As you might imagine, the 4-day
Hortlandia 2026 Spring Fling extravaganza I wrote about on Wednesday meant I ended up with some new plants. It was inevitable! First the plants from friends;
Gerhard brought this spiky Agave pintilla, which he grew from seed.
Also from Gerhard, Hechtia stenopetala.
From
Max I received a Vriesea fosteriana ‘Red Chestnut’ cutting...
As well as a collection of tillandsia from his and Justin's garden. I guess I said no to a couple of these when I was there last spring, but back then I was bringing them home in my own (very full) suitcase, this time they came with Max... I love them! (Max told me the names, but like Sempervivum I just don't track the names of Tillandsia)
Caleb claimed he was bored with his Pleopeltis lepidopteris 'Morro dos Conventos' and so he passed it along to me. Wow.
He also gave me a Salvia discolor. I haven't found this fabulous plant available in these parts for quite awhile, I am thrilled to be growing it again.
From Xera Plants I bought another Epimedium wushanense. I remember when this plant was hard to find and rather expensive.
On to Little Prince. Here the group (L to R: Max, Gerhard, Ann, and Mike) are fern gazing. A completely respectable pastime.
Onoclea sensibilis is a fabulous fern. I didn't bring any home, I already have several.
That dark outline on the new fronds... fantastic!
Pinguicula, pings, butterwort. LPO grows a fine selection of these carnivorous plants. This one, with it's bizarre coloration, is P. cyclosecta. I came home with a couple (wish me luck keeping them alive).
Because we were touring Little Prince with my begonia obsessed friend
Ann, we were sure to pause and admire the colorful begonia mounds...
Little Prince has a few Semponium available (a cross between Sempervivum and Aeonium, thought to be hardier than just straight Aeonium). I grew a few last year (thanks to LPO) and they did quite well, that is until a bunny decided to much them back to the roots.
There were Aeonium too!
And Saxifrage...
So as usual the generosity of my LPO friends was phenomenal. I came home with many gift plants. Lots of ferns (Pyrrosia linqua, P. linqua 'Undulata', P. lingua 'Cristata', assorted Blechnum), a Martagon Lily ('Sunny Morning'), and the "maybe" hardy Begonia 'Harvest Moon'...
...a flat of mixed hardy succulent "plant poppers"...
...and a few of those Semponium (S. 'Sienna' and S. 'Destiny') and Aeonium 'Wheels of Captivation'.
Other LPO plant treasures included a sexy Saxifraga 'Black Ruby'...
Pellaea atropurpurea
Osmunda lancea
And Athyrium x 'Ghost'.
On to Hortlandia! Here's my rather subdued haul...
From Dancing Oaks Nursery, Podophyllum chengii 'Hunan'. My Podophyllum collection has really captured my attention this spring so why not add another to the mix?
Also from DO, a ginger; Asarum delavayi.
Smart nurserymen they are, there was a blooming plant on hand (NFS) that helped sell the non-blooming plants. Maybe mine will have this bloom next year?
Also from the Dancing Oaks booth, I had to grab one of these bumper stickers (no stickers on my car though, it will live in the garage where my plant tools and supplies are).
You probably spotted a strawberry in the mix and thought, what?!? Yep. this was a freebie from the owner of
Broken Gate Farm, we got to chatting (I complemented him on his great booth, but noted the lack of signage... and it turns out not much of a website either) and he gave me this Albion strawberry, which sounds like
a real winner.
Here's where he's selling this spring if you're curious.
At the far right of the Hortlandia haul photo (and hidden by the strawberry), Saxifraga 'Whitehill'. One can never have too many saxifrage...
One last Hortlandia plant, Rhipsalis pentaptera. Fun times, lots of new plants!
The Bit at the EndMy friend Emily Joseph (Assistant Nursery & Retail Sales Manager at the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden) recently penned a fabulous post for the RSBG called "
Why williamsianum?". In it she looks closer at Rhododendron williamsianum, a plant some might dismiss as "common" but I happen to think is rather spectacular (I have three).
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SO MANY NEW PLANTS! That is thrilling, and such nice gifts from Max & Gerhard. The photo of P. cyclosecta looks like cardboard cutouts. How weird is that, am I the only one seeing that? Black ruby, ooh la la. The glossy ginger is pretty, but that bloom is everything.
ReplyDeleteSo. Many. Plants. I wish I could grow half of them :-)
ReplyDeleteOoh, nice haul! Now the happy times of figuring out where to put it all! Lots of beautiful leaf textures.
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