| Soquel Nursery Growers May 2006 Newsletter |
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| Soquel Nursery Growers May 2006 Newsletter |
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| Artichoke ‘Green Globe’ |
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Artichokes are not just for dinner anymore. Use this wonderful bold-textured plant as an accent in your perennial border. Ours are seed grown, so they don’t produce as heavily as clonal types, but they will still give you large, flavorful flower buds for several months each year. Eat them or let them develop into fabulous fuzzy purple flowers. |
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| Here’s a fun little flower to use as a ground cover or trailing down the side of a container. It is vivid blue- purple with a yellow center. The shiny green foliage is eye-catching as well. It grows 4” high with an 18” spread. Plant in sun with moderate water. |
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Gaillardia ‘Fanfare’ |
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| Our customers are clamoring for this amazing flower, so we are growing it again. The petals (rays) of this daisy relative are tube-shaped, like a ring of vivid yellow and orange trumpets around the red-orange center. It will bloom profusely all year if you give it full sun. Great in containers or in the garden. |
| New Zealand Flax |
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| We now have three colorful varieties of Phormiums. These sturdy landscaping plants are highly sought after, so don’t wait to get some. Apricot Queen: Medium-yellow with green margins. Apricot tinted in winter. 3’ x 5’. Yellow Wave: Bright yellow with green margins. 3’ x 2’. Sundowner: Bronze with red margins. 5’x 6’. |
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Monopsis ‘Unidentata’ means ‘One Tooth’. The flowers of Monopsis unidentata ‘Royal Flush’ look like a funny little one-toothed face….sort of. Maybe. Anyway, they are very cute. Its trailing habit and deep purple color makes a great combination with Sutera and Calibrachoa in a hanging basket or in the front of a flower border. |
| Cypella coelestis |
| Each iris-like Goblet Flower lasts for only one day, but the bulb produces a succession of flowers throughout the summer. Enjoy its intriguing blue, yellow and white geometry in light shade. |
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Calycanthus Calycanthus occidentalis or Spicebush is native to Northern California’s forest canyons and moist stream banks. The burgundy-colored flowers resemble small water lilies with long petals. It is not related to the East Coast native called Spicebush. The foliage smells spicy when rubbed and the flowers have a wine-like fragrance. Calycanthus is hard to find in nurseries and seldom seen in gardens. If you have a shady area, here’s your chance to create a unique California habitat. |
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Crimson Glory Vine is Back We haven’t had Vitis coignetiae for a while, but now we have a nice crop in 5 gallons. This deciduous vine is celebrated for its huge bronzy-green leaves with rich crimson fall color. Give it something to twist its little tendrils around and it will climb up to 15 feet or more. It looks terrific against a brick wall or on a wooden arbor. Birds like the little grapes, but people don’t. Plant in full sun. |
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Cestrum aurantiacum Orange Cestrum is an unusual shrub from Guatemala. The clusters of small tube-shaped flowers are a rare shade of creamy orange with a fresh citrus scent at night. The branches are flexible enough that you can espalier it, or enjoy its natural rounded habit. Grows to 8’ x 6’ in full sun. |
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