Perennial Favorites of the Hillwood Gardeners.

Favorite and Reliable Perennial Introductions was the topic for Jessica Bonilla and Drew Asbury, gardeners from the Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens.  They featured a variety of recently introduced perennial cultivars which due well in our Zone 7 from shade to sun, wet to dry, good soil to poor.  [See list below.]

Jessica Bonilla

Drew Asbury

EJ has a Question.

The bulbs remaining from the annual bulb sale fundraiser were steeply discounted.

Favorite and Reliable Perennial Introductions
Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens

Jessica Bonilla & Drew Asbury

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Baptisia australis, False Blue Indigo

Verbena bonariensis, Tall Verbena

Agastache rupestris, Sunset Hyssop

Perovskia atriplicifolia, Russian Sage

Verbascum 'Southern Charm', Showy Mullein
Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldstrum', Black-Eyed Susan
Sedum rupestre 'Angelina', Angelina Stonecrop
Eucomis 'Sparkling Burgundy', Pineapple Lily

Nepeta x faassenii 'Walker's Low', Catmint

Chrysanthemum 'Sheffield Pink', Hardy Mum
Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus', Purple Coneflower
Amsonia hubrichtii, Arkansas Blue Star

Athyrium nipponicum 'Pictum', Japanese Painted Fern
Helleborus orientalis, Lenten Rose

Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold', Japanese Forest Grass
Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea', Creeping Jenny
Tiarella 'Elizabeth Oliver', Foam Flower

Primula japonica, Japanese Primrose

Chelone Iyonii 'Hot Lips', Pink Turtlehead

Liriope 'Monroe White', Lily Turf

Astilbe chinensis 'Superba', Chinese Astilbe

Astilbe chinensis 'Pumila', Chinese Astilbe
Epimedium perralchicum 'Frohnleiten', Barrenwort

Polygonatum odoratum 'Variegatum', Variegated Solomon's Seal
Trillium grandiflorum, Wood Lily

Ceratostigma plumbaginoides, Plumbago

Heuchera 'Caramel', 'Citronelle' & 'Mocha', Coral Bells

Hosta 'Krossa Regal', Hosta
Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears', Hosta

Acarus gramineus 'Minimus Aureus', Dwarf Golden Sweet Flag
Geranium 'Rozanne', Cranesbill

Stokesia laevis 'Peachie's Pick', Stokes' Aster
Phlox paniculata 'Shortwood', Garden Phlox
Eupatorium fistulosum, Joe Pye Weed

Yucca filamentosa 'Color Guard', Adam's Needle
Panicum virgatum 'Northwind', Switch Grass

New and Exciting

Thalictrum 'Black Stockings', Meadow Rue
Kniphofia Popsicle Series, Poker Plant
Coreopsis 'Mercury Rising',. Tickseed

Helenium autumnale Mariachi Series, Sneezeweed
Brunnera macrophylla 'Alexander's Great', Siberian Bugloss
Lobelia cardinalis 'Black Truffle', Cardinal Flower

Delosperma 'Fire Spinner', Ice Plant

Agave neomexicana, New Mexico Hardy Century Plant

Agave salmiana 'Crazy Horse', Crazy Horse Hardy Century Plant
Schizachyrium scaparium 'Standing Ovation', Little Bluestem
Sporobolus wrightii 'Windbreaker', Giant Sacaton Grass