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| Acanthus 'Alex' (6/7) |
ht: 40cm
fc: rose-violet
so:
www.friesland-staudengarten.de (online catalog 2007)
| Acanthus 'Bobby' (6/7) |
fc: greenish-pink shades, lip clustered
so:
www.friesland-staudengarten.de (online catalog 2007)
| Acanthus 'Holland du Nord' (6/7) |
ns, id: an improved hybrid sold in Europe. Despite many listings we have found no description (6/2007).
| Acanthus hungaricus 'Architect' |
ns: sold by the RHS Wisley Plant Centre since 2002.
| Acanthus mollis 'Albus' |
fc: flowers mostly white
| Acanthus mollis 'Candelabrus' |
infl:
more densely flowered with flowers appear to be more open,
arching.
so:
Maas Nursery
| Acanthus mollis 'Fielding Gold' = 'Hollard's Gold' |
| Acanthus mollis 'Jeffalbus' or 'Jefalba' = 'Rue Laden' |
| Acanthus mollis 'Hollard's Gold' ('Fielding Gold', 'New Zealand Gold') |
ht:
90cm
lc: bright gold to yellow-green in spring and fall.
or: New Zealand before 1992 when it came to the UK.
| Acanthus mollis 'Holland's Lemon' (1/03) |
lc:
yellowish-green
ns: this is probably an error for 'Hollard's Gold'
li: Schmid, W.G. 2002. An enc. of shade perennials. Timber Press.
p. 57
| Acanthus mollis 'Jardin en Face' |
ns: listed for The Botanic Nursery UK 2003.
| Acanthus mollis Latifolius Group ('Latifolius') |
ht:
120cm - larger than many species examples
ha: arching, more drooping leaves are more dramatic in effect
lw: larger, wider blades than species typical
lm: blades sometimes undulate
lc: dark glossy green
fc: rose purple
fq: not always floriferous as species. G.S. Thomas says
"sparingly produced".
ns: variable entity and best treated as a cultivar group. It
comes partly true from
ns: seed and as such nursery stock is prone to be variable.
so:
Carroll Gardens
| Acanthus mollis 'New Zealand Gold' = 'Hollard's Gold' |
| Acanthus mollis 'Niger' (1/03) |
lc:
glossy darker green than species typical
li: Schmid, W.G. 2002. An enc. of shade perennials. Timber Press.
p. 57
| Acanthus mollis 'Oakleaf' ('Oak Leaf') |
ll:
larger blade than species typical
ls: more deeply cut, that is resembling sometime of the red oak
leaf shape
so:
Cotswold Garden
Flowers
| Acanthus mollis 'Pride of Morvan' (11/03) |
ht: 1m
tall
fc: light purple and white
lc: variegated cream and yellow
so: Cotswold Garden Flowers (online catalog
2003)
| Acanthus mollis Latifolius Group 'Rue Ledan' ('Jefalba', 'Jeffalbus') |
ht: 1m
tall
ha: compact
fc: white with green bracts
fq: floriferous
lc: dark glossy green
prop: sterile, thus not producing unwanted seedlings as the
species can do.
or: found in a garden in Matignon France c. 1991
ns: species affinity is not known.
| Acanthus mollis 'Sjaak' (6/7) |
ns, so: an improved clone listed in Europe c. 2006 including www.beechesnursery.co.uk, but without descriptions.
| Acanthus mollis 'Summerdance' (11/3) |
ns: listed for Hopleys Plants UK c. 2002
|
Acanthus mollis 'Tasmanian Angel' (1/7)
|
ht: 20 in. tall x 36 in. wide in leaf, to 60 in. tall in
flower
lc: dark green, irregularly margined creamy-gold, becoming white-spotted near
the margins, chimera to 20%, evenually a mostly green leaf
or: Tasmania as sport
so, in: www.plantdelights.com (2007
Spring Sales Catalog: 11, with color photo)
| Acanthus 'Morning's Candle' (A. mollis x A. spinosus) (6/7) |
ht: 140-160cm - large dominant
plant
fq: very floriferous
eval: said by some experts to be the best single flowering clone in the genus.
so:
www.friesland-staudengarten.de (online catalog 2007)
| Acanthus spinosus 'Ferguson' ('Ferguson's Form' invalid) (6/7) |
infl: largest, more floriferous and best flowering of any clone to date (6/2007)
| Acanthus spinosus 'Lady Moore' |
ht:
50-100cm - reports vary widely
lc: dark green heavily spotted white in spring. Not as showy
later in summer.
fc: dusky purple and white - better than some species examples.
| Acanthus spinosus 'Royal Haughty' |
ls:
more highly incised
lc: more highly mottled than species typical
| Acanthus spinosus Spinossimsus Group |
ha:
G.S. Thomas says it best: "an established clump of this
looks like a grey and
ha: green porcupine".
lm: blade with longer spinose teeth, appearly more deeply cut.
The teeth appear
lm: silvery in certain light conditions.
infl: inflorescence leafy bracts are also have prolonged
spinosity.
ns: variable and best considered as a group rather than a clone.
Some plants of this name
ns: may be hybrids to A. mollis and would require a new, separate
name. 'Summer Beauty' is
ns: one good clone of this sort that is almost surely an
interspecific hybrid.
| Acanthus 'Summer Beauty' (A. mollis x A. spinosus) |
ht: 30
in. tall (70 in. in flower) x 6-8 ft. wide
lc: dark glossy green
ls: well incised (more than A. mollis)
fc: white with purple calyx
ch: 6
lu: tolerant of summer heat in NC USA unlike A. mollis
or: Chinese garden, very likely a hybrid of the two species
in: Chet Tompkins OR USA to US. Plant Delights Nur. 2001
eval: best cultivar by Tony Avent (2001)
source, photo:
Plant Delights
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