VERONICASTRUM virginicum 'Albo-Rosea'
(ver-ON-ih-KAS-trum) (ver-JIN-ih-kum) | VEROAR3 |
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| Common Name: Culver's Physic |
| Description: Delicate pink-white flowers summer-fall. |
| Zone: 4 |
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VIGNA caracalla
(VIG-na) (kar-a-KAL-a) | VIGNCA3 |
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| Common Name: Snail Flower, Corkscrew Flower, Snail Bean |
| Description: Unique, large, snail-shaped, pink-purple flowers all summer on this tender, twining vine. For trellises, baskets, and planters. |
| Zone: 9 |
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VINCA major 'Variegata'
(VING-ka) (MAY-jor) | VINCVA3 |
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| Common Name: Periwinkle |
| Description: RHS Award of Garden Merit. Popular vine for baskets and planters. |
| Zone: 6 |
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VINCA major 'WoJo's Jem' PP# 11,809
(VING-ka) (MAY-jor) | VINCWJ3 |
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| Common Name: Periwinkle |
| Description: Spectacular, newer variety with vivid, creamy to bright yellow leaf centers, dark green leaf edges. Propagation Prohibited. |
| Zone: 6 |
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VINCA minor
(VING-ka) (MY-ner) | VINCMI3 |
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| Common Name: Periwinkle, Myrtle |
| Description: Rich, glossy, green ground cover; blue flowers. Tolerates dry shade. |
| Zone: 4 |
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VINCA minor 'Illumination' PP# 12,132
(VING-ka) (MY-ner) | VINCIL3 |
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| Common Name: Periwinkle |
| Description: Stunning Vinca with unique, variegated, golden foliage. Blue flowering in spring contrast beautifully with the yellow and green foliage. Trailing, spreading habit makes a fine ground cover, rock garden, border, or container plant. It lights up the landscape in sun or shade. Propagation Prohibited. |
| Zone: 4 |
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VINCA minor 'La Grave'
(VING-ka) (MY-ner) | VINCLA3 |
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| Common Name: Periwinkle |
| Description: RHS Award of Garden Merit. Dark, glossy green foliage tending to grow in mounds; deep blue flowers. |
| Zone: 4 |
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VINCA minor 'Ralph Shugert' PP# 6,960
(VING-ka) (MY-ner) | VINCRS3 |
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| Common Name: Periwinkle |
| Description: Blue blossoms; lush, dark green foliage variegated with clearly defined white edges. An exciting plant with robust growth. Propagation Prohibited. |
| Zone: 4 |
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VIOLA corsica
(VY-oh-la) (KOR-sik-a) | VIOLCO3 |
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| Common Name: Violet |
| Description: 2003 Plant Select®. From the Mediterranean; lovely bright purple-violet, 1" flowers early spring to late fall. Can tolerate considerable drought. Reseeds moderately. |
| Zone: 5 |
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VIOLA labradorica
(VY-oh-la) (lab-ra-DOOR-ih-ka) | VIOLLA3 |
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| Common Name: Violet |
| Description: Unique, purple foliage; purple spurred flowers. |
| Zone: 3 |
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VIOLA odorata 'Konigin Charlotte'
(VY-oh-la) (o-dor-AH-ta) | VIOLKC3 |
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| Common Name: Violet |
| Description: Fragrant, floriferous, blue 'sweet violet'. |
| Zone: 5 |
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VIOLA odorata 'Rosina'
(VY-oh-la) (o-dor-AH-ta) | VIOLRO3 |
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| Common Name: Strawberry Viola |
| Description: Deep pink flowering, seedless, long blooming 'sweet violet'. Fragrance galor! |
| Zone: 5 |
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VIOLA pedata
(VY-oh-la) (pe-DAH-ta) | VIOLPE3 |
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| Common Name: Bird-foot Viola |
| Description: Eastern and central U.S. wildflower with distinctively cut leaves; showy, light violet-blue flowers in spring-early summer. Native in acid soils. |
| Zone: 4 |
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VIOLA x wickrottii 'Ultima Morpho'
(VY-oh-la) (wick-ROT-ee-eye) | VIOLUM3 |
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| Common Name: Pansy |
| Description: 2002 AAS Winner! Distinctive mid blue upper petals; bright yellow lower petals with 'whiskers'. Very floriferous with a long bloom season. Available spring and fall only. |
| Zone: 4 |
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WEIGELA praecox 'April Snow' PP# 20,006
(wy-JEE-lah) (PRAY-koks) | WEIGAS5 |
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| Description: Pure white selection made from seed collected by Bluebird Nursery's founder, Harlan Hamernik, on the Wutai Shan (mountains), northern Shanxi Province, China. Rare, white, spring flowering shrub. Propagation Prohibited. |
| Zone: 4 |
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WISTERIA frutescens 'Aunt Maude'
(wis-TER-ee-ah) (froo-TESS-enz) | WISTAM5 |
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| Common Name: American Wisteria |
| Description: Faintly scented, blue-violet flowers in racemes of 30-50 are densely packed on current season's growth. Long, shiny seed pods add interest in late summer and fall. A native of the southeastern U.S. this hardy strain has been performing beautifully on a pergola at the Bailey Wye at the Henry Doorly Zoo. |
| Zone: 4 |
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ZAUSCHNERIA garrettii (ORANGE CARPET®)
(zowsh-NER-ee-a) (gar-RET-ee-eye) | ZAUSOC3 |
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| Common Name: California Fuchsia |
| Description: 2001 Plant Select®. Masses of flowing, orange-scarlet flowers summer to fall. Selected from seed collected in Idaho. Available after 4-15. |
| Zone: 4 |
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ZIZIA aptera
(ZIZ-ee-ah) (AP-ter-a) | ZIZIAP3 |
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| Common Name: Heartleaf Alexanders, Meadow Parsley |
| Description: Umbels of many, yellow flowers on this attractive, Great Plains native. |
| Zone: 3 |
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