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When and where to find Japanese Anemone for sale in SoCal

10 years ago

Okay, I give up. I really want to try Japanese anemones in a part-shade area in my garden here in West Los Angeles / Santa Monica, but can't seem to find them available for purchase here. I'm especially looking for Hadspen Abundance and Honorine Jobert, but can't ever find them. Either the nursery never has any for sale, or (rarely) they get just a few and sell out before I get there. I prefer not to buy online if I can avoid it for these plants.

I've tried the local nurseries in September, October, and/or November for the past couple of years without success. I've asked Monrovia about local (or not-so-local) vendors, but this hasn't worked either.

What am I doing wrong? Is there a secret password or handshake for finding these plants here?!?

Thanks very much!

Judy

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chadinlg Zone 9b Los Gatos CA
10 years ago
Can't help with finding, but a warning - Honorine Jobert (tall white) has spread very aggressively in my yard, and is difficult to remove when it gets into rose bushes etc. I hand treated with Roundup and only got partial removal with it coming back completely in 2 years. The shorter pink forms seem to be better behaved...
PPS if any one is interested in HJ they can come to Los Gatos and dig as much as they like...
mchembree
Original Author
10 years ago
Thanks for the warning. I would really prefer the Hadspen Abundance, but figure it might be easier to find HJ since they seem more common. I wish someone closer to my neck of the woods had a problem like yours so I could help reduce their offending extra plants!

J.
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Pattioh- I grew up in Houston. There are 10' drainage ditches in most areas to deal with the heavy rains, inhabited by craw-dads. I remember people rowing boats around during some rains in my childhood. At my elementary school the patrols carried the kindergarteners across the street because of the deep water. lol I live in the PNW where there is no rain during the summer and don't water much, and my JA do fine. They also spread invasively, and several are in the root zone of a rare and delicate Abelia of mine, and I'm wondering how to get them out without damaging the Abelia. Maybe I should just cut them off or try to pull them out, but I might wait until frost.
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ItÂs available from Jim Little Nursery in Hawaii. Their 2008 newsletter lists it for $35 plus shipping. The address is: Jim Little Nursery & Farms P.O. Box 744 Halelwa, HI 96712 IÂve seen this one offered on eBay in the past, but I donÂt remember who the seller was. The sellers watch the different plumeria forums, so it should soon appear on eBay. I donÂt know of anyone in Southern California who is offering this one for sale. I know of one other nursery that sells this one, but they have gotten mixed reviews from their customers, so I wonÂt name them. Philip
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Thank you so much PlumyGirl, that sounds better than what's on eBay now! If I can't get one locally, I'll see if you still have it and go from there. It's pretty expensive at Exotic Plumeria, given they are unrooted cuttings. They sell under "Embers", on ebay I saw it under either that or Toba's Fire. Freak, thank you so much for the response and the beautiful pics! I wish I had it now, what a beauty! I contacted Janell to see if she had any and see what my options were there. I really appreciate the help of this group, put things out there and someone will know! I have a Jeannie Moragne outside of my sunroom window, and it is so freakingly intensely colored that it jumps out at you when you open the front door, even though it's in the back yard and it's only a 3-tip 5-footer. It's super saturated deep salmon and magenta with orange and yellow. From a distance it almost looks like a crimson explosion - photos cheat you of the actual effect. The problem is that it is so intense, that everything I try to put near it seems to look lifeless and almost disappear next to it. There is space for three trees in this area - the Jeannie is on the right, a Bill Moragne is on the left, and the problem is what plumeria to put in the middle. The Bill Moragne is almost ready to bloom for the first time here, and I think that will hold up, with its bright pink rainbow. I was thinking that a Toba's Fire/Embers would hold up well between those two, contrasting with and complementing both - intensely bright yellow (sometimes orange) with red edges? Think it will work. Do you guys think that would be a nice looking trio? There are Teddy Bear Palms between them (green and white striped trunk palms with rust colored throat that looks and feels like teddy bear fur, and lots of fronds - when these get taller than the plumies, there will still be really nice trunks to look at). I appreciate all the help, thanks.
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eloise_ca
10 years ago
The Green Arrow in the SFV used to carry them, but I haven't been there lately to see if they still have some. Have you tried the Green Arrow or Green Thumb nursery in WLA/Santa Monica area? It's been a while since I've been up that way so don't know if the nursery is still there. Think it is on Wilshire.
mchembree
Original Author
10 years ago
Thanks for the lead about Green Arrow in SFV -- I tried calling them at the numbers provided by the MagicNet, but got the "this number is no longer in service" message twice. I don't think there's a Green Thumb/Arrow on Wilshire anymore -- just an Armstrongs (no JAs, either!). Sigh.
eloise_ca
10 years ago
818 894 8306 from their website greenarrownurseries dot com
mchembree
Original Author
10 years ago
Thanks for that, Eloise, but that number doesn't go through either (I just tried it again). Thanks though!
hosenemesis
10 years ago
I think the only way to get them is to see them in someone's yard and knock on the door. That's how I got the ones that I killed here in Simi Valley. Most people are happy to have you pull as many as you want. They seem to like quite a bit more water than I was prepared to spare.
mchembree
Original Author
10 years ago
Hosenemesis, I just saw your response -- thanks! I'm afraid you might be right. I've not seen the Hadspen Abundance around here (the one I really want), but did just notice a bunch of what are probably Honorine Jobert growing in front of an apartment block just this weekend. I don't know how I'll find the right door to knock on there, but it's worth a shot! Thanks.

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