A short-lived clump-forming perennial with hairy lancelike, mid-green leaves. Blooms in mid to late summer with brilliant red or orange salverform flowers 2 inches across. Flowers are few and loose on terminal cymes with notched flowers. This perennial is know […]
Lychnis flos-jovis ( Hort’s Variety Catchfly )
Mat-forming perennial with unbranched, erect white-hairy stems and lance-shaped leaves 4 inches long. From early to late summer it blooms loosely rounded cymes of 4-10 rose-pink flowers 1 inch across with notched petals. This perennial is known for exceptional hardiness, […]
Lychnis coronaria ( Rose Campion )
This is a biennial or short-lived perennial known for exceptional hardiness, tolerant of poor soils and little water. Foliage is wooly, silvery-gray. Ovate-lance-shaped leaves up to 7 inches long. Blooms in late summer with rounded, purple or pale purple flowers, […]
Lychnis coronaria ( Alba Catchfly )
This is a biennial or short-lived perennial known for exceptional hardiness, tolerant of poor soils and little water. Foliage is wooly, silvery-gray. Ovate-lance-shaped leaves up to 7 inches long. Blooms in late summer with rounded, white flowers, 1 1/4 inch […]
Lychnis chalcedonica ( Rosea Catchfly )
This erect-stiff perennial is known for exceptional hardiness, tolerant of poor soils and little water. The foliage is mid-green and has unbranched, hairy stems with ovate leaves 2-3 inches long with heart-shaped bases. It blooms in early summer to mid-summer […]
Lychnis arkwrightii ( Arkwright Catchfly )
This perennial is short-lived but known for exceptional hardiness, tolerant of poor soils and little water. Foliage is hairy, dark brownish green, ovate to lance shaped and 3 inches long. From spring to early summer, star shaped cymes of orange-scarlet […]
Lycaste virginalis ( Lycaste Orchid )
5-6 inch flowers with cream sepals shaded white through lavender-pink. Flushed pink, reddish-purple petals, and pink lips. An epiphytic orchid with compressed pseudobulbs. Lance-shaped leaves grow to 24 inches. Many triangular-shaped flowers grow singly, on bare canes, from winter to […]
Lycaste longipetala ( Lycaste Orchid )
6 inch flowers, with light green sepals, darker petals, and orange-marked reddish lips. An epiphytic orchid with compressed pseudobulbs. Lance-shaped leaves grow to 24 inches. The large, triangular-shaped flowers grow singly, on bare canes, in summer. Can be grown epiphytically […]
Lycaste deppei ( Lycaste Orchid )
Red-spotted green sepals, white petals. The 3-lobed, yellow lips have red stripes and marks. An epiphytic orchid with compressed pseudobulbs. Lance-shaped leaves grow to 20 inches long. Many triangular-shaped flowers (to 3.5 inches across) grow singly, on bare canes, from […]
Lycaste candida ( Lycaste Orchid )
Red-spotted green sepals, brown-spotted white petals, and white lips spotted pink. An epiphytic orchid with compressed pseudobulbs. Lance-shaped leaves grow to 20 inches long. Many triangular-shaped flowers (to 4 inches across) grow singly, on bare canes, from spring to summer. […]