Lamprocapnos (Dicentra) ‘Cupid’ is a New for 2020! This sweet new to the 2020 marketplace, bleeding heart has the most adorable soft shade of pink like cotton candy. Having the classic heart shapes with a little bit of white and yellow for accent on the tips! Then, the cut leafed foliage is a lovely mint
The team at PGA InnovBred are renowned for their innovative, targeted breeding programs, launching many new ornamental varieties onto the Australian market over the past 20 years. With extensive horticultural careers combining more than 50 years experience, both Howard Bentley and Steve Eggleton consistently push the boundaries in ornamental horticulture. They travel the world sourcing
Meet the Breeder, Mr. Frank Benson: Frank Benson’s love of science developed at a young age. After completing his Bachelor of Science qualification, Frank found himself drawn towards the world of micropropagation. Opening his own business in 1986, Frank used not only his knowledge and skills but also his drive and passion, to create what
Mr. Manfred Westphal is a very important hybridizer and grower of clematis in Germany. Pride of Place Plants Inc. is very pleased and proud to work with his fabulous Clematis creations! Manfred Westphal’s company in Prisdorf, Germany has been steadily expanded in the last 20 years and produces more than 100,000 clematis in over 400
Barry Fretwell is one of Britain’s leading clematis growers and hybridizer’s. He has likely raised more new quality hybrids than any other breeder since the early 1900’s! Barry has also helped the gardeners by writing excellent books such as “Clematis as Companion Plants” what a great idea, and “A Comprehensive Guide to Clematis”., they are
Ruffled Swan, is the tallest growing of Swan cultivars but that is a great thing, it is nice to have a stand out in the garden. The large semi-double ruffly edged white flowers, (3.5” or 9 cm diameter) are so showy with the added signature purple on reverse banding, and of course they nod to
Elfin Swan is another New cultivar and different, in the Anemone Swan Series showing a mass of white, violet-blue-backed flowers, as per the Swan Series a super feature is that they are earlier blooming than other anemone’s starting in June until the late autumn and Elfin Swan is no different! This is a cutie and
Anemone Dainty Swan is quite different in that it: has large semi-double white/but tinged pink flowers with deep pinkish/red banding on the reverse. The flowers elegantly stand on striking dark maroon stems. and of course they nod to show it off in the evening! Display with a pretty rod iron support if you like but
Dreaming Swan has large white to delicately tinged pink flowers, single and semi-double, with violet/purple banding on the reverse. Dreaming Swan is taller than Wild Swan and flowers a bit later than Wild Swan, though still maintains the summer bloom time signature to this series! Dreaming Swan continues it’s longevity to the end of Fall
Salvia Brilliance has bright magenta flowers that last all summer and well into autumn. Neat and compact free-flowering shrub, thrives in hot and sunny gardens. The Heatwave Salvia’s are a cross of microphylla x greggii, eliminating the variable range of habits and lack of garden hardiness associated with so many of the straight Salvia greggii