Cool Plants

Cool plants, flowers, and related material. But mostly opinions and photographs of perennials (stauden, vivaces, vaste planten) from plantsman/nurseryman, gardener, writer, photographer Mark Denee of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Dracunculus vulgaris, the Dragon Arum or Snake Lily

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The strange and unusual Dragon Arum or Snake Lily, aka Dracunculus vulgaris , despite its exotic look, can be grown relatively easily in a ...

Thursday, June 12, 2014

The Fern-leaf Peony

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The Fern-leaf Peony, aka Paeonia tenuifolia , is a very unique but well-known and popular perennial. It has several forms and has also been...

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Hosta 'Gold Standard'

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A back-lit leaf of Hosta 'Gold Standard', perhaps the most significant cultivar ever introduced.

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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Hosta 'Liberty'

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Very rarely it seems, does one come across a specimen of a plant that instantly and dramatically takes them aback, especially one of a varie...

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

Lilium 'Painted Ladies'

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Several years ago, I was fascinated by a "new" offering in Jelitto's latest catalogue listed as Lilium Martagon-Hybr. 'Pai...

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coolplantsguy: Niagara-on-the-Lake (zone 6), Ontario, Canada; Plantsman; General Manager at Brookdale Treeland Nursery - Niagara; gardener, photographer, speaker, author.

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