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Perhaps the most attractive of the many Scheffleras we grow with its dusty pinkish-purple petioles and multiple tiers of leaflets (unusually good floral display as well from which one assumes it takes its name). This combined with the usual jurassic looking stems and graceful chandelier canopy that attracts us so hopelessly to the genus is almost too much to bear. This is easily evidenced by our insistence on toting in and out of the greenhouse each year a massive display pot housing one of these handsome beasts. These are seed-grown from our plants from the recent first North American introduction. 

Unlike its namesake this Primula hybrid hails from the Emerald isles. What it does have in common with the queen of myth is that alluring combination of darkness and light that makes for characters that live on through the ages and plants of timeless garden quality. The soft pink flowers echo chivalric beauty and the darkly sultry foliage speaks of adulterous romance, in this case cuckolding our usual monogamy with species Primulas. These plants come from our established clump in our wet and partly sunny bog garden.

The epitome of woodland delicacy, and one of the rarest fawn lily species being found only in a handful of sites in Oregon's Northern coast range. flared lily-like white flowers tinged the lightest blush pink at the tips gracing the garden only in Springtime and among the last of the group to flower, bidding fond farewell to the naive joys of nature's annual early stirrings. Incongruously adaptable despite it's specificity of native range and found growing in myriad conditions. 

Sometimes simple is best, shocking coming from this bastion of maximalism and specialization we know, but its hard not to love an approachable friendly face in an intimidating crowd. This species is that friendly face for the at-times daunting world of alpine and rock gardening, adaptable and charismatic with it's primula-like flowers. This little Euro delicacy comes from the legendary Aberconwy nursery, one of two selections bred to combine the compact habit of the white-flowered 'Doksa' with the usual bright pink form. This one favors saturation of color over extreme dwarfness but is still quite compact. A little specialist and a lot cute, a welcome addition for the beginner and the erudite expert.

We saw this at the O'Byrne's in Eugene and Plant Lust caused our pollen to shed and our stigma's got a bit sticky. It is so embarassing but Ernie and Marietta are used to it. Completely hardy here and clothed in small white crinkled fragrant flowers in Apr-May. Yes. Yes. Yes! Yes! Yes!