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Acis (Leucojum) autumnale
Acis (Leucojum) autumnalis
Price: $9.00
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4" Pot
One of the sweetest little bulbs imaginable! Summer dormant with dainty white flowers on 6" stems appearing in Aug into Sept. This grows in Portugal, Gibraltar and Morocco and is just as happy growing with our native Madrona (Arbutus menziesii) here as it is Olives back home. Grassy foliage up in fall and winter.
Aconitum episcopale
Aconitum episcopale
Price: $12.00
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Medium Band Pot
Rollicking twining Monkshood from China that delights in scrambling up into shrubs or onto thin trellage. Although a fine and aristocratic perennial, it remains devoid of snobbery embracing chainlink as if it were ornate wrought iron at an Antebellum mansion. Dusky lavender flowers in late summer and fall are hugely welcome. This is totally herbaceous dying completely back after flowering only to reemerge in spring bigger and better than before. The climbing Aconitum we find just a little confusing as to proper identity so the caveat here is this is the name which came with the plant some years back. If we really dig, we might trace this back to a Diana Reeck collection in Yunnan in 1996 but that is best guessing. Nice blooming-sized plants.
Aconitum japonicum
Aconitum japonicum
Price: $10.00
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Quart Pot
Monkshood. This is a fine wildflower from Japan making attractive clumps with cowled dusky lavender flowers. This has been an easy doer increasing easily and the clumps are a snap to divide if you want more. And we always do. This not one for the sunny garden but best in morning sun or light shade. This doesn't get tall staying under 3' and isn't anything to worry about staking. Just a quietly lovely plant except for the unfortunate derisive comments it hurls at passing deer as it is completely unpalatable. Fortunately this commentary lies outside the range of human hearing so there is little chance of offending invited guests.
Aconitum sp. vining CGG14028
Aconitum sp. vining CGG14028
Price: $12.00
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Small Band Pot
Our collection from one of the highest points in the Wumingshan during the Chongqing-Guizhou-Guangxi Expedition in the fall of 2010. We had reached as far as we could on the trail following the western ridge and as we paused to take in one last panoramic view of the lesser peaks arrayed before us, we looked down and there sprawling atop the scrub was this climbing Monkshood. Seed heads were larger than we expected and it has been with anticipation that we have waited for this to bloom which a few did this fall. The flowers are of good size with a bit of variation from soft lavender to mostly a very pleasant medium blue. One seedling is a strange double with the overlapping petals reduced to an Elizabethan collar around the business parts. Now there's a collector's plant! Let us know if yours turns out to be something unique and we'll dicker. Perennial herbaceous vine to 8'-12' dying back in late fall. These are flowering size.
Actaea elata
Actaea elata
Price: $10.00
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Quart Pot
This used to be Cimicifuga elata but is now an Actaea and commonly known as Bugbane. This is one of our of natives found in small areas in the Olympics and more widely west of the Cascades in damp lowland forests in southern Washington and NW Oregon. A good plant with broad maple-ish leaves and tall stems with wands of white flowers sometimes tinged in light pink in late summer. This can get 6'-8' tall but most of that is skinny vertical height so while it is tall, it is not bulky. These have their provenance from SW Washington being seed-grown from a plant we got from our friend Diana Reeck at Collector's Nursery.
Adonis amurensis
Adonis amurensis
Price: $20.00
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4" Pot  One of the class acts of the spring ephemeral parade, this very hardy Japanese species starts hitting the stage in February with yellow flower buds and soon followed by finely divided fern-like foliage.  March is when it really happens, at least here in the Northwest, as these cheery buttercup flowers defy the gray skies which born and bred Washington natives miss if we have too long of a stretch of sun, say if we get into week of blue skies.  This is a fine plant for the rock garden or special niche and expect it to go dormant by late spring.  These are nice divisions which have already flowered with sturdy growth and are starting to root out having been potted in late winter.
Adonis multiflora 'Sandanzaki'
Adonis amurensis 'Sandanzaki'
Price: $35.00
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Choice rarity from Japan with stunning very early spring flowers. This is a delectable spring ephemeral ideal under deciduous shade where it can bloom in the sun and be shaded later in the season so quite happy in half shade. 'Sandanzaki' means "triple blooming" in Japanese. Growing all these different plants is giving us an odd smattering of different languages beyond our mainstays of ordering a beer and asking for the bathroom. Quite impervious to cold but is a real sissy when it comes to slugs so check on it! This makes an impressive plant in a pot as well. We've seen photos of full pots of this in flower on the show benches in the UK and it is breathtaking. We have offered this before under the species name multiflora but our two year old reference may have been out of date which had amurensis merged into multiflora.  It's a cutthroat world of taxonomic botany out there!
Agapanthus 'Flore Pleno'
Agapanthus 'Flore Pleno'
Price: $18.00
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Gallon Pot  Well-established nice plants of this double flowered selection with sizable heads of pale powder blue flowers on 2' stems above evergreen foliage.  This will give one pause thinking those flowers seem to have that extra something when you realize they do have that extra something - more petals!  A good container plant if overwintered frost-free or fine in the ground here in Western Washington if mulched when winter turns wintery.
Agapanthus 'Timaru'
Agapanthus 'Timaru'
Price: $16.00
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Large Band Pot
Lily of the Nile. New selection from New Zealand and we're tickled to have enough to list. This is one of the hardier Agapanthus and is a nice compact semi-evergreen plant to 30" - it will be deciduous for us most winters though and like all Agapanthus is best mulched in winter to keep frost from the crown. If you are good plant steward and do mulch it then you will be rewarded by a good display of superb dark blue flowers which have a very long bloom period from July to October. Good drainage yet moist in full sun. Very highly regarded in the UK and these could not be any larger in their pots.
Agapanthus 'Timaru'
Agapanthus 'Timaru'
Price: $25.00
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2 Gallon Pot - Nursery Pickup Only

Lily of the Nile. New selection from New Zealand and we're tickled to have enough to list. This is one of the hardier Agapanthus and is a nice compact semi-evergreen plant to 30" - it will be deciduous for us most winters though and like all Agapanthus is best mulched in winter to keep frost from the crown. If you are good plant steward and do mulch it then you will be rewarded by a good display of superb dark blue flowers which have a very long bloom period from July to October. Good drainage yet moist in full sun. Very highly regarded in the UK and these could not be any larger in their pots.  Also available in band pots.
Agapanthus inapertus 'Nigrescens'
Agapanthus inapertus 'Nigrescens'
Price: $9.00
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Small Band Pot
Agapanthus inapertus ssp. pendulus 'Nigrescens' is the complete name of this inky blue-black beauty. Drooping pendulous florets are striking and this form is even darker than the more familiar 'Graskop' . Give it plenty of sun and a good snuggly blanket of mulch in the winter. Good drainage too!
Ageratina altissima 'Chocolate'
Ageratina altissima 'Chocolate'
Price: $10.00
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Medium Band Pot
White Snakeroot. A release from the Mt Cuba Center in Delaware and selected for the richly chocolate colored foliage. This is a very hardy perennial and well named because just like sex, chocolate sells. (I've notice that often one leads to the other) Mid to late summer broccoli heads of small white flowers. Low maintenance.
Ajuga incisa 'Frosted Jade'
Ajuga incisa 'Bikun'
Price: $9.00
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Medium Band Pot
Frosted Jade Ajuga.  A rare Ajuga the likes of which you may have never seen. We all are familiar with the utilitarian carpeting-with-abandon slug magnet ubiquitous in gardens everywhere. This is a different critter altogether and resembles Bugleweed about as much as a Bichon Frise does a Junkyard Dawg. Stays put in a clump with erect stems to 16" with showy leaves of white, green and cream and intense violet blue flowers. This has been one of the most asked about plants in our shade garden and when we say what it is, the answer usually is "That's an Ajuga? Do you have it?"  It is completely deciduous as well which is another mind boggler.  And for slugs - they do like this one too but really it is mainly the new shoots in early spring so we just keep an eye on the growth and if they are getting nibbled then we go out one or two evenings and inflict bodily harm and don't much about the plant afterwards.
Albuca aurea
Albuca aurea
Price: $8.00
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Quart Pot
A very fun South African bulb which can be overwintered outside given good drainage in the winter and a nice mulching to keep it snuggy and warm. Or perfectly easy to grow in a pot and then store in the garage. Lots of yellow and green starry flowers - easy from seed!
Allium karataviense subsp. henrikii
Allium karataviense subsp. henrikii
Price: $15.00
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Bulbs
One of the choicest Alliums to be had which was found east of Tashkent in the mid 90's and named by Janis Ruksans for Henrik Zetterlund. Like a regular Allium karataviense but so much better in all aspects. Larger and broader blue-green leaves and bigger flower heads of rich rose. Good drainage & summer dry.
Allium nevskianum
Allium nevskianum
Price: $10.00
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Bulbs
A must-have for those smitten by the ornamental onions and this rarity will not disappoint. From hot and stony Afghanistan and Tadjikistan, this resembles the excellent Allium karataviense but is larger in all parts with bigger flowers of deeper pink. Gorgeous paired leaves.
Allium thunbergii 'Ozawa'
Allium thunbergii 'Ozawa'
Price: $9.00
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Quart Pot
Here is a little Japanese bulbous plant that will add some late summer glitz to the rock garden or special foreground planting niche. Not shy about blooming, this will strut its stuff with round purplish flowerheads on 10" stems which sends our friends the Butterflies and Bees into quiet delirium.
Allium thunbergii DJH 272
Allium thunbergii DJH 272
Price: $10.00
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A Dan Hinkley collection from Japan of this fine mid to late summer blooming Allium species. Good richly colored purple flowers are freely produced on this densely clumping little dude. Good in containers and great in the rock garden or special little niche.
Allium sp. CGG 14029
Allium wallichii
Price: $10.00
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Small Band Pot
Our collection at 9000' from the summit of highest peak in the Wuming Shan in SW China. This Allium was prevalent in the grazed grass and scrub summit with tall 12"-20" scapes and nice 2"+ half dome pink flowers. The local minority people harvest the bulbs for food. This was the first Western botanical foray to this mountain.
Bomarea 'Fred Meyer'
Alstroemera isabellana
Price: $10.00
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4" Band Pot
We got this from Maggie at Western Hills some years ago and finally can offer this goody. She said this was a hybrid by noted California breeder Fred Meyer between the vining Bomarea and the non-vining Alstroemeria and we have sold it in the past as Alstroemeria x Bomarea 'Fred Meyer' and more recently as Bomarea "Fred Meyer".  The great thing about putting a plant on the internet is that all sorts of smart people read about it and very nicely suggest the correct name.  This is a surprisingly hardy Brazilian species and Fred Meyer collected in Brazil quite extensively.   Good cut flower with long clean stems. We've had this growing happily outside for years and going through single digits in winter with mulch.
Alstroemeria 'Glory of the Andes'
Alstroemeria 'Glory of the Andes'
Price: $10.00
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Quart Pot
This is a very desirable Peruvian Lily which has 3' stems bearing fragrant vivid gold flowers daubed in the interior with maroon. The cream-edged foliage is just a bonus. Spreads slowly but steadily so as not to be scary. Great cut flower but pull the stems rather than cutting as they will last better. Not for dry gardens.
Alstroemeria haemantha
Alstroemeria haemantha
Price: $10.00
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4" Pot
We grew these from seed and can't be sure of the species name but know absolutely and without reservation, swearing by all that we hold dear and holy, that these are rampant colonizers. That caveat aside, drought tolerant, poor soil, deer resistant, great cut flower, easy maintenance.
Alstroemeria ligtu ssp. incarnata
Alstroemeria ligtu ssp. incarnata
Price: $12.00
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Quart Pot
This is a very ornamental Alstroemeria in shades of pink we have grown from wild-collected seed.  This is native to central Chile where it grows at mid-elevations approaching timberline.  It is perfectly hardy for us in the new USDA Zone 8 and should handle lows of single digits with a nice blanket of mulch.  Sizable flowers grouped in an umbel and like all Alstroemeria, possessing a good vase life if you are prone to cutting which we are not.  Quite honestly, we rarely have flowers in the house and absolutely no houseplants.  We do allow plant books but otherwise it is a refugium from the burgeoning phyto-fecundity jungle of the nursery and gardens.  We may have to replace the staff Felco pruners with machetes.  Can you tell it is spring when we are writing this?
Alstroemeria psittacina 'Royal Star'
Alstroemeria psittacina 'Royal Star'
Price: $12.00
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Quart Pot
Nice variegated Alstroemeria with clusters of narrow tubular red and green flowers which are a nice departure from the gaudiness of so many of the hybrids. Easy in a sunny spot and tolerates some drier conditions. Prefers a well-drained soil.
Anemone aff. rivularis DM97144
Anemone aff. rivularis DM97144
Price: $9.00
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4" Band Pot
Our collection from Yunnan China at 10,800'. This is a grand little Anemone that stays where you put it as it is a slow clumper and not a runner. The white flowers with the rich blue reverse are especially attractive.
Anemone multifida (magellanica)
Anemone multifida (magellanica)
Price: $7.00
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Small Band Pot
This is more commonly known under it's recently invalid name of Anemone magellanica - well, commonly known among plant geeks, anyway. This Chilean species has cheery soft yellow flowers facing up in spring and fun cottonballs of white seed seed heads which are nicely ornamental.
Anemone nemorosa 'Green Fingers'
Anemone nemorosa 'Green Fingers Group'
Price: $7.00
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4" Pot
A bewitching Wood Anemone which is more petite than some clones. This makes a dense carpet sample of coarse ferny foliage and small white flowers with a purplish reverse.  So just what sets this apart from the all the other white selections?  The working parts of the flower, the stamens in particular, have become thickened and greenly tumescent which I find rather appealing.   The degree of this unabashed happily concupiscent display varies from flower to flower and so is perhaps best to just refer to it as "Green Fingers Group'.  Regardless of the nomenclature, I know I am equally happy to see it bloom each spring.
Anemone nemorosa 'Royal Blue'
Anemone nemorosa 'Royal Blue'
Price: $7.00
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4" Pot
Large lavender blue flowers with a darker reverse grants this little slowly creeping Wood Anemone its own small fiefdom in the shade garden while it is in bloom. Very pretty indeed. Of course by mid summer the peasants and serfs rise up with scythes and cudgels to reclaim their land but next year the glorious cycle of rule and revolution is repeated.
Anemone x lipsiensis
Anemone x lipsiensis
Price: $9.00
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4" Pot
One of the quiet stars of our shade garden is this cross between rich yellow Anemone ranunculoides and white Anemone nemorosa. The result is a vigorous small scale shade loving groundcover with profuse primrose yellow flowers. Perfect as a planting under larger plants. Moist.
Anemonella thalictroides 'Oscar Schoaf'
Anemonella thalictroides 'Oscar Schoaf'
Price: $15.00
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Small Band Pot
One of the truly choice plants coveted by the rock gardeners who love everything wee and precious. This is tougher than its size suggests handling the open garden or doing well in troughs or containers. Goes summer dormant and increases from year to year. Half sun or dappled shade.