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, white, or scarlet flowers 1 inch across with notched petals. This perennial is known […]
Lychnis flos-cuculi ( Ragged Robin Catchfly )
This is an upright or spreading, lightly hairy perennial known for exceptional hardiness, tolerant of poor soils and little water. Foliage is lance-shaped and bluish green, 5 inches long. From late spring to early summer it blooms branched, terminal cymes […]
Lychnis coronaria ( Angel’s Blush 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 with cerise eyes, 1 […]
Lychnis coronaria ( Abbotswood Rose Lychnis )
This annual or perennial is know for exceptional hardiness, tolerant of poor soils and little water. Foliage is oval, gray leaves and stems and from spring to early summer, brilliant purple 5-petaled flowers, up to 1 inch across present from […]
Lychnis chalcedonica ( Maltese cross )
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 alpina ( Alpine Catchfly )
Dwarf, tufted perennial. Leaves grow in rosettes of lance-shaped dark green leaves. Purplish pink flowers 1 inch across with frilly edges, in rounded terminal cymes present from spring to early summer. This perennial is known for exceptional hardiness, tolerant of […]
Lycaste skinneri ( Lycaste Orchid )
5-6 inch flowers with cream sepals shaded white to pink to lavendar-pink. Flushed pink to 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 […]
Lycaste gigantea ( 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 cruenta ( Lycaste Orchid )
Fragrant, yellowish-green sepals and orange petals. 3-lobed orange lips, with red markings. An epiphytic orchid with compressed pseudobulbs. Lance-shaped leaves grow to 18 inches. Many cinnamon-scented triangular-shaped flowers (to 3 inches across) grow on canes from spring to summer. Can […]
Lycaste brevisphatha ( Lycaste Orchid )
Red-spotted green sepals, brown-spotted white petals, and white lips spotted pink. 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 […]