Plants You Can’t Live Without

By Gardennia nutii

I decided to shop differently this year at the HPSO Spring Plant Sale & Garden Festival: instead of picking the plants myself I asked various nursery owners to tell me about the plants they couldn't live without and then bought those plants. A video of the nursery owners telling me why they love the plants they picked, and providing plant growing conditions and attributes is below. I'll plant these recommendations next weekend and give you an update on how they perform in a few months. Enjoy!

List of nurseries and plant recommendations:

• Ellen Egan of Egan Gardens (http://www.egangardens.com/) recommends Oenothera 'Lemon Drop'
• Fred Weisensee of Dancing Oaks Nursery (http://www.dancingoaks.com/) recommends Baptisia and Bletilla striata 'Kuchibeni'
• Carol Westergreen of Out in the Garden Nursery (http://www.outinthegardennursery.com/) recommends Farfugium japonicum 'Shishi Botan'
• Anthony Bernert of Green Gate Nursery (http://www.greengatenursery.com/) recommends Eomecon chionantha 'Snow Poppy' and Primula kisoana
• Becky Wright-Sell of Sedum Chicks (http://www.sedumchicks.com/) recommends Delosperma cooperi and Delosperma nubigenum
• Jim Gilbert of One Green World (http://www.onegreenworld.com/) recommends Figs and Lycium barbarum (Goji berry)