(Fairy Primrose)

Fairy primrose is among the most charming of all cool season perennials. It is native to China where it inhabits moist areas at the edges of fields and forests. It was not introduced to the west until the end of the Nineteenth Century.

This sweet little primrose forms neat clumps of flat, soft, downy leaves with undulating edges. The flowers are what make fairy primrose so magical. Each rosette sends up a straight leafless stem with up to three tiered whorls of small blossoms with lobed petal...

(Bruce Japanese Plum, Dwarf Japanese Plum, Hybrid Japanese Plum)

A small shrubby tree native to China, Japanese plum takes its common name from the country in which it has long been cultivated for its juicy flavorful fruit. Japanese plums are now grown worldwide. A hybrid between Japanese plum and plums native to the United States, 'Bruce' is well adapted to the southern United States and other hot humid climates. It bears orange, yellow-fleshed fruit in late spring or early summer. The white flowers appear in late winter or early spring, before the rounded, glossy...

(Apricot)

This deciduous fruit bearing tree is the parent of most modern apricot cultivars. Native to Northeast China, and introduced to cultivation there more than 3,000 years ago, the apricot reached southeastern Europe via Armenia or Persia in about 70 BC. It was later introduced to Spain by the Arabs. It arrived in England and the eastern United States in the seventeenth century; Spanish missionaries brought it to California in the eighteenth century. Few selections were made until the nineteenth century....

(Apricot)

This deciduous fruit bearing tree is the parent of most modern apricot cultivars. Native to Northeast China, and introduced to cultivation there more than 3,000 years ago, the apricot reached southeastern Europe via Armenia or Persia in about 70 BC. It was later introduced to Spain by the Arabs. It arrived in England and the eastern United States in the seventeenth century; Spanish missionaries brought it to California in the eighteenth century. Few selections were made until the nineteenth century....

(Apricot)

An early-bearing apricot whose fruits ripen several days before those of 'Blenheim,' 'Early Golden' is also less susceptible to frost because of its somewhat later bloom. Like most modern apricots, it is a selection of Prunus armeniaca, a native of Northeast China that has been cultivated there for more than 3,000 years.

This small to medium-sized tree has spreading branches studded with short spur-like branchlets. The oval, bright green leaves have serrated edges and reddish purple...

(Apricot)

A recent introduction from England, 'Golden Glow' is considered one of the hardiest and most reliable apricot cultivars in its country of origin. Like most modern apricots, it is a selection of Prunus armeniaca, a native of Northeast China that has been cultivated there for more than 3,000 years.

This small to medium-sized tree has spreading branches studded with short spur-like branchlets. The oval, bright green leaves have serrated edges and reddish purple petioles (stems). In early...

(Apricot)

This deciduous fruit bearing tree is the parent of most modern apricot cultivars. Native to Northeast China, and introduced to cultivation there more than 3,000 years ago, the apricot reached southeastern Europe via Armenia or Persia in about 70 BC. It was later introduced to Spain by the Arabs. It arrived in England and the eastern United States in the seventeenth century; Spanish missionaries brought it to California in the eighteenth century. Few selections were made until the nineteenth century....

(Apricot)

This deciduous fruit bearing tree is the parent of most modern apricot cultivars. Native to Northeast China, and introduced to cultivation there more than 3,000 years ago, the apricot reached southeastern Europe via Armenia or Persia in about 70 BC. It was later introduced to Spain by the Arabs. It arrived in England and the eastern United States in the seventeenth century; Spanish missionaries brought it to California in the eighteenth century. Few selections were made until the nineteenth century....