Description
and eventually named in honor of Wilmington NC pitcher plant lover
and larger mauvy-lavender sepals
Hosta 'Capitol Hill' adds a nice chartreuse-yellow border to the corrugated glossy dark green leaves
The only maintenance needed in the garden is to cut the old foliage to the ground in late winter/early spring
held above the foliage in early spring
Clematis pitcheri Pottawatomie Puya and eventually named in honorClematis pitcheri 'Pottawatomie' is a seed strain from the Kansas county of the same name (famed for the Civil War era Pottawatomie Massacre), shared by plantsman extraordinaire Aaron Floden. Clematis pitcheri 'Pottawatomie' makes a 12' tall vine with wiry brown stems. Two pendent purple bells emerge from each leaf axil, along with a leafy tendril that helps keep it attached to a fence or other support. For us, Clematis pitcheri 'Pottawatomie' begins