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Cover design by the lovely Sarah Baker
WHEN TO VISIT US AT BAKER’S ACRES - ALEXANDRIA…
MARCH
Saturday, March 21st - Opening Day
9 - 5 Monday through Saturday
10 – 4 Sunday
APRIL
9-7
9-6
10 - 2
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MAY
9 – 8 Monday through Saturday
9 – 6 Sunday
10 - Noon Saturday 16th Ron Wilson Live
8 pm – 10 pm Saturday 23rd ‘Extravaganza’
See page 4 for details
10 – 4 Memorial Day, Monday 25th
JUNE
9 – 7 Monday through Friday
9 – 5 Saturday and Sunday
20/20 Sale Saturday 20th
JULY
10 – 4 Monday through Sunday
Closed July 4th
After July 4th:
9 - 4 Monday through Saturday
10 – 4 Sunday
Customer Appreciation Days 24th - 26th
Closing for summer Sunday 26th
Hours may vary during this time - Please call ahead.
AUGUST
Closed - Open by appointment
SEPTEMBER
9 – 5 Fridays and Saturdays
10 – 4 Sunday
Closed Mondays - Thursdays Open by appointment
Closed Labor Day
Close for Season Saturday 26th
OCTOBER
through MARCH
Working our fingers to the bone producing
plants for 2016
HEAT ALERT
When temperatures are 90º or higher, we reserve the
right to close and seek out air-conditioning.
Monday through Friday
Saturday and Sunday
Easter Sunday, 5th
Early Night Sale Saturday 18th
See website for details
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Two Internet Plant Forums
Dave’s Garden (www.davesgarden.com - $15) and GardenWeb (www.gardenweb.
com - free) are two very fine Internet sites with tons of information and scores of
forums to connect you with gardeners from all over the world including central
Ohio. Highly recommended.
IN ONE YEAR AND OUT THE OTHER
Yet another year has come and gone. Here are some of the highlights you may or
may not have heard about.
In February, Jay Leno left the Tonight Show, this time for good. It’s sad to think
that he’s out of a job and he may have to live in his car. Then again, he does have 130
of them so he’s good for quite a while.
The world lost another great inventor this past year. Herb Lotman, father of the
Chicken McNugget, died in May at age 80. Although he was suffering from an extreme
case of avian flu at the time, he actually died from choking on a hard-boiled egg. He
was buried with a dozen packets of honey mustard sauce. Donations may be made to
the National Irony Foundation in his honor.
LeBron James returned to Cleveland to a rousing welcome from adoring fans who,
just four years earlier, had cursed his name and used his souvenir jerseys to wrap
garbage and line bird cages.
In September, the good people of Scotland
decided to stay on as part of United Kingdom
and turned down a chance to become totally
independent. They asked Sean Connery to become
their Prime Minister but he declined. They also
wanted to make haggis their national currency but
when they realized that no one else would take it,
they decided to stick with the pound and the Queen.
Queen Elizabeth commented that while she was
rather indifferent to Scotland’s show of loyalty, she
was very disappointed that she wouldn’t be seeing
a lot more Sean, her hot hunk of Scottish manhood.
She wrote that she would very much like to ‘night’
him again. When asked if she didn’t mean ‘knight’
him, she replied that her spelling was “correct the
first time, if you catch my drift.”
The dreaded and deadly Ebola virus appeared on the scene in October. Thousands
of Americans died. Ok, that is a slight exaggeration. Actually, no one died, but they
could have. Then miraculously, right after the election, Ebola disappeared. Obviously,
if you have something that’s really scary, hold an election and it will be fixed.
Finally, in December, Cuba decided to remain a part of the United Kingdom and
asked Jay Leno to become their new leader. He answered by taking the Ice Challenge,
as did LeBron James, Herb Lotman, Sean Connery, The Queen, the Ebola virus, and
almost everyone else in the free world, except in California where they outlawed the
practice due to the extreme drought.
We’ve got some real winners in the new plant category this year. Perennials include
the first really red, really everblooming red daylily, Hemerocallis Red Hot Returns.
Another new long bloomer is Phlox Forever Pink, which starts in June and flowers
until fall with no mildew. On the annual side, the mildew-free Fanfare Impatiens are
gone but the new Bounce Impatiens take their place admirably. We have a couple
new coleus, upright Pink Bomb and trailing Color Clouds Hottie, the latter requiring
sunglasses to look at. We have also brought back seed geraniums in six packs. Veggiewise, the new white strawberry, White Carolina, looks cool and it’s tasty too. Then
there’s the Austrian pumpkin Kakai, grown for its absolutely delicious roasted seeds.
Lastly, we will have the first grafted tomato on top and potato on the bottom. I kid you
not. It’s called Ketchup ‘n’ Fries.
Okay, kids, it’s beginning to warm up so let’s get out there and start gardening!
MISSION STATEMENT
It is our greatest desire to provide our customers with top quality, well-grown plant
material at a fair and honest price. We will strive to provide an unmatched selection
of old favorites and underused, hard-to-find items, along with the newest varieties
on the market. We will eagerly share our horticultural knowledge gained from
years of education and experience. Lastly, we offer all this in a spirit of fun and
lightheartedness.
SPANISH MISSION STATEMENT
Es nuestro mayor deseo el ofrecerle a nuestros clientes una calidad de primera en
nuestras plantas a un precio justo y honesto. Nuestra compania hace todo lo possible
para proveer a nuestra clientera con una seleccion incomparable de variedades
favoritas y no comunes, junto a nuevas variedades en el mercado. Gratamente
compartiremos nuestros conocimientos en horticultura obtenidos por una educacion
y experiencia con nuestra clientera. Y finalmente ofresemos todo esto en un espiritu
de alegria y felicidad.
SUSPICION STATEMENT
Apparently, we are constantly being monitored for suspicion of illegal activities by
the CIA, NSA, FBI, DHS, FCC, MSNBC, IBM, NFL and quite possibly the ASPCA.
Someone is probably watching me write this goofy paragraph as well as watching
you read it. To know this at least makes me a little more concerned about personal
grooming.
WE’RE ON A MISSION STATEMENT
Like a beagle tracking a rabbit, like Benedict Cumberbatch’s quest to appear in every
major film production, like binge watchers settling in for ‘House of Cards’ Season 3,
we are on a mission. This mission is to bring you the coolest, most beautiful, most
wonderfully grown plants from around the world. You’re welcome.
SUBMISSION STATEMENT
Our radio ads, our email newsletter, this catalog, and even our greenhouse music are
all filled with subliminal messages designed to force you to submit to our will. You
will buy plants until your car is full. You will tell all your friends about us. You will
think we look like movie stars. Just kidding! We really don’t do that……..or do we?
APPARITION STATEMENT
Apparition is a fancy word for ghost. That reminds me of the couple who had a ‘Sixth
Sense’ open marriage. They were both free to see dead people.
INTERMISSION STATEMENT
This intermission may be used at any time during the reading of this catalog. Feel free
to use the restroom facilities or visit the snack bar for refreshments. When the house
lights are dimmed, please return to your seat in a timely manner and resume reading.
Thank you, The Management.
FRUITION STATEMENT
After months of procrastinating, followed by weeks of dread and days of frantic
cramming, this catalog has finally come to fruition.
RE-MISSION STATEMENT
The act of certain people redefining ‘Mission Statement’ over and over, ad nauseum.
OMISSION STATEMENT
Due to space limitations again, this year’s Omission Statement has been omitted.
THE BIRDS AND THE
POWERS THAT BEES
“Man did not weave the
web of life, he is merely a
strand in it. Whatever he
does to the web he does to
himself.” - Chief Seattle
Your yard is a blank
canvas in which you
can paint a picture of
biodiversity, a paradise
that harbors life instead
of denies it. Pollinating
insects are on the decline
and starving due to
habitat loss in the form
of lawns and monocrop
farming. Please do your part to help feed the Pollinators (which in turn feed us) today!
GOOD BUGS/BAD BUGS
Here at Baker’s Acres, we like a healthy environment. That’s why we have stopped
using neonicitinoids, the bee harming insecticides in common use elsewhere. In
fact, we’ve stopped using most non-organic insecticides altogether. How do we keep
down the populations of bad bugs - aphids, mites, whiteflies and thrips? Nick is using
good bugs - predatory mites, nematodes, tiny tiny wasps, and pirate bugs. Each good
bug he releases has a specific pest that they attack. Not bees, not birds, not pets, not
humans. You’re welcome.
TEE SHIRT TUESDAYS
For years, folks have wanted to buy our tee shirts. Well, now you can. And if you
wear it on a Tuesday in March, April, and May, you’ll get 10% off your purchase. This
cannot be used with other discounts or coupons. As of catalog printing time, we don’t
yet have a price, but it will be reasonable and well worth the investment – and it’s
good for two years. Why, the prestige alone should make you want to get one.
THE BIRTHDAY CLUB
“You say it’s your birthday. Happy Birthday to you!” We are happy to announce the
birth of the Birthday Club. To join, just show us your ID and you are I-N. You must
be a member of the species Homo sapiens and at least 18 years of age. No human
offspring or pets allowed. We’ll give you a free 4” potted annual of your choice and a
treat from the ice cream freezer, pop cooler or our secret stash of goodies. Then the
whole staff will gather ‘round, singing an awful non-traditional birthday song, all the
while ringing bells and blowing those hideous aerosol air horns. Just kidding about
the singing and the horns and stuff.
THANKS, JEAN
Jean Morrison started working for Baker’s Acres over thirty years
ago. Obviously, we were all children at the time. She did a little of
everything but eventually became the perennial person. She is one
of the hardest working people we know and she should get a little
rest and relaxation. Jean lost her beloved husband, Mike, last year
and has decided to take her much deserved retirement. She’ll still
come by and we’ll be glad to see her. Thanks, Jean, for everything.
WHAT IS THIS?
What is this thing you’re reading right now? We’ve struggled for years for the right
term for our catalog. It’s not actually a catalog, having no prices and no descriptions.
It’s too large for a pamphlet. Would that make it a pamph? Is it a brochure...not
sure. We could call it a roster but that could foster a sports allusion. If we called it a
list we would miss the gist of what it’s all about. Printed matter sounds strange and
horticultural compendium is way too stuffy. A booklet implies that it’s almost a book
which in turn implies literature, which this certainly is not. I guess we’ll just have to
call this ‘The Papery Thing with the Words and Stuff’. That’s got a nice ring to it.
TEAM WORK
The way we see it, customers and staff are all on the same team and we both have
important jobs.
YOUR JOBS
• Come here with a smile
• Wear proper shoes and appropriate clothing
• Ask questions so you can be successful gardeners
OUR JOBS
• Come here with a smile
• Wear proper shoes and appropriate clothing (Baker’s Acres shirts)
• Answer questions so you can be successful gardeners
Hey, wait a minute. These two lists are almost the same. The big difference is you
guys get the best parking spaces.
PRICES
There are no prices in this catalog. That’s because we don’t know what they are yet.
Too many factors are yet to be determined in our price making process, not the least
of which is the price of oil. How does that affect flowers? Most of our pots and flats
are made of plastic, which is made from oil. Many of our starter plants are shipped
from points across the nation requiring jet fuel, diesel and gasoline, although we make
every effort to buy locally or regionally. With the price of oil going up and down,
it’s just too hard to set a price at printing time (late February/early March). We will
make every effort to keep things within reason and you can be assured that our prices
will be very fair while our quality will remain high. We certainly are not out to gouge
anyone but we do need to make a profit to stay in business. Otherwise we’d have to go
out and get real jobs.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Hardy Perennials
Shrubbery
Annuals and Tropicals in Pots
Annuals in Flats
Vegetables
Herbs
The Not Quite All Night Extravaganza
Feed Me
More Crucial Must-Read Information
Funniest Joke
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Page 13
Page 17
Page 33
Page 37
Page 41
Page 4
Page 8
Page 44-46
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ACANTHUS (Bear’s Breech) ❍-◗, M-WD
spinosus
ACHILLEA (Yarrow) ❍, WD-D
This list includes perennials, ferns,
Coronation Gold
ornamental grasses, ground covers and
Moonshine (Lt. Yellow)
alpines. All plants are cold hardy in Zone
Saucy Seduction (Rose)
5 except where noted. Even the marginal
Strawberry Seduction (Red)
plants can be grown successfully with
Summer Berries (Mix)
the careful selection of just the right site.
Sunny Seduction (Yellow)
For example, we had Begonia evansiana
ACONITUM (Monkshood) ◗, M
arendsii (Deep Blue)
(Zone 6) growing next to our north side
Blue Lagoon (Bright Blue)
foundation for 10 years. This is known as
‘site specific’ hardiness and relies on good ADENOPHORA (Ladybells) ❍-◗, M-WD
liliifolia (Blue)
fortune more than anything else.
AGASTACHE (Hummingbird Mint) ❍, M-WD
The genus name is followed by the
barberii Tutti Frutti (Rose)
common name, if any, and the variety
Blue Fortune
name is followed by the flower color or
Kudos Ambrosia (Orange/Lt. Pink)
leaf color, if applicable. These plants are
Kudos Mandarin (Orange/Rose)
Navaho Sunset (Bright Orange)
grown in at least one of the following
Red Fortune (Rosy Red)
pots unless otherwise noted:
Rosie Posie (Magenta)
1.01 qt / 957 ml (1 true quart)
rupestris
Orange
4.0 qt / 3.78 l (1 true gallon)
AJUGA (Bugle) ◗-●
6 cells @ 9.5 fl oz / 281 ml (306)
Black Scallop - More Ajuga in Ground Covers
Total pack 1.78 qt / 1.69l
Golden Glow
ALCEA (Hollyhock) ❍
This key will help describe the different
Black Knight
categories.
Fiesta Time (Double Cerise Pink)
Halo Blush
KEY
Halo Cerise
❍ = Full Sun Direct sun for at least six
Powderpuffs (Mix)
hours a day.
Queenie
Purple
◗ = Part Shade Direct sun for less than six
Radiant Rose
hours a day.
ALCHEMILLA (Lady’s Mantle) ❍-◗, M-WD
● = Shade No direct sun.
mollis Thriller (Chartreuse)
WD = Well drained
ALLIUM (Ornamental Onion) ❍-◗, WD
M = Moist
Millenium (Rosy Purple)
VM = Very Moist
s. Blue Eddy (Lilac Pink)
B = Bog or wet tolerant
ALPINES - Rock garden and trough plants
D = Drought tolerant
grown in 1.05 pt/ 501 ml pots (4” square). All
T = Tender Iffy in Zone 5. Usually needs
prefer full sun with excellent drainage unless
protection or specific site.
otherwise noted.
P = Prairie plant
Achillea ageratifolia
W = Woodland plant
Anacampseros rufescens
E = Evergreen
Arenaria verna caespitosa Aurea
N = Native to North America
Artemisia Tiny Green
RE = Rebloomer
Campanula bellidifolia
Plants designated 199_ PPY have received Campanula Graham Giant
Campanula portenschlagiana Aurea
the Perennial Plant Association ‘Plant of
Campanula p. Resholts
the Year Award’
Corypantha sulcata
Cotula minor
Hostas designated 199_AHS have
Cymbalaria muralis globosa
received the American Hosta Society
Delosperma c. Tiffindale Magenta
‘Hosta of the Year Award’
Delosperma Fire Spinner
Delosperma Gold Nugget
HARDY PERENNIALS
New plants for 2015 in Bold Type.
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HARDY PERENNIALS
ALPINES – cont.
Delosperma John Proffit
Delosperma Kelaidis
Delosperma sphalmanthoides
Dianthus Tiny Rubies
Draba aizoides
Erysimum kotschyarum
Geranium sanguineum Nanum
Globularia cordifolia
Gypsophila aretioides
Gypsophila cerastoides Pixie Splash
Herniaria Seafoam
Hieracium tarda
Iberis sempervirens pygmaea
Leontopodium alpinum
Leptinella Platt’s Black
Lewisia c. Heikneri Strain
Lewisia columbiana
Lewisia l. Little Plum
Lewisia Pinkie
Limonium latifolia nana
Lotus corniculatus Plenus
Lotus corniculatus Pleniflorus
Lysimachia japonica minutissima ❍-◗
Mentha Corsican
Minuartia stellaria Frank Cabot
Ophiopogon japonica Nana
Origanum microphyllum
Orostachys spinosa Halda
Petrohagia saxifraga
Potentilla neumanniana Nana
Pratia angulata
Rabiea albipunctata bethuliae
Raoulia australis
Ruschia pulvinaris
Sagina subulata ❍-◗-●
Satureja spinosa
Saxifraga Whitehill
Sedum Cape Blanco
Sedum cauticola lidakense
Sedum dasyphyllum Himalayan Skies
Sedum divergens
Sedum grisbachii
Sedum hispanica minus Pink Form
Sedum Jelly Bean
Sedum John Creech
Sedum lanceolata N
Sedum Voodoo
Sempervivella alba
Sempervivum Oddity
Sempervivum Pressiane
Silene acaulis
Silene u. Druett’s Variety
Stomatium mustellinum
Thymus Elfin
My detractors accuse me of making up
stuff just to avoid criticism. I think that’s
just a load of ruminoidious palokey. - Mike
Cunningham
They should fill airbags with candy and
confetti, like a piñata. People could use
some cheering up after a car accident.
- R. M. Weiner
ALPINES – cont.
Thymus Bressingham Pink
Thymus Magic Carpet
Thymus minus
Thymus Nutmeg
Thymus Pink Chintz
Thymus s. Mother of Thyme
Thymus Wooly
Veronica Georgia Blue
Veronica New Century
Veronica oltensis
Veronica prostrata Dick’s Wine
Veronica Waterperry
ALYSSUM (Madwort) ❍, WD
wulfenianum (Yellow)
AMSONIA (Bluestar) ❍-◗, M-WD-N
Blue Ice
hubrictii (Light Blue) - 2011 PPY
ANCHUSA (Bugloss) ❍-◗, WD
capensis (Blue)
ANEMONE (Windflower) ❍-◗, M-WD
h. Honorine Jobert (White)
h. Pochahontas (Double Pink)
h. Pamina (Double Rose)
h. Queen Charlotte (Semi-double Pink)
h. Whirlwind (Double White)
tomentosa Robustissima (Pink)
sylvestris (White)
ANGELICA (Masterwort) ◗, M-WD
gigas (Purple) Biennial
ANTHEMIS (Marguerite Daisy) ❍, M-WD
t. Charme (Yellow)
ANTIRRHINUM (Hardy Snapdragon) ❍-◗
braun-blanquettii (Yellow/White)
hispanicum ssp. Roseum (Pink)
AQUILEGIA (Columbine) ❍-◗, M-WD
Biedermeier Mix
canadensis (Red/Yellow) N-W
Leprechaun Gold (Purple-Var. Foliage)
Star Crimson
Songbird Dove (White)
Songbird Goldfinch (Yellow)
Winky Blue/White
Winky Double Red/White
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BEGONIA (Hardy Begonia) ◗-●, M-WD-T
evansiana (grandis) (Pink)
sinensis (Light Pink)
ARABIS (Rock Cress) ❍, WD
BELAMCANDA (Blackberry Lily) ❍, WD
caucasica Variegated (White)
chinensis (Orange/Maroon)
Little Treasure (Deep Rose)
BLETILLA (Hardy Orchid) ◗, M-WD-T
ARALIA (Spikenard) ◗-●, M-WD
striata (Pink)
c. Sun King (White-Gold Foliage)
BRUNNERA (Siberian Bugloss) ●, M-WD
ARENARIA (Sandwort) ❍-◗, M-WD
macrophylla (Blue)
montana (White)
m. Jack Frost (Blue) - 2012 PPY
ARISAEMA (Jack-in-the-Pulpit) ◗-●, M-N-W
m. King’s Ransom (Blue)
triphyllum (Green/Purple)
m. Looking Glass (Blue)
ARMERIA (Thrift, Sea Pink) ❍, WD-E
CALLIRHOE (Winecups) ❍-◗, WD-P
Bee’s Ruby
involucrata (Burgundy)
Bloodstone (Rosy Red)
CAMPANULA (Bellflower) ❍-◗, M-WD
Nifty Thrifty (Rose Pink-Var. Foliage)
Birch’s Hybrid (Blue
ARTEMISIA (Wormwood) ❍-◗, WD
Clips Deep Blue
Powis Castle
glomerata Freya (Blue)
Silver King
g. Genti Twisterbell (Blue/White)
Silver Mound
punctata Cherry Bells (Cherry Red)
Silverado
Takion Blue
ARUNCUS (Goatsbeard) ❍-◗, M
Takion White
dioicus (White)
CENTAUREA (Cornflower) ❍, WD
ASARUM (Wild Ginger) ●, M-WD-W
Amethyst Dream
splendens (Brown)
Amethyst in Snow (Blue/White)
ASCLEPIAS (Butterfly Weed) ❍, WD-P-D-N
Black Sprite (Deep Purple)
incarnata Cinderella (Rose Pink)
CENTRANTHUS (Valerian) ❍-◗, WD
i. Ice Ballet (White)
ruber (Rose)
tuberosa (Orange)
CEPHALRIA (Giant Scabious) ❍, M-WD
tuberosa Hello Yellow
gigantea (Yellow)
ASTER ❍, WD
CERASTIUM (Snow in Summer) ❍, M-WD
Alert (Rosy Red)
tomentosum (White)
divaricatus (White) ◗-●, N-W
CERATOSTIGMA (Leadwort) ❍-◗, M-WD
Professor Kippenburg (Blue)
plumbaginoides (Blue)
Purple Dome
CHELONE (Turtlehead) ❍-◗, M-B
Raydon’s Favorite (Medium Blue)
lyoni Hot Lips (Rose)
Wood’s Light Blue
CHRYSANTHEMUM (Hardy Mum)❍-◗, M-WD
Wood’s Pink
Mammoth Yellow Quill
ASTILBE (False Spirea) ❍-◗-●, M
Matchsticks (Red/Yellow)
Amber Moon (Rose - Golden Foliage)
r. Clara Curtis (Pink)
August Light (Red)
r. Mary Stoker
Milk and Honey (White)
CHRYSOGONUM (Golden Star) ❍-◗, M-WD
Peach Blossom (Pink)
virginicum Allen Bush (Yellow)
Visions (Raspberry Red)
CIMICIFUGA (Cohosh) ◗-●, M-WD-W
Younique Carmine
Chocoholic (White)
Younique Silvery Pink
Hillside Black Beauty (White)
ASTRANTIA (Masterwort) ◗, M-WD
racemosa Atropurpurea (White)
Star of Billions (White)
CONOCLINIUM (Blue Mistflower)
BAPTISIA (False Indigo) ❍-◗, WD-P
coelestinum Blue ❍-◗, M-WD-N
australis (Blue)
- 2010 PPY
Decadence Cherries Jubilee (Burg/Yel) COREOPSIS (Tickseed) ❍, M-WD
Cosmic Evolution (White/Magenta)
Solar Flare Prairie Blues (Yellow/Org.)
Crème Brulee (Yellow)
Twilight Prairie Blues (Purple/Gold)
Crème Caramel (Terra Cotta)
Cruzin Broad Street (Red/Orange)
I’ve always been different from most
Galaxy (Double Yellow)
people. For instance, I bleed at the sight of Heaven’s Gate (Double Gold)
someone passing out. - Jerry L. Embry
Jethro Tull (Gold)
HARDY PERENNIALS
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HARDY PERENNIALS
COREOPSIS - cont.
Moonbeam (Lt. Yellow)
Presto (Gold)
Red Chiffon
Red Satin
Route 66 (Yellow/Red)
Solana Golden Sphere
tripteris (Very Tall Yellow) P-N
CORYDALIS ◗-●, M-WD
lutea (Yellow)
ochroleuca (White)
sempervirens (Yellow/Rose) W-N
CROCOSMIA (Montbretia) ❍, WD
Emily McKenzie (Gold/Red)
Lucifer (Red)
DELOSPERMA ❍, WD
nubigena Basutoland (Yellow)
Red Mountain
DELPHINIUM ❍, M-WD
Belladonna (Lt. Blue)
Blue Butterfly
Blue Lace (Mid Blue)
Cobalt Dreams (Mid Blue)
Pink Punch
Purple Passion
Summer Cloud (Blue/White)
DIANTHUS (Pinks) ❍, WD
b. Pinocchio (Dwarf Mix)
Bath's Pink
Everlast Burgundy Blush (Deep Red)
Firewitch (Magenta) - 2006 PPY
Frosty Fire (Red)
g. Bewitched (Pink)
g. Spotti (Rose Red/White Spots)
Heart Attack (Deep Red)
Neon Star (Hot Pink)
Sarah (Pink/Ruby)
Scent First Coral Reef (Coral/White)
Scent First Sugar Plum (Dbl Pink)
Shrimp (Salmon Pink)
DICENTRA (Bleeding Heart) ◗, M-WD
Burning Hearts (Red/White Edge)
King of Hearts (Red)
Luxuriant (Red)
spectabilis (Pink)
spectabilis alba (White)
spectabilis Gold Heart (Pink)
spectabilis Valentine (Red)
DIGITALIS (Foxglove) ❍-◗-●, M-W-D
ambigua Carillon (Yellow)
Candy Mountain (Rose) Biennial
Dalmation Purple Biennial
Dalmation White Biennial
p. Pam’s Choice (White/Purple) Biennial
p. Pam’s Choice Split (Wht/Pur) Bienn.
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THE ‘NOT QUITE ALL NIGHT
EXTRAVAGANZA’
This year’s Extravaganza, the 66th annual,
will be held on Saturday, May 23rd from
8 pm until 10 pm. For those of you who
are unaware of this incredible event, it’s a
great big party at night in the greenhouse
and, since it’s at night and kinda dark,
we string loads of lights everywhere and
hope the fuses don’t blow, which they
sometimes do. The lovely Alexandria
Ladies will be serving delicious and
nutritious snacks, coffee, and cookies at
absolutely no cost to you or your loved
ones. Last year, for the first time, we
brought in the fantastic Taco Sherpa food
truck. They were a big hit and we will
definitely have a truck again this year. We
have yet to schedule one at printing time,
but rest assured it will be a good one.
This year’s entertainment will once again
feature the musical and vocal stylings of
Dave Harris and Jamburger, perhaps the
greatest rock and roll band in the history
of music...perhaps not, but they are pretty
darn good, especially the keyboard player.
You’re probably saying to yourself, “That
sounds just like every other ‘Not Quite All
Night Extravaganza’ with cookies, a food
truck, and Jamburger.” But wait, there’s
more! All plants are 10% off the regular
price. Holy Guacamole! Be sure to mark
the date.
When you’re happy, you enjoy the music.
But, when you’re sad, you understand the
lyrics. - Frank Ocean
I’ve been imitated so well I’ve heard
people copy my mistakes. - Jimi Hendrix
To achieve great things, two things are
needed: a plan and not quite enough time.
- Leonard Bernstein
The music business is a cruel and shallow
money trench, a long plastic hallway
where thieves and pimps run free and
good men die like dogs. There’s also a
negative side. - Hunter S. Thompson
FERNS – All prefer ◗-●, M-WD
Applecourt (Athyrium pictum)
Brilliance (Dryopteris erythrosora)
Cinnamon (Osmunda cinnamomea)
Godzilla (Athyrium hybrid)
Ghost (Athyrium hybrid)
Japanese Painted (Ath. n. pictum) 2004 PPY
Lady In Red (Athyrium angustum)
Maidenhair (Adiantum p. Imbricatum)
Male (Dryopteris felix-mas)
Mighty Tidy (Cheilanthes lanosa)
Royal (Osmunda regalis)
FILIPENDULA (Meadowsweet) ❍-◗, M
rubra venusta (Rose)
FRAGARIA (Orn. Strawberry) ❍, M-WD
Pink Panda (Pink)
FUCHSIA (Hardy Fuchsia) ❍-◗, M
Cape Horn (Magenta/Purple)
GAILLARDIA (Blanket Flower) ❍, WD-D
Arizona Apricot
Arizona Red Shades
Fanfare Blaze (Orange)
Fanfare Citronella (Yellow)
Sunset Snappy (Rosy Purple/Gold)
GAURA (Wand Flower) ❍-◗, WD, T
Gaudi Pink
Gaudi Red
Rosy Jane
GAZANIA (Hardy Gazania) ❍, WD
Colorado Gold (Yellow)
GENTIANA (Gentian) ❍-◗, WD
True Blue
GERANIUM (Cranesbill) ❍-◗, M-WD
c. Biokovo (Pink) - 2015 PPY
Johnson’s Blue
macrorrhizum (Rose)
maculatum (Pink) N
Rozanne (Violet Blue) - 2008 PPY
s. New Hampshire Purple
s. Striatum (Lancastriense) (Pink)
Tiny Monster (Purple)
GEUM (Avens) ❍-◗, M-WD
Blazing Sunset (Double Red)
Cosmopolitan (Pink/Rose/Cream)
Koi (Orange)
Totally Tangerine (Orange/Red)
triflorum Prairie Smoke (Pink) N
GRASS – All grasses are grown in 1.21 gal/
4.6 l pots and prefer ❍, M-WD unless noted
otherwise. Many are not available until May.
Calamagrostis Karl Foerster
Carex Bowles Golden
Carex Island Brocade
Carex Snow Cap
Cortaderia s. Pumila T
Festuca Elijah Blue ❍, WD-E
Hakenochloa macra All Gold
HARDY PERENNIALS
DIGITALIS - cont.
Polkadot Pippa (Peach) Perennial
Polkadot Princess (Rose) Perennial
DODECATHEON (Shooting Stars) ◗-●
Aphrodite (Rose Pink)
DRACOCEPHALUM (Dragonhead) ❍-◗, WD
Blue Moon
ECHINACEA (Coneflower) ❍-◗, WD-D-P
Butterflies Julia (Tangerine)
Butterflies Purple Emperor (Magenta)
Butterfly Kisses (Double Pink)
Cheyenne Spirit (Mix)
Firebird (Pink)
Green Jewel
Hot Papaya (Double Orange)
Kim’s Knee High (Pink)
Mac & Cheese (Yellow)
Magnus (Rose Pink) - 1998 PPY
Meteor Yellow
Milkshake (White Pompom)
Now Cheesier (Golden Yellow)
pallida (Pink)
paradoxa (Yellow)
Pink Poodle (Extra Double Pink)
PowWow White
PowWow Wild Berry
Primadonna Deep Rose
Secret Affair (Rose PomPom)
Solar Flare (Smoky Rose)
Sombrero Salsa Red
tennesseensis (Deep Pink) N-W
Tomato Soup (Red)
EPIMEDIUM (Barrenwort) ◗-●, M-W
Frohnleiten (Yellow)
ERYNGIUM (Sea Holly) ❍, WD
Big Blue
ERYTHRONIUM (Trout Lily) ◗-●, M-N-W
americanum (Yellow)
EUPATORIUM (Joe Pye, Boneset) ❍, M-WD
Baby Joe (Lavender)
Little Joe (Lavender)
m. Gateway (Lavender)
Pink Frost (Var. Foliage)
rugosum Chocolate (White/Dark Foliage)
EUPHORBIA (Spurge) ❍-◗, M-WD
Ascot Rainbow (Variegated Foliage) T
Bonfire (Yellow – Maroon Foliage)
First Blush (Yellow - Var. Foliage)
myrsinites (Yellow)
If you suffer some sort of trauma and find
yourself unable to recognize Mike Rowe,
is that called Micronesia? I’m asking for a
friend. – Duane Binkley
5
HARDY PERENNIALS
GRASS - cont.
Hakenochloa macra Aureola 2009 PPY ❍-◗
Hakenochloa macra Naomi
Imperata cylindrica rubra
Miscanthus s. Autumn Anthem
Miscanthus s. Huron Sunrise
Miscanthus s. Little Zebra
Miscanthus s. Morning Light
Miscanthus s. Oktoberfest
Muhlenbergia c. Pink Cloud
Panicum Blood Brothers ❍-◗, WD
Panicum Northwind
Panicum Shenandoah
Pennisetum a. Hameln
Pennisetum a. Burgundy Bunny
Pennisetum Redhead
GROUND COVERS – Grown in 4-packs
with each cell containing 6.59 fl oz / 195 ml,
total pack 26.36 fl oz / 780 ml. Some can be
invasive – use with caution.
Ajuga Burgundy Glow ◗-●
Ajuga Chocolate Chip
Convallaria majalis (Lily of the Valley) ❍-◗-●
Coronilla varia (Crown Vetch) ❍
Cymbalaria muralis (Kenilworth Ivy) ◗-●
Cymbalaria muralis Alba (White)
Galium odoratum (Sweet Woodruff) ◗-●
Hedera Thorndale (English Ivy) ◗-●
Lamiastrum galeobdolon (Dead Nettle) ◗-●
Lamiastrum Silver Spangles
Lysimachia nummularia Aurea ❍-◗
Mazus reptans ❍-◗
Pachysandra Green Carpet (Spurge) ◗-●
Pachysandra Silver Edge
GYPSOPHILA (Baby’s Breath) ❍, WD
compacta Plena (White)
Summer Sparkles (White)
HELENIUM (Sneezeweed) ❍-◗, M-WD
Fuego (Orange Red)
Sombrero (Gold)
HELIANTHEMUM (Rock Rose) ❍-◗, WD
Cerise Queen
Wisley Pink
Wisley Primrose
HELIANTHUS (Sunflower) ❍, WD
Happy Days (Yellow)
salicifolia (Late Yellow)
HELIOPSIS (Sunflower) ❍-◗-●, M-WD
Ballerina (Yellow)
h. scabra Sunburst
HELLEBORUS (Lenten Rose) ◗-●, M-WD-E
Ballerina Ruffles (Double Rose)
Ivory Prince
Golden Lotus
2005 PPY
Painted Doubles (Double Pink/White)
6
“Always a bridesmaid, never a bride” is
also a good rule of thumb for hitting on
people at weddings. - Newlin
HEMEROCALLIS (Daylilies) ❍-◗
Baby Moon Cafe (Cream/Purple Eye) RE
Bela Lugosi (Purple)
Buttered Popcorn (Yellow) RE
Cherry Candy (Gold/Cherry Eye)
Desert Flame (Red Orange) RE
Early Snow (White) RE
Marquee Moon (Ruffled Cream/Yel.)
Patrician Splendor (Pink) RE
Red Hot Returns (Red/Yellow Eye) RE
Red Pinnacle (Dk Red/Gold)
Stella D’Oro (Gold) RE
Stolen Treasure (Lt. Pink/Dk. Pink)
HESPERIS (Dame’s Rocket) ◗-●, M-WD-N-W
matronalis (Lilac, White)
HEUCHERA (Coral Bells) ❍-◗, M-WD
Bella Notte (Rose - Burgundy)
Crista (Lt. Pink - Peach)
Circus (Dk. Rose - Chartreuse/Red)
Citronelle (White – Chartreuse)
Delta Dawn (Orange/Gold Edge)
Firefly (Red)
Georgia Peach (Lt. Pink - Silvery Peach)
Grape Expectations (Cream-Sil. Purple)
Green Spice (Silver/Purple - White)
Lava Lamp (Cream - Coppery Purple)
Little Cutie Coco (White-Black)
Little Cutie Frost (Pink-Silver)
Little Cutie Sugar Berry (Pink-Violet)
Little Cutie Sweet Tart (Pink-Lime)
Obsidian (White – Deep Burgundy)
Paris (Pink – Green)
Snow Angel (Rose - Green Var.)
Venus (White – Silver)
HEUCHERELLA (Foamy Bells) ❍-◗, WD
Brass Lantern (White - Gold/Red)
Redstone Falls (White-Copper Red)
Solar Eclipse (White – Purple/Lime)
Stoplight (White – Yellow/Red Spot)
HIBISCUS (Rose Mallow) ❍-◗, M-B
Blue River II (White)
Kopper King (White/Red Eye – Copper)
Lord Baltimore (Red)
Midnight Marvel (Deep Rose)
Sultry Kiss (Magenta)
HOSTA (Plantain Lily) ◗-●, M-WD
Afterglow
Alligator Alley
Appletini - Miniature
Baby Booties - Miniature
Big Daddy
Blue Angel
HOSTA - cont.
Striptease
Teaspoon - Miniature
HOSTA - cont.
Totally Awe Sum
Blue Mouse Ears - Miniature
Whee!
Bridal Falls
IBERIS (Candytuft) ❍-◗, WD-E
Brother Stefan
Purity (White)
Church Mouse - Miniature
IMPATIENS (Busy Lizzy) ◗-●, M
Diamonds Are Forever
pritzelli Sichuan Gold
Dragon Tails - Miniature
IPOMOPSIS (Scarlet Gilia) ❍-◗, WD-N
Empress Wu
aggregata (Red)
Fireworks
IRIS (Bearded and Others) ❍-◗, WD
Goodness Gracious
g. Coal Seems (Black)
Grand Prize
g. Color Strokes (White/Dark Red)
Grand Tiara
g. Feed Back (Blue)
Halcyon
g. Lenora Pearl (Pink) RE
Hudson Bay
g. Summer Olympics (Yellow) RE
Hush Puppie - Miniature
pallida Variegata (Blue)
Ice Follies
siberica Butter and Sugar (Yellow/White)
Itty Gold - Miniature
s. Caesar’s Brother (Purple)
Joy Ride
s. Pink Haze (Lavender)
June Spirit
KIRENGESHOMA (Waxbells) ◗-●, M
Key West
palmata (Yellow)
Mayflower Moon
KNAUTIA ❍-◗, WD
Mini Skirt
Mars Midget (Ruby Red)
Neptune
Thunder and Lightning (Burg. - Var.)
Old Glory
KNIPHOFIA (Red Hot Poker) ❍, WD
Rainbow’s End - Miniature
Flamenco Mix (Red/Orange/Yellow)
Seducer
Fire Dance (Red/Yellow)
Spartan Arrow - Miniature
Orange Vanilla Popsicle (Orange/White)
Redhot Popsicle (Red)
GOOD WRITING
Toffee Nose (Ivory/Orange)
LAMIUM (Dead Nettle) ◗-●, M-WD
Anytime a person with a journalism degree Beedham's White (White – Gold)
Gold Nugget (Pink - Gold)
writes a story about a celebrity getting
Purple
Dragon
bangs, Walter Cronkite punches an angel.
White Nancy
– Jenny Johnson
LATHYRUS (Hardy Sweet Pea) ❍, WD
Red Pearl
There will never be true equal rights until LAVANDULA (Lavender) ❍, WD!!!
Mini Blue
women can write their name in the snow.
Jean Davis (Light Pink)
- Jill Gallagher
Hidcote (Deep Violet Blue)
Munstead (Lavender)
Phenomenal (Blue)
A wise man knows where the quotation
Platinum Blonde (Light Blue - Var. Foliage)
marks go. “- Anonymous”
Provence (Lavender)
LEUCANTHEMUM (Shasta) ❍-◗, M-WD
I can never remember how to spell
s, Alaska (White)
s. Becky (White) 2003 PPY
plagiarism, so whenever I need to type it,
s. Phyllis Smith (White Double)
I just cut and paste it from someone else.
s. Real Dream (Yellow)
– R. M. Weiner
s. Snow Cap (Dwarf White)
s. Sunnyside Up (White)
Sometimes I use big words I don’t fully
s. Whoops-a-Daisy (White)
LEWISIA (Cliff Maids) ❍, WD-D-N
understand in an effort to make myself
Rainbow Mix
sound more photosynthesis.
HARDY PERENNIALS
7
HARDY PERENNIALS
LIATRIS (Gayfeather) ❍-◗, WD-P-N
Kobold (Purple)
LIGULARIA (Ragwort) ◗-●, M-B
Britt Marie Crawford (Yellow - Black)
LILIUM (Asiatic, Oriental, & Trumpet Lily)
a. Blackout (Dark Red)
a. Elodie (Double Pink)
❍-◗, M-WD-N-W
a. Matrix (Coral/Yellow)
a. Tango Black Spider (White/Burgundy)
a. Tiny Bee (Dwarf Yellow)
a. Tiny Double You (Double Orange)
a. Tiny Glow (Dwarf Purple Red)
a. Tiny Nanny (Dwarf White)
a. Tiny Orange Sensation (Orange)
a. Tiny Shadow (Hot Pink/Maroon)
o. Elena (Double Rose)
o. Star Fighter (Red)
o. Stargazer (Red)
o. Sunny Grenada (Bur/Wht Edge)
o. Sunny Martinique (Dk Pk/Wht Edge)
o. Thala (Double Rose/Red)
o. Triumphator (White/Pink)
OT Flavia (Yellow/Red)
Tiger Citronelle (Yellow Spotted)
Tiger Splendens (Orange)
LIMONIUM (Sea Lavender) ❍, WD
latifolium (White)
LINUM (Flax) ❍, WD
Saphyr (Blue)
LIRIOPE (Lily Turf) ❍-◗, M-WD-E
Big Blue
Silver Dragon (Variegated)
LOBELIA ◗, M-VM
c. Queen Victoria (Red)
syphilitica (Blue)
Vulcan Red
LUPINUS (Lupine) ❍-◗, M-WD
Tutti Frutti Mix
LYCHNIS (Campion) ❍-◗, WD
Burning Love (Red)
Orange Gnome
LYSIMACHIA (Loosestrife) ❍-◗, M
a. Beaujolais (Burgundy)
LYTHRUM (Purple Loosestrife) Non-Invasive
Dropmore Purple ❍-◗, M
Morden's Pink
MALVA (Mallow) ❍
zebrina (Medium Purple)
MERTENSIA (Virginia Bluebells)
virginica (Blue) ◗-●, M-WD-N-W
MONARDA (Bee Balm) ❍-◗, M-WD
Bubblegum Blast (Hot Pink)
Cherry Pops (Cherry Red)
Coral Reef (Coral Pink)
Fireball (Red)
8
‘FEED ME, SEYMOUR’
In April and May, we get really hungry
and none of us have time to bake so
we’re willing to trade food for flowers.
Oddly enough, we call this the ‘Food For
Flowers’ program. We will gladly issue
you $10 in Baker Bucks for one of the
following: a cake, a pie, 3 dozen cookies,
or a coffee cake. Additionally, food that is
actually healthful and non-fattening will
be accepted if it doesn’t require heat or
cold to keep it that way. Finger food would
be helpful. All items must be homemade
and you must call for a sign-up date.
Please limit your offerings to no more than
twice per month to be fair to all. Also,
if possible, we would love to have the
recipe. We can’t tell you how much joy
this brings us even though we have to go
through withdrawal in July.
The journey of a thousand pounds begins
with a single burger. - Chris O’Brien
I’ll bet that when a cannibal is done eating
he asks his friends, “Do I have anyone in
my teeth?” - Jill Gallagher
One cannot think well, love well, sleep
well, if one has not dined well. - Virginia
Woolf
I eat cake because it’s somebody’s birthday
somewhere.
After a good dinner one can forgive
anybody, even one’s own relations. - Oscar
Wilde
Seize the moment. Remember all those
women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the
dessert cart. - Erma Bombeck
It’s fun to get together and have something
good to eat at least once a day. That’s what
human life is all about - enjoying things.
- Julia Child
HARDY PERENNIALS
DOGS
MONARDA - cont.
Grand Marshall (Fuchsia)
Grand Mum (Pink)
Jacob Kline (Red)
Purple Rooster
MUKDENIA (Crimson Fans) ◗, M-WD
rossii Karasuba (White)
MUSA (Hardy Banana – Really) ❍-◗, M-WD-T
basjoo (Hardy to at least zero degrees)
MYOSOTIS (Forget-Me-Not) ◗-●, M-WD
Victoria Blue
Victoria Pink
NEPETA (Catmint) ❍-◗, M-WD
Little Titch (Blue – Gray Foliage)
Walker’s Low (Dwarf Blue) - 2007 PPY
OENOTHERA (Evening Primrose) ❍-◗, WD
Glowing Magenta
missouriensis (Yellow) N
Siskyou (Pink)
OPUNTIA (Prickly Pear) ❍-◗, WD-D-E
humifusa (Yellow)
humifusa Spineless (Yellow)
ORIGANUM (Oregano) ❍-◗, WD
Bristol Cross (Magenta/Pink)
libanoticum (Pink)
OSTEOSPERMUM (Sun Daisy) ❍, WD-D
Lavender Mist
OXALIS (Wood Sorrel) ❍-◗, WD
crassipes Rosea (Rose)
PAEONIA (Peony) ❍-◗, M-WD
Cincinnati (Deep Pink Double)
Coral Charm (Coral Semidouble)
Itoh Bartzella (Yellow)
Itoh Canary Brilliants (Cream/Apricot)
Itoh Cora Louise (White/Red)
Miss America (Double White)
s. Chojuraku (Lavender Tree Peony)
s. High Noon (Yellow Tree Peony)
s. Yachiyotsubaki (Pink Tree Peony)
PAPAVER (Poppy) ❍-◗, WD
Brilliant (Red)
Flamenco Dancer (True Red)
Orange Scarlet
Pink Ruffles
Plum Pudding
Princess Victoria Louise (Salmon)
Royal Wedding (White)
Summer Breeze Orange
PARDANCANDA (Candylily) ❍-◗, M-WD
Dazzler (Mix)
PENSTEMON (Beardtongue) ❍, WD
Dark Towers (Lt. Pink – Dark Foliage)
Delft Blue Riding Hood
Hot Pink Riding Hood
Husker Red (White-Red Foliage) 1996 PPY
We used to have two, but,
as always happens, you
lose one. Allie, the crazy
little black dog who used
to love greeting everyone,
passed away last spring. She
was an ornery, stubborn, selfish and truly
delightful dog. Nick brought her home
from a friend’s house in 1999, gave her a
name, and proclaimed her ‘his dog’. Then
he went away to school at OU. From then
on, she was our dog and the greenhouse
mascot. We miss her a lot, especially her
antics.
And then there’s the golden
retriever/hound dog mix
by the name of Daisy. She’s
12ish and still with us. She
doesn’t hear or see very well so she barks
at moving shapes, but once she realizes
you’re not here to do great harm, she’s just
fine. She’s got arthritis, bad breath, lumps
and bumps and she’s a klutz, but she’s a
good dog. Good dog.
When your children are teenagers, it’s
important to have a dog so that someone
in the house is happy to see you. – Nora
Ephron
I’m a mog. Half man, half dog. I’m my
own best friend. - John Candy, as Barf, in
‘Spaceballs’
Dogs lead a nice life. You never see a dog
with a wristwatch. - George Carlin
A dog is one of the remaining reasons why
some people can be persuaded to go for a
walk. - O.A. Battista
I will not “let the dogs out.”
I will not “let the dogs out.”
I will not “let the dogs out.”
I will not “let the dogs out.”
I will not “let the dogs out.” - Written on
the chalkboard by Bart Simpson
9
PHLOX ❍-◗-●, M-WD
divaricata (Blue) N
Forever Pink
PENSTEMON - cont.
Minnie Pearl (White)
Pike’s Peak (Purple)
p. Blue Paradise
Prairie Dusk (Purple)
p. David (White) 2002 PPY
Red Riding Hood
p. Flame Coral
Red Rocks (Rose)
p. Flame Pink
Rondo (Pink)
p. Glamour Girl (Hot Pink)
Ruby Candles (Red)
p. Laura (Purple/White Eye)
PEROVSKIA (Russian Sage) ❍, WD
p. Red Riding Hood (Rose Red)
Filigran (Blue)
pilosa Slim Jim (Light Lavender)
Little Spire (Blue)
stolonifera Blue Ridge ◗, M-WD - 1990 PPY
Peek-a-Blue
s. Home Fires (Pink Ridge)
PERSICARIA (Fleeceflower) ❍-◗, M-WD
subulata Candy Stripe (White/Pink)
a. Golden Arrow
s. Coral Eye
m. Red Dragon (White)
s. Emerald Blue
polymorpha (White)
s. Millstream Daphne (Pink)
v. Painter’s Palette (Pink)
s. Red Wings (Rose Red)
s. Scarlet Flame
FAMILY TIES
s. Snowflake (White)
PHYGELIUS (Cape Fuchsia) ❍-◗, M-WD
If I learned one thing from my grandfather, African Queen (Scarlet)
it’s to never look closely at an old man’s
alkekengi Chinese Lantern
PHYSOSTEGIA (Obedient Plant) ❍-◗, M-WD
toenails. – Travis Ruetenik
virginica Miss Manners (White)
v. Vivid (Pink)
My Mom’s back surgery yesterday was a
PLATYCODON (Balloon Flower) ❍-◗, M-WD
complete success. This morning, all the
Astra Pink
Fuji Blue
cracks in her sidewalk are gone.
Sentimental Blue
PODOPHYLUM (May Apple) ◗-●, M-WD-W-N
I haven’t talked to my sister in more than
peltatum (White)
35 years. That woman had the unmitigated POLEMONIUM (Jacob’s Ladder) ◗, M-WD
gall to call me stubborn. - Jerry L. Embry
caeruleum (Blue) N
Stairway to Heaven (Lt Blue-Var. Foliage)
POLYGONATUM (Solomon’s Seal) ●, M-W
Once when I was a kid, I almost choked
humile (White) N
to death on a Tootsie Pop. Fortunately, my
odoratum Variegatum (White)
grandfather had the good sense to tell me
POTENTILLA (Cinquefoil) ❍, M-WD
to stop lollygagging. - Larry Hollister
Miss Wilmott (Pink)
PRIMULA (Primrose) ◗-●, M
Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, Belarina Cobalt Blue
close-knit family in another city. - George
Belarina Pink Ice
PULMONARIA (Lungwort) ◗-●, M-WD
Burns
Dark Vader (Blue/Rose)
Raspberry Splash (Pink)
One thing vampire children need to
PULSATILLA (Pasque Flower) ❍-◗, WD
be taught early on is, don’t run with a
v. Papageno Mix
wooden stake. - Jack Handy
RATIBIDA (Mexican Hat) ❍, WD-P
columnifera Red
The advantage of growing up with siblings RHEUM (Rhubarb) ❍-◗, M-WD
is that you become very good with
Canada Red
RODGERSIA (Rodger’s Flower) ◗, M
fractions. - Robert Brault
Firework (Pink)
pinnata Elegans (Pink)
Families are about love overcoming
HARDY PERENNIALS
emotional torture. - Matt Groening
10
HARDY PERENNIALS
RUDBECKIA (Black Eyed Susan) ❍-◗
Goldsturm (Yellow) 1999 PPY
Herbstsonne (Yellow)
Little Goldstar
Little Suzy (Dwarf Yellow)
RUELLIA (Wild Petunia) ❍, M-WD-W-N
humilis (Lavender)
RUMEX (Bloody Dock) ❍, M-WD
sanguineus ssp. sanguineus (Red Purple)
SALVIA (Meadow Sage) ❍, M-WD
argentea (Silver foliage)
Caradonna (Purple Blue)
May Night (Blue) - 1997 PPY
pitcheri (azurea) (Late Blue)
Snow Hill (White)
SANGUINARIA (Bloodroot) ◗-●, M-WD-W-N
canadensis (White)
SANGUISORBA (Burnet) ❍-◗, M
tenuifolia (Wine red)
SAPONARIA (Soapwort) ❍, WD
ocymoides (Pink)
SCUTELLARIA (Skullcap) ❍-◗, M-WD
Violet Cloud
SEDUM (Stonecrop) ❍-◗, WD
album Murale (Light Pink)
Angelina (Yellow – Gold Foliage)
Autumn Charm (Rose-Var. Foliage)
Autumn Joy (Deep Rose)
dasyphyllum var. gladuliferum
Dragon’s Blood (Rosy Red)
Fuldaglut (Pink)
Lemon Ball (Yellow-Yellow Foliage)
Neon (Magenta)
pachyclados (White-Blue Foliage)
platycladus (Pale Yellow)
sieboldii Mediovariegatum (Pink)
spurium Tricolor (Rose)
Sunsparkler Blue Pearl(Pink-Blue Fol.)
Sunsparkler Cherry Tart (Pink - Ch.Red Fol.)
Sunsparkler Dazzleberry (Rasp.-Blue Fol.)
Sunsparkler Firecracker(Rasp-Red)
Sunsparkler Lime Zinger (Pink-Green Fol.)
tet. Coral Reef (Pink-Green Foliage)
Thundercloud (White)
SEMPERVIVUM (Hens And Chicks) ❍, WD-E
Allison
atroviolaceum
Black Prince
Blue Boy
Boule de Neige
Candy Floss
Cobweb
Crimson Velvet
Edge of Night
Georgette
CUDDLES
A woman brought a very limp duck into
a veterinary surgeon. As she laid her
pet on the table, the vet pulled out his
stethoscope and listened to the bird’s
chest. After a moment or two, the vet
shook his head and sadly said, “I’m sorry,
your duck, Cuddles, has passed away.”
The distressed woman wailed, “Are you
sure?”“Yes, I am sure. Your duck is dead,”
replied the vet. “How can you be so
sure?” she protested. “I mean you haven’t
done any testing on him or anything. He
might just be in a coma or something.”
The vet rolled his eyes, turned around and
left the room. He returned a few minutes
later with a black Labrador Retriever. As
the duck’s owner looked on in amazement,
the dog stood on his hind legs, put his
front paws on the examination table and
sniffed the duck from top to bottom. He
then looked up at the vet with sad eyes
and shook his head. The vet patted the
dog on the head and took it out of the
room. A few minutes later he returned
with a cat. The cat jumped on the table
and also delicately sniffed the bird from
head to foot. The cat sat back on its
haunches, shook its head, meowed softly
and strolled out of the room. The vet
looked at the woman and said, “I’m sorry,
but as I said, this is most definitely, 100%
certifiably, a dead duck.” The vet turned to
his computer terminal, hit a few keys and
produced a bill, which he handed to the
woman. The duck’s owner, still in shock,
took the bill. “$150!” she cried, “$150
just to tell me my duck is dead!” The vet
shrugged, “I’m sorry. If you had just taken
my word for it, the bill would have been
$20, but with the Lab Report and the Cat
Scan, it’s now $150.”
SEMPERVIVUM - cont.
Grammens
Granada
Grey Dawn
Lilac Time
Limelight
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HARDY PERENNIALS
SEMPERVIVUM - cont.
Maria Laach
Pacific Green Rose
Pacific Hazy Embers
Pseudo-draba
Raspberry Ice
Red Beauty
Red Heart
Rosie
Rotmantel
Rubikon
Sassy Frass
Silver Cup
Silver Thaw
Strawberry Velvet
Stuffed Olive
tectorum
Unicorn
Virgil
Webby Flame
Zepherin
SILENE (Campion) ❍, WD-P-N
dioica Clifford Moor (Pink – Variegated)
virginica (Fire Pink) (Red)
SILPHIUM (Compass Plant) ❍, WD-P-N
laciniatum (Yellow)
perfoliatum (Yellow)
SISYRINCHIUM (Blue Eyed Grass) ❍, M-WD
Devon Skies (Light Bue)
Lucerne (Blue)
SMILACENA (False Solomon’s Seal) ◗-●
racemosa (White) M-W-N
SOLIDAGO (Goldenrod) ❍-◗, WD-P-N
Fireworks (Yellow)
Solar Cascade (Yellow)
SPIGELIA (Indian Pink) ◗, M, W-N, T
marilandica (Red/Green)
SPIRANTHES (Lady’s Tresses) ◗, M-N
odorata (White)
STACHYS (Betony, Lamb’s Ear) ❍, WD
l. Helene von Stein (Purple)
monieri Hummelo (Lavender Rose)
macrantha Superba (Lavender)
STOKESIA (Stoke’s Aster) ❍, WD
Honeysong Purple
Peachie’s Pick (Blue)
STYLOPHORUM (Wood Poppy) ●, M-W-N
diphyllum (Yellow)
TANACETUM (Tansy) ❍-◗, WD
v. Isla Gold (Golden Foliage)
THALICTRUM (Meadow Rue) ◗, M
aquilegiifolium (Lilac)
TIARELLA (Mist Flower) ◗-●, M-W
Pink Skyrocket
Spring Symphony (Pale Pink)
GIFT CERTIFICATES
Available year ‘round – just call us.
Easy to give and always appreciated.
• More personal than cash
• More tasteful than glow-in-the-dark
underwear
• More practical than clothes for your cat
TRADESCANTIA (Spiderwort) ❍-◗, M-B
Concord Grape (Purple)
Sweet Kate (Purple/Gold Foliage)
TRICYRTIS (Toad Lily) ◗-●, M
Golden Festival (Yellow/Bronze Spots)
Moonlight (Yellow )
Samurai (Spotted Purple)
TRILLIUM ◗-●, M-WD-N-W
erectum (Dark Red)
grandiflorum (White)
luteum (Yellow)
TROLLIUS (Globeflower) ❍-◗, M
New Moon (Light Yellow)
Orange Princess
VERBASCUM ❍-◗, WD
Summer Sorbet (Magenta)
VERNONIA (Ironweed) ❍, M-WD-N
lettermannii (Purple)
VERONICA (Speedwell) ❍-◗, WD
Aztec Gold (Blue – Gold)
Bicolor Explosion (Blue/Pink)
Blue Bomb
Giles van Hees (Pink)
Icicle (White)
Red Fox (Rose Red)
Royal Candles (Violet Blue)
VIOLA (Violet) ◗-●, WD
Celestial Twilight (Gold/Mauve)
dissecta chaerophylloides (White)
Halo Lemon Frost
Halo Violet
labradorica (Purple)
ZAUSCHNERIA (California Fuchsia) ❍
garrettii Orange Carpet WD-D
Betty White was born in 1922. Sliced
bread was invented in 1928. Therefore,
sliced bread is the greatest thing since
Betty White.
Four out of three people have trouble with
fractions.
I blow my nose before I weigh myself
because it’s that bad. - Jody LaFerriere
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ACER (Maple) ❍-◗, M-WD
freemanii Autumn Blaze LT
palmatum Bloodgood ST
Shrubbery is a funny sounding word.
p. Inaba Shidare
It rhymes with rubbery and blubbery
p. Orangeola ST
but little else, making it a poor topic
p. Orange Dream ST
for poetry and songwriting. Foliage on
p. Orido Nishiki ST
shrubbery can be rubbery. It can also be
p. Peaches and Cream ST
p. Shirazz ST
papery, leathery, satiny, prickly and scaly.
p. Tamukeyama ◗-●, ST
Seldom do you see anyone get blubbery
p. Viridis ST
over shrubbery except when some errant
AESCULUS (Buckeye, Horsechestnut) ❍-◗-●
driver misses a curve and takes out
glabra (Ohio Buckeye) LT
their favorite magnolia. The point of all
AMELANCHIER (Serviceberry) ST, ❍-◗, M-N
this foolishness is our great selection of
Autumn Brilliance (White)
shrubbery, which comes in all shapes,
AMPELOPSIS (Porcelain Berry) V, ❍-◗-●, M
sizes, colors and, textures. We’ve scoured
brevipedunculata Elegans (Variegated)
the nation to bring you beautiful blooming ARONIA (Chokeberry) S, ❍-◗, M-WD
arbutifolia Brilliantissima (White)
woody plants for all seasons, usual and
AZALEA (Rhododendron actually) S, ◗-●, Acid
unusual foliage accents, and even those
Delaware Valley (White)
cute little miniatures for rock gardens and
Gibraltar (Orange)
garden railways.
Girard Hot Shot (Reddish Orange)
While we are proud to grow most
Girard Fuchsia
of our herbaceous material here at
Girard Renee Michelle (Pink)
Baker’s Acres, we grow very few of the
Klondyke (Orange)
BERBERIS (Barberry) S, ❍, WD
woody plants that we sell. We rely on
Bonanza Gold
the many excellent nurseries around the
Crimson Pygmy
country. Please call ahead when seeking
Helmond Pillar (Burgundy Fol.)
a specific or unusual variety to make sure
Orange Rocket (Rust Orange Foliage)
of availability. Often we are able to find
Rose Glow
the plants you are looking for. We offer a BETULA (Birch) ❍-◗, M
delivery service for a nominal fee. Please
nigra Fox Valley (River Birch) LT
ask for details. Also, if you need a large
BLACKBERRY (Rubus) ❍-◗, WD
Chester (Thornless)
amount of landscape plants, we will be
BLUEBERRY (Vaccinium) ❍, WD Acid
glad to give you a special price quote.
Blue Crop
Jersey
KEY
Pink Lemonade
❍ = Full Sun Direct sun for at least 6 hrs/day
BUDDLEIA (Butterfly Bush) SS, ❍-◗, WD
◗ = Part Shade Direct sun less than 6 hrs/day
Bicolor (Butterscotch/Raspberry)
● = Shade No direct sun.
Black Knight (Dark Purple)
WD = Well drained
Buzz Magenta
M = Moist
Buzz Sky Blue
FT = Fruit Tree
Evil Ways (Purple-Gold Foliage)
SF = Small Fruit
Honeycomb (Gold)
S = Shrub
Nanho Blue
SS = Sub Shrub Dies back - regrows annually
Pink Delight
ST = Small Tree
Royal Red
LT = Large Tree
BUXUS (Boxwood) S, ❍-◗, WD-E
V = Vine
Green Gem
E = Evergreen
Green Mountain
N = Native
Green Velvet
CAMPSIS (Trumpet Vine) V, ❍-◗, WD
Pot sizes vary and will be marked accordingly
radicans Minnesota Red
Indian Summer (Orange)
BOLD = New varieties for 2015
SHRUBS,VINES AND TREES
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SHRUBS,VINES AND TREES
CARYOPTERIS (Blue Mist Spirea) SS, ❍, WD
Dark Knight (Dark Blue)
CEPHALOTAXUS (Plum Yew)S, ❍-●, WD-E
h. Fastigiata (Gold to Green)
CERCIS (Redbud) ST, ❍-◗-●, WD-N
c. Forest Pansy (Pink - Dark Foliage)
CHAENOMELES (Quince) S, ❍-◗, WD
Double Take Orange Storm
Double Take Pink Storm
CHAMAECYPARIS (False Cypress) S
n. Pendula
p. Gold Mop
CHIONANTHUS (Fringe Tree) ST, ❍-◗, WD
virginicus (White) N
CLEMATIS V, ❍-◗, M-WD
Carnival (Two-tone Blue)
Comtesse de Bouchaud (Pink)
Elsa Spaeth (Lavender Blue)
Ernest Markham (Red)
Gillian Blades (White)
Jackmanii (Purple)
Multi Blue (Blue Crested)
My Angel (Pink/Orange)
Niobe (Red)
paniculata (Sweet Autumn-White)
Pink Champagne (Pink)
Polish Spirit (Purple/Blue)
Red Cardinal (Red)
Sprinkles (Magenta Striped)
Tie Dye (Blue/White Streaked)
Tracy Lee (Very Light Pink)
CLETHRA (Sweet Pepper Bush) S, ❍-◗, M-WD
a. Hummingbird (White)
a. Ruby Spice (Pink)
CORNUS (Dogwood) ◗-●, WD
f. Cherokee Brave (Dark Rose) ST-N
f. Rubra (Pink)
k. Chinensis (White)
I have decided to change the name of my
bathroom from John to Jim. That way, I
can truthfully say that the first thing I do
every morning, without fail, is go to the
Jim.
Your hand and your mouth agreed many
years ago that, as far as chocolate is
concerned, there is no need to involve
your brain. - Dave Barry
Need to take a siesta? There’s a nap for
that. - Wiley
Of all the music management moves ever
made, the smartest might be persuading
*NSYNC to drop “Everything but the
Kitch” from their name. - Mark Sabien
CORYLUS (Filbert) S, ❍-◗, M-WD
a. Red Dragon (Cream - Contorted)
COTINUS (Smoke Tree) S-ST, ❍-◗, WD
c. Royal Purple (Purple-Purple Foliage)
EUONYMOUS (Burning Bush) S, ❍-◗, WD-E
a. Rudy Haag (Compact)
f. Emerald Gaiety (Variegated)
f. Moonshadow (Variegated)
FORSYTHIA S, ❍-◗, WD
suspensa Sieboldii (Yellow-Weeping)
Golden Peep (Yellow)
FOTHERGILLA S, ❍-◗, M-WD
g. Blue Shadow (White)
g. Mount Airy
GRAPE (Vitis actually) V, ❍-◗, WD
Concord (Purple)
Niagara (White)
HAMAMELIS (Witch Hazel) S, ❍-◗, M-WD
vernalis (Yellow/Red) N
HEPTACODIUM (Seven Son Flower) S
miconioides (White/Red Bracts) ❍-◗, WD
HIBISCUS (Rose of Sharon) S, ❍, WD
s. Lucy (Double Red)
s. Red Heart (White/Red Eye)
HUMULUS (Hops) V, ❍-◗, M
l. Aureus (Yellow)
HYDRANGEA S, ❍-◗, M-WD
anomale petiolaris (White) ◗-●
arborescens Annabelle (White)
m. Endless Summer (Pink/Blue) RE
m. Glowing Embers (Pink)
p. Fire and Ice (Cream to Burgundy)
p. Little Lime (Green/Pink)
p. Pinky Winky (White/Pink)
p. Vanilla Strawberry (White to Red)
q. Pee Wee (White)
q. Snow Queen (White)
ILEX (Holly) S, ❍-◗, M-WD-E Acid
crenata Sky Pencil
m. Blue Prince/Princess Combo
JUNIPERUS (Juniper) S, ❍, WD, E
conferta Blue Pacific
LAGERSTOEMIA (Crape Myrtle) S, ❍, WD
Rosy Pink (Zone 5 Hardy)
LARIX (Weeping Larch) LT, ❍-◗, M
decidua Pendula (Deciduous)
LESPEDEZA (Bush Clover) S, ❍, WD
t. Gempei ( Rosy Purple)
LEUCOTHOE (Fetterbush) S, ◗-●, M-WD
f. Rainbow (White-Variegated)
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SHRUBS,VINES AND TREES
LONICERA (Honeysuckle) V, ❍-◗, M-WD
p. Serotina (White/Rose)
s. Major Wheeler (Coral)
LYCIUM (Gogi Berry) S, ❍-◗, M-WD
barbarum (Red Fruit)
MAGNOLIA ST, ❍-◗, M-WD
Butterflies (Yellow)
g. Bracken’s Brown Beauty
Jane (Pink)
virgniana (White) N
NYSSA (Black Gum, Tupelo) T, ❍-◗, M-WD-N
sylvatica
PASSIFLORA (Hardy Passion Vine) V
incarnata Ammon’s Blue ❍, M-WD
PHILADELPHUS ( Mock Orange) S, ❍-◗, WD
Miniature Snowflake (White)
PHYSOCARPUS (Ninebark) S, ❍, WD
Little Devil (White)
PICEA (Spruce) S, LT ❍-◗, WD, E
abies nidiformis (Bird’s Nest)
p. Baby Blue
p. Glauca Globosa (Dwarf)
PIERIS (Lily of the Valley Bush) S, ◗-●, WD-E
j. Mountain Fire (White)
PINUS (Pine) ❍-◗, M-WD-E
m. Mughus S
POLYGONUM (Silver Lace Vine) V, ❍-◗, WD
aubertii (White)
PRUNUS (Cherry, Almond) S, ❍-◗, M-WD
subhirtella Plena Rosea (Weeping Pink)
Snow Fountains
PYRACANTHA (Firethorn) S, ❍-●, WD
c. Thornless (White-Orange Berries)
QUERCUS (Red Oak) T, ❍-◗, M
rubra N
RASPBERRY (Rubus) S, ❍
Anne (Fall Bearing Gold)
Boysenberry (Purple)
Crimson Night (Dark Red-Dbl Crop)
Double Gold (Golden Pink-Dbl Crop)
Heritage (Everbearing Red)
Royalty (June Bearing Purple)
RHODODENDRON S, ◗-●, E Acid
c. Cunningham White
c. Lee’s Dark Purple
c. Nova Zembla (Red)
English Roseum (Pink)
Percy Wiseman (Peach/Pink)
RHUS (Sumac) S, ❍-◗, WD
aromatica (Yellow) N
t. Tiger Eyes (Burgundy)
RIBES (Currant, Gooseberry) S, ❍-◗, WD
Black Velvet (Purple Gooseberry)
Hinnonmaki Red (Red Gooseberry)
n. Consort (Black Currant)
ROCK GARDEN COLLECTION ❍-◗
These plants stay short or can be kept short
for rock & fairy gardens, and garden railways.
Berberis t. Bagatelle
Berberis t. Helmond Pillar
Buxus Green Velvet
Buxus s. Variegata
Buxus Mont Bruno
Chamaecyparis o. Butter Ball
Chamaecyparis o. Fernspray Gold
Chamaecyparis o. Golden Sprite
Chamaecyparis o. Just Dandy
Chamaecyparis p. Golden Mop
Chamaecyparis p. White Pygmy
Chamaecyparis t. Top Point
Cotoneaster a. Tom Thumb
Ilex c. Sky Pencil
Juniperus c. Green Carpet
Juniperus h. Mother Lode
Picea a. Jessy
Picea g. Elf
Picea g. Jean’s Dilly
Picea g. Pixie Dust
Pinus m. Mops
Pinus m. Slowmound
Spirea Gold ‘n’ Rubies
Thuja o. Zmatlik
Thuja p. Whipcord
Tsuga c. Jervis
ROSA (Rose) S, ❍-◗, M-WD
Autumn Sunset (Peach Climbing)
Blaze (Red Climbing)
Bonica (Pink)
Drift Peach
Drift Pink
Drift Red
Fragrant Plum (Lavender)
Home Run Pink
Home Run Red
Knockout Double (Red)
Knockout Double Pink
Knockout Rainbow
New Dawn (Lt. Pink Climbing)
OSO Easy Strawberry Crush (Pink)
I WONDER
I wonder if clouds look down on us and
say, “I think that one looks like an idiot.”
I wonder if British people sit around trying
to talk in an American accent.
I wonder if Chinese tourists get upset
when they buy a souvenir from America
and find out it was made in China.
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SHRUBS,VINES AND TREES
SALIX (Willow) S or T, ❍-◗, M
i. Hakuru Nishiki (Var. Jap. Willow)
SAMBUCUS (Elderberry) S, ❍-◗, M-WD
canadensis (White) N
nigra Black Lace (Pink)
SCHIZOPHRAGMA (Hydrangea Vine) V, ◗-●
hydrangeoides Roseum (Pink)
SPIREA S, ❍, M-WD
b. Anthony Waterer (Pink)
j. Magic Carpet (Pink)
vanhouttei Renaissance (White)
SYMPHORICARPOS (Snowberry)S,❍-◗, N
Amethyst (Pink)
SYRINGA (Lilac)
S, ❍-◗, M-WD
m. Pallibin (Lilac)
p. Miss Kim (Lilac)
vulgaris (Old-fashioned Lilac)
TAXUS (Yew) S, ❍-●, M-WD-E
media Densiformis
THUJA (Arborvitae) S,❍-●, WD, E
o. Janed Gold
o. Mr. Bowling Ball
o. Smaragd (No, this is not misspelled)
VIBURNUM
S, ◗-●, M-WD
carlcephalum (Fragrant White)
juddii (Fragrant White)
p. t. Summer Snowflake (White)
WEIGELA
S, ❍, WD
Pearl (Light Pink)
My Monet (Pink - Variegated Foliage)
WISTERIA V, ◗-●, WD
macrostachya Aunt Dee (Blue)
sinensis Prolifica (Lavender)
FUN FACTS
DEFINITIONS
Op•ti•mist (n) – Someone who figures
that taking a step backward after taking
a step forward is not a disaster, it’s a chacha.
Ap•par•ent•ly (adv) – A word that makes
anything sound sarcastic.
Ex. – He’s intelligent, apparently.
Am•big•u•it•y (n) – What happens in
Vagueness, stays in Vagueness.
Stale•mate (n) - A leading cause of
divorce.
Co•land•er (n) - Someone who arrives
with you on the same plane.
Ni•trate (n) - A price cheaper than the day
rate.
Ar•gu•ment (n) - A discussion that occurs
when you’re right, and continues until he
realizes it.
Bide (v) - Past tense of buy.
Goad (v) - Past tense of go.
Be•nign (adj) - What you be after you be
eight.
Every 500 feet during his historic 1953
ascent of Mt. Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary
would turn to his Sherpa and ask, “Are
we there yet?”
Cau•ter•ize (v) - Made eye contact with
her.
Thanks to a 1971 stint at Motown, Ruth
Bader Ginsberg is the only person who’s
been a member of both the Supreme
Court and The Supremes.
Par•a•sites (n pl) - What you see from the
top of the Eiffel Tower.
In addition to X-ray vision, Superman
could also guess your weight within five
pounds.
Thirty-two percent of women who apply
makeup while driving have accidentally
swallowed a tube of lipstick.
Node (v) - Past tense of knew.
Rub•ber•neck (v) - What you do to relax
your wife.
Af•ter•math (n) - Relaxation after your
algebra class.
Hang•o•ver (n) - The wrath of grapes.
In•fan•try (n) - A small, immature tree.
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ANNUALS AND TROPICALS
This list includes potted annuals, tropical
patio plants, houseplants, conservatory
specimens, combination components,
and hanging baskets in various sized
containers. Many of these plants are
actually perennial in the tropics but few
will take any frost. The genus name is
followed by the common name, if any, and
the variety name is followed by the flower
color or leaf color, if applicable. Pot sizes
are as follows:
8.86 fl oz / 262 ml
10 fl oz / 295 ml
1.42 pt / 675.9 ml
1.56 qt / 1.47 l
1.75 qt / 1.66 l
3.69 qt / 3.49 l
3.93 qt / 3.71 l
1.67 gal / 6.32 l
Attendance at my support group for
people who’ve accidentally been turned
invisible has been awful. I think. – R. M.
Weiner
ALSTROEMERIA (Peruvian Lily)
Inca Goal (Rose)
Inca Noble (Purple)
Inca Vito (Red)
ALTERNANTHERA (Joseph’s Coat) CP
bettzickiana (SalmonPink/Yellow)
Brazilian Red Hots
Chinese Afro
Little Ruby
Mai Tai (Green/Yellow/Rose)
Party Time (Green/Magenta)
Purple Threadleaf
Yellow Threadleaf
AMARANTHUS (Amaranth)
Aurora (Yellow)
Love Lies Bleeding
AMICIA (Gotta Pea)
zygomeris (Yellow)
This key will help describe the categories. ANAGALLIS (Pimpernel)
Angie Blue
KEY
Angie Orange
BU=Tender Bulbs –Don’t forget to dig ’em up
CP=Combination Plant - Plays well with others ANANAS (Pineapple) TF
comosus Golden
HB=Hanging Basket – Let it all hang out
ANGELONIA (Summer Snapdragon)
IB=Indoor Blooming - Windowsill wonders
Alonia Dark Pink
SU=Succulent – Desert denizens
Angelface Blue
TF=Tropical Foliage – The Jungle Look
Angelface Dresden Blue
TB=Tropical Blooming – Wallflowers…..not!
Carita Purple
TV=Tropical Vine – Colorful climbers
Carita Raspberry
Unmarked = flowering annuals in pots.
Serena Purple
Serena White
Bold Type = New for 2015
ANIGOZANTHOS (Kangaroo Paw)
Kanga Orange
ABUTILON (Flowering Maple)
Kanga Yellow
Kirsten’s Pink
ANISICANTHUS (Texas Firecracker)
savitzii (Apricot – Variegated)
wrightii (Reddish Orange)
Souvenir de Bonn – (Orange – Variegated)
ANISODONTEA (African Mallow) TB
striatum (Orange, Yellow)
capensis Slightly Strawberry
Voodoo (Red)
ANTHURIUM (Flamingo Flower) TB
ACALYPHA (Copper Leaf) TF
Assorted
Inferno
APTENIA (Iceplant)
pendula Chenille
cordifolia Crystal (Rose - Variegated)
w. Copper Plant
cordifolia Rose
ALOCASIA (Elephant Ear) TF
ARGYRANTHEMUM (Marguerite)
amazonica Polly
Butterfly (Yellow)
Calidora
Madiera Cherry Red
lutea
Madiera Crested Yellow
Sarian
Madiera Deep Pink
Sting Ray
Sassy Red
ALPINIA (Shell Ginger) TF
ARTEMISIA (Wormwood)
zerumbet Variegated
Parfum De Ethiope (Silver Foliage)
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BEGONIA - cont.
Black Taffeta
Black
Truffles
ASCLEPIAS (Annual Butterfly Weed)
Bonfire (Orange) HB
curassavica Orange
Bossa Nova Red HB
physocarpa (White - Large Pods)
Bossa Nova Rose HB
ASPARAGUS CP
Bossa Nova White HB
meyeri (Foxtail)
Brad Thompson
sprengeri HB
Butterscotch
ASYSTASIA (Ganges Primrose)
Caravan
g. Variegated
Caribbean King
g. You’re So Vein
Cascade
BACOPA (Sutera actually)
Castaway
Calypso Jumbo White Imp
Cathedral Windows
BASELLA (Malabar Spinach)
Catherine Too
alba (Purple Berries)
chloroneura
BEAUCARNEA (Ponytail Palm) TF
Concord (Pink – Dark Foliage) HB
recurvata
Corallina de Lucerna (Pink)
Cowardly Lion
BEGONIAS
Dade
Dale Kramer
Dave Morris is responsible for our
Dale Sena
Deco Checks
enormous collection of Begonias. Years
Deco Daddy
ago, he started collecting begonias,
Deco Raspberry Truffle
and because he’s incapable of making a
Deco Rex
decision, he just kept every one he came
dipetala
across. As a result, we have way too
Doctor Block
many, but it’s a collection admired by
Dotsy
many a begonia afficianado. We’ve tried
Dragon Wing Pink HB
thinning it out a bit, and yet new ones
Dragon Wing Red HB
keep creeping onto the list. Here are some echinosepala ssp. elongatifolia (White) HB
egregia
of Dave’s babies, each one of which is his
Fedor
favorite. Thanks, Dave.
Fireworks
foliosa var. miniata
BEGONIA Most foliage types have small light
Frosty (Coral Pink)
pink or white flowers. Those known for their
fuchsioides (Red)
flowers are thusly noted with the color. Some
fuchsioides Rose Pink
are grown for their exceptionally patterned
foliage, some for their incredible blooms. IB-TF gehrtii
Georgia Tasker
Golden Glow
acetosa
Golden Lime
Alto Scharff
Golden Swallowtail
AmeriHybrid Picotee Flamenco
Guinevere
AmeriHybrid Ruffles Yellow
Gypsy Maiden
Angel Falls Soft Pink HB
Hannah Rose
Angel Glow
Hiro
Art Hodes
Immense
Baby Dress
imperialis
Bad Kitty
Jim Wyrtzen (Pink)
Baby Wing White HB
Judy Cook
Bandit
Leprechaun’s Kiss
barsalouxiae
listada
Beauvilia Salmon HB
Little Beaver
Beauvilia White HB
Little Brother Montgomery
Benitochiba
Little Cleo
Bethlehem Star
ANNUALS AND TROPICALS
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ANNUALS AND TROPICALS
BEGONIA – cont.
Little Darling
Little Miss Mummey (White)
Looking Glass
Lopse II
Lotusland
luxurians
macdougallii var. Purpurea
maculata Wightii (White)
Madame O’Reilly
Marley
Marmaduke
masoniana (Iron Cross)
masoniana Tricolor
Maurice Amey
Mocca Deep Orange
Mocca Scarlet
Mocca White HB
Mocca Yellow HB
Mrs. Ludwig
My Special Angel (Pink)
Non Stop Deep Salmon HB
Non Stop Orange HB
Non Stop Pink
Non Stop Red HB
Non Stop White
Non Stop Yellow
Non Stop Begonia List (Boy, I’ll say)
Nile Queen
paleata
Palomar Prince
Palomar Whirlwind
partita
Passing Storm
Peppermint Sabers (Pink)
Peter Piper
Peter Sharp
Phoe’s Cleo
Phoe unknown #1
Phoe unknown #2
phutoensis
Pink Minx
Plover
Red Fred
Red Planet
Red Road
Reddington Shores
Rex Assorted
Richmondensis (Pink) HB
Richmondensis Alba (White) HB
When did we stop celebrating the
moments of our lives with General Foods
International Coffees? – Bill Muse
BEGONIAS - cont.
Rieger Batik (Orange)
Rieger Blitz (Yellow)
Rieger Borias (Pink)
Rieger Carneval Orange/Yellow)
Rieger Cindy Fringed (Lt. Pink)
Rieger Dragone Sunset (Peach)
Rieger Janny Fringed (Apricot)
Rieger Netja Dark (Pink)
Rieger Polly (Red/White)
Rieger Red Baron
Royal Lustre
San Miguel
Santa Cruz (Red Orange)
Selover
Silver Queen
Snoopy
Snow Capped (Rose Red)
HB
Snow Palace
Solenia Dark Pink
Solenia Dusty Rose
Solenia Light Pink
Solenia Light Yellow
Solenia Orange
Solenia Salmon Coral
Solenia Velvet Red
soli-mutata
Sophie Cecile (Pink)
Starry Nights
Stonewall
Summerwings White
Susie’s Curl
Tiger Kitten
Tom Ment (Salmon)
True Imperialis
U304
U388
U400
U484 Sport
U508
Unstoppable Upright Fire
Unstoppable Upright White
Vivaldi
Waterfall Encanto Orange HB
Waterfall Victoria Falls HB
Whirlwind
BIDENS (Beggar’s Tick) HB
Marietta (Yellow)
BOUGAINVILLEA (Paper Flower) TB
Barbara Karst (Fuchsia)
Imperial Delight (Pink)
Lady Baring (Gold)
Miss Pixie (Dwarf Pink - Var. Foliage)
Raspberry Ice (Raspberry - Var. Foliage)
Purple Queen
BOUVARDIA (Trompetilla)
ternifolia (Orange)
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ANNUALS AND TROPICALS
BROMELIADS Assorted TB
Aechmea
Cryptanthus
Guzmania
Neoregelia
Vriesia
BROWALLIA (Bush Violet)
americana (Blue)
BRUGMANSIA (Angel’s Trumpet) TB
Betty Marshall (White)
Cherub (Pink)
Creamsicle (Lt. Apricot Double)
Inca Sun (Yellow)
Isabella (Pink)
Maya (Soft Orange - Var. Foliage)
Native Habitat (Double Peach)
BULBINE (Snake Flower)
frutescens Hallmark (Orange)
CALADIUM BU
Aaron (White/Green)
Blizzard (White/Green)
Candidum (White)
Cherry Tart (Hot Pink)
Florida Cardinal (Red)
Florida Sweetheart (Pink)
Frog in a Blender (Green Swirls)
Gingerland (White/Red/Green)
Miss Muffet (White/Red/Green)
Pink Beauty (Pink)
Postman Joyner (Red)
Tapestry (Green/White/Pink)
White Queen (White/Red)
CALENDULA (Pot Marigold)
Neon (Orange)
CALIBRACHOA (Trailing Petunia) HB
Aloha Kona Pineapple
Aloha Midnight Purple
Aloha Tiki Neon (Rose)
Aloha Tiki Soft Pink
Cabaret Bright Red
Callie Apricot
Callie Burgundy
Callie Deep Yellow
Callie Light Blue
Callie Peach
Callie Star Coral
Callie White
Million Bells Trailing Yellow
Mini Famous Double Blue
Mini Famous Double Deep Yellow
Mini Famous Double Chiffon
Mini Famous Purple
Superbells Cherry Star
Superbells Coralberry Punch
Superbells Frostfire
COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD
• HISTORY MONTH
April is History Month at the Alexandria
Museum and this April they are honoring
beloved native son, Sylvester Carlton,
inventor of the medical alphabet. Prior
to 1927, prescription writing was very
confusing, with doctors using all sorts of
different symbols including Phoenician
scripts, Egyptian hieroglyphics, the Greek
alphabet, and even letters they just
made up. It was very challenging to be a
pharmacist and even more challenging to
be a patient. In 1925, due to a misread
prescription, Sylvester’s sister, Mae, grew
a fully functional third eye on the side
of her head. Although she went on to
have a lucrative career with Barnum and
Bailey, Sylvester was quite upset with the
medical community and decided to fix the
problem. In 1927, he introduced what is
now the standard medical alphabet, thus
raising life expectancy from 29 to 72 years
almost overnight. Not only is he revered
in the medical and and pharmaceutical
professions, but the National Assisted
Living Association has a statue of him in
the lobby of their headquarters. Sylvester
Carlton, we salute you.
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ANNUALS AND TROPICALS
CALIBRACHOA - cont.
Superbells Grape Punch
Superbells Lemon Slice
Superbells Pomegranate Punch
Superbells Yellow Chiffon
CALLISIA (Inch Plant) TF-CP-HB
repens
repens Bianca (Variegated)
CALOCEPHALUS (Pipe Cleaner Plant) CP
brownii
CANNA (Canna Lily) BU-TF-TB
Black Knight (Fiery Red–Dark Foliage)
Blueberry Sparkler (Pink-Dark Foliage)
Cannova Bronze Leaf Scarlet
Cannova Red Shades
Cannova Rose
Cannova Yellow
Chocolate Sunrise (Yellow-Dark Fol.)
Cleopatra (Red/Yellow)
Minerva (Yellow-Grn Striped Foliage)
Praetoria (Striped Orange)
Tenerife (Yellow/Orange)
Thai Rainbow (Red Org-Var. Foliage)
CAREX (Ornamental Sedge) CP
Amazon Mist (Silver)
Red Rooster (Orange)
CELOSIA (Cockscomb)
Comfort (Rosy Purple)
Hot Topic Pink
Kelos Orange
Kelos Magenta
CENTAUREA (Dusty Miller) CP
gymnocarpa (Colchester White)
CEONOTHUS (Carmel Creeper)
Diamond Heights
CESTRUM (Night Blooming Jasmine)
nocturnum (Light Yellow)
CHIRITA (Hindustan Gentian)
Moonwalker (Dark Blue)
CHLOROPHYTUM (Spider Plant) HB
c. Bonnie
CISSUS (Grape Ivy) HB-TV-TF
discolor (Rex Begonia Vine)
Ellen Danica
CLEOME (Spider Flower) HB-TF
Clio (Magenta)
Senorita Blanca (White)
CLERODENDRUM (Glory Bower) TF
thompsonii (White/Red)
ugandense (Blue)
CODIAEUM (Croton) TF
Dreadlocks
Gold Dust
King of Siam
Magnificent
THOSE WACKY COLEUS
Coleus are the Hawaiian shirts of the
plant world. They are those gaudy little
plants with the multicolored leaves
that you remember from visiting your
grandmother’s house and they seem to
come in and out of favor. Currently they
are popular, mostly because they can be
used just about anywhere and provide an
anchor of color and/or texture in beds
and containers. They shine as either the
stars or the supporting players in garden
combos. Several years ago they changed
the name to Solenostemon, and just
recently to Plectranthus, but in a blatant
act of taxonomic defiance, we refuse
to call them anything but Coleus. Our
collection of named varieties is far beyond
the bounds of sanity at about 150, give
or take 20 or 30. The sad thing is, people
keep bringing us new ones. Even sadder
is the fact that we keep coming up with
new ones of our own. Recently, a fun
new flower brand, Hort Couture, picked
several of our varieties to feature in their
new line of coleus distributed nationally.
Also, Stained Glassworks, another national
brand, chose our ‘Stu Jr.’ to add to its line.
They have renamed it ‘Raspberry Tart’.
And if ya think that’s somethin’, how about
this. Baker’s Acres is featured in the book
by Ray Rogers, ‘Coleus - Rainbow Foliage
for Containers and Gardens’, available
at fine bookstores everywhere. We think
we’re pretty hotsy-totsy now.
The following varieties marked with an
asterisk are Baker’s Acres originals.
COLEUS
Alabama Sunset
Apocalypse
Beaujolais Nouveau
Between The Lines*
Big Bob*
Big Chief
Big Enchilada*
Big Red
Big Red Judy
Bipolar Bigolly
Black Cherry Ribbons
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ANNUALS AND TROPICALS
COLEUS - cont.
Blackberry Waffle
Blusher
Brazilian Carnival
Bronze Pagoda
Brooklyn Horror
Brownie Points*
Butter Cutter
Caesar
Cantigny Royale
Caracas
Carm’s Charm*
Cheap Frills*
Christmas Candy
Chuluotta
Colleen
Color Clouds Hottie
Copper Glow
Cranberry Sun
Dancing Gypsy*
Dappled Apple*
Dark Star
Defiance
Definitely Different
Dipt in Wine
Doctor Wu*
Duckfoot
Duke of Swirl*
El Supremo*
Electric Lime
Elfers
Emerald and Snow
Fantastik
Felix
Filigree
Fingerpaint
Fishnet Stockings
Freckles
Frizzy Yellow
Garnet Robe
Gay’s Delight
Glennis
Glory
Gnash Rambler* HB
Gold Brocade
Gold Giant
Gold Lace
Grape Expectations*
Henna
Hubba Hubba*
We are here on earth to do good for
others. What the others are here for, I do
not know. - John Foster Hall
COLEUS - cont.
India Frills
Inky Fingers HB
Inky Pink
Juicy Lucy*
Keystone Kopper
Kiwi Fern
Kiwi Herman*
Large Marge*
Lenny*
Little Twister
Live Wire*
Lord Voldemort
Madalyn
Marcellus*
Mariposa
Merlin’s Magic
Midnight Rambler*
Mighty Mighty*
Mocha Mint*
Morning After*
Mr. Wonderful
Mrs. Harding
Odalisque
Oxblood
Pele
Peter’s Wonder
Piñata
Pineapple Queen
Pink Bomb
Pink Chaos
Pink Elephant*
Plum Frost
Rasta Primavera*
Razzle Dazzle
Red Elephant*
Religious Radish
Religious Rutabaga
Riff Raff*
Riverstreet Black
Riverstreet Pink
Roaring Fire
Saturn
Scuttlebutt*
Sedona
Shiny Shoes (aka Black Patent Leather)
Shocking Pink
Sky Fire
Smallwood’s Driveway HB
Songbird
Sorcerer*
Squiggy*
St. Charles
Stella Pink
Stormy Weather
Stu Jr*
Stunning
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Begonia ‘Angel Glow’
Hemerocallis ‘Desert Flame’
Coleus ‘Color Clouds Hottie’
Coleus Rasta Primavera
Celosia ‘Kelos Orange’
Osteospermum ‘Blue Eyed Beauty’
Cuphea llavea
Cordyline ‘Willy’s Gold’
Cissus discolor
Crassula commutata
Helleborus ‘Painted Doubles’
Graptophyllum pictum ‘Chocolate’
Iochroma ‘Royal Queen’
Hibiscus ‘Lord Baltimore’
Tripogandra ‘Glass Beach’
Asystasia ‘You’re So Vein’
Nick at the Michigan Plant Trials
Pam checking out begonia baskets
A good customer about to be eaten
Food truck at the Extravaganza
Changing the greenhouse roof
Spring has sprung
The Baker Fam at Tovah’s wedding
Front porch planting
Pepper Mandela
Pumpkin ‘Kakai’
Watermelon ‘Orange Crisp’
Tomato ‘Rubber Ducky’
Nick’s succulents almost ready
Pepper ‘Fish’
Peperomia graveolens
Canna ‘Praetoria’ growing nicely
ANNUALS AND TROPICALS
COLEUS - cont.
Swallowtail
Swinging Linda HB
Tabasco
Tell Tale Heart HB
The Line
Thumbelina
Tiger Lily
Tilt-a-Whirl
Tiny Toes
Tooth or Consequences*
Trailer Park Princess*
Trailing Queen HB
Trailing Rose
Under the Sea Gold Anemone
Vino
Violet Tricolor
Wasabi
Watermelon
Wild Streak
Wowsers*
Yin and Yang*
Zesty Zucchini*
CODIAEUM (Croton) TF
Dreadlocks
Gold Dust
Magnificent
Mammey
Mrs. Robinson
Petra
Zanzibar
COLOCASIA (Elephant Ear, Taro) TF
Black Beauty
Diamond Head
Elena
gigantea Thailand Giant
Hawaiian Punch
Illustris
Midori Sour
Mojito
Pink China
COPROSMA (Mirror Bush) CP-TF
repens Picturata
Pink Splendor
Taupata Gold
CORDYLINE (Ti Plant) TF
Black Knight
Candy Cane
Dr. Brown (Burgundy/Red)
Exotica (Green/Pink/Cream)
Florica (Rose/Dark Red)
Kiwi (Green/Yellow/Pink)
Red Sensation (Burgundy - Thin Leaf)
Sundance (Green/Yellow Stripe)
Willy’s Gold (Rose/Green/Gold)
COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD
• BATTLE OF THE BANDS
This year’s epic battle, as usual, takes
place next Saturday at 7 pm in the school
gym. The first place band receives a twoweek gig at The Hubbub Club Pub out
on the highway and large, gaudy trophy.
Second place receives a plaque and a
free nightlight from The Nightlight Zone.
Everybody gets complimentary packs
of Beemans from Annie Get Your Gum.
Here’s the lineup:
• Density’s Child – This trio sings quite
well but they don’t appear very bright.
Their lead singer, Beyonde, shows
promise, though.
• Alice Scooper – They all met when they
worked at a Baskin-Robbins.
• The Doers – No, they do not play Light
My Fire. Please do not ask again.
• Flu Fighters – Medical professionals
moonlighting as a rock band.
• Gnus N’ Roses – The house band at the
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden.
• Ten Inch Nails – These guys are all about
one-upmanship. They previously called
themselves U3.
• The Gold and White Stripes – Some
people see them as the Blue and Black
Stripes.
CROSSANDRA (Firecracker Flower)
Orange Marmalade
nilotica Red
pungens (Yellow)
CUPHEA (Mexican Heather, Cigar Plant)
Allyson (Lavender)
Cuphoric Pink
David Verity (Orange)
Granada (Orange/Yellow)
llavea (Red)
White Heather
CYNARA (Cardoon) TF
cardunculus (Blue)
CYPERUS (Papyrus) TF
Baby Tut
isocladus Cleopatra (Yellow Green)
King Tut
Little Tut
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ANNUALS AND TROPICALS
DAHLIA BU
Babylon Red
Hypnotica Bellini (Pink)
Hypnotica Coral
Hypnotica Dark Night (Burgundy)
Hypnotica Lavender
Hypnotica Sangria (Orange/Yellow)
Hypnotica Tropical Breeze (Pink/Yel)
Hypnotica Yellow
Kelvin Floodlight (Yellow)
Mystic Dreamer (Pink)
Mystic Fantasy (Peach)
Mystic Wonder (Red)
XXL Alamos (Red)
XXL Chiapas (Rose Pink)
XXL Sunset (Orange)
XXL Veracruz (Light Pink)
DATURA (Thorn Apple, Jimson Weed)
Ballerina Purple
Belle Blanche (White)
DIANTHERA (Pink Candy Plant)
nodosa (Pink)
DIANTHUS (Pinks)
Bearded Mix
DIASCIA (Twinspur)
Sundiascia Rose Pink
DICHONDRA (Kidney Weed) CP
Emerald Falls
Silver Falls
DICLEPTERA (Hummingbird Bush)
suberecta (Orange)
DIGIPLEXIS (Annual Foxglove)
Illumination Flame (Rose/Apricot)
Illumination Raspberry
DIONAEA (Venus Flytrap) TB
muscipula
DOLICHOS (Hyacinth Bean) TV
lablab (Rose)
DRACAENA (Spikes, Corn Plant) CP
Colorama
Dragon Jade Jewel
Dragon Lemon Surprise
indivisa (Spikes)
Lemon Lime
Limelight
marginata
Rikki
DURANTA (Golden Dewdrop) CP-TB
e. Gold Edge (Blue)
Sweet Memories (Blue/White)
ENSETE (Abyssinian Red Banana) TF
maurelii
EPIPREMNUM (Pothos) HB, TF
Njoy
THE BATHROOM
People come from miles away just to see
our bathroom and for very good reason.
It is always spectacularly amusing. Nancy
said way back that we should always
design a really cool bathroom and then
change it every two years. The previous
bathroom, the famous and award-winning
Man Cave, was finally retired after being
held over for an extra year. We are
replacing it with ????? You’ll just have to
come out and see it.
ERODIUM (Storksbill)
Pink Charm
EUPHORBIA (Spurge)
Bling Pink Princess
cotinifolia TF
Diamond Frost (White)
Glitz
h. Yokoi’s White
martinii (Chartreuse)
marginata Summer Icicle (White)
Starblast Soft Pink
White Manaus
EVOLVULUS (Hawaiian Blue Eyes) HB
Blue My Mind
glomeratus Blue Daze
FERNS TF
Australian Tree
Austral Gem
Bird’s Nest
Blue Star
Boston HB
Button Fern
Chrissy
Crested Poly
East Indian Holly
Fancy Frills
Fritz Luthii
Holly
Kimberly Queen
Leslie
Macho
Mahogany
Pacific Maidenhair
Rabbit’s Foot
Raspberry
Rita’s Gold HB
Rosy Maidenhair
Silver Lace
Staghorn
Tiger Stripe
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ANNUALS AND TROPICALS
FICUS (Fig)
TF
lyrata
repens Variegated CP
robusta Ruby (Variegated)
r. Tineke (Variegated)
FREYLINIA (Honey Bell Bush)
tropica (Blue)
FUCHSIA
Angel Earrings Dainty (Pink/Purple)
Angel Earrings Snowfire
Ballerina Blue (Blue/Red)
Dark Eyes (Purple/Red Double)
Dollar Princess (Purple/Red) HB
Eruption (Hot Pink)
Fanciful Pink (Pink)
Gartenmeister (Orange-Dark Foliage)
Southgate (White/Pink) HB
GAURA (Wand Flower)
Belleza Dark Pink
GAZANIA (Treasure Flower)
Sunbathers Nahui (Orange Gold)
Sunbathers Sunset Jane Lemon Spot
Sunbathers Totonaca (Red/Yellow)
GERANIUM (Pelargonium actually)
Bright Cascade (Cascade Red) HB
Caliente Coral
Caliente Fire HB
Caliente Lavender
Caliente Pink
Calliope Dark Red HB
Calliope Hot Pink HB
Calliope Lavender Rose
Calliope Scarlet Fire
Classic Mosaic Purple
Classic Mosaic Red
Classic Pink Blush
Classic Salmon
Classic White
crithmifolium
Crystal Palace Gem
Distinction (Red)
Friesdorf (Red)
Graziosa Merlot Red
Graziosa Royal Salmon
Golden Angel (Pink-Gold Foliage)
ionidiflorum (Lilac)
Ivy Great Balls of Fire Blue
Ivy Great Balls of Fire Burgundy Blaze
Ivy Great Balls of Fire Burgundy
Ivy Great Balls of Fire Dark Red
Ivy Great Balls of Fire Deep Rose
Ivy Great Balls of Fire Lavender
Ivy Great Balls of Fire Melon
Ivy Great Balls of Fire White
Mr. Henry Cox
In theory there is no difference between
theory and practice. In practice there is.
- Yogi Berra
GERANIUM - cont.
Persian Queen (Magenta-Gold Foliage)
Platinum (Salmon-Var. Foliage)
Rocky Mountain Deep Rose
Rocky Mountain Orange
Sancho Panza (Purple)
Scented Attar of Roses
Scented Chocolate Mint
Scented Citronella (Lemon)
Scented Lady Plymouth
Scented Sweet Mimosa
sidoides (Dark Purple)
Sophie Cascade (Pink) HB
Tricolor (Red – Variegated)
Vancouver Centennial (Scarlet-Variegated)
Wilhelm Langguth (Red-Variegated)
GERBERA (Gerber Daisy)
Cartwheel Strawberry Twist (Mix)
Eyecatcher Dark Eye Purple
Jaguar Deep Orange
Jaguar Deep Rose
Jaguar Fire Dark Center
Jaguar Orange Picotee
Jaguar Pink
Jaguar Red
Jaguar Rose Picotee
Jaguar White
Jaguar Yellow
Patio Acadia (White-Dk Eye)
Patio Everglades (Pink)
Patio Great Smoky Mountains (Orange)
Patio Olympic (Carmine)
Patio Serengeti (Golden Yellow)
GIBASIS (Tahitian Bridal Veil) HB-CP
geniculata (White)
GLECHOMA (Ground Ivy) CP
hedeacea Variegated
GOMPHRENA (Globe Amaranth)
Pinball Purple
GRAPTOPHYLLUM (Caricature Plant) TF-CP
pictum Chocolate
p. Waimea
GYNURA (Purple Velvet Plant) CP
aurantiaca (Orange)
Pink Ice (Orange)
HAMELIA (Firebush)
patens (Red Orange)
HEDERA (English Ivy) CP
Assorted Varieties
HELIANTHUS (Sunflower)
Solita (Yellow)
Sunny Smile (Yellow)
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ANNUALS AND TROPICALS
HELICHRYSUM (Licorice Plant) CP
Icicle
petiolare (Trailing Dusty Miller)
p. Limelight (Golden TDM)
p. Minus (Miniature TDM)
p. Variegated (Variegated TDM)
splendidum
HELIOTROPIUM (Heliotrope)
Fragrant Delight (Purple)
White
HEMIGRAPHIS (Waffle Plant) CP-TF
Exotica Tricolor
HIBISCUS (Tropical Mallow) TB
Assorted Tradewinds Hybrids
Assorted Tall Standards
rosa sinensis Variegata
HOMALOCLADIUM (Ribbon Bush) CP- TF
platycladium
HOYA (Wax Plant) TF
Hindu Rope Variegated HB
Variegated HB
IMPATIENS (Busy Lizzy, Balsam)
All varieties are Impatiens Downy
Mildew resistant
balfourii (Pink/White)
Bounce Cherry HB
Bounce Lavender HB
Bounce Lilac HB
Bounce Pink Flame HB
Bounce White HB
Kew species
morsei Secret Love (White/Orange)
namchabarwensis Blue Diamond
niamniamensis (Red/Yellow)
n. Golden Cockatoo (Red/Yellow-Var. Fol.)
repens (Yellow) CP
sodenii La Vida Rosa (White/Rose)
s. Robert The Red (Lavender)
IMPATIENS (New Guinea Hybrids)
Celebrette Appleblossom
Celebrette Grape Crush
Harmony Magenta
Petticoat Blue Star
Sonic Magic Pink
Sonic Sweet Purple
Strike Bright Orange
Sunpatiens Compact Blush Pink
Sunpatiens Compact Electric Orange
Sunpatiens Compact Pink
Sunpatiens Compact Royal Magenta
Sunpatiens Compact White
Sunpatiens Spreading Carmine Red HB
Sunpatiens Spreading Clear White
Sunpatiens Spreading Corona HB
Sunpatiens Spreading Pink Flash
After weeks of research and contemplation, I’ve come to the conclusion that all
dolphins are happy. Either that or they
have a lot of trouble frowning. - Mike
MacDonald
IMPATIENS - cont.
Sunpatiens Spreading Salmon HB
Sunpatiens Spreading Scarlet Red HB
Sunpatiens Spreading Shell Pink
Sunpatiens Spreading White HB
Sunpatiens Vigorous Magenta
Sunpatiens Vigorous Orange
Super Sonic Flame
Super Sonic Hot Pink
Super Sonic Orange Ice
Super Sonic Red
Super Sonic White
IOCHROMA (Mini Angel Trumpets) TB
Royal Queen
IPOMOEA (Sweet Potato, Morning Glory)
alba Moonflower TV
Ace of Spades (Purple Black) CP
Blackie (Purple Black) CP
Bright Lights Camouflage CP
Illusion Emerald Lace CP
Mardi Gras CP
Margarita (Chartreuse) CP
Midnight Lace CP
Morning Glory Crimson Rambler TV
Morning Glory Heavenly Blue TV
Morning Glory Ismay (Two Tone Blue) TV
Morning Glory Star of Yelta (Blue/Red)
Pink Frost (Pink/Mint/Cream) CP
q. Red Cardinal TV
Sidekick Black CP
Sidekick Lime CP
Sweet Caroline Bewitched CP
Sweet Caroline Raven CP
IRESINE (Bloodleaf) CP
Brilliantissima (Purple/Pink)
Red Bloodleaf
Sunray
JASMINUM (Jasmine) TV
Fiona Sunrise
JUNCUS (Common Rush) CP
Blue Dart
Lemon Swirl
Twister
JUSTICIA (Shrimp Plant)
betonica (White/Green)
brandegeeana Variegated (Brick Red/Yellow)
carnea Hollanda (Pink)
Fruit Cocktail (Red/Yellow)
KALE (Brassica actually) TF
Redbor (Purple Foliage)
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ANNUALS AND TROPICALS
LANTANA (Shrub Verbena)
Anne Marie
Bandana Cherry Sunrise
Bandana Lemon Zest
Bandana Orange
Bandana Peach
Bandana Pink
Bandana Red
Bandana White
Bright Orange
Confetti (Purple/Yellow/Pink)
Landscape Bandana Pink HB
Landscape Bandana Red HB
Lucky Sunrise Rose
Lucky Yellow
Red Butler
Samantha (Yellow – Variegated) HB
Santana Gold HB
Santana Peach/Orange HB
Santana Yellow HB
LAURENTIA (Isotoma)
axillaris Beth’s Blue HB
fluviatilis (Light Blue)
LAVENDER
buchii Fern Leaf
LEONOTUS (Lions Ear, Wild Dagga)
nepeta (Orange)
LEYCESTERIA (Himalayan Honeysuckle)
Jealousy (White-Chartreuse)
LINDERNIA (Angel Tears)
grandiflora (Blue/White)
LISIANTHUS (Prairie Gentian)
Sapphire Blue
Sapphire Blue Chip
Sapphire Pink Rim
Sapphire White
LITHODORA
Grace Ward (Blue)
LOBELIA
Hot Springs Dark Blue
Magadi Basket Dark Blue HB
Magadi Compact Blue + Eye
Magadi Dark Blue
Magadi Electric Blue HB
Magadi White
Techno Heat Light Blue
Tidepool Blue
LOBULARIA (Don’t Call It Alyssum!)
Bicolor Pink Stream
Purple Stream
White Stream
LOPHOSPERMUM (Mexican Twist)
Compact Rose
Compact White
Great Cascade Wine Red HB
LOTUS (Parrot’s Beak) CP
berthelotii (Red)
m. Gold Flash
LOUTERIDIUM TF
donnell-smithii (Green)
LYCIANTHES (Blue Potato Bush)
r. Great Chlorox Disaster
LYSIMACHIA (Golden Globes)
c. Variegated (Yellow)
nummularia Goldilocks
MANDEVILLA (Pink Allamanda) TV-HB
Alice DuPont (Pink)
Brides Cascade
Fancy Red
Sun Parasol Giant Crimson
MECARDONIA (Baby Jump Up)
Gold Dust
MELIANTHUS (Honey Bush) TF
major (Silver Blue Foliage)
MIMOSA (Sensitive Plant) IF
pudica
MIRABILIS (Four O’Clocks)
Limelight (Magenta – Gold Foliage)
MUEHLENBECKIA (Wire Vine) CP
complexa
MUSA (Banana) TF
Mekong Giant
Siam Ruby
NASSELLA (Ponytail Grass)
tenuissima
NEMESIA
Angelart Raspberry
NEPENTHES (Pitcher Plant) TF-HB
alata
LISTS
The following is a list of some of our lists,
available just for the asking:
Butterfly & Hummingbird Favorites
Deer and Rabbit Resistant
Fresh Cut and Dried Flowers
Native and Wildflowers Offered
Alpine and Rock Garden Plants
Late Summer/Autumn Bloomers
Toxic Plants
Plants for Sun, Dry Shade, Moist
Shade, and Wet Areas
Walnut Tolerant Plants
Plus several new ones for 2015
We also have Mabel Neidermeyer’s
shopping list that she left here twelve
years ago.
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ANNUALS AND TROPICALS
NICOTIANA (Flowering Tobacco)
langsdorffii (Green)
Only the Lonely (White)
NIEREMBERGIA (Cupflower)
Augusta Blue Skies
Summer Splash Light Blue
Summer Splash White
OENANTHE (Water Parsley)
Flamingo (White - Variegated)
OPLISMENUS (Basket Grass) CP
hirtellus Variegated
ORIGANUM (Ornamental Oregano)
Kent Beauty (Pink/Green)
ORNAMENTAL PEPPER (Capsicum actually)
Black Pearl
Calico
Chilly Chili
Sangria
ORTHOSIPHON (Cat’s Whiskers)
s. White
OSTEOSPERMUM (Cape Daisy)
Blue Eyed Beauty (Lt Yellow-Blue Eye)
Ostica Blue Eye (White/ Blue)
Tradewinds Purple
Voltage Yellow
Zion Copper Amethyst
Zion Denim Blue
Zion Orange
Zion Red
OXALIS (Wood Sorrel, False Shamrock)
Zinfandel (Yellow-Burgundy Foliage)
OXYPETALUM (Tweedia)
caeruleum Heavenborn (Turquoise Blue)
PACHYSTACHYS (Shrimp Plant)
lutea (Yellow)
PALMS TF
Majesty - Ravenea rivularis
Pygmy Date - Phoenix roebelenii
PASSIFLORA (Passion Vine) TV
Blue
Lady Margaret (Dark Red)
PENNISETUM (Purple Fountain Grass)
Cherry Sparkler
Fireworks (Pink Striped)
g. Jade Princess (Golden Millet)
Prince
Princess
s. Rubrum
PENSTEMON
Phoenix Pink
Phoenix Red
Phoenix Violet
PENTAS (Egyptian Star Flower)
Cranberry Punch
Kaleidoscope Appleblossom
PENTAS - cont.
Ruby Glow
Starcluster Butterfly Mix
Starcluster Red
Starcluster Rose
Starcluster White
Stars and Stripes
PEPEROMIA TF
a. Watermelon
Mini Watermelon
c. Emerald Ripple
c. Red Ripple
c. Silver Ripple
clusiaefolia
fraseri Nana
graveolens
Hope
incana
maculosa
obtusifolia Var.
prostrata
puteolata
PERILLA (It’s not a Coleus...or is it?)
Magilla
PERISTROPHE (Marble Leaf)
hyssopifolia (Magenta)
PETCHOA (Petunia x Calibrachoa)
Supercal Neon Rose HB
Supercal Pink Ice
Supercal Salmon Glow HB
PETUNIA
Blanket Rose
Blanket Violet
Cascadias Indian Summer HB
Cascadias Rim Violet HB
Crazytunia Black Mamba HB
Crazytunia Mandeville
Crazytunia Pulse
Crazytunia Star Jubilee
Crazytunia Stonewashed
Crazytunia Twilight Lime HB
Double Wave Blue Vein
Double Wave Blue Velvet
Glamouflage Grape
Glow Blue Starburst
Glow Forest Fire HB
Glow Ocean Blue
Hells Bells Imp.
Moonlight Eclipse
Perfectunia Orange
Picasso in Pink HB
Pretty Much Picasso HB
As I forked over the $20 fee at the BandAid Quick Removal Clinic, I couldn’t help
but feel a little ripped off. – Mark Sabien
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ANNUALS AND TROPICALS
PETUNIA - cont.
Ray Purple Vein
Ray Salmon
Sanguna Radiant Blue HB
Supertunia Bermuda Beach
Supertunia Black Cherry HB
Supertunia Orchid Charm
Supertunia Raspberry Blast
Supertunia Vista Bubblegum (Pink) HB
Supertunia Vista Silverberry (White) HB
Surfinia Bouquet Denim
Surfinia Deep Red HB
Surfinia Giant Blue HB
Surfinia Heavenly Blue HB
Surfinia Lime
Surfinia Patio Indigo HB
Surfinia Patio Yellow
Surfinia Summer Double Pink HB
Surfinia Summer Double White
Sumo Pink HB
Sumo Plum HB
PHILODENDRON TF
Brazil (Green/Gold Foliage)
Black Cardinal (Burgundy Foliage)
Golden Xanadu
Moonlight (Creamy Yellow)
selloum Hope
Split Leaf (Monstera deliciosa)
PHYGELIUS (Cape Fuchsia)
Phegees Passionate Pink
Pheeges Scarlet Heat
Winchester Fanfare (Coral/Yellow)
PILEA TF-CP
cadierei
glauca
grandifolia Coral
involucrata Norfolk
microphylla Variegated
Moon Valley
nummularifolia
pubescens Silver
serpyllifolia
unknown Ecuadorean species
PIPER TF
auritum (Root Beer)
PLECTRANTHUS (Swedish Ivy) TF-CP
ernstii
fosteri marginatus (ciliata)
Green on Green
Hi Ho Silver
madagascariensis Var. (Iboza)
Mona Lavender (Blue)
Nick’s Pick
Ochre Flame
Old Gold
COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD
• ALEXANDRIA MALL NEWS
Lance Boyle, Assistant Manager of The
Alexandria Mall, out on the highway, is
excited to announce the addition of these
new stores and hopes everyone will come
out and give them some local support.
• The Salvidor Deli – Their specialty?
Melts!
• Magnum G. I. - Quick colonoscopies.
In and out in 20 minutes.
• Tandemonium – Bicycles built for two.
• Dr. Rangelove – Cooktops and stoves
galore.
• Tankin’ It To The Streets – Tank Tops for
every occasion
• Quilty As Charged – Your One Stop
Quilt Shop
• HEALTH TIP - Dry Eyes
If you ever run out of eye drops, get a pair
of tweezers and yank out two or three
nose hairs.
PLUMBAGO (Cape Leadwort)
c. Imperial Blue
PORTULACA (Purslane) HB
Fairytales Cinderella (Magenta/Gold)
Pazzazz Jumbo Yellow
Pazazz Pink Glow
Pazazz Red Flare
Pazzazz Tangerine
PSEUDERANTHEMUM (Snow Bush) TF-CP
atropurpureum Rubrum
a. Tricolor
Dark Shadows
reticulatum
Stainless Steel
RHOEO (Oyster Plant, Moses-in-the-Cradle)
discolor Tricolor
Stripe
RICINUS (Castor Bean) TF
Carmencita (Rose Red)
RUBUS (Creeping Bramble) CP
pentalobus
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ANNUALS AND TROPICALS
RUDBECKIA (Gloriosa Daisy)
Denver Daisy (Yellow/Burgundy Eye)
Prairie Sun (Light Yellow)
Tiger Eye Gold
RUELLIA (Mexican Petunia)
brittoniana Blue
conzattii (Light Yellow)
elegans (Red)
Rio Red
RUSSELIA (Firecracker Plant)
equisetiformis Compacta (Red)
SALVIA (Sage)
buchananii (Magenta)
chamaedryoides (Mid Blue)
confertiflora (Orange)
Dancing Flame (Red – Var. Foliage)
darcyi (Coral Red)
discolor (Black)
g. Hot Lips (Red/White)
g. Maraschino (Rose)
g. Raspberry Royale
g. White
guaranitica Argentina Skies (Light Blue)
g. Black and Blue (Indigo Blue)
Indigo Spires (Violet Blue)
microphylla Variegated (Red)
Mystic Spires (Blue)
patens Blue Angel (Dark Blue)
Red Neck Girl (Yellow)
sinaloensis (Dark Blue)
Wendy’s Wish (Deep Fuchsia)
x jamensis Golden Girl (Yellow)
SCAEVOLA (Fan Flower)
Bondi Blue
Diamond (Blue/White)
Paper Doll Top Model (Blue) HB
Surdiva White
SCIRPUS (Fiberoptic Grass) CP
cernuum
SCUTELLARIA (Skullcap)
Dorota Blue
Purple Fountain
Texas Rose
SELAGINELLA (Peacock Moss)
uncinata
SENECIO (Groundsel)
confusus Mexican Flame (Orange) TV
macroglossus Variegated (Wax Ivy) CP
mikanioides (German Ivy) CP
SNAPDRAGON (Antirrhinum actually)
Dragon Buttery
Dragon Peachy
Gummi (White)
SPILANTHES (Toothache Plant)
oleracea (Gold/Dark Red)
SOLANUM (Nightshade)
jasminoides Var. (White) CP
laciniatum (Lavender)
p. Jerusalem Cherry Variegated (White) TF
quitoense (Naranjilla) (Lavender) TF
SOLEIROLIA (Baby Tears) CP
soleirolii (Green)
s. Aurea (Gold)
STREPTOCARPELLA (Dauphin Violet) HB-IB
Concord Blue HB
STREPTOCARPUS (Cape Primrose)
Ladyslippers Blue/White Center
STROBILANTHES (Persian Shield) TF-CP
dyerianus (Light Blue)
STROMANTHE TF
Charlie
sanguinea Trio Star
SUCCULENTS
Nick Baker has taken a real liking to the
succulents. These are the different families
of plants that are mostly native to the
drier regions of the world. They have very
fleshy foliage that comes in a variety of
colors and interesting shapes, sometimes
with thorns, sometimes with gorgeous
flowers. As a toddler, Nick fell into a bowl
of cactus...kinda like Peter Parker getting
bitten by a radioactive spider, but as far as
we know, Nick has no superpowers.
SUCCULENTS All require high light and
should be kept on the dry side.
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Aeonium Blushing Beauty
Aeonium canariense
Aeonium Dinner Plate
Aeonium Kiwi
Aeonium pseudo-tabuliforme
Aeonium Salad Bowl
Aeonium Sunburst
Aeonium Zwartkopf
Agave a. mediopicta Alba
Agave desmettiana Variegata
Agave Kissho Kan
Agave l. Quadricolor
Agave Shark Skin
Agave pr. Lemon Lime
Aloe Christmas Carol
Aloe Dorian’s Black
Aloe Franco
Aloe Grassie Lassie
Aloe Guvnah
Aloe juveena
Aloe Pink Blush
ANNUALS AND TROPICALS
SUCCULENTS - cont.
Aloe Silver Ridge
Aloe somaliensis
Aloe vera (Burn Plant)
Cotyledon ladismithiensis var.
Cotyledon orbiculare (Elk Horns)
Cotyledon tomentosa
Crassula alpestris
Crassula arborescens
Crassula commutata
Crassula conjuncta
Crassula dubia
Crassula falcata
Crassula Gollum
Crassula Hobbitt
Crassula lycopodioides
Crassula ovata (Jade Plant)
Crassula ovata arborescens
Crassula o. Hummels Sunset
Crassula o. Undulata
Crassula o. Variegata
Crassula p. Calico Kitten
Crassula perforata Var.
Crassula rupestris marnieriana
Crassula schmidtiana
Crassula Springtime
Disocactus ramulosa TF-HB
Echeveria affinis
Echeveria Afterglow
Echeveria agavoides
Echeveria Black Prince
Echeveria Blue Sky
Echeveria chroma
Echeveria Doris Taylor
Echeveria gibbiflora
Echeveria harmsii
Echeveria imbricata
Echeveria Lola
Echeveria minima
Echeveria Neon Breakers
Echeveria nodulosa
Echeveria peacockii Subsessilis
Echeveria Perle Von Nurnberg
Echeveria pulidonis
Echeveria pulvinata
Echeveria pulvinata Frosty
Echeveria Raindrop
Echeveria Red Prince
Echeveria The Rose
Echeveria Topsy Turvy
Echeveria Zorro
Epiphyllum oxypetalum
Euphorbia aeruginosa
Euphorbia anoplia
Euphorbia ferox
NICKNAMES
Nicknames of Famous People Only Their
Close Friends Know
Henry Kissinger – Smoochie
Noam Chomsky – No-no or Chomps
Mitch McConnell – Yertle
Will Ferell –Wilfare
Jennifer Lawrence – Larry
Charlie Rose – Bud
John Kerry – Horse Face or Seabiscuit
Ruth Bader Ginsberg – Darth Bader
Brian Williams – Sir Lies-a-lot
George Clooney – Looney Cloons
John Boehner – OJ
Barack Obama – Bo Mama
Kathy Bates – Obee Kaybee
Nancy Baker - Nanook
Neil Patrick Harris – Loogie Howser
David Letterman – Gappy Hayes
Conan O’Brien – O’Bi Wan Conobi
Oprah Winfrey – Opsie Daisy
Vladimir Putin – Putin on the Ritz
Ronald Reagan – R-Ron
SUCCULENTS - cont.
Euphorbia mammillaris Var.
Euphorbia platyclada
Euphorbia t. Sticks on Fire (Orange Foliage)
Euphorbia trigona rubra
Euphorbia assorted species & Hybrids
Gasteria bicolor
Gasteria unknown
Graptopetalum Ghost
Graptopetalum pentandrum
Graptopetalum superbum
Graptoveria amethorum
Graptoveria Fred Ives
Haworthia cuspidata
Kalanchoe beharensis
Kalanchoe b. Fang
Kalanchoe b. minima
Kalanchoe Big Mama
Kalanchoe Fantastic
Kalanchoe f. Creamed Scallops
Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri
Kalanchoe hildebrandtii
Kalanchoe longiflora
Kalanchoe luciae
Kalanchoe nyikae
Kalanchoe orgyalis
Kalanchoe pumila
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ANNUALS AND TROPICALS
SUCCULENTS - cont.
Kalanchoe tomentosa
Lampranthus deltoides
Lepismium cruciforme
Lithops assorted species (Living Stones)
Manfreda Chocolate Chip
Manfreda Spot (False Agave)
Opuntia c. Pinta Rita
Opuntia Variegated Spineless (Prickly Pear)
Orostachys boehmerii
Pachyphytum hookeri
Pachyphytum oviferum
Pedilanthus Lemon Crinkle
Pedilanthus t. Zig Zag Lime
Peperomia dolabriformis
Portulacaria afra (Elephant’s Bush)
Portulacaria afra Variegated
Rhipsalis capiliformis HB
Rhipsalis paradoxa HB
Rhipsalis pilocarpa HB
Sansevieria Bantel’s Sensation (Snake Plant)
Sansevieria cylindrica
Sansevieria Moonshine
Scilla violacea (White)
Sedum lineare Variegatum
Sedum makinoi Ogon (Golden Foliage) CP
Sedum makinoi Variegated
Sedum morganianum (Burro’s Tail) HB
Sedum nussbaumerianum
Sedum rubrotinctum
Sedum rubrotinctum Aurora
Sedum Tokyo Sun
Senecio crassissimus
Senecio haworthii
Senecio j. Variegata
Senecio radicans (String of Pearls) HB
Senecio rowleyanus
Senecio scarposus
Senecio serpens
Senecio vitalis
Stapelia gigantea
SYNGONIUM (Arrow Leaf) TF
Allusion Hybrids
TALINUM (Jewel of Opar)
crassifolium Kingwood Gold (Carmine)
THUNBERGIA TV-TB
Sunny Arizona Star HB
Sunny Lemon Star HB
Sunny Orange Wonder HB
Sunny Susy New Orange HB
Sunny Susy Red Orange HB
Sunny Susy Yellow Dark Eye HB
Susie Mix (Black-eyed Susan Vine)
Susie White
TIBOUCHINA (Princess Flower) TB
grandifolia (Blue)
urvilleana Variegata (Blue)
TINANTIA (Widows Tears)
pringlei (Light Blue)
TORENIA (Wishbone Flower)
Solarina Misty Veil (Light Blue)
Summer Wave Bouquet Gold HB
Summer Wave Bouquet White HB
Summer Wave Large Blue HB
Summer Wave Large Silver HB
TRADESCANTIA (Spiderwort) HB-TF-CP
Kevin’s Purple
pallida Purple Queen HB
pallida Variegated
Rainbow
sillamontana
Trading Gold
White Striped
zebrina (Purple Wandering Jew) HB
TRIPOGANDRA (False Bromeliad) TF
Glass Beach
TURNERA (Buttercup Flower)
ulmifolia El Dorado (Yellow)
VERBENA (Vervain)
bonariensis
Endurascape Blue
Endurascape Hot Pink
Homestead Purple
Lanai Bright Pink
Lanai Candy Cane
Lanai Twister Pink
Lanai Twister Purple
Lanai White
Superbena Pink Parfait
VIGNA (Snail Vine) TV
caracalla (Lavender)
VINCA (Vinca Vine) CP
major Variegated
m. Wojo’s Jem
XANTHOSOMA (Elephant Ear) TF
Lime Zinger
ZALUZIANSKYA (Night Phlox)
capensis (White)
WORDS TO LIVE BY
In matters of style, swim with the current;
in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
– Thomas Jefferson
If you don’t like something, change it. If
you can’t change it, change your attitude.
- Maya Angelou
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ANNUALS IN FLATS
This list includes all annuals that are
considered ‘bedding’ annuals and annual
flowers used for cutting or drying. They
are grown in 10” by 20” flats consisting
of twelve 3-packs per flat (36 plants per
flat). Certain other plants are grown in
306 flats consisting of three larger 6packs per flat. They are marked 306. The
following are the volumes.
3 cells @ 4.5 fl oz / 133 ml
Total pack 13.5 fl oz / 399 ml
6 cells @ 9.5 fl oz / 281 ml
Total pack 1.78 qt / 1.69l
Bold = New for 2015
KEY
✄= Cut Flower
✺= Dried Flower
❍= Full Sun
◗= Part Shade
●= Shade
WD = Well Drained
M = Moist
D = Drought tolerant
AGERATUM (Mist Flower) ❍, M
Blue Hawaii
Blue Horizon (Tall) ✄
ALYSSUM (Sweet Alyssum) ❍-◗, WD
Clear Crystals Mix
Easter Bonnet Deep Pink
Easter Bonnet Lavender
Easter Bonnet Lemonade
Easter Bonnet Peach
Easter Bonnet Violet
Snow Crystals
BALSAM (Impatiens balsamina) ◗, WD
Topknot Mix
BEGONIA (Begonia semperflorens) ❍-◗-●
Bada Bing Rose (Green Leaf)
Bada Boom Rose (Bronze Leaf)
Big Bronze Leaf Rose 306
Big Green Leaf Pink 306
Big Green Leaf Red 306
Senator Mix (Dark Leaf)
Senator Pink
Senator Scarlet
Senator White
Super Olympia Mix (Green Leaf)
Super Olympia Pink
I’d love to know what started the tiff
between nature and vacuums. Whatever
it is, though, I’ll bet nature’s carpet is in a
pretty bad way. - Blulu
BEGONIA - cont. Super Olympia Red
Super Olympia White
BROWALLIA (Bush Violet) ◗-●, WD
Bells Marine (Dark Blue)
CALENDULA (Pot Marigold) ❍, WD
Bon Bon Orange
Bon Bon Yellow
CELOSIA (Cockscomb) ❍, WD
Amigo Mix (Dwarf Crested)
Fashion Look Mix
Flamingo Feather Purple ✄, ✺
Fresh Look Orange
Fresh Look Red
Fresh Look Yellow
New Look (Red/Dark Foliage)
Smart Look Romantica (Pink)
CENTAUREA (Bachelor Button) ❍, WD
Florence Mix ✄
CHRYSANTHEMUM (Mini Marguerite) ❍
Snowland (White)
CLEOME (Spider Flower) ❍
Queen Mix
Sparkler Mix
Sparkler Rose
COLEUS (Solenostemon) ❍-◗-●
Black Dragon
Carefree Mix
Chocolate Covered Cherry
Chocolate Splash
Dark Chocolate
Lime Delight
Mighty Mosaic
Versa Watermelon
Wizard Mix
Wizard Pineapple (Gold)
Wizard Velvet Red
COSMOS ❍, WD
Picotee
Sensation Mix ✄
Seashells Mix ✄
Sonata Mix
Sonata Pink
Sonata White
CUPHEA (Cigar Flower) ❍, WD
ignea Dynomite (Red)
DAHLIA ❍
Diablo Mix
Figaro Mix
Figaro Red
Figaro Violet
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ANNUALS IN FLATS
DAHLIA - cont. Figaro Yellow
Harlequin Mix
DIANTHUS (Pinks) ❍, WD
Lavender Picotee
Ideal Select Mix
Super Parfait Raspberry (Dark Red/White)
Super Parfait Red Peppermint
Telstar Coral
Telstar Crimson
Telstar Mix
DUSTY MILLER (Senecio) ❍-◗, WD
Silverdust
FOUR O'CLOCKS (Mirabilis) ❍-◗, WD
Mix
GAZANIA (Treasure Flower) ❍, WD-D
Big Kiss Orange Flame
Big Kiss Red
Big Kiss White Flame
Big Kiss Yellow Flame
New Day Orange Clear
New Day Pink Shades
New Day Red Shades
New Day Strawberry Shortcake Mix
New Day Sunny Side Up Mix
New Day Yellow
GERANIUM (Seed Varieties) ❍, WD
Bullseye Cherry
Bullseye Salmon
Pinto Coral
All in 306
Pinto Deep Red
Pinto White to Rose
GOMPHRENA (Globe Amaranth) ❍, WD
Fireworks
Gnome Purple (Dwarf)
Qis Carmine ✄, ✺
Qis Purple ✄, ✺
Qis Red ✄, ✺
Qis White ✄, ✺
HELICHRYSUM (Strawflower) ❍, WD
Tall Mix ✺
HYPOESTES (Polka Dot Plant) ❍-◗, WD
Pink Splash
Red Splash
White Splash
IMPATIENS (Busy Lizzy) ◗-●, M-WD
Super Elfin Blue Pearl (Lavender)
Super Elfin Lipstick
Super Elfin Mix
Super Elfin Orange Bright
Super Elfin Pink
The doctor says I’m allergic to artificial
flowers. I asked him for a cure and he
prescribed me a placebo. - Paul B.
IMPATIENS - cont.
Super Elfin Punch
Super Elfin Red ALL SUSCEPTIBLE TO
Super Elfin Rose IMPATIENS DOWNY
Super Elfin Ruby
MILDEW
Super Elfin Violet
Super Elfin White
IMPATIENS NEW GUINEA ◗-●, M-WD
Divine Cherry Red
Divine Hot Cha Cha Mix
Divine Islander Mix
All in 306
Divine Lavender
Divine Orange
ALL RESISTANT TO
Divine Pink
IMPATIENS
Divine Pink Pearl
DOWNY MILDEW
Divine Scarlet Bronze Leaf
Divine Violet
Divine White Blush
LOBELIA ❍-◗, WD
Riviera Marine Blue
Riviera Sky Blue
MARIGOLD (Tagetes) ❍, WD
Antigua Orange
Antigua Primrose
Bonanza Deep Orange
Bonanza Flame
Bonanza Mix (Dwarf)
Bonanza Yellow
Disco Red
Disco Yellow
Garden Joy Orange
Garden Joy Yellow
Janie Harmony
Janie Primrose (Light Yellow)
Marvel Orange
Marvel Yellow
Mr. Majestic (Striped)
Safari Red
Safari Yellow
Safari Yellow Fire
Taishan Gold
Taishan Orange
Taishan Yellow
Vanilla (White)
MELAMPODIUM (Medallion Flower)
Lemon Delight ❍, WD-D
NASTURTIUM (Tropaeolum) ❍
Alaska Mix (Variegated)
Empress of India (Scarlet)
Jewel Mix
NICOTIANA (Tobacco) ❍-◗
Fragrant Cloud (Tall White)
Perfume Deep Purple
Perfume Lime
Perfume Mix
PANSY (Viola) ❍-◗, WD
Delta Blotch Mix
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ANNUALS IN FLATS
PANSY - cont.
Delta Deep Blue w/Blotch
Delta Pure Yellow
Delta Tapestry (Shades of Red & Gold)
Delta Watercolors Mix
Fizzy Lemonberry
Frizzle Sizzle Mix
Halloween 2 (Black)
Imperial Antique Shades
Spring Matrix Pink Shades
Ultima Morpho (Blue/Yellow)
PETUNIA ❍, WD
Baby Duck Yellow
Carpet Blue
Carpet Blue Star
Carpet Bright Red
Carpet Mix
Carpet Pink
Carpet Sky Blue
Carpet Velvet
Carpet White
Daddy Sugar (Light Purple)
Debonair Dusty Rose
Easy Wave Blue 306
Easy Wave Burgundy Star 306
Easy Wave Burgundy Velour 306
Easy Wave Plum Pudding Mix 306
Easy Wave Plum Vein 306
Easy Wave Red 306
Easy Wave Red Velour 306
Easy Wave White 306
Frost Blue
Picobella Blue
Pink Wave 306
Pretty Flora Purple
Pretty Grand Midnight
Pretty Grand Summer (Cherry Red)
Prism Sunshine (Yellow)
Purple Pirouette (Double)
Purple Wave Improved 306
Rose Pirouette (Double)
Shock Wave Spark Mix 306
Sophistica Blackbherry
Sophistica Lime Bicolor (Pink/Lime)
Sophistica Lime Green
Sophistica Twilight (Pink/Lt Green)
Supercascade Blue
Supercascade Pink
Supercascade Red
Supercascade White
Tidal Wave Cherry 306
PHLOX (Annual Phlox) ❍-◗, WD
21st Century Mix
PORTULACA (Moss Rose) ❍, WD-D
Happy Hour Banana
COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD
Monica Zirkle’s husband, Dirk, has a job
collecting golf balls out at the Hack Land
Driving Range on Hardscrabble Road. He
used to get covered in welts and bruises
until he devised a protective cage to keep
the golf balls from hitting him. He’s very
happy with it, so much so, that he even
takes his lunch break out on the range
just in front of the 150 sign. The device
has proven very versatile at home, seeing
as how Dirk is not the neatest guy in
the world and Monica has a penchant
for throwing things. He even uses it
on the annual Weasel Drive that takes
place every fall. He and a bunch of guys
from the Hardscrabble Hunt Club tramp
through the woods rounding up all the
weasels. They don’t do anything with them
and let them go unharmed; they just do it
for the fun of it. Dirk says that the pesky
little devils always go for your eyes or your
arm pits and his cage comes through like
a champ.
PORTULACA - cont.
Happy Hour Fuchsia
Happy Hour Orange
Happy Hour Peppermint
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ANNUALS IN FLATS
SALVIA (Scarlet Sage, Mealy Cup Sage) ❍
Lighthouse
Rhea (Blue)
Snow Nymph
Summer Jewel Pink
Summer Jewel Red
Victoria (Blue) ✺
Vista Red
SNAPDRAGON (Antirrhinum) ❍, WD
Madame Butterfly Mix (Tall) ✄
Montego Mix
Montego Red
Montego Yellow
Rocket Gold ✄
Rocket Mix (Tall) ✄
Rocket Pink ✄
Speedy Sonnet Rose
Speedy Sonnet Yellow
Twinny Peach
STATICE (Limonium) ❍, WD
Fortress Dark Blue ✄, ✺
Fortress Heavenly Blue ✄, ✺
Fortress Yellow ✄, ✺
STOCK (Matthiola) ❍, WD
Vintage Mix
TITHONIA (Mexican Sunflower) ❍-◗, WD
Fiesta del Sol (Orange)
TORENIA (Wishbone Flower) ❍-◗
Kauai Deep Blue
Kauai Mix
Kauai Rose
VERBENA (Vervain) ❍, WD
canadensis (Rose)
Imagination (Purple)
Quartz Blue
VINCA (Catharanthus, Periwinkle) ❍, WD-D
Jams N Jellies American Pie Mix
Jams N Jellies Blackberry
Jams N Jellies Blueberry
Pacifica Apricot
Pacifica Cranberry
Pacifica White
Titan Apricot
Titan Dark Red
Titan Icy Pink
Titan Lavender Blue Halo
Titan Lilac
Titan Polka Dot
Titan Pure White
Titan Rose
VIOLA ❍-◗, WD
Assorted varieties
ZINNIA ❍, WD
Benary Mix (Tall) ✄
Crystal White
ZINNIA - cont.
Magellan Mix
Magellan Pink
Magellan Scarlet
Magellan Yellow
Oklahoma Mix (Tall) ✄
Pop Art Golden Red
Profusion Cherry
Profusion Coral Pink
Profusion Double Fire
Profusion Double Hot Cherry
Profusion Orange
Profusion White
Queen Lime
Queen Red Lime
Swizzle Cherry and Ivory
Swizzle Scarlet and Yellow
Uproar Rose
Zahara Double Cherry
Zahara Double Fire
Zahara Double Strawberry
Zahara Scarlet
Zahara Starlight Rose
Zahara Sunburst
Zahara Yellow
Zowie Yellow Flame
I count putting on my jeans as fifteen
minutes of cardio.
Skinny jeans are only good if you have
skinny genes. - Matt Dunn
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ARUGULA (Rocket) Astro - F
Roquette - F
ASIAN
GREENS Joi Choi (Bok Choy) – F
It’s official, growing your own food is
Komatsuna (Summerfest) - F
in! Ever since Michele Obama put in a
Mizuna – F
vegetable garden at the White House, seed Purple Mizuna - F
sales have been steadily on the rise. Again
Purple Pac Choi - F
this year we’ll carry seed packets from
Tatsoi – F
Tokyo Bekana - F
Seed Saver’s Exchange, a seed company
BEET Bull’s Blood - F
based in Decorah, Iowa. They are the
BROCCOFLOWER - F
largest non-governmental seed bank in
BROCCOLI DeCicco - F
the country. Many of their seed varieties
Green Magic – F
come from members of the exchange,
Raab - F
people who send in their grandpa’s
Spigariello Liscia (Leaf Type) - F
favorite tomato seed that he saved year
BRUSSEL SPROUTS Falstaff (Purple) - F
after year. And all of their seeds are
Jade Cross E - F
CABBAGE Copenhagen Market* - F
“Open Pollinated”, a term synonymous
Danish Ballhead* - F
with “Heirloom”. The seeds produced by
Deadon - F
these types of plants can be easily saved
Early
Flat Dutch* - F
because they will turn out pretty much
Early Jersey Wakefield* - F
the same each year, whereas hybrid seeds
Late Flat Dutch *- F
will not come true. This is because hybrids Napa Rubicon - F
have been bred to have certain qualities
O S Cross - F
by using two different parents and if you
Ruby Perfection - F
Savoy Ace- F
try to save and replant the seed it won’t
Savoy King - F
turn out the same. Which brings me to
Stonehead - F
the issue of food security. Growing open
CAULIFLOWER Cheddar (Gold) – F
pollinated varieties and saving your own
Fremont – F
seed is a great way to take the whole
Graffitti (Purple) - F
process of home food production a step
CELERIAC Brilliant - F
further, and starts to close that loop of
CELERY Golden Self-branching* - F
having to rely on outside resources such
Tango - F
COLLARDS Champion - F
as big seed companies. People often ask
if we carry bean, pea, or corn plants. The CUCUMBER Armenian* - 3C
Boothby’s Blonde* - 3C
answer is we usually don’t because these
Burpless #26 - 3C
are very easy to start from seed directly in
Crystal Apple* - 3C
the ground. Starting your own seeds can
Diva - 3C
be healthy, rewarding, economical and
Homemade Pickles - 3C
fun. But don’t forget, for those who aren’t
Lemon* – 3C
comfortable in doing this, we’re here for
Mexican Gherkin - 3C
Poona Kheera - 3C
you.
Spacemaster 80 – 3C
KEY
Striped Armenian - 3C
F=10” x 20” flats, 12 packs of 3, 36 per flat
Suyo Long* - 3C
Each cell 4.5 fl oz / 133 ml
Sweet Success - 3C
4C=4” fiber pots, 12 per flat
EGGPLANT Barbarella - 4C
Each pot 9.46 fl oz / 280 ml
Black Beauty - 4C
3C=3” fiber pots, 12 per flat
Classic- F, 4C
Each pot 7.2 fl oz / 213 ml
Dancer - 4C
G=Gallon, 3.69 qt / 3.49 l
Fairy Tale - 4C
CB=Color Bowl, 1 gal / 3.78 l
Ghostbuster (White) – 4C
Green Goddess - 4C
New plants for 2015 are listed in Bold Type.
Ichiban - F, 4C
* = Heirloom
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VEGETABLES
EGGPLANT - cont.
Kermit (Thai) - 4C
Little Fingers – 4C
Millionaire - F, 4C
Pingtung Long* - 4C
Pumpkin on a Stick - 4C
Rosa Bianca* - 4C
ENDIVE Tres Fine Maraichere - F
ESCAROLE Natacha - F
FENNEL Perfection (Bulbing Type) - F
GOURDS Dipper - 3C
Gremlins Mix (Small) - 3C
Lunch Lady Mix (Large) - 3C
Snake - 3C
Speckled Swan - 3C
GREENS Mizspoona
GROUND CHERRY Aunt Molly’s* – 4C
KALE Green Curled Winterbor - F
Lacinato/Dinosaur* - F
Rainbow - F
Red Russian* - F
Redbor - F
White Russian - F
KOHLRABI Garth’s Purple - F
Kossack - F
Winner - F
LEEK Lexton - F
Megaton – F
LETTUCE Adriana (Butterhead) - F
All Lettuce Mix - CB
Black Seeded Simpson - F
Braising Mix - CB
Buttercrunch (Bibb) - F
Cimmaron Red (Romaine) - F
Concept (Summer Crisp) - F
Cracoviensis - F
Deer Tongue (Bibb)* – F
Deer Tongue Red (Bibb)* – F
Freckles* (Romaine) - F
Jericho (Romaine) - F
Mascara - F
Red Iceberg - F
Red Fire - F
Red Sails - F
Red Salad Bowl - F
Rhazes (Red Romaine) - F
Saladbowl Green - F
Saladbowl Red - F
Skyphos (Red Butterhead) - F
Summertime (Iceberg) - F
Tropicana (Heat tolerant-leaf) - F
MELON Ambrosia (Cantaloupe) - 3C
Burpee’s Hybrid (Cantaloupe
Eden’s Gem (Green Cantaloupe)* - 3C
Emerald Gem (Cantaloupe)* - 3C
Pros and Cons of making food
Pros: Food
Cons: Making
MELON - cont.
Hale’s Best (Cantaloupe)* - 3C
Lambkin (Christmas) - 3C
Lily (Crenshaw)- 3C
Minnesota Midget (Cantaloupe) - 3C
Noir des Carmes (Fr. Cantaloupe)* - 3C
Prescott Fond Blanc (Cantaloupe)* - 3C
Sakata’s Sweet (Asian)* - 3C
Sarah’s Choice (Cantaloupe) - 3C
Savor (Charantais) - 3C
Sugar Cube (Cantaloupe) – 3C
MUSTARD Green Wave - F
Red Giant - F
OKRA Burgundy - F
Millionaire - F
ONION Sets (Bulbs)
Red
Vidalia
White
Yellow
PEPPER BELL Bell Boy - F, 4C
Chocolate Beauty - 4C
Golden Summer - F, 4C
Ivory - 4C
Jingle Bell (Mini) - 4C
King Arthur (Red) - F, 4C
Lady Bell - F, 4C
Lilac - 4C
Merlot - 4C
Mohawk (Containers) - 4C
Red Knight – F, 4C
Super Heavyweight - 4C
Valencia (Orange Bell) - 4C
White Zinfandel - 4C
PEPPER HOT Aji Amarillo* - 4C
Aji Cristal* - 4C
Anaheim - 4C
Ancho/Poblano - F, 4C
Beaver Dam* - 4C
Big Sun Habanero - 4C
Biker Billy - 4C
Black Hungarian - 4C
Bulgarian Carrot Chile* - 4C
Caribbean Red (Very Hot) - 4C
Cayenne - F
Cherry Bomb - 4C
Chiltepin (Very Hot) - 4C
Chocolate Ghost - 4C
Chocolate Habanero/Black Congo - 4C
Cyklon* - 4C
Datil (Mild) - 4C
Fatalii* - 4C
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VEGETABLES
PEPPER HOT - cont.
Fish - 4C
Georgia Flame* - 4C
Ghost (Bhut Jalokia-One of the Hottest!) – 4C
Giant White Habanero - 4C
Golden Cayenne - 4C
Habanero (Hot) - 4C
Holy Molé (Mild) – 4C
Hungarian Hot (Hot Banana) - F, 4C
Hot Portugal *- 4C
Jalapeno (Hot) - F, 4C
Lemon Drop* - 4C
Mustard Habanero - 4C
Nepalese Hot Bell* - 4C
Padrone - 4C
Pasilla Bajio - 4C
Peach Habanero - 4C
Purple Cayenne* - 4C
Reaper (Hot) - 4C
Red Fatalii - 4C
Red Manzano (Med Hot) - 4C
Red Peter (Hot)* – 4C
Rooster Spur* - 4C
Scotch Bonnet - 4C
Serrano (Hot) – 4C
7 Pot Brain - 4C
Super Chili (Hot) - F, 4C
PEPPER HOT - cont.
Thai Hot - 4C
Tobasco - 4C
Trinidad Scorpion* (LETHAL) - 4C
Urfa Biber - 4C
Wenk’s Yellow Hot* - 4C
White Habanero - 4C
Yellow Ghost - 4C
Yellow Mushroom - 4C
Yellow Scorpion* - 4C
Zimbabwe Bird - 4C
PEPPER SWEET Cajun Belle - 4C
Carmen - 4C
Corno di Toro* - 4C
Cubanelle* – 4C
Fooled You (Mild Jalapeno) – 4C
Giant Marconi - F
Golden Treasure - 4C
Gypsy - 4C
Hungarian Sweet (Sweet Banana) - F, 4C
Lipstick - 4C
Lunchbox Mix - F
Lunchbox Orange - 4C
Lunchbox Red - 4C
Lunchbox Yellow - 4C
Olga’s Kami* - 4C
Paprika - 4C
Padrone - 4C
A fruit is a vegetable with looks and
money. Plus, if you let fruit rot, it turns
into wine, something Brussels sprouts
never do. - P. J. O’Rourke
PEPPER SWEET - cont.
Peperoncini – 4C
Pimento Elite - 4C
Sheepnose Pimento *- 4C
Shishito - 4C
PUMPKIN Dill’s Atlantic Giant - 3C
Fairytale (Musque de Provence)* - 3C
Jack-Be-Little - 3C
Jarrahdale* - 3C
Kakai - 3C
Lumina (White) - 3C
New England Sugar Pie* - 3C
Red Warty Thing* - 3C
Rouge vif D’etampes* - 3C
Sorcerer – 3C
RADDICHIO Bel Fiore - F
Fiero - F
Indigo - F
SCALLIONS Deep Purple - F
Nabechan - F
SPINACH Bloomsdale Longstanding* - F
Emu - F
Perpetual - F
Tyee - F
SQUASH SUMMER Papaya Pear – 3C
Sunburst Patty Pan - 3C
Superpik (Yellow Straightneck) - 3C
Yellow Crookneck* - 3C
SQUASH WINTER Black Futsu* - 3C
Blue Ballet - 3C
Buttercup (Bonbon) - 3C
Delicata - 3C
Delicata Bush - 3C
Early Butternut - 3C
Green Striped Cushaw - 3C
Jet (Acorn) - 3C
Kabocha Orange Sunshine - 3C
Long Island Cheese* - 3C
Red Kuri - 3C
Spaghetti - 3C
Sweet Dumpling - 3C
Sweet Meat* - 3C
Waltham Butternut* - 3C
Winter Luxury* - 3C
STRAWBERRY (Yeah, we know they’re fruits)
All Star - June bearing - 3C square
Fort Laramie - Everbearing - 3C square
Honeoye - June bearing - 3C square
Ozark Beauty - Everbearing - 3C square
Seascape - Everbearing - 3C square
Sequoia - June bearing - 3C square
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TOMATO HEIRLOOM - cont.
Hungarian Heart* - 4C
Jaune Flamme* - 4C
STRAWBERRY - cont.
Kellogg’s Breakfast* - 4C, G
White Carolina - (Pineberry) - 3C sq.
Marglobe* - F
SWEET POTATOES Georgia Jet - 3C square
Mortgage Lifter * - 4C, 6” Grafted
Vardaman - 3C square
Moskvich* - 4C
SWISS CHARD Bright Lights - F
Mr. Stripey* - 4C, G
Burgundy - F
Old German* - 4C
Fordhook Giant - F
Orange Oxheart * - 4C
Oriole - F
Orange Strawberry* - 4C
TOMATILLO De Milpa* – F
Oxheart * - 4C
Gigante - F
TOMATO CHERRY Bumble Bee Sunrise-4C Paul Robeson* - 4C
Pineapple* - 4C, 6” Grafted
Chocolate Cherry - 4C
Pineapple Pig* - 4C
Cupid (Grape) - 4C
Pink Berkeley Tie Dye* - 4C
Green Grape - 4C
Principe Borghese* - 4C
Hagan Little Yellow - 4C
Rose* - F, 4C
Indigo Rose - 4C
Rossa Sicilian* - 4C
Italian Ice - 4C
Silvery Fir Tree* - 4C
Matt’s Wild Cherry* - 4C
Soldacki* - 4C
Red Pear* - 4C
Stupice* - 4C
Sugar Lump* - 4C
Thessalonika* - 4C
Sun Cherry - F, 4C
Valencia* - 4C
Sungold - F, 4C, G
White Tomesal* - 4C
Sun Sugar - 4C
TOMATO
HYBRID Abraham Lincoln - 4C
Supersweet 100 - F, 4C, G
Beefmaster (Beefsteak) - F, 4C
Sweet ‘n’ Neat Scarlet - 6”
Better Boy - F, 4C, G
Sweet ‘n’ Neat Yellow - 6”
Better Bush - 4C
Sweet Treats - 4C
Big Beef - 6” Grafted
Tomatoberry - 4C
Big Boy - F, G
White - 4C
Big Zac - F, 4C
Yellow Pear* - 4C
Biltmore - F, 4C
TOMATO HEIRLOOM Ananas Noire* - 4C
Bush Champion - 4C
Aunt Ruby’s German * - 4C
Celebrity - F, 4C
Big Rainbow* - 4C
Champion - F, 4C, G
Black Krim* – 4C
Chef’s Choice - 4C
Brandywine * - F, G, 6” Grafted
Fourth of July - F, 4C, G
Caspian Pink* - 4C
Fried Green - 4C
Cherokee Purple * - 4C, G, 6” Grafted
Husky Red - 4C
Copia* - 6” Grafted
Jetsetter - F
Costoluto Genovese * - 4C
Lemon Boy - F, 4C, G
Dixie Golden Giant* - 4C
Park’s Whopper - F
German Red Strawberry* - 4C
Rutgers - F
Giant Belgium* - 4C
Tomande – F, 4C
Gold Medal* - 4C
Valley Girl - 4C, G
Goldie* - 4C
Yellow Stuffer - 4C
Great White* - 4C
TOMATO PASTE Amish Paste * - F, 4C
Herb’s German Gold* - F, 4C
La Roma – F, 4C
Herb’s Red* - F, 4C
Orange Banana* - 4C
Hillbilly* - F, 4C
Purple Russian* - 4C
Roman Candle* - 4C
We kids feared many things in those days
San Marzano – F, 4C
- werewolves, dentists, North Koreans,
Sicilian Paste* - 4C
Sunday School - but they all paled in
TOMATO SALADETTE Black Plum* - 4C
Green Zebra * - 4C
comparison with Brussels sprouts. - Dave
Health Kick - 4C
Barry
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VEGETABLES
HERBS
TOMATO SALADETTE - cont.
Ildi - 4C
Japanese Trifele* - 4C
Juliet - 4C
Moonglow - 4C
Red Zebra - 4C
Wapsipinicon Peach* - 4C
TOMATO/POTATO
Ketchup ‘n’ Fries - 10” Grafted
WATERMELON Crimson Sweet - 3C
Cream of Saskatchewan* - 3C
Moon and Stars* - 3C
Orange Crisp - 3C
Peace - 3C
Sorbet Swirl - 3C
Sugar Baby - 3C
Yellow Doll - 3C
ZUCCHINI Alexandria - 3C
Cocozelle - 3C
Costata Romanesco* - 3C
Eight Ball - 3C
Elite - 3C
Raven - 3C
Sungreen (Compact) - 3C
This year the herbs will be in the
greenhouse beside the vegetable house.
Besides these plants, we also offer
packaged seed, bulk seed, potted
horseradish, Jersey Knight asparagus
roots, seed potatoes, onion sets, and the
new pink-flowered strawberry hybrids,
Frisan and Toscana, in hanging baskets.
I used to be into ‘forbidden fruit’, but
I’ve moved on to ‘verboten vegetables’.
- Josh Stern
Pot sizes
14.29 fl oz / 422.7 ml
1.42 pt / 675.9 ml
KEY
A=Annual herbs
B=Biennial herbs
P=Perennial herbs
T=Tender Needs winter protection
C=Culinary
APIUM Cutting Celery A-C
BASIL Amethyst A-C
Cinnamon
Genovese
Greek Column
Green Bouquet
Herbalea Ajaka
Herbalea Green Ball
Herbalea Green Fortune
Holy Green
Holy Green and Red
Italian
Lettuce Leaf
Licorice
Lime
Mammoth
Mrs. Burns Lemon
Poppy Joes
Purple Ruffles
Red Freddy
Red Rubin
Siam Queen
Spicy Globe
Supersweet Chen
Sweet
BAY LAUREL T-C
BORAGE Blue A
BURNET P-C
CATNIP Common P
Lemon Scented
CHAMOMILE German A-C
CHERVIL A-C
CHIVES Common P-C
Garlic
CILANTRO Coriander Calypso A-C 3-packs
COMFREY P
CURRY PLANT A
DILL Bouquet A-C
Fernleaf
Mammoth
Super Dukat
EUCALYPTUS A
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HERBS
FENNEL Bronze T-C
Green
GARLIC A-C
GERMANDER P
HOREHOUND Common P-C
LAVENDER Ellegance White P
Goodwin Creek P-C P
Grosso P-C
Jean Davis P-C
Provence P
LEMON BALM Common P-C
LEMON GRASS A-C
LEMON VERBENA A-C
LOVAGE P-C
MARJORAM Compactum A-C
Sweet
MELALEUCA Tee Tree A
MINT Apple P-C
Chewing Gum
Chocolate
Ginger
Kentucky Colonel
Lemon
Lime
Mojito
Orange
Peppermint
Pineapple
Spearmint
MOUNTAIN MINT P-C
ONION Bunching A
OREGANO Cuban (Plectranthus) A
Greek P-C
Hot and Spicy P-C
Italian P-C
Mexican A-C
Turkestan A-C
PAPALO A
PARSLEY Curled B-C 3-packs
Italian
PATCHOULI Pogostemon A
PLECTRANTHUS caninus A
ROSEMARY Arp P-C
Barbeque T-C
Cascading T-C
Common T-C
Golden Rain T-C
Gorizia T-C
Madeline Hill P-C
Spice Island T-C
Tuscan Blue T-C
RUE P
SAGE Common P-C
Dwarf P-C
Golden A
SAGE - cont.
Honeydew Melon A
Hummingbird A
Mexican A
Pineapple A
Pineapple Golden Delicious A-C
Purple A-C
Tricolor A-C
White A-C
SANTOLINA chamaecyparissus T
rosmarinifolia T
SAVORY Creeping Winter P
Summer A-C
Winter P
SHALLOTS A-C
SHISO Green A-C
Purple
SORREL Red Veined A-C
ST. JOHN’S WORT P
STEVIA rebaudiana Sugar Leaf A-C
SWEET ANNIE A
TARRAGON French P-C
Texas A-C
THYME Caraway P
Coconut P
English P-C
French P-C
Golden Lemon P
Lavender P
Lemon P-C
Lime P-C
Orange P-C
Red Creeping P
Silver P
Silver Lemon Variegated P
Spicy Orange P
Winter P
VALERIAN Garden Heliotrope P
VICKS PLANT Plectranthus purpuratus A
PROVERBIALLY SPEAKING
An old man loved is a winter with flowers
- German Proverb
You are beautiful, but learn to work, for
you cannot eat your beauty. - Congolese
Proverb
Before you speak, let your words pass
through three gates. At the first gate, ask
yourself, “Is it true?” At the second ask,
“Is it necessary?” At the third gate ask, “Is
it kind?” – Sufi Proverb
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THE GOOD FOLKS WHO WORK HERE
Thirty-three years is a long time. Without these great people to help us all these years, we
wouldn’t be here…or at the very least we’d be way way behind. Here are their lovely pictures
along with their ideal job if they weren’t working at Baker’s Acres.
Nick Baker
Sarah Baker
Pam Baker
Brewmaster
Potato Chip Taster
Volunteer Jedi Knight
Carol Benedict
Sharon Ellis
Tovah Gross
Bartending on a Beach
with Toes in Water
Shawn Hardy
Pro Quad Racer
Travel Writer
Mark James
Dairy Farmer
Tina Haegele
Geologist
Whiskey Distiller
Patty Lewis
Suzanne
McCachren
Migrant Worker
Male Model
Susan Broehl
Assistant to Bonnie
Dave Morris
Head Chef and
Restaurant Owner
Trish Padley
Bonnie Ruder
Backup Singer for
James Taylor
Nancy Baker
Pie Shop Owner
Lottery Grand Prize
Winner
Carolyn Swisher
Archaeologist
Chris Baker
Professional Bon Vivant
These fine people also help on a part-time basis: David Lees, Tom Messerall, John Schwartz, Bob
Rue, Mia Hardy and maybe some other folks who haven’t been hired as of this printing.
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COOL PLACES TO VISIT
Central Ohio has many great greenhouses and garden centers. It is a close-knit and friendly
community and you’d be hard pressed to find nicer people. We don’t have space to list all the
garden centers; you can find them in the phone book. We are listing some of the specialty/hobby
greenhouses and public gardens that are worth visiting if you’re in the area:
• Glasshouse Works - Fantastic selection of tropicals, succulents, and hardy plants. Huge display
of books, pottery, statuary and garden art. Impressive web site. Catalog. Church St., P.O.
Box 97, Stewart, OH 45778 800-837-2142 www.glasshouseworks.com
• Companion Plants - Outstanding herbs and other botanicals. Great displays. Plants and seeds.
Catalog. 7247 North Coolville Ridge Rd., Athens, OH 45701 740-592-4643
www.companionplants.com
• Quailcrest Farms - Large variety of herbs, old roses and perennials. Lots of display gardens.
Catalog. 2810 Armstrong Rd., Wooster, OH 44691 330-345-6722 www.quailcrest.com
• Wade and Gatton Nursery - THE place for Hostas. Also daylilies, perennials and woodies.
Unsurpassed display gardens. Catalog. 1288 Gatton Rocks Rd., Bellville, OH 44813-9106
419-883-3191 www.wadeandgattonnurseries.com
• Lynd’s Fruit Farm - Quality fruit farm with a great corn maze in the fall.
9090 Morse Rd., Pataskala, OH 43062 740-964-4744 www.lyndfruitfarm.com
• Amity Farm Hostas - Our neighbors. Wonderful selection of Hostas. Some other shade
perennials. Check the site or call. 3050 Johnstown-Alexandria Rd, Alexandria, OH 43001
740-924-0400 www.amityfarm.com
• Inniswood Gardens - Beautiful wooded Metro Park with streams, wildflowers, formal beds and
herb gardens. 940 S. Hempstead Rd., Westerville, OH 43081 614-895-6216
www.inniswood.org
• Franklin Park Conservatory – Outstanding Victorian glasshouse with beautiful modern
upgrades. A showplace. 1777 E. Broad St., Columbus, OH 43203 800-214-7275
www.fpconservatory.org
• Dawes Arboretum - A first class arboretum just off I-70. Great Japanese Garden.
7770 Jacksontown Rd., Newark, OH 43056 www.dawesarb.org
800.44.DAWES
• Chadwick Arboretum and Learning Gardens - Spread out over the Ohio State Campus.
Interesting flower trials, perennial beds, labyrinth. http://chadwickarboretum.osu.edu/
PLANT SOCIETIES
Feel the need for the companionship of other plant nerds like yourself? Here are some:
• Central Ohio Hosta Society – Mona Darwin [email protected]
• Columbus Garden Railway Society - Richard Abler [email protected] 614-885-0351
www.thecgrs.org
• Metropolitan Columbus Daylily Society – Sylvia Mellinger [email protected]
www.columbusdaylilies.us
• Ohio Valley Chapter North American Rock Garden Society - http://ovnargs.org/
Chuck Ellsworth, 5728 Running Fox Lane, Mason, OH 45040 [email protected]
• Columbus Bonsai Society - Hold monthly meetings at Franklin Park Conservatory
www.columbusbonsai.org
• Ohio Prairie Association - www.ohioprairie.org
• Central Ohio Daffodil Society - Phyllis Hess 614-882-5720 [email protected]
• Central Ohio Cactus & Succulent Society - http://columbus-cactus-club.webs.com/index.html
• Central Ohio Orchid Society - www.coosinfo.info
• Central Ohio Unit of the Herb Society of America - www.herbsociety.org/units/central-ohiounit.html
• Ohio Herb Education Center – 110 Mill Street, Gahanna, OH 43230 614-342-4380
www.gahanna.gov/departments/parks/herbcenter.aspx
• Perennial Plant Association - www.perennialplant.org
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RADIO ADS
We advertise on 610 WTVN’s “In the Garden with Ron Wilson”, a two-hour callin gardening program that airs Saturdays at 10 am. Ron is very entertaining and
dispenses a great amount of sound horticultural advice. Our ads can also be heard at
various other times on WODC 93.3 (FM) and WCOL (AM). We also do TV spots on
WCMH NBC4 and WBNS Channel 10. Be sure to look for them. The radio spots are
‘oddly different’, much like the pair that appears in them: Chris Baker as himself and
buddy Chris Calvin as ‘Cal, The Voice of Baker’s Acres’. The theme song was written
and produced by Mr. Baker and performed by his musical cronies, aka The Baker’s
Acres Orchestra and Chorus. For the sake of their professional careers they have
asked not to be identified. If you were unfortunate enough to hear the theme song
previously, it is probably still playing over and over in your head until, desperate for
relief, you’ve resorted to self-medication.
WEB SITE, NEWSLETTER & FACEBOOK
Many of you web-surfer-type folks have asked if we have a website. As they say in
technological Internet jargon…yes, we do. The site has received a brand new facelift
and went live in March of 2014. Many thanks to the good folks at Ipso Web Design in
Akron for all their hard work in the redesign. The new site is much easier to navigate
and has a lot more information. In fact, if you want to download this catalog in PDF
form, there is a button to click. We will also announce any special events, share special
information and offer a live inventory of plants. We are still updating all the plant
pictures and descriptions, a monumental task. Please bear with us. Be sure to add the
word ‘greenhouse’ to the website name - www.bakersacresgreenhouse.com.
Since we have discontinued mailing catalogs and sale postcards due to the high cost
of postage, we have started an Email Newsletter, to be sent seven or eight times a year
to keep you abreast of the latest happenings here at the Acres. To sign up, go to the
contact page and follow the directions. We promise not to share your email addresses
with anyone.
Oh, and for those of you who are facially bookish, Baker’s Acres Greenhouse is on
Facebook. Just look us up in the search box. Be sure to get the Ohio Baker’s Acres
(there are two others in New York and Indiana, no relation). Become a fan and get the
latest and greatest Acres Info.
THE 10% CARD
We like to reward our frequent flower buyers. If you’re here a lot, we have a program
for you. Here’s the deal: you can purchase a 10% off, non-transferable card from us for
$50. This may be used all of 2015 for any purchase. Simply present it to the cashier
when checking out. It should be a simple way to save some money if you spend a lot of
it here at the Acres.
SUMMER BREAK
This year, in an effort to make sense out of the S-L-O-W summer garden center
business in July and August, we will close the garden center from the end of July until
the end of August. We will reopen on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in September
for fall mum and perennial sales. People have other summer things to do in August
- vacations, school starting, fairs and festivals, loafing. Very few folks want to buy
plants and who can blame them. Check the website or sign up for the Email newsletter
to get the latest on our summer hours. If you absolutely need something, give us a call.
We’re here watering, pruning, cleaning, and propagating.
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BUS TOURS
We seem to have become a destination for garden clubs, horticulture classes, Master
Gardener groups and other various gardening gangs. If your group would like a tour,
just call us to set up a time (please, no weekends in May). There are several good
restaurants in nearby Granville if you’re looking to add lunch to the trip. We can
handle anything from a van full to a busload or two so bring ‘em on.
OUR GUARANTEE
In a perfect world everything that you buy here would be …well…perfect, but we all
know imperfection is part of our normal lives. Around here we strive for perfection,
but if that less than perfect thing happens, here are our guarantees and conditions.
• All plants and all hardgoods are guaranteed and may be returned in resaleable
condition, for store credit, exchange, or cash refund, for up to five days. Resaleable
condition is defined as growing in the original healthy state, in the original container,
and with the original tags or packaging.
• Perennials are guaranteed from time of purchase until October 15th, with receipt,
for store credit only. Winter wetness is usually the culprit in perennial failure and is
beyond our control.
• Outdoor trees and shrubs are guaranteed for one year from time of purchase, with
receipt, for store credit only. This tree and shrub guarantee may be waived at the time
of purchase by the customer in exchange for 10% off the purchase price.
• Any plant that leaves our greenhouse with a disease, insect problem or an incorrect
tag may be returned with no questions asked. Unconditionally.
• This guarantee does not cover death or damage caused by Mother Nature such as
flooding, winds, frost, drought, rabbit and deer browsing, locusts, stampedes, or giant
armadillos. We reserve the right to void any guarantee due to CUSTOMER NEGLECT
or ABUSE. How can we logically be held responsible for something over which we
have no control? Replacement plants are not guaranteed. All sale items are final for
anything 50 percent off or more and are not guaranteed.
CUSTOM POTTING
Dig this! We offer a custom potting service. Here’s the scoop.
• Bring your own pots and we’ll design your containers for you.
• Give us about 1 week lead time.
• Know your light requirements
• $50 per hour plus the price of the plants. Cost includes soil and labor.
Need help designing? Call Nick or Pam for a design appointment.
SMALL WORLD
Fairy Gardens, Terrariums and Garden Railways are very popular right now and we
offer many smaller plants and accessories for these fun ways to garden.
ORGANICS
You want organic? We’ve got organic. We now offer organic lawn, flower and
vegetable fertilizers exclusively. We will try to offer beneficial ladybugs and praying
mantis eggs, but these are sometimes hard to obtain. Check with us. Again this year,
all our vegetables and herbs will be fed with organic fertilizer. They are never sprayed
with chemicals. We can’t say that they are Certified Organic - that certification is very
costly and hard to obtain - but we do make every effort to grow them in a responsible
and organic way.
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THANKS
2015 is our 33rd year in business. Many wonderful people have helped us over the years, some
in large ways, some in small, but all deeply appreciated. Here’s a list of folks we’d like to thank.
Please forgive us any omissions.
Barb and Richard Abler
Gary Gossett
Steve Pletcher
Wouter Addink
Jayson Grunewald
Chuck Powell
Bev Allen
Carol and Dennis Haas
Steve Powell
Adelaide Amos
Erna Hassebrock
Rita Randolph
Allan Armitage
Bob and Nancy Heber
Sandy Raupp
Bob and Nancy Armstrong
Dan Heims
Mike Rausch
Pam and Jim Ashworth
Bert Hendley
Mark Raymond
Bob and Marge Baker
Dale Hendricks
Al Rector
Donna and Jeff Baker
Herb the Tomato Guy
Kevin Reiner
Alice Baroody
Julia and Eric Hofley
John and Penny Replogle
Susan Barton
Mike and Diane Howard
Bob and Lucy Riffle
Chris Bernacchi
Fred Hower
Teresa Riley
Darrell Betts
Craig Jaynes
Anne Roberts
David Biggar
Chris Jensen
Earl Robinson
Monica Bilbao
Dave and Anne Johnson
Ray Rogers
Roger and Diane Billman
Rose Jones
Ralph and Martha Rohrbaugh
Duane ‘Mocko’ Binkley
Max Kackstetter
Chuck Ross
Ann Bird
Michael Kartuz
Ken Sadd
Christine Block
Howard Katz
Judy and Scott Schell
Bluebird Nursery
Lu and Jerry Killilea, Sr.
Rick Schoellhorn
Tim Bright
Karen & Jerry Killilea, Jr.
Jack Schmidt
Jim Broderick
Brian Killilea
Jack and Katie Skaggs
Rindy Brooks
Deb Knapke
Elton Smith
Bob Brown
Debbie Knitz
Irene Snyder
Ed Buckingham
Janet Kohr
Nancy Lee Spilove
Jeff Burkholder
Elaine Kolb
Ellen Stein
Chris and Sue Calvin
Bob and Dink Larson
Bert Stevens
Carmella Carlton
Dave Lees
Bob and Suzy Stewart
Walter and Ellen Castle
Virginia Lees
Mary Stowe
Steve Castorani
Brock Lehman
Lucy Tavener
Ann Champney & Jim Miller
Woody Lily
Amanda and Andy Taylor
Myron Cherry
Dick Lindquist
Peggy and Dave Tefft
Doug Cole
Mitch Lynd
Brad Thompson
Darlene Cooper
Chuck Lyons
Uncle Bill Toennis
Anne and Mark Cox
Justin Marotta
Rick Tower
Dick Derks
Kim Marshall
Candy and Lloyd Traven
Diana Derringer
Jane Martin
Jason Twaddell
Janet Dickstein
Bob and Pam McCarthy
Brad and Russ Ulery
Jerry and Eileen Dill
Ursula McMorrow
Claire Walsh
Robbie DuPont
Dennis McNulty
Walter’s Gardens
Tracy DiSabato-Aust
Tom McNutt
Jeff Watt
Dude and Jeannie Engel
Holly Messerall
Carl and Mary Jane Weals
Walter Engel Sr.
Tom and Anne Messerall
Connie Williams
Jim Eyerdom
Jim Monroe
Brian Wilson
Dave and John Fleming
Jim and Sherrie Moore
Harry Wilson
Joe and Nina Fleming
Mike Morrison
Ned and Mitzie Wilson
Kenny Fleming
Julie and Bill Noble
Ron Wilson
Larry Fleming
Sonnie and Mike Nye
Joanne Woodyard
Ken Frieling and Tom Winn
Tim O’Dell
Jenny Wright and Stan
Millie Gavitt
Janet Oberleisen
McCumber
Bernard Gebhart
Caroline Ouding
Jim Yonkers
Jim and LaVonda Gibson
Steve Owens
Roseanne Zerafa
Glen and Kate Giffen
Betsy Parker
Tom and Rita Zigo
Tom Glass
Claudio Pasian
Marsha Gleaves
Angie Patterson
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NOTES
These ‘Notes’ pages are common sights in catalogs because of the way catalogs are
constructed - in units of four pages. If you don’t have enough material to fill exactly
four pages, people label the empty pages as ‘Notes’ pages. We’ve never been clear on
what kind of notes they mean. Are we supposed to take notes on a lecture or slide
presentation (who can see, the lights are so low)? Are we supposed to rip the pages
out and send them as thank you notes or put notes on the refrigerator (Wendell, we’re
out of beer again. And get some milk and bread while you’re out). Here’s your ‘Notes’
page, what’s left of it. You figure it out.
Office Use Only – Do Not Write Below This Line
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HOW TO FIND US...
For your driving pleasure, the Rt. 161 four lane upgrade is complete from
Columbus to Newark. After 33 years of being in the ‘middle of nowhere’ we
are finally in the ‘middle of somewhere’.
Baker’s Acres Greenhouse is just 27 miles northeast of downtown Columbus,
12 miles west of Newark and 1,356.2 miles north of Key West.
HOW TO REACH US...
BAKER’S ACRES GREENHOUSE
3388 Castle Road
Alexandria, Ohio 43001
1-800-934-6525
740-924-6525
FAX 740-924-0500
E-Mail [email protected]
www.bakersacresgreenhouse.com
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