Geum ‘Mango Lassi’ - A sweet new perennial with warm sensuous color
Geum ‘Mango Lassi’
With its rich, radiant color tones, and bright green, textured foliage, this is the perfect plant to add vibrant sizzle to your garden display.
Campanula ‘Blue Waterfall’ - A bubbly splash of beautiful color
Campanula ‘Blue Waterfall’
This easy to grow (and to care for) performer floods garden areas with long lasting, cascading, low spreading mounds of refreshing color.
Chamaecyparis ‘Vintage Gold’ - A marvelous, compact growing evergreen
Chamaecyparis ‘Vintage Gold’
Like a fine wine, this marvelous, compact growing evergreen just gets better and better as it ages.
Dianthus ‘Rosish One’ - A rich tapestry of color
Dianthus ‘Rosish One’
Stunning, velvety flowers, sumptuous fragrance, repeat blooming ability, and easy to care for nature makes this a "must have" little perennial that need to find a place for in your garden.(Includes audio of David Wilson as he discussed Dianthus 'Rosish One' on the May 6, 2007 "The Paul Parent Garden Club" radio show).
Gaillardia ‘Oranges & Lemons’ - A zesty new Blanketflower
Gaillardia ‘Oranges & Lemons’
This exciting new blanketflower uniquely combines a breakthrough in color with an abundance of longer lasting blooms.
Heuchera ‘Frosted Violet’ - A luxurious tapestry of exotic and ever changing foliar patterns
Heuchera ‘Frosted Violet’
This no shrinking violet. It produces sumptuous mounds of pinkish-purple and violet tinted leaves. It is very long lasting, easy to look after and is constantly changing.(Includes audio of Paul Parent and David Wilson as they discussed Heuchera 'Frosted Violet' on the April 29, 2007 "The Paul Parent Garden Club" radio show).
Hosta ‘Paradigm’ - A "model" perennial
Hosta ‘Paradigm’
This highly valued Gold Medal™ member of our Garden Splendor® line-up was selected Hosta of the Year for 2007 by the American Hosta Growers Association.
Lonicera periclymenum ‘Serotina’ - Putting the "honey" into honeysuckle
Lonicera periclymenum ‘Serotina’
Beloved by Europeans for centuries and enjoyed by countless gardeners, this compact growing and dependable garden performer impresses, enchants, and enthralls.
Phlox ‘Junior Bouquet’ - A newcomer that's at the top of its class
Phlox ‘Junior Bouquet’
A striking, summer flowering perennial that produces lots of large, rounded clusters of fragrant, pretty pink flowers.(Includes audio of Paul Parent and David Wilson as they discussed Phlox "Junior Bouquet" on the March 11, 2007 "The Paul Parent Garden Club" radio show).
Salix integra ‘Flamingo’ - A flamingo you will be proud to have in your garden
Salix integra ‘Flamingo’
You are guaranteed to enjoy seeing this Flamingo in your garden!(Includes audio of Paul Parent and David Wilson as they discussed Salix 'Flamingo' on the April 22, 2007 "The Paul Parent Garden Club" radio show).
Phlox ‘Junior Bouquet’ - A newcomer that's at the top of its class
Phlox ‘Junior Bouquet’
A striking, summer flowering perennial that produces lots of large, rounded clusters of fragrant, pretty pink flowers.(Includes audio of Paul Parent and David Wilson as they discussed Phlox "Junior Bouquet" on the March 11, 2007 "The Paul Parent Garden Club" radio show).
Sedum ‘Autumn Charm’ - A stunning Stonecrop, from Spring to Winter
Sedum ‘Autumn Charm’
This recent addition to our Garden Splendor® line-up takes the reliability, popularity, and trusted pedigree of Sedum 'Autumn Joy' and enhances its attraction to create a thrilling new variety.(Includes audio of Paul Parent and David Wilson as they discussed Sedum "Autumn Charm" on the March 4, 2007 "The Paul Parent Garden Club" radio show).
Sedum cauticola ‘Lidakense’ - A tough little stonecrop offering Summer beauty
Sedum ‘Lidakense’
Here's a tough little stonecrop that forms gorgeous cushions of purple-edged, blue-gray foliage and sports lots of starry pink flowers in mid to late summer.(Includes audio of Paul Parent and David Wilson as they discussed Sedum 'Lidakense' on the March 18, 2007 "The Paul Parent Garden Club" radio show).
Yucca ‘Color Guard’ - A parade of color year-round
Yucca ‘Color Guard’
This fabulous selection is easily the best form we have ever grown.(Includes audio of Paul Parent and David Wilson as they discussed Yucca ‘Color Guard’ on the April 1, 2007 "The Paul Parent Garden Club" radio show).
Heliopsis ‘Loraine Sunshine’ - A beacon of sunshine
Volume 3, Issue 6 [July 1, 2006]
Heliopsis ‘Loraine Sunshine’ is an incredible garden plant. And the story behind fantastic plant is one filled with joy and delight, chance and tragedy, and tender memories of a fine lady who truly loved her garden.
Echinacea ‘Big Sky’™ series - A new horizon of colorful reliability
Volume 3, Issue 5 [June 15, 2006]
The wonderful world of coneflowers has taken a big step forward this year with the latest releases from the Big Sky™ series of hybrid echinaceas.
- Echinacea ‘Harvest Moon’ (Matthew Saul) PPAF
- Echinacea ‘Sundown’ (Evan Saul) PPAF
- Echinacea ‘Sunrise’ and ‘Sunset’
- Echinacea ‘Twilight’
Helenium ‘Mardi Gras’ - A Helen's Flower with real festive flair
Volume 3, Issue 4 [June 1, 2006]
Like the carnival for which it is so aptly named, Helenium ‘Mardi Gras’ conveys a sense of gaiety that is certain to “dress up” even the dullest border.
Clematis ‘Vyvyan Pennell’ - A new generation of columbines
Volume 3, Issue 3 [May 25, 2006]
Clematis is sometimes referred to as the “Queen of the Vines”. Well this majestic variety, Clematis ‘Vyvyan Pennell’, stands head and shoulders above her peers for the following reasons . . .
Aquilegia ‘Clementine’ series - A new generation of columbines
Volume 3, Issue 2 [May 11, 2006]
Gone are the days of the tall, lanky columbines that leaned out from the back of beds to display their downward facing flowers. In the Clementine series, we have short, bushy, compact plants with masses of double and semi-double, upward facing flowers.
Forsythia ‘Kumson’ - A new forsythia with season long color
Volume 3, Issue 1 [April 13, 2006]
Of all the Forsythia we offer the most unusual and unique must be Forsythia ‘Kumson’ . . . it takes the ornamental value of forsythias into a whole new season long era of color.
Ilex ‘Red Beauty’ - New Holly is the “Berriest”
Volume 2, Issue 1 [April 1, 2005]
From the inspired hybridizing hands of Dr. Elwin Orton of Rutgers University (New Brunswick, New Jersey) comes this exquisite new holly hybrid.
Viola ‘Etain’ - A Legendary Beauty that surpasses all others
Volume 2, Issue 2 [April 21, 2005]
Etain (pronounced e-tane) is a fashionable girl's name in Ireland. The name comes from Celtic mythology and means "shining one"....
Veronica ‘Royal Candles’ - Cheerful Columns of Color
Volume 2, Issue 3 [May 5, 2005]
I first heard about this exquisite plant around 4 years ago. A gardening friend in England was raving about it. She had it in her garden and was waxing lyrically about the neat, compact habit, myriads of striking blue flowers, improved disease resistance, and it’s easy to care benefits.
Astilbe ‘Spinnell’ - An Outsanding Garden Gem
Volume 2, Issue 4 [May 26, 2005]
This variety is nice and vigorous, yet compact and bushy. The lacy foliage is pretty, even when the plants are not in bloom. In spring, the new growth sports rich mahogany tints, forming a perfect base to display the developing flower spikes.
Ligularia ‘Britt-Marie Crawford’ - A Bonnie Beauty
Volume 2, Issue 5 [June 16, 2005]
Ligularia denata, the parent species, grows in forest clearings and mountain meadows in Japan and China. But the story of this beauty’s birth starts with a vivacious, young Swedish woman who went to Australia to study medicine.
Hosta ‘Paul's Glory’ - A Glorious Perennial
Volume 2, Issue 6 [June 30, 2005]
You'd think a plant this good must have been the result of a long, intensive breeding campaign. Well, in fact, it occurred as a chance mutation in a field of hostas grown by Paul Hofer of Antioch Farms (Perry, Ohio).
Salvia ‘Blue Hill’
Volume 1, Issue 1 [May 5, 2004]
Just like Salvia ‘May Night’, its dark violet-purple flowered relative, Salvia ‘Blue Hill’ combines perfectly with annuals of all sorts as well as other perennials and shrubs.
Scabiosa ‘Butterfly Blue’ - Blooming And Raring To Go!
Volume 1, Issue 2 [May 19, 2004]
At the end of this article, I show you a simple way to use Scabiosa ‘Butterfly Blue’ in combination to provide lots of color from now until autumn.
Coreopsis ‘Moonbeam’ - An Outstanding Performer, with an extra dimension
Volume 1, Issue 3 [June 9, 2004]
When it comes to recommending perennials for your garden it is hard to think of anything that is more reliable, more versatile, more effective and easier to grow than this very showy little plant.
Rudbeckia ‘Goldsturm’ - A Black-Eyed Susan to Sing About!
Volume 1, Issue 4 [June 30, 2004]
The entire plant is literally covered with deep golden yellow flowers. In fact, there are often so many flowers at times that it is almost impossible to see the leaves!
Phlox ‘David’ - A Goliath Performer!
Volume 1, Issue 5 [July 14, 2004]
We may not have been able to offer this splendid variety if some volunteers at the Brandywine Conservancy, near Philadelphia, had not collected seed from open pollinated native Phlox in the Brandywine Valley's natural areas. It was the keen eye of a knowledgeable and experienced nurseryman that noticed one of the resultant seedlings.
Fall is for Planting
Volume 1, Issue 6 [September 10, 2004]
The serious gardener knows that gardening is a year-round love affair. And no season is better for gardening than . . . Fall. I know you thought I was going to say Spring, but the truth is that Fall is important not only for the beauty of this season, but also for how it prepares us for spring.
