Living Fashion New Zealand Catalogue 2013-2014

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Fashion Catalogue 2013 - 2014

Living Fashion Forecast It’s all about colour.

Contents

Vibrant perennials are attracting

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New Releases 2013-14

the attention of the new and

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Abutilon Lucky Lanterns®

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Belarina® Primulas

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Dianthus Magnifi-scent Pinks®

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Echinaceas

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Hellebores

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Heucheras

the new ‘Magnifi-scent’ Pinks®,

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Heucherellas

‘retro’ is ‘in’. Thanks to the

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Hostas

talents and perseverance of

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Hydrangeas

our dedicated plant breeders

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Inca Alstroemerias

we continue to be able to offer

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Lavender

seasoned gardener alike.

The trends are also to the revival of the retro, often with a twist.

A ‘re-make’ of varieties of yester-year demonstrated by the phenomenal success of

the gardener varieties that last longer, are more compact and appropriate to the urban or ‘limited space’ garden, and flower to a far greater extent than older varieties.

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Nemesia Berry Delight Series

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Penstemon Taffy Series

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Scabiosas and more

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Plant Availability Guide

NEW RELEASES (opposite from top left): Abutilon ‘Lucky Lantern White’, Belarina Primulas (pictured) ‘Cobalt Blue’, Dianthus ‘Memories’, Dianthus ‘Rebekah’, Dianthus ‘Waterloo Sunset’, Heucherella ‘Solar Eclipse’, Inca Alstroemeria ‘Sweety’, Inca Alstroemeria ‘Vito’, Living Fashion perennials are brought to you by: InPlants (2006) Ltd, PO Box 44, Patumahoe South Auckland 2344 09 236 3260 www.livingfashion.co.nz

Nemesia ’Berry Delight Series’ (pictured) ‘Blueberry Ripple’, ‘The Princess Lavender’, Rudbeckia ‘Little Goldstar’, Tulbaghias ‘Milky Way’ (pictured) and ‘Dark Star’.

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Abutilons - Lucky Lanterns Chinese Lanterns, or Abutilons, are a popular flowering shrub but quickly become too big and

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unruly for the average garden. Dwarf ‘Lucky Lantern’ Abutilons are bred to remain compact to 50-80cm tall and are smothered in pretty bell flowers for many months of the year.

Available in four colours. Cat not included.

Lucky Lantern® ‘White’ 4

Lucky Lantern® ‘Yellow’

Lucky Lantern® ‘Red’ 5

Lucky Lantern® ‘Orange’

Belarina® Series Primulas Delightfully double and packed with flower power NEW Belarina® Primulas are an irresistible early spring purchase for the gardener. Pretty as a picture in pots or gracing the woodland garden these little beauties give the winter garden a welcome lift, in five gorgeous colours pictured.

Belarina® ‘Nectarine’ 6

Belarina® ‘Buttercup’

Belarina® ‘Cream’

Belarina® ‘Valentine’ 7

Belarina® ‘Cobalt Blue’

Dianthus-Magnifi-scent Pinks® These lovely compact double dianthus have extraordinary perfume, the most prolific and

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delightful rosette flowers, combined with compact blue mounded foliage, neat and attractive all year round. Bred by the world renowned and award winning Whetman Pinks of the UK. Available in several delightful shades .

Dianthus ‘Rebekah’ 8

Dianthus ‘Candyfloss’

Dianthus ‘Sugar Plum’

Dianthus ‘Memories’ 9

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Dianthus ‘Waterloo Sunset’

Echinaceas Vibrant and gorgeous Echinaceas come in several stunning colours and are irresistible as an impulse purchase for the perennials border.

These varieties are relatively compact lending themselves to good garden form as well as being perfect for picking and bringing indoors to brighten the home.

Echinacea ‘Daydream’ 10

Echinacea Echinacea ‘Tomato Soup’

‘Amazing Dream’

Echinacea ‘Mamamia’ 11

Echinacea ‘Pink Poodle’

Hellebores Majestic winter roses flower when there is little else in the garden. These charming recent releases cover early winter with the emergence of ‘Winter Sunshine’s masses of elegant flowers, to the later arrival of the spectacular ‘Tutu’ with its striking ruffled and speckled flower held on upright and sturdy stems making the flower easily appreciated.

Hellebore ‘Tutu’ 12

Hellebore ‘Winter Sunshine’ 13

Heucheras Landscape heucheras in all the colours of the rainbow are tough, versatile and capable of illuminating shaded dark corners of the garden with stunning colour, texture and form. These amazing and hardy perennials are the fashion essential of the modern garden. Shown here a selection of top sellers this season. See pages 34-5 for full range.

Heuchera ‘Obsidian’ 14

Heuchera Heuchera ‘Midnight Rose’

‘Lime Marmalade’

Heuchera ‘Sugar Plum’ 15

Heuchera ‘Crisp Series’

Heucherellas A cross between a Heuchera and a Tiarella, these gorgeous shade lovers have striking colourful foliage and form combined with incredible vigour and toughness. Heucherellas enjoy a shaded situation under trees and look spectacular planted in drifts similar to Tiarellas. Their colour palette evolves through the seasons as with some heucheras.

Heucherella ‘Brass Lantern’ 16

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Heucherella ‘Solar Eclipse’

Heucherella ‘Alabama Sunrise’ 17

Heucherella ‘Sweet Tea’

Hostas A range of shade loving hostas, some (very) big, some petite and some with exceptional snail-hardiness which will be welcomed by the home gardener. Hostas are coming back into vogue having been out of the lime light for a few years, valued in the shade garden for their spectacular foliage and form.

Hosta ‘Hudson Bay’ 18

Hosta ‘Empress Wu’

Hosta ‘Purple Heart’ 19

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Hosta ‘Raspberry Sundae’

Hydrangeas Our tried and tested compact hydrangeas flower prolifically throughout the summer months maturing to a tidy compact bush of just 1m x 1m, ideal for the court yard or smaller garden. The flower heads on these hydrangeas are large and produced in profusion, set attractively on healthy dark green foliage. Great garden performers.

Hydrangea ‘Schneeball’ 20

Hydrangea Hydrangea ‘Saturn’

‘Renate Steineger’

Hydrangea ‘Paris’ 21

Hydrangea ‘Zurich’

Inca Alstroemerias Inca Alstroemerias are the perfect height and form for the garden. Not too tall. Not too short. Just

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right for picking lovely floral bouquets to give as a gift or put in a vase virtually 8 months of the year!

These beautiful Alstroemerias are one of the best value flowering perennials you can get performing almost year-round. See the full range pages 34-5.

Inca Alstroemeria ‘Sweety’ 22

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Inca Alstroemeria ‘Vito’

Inca Alstroemeria ‘Glow’ 23

Inca Alstroemeria ‘Desert’

The Princess Lavender The most outstanding new Lavender in a decade is coming this spring! ‘The Princess Lavender’ is a hybrid of three popular varieties which has resulted in the most stunning neon pink bracts and a very early flowering period from late winter right through spring.

Growing to 70x70cm the stunning spring colour has to be seen to be believed.

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Fantastic hedge lavender

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Leucanthemums Lovely Leucanthemums now come in the most gorgeous compact ruffled and frilled Shasta Daisy flowers with all the performance and very little of the Shasta smell. From purest white doubles to the top performing creamy butter yellow ’Banana Cream’ these beautiful compact daisies flower for months on end over late spring and summer.

Leucanthemum ‘Paladin’ 26

Leucanthemum ‘Banana Cream’

Leucanthemum ‘Paladin’

Leucanthemum ‘Bridal Bouquet’ 27

Leucanthemum ‘Banana Cream’

Nemesia ‘Berry Delight’ Series The ‘Berry Delight’ Series of Nemesias have been bred in the UK to produce compact, hardy plants with large and prolific flowering performance over a longer period than is usual for Nemesias. These stunning perennials will peak flower from early spring heralding the end of winter.

Nemesia ‘Blueberry Ripple’ 28

Nemesia Nemesia ‘Berries and Cream’

‘Raspberries and Cream’

Nemesia ‘Berries and Cream’ 29

Nemesia ‘Strawberry Ripple’

Penstemon Taffy Series The Taffy Penstemons are truly a quantum leap on older varieties. They flower bigger, bolder, stronger and longer! When it comes to making a show in the garden the Taffy Penstemons with their glorious trumpets and healthy free flowering habit are a ‘must have’ garden perennial. Four fabulous colours.

Penstemon ‘Blueberry Taffy’ 30

Penstemon ‘Watermelon Taffy’

Penstemon ‘Grape Taffy’ 31

Penstemon ‘Strawberry Taffy’

Scabiosas and more…

When it comes down to it there are more gorgeous perennials in the Living Fashion Range than pages in this book. Scabiosas in vibrant deepest mauves, the stunningly compact Rudbeckia ‘Little Goldstar’ and some fabulous landscape perennials with strikingly different forms. To explore the full range visit our website www.livingfashion.co.nz

Scabiosa ‘Vivid Violet’ 32

Ligularia Reniformis with Scabiosa ‘Crimson Clouds’

Sedum ‘Makinoi Ogon’

Rudbeckia Little Goldstar’ 33

Gaura ‘So White’

Living Fashion Plant Availability Planner Plant Name

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Abutilon ‘Lucky Lantern Orange’ E PVR Abutilon ‘Lucky Lantern Red’ E PVR Abutilon ‘Lucky Lantern Yellow’ E PVR Abutilon ‘Lucky Lantern White’ E PVR NEW 2013 Actaea ‘Black Negligee’ Ajuga ‘Black Scallop’ PVR Ajuga ‘Blueberry Muffin’ Belarina ‘Primula Buttercup’ NEW 2013 Belarina ‘Primula Cobalt Blue’ NEW 2013 Belarina ‘Primula Cream’ NEW 2013 Belarina ‘Primula Nectarine’ NEW 2013 Belarina ‘Primula Valentine’ E PVR NEW 2013 Bergenia ‘Lunar Glow’ Bergenia ‘Pink Dragonfly’ Brunnera ‘Emerald Mist’ Brunnera ‘Looking Glass’ Campanula ‘Blue Eyed Blonde’ Campanula ‘Mystic Bells’ PVR Convulvulus ‘Full Moon’ Convulvulus ‘Two Moons’ Coreopsis ‘Mango Punch’ Coreopsis ‘Rum Punch’ Coreopsis ‘Strawberry Punch’ Corydalis ‘Elata’ Cuphea ‘Tiny Mice’ Dianthus ‘Candy Floss’ Dianthus ‘Coconut Sundae’ Dianthus ‘Memories’ E PVR NEW 2013 Dianthus ‘Passion’ PVR Dianthus ‘Rebekah’ E PVR NEW 2013 Dianthus ‘Rosebud’ PVR Dianthus ‘Slap n Tickle’ PVR Dianthus ‘Sugar Plum’ PVR Dianthus ‘Waterloo Sunset’ NEW 2013 Diascia ‘Coral’ Diascia ‘Pink’ Diascia ‘Strawberry’ Dicentra ‘King of Hearts’ Echinacea ‘Amazing Dream’ Echinacea ‘DayDream’ Echinacea ‘Hope’ Echinacea ‘Mamamia’ Echinacea ‘Pink Poodle’ Echinacea ‘Tiki Torch’ Echinacea ‘Tomato Soup’ Euphorbia ‘Tasmanian Tiger’ Federation Crazy ‘Daisy Pink’ PVR Federation Crazy ‘Daisy White’ PVR Federation Crazy ‘Daisy Yellow’ PVR Federation Daisy ‘Carmine Supernova’ PVR Federation Daisy ‘Sulemio’ PVR Federation Daisy ‘Sugar Candy’ PVR Federation Daisy ‘Sugar Cheer’ PVR Federation Daisy ‘Sugar Crystals’ PVR Federation Daisy ‘Sugar Ice’ PVR Federation Daisy ‘Sultans Pride’ PVR Federation Daisy ‘Summer Stars’ PVR Federation Daisy ‘Sunrise Rose’ PVR Federations - Gazania ‘Krakatoa’ PVR Federations - Gazania ‘Vesuvius’ PVR Fuchsia ‘Firecracker’ Gaillardia ‘Red Sun’ Gaura ‘So White’ PVR Geum ‘Eos’ Geum ‘Fireball’ Geum ‘Firestorm’ Helleborus ‘Tutu’ PVR Helleborus ‘Winter Sunshine’ PVR Heuchera ‘Autumn Leaves’ Heuchera ‘Berry Smoothie’ Heuchera ‘Chocolate Ruffles’ Heuchera Crisp Series ‘Apple Crisp’ Heuchera Crisp Series ‘Blackberry Crisp’ Heuchera Crisp Series ‘Peach Crisp’ Heuchera Crisp Series ‘Pear Crisp’ Heuchera ‘Electra’ Heuchera ‘Ginger Peach’ Heuchera ‘Green Spice’ Heuchera ‘Lime Marmalade’ Heuchera ‘Marmalade’ PVR Heuchera ‘Midnight Bayou’

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Plant Name Heuchera ‘Midnight Rose’ PVR Heuchera ‘Mint Julep’ Heuchera ‘Obsidian’ PVR Heuchera ‘Paris’ Heuchera ‘Peach Flambe’ Heuchera ‘Plum Royale’ Heuchera ‘Shanghai’ Heuchera ‘Sugar Plum’ Heucherella ‘Alabama Sunrise’ Heucherella ‘Brass Lantern’ Heucherella ‘Solar Eclipse’ NEW 2013 Heucherella ‘Sweet Tea’ Hibiscus ‘Cranberry Crush’ Re-intro 2014 Hibiscus ‘Jazzberry Jam’ Re-intro 2014 Hibiscus ‘Summer Storm’ Re-intro 2014 Hosta ‘Empress Wu’ Hosta ‘Hudson Bay’ Hosta ‘Purple Heart’ Hosta ‘Raspberry Sundae’ Hydrangea ‘Blue Earth’ Hydrangea ‘Fuji Waterfall’ Hydrangea ‘Nizza’ Hydrangea ‘Paris’ Hydrangea ‘Renate Steineger’ Hydrangea ‘Saturn’ Hydrangea ‘Schneeball’ Hydrangea ‘Venice’ Hydrangea ‘Zurich’ Inca Alstroemeria ‘Adore’ PVR Inca Alstroemeria ‘Avanti’ E PVR Inca Alstroemeria ‘Desert’ Inca Alstroemeria ‘Devotion’ Inca Alstroemeria ‘Exotica’ PVR Inca Alstroemeria ‘Glow’ PVR Inca Alstroemeria ‘Joli’ E PVR Inca Alstroemeria ‘Mardi Gras’ PVR Inca Alstroemeria ‘Pulse’ PVR Inca Alstroemeria ‘Sweety’ E PVR NEW 2013 Inca Alstroemeria ‘Vito’ E PVR NEW 2013 Inca Alstroemeria ‘Yuko’ NEW 2013 Inca Alstroemeria ‘Tropic’ Kniphofia ‘Ember Glow’ Kniphofia ‘Fire Glow’ Kniphofia ‘Pineapple Popsicle’ Leucanthemum ‘Banana Cream’ E PVR Leucanthemum ‘Bridal Bouquet’ E PVR Leucanthemum ‘Paladin’ E PVR Ligularia ‘Reniformis’ Nemesia ‘Berries and Cream’ NEW 2013 Nemesia ‘Blueberry Ripple’ NEW 2013 Nemesia ‘Raspberries and Cream’ NEW 2013 Nemesia ‘Strawberry Ripple’ NEW 2013 Penstemon ‘Blueberry Taffy’ PVR Penstemon ‘Grape Taffy’ PVR Penstemon ‘Strawberry Taffy’ PVR Penstemon ‘Watermelon Taffy’ PVR Podophyllum ‘Kaleidoscope’ Polemonium ‘Snow and Sapphires’ PVR Polemonium ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Polemonium ‘Touch of Class’ E PVR Pulmonaria ‘Raspberry Splash’ Rudbeckia ‘Little Goldstar’ E PVR NEW 2013 Salvia ‘Glare’ Salvia ‘Silver Sabre’ Scabiosa ‘Crimson Clouds’ E PVR Scabiosa ‘Vivid Violet’ Sedum ‘Chocolate Drop’ Sedum ‘Hot Stuff’ Sedum ‘Makinoi Ogon’ Sedum ‘Mr Goodbud’ ‘The Princess Lavender’ E PVR NEW 2013 Tiarella ‘Happy Trails’ Tiarella ‘Neon Lights’ Tiarella ‘Oregon Trail’ Tulbaghia ‘Dark Star’ E PVR NEW 2014 Tulbaghia ‘Milky Way’ E PVR NEW 2014 Verbascum ‘Dark Eyes’ Verbascum ‘Lavender Lass’ Verbascum ‘Royalty’ Verbascum ‘Sierra Sunset’ Viola ‘Heart Throb’

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Living Fashion Wholesale Growers: North Island: Colorworx Nursery Ltd, Bay of Plenty Phone 07 552 4731 Fax 07 552 4385 Email colorworxadmin@xtra.co.nz Growing Spectrum, Waikato Phone 07 871 6162 Fax 07 871 4006 Email sales@growingspectrum.co.nz

South Island: Trents Nursery, Christchurch Phone 03 349 1303 Fax 03 349 8344 Email info@trentsnursery.co.nz

Mail Order Nationwide: Parva Plants, Christchurch Phone 03 349 4918 Fax 03 349 4913 Email info@parva.co.nz

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