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A fascinating oddity of an Anemone that came to us from Ernie and Marietta O'Byrne of Oregon plant royalty. The flowers on this form are variably expressed on a spectrum from a white flower with a skirt of miniaturized leaves to a flower with petals completely transformed as if by fairy dust into an elegantly layered foliar kaleidoscope, with only a hint of white in the center suggesting its proper form. Combining the best of 'Bracteata' and 'Virescens' into a single plant each new bloom is a fun surprise and entirely new floral architectural marvel.

Someone was doing that odd thing where you name a kid the opposite of what you want it to be to ward off evil or some such when they described this one. Despite the humorously offputting nomenclature this is actually a surprisingly cute and fairy-like little ginger relative with stalks of tiny golden flowers in a shape almost akin to a paper crane. Almost unheard of in cultivation, especially outside of botanic gardens so cultural information is scarce to say the least but given the Sichuanese origins and Zingiberaceae nature it likely wants a moist rich soil and to be kept protected from strong frosts.

Hoop Petticoat Daffodil. Hard not to like this one with its interesting perspective on what a daffodil flower should look like. Dark green rush-like foliage appears in late winter lengthening its period of interest. Good clumper making lots of new small bulbs. Tolerant of summer dry.

A well toothed and lilac-flowered cultivar of this primula that has coped well with less-than-perfect conditions and is considered easily open-grown or placed in a rock/alpine garden. Keep from too much wet to fully enjoy the farinose dusting of the foliage. These were said to originate from the trenches of the Napoleonic wars, echoing a time-honored symbology of regrowth after war-time.

An ethereal selection of this hardy true Ginger species whose pale green leaves are brazenly marked with bold swatches of white. Had to use ethereal and brazen in the same sentence - I don't know why. Rarely do you get to enjoy the white ground level flowers but oh such foliage!

This was sold erroneously in the past as 'Dancing Crane' in the past which presents with the opposite patterning (green edges and white centers)