Featured varieties for the coming season:
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| Dicentra 'Fire Island' PPAF
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Echinacea 'Irresistible' PP#20756
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| Lavender - Lavandula 'Butterfly Green Summer'
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Lavender - Lavandula 'Butterfly Silver Summer'
PP#20229
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| Hypericum 'Baby Lion'
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| Hypericum 'Chocolate
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| Hypericum 'Sweet Lion'
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| Hypericum 'Orange Lion'
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| Hypericum 'Pink Lion'
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| Hypericum 'Red Lion'
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The Hypericums are available from May 12, 2009 on - price in 48's: $0.78 +0.25 royalty
Plant in May in gallons, or in fall in 2 gallon containers.
For more information, please contact Arjen Vriend at arjen@pioneergardens.com or call 413-773-5360
Heuchera 'Dark Secret' PPAF
New introduction for 2009: Heuchera 'Dark Secret' PPAF
Echinacea purpurea ‘Mistral’ PPAF
Echinacea purp. 'Mistral' PPAF is a new and improved sport of ‘Kim’s Knee High’. Extremely floriferous and well branched: ‘Mistral’ produces up to 80 flowers in its second year.
Soft pink, daisy like flowers with large bronzy-orange central cones on very compact plants. Height: 15-18” Flowering time: mid summer to early fall.
Gentiana ‘True Blue’ PPAF
(Gentian) Floriferous new introduction from Darrell Probst. Large 2” bell shaped true blue flowers open at all nodes up and down the stems. Glossy green lance shaped leaves.
Very well branched stems form an attractive clump. Flowers from mid summer until early fall. Cold hardy to zone 3 or 4.
Height: 24 – 30”
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Coreopsis 'Red Shift' PPAF Coreopsis x ‘Redshift’ PPAF: Second introduction from Darrell Probst’s Big Bang Series. Extra large creamy yellow flowers with deep red eye in summer, turning all red in fall as the weather cools, vigorous with healthy foliage, 24” tall. |
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Dicentra 'Burning Hearts' US PPAF |
Dicentra 'Burning Hearts' US PPAF |
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Dicentra 'Ivory Hearts' US PP 15,599 |
Dicentra 'Candy Hearts' US PP 14,692 |
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Coreopsis ‘Full Moon’

Coreopsis ‘Full Moon’
New:
Large flowers up to 3” across, bright canary yellow. Plants bloom July until frost in fall.
Medium textured foliage, medium to dark green on well branched stems 24 to 30” tall by 30 to 36” wide. Hardy to USDA zone 5 and perhaps 4
The first of the new “BIG BANG TM” series. The product of 8 years of intensive breeding involving up to 8 different species of Coreopsis.
Cold hardy, truly perennial plants with sturdy, well branched stems, clean, disease free foliage and large flowers up to 3” in diameter in a wide range of colors and patterns

Geranium 'Rozanne'
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2008 Perennial Plant of the Year
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Heuchera 'Frosted Violet' |
Heuchera 'Blackout' |
Heuchera 'Miracle' |
Polemonium ‘Touch of Class’ |
Boltonia 'Jim Crocket' |
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Heuchera:
From the nursery of Thierry and Sandrine Delabroye. These varieties are crosses with vilosa species. They combine vigor with excellent heat and drought tolerance and winter hardiness.
Brownies > huge plant, chocolate colored foliage
Caramel PP 16,562 > strong and vigorous, caramel colored foliage
Citronelle PPAF > most popular variety, lime green foliage
Mocha PPAF > darkest leaved variety of the series, large plant, near black foliage
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H. 'Caramel' |
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Size: 48 cell trays.
Beaujolais PPAF: beautiful dark rose foliage, strong and vigorous
Encore PPAF: rose with red veining, relatively compact
Pinot Gris PPAF: very special color, foliage changes from yellow-grey to silvery-grey during growing season
Pinot Noir PPAF: attractive, dark reddish-black with silvery two-tone foliage; floriferous, pure white flowers
Pistache PPAF: huge variety, very strong lime green leaves

Heuchera 'Beaujolais'

Heuchera 'Encore'

Heuchera 'Pinot Gris'

Heuchera 'Pinot Noir'

Heuchera 'Pistache'