Lactuca sativa ( Big Boston Lettuce )

‘Big Boston’, also known as ‘Trocadero’, ‘Tate’s Forcing White’, and ‘Giant White Forcing’ is a white-seeded heirloom variety introduced in America in the late 1800’s. The lettuce produces medium-large heads, globular in shape. The leaves are light green with brown […]

Lactuca sativa ( All-Year-Round Lettuce )

‘All-Year-Round’, a white-seeded heirloom variety also known as ‘Hubbard’s Market’, ‘White Summer’, and ‘Top Notch’, is a butterhead or cabbaging lettuce with dark green, crinkled leaves whose edges are straight. This is an excellent variety to grow farther North. In […]

Lactuca sativa ( Aleppo Lettuce )

‘Aleppo’, also known as ‘Spotted Cos’ is an heirloom variety of lettuce dating back to the 17th century. It is a short romaine lettuce with bright green leaves which have a slightly floppy habit. The leaves are savoyed and speckled […]

Lachenalia unicolor ( Unicolor Cape Cowslip )

Bulbous herbaceous perennial native to South Africa. Flowers vary from green tipped cream, to pink, lilac, blue, or purple with dark tips. The light to dark green leaves are strap-like, often with maroon warts. Can be planted in the border […]

Lachenalia orchioides ( Orchioides Cape Cowslip )

Bulbous herbaceous perennial native to South Africa. Fragrant white, cream or greenish yellow flowers are oblong-cylindrical-shaped. Usually bears only one to two mid-green strap-like leaves, sometimes with a pretty brown mottled pattern. Can be planted in the border in warm […]

Lachenalia contaminata ( Angustifolia Cape Cowslip )

Bulbous herbaceous perennial native to South Africa. Slightly scented white flowers are bell-shaped, tipped and striped with maroon. Mid- to deep green leaves are erect, narrow, grass-like. Can be planted in the border in warm climates, or in containers. Frost […]

Lachenalia aloides ( Tricolor Cape Cowslip )

Bulbous herbaceous perennial native to South Africa. Yellow flowers with scarlet tipped inner tepals. Mid-green leaves are strap-like, semi-erect and spotted with purple. Can be planted in the border in warm climates, or in containers. Frost tender, requiring minimum temperatures […]

Lachenalia aloides ( Nelsonii Cape Cowslip )

Bulbous herbaceous perennial native to South Africa. Racemes bear up to 20 yellow tubular flowers. Mid-green leaves are strap-like and basal. Can be planted in the border in warm climates, or in containers. Frost tender, requiring minimum temperatures of 36 […]

Laburnum watereri ( Pendulum Watereri Laburnum )

Upright oval to round-headed tree with weeping slender branches. Produces vivid green leaves consisting of 3 elliptic to elliptic-oblong leaflets up to 3 inches long. Lemon yellow 15 inch long pendant racemes in late spring. Usually grown for its showy […]

Laburnum watereri ( Aureum Laburnum )

Upright oval to round-headed tree with golden yellow leaves consisting of 3 elliptic to elliptic-oblong leaflets up to 3 inches long. Produces fragrant yellow 3/4 inch flowers on 6 to 10 inch pendant racemes in late spring. Usually grown for […]