All of us love crops which have some persona. These are those that stand out and make us take discover, and once we see them at a nursery, public backyard, or in a fellow gardener’s assortment, they go straight onto the want listing or into the procuring cart. Which unforgettable treasures will leap to thoughts as you take heed to Danielle, Carol, and their visitor musing about a few of their favourite crops with presence?

Professional visitor: Karl Gercens is the East Conservatory Supervisor at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Sq., Pennsylvania.

Danielle’s Crops

Rose Sensation™ false hydrangea vine (Schizophragma hydrangeoides ‘Minsens’, Zones 5-9)

Double Take Scarlet ™flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Scarlet Storm’, Zones 5-9)

‘Wu-La-La’ hosta (Hosta ‘Wu-La-La’, Zones 3-9)

‘Little Honey’ oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Little Honey’, Zones 4b-9)

Carol’s Crops

‘Storm Cloud’ bluestar (Amsonia tabernaemontana ‘Storm Cloud’, Zones 4-9)

Kodiak® Orange bush honeysuckle (Diervilla x ‘G2X88544’, Zones 4-7)

Marine heliotrope (Heliotropium arborescens, Zones 10-11)

‘Straw’ Colorado spruce (Picea pungens ‘Straw’, Zones 4-8)

Professional’s Crops

Titan arum (Amorphophallus titanium, Zones 11-12)

Tower of jewels (Echium wildpretii, Zones 9-10)

Madeira Island geranium (Geranium maderense, Zones Sept. 11)

Wooden’s cycad (Encephalartos woodii, Zones 10-11)

Mule’s foot fern (Angiopteris evecta, Zones 10-11)