Botanica Home Plant Sale

Last updated May 26, 2008

These plants are available for pickup in the Wallingford neighborhood, Seattle, Washington upon prior arrangement. We do not have a retail nursery that is open to the public, and we are unable to ship plants.

The new list comprises both currently available plants and those I expect to offer as they mature during the course of the season. More plants will appear as I find them; I'm a little hazy on supply this time of year. I have given up on trying to list sizes and prices because these change faster than I can keep up with. I also grow many species in small numbers that never make it to the list, so please ask if you're seeking something not listed here.

Most of the images can be clicked to show a much larger and sometimes completely different photo of the plant.

Please contact Pamela with questions or to place an order.

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Click for larger image. Acanthus spinosus

Acanthus grew wild near the Mediterranean for eons before artisans borrowed the leaves for architectural ornament, and yet, they look so... designed. Tall stalks bearing mauve and white flowers rise above the highly divided foliage. Grow in sun (or part shade) and well-drained soil.
Four to five feet. Perennial. Zone 7.


Click for larger image. Achillea millefolium 'Terra Cotta'

Clay tones shift from pink to russet as they mature. Very long blooming, drought tolerant, totally easy in sun and average soil. Could be lovely with bronze tones.
Two feet. Perennial. Zone 3.


Click for larger image. Aconitum alboviolaceum

Slender, hooded flowers of white with lavender shading crown this graceful vine in late summer. It follows the classic vine lifestyle of climbing from a shaded base into better light by twining onto more rigid neighbors. From mountain forests of China, Korea, and the Russian Far East.
Three to seven feet. Perennial. Zone 5.


Click for larger image. Actaea asiatica

Shade or sun, this versatile doer takes it in stride. Striking, upright clumps of blue-black fruit follow the modest white flowers in mid to late summer. Grow in humusy, moist soil, especially if grown in sun. Native to the Far East and still rare here.
Eighteen inches? Perennial. Zone 4.


Click for larger image. Actaea pachypoda

Following white flowers in April and May, wonderful white "eyeball' fruits form on chubby red pedicels, toxic, alas. The adaptable actaeas thrive on moist to average soil in sun or shade. Native to the Eastern U.S. A Great Plant Pick, so you know it thrives here.
Two feet. Perennial. Zone 4.


Click for larger image. Actaea rubra

This NW native flourishes in humusy soil from deep shade to full sun, given moist soil, but is most useful in the woodland garden. White flowers yield the stage to red fruits in summer.
Two to three feet. Perennial. Zone 4.


Click for larger image. Actaea spicata
Baneberry

White spring flowers yield to black berries in summer. Although this woodlander tolerates sun, it is most useful in deep shade where it blooms and fruits with alacrity.
Three feet. Perennial. Zone 4.


Click for larger image. Adiantum capillus-veneris

Reportedly collected in Michigan, this extra hardy clone of the southern (and western) maidenhair fern is unsurpassed for the delicate appearance of its tiny leaflets. Grown in partial to full shade, in moist soil, its fronds will burgeon. Lovely in a pot.
Eight to twelve inches. Deciduous fern. Zone 5.


Click for larger image. Agapanthus 'Headbourne Hybrids'
Lily-of-the-Nile

Seeking blue for the midsummer garden? This South African lily relative holds its blue flower clusters high above the strap-shaped leaves. Likes full sun and well-drained soil.
Twenty inches. Perennial. Zone 7.


Click for larger image. Agapanthus 'Snow Pixie'

It looks so pretty in a pot you might never insert it in the garden, but this petite lily-of-the-Nile will make a cool midsummer statement wherever it blooms. Grow in sun, in good soil; it's small enough to slip in easily among its neighbors.
Eighteen inches. Perennial. Zone 7.


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