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HEUCHERA LITTLE CUTIE 'SWEET TART'
May 11, 2013
This miniature Heuchera is small in every way except for its impact in the shade garden. It has sweet, red and pink, bicolored blossoms and tart, lime green foliage that shines in part to full shade. The leaves form a tight mound and the short-stemmed flowers bloom over a long, long season. For sunnier garden spots, the Little Cutie series includes ‘Coco’ with chocolate leaves, ‘Peppermint’ with silvery green foliage and berry-colored ‘Sugar Berry’. Easy to grow, these little ones thrive in average to dry soil, tolerating heat and drought easily. They are hardy too, surviving down to -30 degrees. We found this week’s pick at the Dennis’s 7 Dees Nursery (503-636-4660) in Lake Oswego, but you can find them at all your Skagit Gardens retailers.
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LIGULARIA 'OSIRIS FANTAISE'
April 27, 2013
Our plant pick of the week from Skagit Gardens is a perfect one for those shady spots in your garden, the Ligularia ‘Osiris Fantaisie’. For a bold look in the shade, Ligularia is certainly unique for brilliant flower color. For interesting foliage even when not in bloom, ‘Osiris Fantaisie’ is striking. Along with its cousin ‘Osiris Café Noir’, it represents a breakthrough in distinctive foliage color and texture. ‘Osiris Fantaisie’ has leathery, deep olive green leaves flushed with burgundy and accented with purple stems. Flowers are vivid, bright yellow daisies. Easy to grow, it prefers moist soil with plenty of organic matter and good drainage. It even tolerates fairly wet soils as long they are not heavy clay. Maintaining slug control keeps Ligularia looking its best. It will get up to 20 inches tall in a couple of years and may even get 2 feet wide. It also is very hardy, surviving down to -30 degrees! We found this Ligularia at Portland Nursery on Division (503-788-9000), but you will also find it at any nursery that carries the Skagit Gardens line of plants.
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BRUNNERA 'SEA HEART'
April 13, 2013
This spring bloomer features pink buds that open to loose clusters of tiny blue
flowers with a charming, two-toned effect. ‘Sea Heart’ looks delicate, but its
silvery, green-veined leaves are thick and sturdy, allowing this shade lover to
withstand heat and humidity. Easy to grow, it prefers moist soil with plenty of
organic matter and good drainage. Removing spent blossoms will keep this
mounding perennial looking tidy. Sea Heart is very hardy, surviving own to -30
degrees and will get a foot high and 2 feet across when mature. We found a great
selection at Gardener’s Choice (503-684-2727) in Tigard, but you can find them
at many of our local garden centers that carry Skagit Garden plants.
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ERYSIMUM 'WINTER SORBET'
March 30, 2013
This week’s plant pick is one of the new darlings of the early spring garden. Erysimum ‘Winter Sorbet’ features large clusters of dusky orange flowers that mature to a light purple even as new orange blossoms emerge. This multicolored effect is enhanced by bushy, dark green foliage. Blooming nonstop all spring season, Sorbet needs no deadheading and thrives in cool weather with little care beyond good drainage and regular watering. This perennial is good to about 10 degrees and gets about 18 inches high and wide. We found some at Portland Nursery on Stark Street (503-231-5050), but most of the garden centers that carry Skagit Gardens plants will have this beauty!
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PRIMROSE KENNEDY IRISH 'INNISFREE'
March 16, 2013
With rich red blossoms and a yellow eye, Innisfree joins the Kennedy Irish
collection of hardy Primroses that features unique Primula forms and colors.
Like Drumcliff, introduced in 2012, Innisfree has a rosette of very dark, bronzy
purple leaves that contrasts beautifully with the flower color. Developed over a
period of 35 years from old Irish varieties, the Kennedy Irish varieties are
true perennials and will last for years in part to full shade, in moist soil
with good drainage. We found our Skagit Gardens plant pick this week at
Garden Fever
(503-287-3200) in Northeast Portland, but they are available at all quality
garden centers that carry Skagit Garden plants.
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