Tony Avent – So many plants so little time – New and Garden Worthy Perennials

Tony Avent is an American horticulturist and plantsman. He owns Plant Delights Nursery in Raleigh, North Carolina which specialises in rare, and unusual perennials.

In addition, he is a well-known plant explorer, author and public speaker, Tony grew up with a passion for plants. Instead of playing games, he wandered the woods and fields near his home studying wildflowers. Tony has taken part in 60 plant hunting expeditions to places like China, Crete, Taiwan, South Africa and Argentina.

Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road/Raleigh, North Carolina/USA

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  • 1-16 Juniper Level Botanic Garden
  • 17 Clematis ochroleuca in flower
  • 18 Clematis ochroleuca in seed
  • 19 Clematis fruticosa ‘Mongolian Gold’
  • 20 Clematis ‘Stand by Me’ PPAF
  • 21 Clematis ‘Sapphire Indigo’ PPAF
  • 22 Spigelia marilandica
  • 23 Spigelia marilandica in production
  • 24 Spigelia alabamensis
  • 25 Sinningia ‘Cherries Jubilee’
  • 26 Lychnis coronata ‘Orange Sherbet’
  • 27 Silene virginica ‘Jackson Valentine’
  • 28 Paeonia ostii
  • 29 Paeonia ‘Bartzella’
  • 30 Alstroemeria ‘The Third Harmonic’
  • 31 Alstroemeria ‘Casablanca’
  • 32 Alstroemeria ‘Koice’ PPAF
  • 33 Alstroemeria ‘Princess Fabiana’ PPAF
  • 34 Eucomis ‘Sparkling Burgundy’
  • 35 Allium ‘Millenium’
  • 36 Nothoscordum sellowianum
  • 37 Gentiana ‘True Blue’ PPAF
  • 38 Cynanchum ascyrifolium
  • 39 Baptisia ‘Blue Towers’
  • 40 Baptisia ‘Ivory Towers’
  • 41 Baptisia ‘Blue Candelabra’
  • 42 Baptisia ‘Cinnamon Candles’
  • 43 Baptisia ‘First Blush’ closeup
  • 44 Baptisia ‘First Blush’
  • 45 Baptisia perfoliata ‘Flying Saucers’
  • 46 Baptisia arachnifera
  • 47 Psoralea psoralioides
  • 48 Zantedeschia aethiopica ‘Swartberg Giant’
  • 49 Zantedeschia ‘Picasso’
  • 50 Sarracenia x leucopurea
  • 51 Sarracenia flava ‘Very Close Veins’ in flower
  • 52 Sarracenia flava ‘Very Close Veins’
  • 53 Sarracenia x areolata ‘Conversation Piece’
  • 54 Sarracenia x areolata ‘Conversation Piece’ flowers
  • 55 Nassella tenuissima
  • 56 Muhlenbergia rigens
  • 57 Muhlenbergia capillaris ‘White Cloud’
  • 58 Carex morrowii ‘Silk Tassel’
  • 59 Carex oshimensis ‘Everest’ PPAF
  • 60 Carex oshimensis ‘Everillo’ PPAF
  • 61 Liriope muscari ‘Peedee Ingot’
  • 62 Liriope muscari ‘Okina’
  • 63 Liriope gracilis ‘Mop Top’
  • 64 Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’
  • 65 Polygonatum odoratum ‘Angel Wings’
  • 66 Polygonatum odoratum ‘Byakko’
  • 67 Polygonatum odoratum ‘Fireworks’
  • 68 Polygonatum odoratum ‘Koryu’
  • 69 Polygonatum kingianum
  • 70 Polygonatum infundiflorum ‘Lemon Seoul’
  • 71 Polygonatum macropodum
  • 72 Uvularia perfoliata ‘Jingle Bells’
  • 73 Dentaria diphylla ‘Bama Jama’
  • 74 Cardamine douglasii ‘Southern Lady’
  • 75 Dentaria heterophylla ‘Fairy Blush’
  • 76 Dentaria ‘Come Pewter’
  • 77 Dentaria dissecta ‘Dental Floss’ A1NC-057 in flower – Mar 10
  • 78 Hosta ‘Brother Stefan’
  • 79 Hosta ‘Cathedral Windows’ PPAF
  • 80 Hosta ‘Touch of Class’ PPAF
  • 81 Hosta ‘Time Traveler’ PPAF
  • 82 Hosta ‘Rainbow’s End’
  • 83 Hosta ‘Praying Hands’ w butterfly
  • 84 Hosta ‘Electrocution’
  • 85 Hosta ‘You’re So Vein’
  • 86 Hosta ‘Sun Mouse’ PPAF
  • 87 Hosta ‘Branching Out’
  • 88 Asarum forbesii ‘Mercury’ foliage
  • 89 Asarum forbesii ‘Mercury’ flowers
  • 90 Asarum maximum ‘Shell Shocked’
  • 91 Asarum nobilissimum ‘King Kong’
  • 92 Asarum nobilissimum ‘Iron Butterfly’
  • 93 Asarum speciosum ‘Bloodshot Eyes’
  • 94 Asarum minus ‘Heart Throb’
  • 95 Asarum macranthum ‘Fishnet Stockings’
  • 96 Asarum macranthum ‘Multigreen’
  • 97 Epimedium wushanense ‘Sandy Claws’
  • 98 Epimedium wushanense ‘Super Mottle’
  • 99 Epimedium ‘Pink Champagne
  • 100 Epimedium ‘Candy Striper’
  • 101 Epimedium ‘Stoplights’
  • 102 Epimedium ‘Songbirds
  • 103 Epimedium zhushanense
  • 104 Epimedium ‘Splish Splash’
  • 105 Epimedium ‘Peachie’
  • 106 Epimedium ‘Rise and Shine’
  • 107 Podophyllum versipelle var. boreale
  • 108 Podophyllum versipelle flowers
  • 109 Podophyllum pleianthum
  • 110 Podophyllum pleianthum flower
  • 111 Podophyllum difforme ‘Hollywood Squares’
  • 112 Podophyllum ‘Spotty Dotty’ PPAF
  • 113 Podophyllum ‘Spotty Dotty’ PPAF flowers
  • 114 Syneilesis aconitifolia emerging
  • 115 Syneilesis aconitifolia unfurling
  • 116 Syneilesis aconitifolia unfurling
  • 117 Syneilesis aconitifolia fully open
  • 118 Heuchera ‘Lemon Love’
  • 119 xHeucherella ‘Pink Fizz’ PPAf
  • 120 xHeucherella ‘Solar Eclipse’ PPAF
  • 121 Trachystemon orientale
  • 122 Trachystemon orientale ‘Sundew’
  • 123 Aralia cordata ‘Sun King’
  • 124 Arisaema thunbergii var. urashima
  • 125 Arisaema triphyllum ‘Starburst’
  • 126 Arisaema serratum ‘Ulleung Treasure’ in flower
  • 127 Arisaema ‘Crossing Over’
  • 128 Arisaema PDN14-05 (triphyllum x taiwanense)
  • 129 Arisaema PDN14-08 (triphyllum x fargesii)
  • 130 Arisaema PDN15-02 (triphyllum x mayebarae)
  • 131 Trillium foetidissimum ‘Baton Rouge’
  • 132 Trillium gracile A2LA-067
  • 133 Trillium ludovicianum A3LA-031
  • 134 Trillium cuneatum ‘Silver Anniversary’
  • 135 Trillium cuneatum ‘Oconee Yellow’
  • 136 Trillium cuneatum ‘Majesty’
  • 137 Trillium lancifolium A1NC-059
  • 138 Trillium lancifolium ‘Lancelot’
  • 139 Trillium oostingii A2SC-029 (South Carolina)
  • 140 Trillium freemanii ‘Cairns’ (Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama)
  • 141 Trillium tennesseense
  • 142 Trillium ‘Dark Chocolate’ (T. freemanii x cuneatum)
  • 143 Trillium x flexatum (flexipes x sulcatum)
  • 144 Trillium seed production at PDN
  • 145 Trillium seed beds at PDN
  • 146 Discover the Pleasure of Plants