Garden Supply in Cary used to carry it - pricey as I remember but large plants. I got mine mail-order from Heronswood - they sell such tiny starts of plants but oh the selection!

Thanks Brenda! I started to place an order with Heronswood today for the Cornus, the Kirengeshoma, and various Hepaticas. Better go back and complete the order.

Mark

mmmmmm....opening the Heronswood catalog is bad for my budget. Thanks a lot. Yellow Bells eh? Have you grown it before? I am putting in some hepaticas this week - do they need anything special besides moist humus? I am thinking I need to move my cornus. The alba is naturally a plant that suckers abundantly, but I got only 2 suckers off it this year.

On NPR Ketzel Levine did an article on Cornus. Some tempting exerpts:

"Luscious mahogany. Riotous coral. Shimmering lemon-lime. 'Tis the season, all right, for every conceivable multicolored wrapping. You just have to look under the right tree. Here's a tip: Check out the various species of shrubby dogwoods, those multi-stemmed cousins of the well-known spring bloomer.... If the tree at your picture window is limbed up far enough, tuck three C. sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire' beneath. These beauties have electric stems that glow red, orange, and yellow -- the rival of any maple -- and need only be cut back to the ground in spring to ensure next winter's show.... Cornus alba 'Kesselringii'. More a sumptuous, moody purple than a true black, this cultivar demands the right setting to strut its stuff, whether lit from beneath with orange Carex, from behind by C. stolonifera 'Silver and Gold', or from above with manna from heaven, its black limbs frosted in snow."

So now I feel I need 'Kesselringii', 'Gouchaltii', and 'Ivory Halo'.

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Here is a link that might be useful: npr.org

Ur bad Brenda! Gotta have 'Midwinter Fire' and 'Kesselringii'.

I haven't grown the Kirengeshoma yet; hope it will live up to the hype at least a little--totally herbaceous, but quickly grows bush size in deep shade, etc. I'll let you know how it does.

Hepaticas do well around here. Moist humus and moderate shade is all they need. They're so delicate though; I wish I had a waist high bed built to fully appreciate them in a position other than on hands and knees! Do you grow Sanguinaria 'Multiplex' aka 'Flore Pleno'? I can let you know where to get some lovely sized corms for way less than the $25-30 usual asking price.

Yeah, I'm about to send an order for 3 new dogwoods to Forestfarm. They have Kesselringii($8), Ivory Halo($9), and Gouchaultii($8). That's not so bad, but they also have witch hazels, halesia, styrax, and that white pine with the corksrew needles (alba contorta). They also have several different types of the coralberry discussed on the callicarpa post. Help! I have multiplex bloodroot growing wild at my place, but I'm always happy to add another genotype to the mix - what's your source?

Okay Brenda...are you, perhaps...the devil...hummm. That forestfarm site. OMG. Seriously you must be an angel since I found an acacia I had been searching for it seems like forever. Have you ordered from them before? They really have a wonderful selection of things I didn't even know I needed. Sigh, so many plants, shrubs and trees and life is much too short to grow them all. My pocketbook is also quite a bit lighter now that I have a job that I love. Oh well. Thanks for posting that site. It will be lovely to go through these coming winter months. Adele

Adele, Forestfarm's big thick print catalog makes for great bedtime reading too. Their selection is unbelievable.

Thanks, I just ordered a copy. Adele