Annie's Annuals Spring Catalog 2011

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What a truly fun year we’ve had! More fabulous plants than I could ever imagine, a Spring season that seemed to last forever and so many new visitors from near and far! Joyful parties to top all of our previous ones and even charming garden dance performances! Local mosaic artist, Tina Amidon, debuted her incredibly cool “Allegorical Reliquary” Mosaic Chapel dedicated to “women’s hidden work” here on Mother’s Day and we are so thrilled that it now has a semi-permanent home here! We were teeming with fun and educational free talks by artists, gardeners, designers and habitat and urban farm experts and more. And this year will be even better with slideshow and movie presentations in our brand new and awesome Ali-Baba tent! Do come! One day, last November, I stood in the middle of the nursery feeling totally amazed about what this little-nursery-that-could has become. I want you to know that it’s all of you who have made this happen with your enthusiasm and support. Thank you all! I can’t wait to see what will happen this year! If you are new to “Annie’s” and this is the first time you’re seeing our catalog, do know that this is the TIP OF THE ICEBERG, a tiny sampling of the unbelievable number of varieties we grow. Discover everything else on our website, including tasty tips and delicious garden slideshows. While you’re there, sign up for our totally excellent and droolworthy emails alerting you to our don’t miss “one-crop- wonders,” parties and sale dates. If you’ve never ordered from us, we’d like you to know we grow plants the old fashioned way, mostly from seed, in the wind, rain and sun (no greenhouses), so they are hardened off, healthy and strong when they arrive at your door. Our customer care and meticulous, designed-by-us packaging is so good, we’re rated tops in the Garden Watchdog “TOP 30,” which is totally excellent! So now kick back, relax and turn off all those i-thingees. It’s time to indulge in some lovely garden inspiration!

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Table of ContentsTwo-Tone Bloomers ......3Spring Combos .........4-9California Natives ...10-15Spring Charmers .........16Enchanting Dianthus ...17Cottagey Magic ........18-19Vertical Accents ......20-21Fabby Gardens! ......22-23Parties & Retail ......24-25

Order info ..........26-27Summertime Fun ..28-31Habitat Gardens....32-33Hot & Dry.............34-35Indestructables......36-37Shade-o-philia......38-39Vines ..................40-41Rarities!...............42-49Groundcovers ............50Giant Poppies!............51

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Dianthus ‘Chomley Farran’As far as I have researched, this is the only remnant available in the U.S. of the type of Carnation or Dianthus so beloved by plant breeders of the 1700s and 1800’s. Sadly, there used to be over 200 of these striped varieties – called “Bizarres” – now lost to cultivation, some with blooms to 4” across! We are happy to help preserve this fantastic purple and rose bi-color, bearing 2.5” slightly scented flowers. Since the branching, foot-long, arching stems are almost pendulous, enjoy them in an elevated pot or hanging basket. Cut flowers to die for! Rich, well drained soil. Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 6-10. #2214 #12.95

Primula auricula ‘Angelo Hayes’SUPER-DUPER EXCLUSIVE!Harking back to the almost impossible-to-find green-edged Auricula primroses of yesteryear! Extraordinary striped green and purple edged blooms are displayed 10-20 to a cluster atop numerous 5” stems and thick, almost succulent, snail resistant foliage. Long lived, plant in a container for close-up enjoyment. Evergreen and blooms 12 mo. a year along the coast, Spring thru Fall in harsher climes. Rich, well-drained soil. Side-dress with compost in Spring. 8” x 12.” Big ups to our resident plant geek, Claire Woods, for discovering this beauty in a batch of seedlings! Bright shade. Avg. water. Pe-rennial USDA zones 3-10. #3123 $14.95

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Psoralea fleta “Weeping Blue Broom” WEB/CATALOG EXCLUSIVE!

Little did we realize when we trialed the seed of this obscure South African Psoralea that we were about to cause horticultural pandemo-

nium! That incognito, little seed quickly grew into a beautiful small tree that had everyone’s lust-o-meter spinning off the dial as it began

to bloom! Large, Wisteria-like panicles (to 12” long) of 1” lavender-white sweet pea flowers

permeate the air from a good distance with an intense grape soda fragrance. Appearing pro-

fusely (woo-hoo!) from early to mid-Summer – they’ll stop everyone in their tracks! Multiple

trunked and to only 12’ tall, “Weeping Blue Broom” makes a magical specimen tree for a

small garden. Fast and super easy, it should bloom by its second year requiring only well-

drained soil and an annual bit of compost. Sun. Avg./Low water. Small tree USDA zones

8-10. #2586 $8.95

Lathyrus odoratus ‘Erewhon’Are you flipping out over this Sweet Pea as much as we are? 25 years in the making by New Zealand breeder Keith Hammett, this cultivar blows our minds with reverse bi-coloration! With rich, blue-purple “wings” and a pink-lavender “banner,” it’s just the awesome treasure to get your gardener’s heart thumping! Sweetly fragrant, just a bit of shade brings out the richest colors. Self-sows, too! To 6’ tall. Sun/Part shade. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. #3369 $4.95

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Nicotiana alata ‘Lime Green’Lime green flowers, my friends, com-bine splendidly with most anything growing in your garden. And these are the old-fashioned, 3’ tall, super branchy kind that are perennial in USDA zones 9-10. Cut back to base foliage and add a bit of compost when they need a jump. Self-sows, too! So pretty in a vase! Deer resistant! AM Sun/Bright shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10, annual elsewhere. #724 $4.95

Cynoglossum amabile ‘Azul’EXCLUSIVE!Easy, fast and just the richest deep blue “Chinese Forget-Me-Not” I’ve ever seen! To 2.5-3’ tall, you get a profu-sion of small, true blue flowers on erect branching stems for months. Cut it back to the base before it goes to seed and it will bloom again, plus it self-sows readily for future bona fide blueness! Adaptable to sun or bright shade and a lovely companion to roses. Sun/Bright shade. Avg. water. Annual, all zones. #3655 $4.95

Lupinus succulentus ‘Rodeo Rose’

Fanciful and cheery! I love this rare color form of our CA native “Arroyo Lupine.” Loads of 4-6” sweetly scented, pink and cherry bi-colored spikes spring forth above pretty Lupine leaves on well branched stems. To 30” x 30”, it makes a fast filler and blooms for months, looking candylicious next to Nicotiana ‘Lime Green.’ Self-sows when happy and next year’s seedlings need no additional water. Mildew and rust free! Thanks to master horticul-turalist Roger Raiche for this fabulous selection! Deer resistant! Full sun, rich soil for best show. Sun. Avg. water. Annual, all zones. #1603 $6.95

With so many enchanting California natives and colorful cottagey classics to choose from, it’s truly easy (and entertaining!) to create picture perfect Springtime thrills like these. Here’s a sampling of the fun I had with last year’s Spring gardens – I hope you like them! Just remember, good com-posty soil is the trick-erooni!




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Nemophila menziesii “Baby Blue Eyes”I just couldn’t live without my favorite Cali-

fornia wildflower! The true blue color of a clear Springtime sky, I use it extensively to fill in and trail perfectly over the edge of beds. A profuse

bloomer over several months, it’s beyond charm-ing bubbling over the edge of a mixed container,

too! 12” x 18”. Absolute must-have! Self-sows for new plants each successive Spring! Sun. Avg.

water. Annual. All zones. #716 $4.95

Eschscholzia caespitosa “Tufted Poppy”Nothing says meadowy to me like California na-tive annual “Tufted Poppy,” with its soft-to-the-touch, tidy and ferny foliage and sweetly scented Primrose flowers. Plant these here and there for maximum meadowiness and you’ll be ever so pleased with the effect – really! Prettiest in average to rich soil. Self-sows. To 10” x 12”. Sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones.#154 $4.95

Aquilegia caerulea ‘Krystal’The largest flowers I’ve ever seen on a Columbine! Along with A. chrysantha (online), it’s also the longest bloom-ing – until mid-Summer. Cut back to a few inches tall when it’s done and it very often blooms again in Fall. Healthy, long-lived and FRAGRANT! So enough said, make room for it somewhere in your garden! 3’ x 2’. Sun/Bright shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 3-10. #1279 $6.95

Eschscholzia californica ‘Rose Chiffon’So aptly named! Like swirling skirts sublimely shaded in rose and pink, each bloom is a work of art! Semi-double, 1.5” flowers keep coming all Spring and more, especially if you dead-head them. Or cut back to 3-4” tall and they’ll bloom again. Will live several years if kept dry in Summer and self-sows! 12” x 15”. Drought tolerant and deer resistant! Full sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10, annual elsewhere. #160 $5.95






Delphinium belladonna ‘Bellamosum’I use the belladonna Delphiniums in my Spring and Summer gardens (sky blue Del-phinium ‘Cliveden Beauty’ p. 16) because they are ultra blue, easy, quick to bloom, they keep re-blooming till Fall and they overwinter well. Good mildew resistance, too! To 3’ tall and nicely multi-branching, they don’t need staking. When the flow-ers are spent, just cut back to 3” tall, add a little compost and they’ll be back in action! Lovely cut flowers, gorgeous with yellow or apricot roses. Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 3-10. #323 $7.95

Antirrhinum majus ‘Double Azalea Apricot’Delicious tutti-frutti fragrance and vibrant glowy sunset colors? Yes! If you haven’t tried this amazing, old-fashioned and properly 3’ tall double flowered Snapdragon – this is the year! I adore it and so will you! Multi-branching, cut back to 6” and it re-blooms. Overwinters well and makes a killer cut flower! Rich soil for greatest beauty. Sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. #56 $5.95

Penstemon heterophyllus ‘Blue Springs’Truly luminous, almost turquoise blooms, 6-12” tall, will make this one of your favorite California natives. Not a shy bloomer, you’ll get lots of those beautiful blooms much loved by hummers and but-terflies. Dense and compact, it grows to a maximum 14” x 14”. Once established, it’ll live long and prosper in low fertil-ity soil with no Summer water. A superb choice for dry gardens and containers. Deer resistant. Drought tolerant. Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 6-10. #818 $7.95

Eschscholzia californica ‘Apricot Chiffon’Radiant, 2.5,” semi-double, peachy blooms suffused with apricot and a touch of rose make folks go bananas the first time they see them! Wherever you plant them they’ll look glorious, but try combining all the plants on this page sometime for heart-melting, toe-curling color magic. 14” x 14”. Full sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10, annual elsewhere #153 $5.95





Lupinus succulentus “Arroyo Lupine”Probably the easiest Lupine you can grow! Plant this beautiful California native in good soil and she’ll easily reach 3-4’ tall in a jiffy, bearing tons of fragrant 8” blooms for several months. Nice and bushy with those fabulous Lupiney leaves and rich purple and violet blooms. Here along the coast, it’ll drop its seeds to grow and bloom again in Summer. How cool is that? Deer resistant! Sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. #2942 $5.95


Platystemon californicus“Cream Cups” Seen in the background above, “Cream Cups” is one of our most charming Cali-fornia wildflowers. Though it looks small, it is mighty and will grow to more than 12” x 18” with hundreds of cute, FRAGRANT blooms above a silvery mound of grey-green, linear leaves. Self-sows when happy and self-sown seedlings thrive with no additional water. Cutest cut flowers ever! Sun. Avg./No water. Annual. All zones. #842 $4.95

Scabiosa caucasica ‘Fama Blue’One of the Top 3 Best Perennials and the backbone of bloom in my gardens! An EASY and reliable “flower machine,” the luscious, violet-scented, HUGE blooms to 4” across are studded with white pins held atop sturdy stems to 3’ tall – fab for cutting. Blooms late Spring to Summer or Fall with deadheading. A mildew-free bee and butterfly magnet! Deer resistant! Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #958 $7.95

Eschscholzia californica ‘Purple Gleam’

Totally harmonious in this sweet girly garden combo, I love ‘Purple Gleam’s’ single paint-

erly flowers. Unique among the California Poppies, the lavender–rose coloring appears

“brushed” on. The best Eschscholzia for pairing with lavender and primrose-colored

bloomers. 14” by 14”. Dead-head for extra long bloom! Self-sows. Full sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10, annual

elsewhere. #158 $5.95

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Delphinium elatum ‘Double Innocence’ Our favorite white Delphinium and as vigorous and reliably perennial as ‘Royal Aspirations’ (p. 30), ‘Double Innocence’ is blessed with extra large double blooms centered with a charming green eye. Provide extra compost for enormous size and multiple spikes (up to 6’ tall!). Cut back to 4” and it’ll bloom again! If you have snails, don’t forget the Sluggo during the rainy season. Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 3-10. #2568 $8.95

Papaver commutatum ‘Ladybird’Our most popular Poppy! Unbeatable for put-ting the “pop” in your Spring garden with its brilliant, true red blooms, ‘Ladybird’ is positively dazzling when massed. I adore her tidy, well-behaved habit, 12-18” across with low, neat foliage bearing 15 or more 3” blooms at a time. Choice in a container, too – at least 5 gal. size. Give it rich soil and dead-head for looongest bloom. Full sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. #771 $4.95

Ranunculus californicus “California Buttercup” CLAY TOLERANT, drought toler-ant, super tough and very long lived, every garden needs this easy going, almost no-care CA native perennial. Wherever you plant it and even if you neglect it, you’ll get a bouncy multitude of glistening, ever-so-yellow Buttercups atop a mass of slender, branching stems 2’ x 2’. Without Summer water it’ll go deciduous. In a watered garden, cut it back to 1” for a second burst of bloom. Gets more bloomy every year! Self-sows, deer resistant! Sun. Avg./No Summer water. Perennial USDA zones 6-10. #2286 $7.95

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Phacelia viscida EXCLUSIVE!At night, I often dream of plants too radiantly blue to be real, but this rare and fast growing California native totally satisfies my not-uncommon lust for true-true royal blue flowers. To 3’ x 2’ and multi-branching, each 1” bloom is a thing of beauty. Loved by bees, too! Rich, well drained soil. Self-sows! Full sun (by the coast)/Half day sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones.#1295 $5.95

Stylomecon heterophylla “Wind Poppy” EXCLUSIVE!Seldom seen in cultivation, when this rare CA native poppy blooms, it’s a sight to behold! Lovely 2” glowing orange, 4-petalled blooms display a prominent peacock’s crown of golden stamens against a showy ruby eye. “Lily-of-the-Valley” scented! Here’s the trick: this poppy likes good soil with excellent drainage – so toss a couple of handfuls of gravel into your planting hole or grow in a container. Half-day sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. #1010 $4.95

Limnanthes douglasii “Meadow Foam”Highly rewarding and a cinch to grow, our native “Meadow Foam” is also blessed with the most delightful scent – like Narcissus! Not fussy about soil, it spreads into a low, shiny, weed– suppressing mat to 30” across. Very long blooming with a mass of charming, 1” clear white and lemony yellow 2-toned blooms on 10” stems. Superb as edging and swell in pots (at least 10” across). Sun/Part shade. Avg. wa-ter/Moist. Annual. All zones. #599 $4.95

Nemophila menziesii ‘Penny Black’ “Baby Black Eyes”

Inspiring! Like a new color in your crayon box, this easy Califor-

nia native calls forth new color combo creativity! A compact

10” x 12”, it practically smothers itself with those luscious so-

purple-they-look-black perfectly edged flowers. I loved it last year

combined with CA native pals Limnanthes douglasii “Meadow

Foam” and Nemophila menziesii “Snow White” (online). Or try it with orange or red bloomers for something totally different in your garden. Makes a great

Springtime container subject, too. Self-sows! Sun. Avg. water.

Annual. All zones. #718 $4.95

“I wanted to thank you for the flowers I got from Annie’s. I live in northern Illinois, where weather can be kinda tough on plants in the spring – especially new plantings. ALL of them survived and flourished with great blooms. The Poppies ALL bloomed fabulously and the Agrostemma - spectacular!!! I hope the seeds take over in the bed I planted them in. My wife isn’t big into flowers or garden-ing, but was so impressed with how well they did, I have her blessings to order whatever I want next year - HA.” –Bill K., Spring Grove, IL






Salvia clevelandiiProbably the most desirable of all native Salvias for its at-tractive color and form and most of all, for its delectable foliar fragrance, which I find very sexy – even at my age – ha! Blooming May and June, its hummingbird-magnet, tubular flowers are held in whorls atop the 3’ x 3’ nicely rounded form. Now here’s the thing – Mr. Clevelandii requires excellent drainage or he gets cranky – so plant him on a slope or provide most excellent drain-age. Deer resistant. Drought tolerant. Sun. Low water. Peren-nial USDA zones 8-11. #912 $7.95

Eriogonum grande var. rubescens “Red Buckwheat”This hard-to-find, choice and goof-proof evergreen “Buckwheat” from the Channel Islands thrives on neglect and prefers dry, clay soil! One of the best butterfly magnets around, it blooms June-October, providing lots of Sum-mer color for your habitat, native or dry garden. Excellent for massing on dry hillsides. Deer resistant! Hardy to 15° F. Sun/Part sun. Avg./No Summer water. Perennial USDA zones 8b-10. #1485 $8.95

Dudleya pulverulenta “Chalk Liveforever”Long-lived and happy with neglect, this giant “Liveforever” forms an elegant, 2’ rosette of ghostly white leaves. In May and July it sends up stout pow-dery white arching stalks holding many red bell-flowers loved by hummingbirds. Use it in a con-tainer, tucked into a rock wall or to highlight the front of a rock garden. Good drainage is important and it looks better with a watering about every two weeks. Deer resistant. Drought tolerant. Sun/Part sun in hottest areas. Low/No Summer water. Perennial USDA zones 8-10. #1536 $8.95

Keckiella cordifolia “Heartleaf Penstemon”Hummingbirds go bonkers over the lovely scar-let blooms on this CA native evergreen 3-6’ shrub. Bunched at branch ends, 1-2” long tubular flowers bloom May-July. Arching branches work well against a fence or grow it the way Mother Nature does – spilling down a hillside. Give it some Summer water and decent drainage. Cut back to 1’ in Fall. Deer resistant. Drought tolerant. Sun/Part shade, more shade inland. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 6b-11. #1992 $8.95

Eschscholzia californica ssp. maritima ‘Coastal Form’ Not the common California poppy everyone is familiar with but a superior coastal form well worth adding to your garden or parking strip. Distinc-tively bluish and compact feathery foliage forms a lower, tighter mound only 6-8” tall and 12” across that stays neat and tidy throughout the season. It blooms longer than all the rest, too, with cheery, bowl shaped, sunny yellow flowers with showy orange centers. Perfectly partnered here with Nemophila menziesii ‘Snow White’ (online). Drought tolerant and deer resistant! Self-sows. Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10, annual elsewhere. #156 $5.95







Collinsia heterophylla“Chinese Houses”

Easy and exceptionally bloomy, enchant-ing in the garden and long lasting as a

cut flower, who wouldn’t fall in love with this charming California wildflower?

Sweetest purple-lavender and white bicolor, snapdragon-like blooms are held

in tiers on multi-branching stems to 2’ tall and across. Adored by bees and a host plant for the Checkerspot Butterfly. Very

pretty combined with Gilia capitata (p. 15) and the Phacelia and Layia below. Can be grown under oaks where it will self-sow for

a lovely woodland effect. Self-sown volun-teers need no supplemental water. Sun

(coast)/Part shade inland. Annual. Avg. water. All zones. #271 $4.95

Satureja douglasii “Yerba Buena” Well, I just think you have to grow some “Yerba Buena.” CLAY, SAND and SHADE TOLERANT, it also grows under oaks and makes a lush, flat, evergreen groundcover for shade. Fantastic used as a trailer, especially over a shady wall, you can even grow it in a hanging basket. Easy, tough and long lived, it smells heavenly and makes a healthful and tasty, mint-like tea. Very pretty and deer resistant, too! It’s perfect in every way! Just give an annual bit of compost and cut back oc-casionally to promote bushiness. Drought tolerant but best with some Summer wa-ter. Bright shade. Avg./Low water. Peren-nial USDA zones 7-10. #1488 $7.95

Layia platyglossa “Tidy Tips”Welcome Spring with the sweet scent and sunny innocence of our CA native “Tidy Tips.” Easy and quick, you’ll be rewarded with a profusion of those bouncy, 2” blooms with their super clear, lemon-yellow and pure white scalloped petals I’m so fond of. Adorable with all of the plants on this page and in California, it’s an important nectar source for the Checkerspot butterfly. 14” x 18”. Rich soil is best. Sun. Avg./Low water. Annual. All zones. #581 $4.95

Phacelia grandiflora EXCLUSIVE!Who doesn’t love watching the ungainly antics of bumblebees or finding them asleep on your flowers? Soo cute! Well, this lovely native annual may be the #1 bumble bee magnet, seducing our fuzzy friends from near and far with its abundant stores of pollen and nectar. Exceptionally pretty, grape-candy scented, 1.5-2” intricately marked, lavender-blushed-blue blooms are presented in many-flowered clusters atop upright, branching stems to 3’ tall and 16” across. EASY and fast, just provide decent soil with a bit of compost added for best bee-fest! Self-sows! Sun (coast)/Part sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. #834 $5.95

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Eriogonum giganteum “St. Catherine’s Lace”Beginning in April, this large and super long blooming “Queen of the Buckwheats” creates a spectacular dome of big, white, flowering clusters much loved by many pollinators, including the endangered Mission Blue and Hairstreak butterflies. Blooming continues throughout Summer when the flowers age to a pleasant auburn. To 4’ x 5’ with attractive wooly grey foliage. Tolerates clay, heat and salt spray. A fabulous and reliable CA native focal plant! Deer resistant. Drought tolerant. Full sun. Avg./NO SUMMER WATER. Perennial USDA zones 9-11. #1546 $9.95

Monardella villosa “Coyote Mint”Need more info than the yummy photo at left? This coast range CA native makes a nice 2’ x 2’ trailing groundcover for dry situations and, besides being so pretty, its fuzzy grey-green foliage is extremely minty-scented! I’m happy to report it’s long blooming, too! The 1” lavender puff balls make their show July thru August, providing nectar for our fluttering friends. Cut back in Winter for compact appearance. Deer resistant. Drought tolerant. Sun/Pt. sun. Low/No summer water. Perennial, USDA zones 7-10. #1901 $7.95

Penstemon palmeri Native to L.A., San Ber-nardino and Inyo counties, as well as the arid Southwest, Penstemon palmeri LOVES IT HOT AND DRY. If you can provide theses two ele-ments, plus decent drain-age, you’re golden. Big upright spikes 3-5’ tall hold 2” grape-scented, flaring, pink blooms with yellow throats and dark veining, all to lure bumblebees and hummers to their nectar. 5’ x 4’. Drought tolerant. Sun. No summer water once es-tablished. Perennial USDA zones 5-10. #822 $7.95

Salvia carduacea “Thistle Sage” EXCLUSIVE Crazy cool and quick to bloom, this is one of the wildest CA natives you can grow! We’re talkin’ first-rate entertainment here! To 2’ tall, the whole plant is wooly white, including the leafy rosette and upright stems topped by totally trippy sputnik-ball clusters with purple points. Large, frilly, lavender flowers burst strangely from the clusters, sporting bril-liant orange anthers on long stamens. Native to dry areas, pro-vide excellent drainage (easy in a pot) and water to establish. Deer resistant! Sun. Low/No Summer water. Annual. #911 $7.95

Mimulus bifidus “Apricot Monkey Flower” Glorious bloom with NO SUM-MER WATER! This could be the prettiest Mimulus of all with its multitude of exquisite, 2” flaring, soft peach flowers – at least till mid-Summer. And since it’s the real species native to the Sierra foothills and not a modern hybrid, it’s easy to grow AND long lived. From 2-4’ tall and wide with attractive, narrow and evergreen glossy foli-age, it thrives in filtered shade so you can grow it under oaks – just provide good drainage. Hummers! Deer resistant! Sun/Filtered shade. Low/No water. Shrub USDA zones 9-10. #3539 $8.95

Lupinus albifrons “Silver Bush Lupine”So much bloom with so little water! This “Silver Bush Lupine” is planted in our awesome propagator Anni Jensen’s “Zero Summer Water” park-ing strip, where it blooms Spring thru August. The mass of purple spikes sit atop knockout shimmering silvery foliage. Infertile, well-drained soil. Does well in a large container and is a host for the endangered Mission Blue Butterfly. Deer resistant! Sun. Low/No Summer water. Perennial USDA zones 8-10. #636 $9.95







Asclepias speciosa “Showy Milkweed”Undeniably stunning in bloom, everyone who can should grow our native perennial “Showy Milkweeds” as they are THE host for western Monarch butterflies, which lay eggs on stems and leaves. Thriving in poor, dry, well-drained soil, it’s tough and vigorous with gorgeous silvery-green leaves. FRAGRANT flower clusters are 4-5” across and made of velvety pink and white star-flowers. Blooms late Spring to

late Summer, then goes deciduous. But don’t worry, it will return next Spring with more stems. Now this is important: Asclepias speciosa looks terrible in a 4” pot and ships dormant until June. But don’t dismay – just plant it – water it a bit the first year and don’t fret if it disappears – it’s just going temporarily dormant. Once established, you’ll be delighted with the fruits of your patience. Deer resistant! Drought tolerant! Sun/Part sun. Avg. water/Dry. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #125 $8.95


Salvia apiana “White Sage”Make your own smudge-sticks rather than buying them from folks who cut and destroy these plants in the wild. Arresting silvery white, lance-shaped leaves are held stiffly on 2’ x 5’ base branching stems. Bees adore the small whitish blooms. Heat and drought loving, it really doesn’t want much Summer water. Many medicinal and sacred uses. Good drainage. Deer re-sistant. Drought tolerant. Sun. Low/No Summer water. Perennial shrub USDA zones 8-11. #906 $7.95

Lupinus latifolius var. parishii EXCLUSIVEDeliciously grape-soda fragrant, fast and EASY, this So. Cal. native Lupine quickly forms a pleasing, rounded form, 3-4’ tall and across. A prodigious bloomer from Spring to mid-Sum-mer, it bears a great number of divine extra long 1’ bright pinkish-lavender flower spikes – great for cutting and irresistable to neighborhood but-terflies and bees! Extra adaptable, too, perform-ing beautifully in rich, moist flower beds as well as dry gardens if you give it an occasional drink. Deciduous. Grows under oaks! Deer resistant! Hardy to 0° F. Sun/Part shade. Moist/Low water. Perennial USDA zones 8-10. #2021 $8.95

Erigeron glaucus ‘Wayne RoderickCLAY TOLERANT and perfect for pots and edging, this bountifully blooming “Seaside Daisy” was selected by renowned CA plants-man Wayne Roderick. Bearing a profusion of refined, 2” double, lavender, short stemmed flowers centered with showy gold and char-treuse eyes, it’s easy, tough and reliably peren-nial. Long blooming Spring thru Fall with dead-heading. Neat and compact to 1’ tall and 2-3’ across. Drought tolerant but looks best with some Summer water. Fab for bees! Sun/Part shade in hotter areas. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 6-10. #3214 $7.95






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Nemophila maculata “Baby Five Spot”A great multitude of bouncy, 1” purple-spotted blooms make this cousin of “Baby Blue Eyes” a fun and merry edger. To 1’ tall and 2’ across, the flowers appear atop short stems over low Spring green foliage – bubbling thru neighboring plants or trailing beautifully over the edge of a bed. Excellent in large pots, too! So pretty combined with Cal Poppy ‘Rose Chiffon’ (p. 5) and perennial Rumex sanguineus (online). Self-sows! Sun/Part sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. #714 $4.95

Clarkia rubicunda ‘Shamini’ EXCLUSIVE!An eye-popping 3’ tall and 3’ wide mob of bloom can be yours with very little effort! Mucho showy, 2.5-3” carmine-rose blooms edged in pink are well displayed up and down slender branching stems from the end of Spring till Fall. And, like all of our Clarkias, they’ll drop their seeds, sprout with the rains and flower again each year without you having to water! Fine in average to poor well-drained soil but spectacular with a bit of compost added. Sun. Avg./Low water. Annual. All zones. #1879 $4.95

Eriogonum nudum ‘Ella Nelson’s Yellow’A delightful strain found by Eric Nelson and named for his grand-mother, a life-long gardener. An asset for any dry or native garden, it’s exceptionally showy, creating a bouncy cloud of primrose pom-poms on a mass of branched stems 3’ x 2’. Foliage stays 3” high x 1’ wide. Bee magnet! DEER RESISTANT! Sun. Low/No Summer water. Perennial USDA zones 6-10. #3598 $7.95

Coreopsis gigantea “Giant Sea Dahlia”Like a palm tree mated with a Sunflower! This fantastical Dr. Seuss plant is courtesy the coastal bluffs of So. Cal. Cartoonish, ferny foli-age heads sprout in Spring atop undulating, palm-like trunks. In February, out pop 4” daisies in an outlandish show that lasts till May. Let it go dry and deciduous in Summer or give it a bit of water and it happily remains silly and green. Good drainage. Hardy to 25° F. To 4’ x 3’. Deer resistant! Sun. Low/No Sum-mer water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10. #278 $7.95

Verbena lilacina ‘De La Mina’Love bloomiferous perennials but don’t want to water? Now you can have your cake and eat it, too! Exploding into a cloud of rich lavender-blue flower clusters in Spring, this SUPER EASY, SUPER TOUGH native blooms year around, especially with an occasional drink in Sum-mer. Valuable for both cottagey and dry gardens or large pots, it makes a dense 3’ x 3’ mound. Butterflies and bees! Thanks to horticulturalist Carol Bornstein for discovering this selec-tion! Deer resistant! Sun/Part sun (inland). Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 7-10. #3398 $7.95

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Lupinus arboreus ‘Yellow’“Yellow Tree Lupine”

I’m so happy we are able to offer this much admired coastal native

Lupine in our catalog again! Loads of deliciously scented, 6-8” spikes

rock the house from Spring till mid-Summer, attracting butterflies

and bumblebees galore. Quickly growing to a substantial 4’ x 4,’ it’s

multi-branching with a stout tree-like trunk. Deer resistant and tolerant of drought and neglect, it’s an excellent choice for dry gardens, parking strips and hillsides. Definitely provide good drainage and throw in some lava rock

if you’re going to plant it in a well watered garden. Cut back to 3’ x 3’ in Fall/Winter to keep a nice bushy

shape. Cut flowers! Woo-hoo! Sun. Low./Avg. water. Perennial USDA

zones 7-10. #640 $8.95

Clarkia amoena ‘Aurora’ EXCLUSIVE!Totally drought tolerant once estab-lished, this absolutely stunning Clarkia bears boatloads of dazzling, peachy, cup-shaped flowers 3” across atop branching stems. Easily 3’ tall by 2’ around, it’s so carefree and bloomiferous you’ll feel like a “gardener extraordinaire” without any fuss or muss. Tolerates poor, dry soil and thrives in average, well-drained soil. Drought tolerant and self-sows! Sun. Avg./Low water. Annual. All zones. Available in March. #1508 $4.95

Gilia capitataEasy as pie and you’ll get loads of bloom over a period of months! A robust native to much of California, “Blue Thimble Flower” forms a bushy multi-branching annual to 15” tall by 12” across with dense, ferny, almost lacy, rich green foliage. Throughout Spring and well into Summer, it bears scented, laven-der blue flowers held in spherical clusters and loved by butterflies, bees and more! Lovely with native Layia platyglossa “Tidy Tips” (p. 11) or any of the plants on these two pages! Self-sows. Sun. Avg./Low water. Annual. All zones. #450 $4.95

Clarkia concinna “Pink Ribbons”Billowing over the front of a bed like a cloud of butterflies held on shiny red stems, CA native “Pink Ribbons” fascinates everyone with its surprisingly silky, 1.25” pinwheel blooms. Choice for mixed plantings, containers and even hanging baskets, where they’ll attract all manner of butterflies and bees. Average to rich soil (no clay). 10” tall x 20” wide. Self-sows. Deer resistant! Sun-Shade. Avg./Low water. Annual. All zones. #249 $4.95






Cerinthe major purpurascens “Blue Honeywort”Give a thrill to someone who claims they kill everything! Insanely easy to grow and flowering like crazy, who isn’t mesmerized by these magical blooms? I’m not even going to try to describe them! Held on a mass of arching, branchy stems, 2’ x 2’, your friend will finally discover their inner Flower Floozie! Pretty, mottled leaves and nice in pots, too (3 gal +). Self-sows freely for lots of volunteers to hand out to new converts! Check out habit photos online. Sun. Avg./Low water. An-nual. All zones. #231 $4.95

Nicotiana alata grandiflora “Flowering Tobacco”How sad for all the newbie gardeners out there – for they may never know that “Flower-ing Tobacco” used to grow to 3-5’ tall, was deliciously scented, attracted butterflies, bloomed forever and was not only perennial but always self-sowed for lots of free “volun-teers.” If we’re not careful and save our seed, this delightful heirloom may someday soon disappear forever! A time honored partner to old-fashioned roses and a shady garden classic, plant in part to bright shade in hotter inland areas. Rich soil for best performance. Deer resistant! Self-sows! Sun/Bright shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10, annual elsewhere. #723 $4.95

Delphinium belladonna ‘Cliveden Beauty’I count on this easy and tougher than usual Del-phinium for sky blue flowers Spring thru Fall. To 30” x 24” wide, it’s freely branching for multiple bloom spikes and doesn’t need staking – yay! Cut spent spikes to ground for repeat bloom all season long. Nice cut flower! Rich soil. Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 3-10. #322 $7.95

Heliophila longifoliaThe quickest route possible to a high impact explosion of true-blue flowers! So bright and so numer-ous, together they create a solid mass of bouncy, sky blue blooms on slender branching stems to 20” tall and 18” across. Easy and very fast, they should start blooming within a month at the latest! Well-drained soil with compost. Cut back for a second round of bloom. Self sows! Sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. #476 $4.95

Alonsoa meridonalis ‘Apricot’ A year doesn’t go by without me planting this fabulous must-have in my gardens. Held on countless graceful upright stems, hundreds of soft apricot blooms keep coming for months – we’re talking major bang-for-the-buck here! Cut back to 6” when she’s finally all bloomed out, ply with a little compost and you’ll get a second burst of bloom. Seen here with Helioph-ila longiflora, Delphinium ‘Cliveden Beauty’ and Cerinthe major (this page). Also, shown: Eschschol-zia caespitosa (p. 5) and Myosotis palustris (p. 50). Self-sows! Sun. Avg. water. Short-lived perennial USDA zones 9-10. #27 $6.95






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Dianthus carthusianorum “Clusterhead Pink”It took us more than 10 years to find the right seed for this fantastic TALL stemmed species I had seen in a garden many years ago. A delightful crowd of

strong stems are topped by brilliant pink blooms held in 2-3” clusters well above the dense mound of grassy-green foliage to 12” across. Long blooming from Spring thru Fall (with dead-heading) and a bounty of long stemmed cut flowers. Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10. #3444 $7.95

Dianthus arenariusSo floriferous, so sweetly scented and fascinat-ingly frilly! Bursting out in mid-Spring from a low, dense, compact blue-green mat, it forms a swarm of 1” pristine white flowers to 12” x 12”. Loves drainage so definitely let it spill charmingly over the edge of your bed (espe-cially in front of roses) or love it in a pot. After bloom, cut stems back to foliage for a second late-Summer thrill! Drought tolerant! Sun. Avg/Low water. Perennial USDA zones 3-10. #1362 $6.95

Dianthus plumarius ‘Hercules’ TOTALLY EXCLUSIVE!From a chance seedling I planted several years ago, grew the mightiest Dianthus I’ve ever seen! BLOOMS MASSIVELY from Spring to the end of Fall, then cut him back to the at-tractive silvery-blue foliage so he can rest. To 20” x 20”, plant at the edge of a bed to ensure good drainage. Long-lived, he won’t wimp out like the box store varieties. A bit of compost once or twice a year will keep him fat and happy! Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #3332 $7.95

Dianthus plumarius ‘Pinkerton’ TOTALLY EXCLUSIVE!Discovered from another chance seedling, we are thrilled to introduce another totally bloom-azing Dianthus this year! Hundreds – if not zillions – of beautiful, deliciously fragrant, double, mid-pink blooms almost smother the dense, blue-green, weed suppressing foliar mat to 30” across. To 15” tall, the stems are just the right size for cutting and you’ll never have to worry about stealing too many for your bouquets! Besides, dead-heading keeps them in bloom for months. Long lived. Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #3660 $7.95








Lysimachia atropurpurea “Burgundy Loosestrife” When this absolutely marvelous NON INVASIVE “Loosestrife” goes into bloom here in our gardens, visitors go cuckoo trying to get their hands on any remain-ing plants for sale! With its first flush of 2’ rich claret, goosenecked spikes above silvery, blue-grey, lanceolate foliage – it’s a showstop-per – attracting butterflies and hummers and providing yummy cut flowers. Bloom begins in May and continues off and on till Sept. Now here’s the trick – this beauty re-quires optimum drainage, so plant it at the edge of a well draining bed or in a container (at least 10 gal.) and add some compost so you’ll both be pleased. To 3’ across. Deciduous. Self-sows when happy. Sun/Pt. sun in hottest areas. Avg. water. Short lived perennial USDA zones 4-10. #649 $7.95

Sisyrinchium hybrid ‘Devon Skies’Oh lordy – were we ever-so-impressed with this amazing hybrid! With flow-ers like our native “Blue Eyed Grass” but larger, this baby bloomed from Spring till the end of Summer in our gardens and spread to at least 1’ across. Only 6” tall, it covers itself with beauti-ful 1” flowers. So EASY and perfect for edging, it doesn’t make seed so it’s non-invasive but can be divided to share with friends. Deer, heat, humidity and drought resistant! Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10. #2647 $8.95

Agrostemma githago ‘Milas’My very favorite cottage garden classic! Why? Because it’s EASY to grow, the epitome of grace and charm, sways in the slightest breeze and makes great cut flowers. Self-sows, so you’ll plant one now and get 10 or more next Spring. Satiny, bright rose blossoms 2” across, have a white throat and radiat-ing black dotted lines. Produces a hundred or more blooms on slender, upright stems. 36” tall and 18” wide. Sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. Cannot ship to AK, NJ, NY, OK, SC, TX. #24 $4.95

Geranium maderense “Ginormous Geranium”“Is this Geranium from another planet?” you might ask when first encountering this extraordi-nary giant from the Canary Islands - land of all plants weird and wonderful. Unbelievably focal pointy and super-duper easy to grow, it’s crowned from April to mid-Summer with a massive ball of pink flowers to 4’ across! Blooms in year 2 but you won’t mind at all since its large, ferny, tropicalesque leaves are a stunning garden focal point all on their

own. Self-sows reliably for freebie handouts to lucky friends. Rich, well drained soil. 4’ x 4’. Sun (coast)/Bright shade. Avg. /Low water. Monocarpic USDA zones 9-11. #437 $8.95

“I just wanted to drop you a line or two to let you know how pleased I was with my recent order from your company. It was my first order after pouring over your mail order catalog for more than a year now. The packing was superb and the plants were so well grown and established in their 4” containers. And they arrived so quickly. I also liked the special packing within the pot to keep the rootball from drying out, very creative! ” –Lloyd T., Edgewater, MD







Geranium pyrenaicum ‘Bill Wallis’I bet we get more positive feedback for this most floriferous of Gerani-ums than any other plant we grow! Delightful, purple-blue blooms present a cloud of color, 15” tall x 20” across – just like this photo – from Spring thru Fall. WOW! Fast, tough and EASY, it won’t fade away if you forget to water. Reliably perennial, it happily self-sows to fill in bare spots with its ever-present color. When the flowers are spent (after months), cut back to 1” and it’ll burst right back into bloom. BEST in rich soil and ½ day sun. Great in containers and perfect under yellow roses! Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 5-11, annual elsewhere. #440 $7.95

Papaver ‘Pink Heirloom’With her frilly, pink, centifolia rose-like blooms, shorter 30” stature and more than the usual blooming stems, ‘Pink Heirloom’ is a lovely way to flaunt your girly power. Attractive bluish-green foliage, too. Plant two 1’ apart and another 4-5’ away for a lovely effect. Trés romantique partnered with Gilia tricolor (p. 33) or Cynoglossum amabile (p. 4). Self-sows. Sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. Cannot ship to WV. #793 $4.95

Malcolmia maritima “Virginia Stock” How romantically Springy! Why this easy-as-pie and sweetly scented hardy annual does not grow in everyone’s garden is a complete mystery to me! Color coordinated lavender, rose and white phlox-like flowers create a delightful 10” x 16” mass to look perfect with all Springtime bloomers. Enchanting massed and so harmoni-ous with “Baby Blue Eyes” and pink poppies. The first flower to bloom in my Spring garden. Reliably self-sows! Sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. #651 $4.95

Sidalcea hendersonii I’m addicted to this perennial! Tough and re-liable, I use it everywhere because it blooms SPRING thru FALL (with dead-heading). Non-stop, showy, pink, hollyhock-like flowers on upright branching stems to 3’ make a nice vertical accent and invite butterflies. Scalloped leaves in a no-fuss, compact mound to 30” across. Excellent planted mid-bed as well as edges, it comes back bigger and bloomier each year! Deer resistant! Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10. #2548 $8.95

Scabiosa ochroleucaDROUGHT & DEER RESISTANT, bringer of bees and butterflies, practically everblooming and a good strong perennial, you can’t go wrong with this Mediterranean “pincush-ion.” To 3’ x 3’, it blooms its heart out with hundreds of go-with-everything, 1.5” soft primrose blooms on a mass of multi-branch-

ing stems. Excellent as a front and center, always-in-bloom mainstay of your garden. Good drainage, cut back to 1” in Winter. Give 1” of compost in Spring and dead-head for continuous bloom. Self-sows! Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #960 $7.95








Verbascum chaixii ‘Album’Elegant and cottagey, this is one of my “must haves!” Perfectly erect spikes to 3’ tall are densely decorated with single white flowers studded with purple and orange “eyes.” Rich green leaves form a handsome rosette, 3’ across. Essen-tial for formal or cottage gardens. Cut spent spikes and it’ll bounce back with new ones. Self-sows! Sun/Bright shade. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10. #1088 $7.95

Verbascum bombyciferum ‘Arctic Summer’A traffic stopper in full bloom, this 5’ stunner is extremely tough and drought tolerant. Lemon yellow, 2” blooms are held on amaz-ing 2’ across candelabra-like spikes densely covered in white fur, lasting for months. Cut back and more will appear! Spectacular, silvery, 3-5’ wide foliage rosettes are covered in white down. Easy in well-drained poor to average soil. Self-sows! Deer resistant! Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Biennial to Peren-nial USDA zones 4-10. #1085 $7.95

Delphinium elatum ‘Dusky Maidens’ Unsurpassable in the big and tall Delphinium department, THIS is one of the best Del-phiniums to grow! Scrumpdillyicious, XL, mul-berry colored blooms with dark, fuzzy “bees” form multiple, 3’+ spikes on extremely strong stems. To at least 4’ tall x 3’ across. Mid-Spring blooming, it blooms again in Fall if you cut it back and add a little compost. To-die-for cut flowers! Rich soil for awesome performance. (See blue-flowered ‘Royal Aspirations’ on p. 30). Sun/Part sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zone 3-10. #3360 $8.95

Lupinus regalis ‘Thomas Church’ EXCLUSIVE & LIMITEDTrue story: While giving a talk in Santa Cruz several years back, I was invited by nurseryperson Julie Levy to stay in her wonderful home, which turned out to be one of the former personal residences of landscape architect Thomas Church. As we admired Julie’s garden, I spied an old, neglected Lupine growing in the corner. There were a few blooms still showing and to my great thrill, they were bi-colored purple and yellow – a Lupine I’ve only dreamed of ever growing in our fogbelt! Julie said it had been there for as long as she remembered. Lucky for me there were some ripe seeds to bring home and now, TA-DAA! I give you Lupinus ‘Thomas Church,’ 3’ x 3’ with 8-12” FRAGRANT stalks. Deer and mildew resistant and reliably peren-nial. Cut spent spikes for longest bloom. Shade of purple may be slightly variable. Deciduous. Full sun. Avg. water. Peren-nial USDA zones 4-10.#2217 $9.95





Verbascum hybrid ‘Southern Charm’

I’m a firm believer in Verbascums for every garden and I love ‘Southern Charm’

not only for its mix of sophisticated colors, but because it’s super simple to grow and almost everblooming. If you

cut back spent spikes it continuously sends up new ones 24”-30” tall and

is elegant with single blooms of either chamois, dusty rose or apricot. Not fussy about soil, it blooms more with compost. Drought tolerant, deer and snail resistant

– you just can’t go wrong! Sun/Bright shade. Avg./Low water. Perennial in USDA zones 5-11. #1098 $7.95


Alcea rosea ‘Double Apricot’“Hollyhock”Whoever invented those modern dwarf Hollyhocks should be punished because how in the world could you improve on this deliciously tall, cottage classic heirloom? Densely held around sturdy 8’ stalks, 3-toned, peach-pink, double blooms will melt your heart and keep coming from mid-Spring to Fall if you provide rich soil and cut off spent blooms. Blooms first year in California. Self-sows. Full sun. Avg./Low water. Bien-nial USDA zones 3-10. #504 $6.95

Lilium regale “Regal Lily”Discovered in the early 1900s by E.H. Wilson, the aptly named “Regal Lily” rocked the garden world. It’s still considered the ULTIMATE LILY to grow and I agree! 5-10 huge (6” across), yellow throated, ruby backed flowers unfold atop muscular stalks, towering 5-8’ over the garden! Highly per-fumed, they’re easier and tougher than ori-ental lilies and each year begets more stems and flowers. Our 6 year-old “Regal” bore at least 20 stalks and 100 blossoms last year, beginning in May and lasting 2 months. Cut to the ground after bloom and give it compost in Spring. Note: We ship large, dormant bulbs to get you off to a strong start. Deer resistant! Sun. Avg. water. Bulb USDA zones 3-10. #598 $8.95

Veronica longifolia “Long leaf Speedwell”A blast of vertical spikes that bloom for months in our mild climate – and then blooms again! Big and bushy, fast and easy, this cottage classic perennial rises to 3-4’ tall and 3’ across bearing rich, purple, 6” spikes from late Spring to July, attracting mobs of butter-flies, bees and hummers! Cut back to 10” tall and it’ll bloom again in Fall, just when you’re craving pretty blues. A lively contrast to other plant shapes. Rich soil. Deer resistant! De-ciduous. Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #1111 $6.95







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return soon.” By July, we’re feeling totally guilty, thinking we didn’t give our new baby what it needed. “It’s my fault and I’m a crummy gardener!” Well, I’m here to say “No you’re not! It was a crummy-wimpy plant (or not happy with our Mediterranean climate) and you are an excellent gardener!” Here’s an example: This past year I was told by more than a few visitors, including a garden designer, that they won’t even try to plant one of my all time favorite cottagey perenni-als. They tell me: “Dianthus are just annuals with a really short bloom season and they always die!” Hmmmm. Dianthus? An-nuals? How sad! Where did you buy them, I asked? Oh, at the “box store.” Well, there you go! Those are Dianthus chinensis (sold as perennials) that really behave as annuals in the ground. The thing is, these Dianthus are so highly available and bloom so massively in a 4” pot that box store “garden centers” and their suppliers much prefer them for quick sales. Sadly, it’s be-come harder to find the true, and in my opinion, far superior, truly perennial species at your local nursery and well, out-of-sight is garden memory oblivion for these wonderful, reward-ing and highly fragrant plants!

I REALLY love it when perennials live up to my expecta-tions, last for at least several years and don’t die – don’t you? Here at the nursery, when we get all excited about a new plant we’ve raised from seeds or cuttings, the first thing we do is plant it in several places in the garden and a few sample pots. What we want to find out is this: will this new variety live through the Winter and bloom for a second season? Here in our mild and rainy Winter climate, this is a common reason why a perennial fails to thrive. I find that so many modern, newly introduced “perenni-als” out there in the garden market just don’t meet our mild-Winter test. Or they are wimpy new varieties quickly sent out into the marketplace (pumped up on fertilizers) to look extra bloomy in a 4” pot or gallon – the better for quick nursery sales! The thing is, I don’t believe anyone really tests them to see if they truly behave as perennials in all the diverse zoneage of the U.S.! So we buy them because they are sooo pretty and then find that they turn smooshy in the Winter or completely disappear. Our “gardener’s hope” kicks in and we tell our-selves, “Oh, it’s just being deciduous at the moment. It will

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Just look at the amazing Dianthus on page 17. THAT is what a real Dian-thus looks like to me! These perenni-al species live for years in my garden. I don’t know how long they bloom in hotter climates but I do know they bloom Spring thru Fall here. My favorite, longest lived types are D. plumarius, carthusianorum and gratianopolitanus. And this is what you should know: Dianthus love really good drainage, so add in some lava rock or better, plant them on the

edge of your bed or on a slope. They are not fond of clay but love a little compost. Just a month or two after planting, they’ll burst into a stunning mass of flowers that lasts for months, especially if you cut off spent blooms. In Summer, they’ll go into a rest period unless you cut them back and give them a bit of compost around the base, whereupon they’ll burst forth with all those glorious blooms again! When they finish blooming at the end of Fall, you want to ruthlessly cut back the foliage and stems to no more than 3” tall and 10” across. Don’t worry – they’ll love you for it. In early Spring, give them a 1” dressing of good quality compost and they’ll return more beauteous then before. With proper care your Dianthus will live for years. Last year, while perusing Ebay, I bought some wonderful old mailorder catalogs (circa 1890–1930) that listed more than a hundred fascinating varieties of Dianthus, including vividly striped and polka-dotted “Carnations.” Sadly, almost all have been entirely lost to garden extinction. ‘Chomley Farran’ (p. 3) is reminiscent of these heirlooms that old time “florists” worked so hard to create. I felt so sad after reading about them, I began to worry that some of the varieties we now grow would face eventual disappearance as well. For example, look at this fabulous Dianthus superbus (top, left). When we ordered seed for it over the past few years, we received a totally wrong variety. Certainly NOT the lovely, deliciously scented and long lived species we were familiar with. In fact, it turned out to be an unscented annual often called “Rainbow Loveliness,” which is now being sold as the original perennial species. Luckily, our wonderful long-time propagator, Anni Jensen, still had one of our original mother plants stashed in a corner of the nursery. We now collect our own seed and feel confident we will be able to offer it again in the future. Another wonderful long lived perennial that seems to have lost its mojo to modern “improvements” is Aquilegia vulgaris or the common garden “Columbine.” Formerly 3’ tall x 2’ wide, they seem to have shrunk in both size and vigor. I could blather on about all the depressing details but suffice it say, we’re working on it! In the meantime, I highly recommend Aquilegia chrysantha, caerulea and caerula ‘Krystal’ (online and p. 5) as absolutely fabulous Columbines. Properly tall and highly floriferous with large, scented flowers, they’re certainly the lon-gest blooming, too. Almost to mid-Summer! And if you cut them back to 2” tall after bloom, you’ll often get a second flowering in Fall! Happily, they return reliably each Spring and also self-sow! Real perennials. YAY!

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Happy Bees Lunchbag & Bird/Butterfly ToteThese super cute and affordable bags are perfect for lunching or toting and they won’t break the bank! Made of high quality woven polyeurethane that is 100% recyclable, they have heavy duty nylon handles and woven trim for durability. The graphics are gorgeous and each bag is printed on both sides. Lunch bag: 8.5” W x 8.5 H x 4.5” D. Tote bag: 14” W x 11” H x 4” D. May ship separately. #3663 Happy Bees Lunch Bag (left) $8.95#3664 Bird & Butterfly Tote (right) $12.95

Hori Hori Knife & Nejiri Gama HoeMake your weeds cower in fear! We love these tough-as-nails Japa-nese tools because they’re simple, effective and last a lifetime! We use the Hori-Hori for everything from weeding and dividing to trans-planting - you name it! Serrated blade with depth markings perfect for planting bulbs. The sharp and slicey Nejiri Gama hoe is the best tool we’ve used for shallow weeding - especially in those pesky cracks! #3092 Hori Hori Knife $26.95#3684 Nejiri Gama Hoe $19.95

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Polygonum orientale “Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate”Incredibly quick growing and easy-breezy, this 6’ x 5’, old-timey cottage classic can’t be beat for fast thrills! Tumbling off the ends of many arching, multi-branching stems, its vibrant, brightest-pink, bead-like flower clusters bob around in the breeze to provide movement and Sum-mertime fun! Scented and long bloom-ing, too. Handsome, large, heart-shaped leaves make it even more garden-worthy. Watch for next year’s volunteers when the weather warms up – you’ll have lots! Rich soil for best show! Sun/Part sun. Annual. All zones. #852 $4.95

Campanula persicifolia ‘Telham Beauty’Why has this enchanting cottage gar-den classic become so hard to find? Beautiful, 2-3” flaring bell-shaped flowers are held outwards from 3’ tall stems. Really putting the “bell” in “bellflower,” ours bloomed from Spring till end of Summer! In our foggy town, it thrives in full sun and rich, well-drained soil. Sun/Pt. sun. Avg. water. Perennial, USDA zones 3-10. #190 $6.95

Penstemon x gloxinioides ‘Thorn’Hooray! A long-lived and massive blooming Penstemon for our mild climate where, sadly, most Penstemons sputter out after a year or two. To 3’ x 3’, the bloom spikes come Spring thru Fall and I don’t mean a few spikes at a time. Lots – just like in this photo! Good-sized, white-blushed-pink trumpets and substantial rich green foliage looks super in mixed perennial and shrub gardens, even dry gardens! Side-dress with a little compost in Spring and Sum-mer and cut back spent spikes regularly. Deer resis-tant. Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 6-10. #2318 $7.95

Aster novae-angliae ‘Skyscraper’ EXCLUSIVE & LIMITED!A monster of an Aster, ‘Skyscraper’ grows quickly to make a super smashin’, 5’ x 5’ statement with tons of large, 2.5-3” amber centered, periwinkle flowers for several months. A highly reliable perennial with many multi-branching stems, it’s a total Summer-Fall show-off and gets even more bloomy each successive year. I think it’s perfect mid-bed, especially paired with yellow

roses like this ‘Golden Celebration’ we were trialing in our gardens. Cut flowers and but-terflies galore! Deer resistant! Rich soil. Cut back to 6” in Winter for next season awesomos-ity! Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA 4-10. #3192 $7.95

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Scabiosa atropurpurea ‘Florist’s Blue’Create a big display of these wonder-ful, rich lavender blooms. All you need is one plant to get at least a hundred of these sweetly scented 2” spherical “pincushions.” Not the commonly seen smaller, flatter flowered species, this variety was selected for its large, dense blooms. Long and sturdy branching stems make it the perfect cut flower machine! The more you cut, the longer it blooms. Or cut back to 6” for a second performance. Rich soil a must! Great habitat plant. Deer resistant and self-sows. Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 9-11, annual elsewhere. #954 $6.95

Viscaria oculata ‘Blue Pearl’ I would be so sad if someone ever took my “German Catchfly” away! Though they’re “only” annuals, they bring more joy and sense of perfection to my Summer garden than any other plant, and if you saw them in person, I’m sure you’d agree! Always in motion on a mass of slender stems, utterly charming, lavender-blue flowers dance and sway in the slightest breeze to melt my heart. Rich well drained soil. Choice in a pot. To 2’ x 2.’ Sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. #1478 $4.95

Campanula latifolia ‘Blue’ “Great Bellflower” Classically elegant, unbranched vertical stems bearing large, bright purple bellflowers are just the thing to bring structure and color to the mid-garden. Showy, shiny buds unfold into storybook flaring bells, 3” across and deep. Depend-ably perennial, it blooms in Spring and if cut back will repeat bloom in Summer-Fall. Easy! Tolerant of heavy clay but best in rich soil. Self-sows. Sun (coast)/Part shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 3-10. #2019 $6.95

Antirrhinum majus ‘Chantilly

Peach’ My favorite Snapdragon!

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Orlaya grandiflora“Minoan Lace”

A dense mass of roman-tic 4-5” blooms float above pretty emerald,

ferny foliage. So cottag-ey! To 2’ x 18”. Happily

self-sows! Sun/Part sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. #1261 $4.95

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Delphinium elatum ‘Royal Aspirations’ Pretty Kelly Kilpatrick is holding huge spikes of ‘Royal Aspirations’ that bloomed like this in 4” pots! In your garden, these “best in the world” Delphiniums can reach 6’ tall with humongous, multiple royal blue flower tow-ers. Imagine the cut flowers! What’s more, they’re faithful repeat bloomers and reliably perennial, growing in girth each year to reach 4’ across. If you’ve been disappointed in the past by ‘Pacific Hybrids,’ you must try these phenom-enal Delphs brought to us by the Dowdeswell family of New Zealand. Cut back to 4” tall after blooms are spent and side-dress with compost for a new burst of growth and bloom. Bait for snails. Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 3-10. #1624 $8.95

Lupinus regalis ‘Gallery White’ This photo shows ONE ‘Gallery White’ still blooming in all its glory in late Summer. We adore these compact Lupines because they don’t freak out with rust and mildew like the commonly available ‘Russell Hybrids.’ Handsome, palmate leaves create an attractive foliar mound topped by an ongoing display of elegant, pure white spikes to 3’ tall and across. Cut spent spikes to keep new ones coming and cut back in Winter or anytime to refresh. Side-dress with 1- 2” of compost in early Spring and again in Summer for show-iest show. Deer resistant. Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #2704 $7.95

Centaurea cyanus ‘Blue Diadem’ “Blue Bachelor Buttons” It’s so hard to find old-fashioned, TALL “Bach-elor Buttons” these days! Bright, richest blue blooms on upright 3’ stems are perfect mid-bed and make the sweetest cut flowers. Rich soil, dead-head to prolong bloom. Self-sows! Sun/Part sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. #2960 $4.95

Petunia axillaris “Wild White Petunia” RARE & EXCLUSIVE!Graceful of habit and PERENNIAL, we adore this original ancestor of modern Petunias. Introduced into cultivation in 1837, we’re lucky to get seed from the U.C. Botanical Garden in Berkeley, CA. Large, 2.5” across, pure white flowers bloom from Spring to Fall, forming a mound of blooms that tastefully twirls itself around taller neighbors up to 4’. Night scented of vanilla and lico-rice, it’s pollinated by those amazing hawkmoths. Sun/Brt. Shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 9-11. Annual elsewhere. #3124 $6.95

Coreopsis tinctoria ‘Roulette’ NEW!We’re super happy to have discovered this totally new and cool variety of Coreopsis tinctoria, one of the easiest, most bloomiferous annuals you can grow! Two-toned, gold and deep red harlequin flowers explode into a 30” x 30” mass of blooms for months. Outstanding wherever it’s planted, even in a pot – good sized of course, at least 5 gallons. Not fussy about soil, self-sows and provides countless cut flowers! Sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. #3673 $4.95







Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Prom Dress’ NEW!Bona fide girly-fied! Come over to the pink side with this wonderful new double pink Cosmos just like the white one above. I planted both together last year and added ‘Blue Diadem’ “Bachelor But-tons” (opposite page), ‘Heavenly Blue’ Morning Glories (p. 41) on a trellis and Nicotiana alata ‘Lime Green’ (p. 41) behind. It was a gloriously girly sensation! Sun. Avg water. Annual. All zones. #3404 $4.95

Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Yellow Garden’ Did you know there is also a yellow Cosmos? Rare and awesome, it is just as easy, big and totally bloomy as the others. The soft yellow flowers are enchanting and often appear later than other Cosmos – more towards mid-Summer-Fall. I grew mine last year with “Yellow Tree Lupine” (p. 15), rich blue Veronica longifolia (p. 21), pink ever-blooming perennial Sidalcea hender-sonii (p. 19) and Laurentia axillaris “Blue Stars” (online) as the front-of-bed trailer. Stunning! Sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. #1357 $4.95

Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Snow Puff’ NEW!Double your Cosmos pleasure! Super frilly, pure white double Cosmos ups the romantique aura in your

garden – for sure! Properly 3-4’ tall and wide, they’re bushy and ferny and loaded with large and

lovely blooms – for months! And hey-hey, they self-sow so all will be well in your little piece of the

world. Lots of awesome free cut flowers for your table, too. Butterflies and bees! Not fussy about soil

but a little compost added is best. Sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. #3494 $4.95

Petunia integrifolia “Wild Petunia” The mother of all petunias! This parent of modern day petunias is peren-nial in our mild climate, long blooming, scented and an intense rose-magenta with an almost black throat. To 2’ x 2’, if densely planted it will trail out on long stems to pop its happy, 2” faces up here and there (like in the photo with Lupine ‘Gallery White’ on opposite page) to perfectly “tie the garden together.” A dazzling edger, it also scrambles up shrubs and trees. Cut it back to 2” when it’s bloomed out and it will be back in flower in no time. Nice in pots! Rich, well-drained soil. Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 9-11, annual elsewhere. #833 $6.95

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Oenothera pallida EXCLUSIVE!Whenever I stick a “Smell Me” sign alongside this beautiful, showy Primrose, you should see the plants fly out the door! And if you smelled its sweet almond lotion fragrance, you would succumb, too! EASY, fast and very long blooming (Spring to end of Summer), its 3.5” flowers stay open all day, attracting all manner of bees and butterflies. Purest white and centered with a lime green eye, the scalloped blooms appear on branching stems, forming a lax mound to 30” tall and across. Excel-lent for creating picture perfect “vignettes” because of the way it pops its flowers out thru neighboring plants and stunning combined with Zinnia elegans ‘Giant Violet Queen’ (online). Deer resistant! Sun/Part sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #747 $6.95

Penstemon x gloxinioides ‘Midnight’ I like my Penstemon like I like my men: pro-ductive, hearty and faithful! Mr. ‘Midnight’ does not disappoint, lasting forever in the garden, even in our mild climate where so many Pen-stemons peter out. To 3’ x 3’, he bears lots of strong, upright spikes of rich, grape-purple blooms for many months – Spring thru Fall. Highly popular with bees and hummingbirds! Cut back to 6” whenever he seems to need en-couragement for another generous and quick round of bloom. Evergreen, drought and deer resistant. Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. USDA zones 6-10. #3058 $7.95

Scabiosa atropurpurea ‘Black’The nectar from the velvety black blooms of this prolific ‘pincushion’ must be delicious, for it’s one of your best bets for enticing butterflies (and bees) to the garden. Dozens of spherical, 2” deepest crimson bloom clusters with contrasting white “pins” sit atop long-branching stems – perfect for cutting. EASY and fast, just cut it back to 6” whenev-er it needs refreshing. Self-sows. Deer resis-tant. Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 9-11, annual elsewhere. #952 $6.95

Echium plantagineum “Blue Bedder”Goof proof, bee-loved and blue, this bountiful bloomer from the Mediterra-nean is deer proof, too! Fast growing into an impressive mound 20” x 20” (in rich soil) of blue, cup-shaped blooms with pink buds, it blooms for months! Easy, resil-ient and not fussy about soil, it’s useful in those mysterious spots where everything else dies! Readily self-sows. Pretty com-bined with Antirrhinum ‘Double Azalea Apricot’ (p. 6). Sun. Avg./Low water. Annual. All zones. Cannot ship to OR. #380 $4.95

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Nepeta tuberosaAdored by our native bees, as well as honeybees and bum-blebees, this unusual Catmint from Spain and Portugal makes a mass of 2’ long, rich blue-purple, upright spikes all Summer long. Tuberous rooted, it forms a dense mound of soothing grayish-green foliage. Emerging from furry, violet calyces, the densely packed flowers create an appealing two-tone effect. Increases in beauty each successive year! Will go dormant after blooming with no Summer water, but returns with the rains. Cats are not attracted and it’s deer resistant and drought tolerant! Sun/Part sun. Avg./No Summer water. Perennial USDA zones 7-10 (6 if protected). #720 $7.95

Gilia tricolor “Birds Eyes”Have you grown our CA native “Bird’s Eyes” yet? Oh, but you must! Much visited by bees, they are so easy and exude the sweetness of Spring with their flowers, form and lovely scent! Extremely floriferous, you’ll get hundreds of these entrancing blooms on bushy, ferny upright stems. Highly rewarding, this heart stealer looks great in any type of garden, self-sows and makes the best old-fashioned bouquets. Magical with roses! 24” x 18”. Sun. Avg./Low water. Annual. All zones. #451 $4.95

Nigella hispanica ‘African Bride’Sometimes we grow flowers just to be fasci-nated by the wonder of it all – like this strik-ing bee magnet “Love in a Mist.” Watch-ing the green compound ovary flare out from the crowd of purple anthers into a prominent, fuzzy, black “Jester’s hat” encircled by a green ring and pure white petals is worth the price of admission! Beyond easy, it doesn’t self-sow as radi-cally as Nigella damascena. Good in a container, cool dried seed pods, too! Sun. Avg./Low water. Hardy Annual. All zones. #1977 $4.95

Linaria reticulata ‘Flamenco’Long-blooming, scented, drought tolerant and snail and deer resistant, this flamboyant annual from North Africa self-sows, too! What more could you want? Bees and butterflies? Yes, they adore it! Gobs of bright little scarlet and gold bi-colored “snap-dragon” blooms are displayed for months above soft ferny foliage. Cut back after it’s finished blooming and it’ll rebloom quickly and vigorously. To 12” x 12”, it’s a stunning container subject. Sun. Avg./Low water. Annual. All zones. #611 $4.95

Trachelium caeruleum ‘Hamer Pandora’Butterflies love to nectarsip from umbels and purple is said to be their favorite color. Here we have both! Large, lush and lightly scented, 4” umbels ap-pear fluffy soft due to tiny white “pins” emerging from each little flower. Blooming Summer to Fall (with dead-heading), these butterfly sweet-shops are held atop branching stems and gorgeous, darkest purple-black foliage. Combine with black leaved Pennisetum glaucum and lime green strawberry, Fragraria vesca ‘Golden Alexandra’ (online). Sun/Pt. shade. Avg. water. Short-lived Perennial USDA zones 7-11. #1063 $8.95






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Anchusa azurea “Alkanet”You could drive a truck over this long-lived awesome perennial without doing more harm than breaking its branches. Tough as nails, it’s heat and drought tol-erant, deer and snail resistant. Bright truest royal blue “Forget-Me-Not” flowers display for months on sturdy multi-branch-ing stems. When it’s done, cut back to the foliage for a second performance as good as the first. Popular with swallowtails! To 4’ x 3’. Drought tolerant! Sun/Pt sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10. #2600 $6.95

Jordaaniella dubia EXCLUSIVE!Need to carpet your dry garden in a hurry? Here’s an easy solution! Super fast growing, root-as-they-go stems with succulent, finger like leaves create a dense, ground-cov-ering mat that fills in bare spots and trails nicely over edges. Surprisingly large, 3” across, delicately rayed blooms deliver dollops of golden yellow sunshine in Spring. To 2” tall and easy to trim to whatever size you like. Swell in a hanging basket! HEAT and CLAY TOLERANT. Deer resistant! Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10. #3224 $8.95

Cotyledon orbiculata var. orbiculata EXCLUSIVE!One of our most popular offerings! Everyone has a spot for this no-care, gloriously silver succulent in their dry garden or sunny I-don’t-want-to-deal-with-it spot by the side of the driveway. To 30” tall and 3’ across, you get

a compact, weed suppressing, highly drought tolerant shrublet of red-edged silvery white, almost circular foliage. From Sum-mer thru Fall, it bears lots of showy pinky-apricot bells on up-right silvery stems. Wonderful combined with ever-blooming Calandrinia spectabilis (p. 37) and Hebe speciosa (online). Deer and fire resistant! Sun/Part sun. Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10. #1334 $8.95

Centaurea gymnocarpa “Velvet Centaurea”Need a heat and drought loving, deer proof, large scale groundcover? Like a “Dusty Miller” on steroids, this remarkable shrub grows 3-4’ tall and as much as 8’ across (though it’s easy to prune smaller). Striking, silvery-white, filigreed leaves form a bright and showy, dense mound decorated from Spring to mid-Summer with colorful, rosey lavender fluff-balls held on long white stems (good for cutting!). CLAY AND SHADE TOLERANT, but do give

it some room to show off. Great choice for hillsides, neglected side yards, as well as any dryish garden. Hardy to 15-20° F. Sun/Brt. Shade. Avg./No Sum-mer water. Perennial/Shrub USDA zones 8-10. #2977 $7.95

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Echium hybrid ‘Mr. Happy’ Now this is what I call a “studly” focal point! Mr. Happy’s, um, spire, reaches an impressive 15’ tall with a 3’ bulbous base above large, velvety, silver-green rosettes. Good for more than just quickie thrills, he’s covered in an incredible mass of pink blooms with long, sparkly stamens from MAY to SEPTEMBER! Blooming in his 2nd and 3rd year (if cut back), he’s drought tolerant, fast grow-ing AND deer and snail resistant. Easy! Attracts hummers, bees and admiration – I think every front yard needs one! Rich, well drained soil for best, hee-hee … performance! Sun. Avg./Low wa-ter. Perennial USDA zones 9-10. #2051 $7.95

Helianthus annuus “Delta Sunflower” EXCLUSIVE!So carefree, you see them growing along freeways in the central valley of Califor-nia, this ancestor of the domesticated Sunflower is native to the Western states. Besides being lovely, it’s HEAT and DROUGHT TOLERANT and DEER RESISTANT! Blooming like crazy for 3+ months, the 3-4” flow-ers bounce around on many branched stems to cheer up your Summer garden. Adored by butterflies, bees and birds. To 6’ x 5’ and not fussy about soil, it’s showiest with drainage and some fertililty. Sun. Avg./No Summer water. Annual. All zones. #1978 $4.95

Crassula erosula ‘Campfire’How cool is this shockingly fiery highlight for your dry garden, rockery or mixed con-tainer? To 6” tall and up to 3’ across, this carefree succulent forms a textural and flashy mat – so choice for trailing over a rock wall and/or paired with dark-er foliage. Awesome Winter color, too! Give good drainage and cut back after insignificant bloom. Drought tolerant. Sun/Part sun inland. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA 9-11. #2928 $8.95

Glaucium grandiflorum EXCLUSIVE!A dazzling “must” for the DRY GARDEN! Hundreds of silky, 1.5” poppy flowers go for broke from mid-Summer to Fall and longer on this heat and drought tolerant mistake-proof Mediterranean native. Beautifully held on a billowy, 30”x 36” much branched form, the soft blue-green stems and leaves are win-ningly harmonious with the enchanting blooms. Easy as pie, it’s insect and deer resistant and not fussy about soil. Dead-head and give a bit of Summer water for longest (till November) bloom. Self-sows. Sun. Avg./No Summer water. Short-lived perennial USDA zones 7-10. #457 $6.95

Aeonium escobarii RARE & EXCLUSIVE! Stunning. Giant. Succulent. Rosette. Do you really need to know more? A superb focal point for a well drained garden, this uber-rare Canary Island native is fabulous by itself and even more awesome 3 or more to line a pathway. To 20” tall and 3’ across, the main rosette surrounds itself with huggy babies, looking like a gigantic “Hen and Chicks.” Seen here with (black) Dyckia platy-phylla ‘Cherry Cola’ and (white) Sideritis oroteneriffe (online). Sun. Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9b-11. #2973 $8.95







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Lampranthus sp. ‘Pink Kaboom’ EXCLUSIVE!

BIG FABOOSH BLOOM, ZERO MAINTENANCE kiddos! Our dear propagator Anni Jensen planted a mysterious little start of this plant in our parking lot, which has the worst hard-pan clay soil you can imagine and we never watered it. Quickly, it grew into a dense rounded 2’ x 3’ succulent leaved mound and in Spring, exploded into this astounding mass of blindingly brightest pink daisies. Thrill the neighbors, but hand out sunglass-es! Though we didn’t, I would water it a bit till established. Deer resistant! Sun/Part sun. Avg./No Summer water. USDA zones 9-10. #3331 $7.95

Papaver atlanticum ‘Flore Pleno’Does someone you know murder plants? THIS is the plant you want to give them to build their con-fidence. A perennial Poppy from the hot and dry areas of Spain and Morocco, it grows anywhere it gets sun.Not fussy about soil, but do give it some drainage. 30” tall with 3” semi-double, crepey blooms. Self-sows. Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10. #1931 $7.95

Verbascum olympicumThe grand dame of all Verbascums! Magnificent, perennial and almost-zero maintenance, when the enormous candelabra explodes into flower you’ll be in awe of yourself! To 8-10’ tall, the monster central stalk unfolds mid-Summer, holding hundreds (thou-sands?) of sunny yellow blooms with fuzzy purple eyes. Drought tolerant, snail and deer resistant and not fussy about soil. Compost for most brazen display. Sun. Avg./Low water. Peren-nial, USDA zones 5-10 #1410 $7.95

Berkheya purpurea EXCLUSIVEMean folks stealing your beautiful plants? Now you can have the last laugh! Outrageous, 4” lavender “sunflowers” ornamented with a deliciously dark and puffy purple button center appear Summer thru Fall atop wicked-cool, spiny stalks and a robust, spiny rosette to 20” across. Drought and heat tolerant and deer proof. To 30” tall. Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 6a-10. #1328 $6.95

Geum quellyon var. flora plena ‘Blazing Sunset’UNBELIEVABLY LONG BLOOMING! This is not the well-known ‘Mrs. Bradshaw.’ Yes, I have left ‘Mrs. Bradshaw’ and taken up with a much more thrilling provider! This is a single plant and, as you can tell, it blooms like crazy late Spring thru Fall (with dead-heading). Brightest red, 2.5” blooms look like ruffly roses and dance in the breeze above sturdy, lush green, compact mounds. If you have never tried Geums be-fore, they’re one of the toughest, heat tolerant and longest lived perennials you’ll ever grow! Compost yearly and cut back in Winter. To 3’ x 3’. Deer resistant! Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #1487 $7.95

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Thalictrum rochebrunianumOther than never giving it any water, you can’t kill this lovely Japanese na-tive. Thick, sturdy, upright stalks to 6-7’ tall burst into huge clouds – 3’ across – of lavender-pink flowers in June. Charm incarnate! Some say it’s best massed but my single plant-ings never fail to impress. Decidu-ous but returns each season. Rich, loamy soil. Deer resistant! Best of the genus! Sun/Part sun. Avg. water/Moist. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #1057 $8.95

Anchusa azurea “Alkanet”You could drive a truck over this long-lived awe-some perennial without doing more harm than breaking its branches. Tough as nails and long-lived, it’s drought tolerant and deer and snail resistant. Bright truest royal blue “Forget-Me-Not” flowers display for months on sturdy, multi-branching stems. When it’s done, cut back to the fo-liage for a second performance as good as the first. Popular with swallowtails! Drought tolerant! To 4’ x 3’. Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10. #2600 $6.95

Echium wildpretii “Tower of Jewels” One of the coolest plants we can grow here on the West Coast! Otherwordly, conical clus-ters of reddish pink flowers can reach 8’ and are deer proof, bug proof and totally drought tolerant! Blooms in year 2 but in the meantime you get an impressive 30” across foliar rosette. Adored by hum-mers and self-sows for years of enjoy-ment! Poor dry soil ok but not clay. Sun. Avg./No Summer water. Biennial USDA zones 9-11. #385 $7.95

Calandrinia spectabilis This spectacular Chilean perennial gets my highest recommendation as the best, super EASY, everblooming, deer proof plant for a dry garden or difficult spot. Blooming from May to forever (mine was still in full bloom at the end of November), this most robust succulent produces a continuous supply of hundreds of bouncy, bright cerise, 1.5” single, rose-like flowers – without deadheading! Color coordinating, attractive, blue-green foliage spreads quickly into a dense, 15” x 4’ groundcover, suppressing all weeds as it grows. Do give it a home in that parking strip that looks so sad (it’s kid proof!), that blah hillside or anywhere you’d love to see continuous easy color. Cut back to 6” in Winter and add a bit of compost in Spring for perfect appearance next season. Decent drainage. Drought tolerant! Sun/Part sun (inland). Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 8-10. #1930 $7.95








Impatiens sodenii ‘La Vida Rosa’ Like Impatiens ‘Madonna’ but with bright rosy cheeks! Just as easy, fast and problem solving, both may self-sow moderately so you can pass them on to friends with shady gardens. Here’s another reason I so appreciate these large Impatiens: I have a giant Magnolia grandiflora in my front yard that drops about 100 leaves a day. Nowadays, they fall thru the Impatiens foliage and remain nicely hidden from sight so I hardly ever have to clean them up! Yay! AM sun/Shade. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9b -11, annual elsewhere. #2581 $9.95

Primula capitata ssp. mooreana We planted this beauty in our gardens and couldn’t believe our good fortune! This happy fellow started blooming in Spring and kept going to the beginning of Fall. Totally scrumptious, nodding, deep purple tubular blooms are held in densely stacked whorls atop 12-14” stems. Powdery white “farina” on flowers, stems and leaf undersides make us Primula geeks swoon! Deciduous in Winter. Excellent in pots with rich soil. AM Sun/Shade. Avg. water/Moist. Perennial USDA zones 5-10. #2657 $8.95

Adenophora potaninii “Bush Ladybells” Blooming late Spring thru Fall, you can’t find an easier, tougher and more bloomy perennial for shade. This rare “Ladybells” sends her lovely flowering stems to 3’ tall and we’re talking a lot of stems, forming a mass of rich lavender, 2” flaring bells. Spreads to 3’ across by under-ground stems, it’s a fuss-free choice for that strip along the shady side of your house. Just top-dress with compost once or twice a year for best and longest bloom. AM Sun/Bright shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10. #9 $7.95

Impatiens sodenii ‘Madonna’ I love this perennial Impatiens so much because it’s a champion when it comes to problem shade areas. With a fast-growing, 5’ x 6’ shrub-like rounded and evergreen form, it provides YEAR AROUND BLOOM with lotsa large 3” pure white flowers, excellent weed suppression and deer resistance! This photo shows ONE PLANT and me, so you can get an idea of the size. Not fussy about soil or root competition from trees, it lives forever just asking for water maybe once a week and a layer of compost annually to keep it really green. I prune mine back to 3’ in Winter for extra bushiness. AM sun/Shade. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9b -11, annual elsewhere. #1841 $9.95

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Ageratum houstonianum ‘Blue Horizon’Who would want a dwarf Ageratum when you can have this old-fashioned, 30” tall variety? Easy, fast and covered with fluffy (and pettable!) dense lavender clusters, 4” across, atop branching stems with emerald green, heart shaped leaves. Blooms late Spring to Fall (with dead-heading). Choice in a container as shown, I planted several in a 15 gal pot. Butterfly magnet! Rich, well drained soil. AM sun/Shade. Avg. water. Short-lived perennial USDA zones 9-10, annual elsewhere. #20 $4.95

Nicotiana mutabilisCan you say robust? This giant show-stopper blooms year around along the coast and will quickly and easily reach 5’– 6’ – 8’ tall, creating a cloud of sensational bloom at least 3’ across. Each flower starts out white and ages to pale pink, then rose – with all colors appearing at the same time. Trust me, it’s awesome! Perennial in temperate zones, cutting it back encourages its divine purpose. Rich soil for best show, it self-sows, too! Very popular with hummingbirds. Deer resistant. Sun/Brightshade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 8-10, annual elsewhere. #727 $4.95

Nicotiana alata x sanderae ‘Crimson Bedder’Nice and tall to 3-4’ and so much bet-ter than those boinky, dwarf flowering tobaccos so commonly available – I won’t say where! Bright cherry-red, 2” star flowers appear year around on nu-merous upright branchy stems to bring a blast of color to your shade garden. Perennial in mild climates, cut it back and it flowers again and again – even in Winter! Cheery under climbing roses, side-dress with 1” compost twice a year for best appearance. Deer resistant! AM sun/Shade. Avg. water. Short-lived perennial USDA zones 9-10, annual elsewhere. #2740 $4.95

Viola ‘Etain’In my opinion, the most valuable of all Violas! Reliably perennial, it blooms heavily Spring thru Fall across the U.S. and year around in coastal California. Enchanting primrose yellow petals beauti-fully edged in lavender are 1” to 1.5” across, scented and perfect for posies with a dense neat foliage clump. Cut back to 3” tall once in awhile and top-dress with compost. Sun/Bright shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 3 -11. #1266 $6.95

Nicotiana alata ‘Lime Green’Easy, versatile and lime-a-licious! This is the old-fashioned, 3’ tall vari-ety, not the awful and pervasive modern 6” hybrids. Quickly growing into a bushy form 30” across, its glows with 1.5” lime-chartreuse starry flowers, irresistible to butterflies. I use it in sun and shade gardens, as it blooms so much, for so long and green flowers harmonize with everything! Self-sows! Deer resistant. Sun/Bright shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 8-10, annual elsewhere. #724 $4.95






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Ipomoea tricolor ‘Wedding Bells’ “Granny Vine”Resurrected from near extinction, I am so excited to offer this beautiful and rare “Morning Glory.” A hundred extra large, gorgeously hued, laven-der-blue blooms say “hey, I’m taking your garden to a whole ’nother level of beauty!” I planted mine so it would climb through soft pink ‘Felicia’ rose … swoon! Rich soil and roots/base in the shade is the way to go. Self-sows so you’ll never be without and you’ll be helping keep this treasure alive for fu-ture gardeners. Sun. Avg. water. An-nual. All zones. Cannot ship to AR, AZ, MI, OK, TX. #3661 $4.95

Lathyrus odoratus‘Henry Eckford’Did you know there are orange sweet peas? Yes, there are! In fact ‘Henry Eckford’ was introduced in 1904, which certainly makes it an heirloom sweet pea blessed with intense fragrance, smaller but far more numerous flowers over a longer period and greater heat tolerance. Just imagine the new color combos it will inspire in your garden and in your bouquets! You could start by combining it with purple-blue ‘Lord Nelson’ sweet pea - crazy! Rich soil and roots in the shade, please. Self-sows. Sun/Part sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. #3353 $4.95

Passiflora loefgrenii x caerulea RARE & EXCLUSIVE!So RARE and spectacular and since it’s crossed with commonly grown “Blue Passion Flower” (P. caerulea), it’s also EASY to grow and blooms from mid-Summer thru Fall! Displaying long lavender-blue reflexed petals, a gorgeous tricolor corona and purple spotted stigmas, these 4” blooms are exquisite! COOLNESS FACTOR: the blooms are suspended from stems that curve upwards (like a U) for an exotic effect! Fast growing to 15’ in one season. Hummers! Evergreen! Sun/Part sun. Avg. water. Perennial vine USDA zones 9-10. #3258 $9.95

Mina lobata “Exotic Love Vine”Knock-your-socks-off flowering spikes always elicit the question from visitors, “Is it real?” This gorgeous, fast growing, annual vine couldn’t be easier to grow! Quickly reaching 10’ or more, it solidly blankets a trellis or ugly fence with appealing large fleur-de-lis shaped leaves. Next come the startling blooms, 5” spikes festooned with scarlet, orange, yellow and cream flowers! Held upright on reddish stems and displayed in great numbers, the blooms go on for months. Self-sows to return year after year. Insane combined with its cousin, the dark purple “Morn-ing Glory,” ‘Kniola’s Black’ (online). Give the roots a little shade and plant in rich soil. Sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. Available in May. #685 $5.95

Eccremocarpus scaber ‘Tresco Gold’Tons of bloom all Summer! In 3–4 months, this elegant, tendril climbing vine will easily cover a 6’ x 8’ trellis and then stops right there without becoming a menace! You’ll be so happy over its multitudinous bloom sprays of many waxy, tubular, gold and orange flowers held on contrasty wine-red stems. Very attractive fern-like foliage. Thrives in AM sun to bright shade, self-sows and hummers adore it! Rich loamy soil for best performance. Cut back in Winter. Combine it with my other favorite part-shade vine, blue-purple Asarina scandens ‘Joan Lorraine’ (online) for color combo fireworks! AM sun/Bright shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 9-11. #368 $6.95







Ipomoea tricolor ‘Heavenly Blue’ I never see annual Morning Glories around any more. Do you think everyone’s been scared off by the perennial, house-eating “Blue Dawn Flower” (I. learii) or have folks just forgotten about them? Well, I’m here to remind you there is nothing so romantic as a grand display of these almost turquoise, 3-4” flowers in the garden. They last for months and readily self-sow for next season. Rich soil is best, roots in the shade. Sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. Cannot ship to AR, AZ, MI, OK, TX. #3632 $4.95

Lathyrus odoratus ‘Annie B. Gilroy’Blessed with vibrant color and exceptionally strong fragrance, this heirloom (1907) sweet pea also boasts heat tolerance and a long bloom season. Like the original cultivated sweet pea Lathyrus ‘Cupani’ (online), it can be planted as late as April or May. The flowers are a bit smaller like the origi-nal species but the deliciously sweet old-time scent is more than a fair trade-off. BEST cut flowers, self-sows to return each year! 8’ tall. Rich soil please! Sun. Avg. water. Annual. #3122 $4.95

Cobaea scandens “Cup and Saucer Vine” Large storybook blooms almost year around! Incredibly fast growing, “Cup and Saucer Vine” will cover a 25’ chain link fence in one season! Fantastical, 3.5” flaring purple bells sporting long sexy stamens create a mas-sive bloom display that’ll be much admired by neighbors. Attractive, deep green, heart-shaped foliage. Give it room to grow, rich soil and stand back! Hummers! Cut back in Winter for bushiest appearance next year. Full sun/Part shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10, annual elsewhere. #269 $7.95

Dipogon lignosus “Cape Sweet Pea”Need a vine in a hurry? Reliably perennial, evergreen or semi-evergreen in USDA zones 10 and 11, this amazingly fast growing member of the Pea family will reach 10’ in 2 to 3 months and bloom from Spring thru Fall! Held on arching stems, the sweet grape soda-

scented pinkish flower clusters look lovely against lush heart-

shaped leaves. The whole vine is romantic-looking and perfect for covering a fence,

arbor or growing around a door. Rich soil and full sun provides the best show, but part sun will do. Self-sows!

Sun/Part sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 9-11.

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Orthrosanthus multiflorus “Morning Flag” Zero fuss, tough, long lived and good looking year around, you never have to worry over this evergreen member of the Iris family. I’ve grown it for 10 years and all I ever do is strip away a few old leaves once a year. To 2’ x 2’, it’s a great choice for part shade, flowering in Summer and Fall with lovely Wedge-wood blue, starry blooms atop upright stems. Deer resistant! Part shade. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10. #2183 $7.95

Fuchsia magellanica var. molinae ‘Sharpitor’ EXCLUSIVE!Big, bushy and bodaciously variegated, but wait, such demure little soft pink flowers! Super fast growing to 4’ x 4’, ‘Sharpitor’ makes a quick dense shrub for a mixed bed and a nice foil for neighboring bloomers. More heat, sun and cold tolerant than many Fuchsias, it’ll go deciduous below USDA zone 9, but re-sprouts and fills in quickly each Spring. Summer thru Fall bloom. Rich soil. Hummers!! Sun/Half day sun on coast. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 7-11. #3063 $8.95

Oxalis hirta ‘Pink’ DO NOT BE AFRAID! Beautiful Oxalis hirta will not invade your garden! Well behaved and delivering terrific impact, this little bulb bears pretty, small, clover-like leaves. A wonderful sight beginning in Winter when you’re lonesome for cheery color, it keeps going to late Spring with effusive, brilliant magenta, 1” yellow throated blooms. De-ciduous, it needs no Summer water, then pops back up with the first rains. Easy and a choice container subject! Hardy to 20° F. Sun/Bright shade. Avg./No Summer water. Bulb USDA zones 9-10. #2587 $7.95

Hibiscus cisplatinus “Rosa del Rio” Need a gorgeous, long blooming, easy and fast shrub to fill in a large space? I’ve had this hibiscus in our gardens for 3 years and I am now probably its #1 fan! Fast growing to 5’ x 5’ in year one, it never shows any sign of chlorosis here in the fog-belt. Evergreen, vigorous and super bloomiferous, the 4” cotton candy flowers appear on showy red stems JUNE – NOVEMBER! Prominent, velvety anthers and a deep cherry throat take its beauty to a whole ’nother level! Well drained soil with an annual boost of compost. I cut mine almost to the ground each Winter and it bounces right back. Hummers! Sun. Avg. water. Shrub USDA zones 9-10. #2502 $8.95

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Puya venusta This is possibly the most desirable of all Puyas and the hardiest, too. Marvelous compact and architectural silvery-white serrated rosettes to 40” tall (spreading

to 5’ across) command adoration even if they never bloomed – but they do! To-tally stunning blue-purple blooms dis-

playing electric green stamens emerge from large, red, pine-cone like clusters held high – to 3’ – above the foliage on

stiff, upright stems from late Winter to Summer. Guaranteed adrenaline rush!

Give it well drained, fertile soil for perfect presentation. Can be grown in a large container, too! Absolutely deer proof! Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones (8) 9-11. #2137 #9.95

Puya berteroniana “Turquoise Puya” One of the most astonishingly beautiful plants to grace our planet! Spectacular, 2-3’ long and 1’ across pineapple-y shaped spikes are densely studded with 1.5” waxy, metallic blooms of the most unearthly emerald-turquoise. Contrasted by bright orange stamens and filled with blue syrupy nectar, they’re a bonanza for birdies who perch on sterile, horizontal stems. To 6-10’ tall in bloom (year 6-8). Spreading slowly by offshoots, spiny 3’ silvery rosettes work well as a security barrier. Can be grown in a container! Totally deer proof, plant in well-drained soil with occasional Summer water. Hardy to 20°F. Sun. Avg./No Summer water. Perennial USDA zones 8b-11. #883 $12.95

Puya mirabilisA Puya for a small garden! And, hap-pily, the quickest to bloom – about a year af-ter planting. Elegant, flaring, lime green bells held in fuzzy purple-grey calyxes – up to 15 per stem – are nicely displayed on stiff upright 3’ stems. Compact and carefree foliar rosettes like a mop hair-cut to only 10-12” tall and 20” across. Refreshingly unusual in any well drained garden or container! Like all Puyas, it’s tough, drought tolerant, deer proof and attracts hummingbirds! Hardy to 20° F. Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10. #1874 $9.95

Puya chilensis EXCLUSIVE! Unbelievably beautiful and surreal, the enormous pineapple shaped heads of Puya chilensis seem lit from within like Kryptonite! To 3’ tall from top to bottom and held on stout 12’ stalks, flower heads are made of hundreds of lime-green, waxy blooms that last for months. Pokey leaves on large, dense rosettes spread to 15’ across (imagine the security wall!). Takes 10-15 years to bloom but then you and your Puya will live on in infamy! Deer proof! Sun. Avg/No Summer water. Perennial USDA zones 9-11. #3327 $12.95

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Fuchsia ‘Ruddy Rodney’EXCLUSIVE & NEW!Mighty but not mitey! We are delighted to offer this new, almost ever-blooming, COMPACT and MITE RESISTANT cultivar introduced by Dr. Peter Baye. Growing to no more than 2’ tall and wide, you get a continuous profusion of 2-2.5” pink, red and white pendulous blooms from Spring thru Fall! Such a charmer, you can use it right up in front of your garden, in a pot or even a hanging basket. Just provide rich soil and cut back a bit in Winter. Thanks to Don Mahoney and San Francisco’s Strybing Arboretum for this wonderful share! Sun (coast)/Bright shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10. #3454 $8.95

Oscularia caulescens EXCLUSIVE!“Candy Bush!” I thought when I saw this beautiful and rare South African groundcover burst into flower for the first time. Adorable 1.25” candy-like pinwheels almost cover the dense, bluish, succulent leaved mound late Fall thru Spring. To 1’ tall x 3’ across, give it good drain-age, not too much fertility and keep it on the dry side for sweetest appearance. Deer resistant! Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10. #3272 $7.95

Aristea inaequalis EXCLUSIVE!Indestructible & blue! I recommend this South African Iris relative to beginning gardeners more often than any other plant as it’s CLAY, HEAT and DROUGHT TOLERANT and deer resistant! Bloom-ing Spring thru Fall with quite lovely, 1.25” starry, blue flowers well displayed on branching, 2’ spikes. Handsome, ever-blue, strappy leaves form a tidy, 3’ x 3’ clump that never needs cutting back. Each year it seems to bloom even more! Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 8-11. #1851 $7.95

Delosperma floribundaNew, showy and hardy to zone 6! I really enjoyed this cheerful succulent ground-cover in our demo gardens last year with its profusion of 1.5” shimmery, lavender-pink flowers punched up with those surprising white eyes. Tidy and mat forming to only 2” tall and about 2’ across, it’s quite the fun and splashy edger blooming in Spring and again in Fall. Low maintenance, drought tolerant and deer resistant! Swell in a con-tainer, too! Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 6-10. #3662 $7.95

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Silene asterias RARE & EXCLUSIVE “Cherry Drumsticks”I am so impressed that this hardy and unusu-al Bulgarian “Catchfly” performs so well in our temperate climate. It’s my favorite kind of faithful perennial – increasing in width and bloom each year! Strong

upright “drumsticks” begin flowering in late Spring, revealing truly fascinating, spherical clusters, 2.5” across made up of small, rich carmine blooms held in dark wine bracts sporting bright blue anthers – striking! Pretty even when not in bloom with its rosette of fresh looking, Spring green oblong leaves. Wonderful cut flowers! Deciduous. Deer resistant! Sun. Avg./High water. Perennial USDA zones 5a -10. #2290 $7.95

Echium gentianoides “Tajinaste” RARE & EXCLUSIVEWe are thrilled to offer this extremely rare and endangered Echium from the Canary Islands! True caerulean blue flowers held in loose pyramidal spikes bloom the first year and are a sight to behold in the Spring garden! Emerging from pink buds, the cup-shaped flowers are well displayed above blue-grey, linear foliage. EASY and impressive, it blooms Spring thru Fall, totally unlike any other Echium we know! Sturdy, branching, 4’ x 4’ form. Highly recommended! Drought, heat and deer resistant! Grow in well drained soil and side-dress with 1” of compost once a year. Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10 #378 $8.95

Scyphanthus elegans EXCLUSIVE & LIMITED!Our most delightful new annual discovery! Blooming like mad for 3-4 months, this super rarity from Chile nimbly scrambles up any convenient support to thrill you with its sunny yellow

blooms sporting fascinating “architec-ture,” including prominent glossy

red structures I can only assume are meant to attract pollinators. Easy and

fast with pretty, frilly foliage, it can climb 4-8’ tall and will certainly give

you something to crow about this year! Rich, well-drained soil for best show. Pair it with royal blue Anchusa

capensis (online). Sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. #3233 $6.95







Passiflora sanguinolentaA beautiful smaller flowered passion vine ideal for smaller gardens, as it only reachs 8-9’ tall. Enticing, rosey-pink blooms are held up-right, you’ll enjoy hundreds over the long Spring thru Fall bloom. Easy and fairly fast growing, it makes a fascinating patio or small trel-lis climber, you can even grow it indoors on a windowsill in a 5” pot! For you zonal denial folks, it’s reported to withstand short periods of 0° F, but we wouldn’t really know about that – brrr! Sun/Part sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones (8?) 9-10. #2580 $9.95

Salvia melissodora “Grape Scented Sage”My very favorite sage! I think we should change its common name to “Lavender Scented Sage” because flowers and foliage emit a powerful lavender aroma. A profusion of lovely lavender-blue blooms on short spikes appear Spring – Fall, beloved by hummers! Tough and evergreen, it grows into a dense shrub, 8’ x 6’, but easy to prune for a shorter stature. Drought tolerant and deer resistant, do plant in well drained soil with compost added annually for picture perfect appearance. Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 8-11. #923 $8.95

Mimulus naiandinus ‘Mega’ “Spunky Monkey” A superstar perennial discovery! Abundant, EXTRA LARGE blooms appear Spring thru Summer on this new “monkey flower.” Almost twice the size of the original species, blooms are 2” from top to bottom

and a seductive creamy white blushed with cherry and pink and garnished with a yellow throat with showy spots. Dark, branching stems, refined blue-green foliage and an attractive, bushy, 20” x 20” form completes the “must have” picture. EASY and fast. Cut back anytime to refresh growth and bloom. Deciduous but reliably returns each Spring. Rich soil. Self-sows. Sun/Pt. Sun (coast)/Bright shade (inland). Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10, annual elsewhere. #3162 $7.95

Selago serrata EXCLUSIVE!A superstar in our South African rarities collection! Luxuri-ous, rich lavender-blue, 3.5” clusters practically smother this awesome and easy to grow perennial all Summer. Tough and drought tolerant, you’ll admire how pretty it looks year round with its shiny evergreen foliage. To 2’ tall and 3’ across, it’s base-branching with arching, upright stems, creating a tight, compact form. Thrives with low or average water, just give it decent drain-age and a 1” layer of compost to get it to look like our stunning 2-year-old in the photo. Dead-head to extend bloom. A spectacu-lar butterfly magnet, it glimmered in June with hordes of butterflies, the likes of which we’ve never seen! Sun/Half day sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10. #1305 $9.95







Impatiens mengtszeana EXCLUSIVE!I wish I had a dress the color of these bewitching flowers! Flaring, soft golden yellow, 2” blooms blushed with peach contrast beautifully with red stems and deep green glossy foliage. An abundant Fall bloomer, it spreads from the roots, creating an attractive, ground-hugging mass, 15” tall and 3’ across. Excellent for trailing over the edge of a shady bed, container or hanging basket. Rich soil is best. Hardy to USDA zone 8! AM Sun/Bright shade. Avg. water. Peren-nial USDA zones 8-10. #1307 $9.95

Impatiens puberula EXCLUSIVE!One of the rarest and hardiest of Im-patiens, this perennial Nepalese na-tive bears exotic, yellow throated, rich purple, 1.5” blooms from Summer to Fall. To only 2’ tall and 3’ across, it creeps and trails (rooting by stems as it goes), popping its alluring faces up thru shady garden plantings. Tuber-ous rooted, so quite cold hardy, we’re told. Requiring rich, well-drained soil, you can keep it pinched for a clumping form if you like or use it in a pot or hanging basket. Introduced by Dan Hinkley. Bright shade. Avg. water/Moist. Perennial USDA zones 7-10. #3079 $14.95

Iris confusa ‘Chengdu’“Bamboo Iris” EXCLUSIVE!Thriving in shade and not fussy about soil, this distinctive ground-covering Iris is EASY and ideal for that skinny strip along the side of your house! Super tough and drought tolerant, you get a dense clump of pretty, strappy, rich green leaves that spreads happily by rhizomes to fill in a good sized area. Vanilla scented, exquisite and large, 2.5” ornate lavender blooms in Spring are well displayed on branching stems up to 75 at a time! A choice container subject, just give a dose of compost once a year for loveliest appearance. To 2-3’ tall. Deer resistant! Hardy to 20° F. AM sun/Full shade. Low/High water. Perennial USDA zones 9a-11. #3657 $8.95

Plectranthus ecklonii Plant gorgeous purple Plectranthus NOW for Fall fabulos-

ity. Every year, I always look forward to its abundance of large and exquisite, 6-12” blue-purple flower spikes with

their long, swooping stamens. Very long-lived and sturdy, it’s a handsome guy even

when not in bloom with a bushy habit and large, lush,

rich green, heart-shaped leaves. Very easy and fast

growing to 6’ x 4’, cut it back to 10” in Winter for best

bushiness next season. Rich, well-drained soil. Butterflies

and hummers! Deer resis-tant! Half day sun. Avg. wa-ter. Perennial Shrub USDA

zones 8-10. #1861 $7.95

“WOW!!! My order came yesterday afternoon. I unpacked it with some trepidation, as I have ordered from mail order nurseries many times and there is serious damage or puny plants at least half the time. No damage of any kind, even minor. No puny plants - in fact, they look to be on steroids! All 19 plants are as large and happy as if I just brought them home from a local nursery and hand-picked each one. Some are even nicer. With the cost of gas, I could order all my plants from you, and the cost would be pretty close. You gals ROCK!” –Pat. N, Orchards, WA






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Clianthus puniceus “Parrot’s Bill”THE plant everyone goes nuts over during our Spring party! Forming an attractive, evergreen, multi-branching shrub to 4’ x 4’, this New Zealand native kind of resembles a short tree fern with its long, handsome, arching branches. Loads of radiant, rosey-red, 3” long “parrot-beak” blooms held in clusters light up the branches in Spring (with lesser bloom in Summer) at least 15 to a branch! Easy and fast – do provide rich well drained soil and side-dress with compost annu-ally. Totally neat-o in a half barrel. Hardy to 13° F. Sun along the coast/Half day sun inland. Avg. water/Moist. Perennial shrub USDA zones 8-11. #267 $8.95

Aristea major EXCLUSIVE! See this electrifying gentian blue spike? It’s bigger than you think! 3’ tall and about 2½” thick. Even bet-ter, masses of these glorious spikes rise above a carefree, evergreen 3’ x 2’ dense clump of upright Iris-like foliage that always looks great. Striking and architectural, highly drought and CLAY tolerant, deer resistant, it’s rewarding in any garden – even park-ing strips. Provide some drainage and compost for best show. Sun. Avg./No Summer water. Perennial USDA zones 8b-11. #110 $9.95

Aeonium hierrense “Giant Houseleek”EXCLUSIVE!Super rare and possibly the most majestic of all Aeoni-ums, this giant boasts impres-sive red-edged, long-leaved rosettes to 30” across atop thick, tropicalesque stalks to 3’ tall. Handsomely patterned in olive green and white, they look like designer palm trunks! After 3 or more years, it bursts into a pyramidal head of pink and white starry blooms. EASY and low maintenance, it makes a stunning subject for a con-tainer or dryish well-drained garden. Sun. Low water. Monocarpic USDA zones 9-11. #2961 $8.95

Aeonium glandulosumEXCLUSIVE & RARE! So wondrously bizarre, I had to possess one and now you can, too! Almost unheard of in cultivation, it’s quite the non-fussy Canary Island succulent, tolerating hot and dry conditions and hardly any soil. Like “Dinner Plate Aeonium” A. tabuliforme (online), it grows into an almost perfectly flat rosette to about 12” across. To achieve this otherworldly, red leaved appear-ance, plant it in a sunny rock wall or a vertical garden and don’t water it of-ten. Remains green in shade. Blooms after several years with a 1’ crown of yellow daisies and then dies but car-ries on by offsets. Well drained soil. Sun/Bright shade. Avg./No Summer water. Monocarpic USDA zones 9b-11. #3007 $8.95

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Impatiens namchabarwensis EXCLUSIVE & RARE!To die for! This most tantalizing peren-nial Impatiens bears an abundance of bright ultramarine blue blooms. To 1.5” across and highlighted by a yellow throat, the flowers are displayed on a multi-branched 2’ x 2’ plant. Discovered in 2003 growing in a limited area in the Namcha Barwa Canyon in Tibet at an el-evation of 3,000’. Where it’s not peren-nially hardy, it should self-sow. Easy to grow in rich soil, thrives in containers! Part sun/Shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 10a-11, annual elsewhere. Available in April. #2599 $12.95

Cerinthe retorta EXCLUSIVE & RARE!

Supremely EASY, anyone can grow this wildly unusual and very rare Grecian hardy annual. Presented in clusters curved like a shepherd’s

hook, fascinating purple and yellow tubular blooms are clasped in dark purple bracts. Hun-dreds of clusters are well displayed atop branch-

ing stems above pleasing soft green oval leaves with white polka dots. A Spring – Summer

bloomer, you can plant it year around in milder climates like ours, where it even blooms in

Winter. Self-sows to return each Spring. Most bloomy in well-drained soil with some compost added. Cool in containers! Loved by bees! Sun.

Avg. water. Annual. All zones. #232 $5.95

Lunaria annua ‘Rosemary Verey’ EXCLUSIVE & RARE!Add instant interest to your shade garden with the deep purple, heart shaped leaves of this rare “Money Plant” from the garden of the famous designer and author. Forming a pretty clump to 2’ across, it’s topped in Spring with bright violet blooms on branching stems to 3’ tall. Super easy, it self-sows forever, so you’ll have more to plant here and there as you like. Of course, everyone loves the dried seed clusters of translucent “coins” so useful in dried arrange-ments – these are purple! Not fussy about soil but most lovely in rich. Can be grown in sun along the coast. Sun (coastal)/Shade. Avg. wa-ter/Dryish. Biennial USDA zones 4-10. #628 $7.95


Kniphofia citrinaLove the sturdy, architectural form and simplicity of “Red Hot Pokers” but not so crazy about the “red hot?” Harmoni-ous in hot or cool garden schemes, K. citrina bestows showy 7” “clubs” of lime green flowers that fade to yellow and back to green as they age. Loved by hummers and long blooming from Spring thru Summer atop strong, upright stalks to 5’ tall. Ever-blue-green strap-like leaves form a handsome clump to 3’ across. Very drought tolerant and deer resis-tant. Superb for low maintenance con-tainers! Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 6-11. #2309 $8.95







Heuchera ‘Marmalade’I’ve trialed amber colored Heucheras for years only to be sadly disappointed by their terrible wimpiness. That is until our brilliant produc-tion manager, Claire Woods, told me about ‘Marmalade.’ This gorgeous variety has thrived for years in her parents’ hot and sunny inland garden. With ruffly foliage aglow in sunset gold, peach and pink, THIS is the Heuchera to grow and use for smashing contrast, edging or to light up a shady spot. Pinky-red bloom. Drought tolerant! Sun/Bright shade. Avg. water/Dry. Perennial USDA zones 4-11.#3251 $9.95


Graptoveria ‘Crested Form’ syn. ‘Fred Ives Crested’ CATALOG/WEB EXCLUSIVEThe FIRST succulent I ever came to love! EASY to grow, rare and wondrous, this “crested” form creates super dense mounds made up of hundreds of tightly packed leaves in a glorious array of sunset colors: amber, gold, lavender, mauve and rose. Unbeatable in a container or as edging for a well drained rock, succulent or dry garden. To 12” x 18”. Add a bit of compost once a year for perfect appearance. Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 8-11. #3243 $10.95

Myosotis palustris “Water Forget-Me-Not”Yes, this is a perennial Forget-Me-Not and much finer of form than the annual varieties. Lush, dense foliar mats will spread to 1’ across and spill over the edge of a bed. Bountiful, baby-blue blooms will reach to 1’ tall and appear for a month or more – then cut it back, maybe serve up a bit of compost and presto! Another round of bloom! Splendid under and in the foreground of roses. Sun to part shade along the coast and part to bright shade in hotter climates. Self-sows, too! Part sun/Shade. High/Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 3-10. #2739 $6.95

Agropyron magellanicumThe bluest grass I’ve ever grown! From South Amer-ica, this hardy, clumping grass to 20”x 20” makes a “stand-out” accent anywhere you plant it. Partial to good drainage, plant it right up front, on a slope or even in a container. Superb next to black foliaged Anthriscus sylvestris ‘Raven’s Wing’ (online). Cut back to 4” in Winter. Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial grass USDA zones 5-10. #22 $8.95

Orostachys iwarenge “Chinese Dunce Cap” EXCLUSIVE! Like growing 3 plants in one! Beginning as a dense, spreading mat to 12” across of small, blue-grey rosettes, it soon forms a multitude of spires inspiring one to imagine an elfin cityscape. Late Summer thru Fall, spires reach 6” tall, bloom-ing with pink and white flowers. Ideal for containers, rock gardens and fairy gardens! Dies after flowering but self-sows and makes side rosettes! Sun/Bright shade. Avg./Low water. Monocarpic USDA zones 5a-10. #2620 $7.95







Papaver ‘Drama Queen’Stunning and beyond my wildest dreams, ‘Drama Queen’ opens into lusciously rich, purple-streaked ruby blooms with shaggy edges highlighted with showy white stamens and a lime green ovary. The blooms are 4-5” across on a plant 3-4’ tall. For the Drama Queen in all of us! Rich soil. Sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. Cannot ship to WV. #1242 $5.95

PoppiesPapaver

commutatum ‘Ladybird’Our most popular Poppy! Superb for putting the “pop” in your Spring garden with its bril-liant true red blooms, ‘Ladybird’ is positively

dazzling when massed. I adore its tidy, well-behaved habit, 12”-16” tall and across with

low neat foliage and bearing 15 or more

3” blooms at a time. Full sun. Avg. water.

Annual. All zones. #771 $4.95

Papaver ‘Black Swan’Giant black fuzz-bunnies! With blooms to 5” across and a zillion feathery petals – how can you resist? Agrostemma ‘Ocean Pearls’ (online) makes a perfect compan-ion, dressing up ‘Black Swan’s’ lower foli-age with its enchanting white blooms! To 3-4’ tall. Self-sows! Rich soil. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. Cannot ship to WV. #3687 $4.95

Papaver ‘Thelma Crawford’ NEW!Right out of an old Dutch still-life with its antique color and form, we’re delighted with this new member of our Poppy collection! Sumptuous, 4.5” violet-lavender blooms are cup-shaped, displaying fun curly petals corralled by smooth outer ones. Such a neat shade to add to your Spring garden! Self sows! Sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. Cannot ship to WV. #3677 $4.95

Poppies are easy! I love Poppies! Bringing such bright color and cheer to the Spring garden, Poppies are a cinch to grow and most self-sow to thrill us again and again each new season! With fabulous buds, some with amazing form and cool seed pods, they really are the superstars of my Spring garden. For best show do provide them with full sun, average water and rich soil and grow only the smaller ones in pots, as the taller ones want to be in the

ground. They are hardy annuals and do best when planted in cool weather, blooming in March, April and May. If you order late, do not despair! They will bloom, possibly with less flowers, but will self-sow providing you with lots of new babies next Spring!

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Diascia integerrimaI never liked Diascias, too wimpy, short-lived and short of bloom. Way overrated, I thought, until I grew this original wild species. Long-lived and NOT wimpy, it produces zillions of salmon-pink flowers June till Fall - and longer! Highly recommended for rock gardens,pots and even hanging baskets. Provide good drainage and add compost 2x a year for best performance. 18” x 30”. Cut back in Winter for fresh growth. Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 6-10. #2733 $7.95

Aeonium nobileThe most thrilling succulent you’ll probably ever grow! Easy and drought tolerant, in bloom it reaches 30” tall with a mind-blowing bright red flower head 18” across! A sight to behold, it’s made up of thousands of densely packed starry flowers. Even before it blooms in its sec-ond year, it makes a lovely foliar rosette with thick-leaved olive-

emerald petals highlighted by rosey-pink edges. Dies after blooming for several months, but leaves behind tons of seed. Loves excellent drainage, so best in rock or succulent gardens and totally awesome in a patio container (5-10 gal.)! Sun. Avg./Low water. Monocarpic USDA zones 9-10. #1754 $10.95

Sedum spurium ‘Voodoo’A terrific, trouble-free edger, trailer or groundcover for a dry garden! And so contrastic with an intense reddish mahogany foliage mat to 18” across. Gorgeous, rosy-red flowers appear June thru August held tight and low against the foliage. Pinch once in awhile for densest mat. Drought tolerant, long lived, deer resistant and attracts butterflies! Sun. Low water. Perennial USDA zones 3-11. #2140 $7.95





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