New Plants!!!

Last week I visited Carolyn Kolb at Wind Dancer Nursery in Salem, OR. Carolyn is known as the 'Grass Lady' and rightfully so! Carolyn and I toured the gardens, which are gorgeous - nursery display gardens are so educational! As we all know, a plant in a pot rarely holds the same form as when planted in the ground and established. Carolyn's display garden is full of the grasses she grows, vegetables and lovely perennials. So I could walk over and identify the plants which 'moved' me, then pick up a pot of it and buy it. Unfortunately, I didn't get any photos of the display gardens, I was too busy learning and laughing with Carolyn, but I can show you what I bought!

Miscanthus 'Little Zebra'

4' tall and wide with purplish blooms

arching, fountain-like form

This fall's 'all-the-rage' plant

Hakonechloa macra 'Fubuki'

white-green variegation with pink tinges

reported to stay smaller - about 12-18"

part-full shade

Phormium...NOPE!

Its a Pennesetum! Pennesetum 'Princess Caroline'

BUT...its a zone 8, so we'll see about it's hardiness!

Super cool form - very spiky and upright - solid structure, nice burgandy foliage.

I don't think it will bloom here...

Eragrostis species

upright, spiky, green foliage with pinky (not so much yet) blooms that are closely affixed to the basal clump. 

approx. 18" tall

Panicum 'Ruby Ribbons'

GORGEOUS fall color - green, red, blue, purple - fab!

upright, 4'

I love this grass!!! I've wanted it in my own garden for some time now...

Calamagrostis brachytricha

approx. 1/2" wide green blade, fountain form with fluffy purple, smoky, 10" blooms

Look at that Calamagrostis bloom against the black pot!

I love it!

Carolyn Kolb is coming to Portland to speak about grasses on September 28th as part of the 

Hardy Plant Society Genius Series.