Odd and Other Perennials

** Due to an injury, I'm trying to catch up at the nursery and it takes time **
I will update this web page later in the year.
Please call for availability if there is a plant you are interested in. Thank you.

I love odd, unusual plants and RidgeTop Farm's selection is growing each year. Some varieties still have limited quantites. Please call or email for availablility. If you email and do not get a reply within 4 days, please email again. Email can drop into "black holes" never to reach its destination.
For additional plants, other items, and information, please begin at my home page www.ridgetopfarm.com
Zones are USDA and often show the coldest zone only.
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Botanical Name
Common Name
Zone
Pot Size
Description/Comments
Price

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Vancouver Jade'
Kinnikinnick 'Vancouver Jade'
Zone 4
1 gallon
Evergreen ground cover with light pink flowers and bright red berries. The leaves on this variety are blue-green. Well drained soil. To 10 inches high, to 6 feet wide.
$8.00

Arundo donax 'Variegata'
Striped Giant Reed Grass
Zone 6
3 gallon
Clumping grass with cream and green, lengthwise striped blades that can reach 3 inches wide. Rarely flowers. It's big! To 8-10 feet tall.
$10.00

Asarum caudatum forma alba
Ginger
Zone 5
1 gallon
This lovely ginger is the white form of the native long-tail ginger. Instead of the brown flower, this plant has a cream colored flower.
$8.00

Aster dumosus 'Wood's Light Blue'
Wood's Light Blue Aster
Zone 4
1 gallon
Bushy plant with dark green leaves and light blue flowers in late summer through fall.
$7.00

Carex buchananii
Leatherleaf Sedge
Zone 7
1 gallon
From New Zealand, upright in growth. Copper coloured blades make great landscape accents. Best in full sun. To 2 feet tall.
$7.00

Corokia cotoneaster
Wire Netting Bush
Zone 8
1 gallon
This New Zealand bush has small, green, button shaped leaves with star shaped, yellow flowers in the spring and yellow fruit in the fall. Can be pruned to shape. Needs well drained soil. To 6 foot high, 6 foot tall. Part to full sun.
$10.00

Elegia capensis
Fountain Rush
Zone 8
1 gallon
From the Restio family of grasses, this plant is similar to a large horsetail, but finer in texture. Full sun and high moisture. To 7 foot tall.
** Available Fall 2006 **
$8.00

Gunnera manicata
Dinosaur Food
Zone 7-10
1 gallon
Large leaves resembling rhubarb, but tough and "spiny". Spikes covered in dark pink then yellow flowers in the spring. Needs lots of water! Zone 7-8, may need the crown protected from cold and standing water.
** Available Fall 2006 **
$10.00

Iris foetidissima 'Variegata'

Zone 6
1 gallon
Variegated cream and green foliage with lavender flowers in the summer. Large bright orange seeds in pods in the fall.
$7.00

Iris 'Thornbird'

Zone 6
1 gallon
"New age" iris with detached beard. Very interesting.
$6.00

Leycesteria formosa
Himalayan Honeysuckle
Zone 7
1 gallon
Deciduous bush with ruffled green leaves and red and white flowers. Summer blooms produce edible dark purple berries in the fall that taste like burnt carmel. Cut back to the base in early spring. Full sun or part shade. 6 foot high by 6 foot wide.
$8.00

Mitraria coccinea

Zone 8
3 gallon

Shrub with large pinnate leaves that smell a bit like peanut butter. To 3.5 feet tall, 3 feet wide.
$10.00

Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Virginia Creeper
Zone 3
1 gallon

Deciduous climbing vine with five leaves at the end of each stem. Green leaves in summer, bright red in fall. Self adheres with suction cups. $6.00

Salix yezoalpina
Ground Cover Willow
Zone 5
1 gallon
Spring leaves are covered in white fuzz which disappears as the leaves mature. Usually not taller than 6 inches. Slow spreading. One inch catkins.
$6.00

Sedum spurium 'Bronze Carpet'

Zone 4
4 inch pot
Ground cover of green and bronze foliage. Hot pink flowers.
$4.00

Stachys 'Countess Helon von Stein Zeppelin'
Lamb's Ear
Zone 6
1 gallon
Light green with silver tones, these fuzzy leafed plants hold their colour all year. Yellow blooms mid-summer. To 18 inches tall.
$6.00

RidgeTop Farm
North Plains, Oregon

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Image	Botanical Name	Common Name	Zone	Pot Size	Description/Comments	Price
	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Vancouver Jade'	Kinnikinnick 'Vancouver Jade'	Zone 4	1 gallon	Evergreen ground cover with light pink flowers and bright red berries. The leaves on this variety are blue-green. Well drained soil. To 10 inches high, to 6 feet wide.	$8.00
	Arundo donax 'Variegata'	Striped Giant Reed Grass	Zone 6	3 gallon	Clumping grass with cream and green, lengthwise striped blades that can reach 3 inches wide. Rarely flowers. It's big! To 8-10 feet tall.	$10.00
	Asarum caudatum forma alba	Ginger	Zone 5	1 gallon	This lovely ginger is the white form of the native long-tail ginger. Instead of the brown flower, this plant has a cream colored flower.	$8.00
	Aster dumosus 'Wood's Light Blue'	Wood's Light Blue Aster	Zone 4	1 gallon	Bushy plant with dark green leaves and light blue flowers in late summer through fall.	$7.00
	Carex buchananii	Leatherleaf Sedge	Zone 7	1 gallon	From New Zealand, upright in growth. Copper coloured blades make great landscape accents. Best in full sun. To 2 feet tall.	$7.00
	Corokia cotoneaster	Wire Netting Bush	Zone 8	1 gallon	This New Zealand bush has small, green, button shaped leaves with star shaped, yellow flowers in the spring and yellow fruit in the fall. Can be pruned to shape. Needs well drained soil. To 6 foot high, 6 foot tall. Part to full sun.	$10.00
	Elegia capensis	Fountain Rush	Zone 8	1 gallon	From the Restio family of grasses, this plant is similar to a large horsetail, but finer in texture. Full sun and high moisture. To 7 foot tall. Available Fall 2006	$8.00
	Gunnera manicata	Dinosaur Food	Zone 7-10	1 gallon	Large leaves resembling rhubarb, but tough and "spiny". Spikes covered in dark pink then yellow flowers in the spring. Needs lots of water! Zone 7-8, may need the crown protected from cold and standing water. Available Fall 2006	$10.00
	Iris foetidissima 'Variegata'		Zone 6	1 gallon	Variegated cream and green foliage with lavender flowers in the summer. Large bright orange seeds in pods in the fall.	$7.00
	Iris 'Thornbird'		Zone 6	1 gallon	"New age" iris with detached beard. Very interesting.	$6.00
	Leycesteria formosa	Himalayan Honeysuckle	Zone 7	1 gallon	Deciduous bush with ruffled green leaves and red and white flowers. Summer blooms produce edible dark purple berries in the fall that taste like burnt carmel. Cut back to the base in early spring. Full sun or part shade. 6 foot high by 6 foot wide.	$8.00
	Mitraria coccinea		Zone 8	3 gallon	Shrub with large pinnate leaves that smell a bit like peanut butter. To 3.5 feet tall, 3 feet wide.	$10.00
	Parthenocissus quinquefolia	Virginia Creeper	Zone 3	1 gallon	Deciduous climbing vine with five leaves at the end of each stem. Green leaves in summer, bright red in fall. Self adheres with suction cups.	$6.00
	Salix yezoalpina	Ground Cover Willow	Zone 5	1 gallon	Spring leaves are covered in white fuzz which disappears as the leaves mature. Usually not taller than 6 inches. Slow spreading. One inch catkins.	$6.00
	Sedum spurium 'Bronze Carpet'		Zone 4	4 inch pot	Ground cover of green and bronze foliage. Hot pink flowers.	$4.00
	Stachys 'Countess Helon von Stein Zeppelin'	Lamb's Ear	Zone 6	1 gallon	Light green with silver tones, these fuzzy leafed plants hold their colour all year. Yellow blooms mid-summer. To 18 inches tall.	$6.00