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Budd Gardens Perennials 2832 Innes Road Ottawa, Ontario K1B 4K4 |
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Description
Please click on any image to see a larger photo 'Unforgetable' (Kuk 99) A beautiful upright grower with dark green leaves with a wide golden yellow margin. The leaves are slightly shiny, lightly cupped and corrugated. Dark green, rugose leaves of heavy substance with a 1" wide, deep gold margin. Forms a vase-shaped mound 22" tall. It is a mutation from the cross: Gold Regal x gold Tokadama seedling. Medium lavender tubular flowers on 33" scapes in mid-July. It features excellent color contrast. Slug resistant. $15.00
'Venus' Medium to large hosta. Smooth, glossy, medium-green oval foliage. Spectacular, large, triple-layered white flowers are also pleasantly fragrant. Requires a warm spot in your garden to get good flowers. Sun tolerant. $17.00
For photo click on www.hostalibrary.org 'Victory' (Zilis) Giant 30" high by 70" wide, near white flowers. Leaf blade 12" by 9". Shiny, medium green center, margin greenish yellow changing to creamy white; smooth texture; thick substance. Sport of 'Elatior'. Tall 5 foot flower scapes. $20.00
'Vim and Vigor' Giant hosta, 36" high by 60" wide. Leaf blade 20" by 15". Leaves emerge blue-green changing to a shiny dark green. Rapid grower, sport of 'Sum & Substance'. Lavender flowers in abundance on scapes 60" high. Sun tolerant. Slug resistant. $15.00
Photo Walters Gardens'Vulcan' (H. Hansen/Shady Oaks Nursery, Reg. Pending) Large hosta. This sport of 'Captain Kirk' has creamy-white leaves with dark green margins. Golden-yellow streaks occur along the interior margins where the white and green overlap. 'Vulcan' has a vigorous growth rate for a white-centered hosta. Pale lavender flowers bloom in mid to late summer. Classy! $20.00
'Warwick Comet' (L. Jones, 1999) Medium hosta. Gil Jones' 'Warwick Comet' features cupped-shaped white centered leaves with a dark green margin. The white leaf center streaks down the entire leaf petiole which is edged on each side by a narrow green edge. Pale lavender flowers top the flashy clump in midsummer. Unique! $15.00
'Whirlwind' (Kulpa 88) Medium 18" high by 40" wide. Thick, pale chartreuse becoming ivory to bright yellow then fading to drab green late, widely and irregularly margined dark olive-green with celadon streaking, strongly veined, slightly dimpled, twisted, recurved at the tip. Some morning sun is beneficial. Vigorous. Sun tolerant. Slug resistant. $12.00
Photo Don Budd'White Christmas' 12" high by 24" wide. Leaves thin, ivory to pure white, narrow and irregular dark green margin with some streaking toward the midrib. Good light but not full sun. $15.00
For photo click on www.hostalibrary.org 'Wide Brim' (Aden 79) Large 18" high by 36" wide. Good substance, dark green with a blue cast, widely and irregularly margined pale yellow to cream with streaks jetting to the midrib, dimpled; edge flat to slightly folded, widely oval with a cuspidate tip. Site in good light to filtered shade for best colours. Wide leaf margin. Sun tolerant. $12.00
'Winter Snow' (Pine Forest Gardens) Giant hosta 6" high by 60" wide. Leaf blade 16" by 14". Good substance, chartreuse to old-gold, misted, streaked and striped cream and white, irregularly margined pure white, prominently veined; edge undulate, slightly folded to cupped, widely oval with a cuspidate tip. Site in morning sun with plenty of moisture. A colourful addition to the many sports of 'Sum and Substance.' Sun tolerant. Slug resistant. $17.00
'Winter Warrior' NEW! (G.R. Goodwin, 2005) Medium. This dark green rounded leaves of 'Winter Warrior' are margined with a lightly rippled wide creamy-white margin. Near white flowers with striped lavender intervening open in early summer. $15.00
For photo click on www.hostalibrary.org 'Wolverine' (J. Wilkins 95) Medium 18" high by 38" wide. Leaf blade 10" by 5". Good substance, smooth, blue-tinted green, widely and irregularly margined and splashed cream to white with celadon streaks; edge slightly rippled, arching widely lanceolate with an acute tip. A dense cascading mound that is absolutely gorgeous. $15.00
above Photo Don Budd
'Wooly Bully' 20" high by 36" wide.Variegated sport of Blue Boy. The yellow coloured edge on blue leaves makes for great contrast. Lavender blooms. Fast grower. $12.00
'World Cup' 19 high by 39 wide. Leaf Detail: 9 long by 6 wide; bright gold; cupped; wavy. Flowering: very pale purple flowers from late June into July on scapes up to 36 high. Comments: rich gold foliage that is distinctly cupped; hybrid of Komodo Dragon X Super Bowl that combines the best of both parents; from the breeding program of Doug Beilstein, Mansfield, OH. $20.00
'X-Ray' (Ron Simmering) Dwarf 8" high by 18" wide. Bright purple flowers on 20" scapes. Center misted green and white in spring, green by midsummer; rippled, green margin. A low dense mound of heavily rippled foliage. $12.00
For photo click below www.hostalibrary.org 'Yesterday's Memories' (Hans Hansen) Sport from H. 'Squash Casserole'. Exhibiting the same amazing vigor of the parent, forms a 4' wide clump of chartreuse golden leaves surrounded by a contrasting dark green border. The vigorous clumps are topped in midsummer with 20" spikes of light lavender flowers. $12.00
'Yin' 12" high by 26" wide. Leaf detail: 6" long by 4" wide; shiny, dark green center; wide, creamy yellow to white margin; good substance sport of 'Maize and Blue' from Jim & Sandy Wilkins (2002 AHS registration); sharply contrasting variegation, i.e. shiny, dark green center, creamy yellow margins. $12.00
'Zippity Do Da' (Walters) Giant hosta, 24" high by 60" wide. Twisted, coarsely waved leaf with green center and wide creamy-white margin. 'Abba Dabba Do' sport. Sun tolerant. $12.00
'Zodiac' (Zilis) Large 19" high by 53" wide. Thick, chartreuse turning yellow irregularly margined creamy yellow turning white, corrugated, strongly veined; edge slightly rippled, slightly convex, widely oval with a cuspidate tip. Some morning sun is needed to achieve the best leaf colour. Notable foliage colour change. Sun tolerant. Slug resistant. $20.00
'Zounds' (Aden 78) Large 24" high by 36" wide. Leaves thick, chartreuse turning metallic golden yellow, satiny, strongly corrugated to puckered when mature. Site in good light or filtered shat where it will glow like a beacon. Slug resistant. Sun tolerant.$15.00
Hostas A-C | D-G | H-K | L-N | O-R | S-T | U-Z
Heuchera | Hemerocallis | Echinacea | Astilbe | Phlox
Perennials A-Z | Field Grown Perennials