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Corokia x virgata 'Sunsplash' |
$9 |
Here's a fun little evergreen shrub from New Zealand with wiry stems, yellow and grey variegated leaves and a contorted growth habit. If you're really lucky you might get little yellow flowers. It's easy to please on well drained soil in sun, and can handle moderately dry conditions as well as irrigated situations. It is also superb in a container combined with purple and blue foliaged plants of different textures. Hardy to around 10 - 15°F once established.
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Griselinia littoralis - NEW ZEALAND PRIVET |
$10 |
It's not really a privet: don't be such a littoralis! New Zealand has much to add to the palette of attractive broadleaf evergreens for Northwest gardens, and this species is one of the best. This plant, with very thick, durable, glossy leaves on yellowish-green stems grows into an attractive shrub to about 10' high. On older plants, small flowers followed by green berries may be seen. It is easily cultivated in sun or part shade, preferring a little summer water on dry sites. Hardy to about 10°F.
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Olearia
Olearia is one of my favorite plant genera. These shrubby Asteraceae from the Southern Hemisphere are very vigorous, rewarding and easy to grow. All are evergreen and produce beautiful daisy-like flowers. They are moderately drought tolerant, preferring a little extra water in the driest sites, and splendidly adapted to coastal exposure and salt winds.
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Olearia avicennifolia NEW Spring 2010! |
$10 |
This evergreen shrub from New Zealand may reach 8' tall and wide. Smooth-margined green leaves are white underneath. It tends to assume an irregular but pleasing habit, and flowers in August in the Pacific Northwest. It is a little more shade tolerant than other Olearias, and very easy to grow. Hardy to at least 5 - 10°F.
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This natural Olearia hybrid comes to us from the area of Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaast Pass in New Zealand's Southern Alps. Forming an irregular, rounded shrub to about 4' high and slightly wider, it haas rather small green leaves under 1" long, with white undersides. Its profuse show of small white flowers in mid to late summer makes the plant look like a white cloud against a black backdrop. It's moderately drought tolerant, thriving in full sun or just a little shade. It haasta be one of the nicest Olearias in cultivation. Hardy to at least 5°F. |
Olearia lineata 'Dartonii' |
$9 |
The genus Olearia has remarkable variety: this species from New Zealand features exceptionally narrow leaves, green on the top and white on the bottom. If you are one of those gardeners who has caught the 'big leaves bug,' you will appreciate the contrast this fine textured plant provides. Branches arch gracefully, providing an exotic look. Very vigorous and easy to grow, it will thrive in partial shade or sun and may eventually reach 8' or more with equal spread. Hardy to about 10°F, and prefers a cool climate.
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Named for a large-toothed Irishman of the O'Leary clan, this very vigorous and showy Olearia indeed has large teeth along its leaf margins, looking vaguely like a grey-leafed holly but, when you touch it, you find it is soft, not prickly. The leaves, however, are mostly obscured in June when this plant bursts into full bloom with huge heads of little white daisies. A popular hedge plant in coastal areas of Britain, this plant will appreciate a climate lacking in extremes, and well drained soil. Hardy to about 10 - 15°F.
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Of all the Olearias, this natural hybrid is offers an excellent combination of hardiness, ease of growth (it will not put up a fuss if planted in heavier soils) and ornamental worth. Reaching a size of about 5' tall and 8' wide, its grey leaves with white undersides are attractive at any time, and masses of white midsummer flowers have a rather airy quality about them. Easily hardy to at least 10°F, perhaps 5°F.
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Olearia moschata NEW Spring 2010! |
$10 |
Of all the Olearias, this natural hybrid is offers an excellent combination of hardiness, ease of growth (it will not put up a fuss if planted in heavier soils) and ornamental worth. Reaching a size of about 5' tall and 8' wide, its grey leaves with white undersides are attractive at any time, and masses of white midsummer flowers have a rather airy quality about them. Easily hardy to at least 10°F, perhaps 5°F.
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Pittosporum x 'Garnettii' (tenuifolium x ralphii) NEW Spring 2010! |
$12 |
It's unfortunate that this outstanding Pittosporum hybrid of two New Zealand species seems to be quite uncommon in general commerce. Grey-green leaves are edged in white, and the black stems make the variegation even more striking. Tending to have a rather narrow, upright habit, it is vigorous and may eventually reach 10' or more. It is easily confused with P. tenuifolium 'Marjorie Channon' but it is larger, with a more open growth habit and larger leaves. Like most Pittosporums, it's quite easy to grow, and full sun or partial shade with a little summer water makes it happy. Hardy to about 10 - 15°F.
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Senecio x 'Sunshine' NEW Spring 2010! |
$7 |
This versatile evergreen shrub grows to about 2' tall and 5' wide, sporting rounded leaves that are grey-green on top and bright white below. Showy bright yellow flowers appear in June. Drought tolerant and easy to grow, it looks excellent in a dry border combining well with about anything. This might be the least rare of all those New Zealand daisy shrubs in the Pacific Northwest, but it's still not common enough! Hardy to about 5°F.
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Veronica (Hebe)
You can call me anything you like, but my name is Veronica. That's right, folks - someone changed our beloved Hebes back to Veronica and now we'd better get used to it! Shrubby Veronicas have much to offer gardeners, especially in the Pacific Northwest. I offer a few of my favorite species and hybrids that are perhaps not as common or well known as those commonly available.
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Veronica (Hebe) albicans |
$9 |
This compact shrub to 3' x 3' has closely set blue leaves and showy white flowers. It is at its best in full sun, and, while it's moderately drought tolerant, a little summer water during hot periods is appreciated in the Pacific Northwest. It is very hardy, tolerating at least 5°F.
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Veronica (Hebe) cupressoides - WHIPCORD HEBE |
$10 |
This small mounding shrub has leaves so small that the plant looks like a mass of little blue-green stems. It may eventually reach 2' tall and produce white flowers, although the flowers are rarely seen. It is one of the easiest of the whipcord Hebes to grow and hardy to at least 5°F.
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Veronica (Hebe) 'Spender's Seedling' |
$12 |
Most Hebes are groundcovers or shrubs, but apparently this one wanted to be something more: it will eventually make a small tree to 12' with grey bark! The long green leaves are complimented by long pendulous racemes of white flowers in early summer. In full sun it will make dense, compact growth, but it will also grow pretty well in partial shade. Hardy to about 10°F.
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Veronica (Hebe) 'Western Hills' NEW Spring 2010! |
$8 |
This mounding shrub to 3' has a distinct appearance because the stems tend to remain unbranched along much of their length, so it looks like a mass of air with Hebe leaves on it, or something. Well, maybe not. It's also rather upright in habit, and the leaves have a bluish grey hue; flowers are white. Hardy to at least 10°F.
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