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Native Perennial Sun 24x24 Zone 6-10 Family: Fabaceae Origin: S. Central & SW US This is the only true Acacia species native here in Oklahoma. Im not entirely sure what compels me to have such a fondness for this plant. Its most likely from viewing the numerous species of different Acacia on the plains of Africa or likewise in the Australian Outback and knowing we have our own local representation of this amazing plant group. Prairie Acacia has a fern-like appearance with its compound leaves comprised of lots of tiny leaflets. From the South Central and Southwestern U.S., it sports white, butterfly-attracting, puff-ball flowers, remains green during drought, and behaves as a sub-shrubby perennial. It may never be grazed upon by giraffes or painted by Aboriginals but is well worth a place in any native landscape.
Perennial Sun 12x18 Zone 5-9 Family: Brassicaceae Origin: Turkey, Iran This low mounding perennial exhibits an alluring combination of bluish foliage and round clusters of soft pink springtime blooms. Stone cress tolerates warm and humid summers but in all honesty would prefer to be a little cooler. Weve maintained plants for several years in all-day full sun by growing them in a well-drained raised bed. A little afternoon shade would serve them even better. With its short stature, this native of Turkey and Iran begs to be grown in a well-drained rock garden. Give it an infertile slightly alkaline soil and keep it a little on the dry side. To tidy-up, remove the seedheads after flowering, but leave a few to encourage a few seedlings.
Tropical Color Sun, Partial Shade 12"x24" Zone9-10 Family: Amaranthaceae Origin: South America A tough plant from the heat-tolerant Amaranthus family, this bold foliage plant is a riot of color with its pink and burgundy marbled leaves. You can easily create a splendid look when you add one of these whole-plant color specimens to the usual green leaved garden flora. Variegated Alteranthera is one of those brilliant foliage plants that outshine a lot of flowers. (Limit 3)
Native Shrub Sun 3'x4' Zone 4-9 Family: Fabaceae Origin: Central North America Dr. Carl Whitcomb believes this native shrub deserves more attention as a landscape plant and I couldnt agree more. Lead Plant is one of my favorite natives because it has so much to offer. Its gorgeous flower racemes of rich purple with protruding orange-tipped stamens cover the plant densely from May to July. The leaves of silvery-gray have a pleasing texture and remain attractive not dropping, even in the severest of droughts. Another common name for this plant is Prairie Shoestrings because of its long deep stringy roots. Please add it to your landscape as it quickly gets grazed-out on land where cattle are kept.
Perennial Sun 24"x36" Zone 7-10 Family: Acanthaceae Origin: Texas and Mexico A stellar garden performer each year here at Bustani, Hummingbird Shrub behaves more as a perennial than a shrub. It is an excellent choice for perennial or mixed borders and beds. Ive even heard that it grows well in patio containers. As soon as the weather gets hot it starts producing its brilliant orange hummingbird-attracting flowers and continues until frost. Tolerant of many soil types including clay, this winning plant is also extremely drought tolerant. This was one of our most popular items last year.
Tropical Vine Full Sun 10-12' Zone 9-10 Family: Convolvulaceae Origin: India, Bangladesh Looking more like the vine in Jack-and-the-Beanstalk, than its relatives, the Ipomoeas (Morning Glories), this plant definitely gets noticed in the garden. Wooly Morning glory flowers in late summer and fall with large clusters of pale pink blooms but the reason I grow it is for its leaves and stems. Native to India and Bangladesh, this twining climber sports heart-shaped leaves nearly a foot broad and downy-white on the undersides. The new shoots and thick stems exhibit this pearly sheen as well. (Limit 1)
Tropical Color Sun 15x15 Zone 9-10 Purple flowers, moderate to low moisture, well-drained soil.
Tropical Color Sun 30"x24" Zone 9-10 Yellow flowers, moderate moisture, well-drained organically amended soil.
Perennial/Vine Sun, partial shade 10-12 Zone 6b-10 Family: Asteraceae Origin: Southeast US This purple flowering daisy is unique among other Asters for its extremely long stems that can easily be tied and trained. It blooms rather late, October in our Stillwater garden, and seems to draw in butterflies from miles around. Climbing Aster can also be grown as a shrub. Prune it really hard before growth begins each spring and it behaves well alongside other plants in a perennial border. It would even make a wonderful deciduous hedge. From coastal North Carolina to Florida, its purple to pinkish blooms has a nice fragrance and will last into December if the weather allows.
Native Perennial Shade, Partial Shade Sun 30"x30" Zone 3-10 Family: Asteraceae Origin: Central and Eastern US Ive long admired this native perennial for its ability to bloom well even in shaded areas. It has broad leaves for an Aster and sturdy stems to display its fall floral show. Drummonds Aster puts forth numerous small white to lavender flower heads that can brighten up any shaded fall garden. The small disk florets in the center of the flower head are yellow when fresh then turn dusky purple as they age. This is a tough plant that will grow in a variety of soil types and light exposures.
Native Perennial Sun 24"x30" Zone 3-10 Family: Asteraceae Origin: Central and East North America This Aster is characterized by its tiny leaves and numerous snow white flowers. Fall blooming like most plants in this genus it is a delight to many types of butterflies. The small leaves of Heath Aster lend a unique texture to a drought tolerant portion of a perennial border or xeric planting. Shear the foliage by half, one or two times during the growing season to have it bloom at a shorter height. Flowering so profusely that you can hardly see its leaves; Heath Aster will grow most anywhere, though poor unamended soils are best to keep its spread in check.
Native Perennial Sun 4'x4' Zone 3-10 Family: Asteraceae Origin: Central and East North America The plants we offer of this native perennial come from seed collected from especially-dark-purple plants on our farm. Becoming quite tall when it blooms in fall, Willowleaf Aster can be cut back by half, a time or two during the growing season to have it bloom at a lower height. If not trimmed the plant sports an attractive cascading effect. Make sure you plant it in poor soil or it may spread a bit in the garden. This tough perennial is always a-buzz with butterflies when clothed in its purple flowers.
Native Perennial Sun 30"x30" Zone 4-9 Family: Fabaceae Origin: Eastern US and Canada I cant believe some nurserymen call these elegant plants Red-neck Lupines, shame on them. Baptisias are an attractive and distinct species of native perennials quickly becoming more popular as garden ornamentals. Blue False Indigo is a favorite plant of native plant lovers and exotic plant-lovers alike. Spires of gorgeous blue flowers in spring make it highly sought after. Give this beauty time to get established in your garden as it can take a few years to bloom well. (Limit3)
Native Perennial Sun, partial shade 30x30 Zone 4-9 Family: Fabaceae Origin: Eastern US and Canada Everyone who visits our nursery in spring is quick to notice the golden blooms of this perennial in our native display beds. A single mature specimen of Golden False Indigo creates a striking show in the spring landscape. This plant is tough, drought tolerant and has a nice mounding form. If not watered in summer the plant may go dormant and the stems break with the wind. Be patient when you plant Baptisias as they take a few years to establish themselves but are rewarding as they are very long-lived. Dont divide as they resent root disturbance.
Tropical Color Sun, partial shade 18x18 Zone 10 Salmon flowers, moderate moisture, well-drained organically amended soil.
Tropical Color Sun 18x18 Zone 8-10 Family: Liliaceae Origin: South Africa The ability of Orange Bulbine Lily to continually produce its bright orange spikes of flowers, no matter how hot the weather, has made it extremely popular in the south. This South African succulent with cylindrical foliage occasionally over-winters in our zone 6b Stillwater garden. A single specimen in a container is absolutely gorgeous with its star-shaped flowers towering on wands above the foliage. Keep this constant bloomer on the dry side and remove faded flower stems to keep it tidy. The cultivar Hallmark is more compact and also sterile, giving it even more flower power.
Shrub Sun 4-10x6 Zone 6b-10 Family: Fabaceae Origin: Argentina, Uruguay Exotic flower bunches of yellow and pink atop this plants lacey blue-green leaves make it a must have for the landscape. Causing Bird of Paradise Shrub to be even more desirable is the fact that it blooms in the heat of summer, is drought tolerant and will grow in almost any soil. An extremely cold winter may kill it to the ground but it resprouts from the roots and recovers nicely. There are specimens here in Stillwater around 50 years old. Gardeners north of here should offer it winter protection of extra mulch and plant it with a southern exposure.
Duet is a new release from the National Arboretum that is sure to be a hit with gardeners everywhere. A sport of the variety albafructus this beautyberry has small white berries in late summer and fall but by far its main attraction is its foliage. It has medium green leaves with distinct cream colored margins. An easy, pest-free, low-maintenance landscape plant, Duet was discovered in Cookeville, Tennessee back in 2000. Weve been growing it since 2004 and absolutely love it. Callirhoe alcaeoides (Pale Pink Poppy Mallow) OK Native #179 $4.00 Native Perennial Sun 18x18 Zone 5-9 Family: Malvaceae Origin: Central US This little member of the Hibiscus family puts forth a pleasing display of adorable soft pink flowers each spring. Its hard to imagine a plant that looks so delicate could be so tough. Pale Pink Poppy Mallow is native to dry, rocky or sandy soil and is occasionally found in clay. From tallgrass and mixed prairies, it adapts well to garden cultivation.
Native Perennial Sun, partial shade 6x6 Zone 4-9 Family: Malvaceae Origin: Central US You can usually determine how much a wildflower has been noticed through the years by the number of charming common names it has been given. In addition to Poppy Mallow, this native perennial is also called Wine Cup and Cowboy Rose. It grows from a huge turnip-like taproot where it sends out ground-hugging stems up to 4 in all directions. Because we do not water our native beds, Poppy mallow goes dormant in the summer and we simply clip away the faded stems. This satiny rose-purple flowering native resprouts a rosette of leaves in the fall that remain through winter.
Native Perennial/Shrub Sun 24x24 Zone 5-10 Family: Onagraceae Origin: Central North America This is an attractive plant that cant decide if it wants to be a perennial or a shrub, hence the common name. Most winters it dies back to about a third of its above ground stems and resprouts there in the spring. When it does resprout, its branches are decorated with intense yellow four-petaled flowers through mid-summer. Sometimes exhibiting red fall leaf color, Half-Shrub Evening Primrose, makes a nice drought tolerant garden plant with a tight habit and no spreading.
Perennial Sun, Partial Shade 30"x30" Zone 5-9 Family: Verbenaceae Origin:Nepal This exciting new perennial is destined to take the gardening world by storm. Variegated Bluebeard is fast gaining popularity because of its striking variegated foliage that lights-up the landscape in either sun or partial shade. It also has a smattering of deep blue flowers in late summer and fall that contrast perfectly with the ivory leaves. A recent introduction from Japan, it has already been a big hit in Europe.
Tropical Color Plant Sun, Slight Shade 24"x30" Zone 8-10 Family: Asteraceae Origin: Capri Since I discovered Colchester White Centaurea, I havent planted the traditional bedding Dusty Miller ever again. This plant is so silvery its almost white, and much more elegant. Its leaves are large, intricately pinnatified and lend a sophisticated architectural touch to beds, borders, or containers. Colchester White Centaurea continues to be very popular at public display gardens all across North America. I particularly enjoyed their extensive use in large mixed containers at the Atlanta Botanical Garden last year. This plant goes well with almost anything.
Native Perennial Vine Sun, shade 5-8 Zone 5-10 Family: Fabaceae Origin: Southeast US Spurred Butterfly Pea is one of our most glamorous native perennial vines. Its amazing how many European gardens have this plant while it remains absent from so many here in its native land. Putting-forth large (2 in diameter) showy flowers of pinkish lavender with white inner markings, I cant imagine anyone not wanting it somewhere in their landscape. Growing and blooming favorably in full sun, it also performs quite well in moderate shade. This plant is often confused with Clitoria mariana, which lacks the small spur at the back of its flowers.
Annual Sun 5x24 Family: Pedaliaceae Origin: South Africa I absolutely love plants in the Scrophulaiaceae, (Snapdragon Family), and this tall annual is no exception. South African Foxglove has graced my garden with its presence for several years and never fails to provide interest and color. It starts blooming in late spring and continues until frost, with huge 4 tubular flowers of lavender-purple. If youre lucky, youll have a few seedlings every year after planting it in your garden.
Tropical Color Full Sun to Slight Shade 30"x30" Zone 8-10 Family: Solanaceae Origin: South America I first encountered Yellow Cestrum in southern Alabama in the summer of 1998. It was blooming profusely despite the hot steamy weather of the Deep South. Its inflorescences somewhat remind me of a Lilac shrub with its large clusters of golden yellow flowers. It isnt immediately obvious that it belongs to the Solanaceae, or Nightshade family. Yellow Cestrum makes a fabulous container plant as well as an outstanding source of golden color in beds and borders all while attracting lots of butterflies and hummingbirds. I shared this tropical shrub with some fellow gardeners in Oklahoma City in 2001 where it has actually survived each winter ever since. (Limit1)
Given to me recently by a horticulturist at Longwood Gardens, Chirita has been an incredible surprise. Thinking its use would be primarily as a houseplant, I was amazed at how it performed in our afternoon-shaded display beds. Much of the growing season it was adorned with larger than expected blue-violet Gloxinia-like flowers with yellow and white throats. The hairs on the surface of the leaves also give it sort of a silvery sheen. Pronounced (ky-RY-tuh), the plant we offer is a hybrid between Chirita moonii and Chirita walkarai, created by M. Yamagata from Sri Lanka.
Native Perennial Vine Sun, partial shade 4-6 Zone 5-10 Family: Fabaceae Origin:Southeast US The lavender-blue to pale violet flowers with white and dark inner markings, make this native perennial vine a highly sought after plant for the garden. It blooms from May to September with its showy 2 somewhat oblong shaped flowers. An excellent choice for training on a small support or to enjoy in the front of a native planting to spill over the edge of a raised bed. It is often confused with Centrosema viginianum. (Limit1)
Tropical Vine Sun 6-8 Zone 10 Family: Fabaceae Origin:Tropical Asia Visitors to our garden always ask about this beautiful vine. The intense cobalt blue flower color it exhibits is rare in the botanical world. This hard-to-find double form yields a plethora of robust blooms throughout the growing season, without slowing in the heat of summer. A great twinning climber for training on a fence, archway or a support in a patio container. The plants we offer are grown from cuttings and not seeds to maintain this exceptional clone. One of our all time favorite vines. Blue flowers, moderate moisture, well-drained organically amended soil.
Tropical Color Sun, partial shade 18x18 Zone 9-10 Family: Rubiaceae Origin: New Zealand Coprosmas are native to New Zealand where they are sometimes called mirror plants. You may not be able to see your reflection in the leaves of Even Glow although they are very glossy. Its beautiful variegated foliage has a green-golden look in warm months changing to orange and red in the cool part of the year. One of the acquisitions from our 2004 Australia trip, weve enjoyed it in mixed containers each year since. (Limit3) Orange, yellow leaves, moderate moisture, well-drained organically amended soil.
Tropical Color Sun, partial shade 12x36 Zone 8-10 Family: Rubiaceae Origin: New Zealand This variegated form of a naturally occurring hybrid of two New Zealand species occasionally goes by the name Zebra Tree. We love to grow it cascading over the edge of planters and mixed containers where it is anything but tree-like. Its small, lustrous gray-green leaves have lots of white, making it a colorful companion for all sorts of flowering plants. Variegated Coprosma works well as a garden specimen as it is quite versatile when it comes to soils and watering regimes. White var. leaves, moderate moisture, well-drained organically amended soil.
Tropical Color Sun, Partial Shade 36"x30" Zone 9-10 Family: Amaryllidaceae Origin: Southeast Asia This very dramatic and boldly-colored foliage plant has been around for a number of years yet has become quite popular in the last five. With its deep burgundy sword-like leaves, Bronze-Leaved Crinum is particularly attractive as an upright center element in mixed containers, though we grow it in the garden as well. Off and on throughout the year, it sends up tall flower scapes that burst forth with numerous bright pink fragrant flowers. Our plants are descendants of a bulb graciously given to me by a gardener at the New Orleans Botanical Garden more than ten years ago. (Limit1)
Tropical Color Sun, partial shade 12x12 Zone 10 Family: Acanthaceae Origin: Tropical Africa Our form of this plant came from a nursery in Nairobi, Kenya where we picked it up in 2002. This Crossandra is not your ordinary house plant. An outstanding patio container plant, its flowers are fully orange and more plentiful than those normally encountered. There are more flower spikes produced on this continuous bloomer, and they are held higher above the foliage. A reliable hot-weather flowering tropical, it looks great when combined with blue or yellow blooming plants. Orange flowers, moderate moisture, well-drained organically amended soil.
Tropical Color Sun 24x24 Zone 8-10 Family: Lythraceae Origin: Hybrid If I could grow only one cuphea, this would be it. David verity cigar plant is unmatched when it comes to flower size and number of blooms. This hummingbird magnet makes all other cigar plants flowers seem like mere cigarettes in size comparison. An easy to grow crapemyrtle relative, it produces its multitudes of orange flowers from spring to first frost. David Verity is a hybrid between Cuphea ignea and Cuphea micropetala. Orange flowers, moderate moisture, well-drained organically amended soil.
Tropical Color Sun 18"x24" Zone 9-10 Family: Lythraceae Origin: Hybrid We are always on the lookout for garden-worthy Cupheas and Susans Little Gem certainly fits the bill. Its flowers of white and pink are small but continually produced at such a high rate that it makes for a delightful garden show. I wouldnt do a mass planting of Susans Little Gem but rather a sprinkling among a mixed border or a mixed container, where its small blooms and small leaves complement numerous types of other plants. Add this little mounding cutie to your garden for something new and different and of course, heat-tolerant.
Tropical Color Full Sun 24"x30" Zone 9-10 Family: Lythraceae Origin: Mexico Cuphea schumannii is a recent discovery we made at a garden in Florida and knew we had to grow it. We are always interested in Cupheas because of their flowering ability in extremely hot weather, which shouldnt be surprising since they are related to Crapemyrtles. Cuphea schumannii is sure to be a winner with its continuous summer-time display of enormous bright orange tubular blooms with tiny purple ears. The flowers are somewhat Cigar-like but broadened, or taller making the orange color even more visible in the garden. This hummingbird magnet has performed wonderfully well in our Stillwater garden in both our mixed borders and in our patio containers.
Perennial Sun 30"x20" Zone 7-9 Family: Iridaceae Origin: South America Goblet Flower is a South American member of the Iris family with a stunning flower display late spring through fall. Coelestris means of the skies, a very fitting description of its sky-blue flowers that reach up toward the heavens on tall stems. Weve over-wintered it for a number of years in our zone 6b Stillwater garden but to be on the safe side, gardeners in zones 7 and 6 should place it in warm sheltered location. During the season, remove the seedpods (not the whole flower stem), and it will continue to produce those amazing blooms. (Limit1) |
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