countrygirl and judy - could i have a little gus b too?? I hope you find something that you do not have to take from me. i can probably take a few smaller pots off your hands. tamelask I have some bamboo(not sure what kind yet) and/or I can bring you some red dianthus slips for the alstromeria Laura I have the tall white phlox pulled for you. thank you for the wood spurge. Ratgirl I looked and I have a several hostas. what do you already have? see you all tomorrow.

Thanks for the compliment on my seedling Judy. I don't know if everyone's monitor shows it's true color. I looked at it on my iphone and it didn't look nearly as nice on that screen as it really does. It's a really nice raspberry color. Not a perfect flower as far as daylily breeder standards, but I just love the color. I've got white daylilies, but I don't know if I can figure out which ones they are now that they're not in bloom. Most of my tags have gotten misplaced or faded beyond reading. I'll check today. If not I can make note when they bloom next year. I've got a bunch more daylilies if someone is looking for something in particular, but only maybe a third of them have intact tags. I'll be bringing some Kwanso for sure because I had a bed of it that I had to remove and I don't need to replant all of it. I know it's common, but I like it.

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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while someone else has bumped this... A few (mostly unfortunate) updates. The Nerium and Callistemon probably would have survived if they had been better established, but they had been planted the prior spring. Although they appeared alive and had some green leaves and stems, they went into that slow, curious decline of winter damaged plants and were dead by mid-June. I might have been too stingy in watering them. The Phlomis died back in early summer, making me wonder if it will be a 'spring ephemeral' in this climate. Same with the Gardenias OTHER THAN 'Kleim's Hardy', which for me at least, does appear to be the hardiest. (though, again, cannot rule out other factors. It has the most protection from winter sunlight, so maybe that is what is making the difference. Winter morning sun here is deadly to all but the hardiest camellias, for example.) There were OTOH some 'surprise' survivals, discovered after the thread above. One I can remember is Manettia cordifolia 'John Elsley', which survived its second winter, colder than the last. But getting it to regrow fast enough to have much of an ornamental impact is going to be the catch. It might make more sense to have a big patch of it and think of it more as a clambering ground cover, in this climate. It will bloom Sept-Nov. Interesting that a rosemary was totally undamaged in a winter I have no doubt would have killed an 'Arp' or 'Hill Hardy', which are clearly not the hardiest in an east coast climate. (maybe they are in TX where they were selected) I think the one that did well is 'Blue Spire'. I don't like the taste of rosemary, I just grow them for ornament! They are the quintessential Mediterranean climate shrubs. Oh another one: an Agave lechuguilla was right on the brink, but is growing back vigorously. I really need to start keeping more notes LOL. Too many plants to keep track of! The Toona has grown back to a monstrous size so it will be interesting to see if it survives on top this winter. Not winter cold related, but interesting to report that a potted Telopea truncata has survived, in shade, this beastly hot AND HUMID summer. We've had the longest stretches of high dewpoints > 75F I can remember. It's been the most acutely damaging to plants since 2012, probably. I lost a couple desirable rhododendrons that were not fully established. I am likewise struck that both clones of 'extra hardy' Phormium are doing well so far. I think because they are in well drained soilless mixes. In a garden setting in my climate, will need a south slope both for winter warmth and for summer drainage. (they will get summer root rot...I suspect the reason they are not seen along the gulf coast, for example) I will always keep 'backup plants' in my garage in case another winter like 1994 happens...but the green clone has survived near 0F with no special protection.