Great Plant Picks adds 2008 selections

The Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden updated its Great Plant Picks, a selection of plants geared for the Pacific Northwest. Each year the garden chooses dozens of plants from perennials and bulbs to vines. More than 65 plants made the list this year.

Selection criteria include ornamental value, ease of care and pest and disease resistance. Plants are also judged on adaptability to a variety of soils, lack of invasive qualities, multiple seasons of interest and not requiring excessive moisture, except aquatic plants.

Selections include:

Perennials and bulbs

Amaryllis belladonna, Begonia grandis subsp. evansiana, Digitalis grandiflora, Leucojum vernum, Muscari latifolium and Rodgersia aesculifolia.

Sedum and primula

Primula beesiana, P. bulleyana, P. japonica, P. poissonii, Sedum spurium ‘Doctor John Creech,’ ‘Pink Jewel’ and ‘Ruby Mantle.’

The entire list is available online.

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For more: Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden, (206) 362-8612; www.greatplantpicks.org.

May 2008