Some Like It Variegated: A Pilgrimage to Broken Arrow Nursery - Gardenista

Some Like It Variegated: A Pilgrimage to Broken Arrow Nursery - Gardenista
All great gardeners will tell you the same thing: don’t select plants for flowers alone. Thanks to plant propagators, the world of interesting foliage keeps expanding. I’d been wanting an excuse to take a drive to a nursery that has a cult following in the garden community.
Photography by Maria Robledo.
(Upper Left) A Platanus x acerifloia ‘Suttneri’, Ulmus carpinifolia ‘Variegata’ (Middle), and Magnolia x ‘Fran Smith’ (Right). Shown at bottom, Acer truncatum ‘Akikaze Nishiki.’. The season officially starts April 1 and runs to the end of October.
(Left) Syringa vulgaris ‘Aucubaefolia’, (Middle) Acer palmatum ‘Hana Matoi’, and (Right) Zelkova serrat ‘Goshiki’.
(Left) A Hydrangea paniculata ‘Yuki Gessho’, a (Middle) Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘White Surprise’, and (Right) a Buddleja davidii ‘Summer Skies’.
A Spirea x vanhouttei ‘Pink Ice’.
A Ligularia ‘Osiris Chameleon.’
(Left): A Euphorbia x martinii ‘Ascot Rainbow’; (Middle) a Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegata’; (Lower Left) Carex conica ‘Snowline’, and a Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’.
At Top Left, a Cryptomeria japonica ‘Knaptonensis’; (Bottom left and upper right) Pinus parviflora ‘Tani Mano Uki’, and the long branch in the Middle is Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Special Variegated.’
A Daphne x transatlantica ‘Summer Ice’.
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