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PLANT LIST & SOURCES
Architectural Plants
Backyard Basics
Cuts for Connoisseurss
Architectural Plants
Name Source Notes
TREES, WOODY SHRUBS
Magnolia "Little Gem" The Gentle Gardener dwarf evergreen 20'hx8'w
Magnolia x soulangeana saucer The Gentle Gardener "Jane", "Elizabeth", "Betty", "Anne"
Red and Yellow Twig Dogwood The Gentle Gardener
Cornus alba "Sibirica", "Variegata"
Cornus Sanguinea viridissima yellow twig
Ilex verticillata x attenuata hybrids The Gentle Gardener sparkleberry, possumhaw
"Sparkleberry" winterberry in floral trade
"Red Sprite" dwarf
"Carolina Cardinal"
"Apollo" - male pollinator
Salix  willow The Gentle Gardener
tortuosa - curly
melanostachys -burgundy/black bank planting at Lewis Ginter
Hakuro Nishiki - variegated
Viburnum The Gentle Gardener
x burkwoodii fragrant
carlesii fragrant
x carlcephalum semi-snowball "lumpy"
x juddii fragrant
macrocephalum chinese snowball
davidii evergreen z7 fruits
plicatum tomentosum doublefile "Shasta", "Summer Snowflake"
x pragense "Prague" evergreen, light fragrance
tinus "Bewley's Variegated"
Prunus - cherry, cherry laurel The Gentle Gardener
caroliniana - carolina  z7 tree evergreen
laurocerasus - English Otto Luyken, Schipkaensis
P. x yedoensis Yoshino deciduous yoshino cherry
Cornus kousa, florida, hybrids The Gentle Gardener
Itea Virginica "Henry's Garnet" The Gentle Gardener "Little Henry" very similar
Buddleia The Gentle Gardener "Lochinch"
Caryopteris "Longwood Blue" "Dark Knight", "First Choice"
Perovskia "Little Spire"
Hydrangea The Gentle Gardener
Hydrangea mac. "Endless Summer" blooms on both old & new wood
H. arborescens "Annabelle"
H. paniculata grandiflora "Pee Gee" "Limelight"
H. quercifolia "Sikes Dwarf"
H. tardiva
Backyard Basics
Name Source Notes
BULBS Brent & Becky's thru The GG
cuts:  Charlotte's Garden
Muscari armeniacum grape hyacinth
Muscari "Valerie Finnis" larger lavender flowers
Tulip darwin hybrids perennialize
Monte Carlo, Spring Green, Angelique lift others
Fritillaria Meleagris
Leucojum
Lilium
Orientalis "Stargazer", etc fragrant
L. A. Hybrid "Royal Sunset" depth/colour tone; long lasting
Asiaticum "Lemon Pixie" also Pink Pixie, Orange,
SEEDS Renee's Garden thru The GG
Autumn seeding
Agrostemma
Nigella   "Love-in-a-mist"
Larkspur
Spring direct seeding Great children's garden project
Bachelor' Buttons
Cosmos
Sunflowers
Zinnias
PLANTS
Peonies The Gentle Gardener can hold dry & cool up to 3 weeks
Paeonia"Monsieur Jules Elie"
P. "Festiva Maxima"
P. " Sarah Bernhardt"
Roses The Gentle Gardener
David Austin English "Abraham Darby" repeat bloom, fragrant, short
Climber "New Dawn" small glossy foliage, nice buds
Heirloom "The Fairy" April-November
New & Improved ""Knockout" series red, pink, more to come
Perennials The Gentle Gardener
Salvia Armitage's "salvia stage of life"
S. Leucantha autumn bloomer
S. Guaranitica "Black & Blue" z8 tender perennial
S. May Night, Ostfriesland, etc hardy perennials
Heuchera "Amethyst Mist" silver/burgundy foliage 10 months
Monarda  - bee balm ,  bergamot frequent cutting, air circulation key
Veronica longifolia, spicata Blaureisen, Blue Spires, Rosalinde
Cuts for Connoisseurs
Name Source Notes
Sweet Peas Charlotte's Garden spring
Renee's Garden thru The GG
   
Lisianthus Charlotte's Garden late spring
   
Dahlia Charlotte's Garden autumn
  The Gentle Gardener  
Tuberose Charlotte's Garden  autumn
  Brent & Becky's thru The GG  


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