A COUPLE OF FALLS AGO, I PRAISED MY THEN-ONE-AND-ONLY MUM, ‘Will’s Wonderful,’ an anything-but-discreet creature with a hot-pink flower with a big golden center. Then last year a lot of you wanted to order it, but found from my link in that old post that its introducer, Ellen Hornig of Seneca Hills, was no longer carrying ‘Will.’ But now there a happy ending (or new beginning):
For a moment I thought I’d have to start shipping you divisions myself (KIDDING), but now ‘Will’s Wonderful’ has a proper new home, thanks to a chain of emails, and Ellen, and the good people at Lazy S’s Farm.
Pete Sheuchenko emailed from there this morning with the news: divisions now potted up and ready for action, and sale. My prediction: They’ll all be gone soon. Thankfully, my favorite mum, like all his cousins, is a prolific type, so these will be the first of many next-generation ‘Wills,’ I hope, who’ll find their raucous ways into more fall gardens.
I mean, I’ve since learned to like ‘Sheffield Pink,’ for example, but there will always be only one ‘Will.’ Glad he’s back in circulation.
Margaret,
A beautiful mum, indeed. I am curious, as I was recently browsing your containers link – saw the lovely Acalypha ‘Giant Leaf’, though I am having trouble tracking one down. Landcraft is wholesale only. Would you mind sharing where you were able to find one?
@Liisa: Mine came from Landcraft but I bought it at a retail nursery near me (Loomis Creek near Hudson, NY). I would email or call Landcraft for their suppliers in your area…they have become pretty well-known and may have distribution near you.
Alternatively, I believe that Kartuz (mail order) offers a good list of Acalypha.
Thank you, Margaret. I am actually planning a trip to Loomis Creek in a few weeks, as it seems they have such a beautiful and amazing variety of pretty much everything. I will check there first, and go from there. Thanks again.
Hi Margaret–
I’m psyched to hear that this mum is available. I’m eager to try it out.
I’m loving your new radio spot each week, but I’m afraid that I’ve already panicked a few times this spring. Today was about 70 deg F while about 10 days ago we had 3″ of snow (in Missoula, MT).
Cheers!
Margaret,
I am a huge fan of Sheffield Pink – actually have no other mums in my garden…until now. My faith in you is such that I’ve just placed my order with Lazy S’s (love them, such a good company) and am now eager to see how Will’s Wonderful will fit in. My Sheffield blooms gloriously into November (I am in Virginia, zone 7) and is literally alive with bees all autumn. Such a lovely, lovely color at that time of year when so many plants are blazing red.
You made them sound so great, I just bought these from Lazy S’s. How late do you think they”ll bloom in zone 6? Is it wishing too much for them to be blooming during Thanksgiving?
I ordered Will’s from Heronswood. Received a 2 1/2 pot, well rooted with 3 strong stems for the “not-so-low” price of $12.95. I only order “gourmet” perennials from them and this year almost everything arrived small, but healthy. The exception was an oriental poppy called “Place Pigalle” that was bare root and smaller than my pinky finger. I don’t hold out much hope for that one.