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Welcome to Mark’s dream section. The smaller the plant is, the more he likes it. "I find these miniatures, so often overlooked and even walked on, absolutely fascinating. Why? Possibly as I mature in my plant tastes, the subtle details of these noble, slow growers are just as exciting as their substantial, bold, splashy counterparts. Certainly it has to do with no matter how many varieties I find, there are, literally, always room for more. And there's the fact that they are just darn cute, like the tiny doll furniture, that make you yearn to be just their size. I suppose I like the contrast with this weird world and my own sacred space, where everything is child-like perfection for my boys and me. No war, no hunger, and no weeds! Creating authentic miniature worlds, transport the artists and lucky participants."

We hope you enjoy these selections as much as we have reveled in collecting them.

Fuchsia, Lottie Hobby Topiary

Fuchsia 'Lottie Hobby'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 7b 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: P.Shade-P.Sun to Shade
Height: 24in. x 24
Water: Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Common Uses:Bonsai, Container, Culinary, Garden Railroads, Miniature/Faery Garden, Shade, Topiary

Absolutely miniature, 1/2"" flowers of dazzling pink and rose red emerge between 1/4 to 3/8 inch leaves. Collected from a fuchsia show in the Seattle area (capital of Cappucino, Fushsias and cooler summers), yet it grew great during our summer heat. Since September, Lottie Hobby has not stopped flowering, indoors. Use in railroad gardens on edges of raised beds or in miniature landscapes as the trailing feature. Did you know that fuchsia flowers and the fruit, are not only edible, but they are darn right tasty!

Fuchsia, Variegated Lottie Hobby

Fuchsia 'Variegated Lottie Hobby'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: P.Shade-P.Sun to Shade
Height: 18in. x 18in.
Water: Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Flowers: Early Fall to Early Spring to Early Summer to Early Winter to
Common Uses:Jar-Gems"""""""" TM, Bonsai, Container, Culinary, Garden Railroads, Miniature/Faery Garden, Shade, Topiary

There's still a few of you who were able to resist our first dwarf fuchsia but not this brightly variegated form of our very popular 'Lottie Hobby'. We drape it over a 10"" tall trellis as a focal point of a dish garden that is brought indoors each fall. Can also be trained upright to form a small tree.

Fuchsia, Variegated Lottie Hobby

Fuchsia 'Variegated Lottie Hobby'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: P. Shade – P. Sun
Height: 8h x 8w inches
Water: Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Mini Shrub, Edible Flowers

You may have been strong enough to resist our first dwarf fuchsia, but not this brightly variegated form. We drape it over a 10” tall trellis as the focal point of a dish garden that is brought indoors each fall. Can also be trained as a small tree.

Geranium, Dwarf Pink

Geranium sanguineum 'Nanum'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a
Light: Sun - P. Sun
Height: 2h x 5w inches
Water: Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Mini Shrub

Same frilly foliage and magenta pink flowers of other woodland geraniums yet only a half foot high. Great for in-ground" faery gardens, where it will spread slowly by underground runners. Flowers all summer long.

Geranium, Mini Red-Leaf

Geranium sessiliflorum ssp. nov. rubrum

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: Sun-P.Sun to Full Sun
Height: 3in. x 8
Water: Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Flowers: Late Summer to Middle Summer
Common Uses:Alpine Rockery, Garden Railroads, Groundcover, Miniature/Faery Garden, Ornamental

Joshua would not describe this as firefighter engine red while Mark calls it a rich, red burgundy foliage. In any case, it's an utterly unique color and texture. Similar to a miniature, red leaved rhubarb plant, shrunk down to 3"" tall, with dwarfish, white flowers all summer and fall. A ladybug's patio umbrella.

Geranium, Mini Red-Leaf

Geranium sessiliflorum ssp. nov. rubrum

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a
Light: Sun - P. Sun
Height: 3h x 9w inches
Water: Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Mini Shrub

While its color is in high demand in mixed containers, I would not describe it as red, rather a rich burgundy foliage. In any case, it’s an utterly unique color and rough texture. Similar to a ruby leaved rhubarb plant, shrunk to 3 inches tall, with proportionally small, white flowers all summer and fall.

Geranium, Tiny Pink

Geranium dalmaticum

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a
Light: Sun - P. Sun
Height: 2h x 3w inches
Water: Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Mini Shrub

A carpet of pink flowers along with drought tolerance is great. Like many geraniums, it puts on a fall foliage display of orange to red, however, this one is distinctly tinier than most. G-Scale Thriller!

Gota Kola, New Zealand Mini

Hydrocotyle nova zealandiae

Cold Tolerance: Zone 6b 7a 7b 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: P.Shade-P.Sun to Shade
Height: 1in. groundcover
Water: Wet
Soil: Organic
Common Uses:Garden Railroads, Groundcover, Houseplants, Miniature/Faery Garden, Shade, Walk About

Tiny dock-foot shaped green leaves taste even better the ""Gota Kola"" and is perfect as a semi-submerged small water gardens or really wet soils.

Haworthia- Faery Wash Board

Haworthia limifolia

Cold Tolerance: Zone 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: P.Shade-P.Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 3in. x 6in.
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Jar-Gems TM, Container, Miniature/Faery Garden, Ornamental

Even faeries need to wash their clothes once in awhile, (check out the botanical name), and I bet these double as clothes dryers as well. Haworthias, although from the South African deserts, like shade from the hot afternoon sun. Their 4"" ""Easter Lily-like flower spikes"" reveal their place in the Lily family. Only way to dampen their spirits is by watering them too much.

Heather, Multicolor

Calluna vulgaris 'Multicolor'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a
Light: P. Sun
Height: 4h x 12w inches
Water: Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Mini Shrub, Filler

What’s green in the spring, golden by summer, blushes orange in the fall and red by late winter? Add mauve flowers late summer and the answer can only be the feathery foliage & flora of this “Multicolor Heather.” Imagine a meadow or a romantic filler in your summer bouquets with heather.

Helianthemum/Sun Rose, Tiny Yellow

Helianthemum oelandica ssp. Alpestre

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a
Light: Full Sun
Height: 4h x 6w inches
Water: Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Mini Shrub

St. Johnswort" like, yellow flowers gather spring to early summer atop a dense, low growing mat. Just be sure to site it in well draining, nitrogen poor soils in the full sun. Sounds like rock garden requirements.

Herniaria, Sea Foam Variegated

Herniaria glabra 'Sea Foam' PPAF

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 1/2in. x 6in. wide
Water: Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Flowers: Early Summer
Common Uses:Alpine Rockery, Garden Railroads, Groundcover, Miniature/Faery Garden, Ornamental, Walk About

Walk-About, Mini Groundcover
Hardy Perennial (Zone 5-7 & S.W.)
New for 2007It may look like ""Thyme, Highland Cream"", but it actually thrives in our summer humidity and winter cold. We have been growing this for years, waiting for the patent permission to propagate it. Well worth the patience and good Karma, as this is sure to find its way into every groundcover marketing program in the nation. Remember you saw it here first.

Heuchera, Dwarf Coralbells

Heuchera pulchella

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a
Light: P. Sun - P. Shade
Height: 4h x 6w inches
Water: Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Mini Shrub or Filler

A symphony of pink coral bells ring over ground hugging foliage, usually June and July. A moist, semi-shaded to sunny spot is desirable for this North American native. Not just faeries but birds take a fancy to this mounded dwarf.

Heuchera, Mini Chiquita

Heuchera X 'Chiquita'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: P.Shade-P.Sun to Shade
Height: 1 x 6in.
Water: Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Flowers: Late Spring to Middle Spring
Common Uses:Garden Railroads, Miniature/Faery Garden, Ornamental, Shade

Can there be a smaller Coral Bells and still be alive? We thank the folks at the breeder program out of Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gardens, for introducing these tough tiny wonders. Stock comes from 4000-6000 feet and should be quite hardy. Tiny 3/8ö leaves form a ground hugging mat no more than 1 inch high by 6 inches across that lie in the shadow of 4ö low white with pink flowers throughout the summer.

Heuchera, Mini Chiquita

Heuchera parishii X 'Chiquita'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a
Light: P. Shade – P. Sun
Height: 2h x 4w inches
Water: Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Mini Shrub, Groundcover, G-scale Thriller

Our “World's Smallest Coralbell could be described as a mini rhubarb plant with baby pink, June flowers. Since it is native to the hot hills of California, this g-scale thriller will tolerate sunny AND dry conditions. We thank the Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gardens breeding program for introducing these tough, tiny wonders. Stock comes from 4000-6000 feet and is quite hardy.

Hosta, About the Minis

Common Uses:Bonsai, Borders, Edible Flowers, Garden Railroads, Miniature/Faery Garden, Shade

We offer one of the largest sections of retail miniature hostas in the country. These beauties while small, can form impressive clumps, which are great for borders and at the front of beds. However, in our opinion, they are prettiest when they are divided often and kept in small clusters. Repeat these small clusters, just as you often see "impatiens" planted in large patches. Mini hostas are shallow rooted and will not tolerate dry soils as well as their larger cousins. Read on for more "Hosta Hints" Oh ya, did you know that the leaves and flowers are edible too! That sounded like Yule Gibbons.

Hosta, Baby Bunting

Hosta 'Baby Bunting'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 9a
Light: P.Shade-P.Sun to Shade
Height: 2in. x 4in. wide
Water: Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic
Flowers: Early Summer to Middle Summer
Common Uses:Alpine Rockery, Container, Garden Railroads, Groundcover, Ornamental, Shade

This is a pocket-sized, green leaved variety, with foliage that appears ""mouse-eared."" The folded, heart-shaped, spring leaves are followed by mid summer lavender flowers. Cute as a baby's bum!

Hosta, Chartreuse Wiggles

Hosta x 'Little Wiggles'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a
Light: P. Shade – P. Sun
Height: 4h x 12w inches
Water: Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Mini or Faery Gardens, Troughs

Great name for it looks like it is wiggling all of its waxy, chartreuse leaves, each one with a roller coaster of small marginal undulations. Purple scapes at 18 inches tall double the height of each mound.

Hosta, Companion plants

Great miniature “Hosta” companions are:
“Boxwoods, Corydalis, Faery Ferns, True Ferns, Heuchera, Ivies, Mondo Grass, Primrose, Sedge Chocolate, Spikemoss, Star Creepers, Sweet Flags, Tiny Sweet Woodruff and Violas. As you can see, there are plenty of compatible friends to keep them company in the shade.

Hosta, Cookie Crumbs

Hosta x 'Cookie Crumbs'

Light: P.Shade-P.Sun
Height: 4 x 6in.
Water: Normal-Wet
Soil: Organic
Common Uses:Alpine Rockery, Container, Garden Railroads, Groundcover, Miniature/Faery Garden, Ornamental, Shade

Not to be confused with the larger 'Cracker crumbs,' this sweet hosta has dark green center with white trim on the margins. Flowers purple in June. Sounds good enough to eat- and, in fact, in Japan it is a popular sushi egg rolls.

Hosta, Cracker Crumbs

Hosta x 'Cracker Crumbs'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 9a
Light: P.Shade-P.Sun to Shade
Height: 2in. x 4in. wide
Water: Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic
Flowers: Early Summer
Common Uses:Jar-Gems"""""""" TM, Alpine Rockery, Container, Garden Railroads, Groundcover, Ornamental, Shade

A ""Tiny Tears"" sport from Q ;Z Nursery with large creamy edges and gren striped center.

Hosta, Faithful Heart

Hosta x 'Faithful Heart'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a
Light: P. Shade – P. Sun
Height: 3h x 5w inches
Water: Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Mini or Faery Gardens, Troughs

Hosta breeders often pay homage to a new hosta's lineage. In this case, “Faithful Heart” is a sport of “Cheatin' Heat.” Brightly colored yellow centers, surrounded by green, create the patterns on rounded, but wavy edged, leaves on red speckled petioles.

Hosta, Feather Boa

Hosta x 'Feather Boa'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a
Light: P. Shade – P. Sun
Height: 4h x 12w inches
Water: Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Mini or Faery Gardens, Troughs

You can see where the breeder was inspired by a boa as dozens of yellow, rippled leaves burst from the center of this flamboyantly thick mounded hosta. Glows by late summer with a neon chartreuse hue.

Hosta, Fukurin Ko Mame

Hosta x 'Fukurin Ko Mame'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a
Light: P. Shade – P. Sun
Height: 2h x 4w inches
Water: Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Bonsai, Mini or Faery Gardens, Troughs

This very rare specimen's size demands a second look. Though it's big on beauty, forming a mound of shiny green leaves with wavy, creamy white margins, it is small even for a miniature hosta!