To-date List Woodies Spring 2013 Pi Alpha Xi Proper Name, Common Name, Size, Quantity, Retial Price Araucaria araucana Monkey Puzzle Tree Tube 4 $30.00 Arbutus unedo 'Compacta' Comp.strawberry Bush Tube 5 $20.00 Ardisia japonica 'Chirimen' Chirimen Kadsura size 2 10 $7.50 Azelea 'Farrow' Bollywood Bollywood Variegated Azalea size 2 3 $18.00 Azelea 'Johga' Johga Azalea size 3 3 $18.00 Azalea exbury 'Mandarin Lights' Mandarin Lights Dec Azalea size 2 3 $20.00 Azalea exbury 'Northern Hi-Lights' Northern Hi-Lights Dec. Azalea size 2 3 $20.00 Azalea exbury 'White Lights' White Lights Dec. Azalea size 2 3 $20.00 Berberis darwinii Darwin's Barberry Tube 5 $15.00 Berberis thunbergii 'Admiration' Admiration Barberry size 3 3 $20.00 Berberis thunbergii 'Helmond Pillar' Helmond Pillar Barberry size 3 3 $20.00 Berberis thunbergii 'Helmond Pillar' Helmond Pillar Barberry size 3 5 $20.00 Billardiera longiflora Blueberry Vine Tube 7 $20.00 Buddleja davidii 'Evil Ways' Evil Ways Butterfly Bush size 3 3 $20.00 Buddleja davidii 'Evil Ways' Evil Ways Butterfly Bush size 3 7 $20.00 Buddleja davidii 'Miss Ruby' Miss Ruby Butterfly Bush size 3 7 $20.00 Buxus sempervirens 'Pyramidalis' Pyramidal Boxwood size 7 5 $30.00 Callitropsis glabra 'Blue Ice' Blue Ice Arizona Cypress size 3 5 $20.00 Calocedrus decurrens Incense Cedar Tube 5 $20.00 Camellia Japonica 'Les Marbury' Les Marbury Camellia size 3 5 $22.50 Camellia japonica 'Nuccio's Pearl' Nuccio's Pearl Camellia size 3 5 $20.00 Carpenteria californica 'Elizabeth' Elizabeth Tree Anemone Tube 2 $20.00 Carpinus betulus 'Pendula' Weeping Hornbeam Size 1 1 $35.00 Cedrus Deodora 'Bill's Blue' Bill's Blue Deodar Cedar size 3 5 $25.00 Cephalanthus occidentalis 'Sputnik' Sputnik Buttonbush size 3 7 $15.00 Cercis 'Merlot' Merlot Redbud size 7 5 $75.00 Cercis siliquastrum Judas Tree Tube 1 $15.00 Chaenomeles 'Contorta' Contorted White-flowered Quince Tube 4 $20.00 Chaenomeles speciosa 'Double Take™ Orange Storm'pp Orange Storm Quince COLORCHOICE size 2 5 $20.00 Chaenomeles 'Iwai nishiki' Large Red-flowered Quince Tube 4 $20.00 Chamaebatiaria millefolium Fern Bush, Desert Sweet Tube 2 $20.00 Chamaecyparis nootkatensis Weeping Nootka False Cypress Tube 3 $25.00 Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Gracilis' Hinoke False Cypress size 3 5 $18.00 Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Boulevard' Boulevard Cypress size 3 5 $18.00 xChitalpa tashkentensis 'Pink Dawn' Pink Dawn Chitalpa (Catalpa x Chilopsis) Size 1 3 $30.00 Chrysothamnus nauseosus Grey Rabbitbrush Tube 2 $15.00 Clematis x armandii Evergreen Clematis size 3 7 $20.00 Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice' Ruby Spice Summersweet size 3 5 $15.00 Clethra alnifolia 'Sugartina'™ Crystalina pp#21561 Crystalina Summersweet COLORCHOICE size 2 5 $20.00 Clianthus puniceus 'Albus' White Parrot's Beak Tube 1 $25.00 Convolvulus cneorum Silver Bush Morning Glory Tube 5 $20.00 Cornus florida 'Cherokee Brave' Cherokee Brave Red Flowering Dogwood size 5 5 $35.00 Cornus kousa var. angustata 'Empress of China' Empress of China Evergreen Dogwood size 7 7 $45.00 Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple' Royal Purple Smoke Bush size 5 5 $20.00 Cryptocarya alba Peumos Tube 1 $25.00 Cryptomeria japonica 'Black Dragon' Black Dragon Cryptomeria size 3 5 $20.00 Cryptomeria japonica 'Dragon Prince' Dragon Prince Cryptomeria size 3 7 $22.50 Cryptomeria japonica 'Radicans' Carpet Cryptomeria size 3 7 $35.00 Cupressus darjeelingensis Bengal Kashmir Cypress Tube 5 $25.00 Cupressus sempervirens Italian Cypress size 7 5 $35.00 Cydonia oblonga 'Cooke's Jumbo' Cooke's Jumbo Fruiting Quince Tube 3 $25.00 Deutzia x hybrida 'Perle Rose' Perle Rose Deutzia size 3 3 $15.00 Distylium racemosum Evergreen Witchhazel Tube 3 $25.00 Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Akebono' Red Dragon Paperbush Tube 10 $35.00 Edgeworthia 'Winter Gold' Winter Gold Paperbush size 3 7 $30.00 Empetrum nigrum Crowberry Tube 3 $15.00 Euonymous americanus Hearts-a-bustin' size 3 7 $12.50 Exochorda x 'Blizzard' Snow Day™ Snow Day Blizzard Pearl Bush COLORCHOICE size 3 2 $20.00 Fatsia japonica Fatsia size 3 5 $17.50 Ficus carica 'Improved Celeste' Improved Celeste Fig Tube 1 $15.00 Firmiana simplex Chinese Parasol Tree Tube 3 $20.00 Franklinia alatamaha Franklinia size 3 7 $20.00 Gardenia jasminoides 'Crown Jewel' pp#19896 Crown Jewel Gardenia size 3 5 $20.00 Gardenia jasminoides 'Radicans' Spreading Gardenia size 3 12 $15.00 Gelsimium sempervirens/ rankinii Twice-blooming Carolina Jessamine size 3 7 $17.50 Genista lydia Lydia Broom Tube 3 $20.00 Halesia carolina Carolina Silverbell size 3 3 $15.00 Hamamelis vernalis Fall-blooming Witch Hazel size 3 3 $15.00 Hamamelis virginiana Native Witchhazel size 3 5 $15.00 Heteropterys glabra Redwing vine size 1 7 $10.00 Hibiscus syriacus 'American Irene Scott' Sugar Tip pp Sugar Tip Hibiscus size 3 3 $22.50 Hibiscus syriacus 'Minspot' Hibiscus First Edition Fiji size 3 10 $22.50 Holboellia angustifolia Sausage Vine Tube 5 $20.00 Hydrangea pan. 'Renhy' pp#20670 Vanilla Strawberry Hydrangea size 3 5 $25.00 Hydrangea pan.'Renhy' Vanilla Strawberry pp#20670 Vanilla Strawberry Hydrangea FIRST EDITION size 3 3 $25.00 Hydrangea quercifolia 'Alice' Alice Oakleaf Hydrangea size 3 7 $20.00 Hydrangea serrata 'Mak20' Tuff Stuff ™ ppaf Tuff Stuff Hydrangea COLORCHOICE size 2 7 $20.00 Ilex x attenuata 'Foster #2' Foster's Holly size 3 7 $15.00 Ilex crenata 'Drops of Gold' PP# 11420 Drops of Gold Holly size 3 7 $15.00 Ilex cornuta 'O Spring' O Spring Holly size 3 7 $15.00 Ilex decidua 'Sentry' Sentry Deciduous Holly size 5 5 $20.00 Ilex glabra 'Shamrock' Shamrock Inkberry Holly Size 3 10 $15.00 Ilex pedunculosa Female Long-stalked Holly Size 1 3 $35.00 Illicium parviflorum 'Florida Sunshine' Florida Sunshine Illicium Size 3 7 $25.00 Jasminum officinale 'Frojas' Golden Jasmine Tube 3 $18.00 Jasminum wallichianum (J.humile walli.) - Jasmine Tube 3 $25.00 Juniperus chinensis 'Torulosa' Hollywood Juniper size 3 5 $12.50 Juniperus scopulorum 'Skyrocket' Skyrocket Juniper Size 3 7 $15.00 Juniperus squamata 'Blue Alps' Blue Alps Juniper size 3 5 $18.00 Juniperus virginiana 'Grey Owl' Grey Owl Juniper size 3 5 $15.00 Kalmia latifolia 'Peppermint' Peppermint Mountain Laurel Tube 3 $20.00 Leucothoe axillaris 'Curly Red' PP#17666 Curly Red Leucothoe size 2 10 $12.50 Lonicera fragrantissima Winter Honeysuckle size 3 3 $12.50 Lonicera x heckrottii 'Goldflame' Goldflame Honeysuckle size 3 5 $20.00 Loropetalum chinensis 'Purple Diamond' Purple Diamond Fringeflower size 1 15 $12.50 Loropetalum chinense 'spg-3-017' Garnet Fire Loropetalum size 3 5 $25.00 Lycium chinense Chinese Wolfberry Tube 7 $25.00 Magnolia x 'Betty' Betty Magnolia size 10 3 $25.00 Magnolia figo Banana Shrub size 3 5 $18.00 Manettia cordifolia 'John Elsley' John Elsley Firecracker Vine Tube 5 $15.00 Melaleuca gibbosa Lavender Honeymyrtle Tube 3 $20.00 Metasequoia glyptostroboides Dawn Redwood size 3 7 $20.00 Microbioata decussata Siberian Carpet size 1 20 $15.00 Millettia taiwanensis Evergreen False Wisteria size 3 5 $17.50 Nandina domestica 'Flirt' Flirt Heavenly Bamboo size 3 5 $15.00 Neillia affinis Chinese Ninebark Tube 3 $20.00 Nerium oleander 'Hardy Red' Hardy Red Oleander size 3 5 $20.00 Nerium oleander 'Hardy Pink' Hardy Pink Oleander size 3 3 $20.00 Nerium oleander 'Hardy Yellow' Hardy Yellow Oleander size 3 3 $20.00 Osmanthus heterophyllus var. auranticus Orange-flowering False Holly size 3 7 $18.00 Oxydendrum arboreum Sorrel Tree ��" Sourwood Tube 3 $20.00 Paeonia lutea ludlowii Tibetan Peony Tube 1 $45.00 Paliurus spina-christi Jerusalem Thorn Tube 3 $25.00 Periploca greca European Silk Vine Tube 5 $15.00 Pieris x 'Prelude' Prelude Pieris size 3 7 $20.00 Pinus aristata Colorado Bristlecone Pine Tube 3 $25.00 Pinus jeffreyi Jeffery Pine Tube 1 $15.00 Pinus wallichiana 'Zebrina' Variegated Himalayan White Pine Tube 3 $25.00 Philadelphus mexicanus Evergreen Mockorange Tube 3 $20.00 Rhododendron canescens 'Camilla's Blush' Camillas Blush Deciduous Rhododendron size 3 3 $25.00 Rhododendron x carla 'Wolfpack Red' Wolfpack Red Azelea size 3 10 $10.00 Rhododendron catawbiense 'Grandiflorum' size 3 3 $25.00 Rosa banksiae 'Lutea' Yellow Lady Bank's Rose size 3 5 $20.00 Rosa chinensis mutabilis Chinese Multicolored Rose Tube 3 $15.00 Rosa x meipotal 'Carefree Delight' Carefree Delight Shrub Rose size 3 7 $20.00 Rubus 'Apache' Thornless Blackberry Tube 7 $15.00 Sambucus canadensis Elderberry size 1 5 $15.00 Spiraea reevesiana Bridal Wreath Spiraea size 3 3 $17.50 Symphoricarpos x chenaultii 'Hancock' Hancock Prostrate Coralberry size 3 3 $17.50 Syringa x 'Penda' ppaf Bloomerang Lilac COLORCHOICE size 2 5 $20.00 Taxus cuspidata 'Monloo' Emerald Spreader pp#10335 Emerald Spreader Yew size 3 7 $20.00 Trachycarpus fortunei 'Taylor's Hardy' Taylor's Hardy Windmill Palm size 2 3 $18.00 Vaccinium corymbosum 'Sunshine Blue' Sunshine Blue Buleberry size 3 15 $17.50 Viburnum macrocephalum 'Sterile' Chinese Snowball Viburnum size 3 3 $18.00 Wisteria macrostachya 'Blue Moon' Blue Moon Native Wisteria size 3 3 $20.00 Xanthoceras sorbifolia Shiny-leaf Yellowhorn Tube 3 $20.00 What do you think? 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duh...forgot to post the recipe: 2 cups (2 ounces) jamaica flowers 3/4 cup granulated sugar (or more as desired) Bring 6 cups of water to a boil then add the flowers and the sugar and stir continuously while the mixture boils for one minute. Pour into a noncorrosive bowl and steep for 2 hours. *Note: this flower will stain so don't use a bowl that will stain. Strain the mixture through a sieve pressing on the flower solids to extract as much liquid as possible. Taste for strength and sweetness. If it is too potent, add water or if too tart add more sugar. Cover and refrigerate until time to serve. Really, though, check my link above, where this recipe came from. Nice photos. And buy the flowers at your local ethnic market, if you can. Another favorite drink is agua fresca sandia. It is pure heaven! Anytime I happen upon a Vallarta market that has a deli, I ask for it. It means "watermelon fresh water". Here's the recipe: Agua de Sandía (Watermelon) A favorite with kids, this drink is similiar in preparation to the one made with cantaloupe. However, because of the consistency of the fruit, the proportions are different. It requires longer blending time than other aguas, in order to break up the seeds, which are then allowed to settle to the bottom before being transferred to a serving pitcher. Since the seeds are spread throughout the fruit, rather than in a seed sac, this is a much easier method than trying to seed watermelon. If the melon is a very sweet one, taste before adding sugar; it may not need much, if any. Ingredients: 1½ cups diced watermelon, without rind 5 cups water 1/4 cup sugar Preparation: Put the diced watermelon in the blender with 2 cups of the water. Blend until the black seeds break up (about 1-2 minutes.) Let the ground seeds settle to the bottom, then pour the liquid into a pitcher, leaving the seeds in the blender to be discarded. You will not need to use a strainer. Add the rest of the water and the sweetener. The recipe came from the link below. Here is a link that might be useful: Aguas frescas

Another pretty one and a great colour too, certainly looks more like a watermelon colour. What a shame the flowers don't last very long do they have a long flowering season like the other Hibiscus

Sorry, I've mixed up the cultivars. That photo is a different cultivar of the native hibiscus, 'Abbey's Tangerine', not 'Brick Red'. I'll post some more photos ... Except that I can only seem to post one photo per thread without using an external site. (Which I can't be bothered setting up.) So bear with me ...