phyllis van Heerden’ Salix chaenomeloides Salvia elegans Salvia greggii ‘Mirage Cherry Red’ Salvia gauranitica Salvia leucantha Salvia madrensis Salvia Mexicana ‘Compton’s Pride’ Salvia Mexicana ‘Limelight’ Salvia mexicana 'Smokey Blue' Sinningia ‘Arkansas Bells’ Solenostemon scutellarioides ‘Alabama’ Stachytarpheta mutabilis Strobilanthes dyerianus Strobilanthes hamiltoniana Tagetes lemmonii Tecoma stans Tecoma stans 'Sangria' Thunbergia battiscombei Tibouchina urvilleana Tithonia diversifolia Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum ‘Copper Ridges’ Vitex agnus-castus 'Le Comte' Vitex agnus-castus ‘Rosea’ Woodwardia orientalis


Chinese Abelia Abelia chinensis Outstanding pollinator plant: The fragrant, white flowers are attractive to all types of bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and other pollinators! Flowers occur from summer through fall. Give it room! This plant grows as an upright semi-evergreen shrub up to 8 feet tall and 6 feet wide. Prefers well-drained soil and full to part sun. This is one of the

parents of the popular Glossy Abelia.

Rose Creek Abelia Abelia ‘Rose Creek’ Fantastic compact evergreen shrub for full sun to part shade. Bountiful spring/summer clusters of white flowers backed by pink sepals - - - and

the pink sepals persist, giving the effect of pink flowers for weeks! New growth emerges pinkish, matures to dark green and turns purplish in winter. This will be a spread-ing rounded shrub growing up to 3 ft. in height and 4 ft. or more wide. Prefers well-drained soil and full to part sun.

Georgia Rose Flowering Maple Abutilon hybrida ’Georgia Rose’ Showy ornamen-tal flower produc-ing tons of large dangling red blooms from spring into mid-

summer. Upright growing, this abutilon may best per-form in a container in light shade or filtered sun. It prefers moist well-drained soil. Cold hardiness un-known. New and not found on the market!

Yellow Flowering Maple Abutilon hybrid ‘Canary Bird’ Tall upright flower-ing maple produces beautiful dangling soft yellow bell-like flowers from spring through fall. Easy to grow in

moist well-drained garden soil in a partial shade site. This semi-tropical shrubby perennial is hardy returning each spring. Hold back on watering in winter and take care not to overfeed with nitrogen in summer. May grow 4-6 feet tall. A specimen ornamental!


Red Buckeye Aesculus pavia Beloved native shrub or small tree with red flower spikes in spring. Unusual leaves with 5 palmate leaflets

drop in fall. Can grow as large as 15 to 20 feet. Grows best in full sun with afternoon shade on moist, well-drained soil. Attracts humming-birds!

Florida Hobblebush Agarista populifo-lia Florida native! Large evergreen shrub with clusters of white flowers in late spring.

Caution: Leaves are poisonous.

Sweet Almond Bush Aloysia virgata Shrubby perennial flower which can grow as large as 12 feet! Flowers on new wood so it is easy to keep much smaller. Feel free to cut all

the way down in winter to rejuvenate and reshape. Small 3- to 4-inch fragrant flowers smell like almonds! The white to cream flower spikes appear in summer continuing through fall. This is tolerant of a wide range of soils and is quite drought tolerant once established. Easy to grow and easy to propagate from cuttings.

Peppermint Stick Ginger Lily Alpinia japonica Peppermint Stick ginger is an easy ginger to grow in a container or partly sunny gar-den. It is the har-

diest of all Alpinias staying evergreen down to the mid-20’s or lower. Red and white flowers top stur-dy stems in early spring. This rhizomatous ginger grows best in organic soil with average moisture.


Pink Japanese Anemone Anemone hupehensis ‘Pink’ A herbaceous fall flowering perennial shared with us by Kathy Carmichael. This is a pink flowering one add-ing pretty contrast to other fall bloomers. Bright light or morning sun is preferred for good performance. Pro-vide moist, well-drained soil in the growing season and dryer conditions during

cold, wet winters. Rarely does one find this in local nurseries—we are lucky to offer this lovely flower!

Scarlet or Tropical Milk-weed Asclepias curassavica This non-native milkweed grows as a re-

seeding annual or tender perennial up to 4 feet tall. It produces spectacular orange-red flowers from spring through fall, attracting butterflies, including the monarch and queen butterfly. Easy to grow in sun to part-sun!

Asclepias curassavica ‘Silky Gold’ Silky Gold Milkweed Perennial flower with golden flower clusters atop 3-4’ stems. Good color in the warmest months while attracting nectar-sipping insects,

especially monarch butterflies. Long lasting color in the mixed flower garden and quite drought tolerant. Dormant in winter. Not fussy at all except for full sun. (Image courtesy www.smgrowers.com)

Philippine Violet Barleria cristata Perennial tropical ornamental blooms in fall with showy clusters of bright pink to purple to blue trumpet flow-ers. Growth is up-right, dense and

fairly narrow keeping the plant at 3-4 feet tall and 2-3 feet wide. This grows well in morning sun and average garden soil. It goes totally dormant here in most winters but re-turns reliably, sometimes in late spring. May reseed some but easy to control spreading.


Begonia nelum-bifolia Lilypad Begonia Hardy herbaceous begonia for the shady garden! Fo-liage reappears in spring but is over-shadowed by tall

flower stalks with beautiful white begonia flower clusters. As temperatures warm, the foliage contin-ues to get bigger and bigger. Stunning specimen with huge leaves by fall. Easy to grow in moist, well-drained soil.

Billbergia nutans Broadleaved Queen's Tears Mostly hardy bromeli-ad outdoors in shade or a wonderful house-plant in bright indirect light. Protect during cold winters! Blooms in mid-winter with arching stems bearing

unique fantastic dangling flowers of pink bracts, and green petals edged in blue. Totally awesome! Like all bromeli-ads, it is not fussy and tolerates some neglect. A vigorous grower, it can be divided yearly with your friends. Protect in winter.

Billbergia nutans Narrow-leaved Queen's Tears Hardier than Broadleaved Queen’s Tears! Fully hardy bro-meliad outdoors in shade or a wonderful houseplant in bright indirect light. Blooms in mid-winter with arching stems bear-ing unique fantastic dangling flowers of pink bracts, and green petals edged in blue. Totally awesome! Like all bromeliads, it is not fussy and tolerates some neglect. A vigorous grower, it

can be divided yearly with your friends. May need protec-tion in extremely cold winters, but otherwise hardy in Zone 8b.

Kate Hardy Ground Orchid Bletilla × yoko-hama ‘Kate’ Beautiful spring blooming hardy terrestrial orchid. Having grown well a parent of ‘Kate” named Bletilla ‘Big Bob’ in our area,

this should perform equally well. ‘Kate’ grows vigorously to 36” - 40 inches with long sword-like pleated foliage. Dappled shade or bright light and moist, rich, well-drained soil will make it happy. This bulbous orchid plant is per-fectly hardy here. It is a treasure for the Spring garden.


Sandpaper Plant Boehmeria biloba Herbaceous perennial grown for its striking textured and serrated green foliage like sand-paper. In summer, long white catkin-like flow-ers appear on terminal stems. Dormant in win-ter, it will return and be leggy unless pinched

several times for bushiness. Any well-drained soil in part shade to sun will suit this plant.

Pride of Barbados Caesalpinia pulcher-rima Tropical growing into a small tree or a large shrub possibly reach-ing 8-10 feet. Fern-like foliage and thorns on stems and branches distinctly contrast with other

garden plants. Terminal outrageously showy flowers in orange and red with 10 prominent stamens appear in hot, humid weather. Legume-type seed pods cracking loudly when ripe. This spectacular flowering plant acts as a ten-der perennial here in north Florida.

Nichirin Variegat-ed Japanese False Nettle Boehmeria nivea ‘Nichirin’ Japanese false net-tle is an herbaceous perennial growing 3 feet tall and wide. Hardy from Zones 6 to 9, this variegat-

ed selection will brighten any shady to part-shady location in the garden. Each leaf of ‘Nichirin’ features a broad bor-der of creamy white, collectively making a cheery bright mass of foliage. Unnoticeable flowers appear in late sum-mer. Well-drained soil is best. Rare and special!

White Butter-flybush Buddleja asiatica Rare! Blooms in late winter and early spring with fragrant white

flowers. Grows to 12 feet or more as a large arching shrub. This plant has widely spaced leaves that often hang down. Blooms on year old wood. (Image courtesy www.mountainvalleygrowers.com)


Callistemon ‘Sullivan’s Island’ Bottlebrush This bottlebrush is a showstop-per when in full bloom! Discov-ered by plants-woman Sue Wat-kins on Sullivan’s Island, SC, the flowers are large, wider than most, and deep red. Grows as a medium to large shrub for full sun. Flowers in late spring and summer. We don’t know the

species yet, and it is so new, we don’t know how large it will become. In fact, we don’t know a whole lot about it! But like all bottlebrushes, it ought to knock your socks off!

Camellia japonica Red Our loss is your gain! This red-flowered ca-mellia was giv-en to us without

labels or names, but we were assured it is beautiful. As with other Japonica camellias, this grows best in dappled sun or part shade in rich, moist, well-drained soil. This will grow into a lovely specimen for your garden!

Brazilian But-tonbush Centratherum punc-tatum A tender perennial -sometimes annual in harsh winters-is un-fussy in most soils as long as it gets good sun and mod-erate water. In sum-mer a profusion of

small fluffy lavender blue ‘button’ flowers (like mini-thistles) cover this spreading and low growing plant. Its foli-age is fragrant so it is sometimes called Pineapple Sangria. It will die back to the ground in winter. An easy, low-care charmer for the garden or container.

Kathy’s Fall Garden Mum Chrysanthemum × mori-folium This well-loved pass-along perennial bloomer has double white mum flowers appearing in fall. Mums like this one

spill over and look abundantly beautiful without stak-ing. Full sun and modest water in average soil is per-fect. They make excellent cut flowers and return year after year. The clump will increase and you will have a daisy garden. Shared with us by GFBB member Kathy Carmichael.


Bolo Bolo Clappertonia ficifo-lia 'Purple' Check out the plant in the Gardens! Very rare shrub from Africa, 4 to 8 feet tall with red-dish young branch-es and lobed leaves

up to 6 inches long. Short-lived, two-inch mauve flowers have prominent yellow stamens. Grow in full sun with daily watering. Blooms throughout the year. Marginally hardy in north Florida, so give plenty of winter protec-tion. “Clappertonia” sounds like a disease, but “Bolo Bo-lo” is a fun name!

Bridal Veil Clerodendrum laevifolium Non-invasive perennial for shade to deep shade growing 6-8 feet tall by 4-5 feet wide. Foliage is elongated and glossy dark green. In October magnif-icent white orchid-like flowers dangle in multi-

tudes from stem tips. Moist, well-drained soil makes this easy to grow. This is a must-have in the shade garden!

‘David Verity’ Large Firecracker Plant Cuphea ‘David Verity’ This hybrid produces flowers that are dark orange with a short yellow-orange flared tip and purple filaments. Well-adapted to the Gulf Coast, this plant is foliage hardy down to 25-30°F and root hardy to at least 15°F. In Zone 9 this plant will grow as an evergreen shrub up to 4 to 5 feet tall and wide, but it will be smaller in areas where frost or freezes occur. Plant in full sun to light shade. Drought tolerant once established but benefits from regular irrigation and good soil. This is believed to be a hybrid between Cuphea ignea and C. micropetala that was given to David Verity, then the manager of the UCLA Mildred Mathias Botanic Garden in the mid 1970s. It was given to Steve

Brigham in 1976 and later named by him when he published the name in the 1984 Kartuz Nursery catalog. Great story, even better plant! Hummingbirds love the flowers!

Cigar Plant or Candy Corn Plant Cuphea micropetala This perennial flower puts on a big show in late summer and fall with its many small tubular blooms. Flowers are 1.5 inches long, emerge pale yel-low and gradually turn orange from the base upwards, offering a colorful, two-tone effect. Foliage is hardy to 25-30°F and this cigar plant is root hardy to at least 15°F. Stems should be cut back to ground level in late winter to keep the plant tidy. Clumps spread slowly outward by rhizomes, and the plant will reach 3 feet tall and

wide along the Gulf Coast. It’s a magnet for hummingbirds and bees. Easy to grow, plant in average garden soil and water as need-ed. Best in full sun. Excellent and colorful specimen for the fall garden!


Orange Cigar Plant Cuphea schumannii This sprawling floriferous cigar plant offers plenty of nectar for hummingbirds, bees and butterflies. Un-like other cupheas, this cigar plant prefers moist, well-drained soil to thrive.

Barrel-shaped, 1- to 1½-inch blooms are orange and yellow and sometimes have small purple petals at the tips. Flowers cover the branch terminals in the heat of summer and into fall. This plant is hardy in Zones 8 to 9 (at least down to the mid 20s°F). Unlike many other cupheas, leaves of orange cigar plant are oval- to heart-shaped. Stems grow 2 to 3 feet tall and readily flop or fall over. Plan to give orange cigar plant lots of room to sprawl through the garden!

Sago Palm Cycas revoluta Not a palm at all, this is a member of the ancient Cycad Family. Sago palm has a short, stocky trunk producing a palm-like crown of

stiff, feathery, dark green leaves usually 2-3 ft. long. Completely hardy here in Zone 8b. SLOW-growing to a height of 6 ft. or more. Adapted to any well-drained soil and from full sun to shade, but best in part sun. Grow a plant from the Age of Dinosaurs! But beware: all plant parts are toxic!

Evergreen Hydrangea Dichroa febrifu-ga Shrub related to hydrangeas best grown in part shade. Dark green foliage and

small pale blue flowers appear in spring eventual-ly becoming iridescent china-blue berries. Will grow to about 3 to 4.5 feet tall and wide. Easy to grow, nice contrast with other shade lovers.

Blue Ginger Dichorisandra thyrsiflora Tropical herbaceous perennial ginger look-a-like but in the spi-derwort family. Each stalk rises to 4-6 feet with a terminal royal blue flower cluster in October. This is hard to find in the trade!

Dormant in winter, it resents cold, wet ‘feet’. In summer, moist, well-drained humusy soil will boost it’s growth. A treasure for the shady garden!


Mr. Ishii’s Variegated Distylium Distylium racemosum ‘Mr. Ishii’s Variegated’ Distylium is a genus of ever-green shrubs native to south-eastern Asia. This new and rare selection features new growth that emerges white, gradually fading to yellow and then green! Amazing! It comes from famed Japanese nurseryman Mr. Ishii. Grows as an upright evergreen

shrub. We’re not sure yet how large it will get, but it’s a keeper!

Autumn Fern Dryoperteris erythrosora Evergreen perennial fern best in part sun or morning sun. This ro-bust plant grows 18-24 inches tall and wide and is useful for cut foliage. New growth is bronzy and

in cooler weather, the fronds also take on a darker sheen of bronze.

Variegated Golden Dewdrop Duranta erecta ‘Silver Lining’ Each blue-green leaf has a crisp white mar-gin on this variegated selection. Otherwise, ’Silver Lining’ is simi-lar to the species, de-veloping clusters of

blue-purple flowers and small, yellow fruit (hence the name “golden dewdrop”). This fast-growing, multi-stemmed plant acts as a tender shrub or herbaceous perennial here in our Zone 8b climate. Best grown in full sun and well drained soil. At-tracts butterflies. Beware the thorns on the undersides of stems. Caution!: the yellow fruits are poisonous to humans! (But not to birds.)

Hybrid Coral Bean Erythrina ×bidwillii Fabulous 20-inch spikes of bright red tubular flowers appear in late spring and summer. These hummingbird-favored flowers are at the ends of vege-tative stalks up to 8 ft. long. Grows as a gangly multi-stemmed die-back shrub in Zone 8b, dying to the ground in the mid 20s°F, but may be an ever-green shrub or tree in milder cli-mates. Giant leaves are pea-like armed with hooked thorns be-

low! Best in sun and well-drained soil. A hybrid of our na-tive E. herbacea and the South American E. crista-galli.


Variegated Gardenia Gardenia jasminoides ‘Variegata’ This gardenia is grown for its varie-gated foliage rather than its flowers! Leaves are boldly variegated cream to

yellow, brightening any corner of the garden. Fragrant flowers appear early summer, but are lost amidst the variegated leaves. Best in full sun to part shade in rich, moist, well-drained soil. Outstanding in our Gardens!

Variegated Devil’s Backbone Euphorbia tithy-maloides variegatus Outstanding specimen succulent houseplant for showy drama inside or on a shady patio in summer. Provide more

sun in winter if possible. It loves to be over-crowded in a container that has good drainage. Did you know there are 22 common names as-sociated with this succulent beauty?

Firebush Hamelia patens

Firebush is a showy, fast-growing, semi-woody evergreen shrub that is related to coffee. Showy clusters of bright reddish-orange or scarlet tubular flow-ers are magnets for

hummingbirds and butterflies. In zones 8 and 9 this na-tive shrub may grow as a perennial, dying to the ground in winter but re-sprouting each spring to reach two to four feet in height. Best flowering in full sun but will tol-erate partial shade. Drought tolerant once established.

Crystal Tide Day-lily Hemerocallis ‘Crystal Tide’ This tough daylily features waxy yel-low flowers are 4-5 inches in diameter on scapes about two feet in height. Flowering occurs

early midseason (April-May) with good rebloom thereafter. The evergreen plant grows about 18 inches tall and does best in full to part sun and rich soil. This daylily is one of the best performers here in the landscape around the May Building!


Scarlet Rosemallow Hibiscus coccineus This is an American native wildflower best grown in sun and moist soil. It grows 5-8 feet tall in summer, flowering with conspicuous

red hibiscus flowers on stiff stalks with pal-mately lobed green foliage. This is a hum-mingbird and butterfly nectar plant.

Red Amaryllis seedlings Hippeastrum These young bulbs are from seeds Wendy Adams planted and gave us last winter. They have grown gangbusters and may produce flowers next spring. Each year thereafter the red trumpets will get big-ger and showier. This is a ra-re chance to get prized spring-blooming bulbs at a

low price. Amaryllis bulbs should be planted high in a sunny to part sun well-drained site. Hold the water in winter. Drought tolerant and low maintenance make this even more desirable.

Compact Peregrina Jatropha inte-gerrima compacta Compact ever-green shrub with glossy foliage and terminal clusters of red flowers dur-

ing the warm season. Rounded growth habit makes this very useful as a flowering specimen plant. Leaves vary in shape adding interest. Grows to 4-5 feet and spreads 3-5 feet in full sun and average soil and water. Protect crown in harsh cold winters.

Yellow Jacobinia Justicia aurea Herbaceous perennial flower growing quite tall to 6 feet or more. Best grown in filtered sun or light shade in fertile gar-den soil. Outstanding late sum-mer and fall flower with very large yellow plumes topping stiff stalks. Attractive foliage is shiny and large making a good backdrop for other flowers.

Dormant in winter and slow to emerge in spring. Worth including in your garden.!


Violet Tubeflower Iochroma cyaneum ‘Purple’ Herbaceous tropical perennial is a very ornamental ‘mini angel trumpet’ pro-ducing clusters of tubular purple flow-

ers on terminal stems throughout warm weather. It prefers full sun for best flowering in moist, well-drained soil. Because it can grow to six or more feet, it benefits from some trimming to keep denser and ti-dy. Hummingbirds and gardeners are attracted to this!

Iris ‘Nada’ Perennial iris with wide blue-green fanned foli-age growing to a height of about 12-14 inches. Best in moist soil but tolerates average garden loam. Pretty white crin-kly flowers with a dash of yellow freely appear in late spring and sum-

mer. Spreads by runners but not aggressive in full sun. Easy to grow.

'Cassandra Loos' Saltmarsh Mallow Kostelezkya pentacar-pos Hundreds of fabulous 2-inch, pink flowers appear summer through fall on this shrubby her-baceous perennial. Na-tive from Virginia to Florida to Mississippi,

this hibiscus-like mallow grows 3-5 feet tall and wide in full to part sun and rich, moist soil. ‘Cassandra Loos’ is a selection from famous Texas plantsman, Greg Grant, known for larger flowers with overlapping pink petals. It is named for the late wife of Texas plantsman Peter Loos. Dies to the ground with the first hard freeze but re-emerges late the next spring. Widely adaptable and hardy in Zones 5-10.

Little Volcano Bush Clover Lespedeza thun-bergii ‘Little Vol-cano’ Perennial flower found by Ted Ste-phens in Japan; this deciduous shrubby plant has masses of pendulous branches

with dark green pea-like foliage. The big show is in fall when bright reddish purple flowers smother the plant – and sometimes there’s a pretty good show in spring too. Grows in full sun to 5 feet tall by 10 feet wide. A show-stopper!!!!


Formosa Lily - White Seedlings Lilium formosanum We think this wonderful lily is a Formosa type because of its thin foli-age, tall growth habit (4 – 6 ft.) and large showy white trumpets in late summer into fall. Fra-grance is another indica-tor! Easy to grow in full sun in well-drained soil.

This is a showstopper! These seedlings started bloom-ing the first year.

Mexican Cardi-nal Flower Lobelia laxiflora This native of Mexico and Cen-tral America pro-duces tubular, two-lipped flow-ers that are or-ange-red on the

outside and have yellow “lips” and interiors. Flower-ing starts in late spring and continues into fall. Grows up to 3 feet tall and spreads into a patch up to 6 feet in width. Root hardy to 0°F and useful in Zones 7-10. Tough, tolerant of dry to wet, and beautiful!

Black Truffle Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis ‘Black Truffle’ Herbaceous perennial with wow performance in morning sun blooming in the late summer garden. Its purple-black foliage is offset with sturdy spikes bearing bright red flowers—the same color as the native but showier against black foliage. It grows 3-4 feet at maturity. A wet to moist site is best when this is in active growth. But a little dryer is preferred in win-ter. Hummingbirds and butterflies are highly attracted to these flowers.

Monet Moment Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis ‘Monet Moment’ Evergreen perennial with a beautiful rosette of green foliage. This vigorous flower sends up strong 3 foot stems in late summer into fall with rosy-pink flowers atop each stem. Even moisture, humus-rich soil and morning sun are preferred for good vigor and great perfor-mance. This is a prized hybrid of the native cardinal flower. Hummingbirds and butterflies agree! Use caution to not cover plant with mulch in winter when the plant likes dryer conditions.


‘Kay Parris’ Southern Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Par-ris’ Discovered by plantsman Kevin Parris, this new Southern magnolia is believed to be a hybrid of the fa-vorite ‘Little Gem’ with the be-loved ‘Bracken’s Brown Beauty’. This cultivar combines the best of both! Flowers are larger than ‘Little Gem’ and more numerous than Bracken’s on a tree growing somewhat taller (20 ft. in 10 years) and more narrow (10 ft.) than

‘Little Gem’. As expected, evergreen leaves have an underside covered with velvety orange-brown indumentum that almost glows. Sun to part shade in average garden soil. Named for Kevin’s mother (aww!).

Bigleaf Magnolia Magnolia macrophylla This is the bigger, northern cousin of Florida’s Ashe mag-nolia, but growing larger and more treelike. It has HUGE flowers 12 to 18 inches in di-ameter, opening in April. Un-like Ashe magnolia, bigleaf magnolia grows as a tree with

a single, central trunk 30 to 50 feet in height. The giant leaves are up to 3 ft. long and 18 inches wide! Adapted in Zones 6-9 and from sun to shade but best in part shade with rich, well-drained soil and regular irrigation. A great underused tree! (Pic courtesy Richard Figlar)

Diamond Red Turk’s Cap Malvaviscus pendu-liflorus ‘Diamond Red’ Former GFBB Presi-dent Pete Diamond contributed a turk’s cap to us a number of years ago. It has grown into a gorgeous plant

more than 5 feet tall with spectacular 3-4 inch red red red ter-minal dangling flowers late summer to frost. Oh my gosh, this is the showiest turk’s cap ever! Filtered afternoon sun preferred and average garden soil. Needs water during drought but other than that this herbaceous tropical perennial is worth having!

Apricot Echo Tea Olive Osmanthus fragrans ‘Apricot Echo’ An apricot-orange flowered version of a Southern favorite! What could be bet-ter?! You can’t beat Tea olive for the fantastic fragrance

from the clusters of tiny flowers, now in a pale orange color! Blooming sporadically from late fall through early spring, Tea olive makes a great evergreen specimen, hedge plant or back-ground plant. Good for sun or shade! You can’t have too many Tea olives! Especially a new one with orange flowers!


‘White Cloud’ Muhly Grass Muhlenbergia capil-laris’White Cloud’ Instead of pink-purple plumes, ’White Cloud’ gives you airy white plumes in fall! This is a white flowering form of this native

ornamental grass. Growing 3-4 ft. tall in the shape of an up-right fountain, the airy white plumes emerge in fall above the narrow green foliage. Best in full sun; tolerant of drought as well as flooding! Nice contrast when used next to the purple flowering form!

Butterfly Vine Mascagnia macroptera Climbing vine from Mexico is non-invasive and has disciplined growth. Preferring sun to part shade, it blooms in summer and fall with small bright yellow flow-ers followed by greenish-chartreuse seed pods re-sembling – yes – butter-

flies. These turn brown with age but are still striking. Flow-ers and seed pods often are on the plant at the same time. Remarkable and showy vine needs some support and is easy to grow. This vine is hardy to the mid-twenties but with mulch will return and reward you for years.

Ben’s Red Bee Balm Monarda didyma ‘Ben’s Red’ Ben White shared

his incredibly

beautiful red bee

balm with us. It‘s

vigor in spread-

ing and blooming

is amazing. Some

dappled sun in

the hot afternoon will keep it from burning. This plant will

spread widely but not invasively. It remains low to the ground

nearly forming a groundcover. Easy to grow and very rewarding

in the right site. It is a hummingbird’s dream plant!

White Cat’s Whiskers Orthosiphon aristatus Annual flower which may act like a perennial in mild winters. Terminal showy white flowers bearing long stamens top sturdy stems. Magnet for pollinating wildlife. Full sun and average moist, well-drained soil will be all that’s needed for this plant to thrive. Root a cutting before heavy frost as well as mulching

the base of the plant to insure you have this ’keeper’ next year.


Purple Firespike Odontonema callistachyum Perennial with mul-titudes of fuchsia pink to lavender flower spikes in mid to late fall. Na-tive to Mexico, it’s

only supposed to be hardy to Zone 9 but has come back reliably in Tallahassee and Bainbridge when planted in a sheltered area. Grows 5-6 ft. tall and wide. Plant in a shady protected area in good garden soil and water when needed. Goes dormant after a hard frost but returns in late spring.

Firespike or Cardinal’s Guard Odontonema cuspidatum (O. strictum) Perennial flower with glossy green foliage and multitudes of red spike flowers in late sum-mer through fall. It can get quite large and wide (5-6' feet by 5-6 feet) but is easy to prune for more compact size.

Excellent backdrop for other flowers. Plant in good garden soil and water when needed. Fertilize in spring. May go dormant after hard frost but returns re-liably. Easy to grow.

Pink Butterfly Bush Ocimum labiatum Tender perennial flow-er is a Mint Family and basil relative producing loads of salvia-like pink blooms covering upright spikes in sum-mer and early fall. It is very attractive to bees, hummers and even but-terflies.

African Blue Basil Ocimum 'African Blue' Bushy and vigorous, this basil is dy-namite! It easily grows into a nice sized bush 3 feet tall and wide dur-ing warm weather and flowers pro-lifically. Foliage is purply when young, turning green with maturity but keeping red on the leaf under-sides. Long purple spikes and laven-der flowers are loved by bees and appear constantly. It can be used in culinary dishes though not as heavy-scented as sweet basil. Excellent cut

flower if water is changed frequently. Propagate from cuttings. Thought to be a hybrid of O. kilimandsharicum and O. basili-cum 'Dark Opal'.


Plectranthus ‘Nancy Crater’ An introduction from Dr. Rick Schoellhorn! This vigorous Plectranthus has

lovely grey-green leaves on stems that sprawl and are almost prostrate. Roots easily. Has overwintered and come back in late spring for Sue Watkins. (For a funny story, ask Sue or Gary about the name “Nancy Crater”!)

Brush Strokes Knotweed Persicaria virginiana ‘Brush Strokes’ This species is a Florida native, but this selection was first seen in Tasmania by Terra Nova. ’Brush Strokes’ is a showy green foliage plant for bright light or partial shade and has velvety chartreuse leaves bearing dark chevron pat-terns. Bees are attracted to the small, red flowers. It grows best in moist well-

drained soil reaching 2-3 feet tall and 2 feet wide.

Climbing Chinese Orchid Tree Phanera (formerly Bauhinia) yunnanensis Ornamental vine with beauti-ful pink-lavender orchid-like flowers in summer and fall grows to at least 14 – 16 feet. It has proved very hardy in Tallahassee and attracts lots of attention for its unusual bi-lobed bluish foliage even when not in flower. Well-drained soil and part to full

sun are preferred.

Forest Frost Downy Phlox Phlox pilosa ‘Forest Frost’ Pure white form of

the native herba-

ceous perennial

flower. Thrives in

average soil in light

shade to full sun.

Flowers for weeks and weeks in spring, forming a carpet of

white to border a garden. A Peter Loos introduction and a

rare treasure for our area. Grows into a mound about 12

inches high and 20 inches wide with neat linear foliage.

Both fragrant and a butterfly attractor!


Rosa ‘Clotilde Soupert’ Antique climber

with multitudes of

white to pale pink

double blooms

throughout the growing season is vigorous

and easy to grow. Plant in full sun and good

humus-rich soil. Flowers are delightfully fra-

grant. Outstanding care-free specimen grow-

ing easily to 10-12 feet!

Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Barbecue’ This evergreen “herb of re-membrance” should be used in every landscape for its beautiful blue-green needle-like foliage and fragrance, as well as its value as an herb. Bees love the flowers, so it’s a great plant for pollinators too! Best in full sun and ex-cellently-drained soil, or it makes a great container plant. Generally seen as a rounded shrub or woody perennial 3

feet tall and wide but can grow to 5 feet or more with time. ‘Barbecue’ has straight, stiff stems ready for the grill.

Pseudocaryopteris bicolor We can’t say if this is a perennial or a shrub but it sure is pretty! Our friend Marc Frank, Botanist at the UF Herbarium, cor-

rectly identified this. Its flowers resemble the blue butterfly bush but this grows 6-8 feet tall and 4-5 feet wide. It flowers in late winter into spring in shifting sun/shade. Attracts wildlife and makes great cut flowers. Some years the cold knocks it back, but it comes back late spring to summer.

Variegated Tongue Fern Pyrrosia lingua ‘Ogon Nishi-ki’ This evergreen tongue fern has typical long narrow leaves variegated with gold-en yellow banding. Fronds tend to grow upright and ap-pear showy in the lightly shaded garden. Grow on a slope or mount on rock – pyrrosias don’t like growing on flat surfaces. This is hardy

in zones 7b-10.


Weeping False-Butterflybush Rostrinucula dependens Imagine a butterfly-bush with long, pen-dulous flowers! This comes close! Rostri-nucula is related to Salvia and grows 4-6 ft. tall and wide each

year. A hard freeze will kill it to the ground but it will bounce back next spring. This plant puts on a show in late summer and fall when it produces lots of graceful weeping flower racemes in shades of pink. Flowers are visited by many bees, but few butterflies. Grow in full sun, good gar-den soil in Zones 7b-10. Stunning in our Gardens this year!

Blue Butterfly Bush Rotheca myricoides ‘Ugandense’ (formerly Clerodendrum ugan-dense) Hardy fall-blooming per-ennial flower with clus-ters of beautiful blue flowers. Large and shrub-by, this will grow 6 feet tall and 5 feet wide (or

more!). Part shade and well-drained moist soil in summer is best. Root hardy after the worst win-ters. Easy to grow and well worth it!

‘Ragin’ Cajun’ Brazilian Petunia Ruellia elegans ‘Ragin’ Cajun’ Tough perennial flow-er with relaxed growth habit reaching

about 18 inches tall and wide. Bright red tubu-lar flowers appear terminally all summer, scoff-ing at heat and humidity. Not invasive in Zone 8 and north. Attractive to butterflies and hum-mingbirds, it thrives best in full sun with medi-um moisture. This is an underused flower!

Mayan Purple Mexi-can Petunia Ruellia simplex ‘Mayan Purple’ Sterile! This new Mex-ican petunia was bred at UF to be completely seed sterile and non-invasive. Beautiful pur-ple flowers form in abundance on this

bushy perennial up to 2 ft. tall and 3 ft. wide—much more compact than any other on the market today. Puts on a show of purple flowers from late spring through frost! Best in full sun with medium to wet soils, but tolerant of a wide range of con-ditions. Zones 8-10. Cut back in late winter, especially if cold-damaged.


Mayan White Mexi-can Petunia Ruellia simplex ‘Mayan White’ Sterile! This new Mex-ican petunia was bred at UF to be completely seed sterile and non-invasive. Pure white flowers form in abun-dance on this bushy

perennial up to 2 ft. tall and 3 ft. wide—much more compact than any other on the market today. Puts on a show of crisp white flowers from late spring through frost! Best in full sun with medium to wet soils, but tolerant of a wide range of con-ditions. Zones 8-10. Cut back in late winter, especially if cold-damaged.

Ruttyruspolia ×Ruttyaruspolia ‘Phyllis van Heerden’ Naturally occurring hy-brid perennial flower blooms in late summer and fall. Clusters of dusky pink flowers ap-pear on tips of branches. This cold hardy perennial grows to 3 or 4 feet in bright light or afternoon shade. Good garden soil best. May be herbaceous

in severe winters.

Giant Pussy Willow or Red-budded Pussy Wil-low Salix chaenomeloides A true pussy willow for the South! This Japanese native develops beauti-ful, ruby-red buds in fall and winter, opening to typical, fuzzy, grey, pus-sy-willow flowers in ear-ly spring. Grows as a large, rounded shrub up to 15 feet tall and wide.

Pineapple Sage Salvia elegans

Shrubby herbaceous herb growing to 4-5 ft. tall by 2-3 ft. wide with beautiful whorls of red tubular flowers especially in cool fall weather. Easy to grow in full sun with well-drained, moist soil. Fra-grant foliage (pineapple scented!) can be used in salads, drinks, and even

grilling chicken or fish. This hardy herb works well in the mixed border.


Hummingbird Sage Salvia gauranitica This perennial sage attracts hummingbirds and butter-flies easily with its narrow tubular flowers and tall up-right growth habit. It blooms first in spring and, after cutting back, flowers again spectacularly in fall. Grow in sun or light shade in moist well-drained soil.

Every garden should have this terrific blue flower in it.

Mirage Cherry Red Sage Salvia greggii ‘Mirage Cherry Red’ Mounding 16-inch perennial sage sports bright red flow-

ers throughout summer and fall. Easy to grow in most soils and low maintenance - drought tolerant - once established. Very attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds.

Mexican Bush Sage Salvia leucantha This beautiful sage is covered in purple flow-ers each fall! Growing as an

herbaceous perennial up to 4 feet tall and wide, it produces grey-green stems and leaves. Mexi-can Bush Sage is vigorous and tough, tolerant of dry soils and neglect. It puts on a beautiful show every Fall!

Forsythia Sage Salvia madrensis Herbaceous perennial fall-blooming salvia with huge yel-low inflorescences in fall. Some flowers can be 12-16 inches! This tall growing sage can reach 8 feet with large leaves and a very large square stem deeply indented. Flowers top each stalk. Hummingbirds are very attracted! It colonizes easily and may have to be kept in bounds, but it is not inva-

sive. Plant in average, moist but draining soil; best in part shade or dappled sun.


Compton’s Pride Mexican Sage Salvia mexicana ‘Compton’s Pride’ Wonderful, but rare, cultivar of salvia featuring large spikes of velvety purple flowers against a backdrop of black calyces. Flowers usual-

ly in late summer or fall. This is a larger salvia, growing up to 5 feet tall and wide in sunny, well-drained soils. Dark, lustrous leaves add to this plant’s pizzazz. (Image courtesy Scott Zona)

Limelight Mexi-can Sage Salvia mexicana ‘Limelight’ One of the most beautiful of all sages! Limelight produces tons of large panicles of

chartreuse and violet-blue flowers from late summer through fall. The plant has light grey-green leaves and grows up to 6 feet tall and 4 feet wide each year, dy-ing back with frost, but returning in late spring. Re-quires full sun to part shade and moderate moisture. Absolutely stunning!

Smokey Blue Mexican Sage Salvia mexicana ‘Smokey Blue’ Herbaceous perennial sage with silver tinged foliage and terminal blue flower spikes in fall. Nice contrast in the sunny mixed flower garden. Not as wandering as some sages. Loves moist, well-drained humusy soil. Origi-nally mis-identified in a plant shipment several years ago.

Coleus ‘Alabama’ Solenostemon scutel-larioides ‘Alabama’ Annual foliage plant just gets prettier and prettier as the season progresses. Dense rosy-pink foliage with serrated mar-gins grow out from apple green stems. If you haven’t tried co-

leus in the garden or containers, you might start with this vari-ety because it produces flowers late in the year and is low maintenance and has high visibility. Full sun best for rich color but also will look good in part shade. Good soil and average water as needed is key to good growth.


Chinese Rain Bell Strobilanthes ham-iltoniana (aka S. cusea, S. flaccidifo-lia) This fast-growing perennial produces semi-arching stems that show off a blizzard of bright

rosy purple ‘bells’ in fall. Grows in part shade to full sun; trim after flowering. Average moisture and good garden soil is all you need for a beautiful 5-6 feet × 4 feet specimen. Perennial in our area when given some protection in hard freezes. One of our favorite new plants!!!!

Coral Porterweed Stachytarpheta mutabi-lis Pink to red flower spikes on this 2-4 ft. shrubby flower attract butterflies and hum-mingbirds. It can be perennial in mild win-ters and has a long

blooming season from summer through fall. Loves full sun and is not fussy about soil.

Copper Canyon Daisy Tagetes lemmonii Sprawling bushy per-ennial flower is a short day bloomer flowering heavily in fall and even in win-ter if frost hasn’t knocked it back. Its foliage is highly pun-

gent making it unpopular with deer but smelling nice to most people. In bloom, a cloud of yellow-gold flowers in rays around an orange disk cover the fine foliage. Full sun and well-drained soil produce the best flowering. It returns reliably from freezes and is hardy in zones 8-11. Count on it growing 4 ft. tall and 4-6 ft. wide.

Yellow Bells, Esperanza Tecoma stans Hardy tropical shrubby perennial with all the wow of a standout flower for our gardens. We’ve had it here at the NFREC for a number of years and it never ceases to amaze all

with its bold—bodacious—behavior! It tolerates heat, drought, poor to average soil, as well as nor-mal garden conditions. This can grow BIG but that’s not always a bad thing. It will go dormant af-ter frost. This is one tough and beautiful flower!


Orange Esperanza Tecoma stans ‘Sangria’ New! Bold orange-and-gold flowers on this har-dy tropical shrubby per-ennial normally known for yellow flowers. This selection has proved to

be a standout in the Gardens of the Big Bend. Like its yellow-flowered cousin, it tolerates heat, drought, poor to average soil, as well as normal garden condi-tions. Improved over the yellow type in that it seems to be smaller and more compact. It will go dormant after frost—sometimes to the ground—but re-emerges in late spring.

Princess Flower Tibouchina urvilleana Beautiful large, purple flowers on this herba-ceous perennial. Forms a rounded plant up to 4-5 feet tall and wide. Winter temperatures usually kill it back, but unlike the an-nual ‘Athens Blue’, it re-turns vigorously the next spring. Moist, rich garden

soil in full to part sun. Interesting texture and gor-geous flowers!

Clock Vine Thunbergia battis-combei Clock vine is a

herbaceous peren-

nial semi-vining

plant flowering

from spring to fall.

Outstanding in sun

or part shade, this easy-to-grow tropical has lax stems

left unstaked meanders nicely among other flowers.

Lush heart-shaped foliage and prolific yellow-throated

blue flowers contrast with all others. This is very desira-

ble unlike its bloom-shy relative, T. erecta.

Tithonia diversifolia Tree Marigold Herbaceous perenni-al flower which tow-ers at about 14 – 16 feet!!! Unlike the Mexican sunflower, this hardy variety blooms in fall with

very large yellow-rayed daisies topping bamboo-like stems. Plant near the driveway if people can’t find your address. It likes moist, well-drained soil and plenty of sun. Easy!


Chastetree Vitex agnus-castus ‘Lecompte’ Long panicles of blue flowers from late spring through fall. Flowers attract lots of bees, butterflies and pollinators. Fast-growing up to 15 ft. tall and wide as a large, deciduous, multi-stemmed shrub or small tree. Full to part sun; deer-resistant and drought-, heat-, salt- and alkaline-soil-tolerant;

avoid wet soils. Collected by Texas plantsman Greg Grant in Lecompte, Louisiana. Zones 7b-11. Tough and beautiful!

Pink Chastetree Vitex agnus-castus ‘Rosea’ Panicles of pale pink flowers from late spring through fall. Flowers attract lots of bees, butterflies and pollinators. Fast-growing up to 15 ft. tall and wide as a large, decidu-ous, multi-stemmed shrub or small tree. Full to part sun; deer-resistant and drought-, heat-, salt- and alkaline-soil-tolerant; avoid wet soils. In-

teresting, aromatic palmate leaves. Zones 7b-11. Tough and beautiful!

Muscadine Hybrid Grape ‘Southern Home’ Vitis rotundifolia hybrid

A University of Florida variety with unique oak-like leaves and clusters of small black fruit ripening in Septem-

ber. This self-pollinating variety is highly ornamental with its large showy foliage. Fruits have good quality and plen-tiful. Can be used fresh or in jellies and juices. Full sun needed and fertile, well-drained soil. (Image courtesy UGA)

Blue Puffball® Chastetree Vitex agnus-castus ‘PIIVAC-II’ New! A true dwarf vitex growing about 3 feet tall and wide! Bright violet flowers from June until De-

cember attract bees, butterflies and pollinators. Vitex is agreat deciduous, multi-stemmed shrub . Full to part sun; deer-resistant and drought-, heat-, salt- and alkaline-soil-tolerant; avoid wet soils. Interesting, ar-omatic palmate leaves. Zones 7b-11. New from Dr. Michael Dirr! Tough and beautiful!


Oriental Chain Fern Woodwardia ori-entalis This plant resem-bles a tree fern with its thick, leathery leaves emerging from a central crown—

but fully cold hardy! Grows (slowly) 2 to 4 feet tall and up to 6 feet wide. Plant under shade in a moist, or-ganic soil. Its common name comes from the small plantlets that form on the edges of older leaves. A “must-have” plant!

Radiance Glossy Abelia Abelia ×grandiflora ‘Radiance’ Compact evergreen shrub displays showy green foliage edged in creamy yellow matur-ing to silvery green with creamy white margins. Tubular flower clusters appear in summer bearing

sweet fragrance and last well into fall. Wildlife is attracted to this dense floriferous shrub. Average soil and medium moisture will satisfy this vigorous grower which ultimately will reach 2-3 feet high and spread 4-5 feet. A winner introduced by Southern Living Plants!

New Proven Winners dwarf butterflybush with dense branching and low spreading growth to about 3 ft. tall and wide. Bold arching purple flower clusters on terminal stems from summer well into fall. The shrub is self-deadheading but clipping off dead flowers improves ap-pearance. This butterflybush

flowers on new growth. Butterflies and hummingbirds love this plant!

Anthurium Numerous brilliant red to pink to white flowers (depending on the variety) are perfectly placed above glossy green foliage. These fast and easy to grow Anthuriums exhibit

early flowering and excellent disease resistance. Flowers are long lasting and the color is vivid even during sum-mer temperatures. Recommended for 6 to 8 inch contain-ers. Image and info courtesy www.oglesbytc.com. Plant donated by Oglesby Plants International, Inc., Altha, FL.


Wintergreen Boxwood Buxus microphyl-la var. japonica ‘Wintergreen’ Low-growing border shrub with dark green ever-

green foliage makes this a landscaper’s dream. Very dense and compact growth habit allows one to shape and prune to fit any needs. Best grown in part shade to part sun, it prefers moderate water and well-drained soil. (Image courtesy sunders-brothers.com)

Everillo Japa-nese Sedge Carex oshimensis Evercolor ‘Everillo’ Evergreen groundcover grass-like sedge will provide bright golden

contrast to the garden or in a container. It is best grown in average soil and moist well-drained condi-tions. Bright light will enhance the yellow foliage but this sedge needs protection from our afternoon sun. Low maintenance accent gives needed pizazz!

New Proven Win-ners dwarf butter-flybush with dense branching and low spreading growth to about 3 ft. tall and wide. Bold arching

blue flower clusters on terminal stems from summer well into fall. The shrub is self-deadheading but clipping off dead flowers improves appearance. This butterflybush flowers on new growth. Butterflies and hummingbirds love this plant!

Prostrate Japa-nese Plum Yew Cephalotaxus harringtonia ‘Prostrata’ Evergreen coni-fer slowly grow-ing to 2-3 feet

tall and 3-4 feet wide. This conifer prefers some light shade which is unusual for most yews. Heat tolerant and deer proof! Use as a shrubby groundcover or low hedge. Moist, well-drained soil will keep this slow-growing shrub happy.


Dwarf Japanese Ce-dar Cryptomeria japonica ‘Globosa Nana’ This evergreen conifer has lush, fine-textured foliage on a dome-shaped plant growing (slowly) to 4-6 feet tall and wide. Best in part to full sun and average

soil. Foliage may turn reddish in winter. Low maintenance too!

Cinnamon Girl® Distylium Distylium 'PIIDIST-V' New growth emerges plum-purple and turns blue-green as leaves mature. Growing about 3 feet tall and wide, this compact, small-leafed evergreen is a perfect substi-tute for boxwood, and works great as a specimen or low hedge. This is a tough shrub adapted from full sun to part shade in Zones 7-9. Small, reddish,

strap-like flowers provide winter interest.

Firefly™ Leopard Plant Farfugium japonicum ‘Aureomaculatum’ Firefly™ This selection from lo-

cal grower Oglesby In-

ternational features var-

iegated leaves with spots resembling fireflies dancing in

the garden! Fast growing to form a mound 2 feet tall and

wide. Bright yellow daisies appear on tall stalks in fall.

Best in a moist, well-drained soil in part shade. Mixes

well with ferns, toad lilies and other shade lovers. Hardy

in zones 7 to 9. Outstanding!

Giant Leopard Plant Farfugium japonicum ‘Giganteum’ Woodland perennial

flower has enormous foli-

age with highly glossy

leaves. Grows to 30 in.

wide and puts out bright

yellow daisies on tall stalks in fall. Best in

moist, well-drained soil in part shade. Mixes

well with ferns, toad lilies and other shade lov-

ers. Hardy in zones 7 to 9. Outstanding!


Dwarf Garde-nia Gardenia jas-minoides ‘Radicans’ Low, spreading form of the fa-miliar gardenia growing just 2-3

ft. in height and 4 or more ft. wide. In scale with the dwarf stature of the plant, flowers are small, one-inch, and white, occurring in early summer. Evergreen shrub for full sun to part shade. Great as a border plant!

Plantain Lily Hosta ‘Fragrant Bouquet’ Beautiful variegated perenni-al hosta with pale yellow edging on bold apple green leaves. Medium grower to 20” x 18” best grown in part shade or morning sun. This is a fast growing variety emerging in spring when it

will need plenty of moisture until summer. White flowers top stiff stalks during summer. It goes dormant in fall—less mess and maintenance!

Hydrangea paniculata ‘Jane’ Little Lime™ Little Lime™ Panicle Hydrangea Brand new! A dwarf form of the ever popular ‘Limelight’ Hydran-gea. This one has the same flowers and color as Limelight but at one third the size! Now you can have three hydrangeas instead of just one! Flowers can be used in bou-

quets either fresh or dried, just like Limelight. Easy to grow with reliable flowering and flower color regard-less of soil pH or winter temperatures. Be the first to own one! (Image courtesy www.springmeadownursery.com)

Limelight Panicle Hy-drangea Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’ Huge flower clusters open a pale greenish white in late summer through fall. Gor-geous! Flowers age over time to pink, red and bur-gundy, providing weeks more of color. Grows as a mounding, deciduous shrub up to 6+ ft. tall and wide. Here in the lower South, it grows best in part sun and

average soil. Use as a specimen, hedge or screen.


Star Anise Illicium parviflo-rum Broadleaf ever-green tree or large shrub is native to Central Florida. It can grow up to a height of 20 feet

and 10 or more feet wide in a loose open habit. The glossy, large elliptical leaves are aromatic. This plant makes a great informal screen. It prefers sandy soil but is adaptable and with enough mois-ture can grow in full sun.

Dwarf Burford Holly Ilex cornuta ‘Dwarf Burford’ This tried-and-true shrub is a staple of the land-scape industry, and for good rea-son: it’s bullet-

proof! Growing just 4-6 feet tall and wide, this ever-green bears heavy crops of large, bright red berries in fall and winter. Great when used as a hedge or speci-men plant. Grows best in part to full sun, and hardy in Zones 7-9.

Sparkling Sangria™ Loropetalum Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum ‘PIILC-II’ Hot pink flowers are dazzling in spring! Leaves keep their dark burgundy hue

all summer. Despite the appearance in the container, this plant grows as a large shrub up to 10 feet tall and wide, suitable as a hedge or screen. Best foliage color in full sun but also adapted to part shade. Deer re-sistant!

Super Blue Lily Turf Liriope muscari ‘Super Blue’ Super Blue liri-ope is more vig-orous and taller than other clump-ing lily turf varie-ties. The fountain

of narrow dark green foliage is evergreen making mass plantings, edging, or use in a container a good choice. Violet blue flowers appear in summer fol-lowed by glossy blue-black berries. Easy to grow in good garden soil with average water needs.


Variegated False Holly Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Goshiki' “Goshiki” trans-lates as “5 col-ors”. Thus the plant is aptly

named given the green, gold, cream, bronze and pink flecking on foliage. New growth especially is a very pretty pinkish bronze color. Very heat tolerant. Grows up to 8 ft. tall and 4 ft. wide. Full sun to part shade.

Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Gulftide’ Gulftide False Holly This holly-like plant makes an excellent screen or barri-er plant growing in an up-right, narrow shape to 10 feet tall and 5 feet wide. It

has dark green leaves with variable num-bers of spines on the margins. Fragrant white flowers in fall followed by black fruits.

Pringles Dwarf Podocarpus Podocarpus mac-rophyllus ‘Pringles Dwarf’ This is an amaz-ing dwarf form of podocarpus that grows only 3 to 5 feet tall and wide.

Otherwise, Pringles Dwarf grows just like the tough conifer we know podocarpus to be: dark green, nee-dle-like foliage; a dense habit; happy in sun or shade; and hardy in Zones 8-11. Great as a dwarf hedge plant. A new favorite!

Ground Orchid Spathoglottis hybrids These hybrid ground orchids bred by Oglesby Internation-al Plants are amaz-ing! Each is very vigorous growing

and early flowering, producing flower spikes up to 30 inches long, topped with multiple flowers. Stun-ning! Display as a houseplant under bright outdoor shade in warm weather or good indirect light in-doors during the cold season. Use a soil mix with good drainage and water only as needed.


Dwarf Ornamen-tal Banana Musa variety Beautiful specimen banana for con-tainer or garden provides great tropical accent bearing bold lush foliage and a clas-sic thick banana

stalk. This will survive frost and return next spring pro-vided the soil doesn’t stay too wet. During the growing season water as needed. Fertilize in spring as new growth appears in the center of the stalk.. This is a talk-ing point with northern visitors!

Galangal Alpinia ga-langa Herbaceous ginger arising from rhizomes becomes a green lush gar-den accent in

the partly shady garden. It thrives in humus-rich soil and humidity with average water needs. This is widely used as a spice in Asian cuisine. Easy to grow.

Blue Wild Indigo Baptisia australis Herbaceous per-ennial flower is a tough well-loved garden plant for its lupine-like flowers and blue-green foliage. It grows well in

poor soils with good drainage and is very long-lived. Full sun is best. Blue-lavender flowers are prolific in summer followed by dark seed pods. Butterflies find this very attractive—and you will too! A bonus is it is salt tolerant.

Aphrodite Sweet Shrub Calycanthus floridus ‘Aphrodite’ This sweet shrub is a step above the fa-miliar one with large fragrant ma-genta red flowers appearing in sum-

mer into fall. It is a reblooming one which performs best in part sun to bright light but tolerates morning sun. This shrub will grow to 6-7 ft. tall and 5-6 ft. wide in average garden soil. Developed by NC State’s Tom Ranney and now available from Proven Winners!


Round-leaf Tulip Poplar Liriodendron tuli-pifera var. integrifo-lium RARE! A rare form of Tulip Pop-lar with leaves that are almost square in outline because they lack the lower lobes

found on the common form. Found only in the Florida Panhandle and along the Gulf Coast. Fast-growing, and matures at about 40 ft., smaller than the common form. Best in moist, good garden soil. Orange flowers in early summer are a bonus! Check out the one in the Gardens!

Ashe Magnolia Magnolia macrophylla var. ashei One of Florida’s RAR-EST and most beloved natives! Huge flowers (a foot in diameter!) open in April on this deciduous, multi-stemmed tree growing 10-30 ft. tall. The giant

leaves are up to 2 ft. long (!) and 1 ft. wide and have beautiful silvery undersides. Adapted in Zones 6-9 and from sun to shade but best in part shade with rich, well-drained soil and regular irrigation. Endangered in Florida and found only in ravines in the Panhandle (these plants were grown from cultivated sources, not the wild!). Buy a plant today and help preserve a rare Florida native!

Golden Chinese Ev-ergreen Magnolia Magnolia foveolata Rare! This recent introduction features buds and new growth that glows a golden to copper color due to the tiny colorful hairs. Creamy white to yel-

lowish, cup-shaped flowers open in May, while the un-dersides of leaves retain a coppery color all summer long. Grows as a small tree. Best in full sun and good garden soil. Check out the one in the Gardens!

Chinese Ever-green Polyspora Polyspora chrysan-dra Rare! This is a Chi-nese relative of our native Loblolly Bay. It features 3-inch white camellia-like flowers with a large boss of yel-

low stamens in the middle. Flowers begin in autumn and continue into winter. Grows as an upright evergreen shrub to 15 feet. Best in part shade with moist, well-drained soil. NFREC’s Dr. Knox helped collect this plant in Yunnan, China, back in 2013! There’s a big one in the Gardens!


Dwarf Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum ‘Jim’s Little Guy’ Dwarf form of the native bald cypress tree with tight com-pact growth and dense ferny foliage. Adapts well to all soil types and sun exposure. We

haven’t had it long enough to know a mature size, but we suspect it will reach 15-20 feet in 10 years, with a spread of 5-6 feet. Discovered by Jim Berry at his nursery in Texas. Very new and special!

Copper Ridges Doublefile Vibur-num Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum ‘Copper Ridges’ NEW! The name comes from the beautifully textured leaves that emerge a copper-bronze color before fading to a

deep green in summer and then turning wine to burgundy col-ored in autumn before dropping. Late spring finds the plant covered with 4-inch wide clusters of white flowers that even-tually develop into red changing to purple fruit (appreciated by birds). This stunning plant grows into a large shrub or small tree 10 feet or more high and wide. Best in Zones 6-8.

Waihapu Fig Ficus tikoua Native to China, this groundcover fig forms a carpet of evergreen foli-age in light shade or under an over-story of trees. In-conspicuous

flowers can develop into small reddish figs that wildlife may find useful. Hardy as an evergreen groundcover into the teens, and useful in Zones 8a and warmer. A rarity from plantsman Adam Black!

Erythrina herbacea Coral Bean or Cherokee Bean Native! Spectacular spikes of bright red flowers emerge on 18-inch stems in late spring or early summer and are followed in late summer and fall by large beanlike pods splitting to expose beautiful (and poison-ous) coral red seeds. Herba-

ceous stems with distinct 3-parted leaves grow from a woody, crown-like base, dying back each winter. Grows best in part shade. Attracts hummingbirds!


Red Shield Rose-mallow Hibiscus acetocella ‘Red Shield’ Red shield rosemal-low is a popular tropical annual with striking burgundy foliage surrounding a sturdy tall stem. It can be used as an

accent plant in a container or to add contrast in the flower garden. It’s flowers are pretty but the colorful cut foliage is the big show! This annual is not demanding and average water and soil in full sun is enough to put on a great per-formance.

Starry Rosinweed Silphium astericus Native Florida wildflower is ro-bust growing in well-drained

lean soil and full sun. It flowers with bright yellow daisies over a long period in our hot summers. It can reach 2-5’ and requires little or no maintenance. Butterflies may be attract-ed.

Begonia ‘Gryphon’ Terrific annual hy-brid with showy fo-liage all summer and fall and then a good houseplant in winter! This 2.5’ specimen begonia

bears distinct silver foliage with wide green veins radiating from the petiole. Morning sun or light shade is ideal.

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