Gorgeous, isn't she? They take sun or part shade and grow in any soil, average moisture.
Unfortunately that's about normal these days, you could have a look at Weston's Salvias and Farmyard Nurseries around Easter and see what's going there.
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I just saw this one on Breck's online site.
Common name is "Flowering Fern."
Latin name is "incarvillea delaveyi"
They spread and get 18" tall with upp to 12 flowers per stalk. You get 3 roots for $15. They grow in zones 3-9 (lift in fall zones 3-4) and the flowers Re 2-3" long and wide !!
I need this one !!
Rhinanthus - or commonly known as yellow rattle. We really need some of this to get going to help clear the grass on the wildflower patch. I did sow lots when I first dug the ground over, but haven't yet seen any evidence of it growing.If you look on Farmer Gracy website, you will find three tubers for a fiver. They can also be grown as seed, and should produce some flower after two years. Once you have a few started from tubers though, the seed pods produce a LOT of seed. Incarvillea delavayii can also be found with its more common handle of ''hardy Gloxinia''
There are better doubles than this one in my opinion. The picture is deceiving, and this variety is actually a dirty kind of purple. They seed like crazy, and are a bit of a nuisance in my gardens.View attachment 2769
Black Barlow Columbine Aquilegia Vulgaris Black Barlow.
These I Must have and they readily reseed !! zone 3-9 average soil moisture and not fussy about ph !!
