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  • Persicaria affinis syn. Bistorta affinis Dwarf fleeceflower, Himalayan Knotweed Z 4-9

    A spreading, mat-forming perennial bearing pink to red flower spikes, blooming late summer and autumn. Foliage turns red in autumn and winter. Good groundcover,

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    A spreading, mat-forming perennial bearing pink to red flower spikes, blooming late summer and autumn. Foliage turns red in autumn and winter. Good groundcover,

    Size: 8-12” x 3’ spreading
    Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil
    Native: high mountains of Nepal in rocky areas and open slopes

    Collected by plant hunter Nathaniel Wallich (1786-1854) and described by botanist David Don (1799-1841) in Prodromus Florae Nepalensis in 1825.

  • Persicaria amplexicaulis var. speciosum syn. Bistorta amplexicaulis Mountain fleeceflower Z 4-7

    A naming mess. Even experts cannot agree on the name. Flora of China calls this Polygonum amplexicaule var. amplexicaule and lists 7 synonyms. The Missouri Botanic Garden says this is...

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    A naming mess.  Even experts cannot agree on the name.  Flora of China calls this Polygonum amplexicaule var. amplexicaule and lists 7 synonyms. The Missouri Botanic Garden says this is the same as Persicaria amplexicaule ‘Firetail.’  Regardless of the name it’s a queen of flowers with magenta spikes lasting from late June to October. One of internationally known garden designer Piet Oudolf’s “MUST HAVE” plants.  Gardens Illustrated 94 (2013)

    Size: 3’-4’ x 3’-4’
    Care: sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
    Native: Pakistan, Hubei, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan in China.
    Wildlife Value: deer & rabbit resistant; feeds bees and butterflies
    Awards: Silver Banksian Medal from England’s Royal Horticultural Society in 1922. The Royal Horticultural Society also granted an Award of Garden Merit and the Elisabeth Cary Miller Garden named it a Great Plant Pick

    Collected for western gardens by 1825 when described by botanist David Don in Prodromus Florae Nepalensis.   Nathaniel Kider exhibited this at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1872.

  • Persicaria polymorpha syn.Persicaria alpina, Koenigia alpina Giant fleeceflower Z 4-9

    Giant white blizzard of plumes June-September tower atop its 5-6’ stems

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    Giant white blizzard of plumes June-September tower atop its 5-6’ stems

    Size: 5' x 5' (big but not invasive)
    Care: sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
    Native: China, Korean peninsula & Himalayas
    Wildlife Value: Deer and rabbit resistant
    Awards: Great Plant Pick Award from Elisabeth Carey Miller Botanical Garden. Rated “Excellent” by Chicago Botanic Garden

    One of the hot “new” plants promoted by landscape designer Wolfgang Oehme.  In fact, this plant was collected before 1872 (it flowered in London in 1872, per The Garden) and was described more than 120 years ago by premier Japanese botanist Takenoshin Nakai (1882-1952.)  Nakai, professor, author, scholar and appointed official botanist for Korea in 1910 after Japan annexed Korea following the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese wars. There he explored botanically unknown mountains and forests introducing its plants to the world through his international contacts and authoring Flora Koreana. (1909-1910)

Common Names of Plants

…coelestinum ‘Album’ Moneyplant, Silver dollar Lunaria annua syn L. biennis Monkshood Aconitum napellus Moonshine Yarrow Achillea clypeolata Mountain bluet Centaurea montana Mountain fleeceflower Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘’Firetail’ Mountain mint Pycanthemum virginianum…

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  • Fall Garden for sun

    ...1 Pennisetum orientale – Oriental fountaingrass 2′ x 2′ pink 1 Persicaria affinis – Dwarf fleeceflower 8-12” x 3’ red 3 Sedum sieboldii – October daphne 4” x 8” pink...

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    Note: This collection is not currently for sale.  This is an archive page preserved for informational use.

    Fall garden for Sun                                                    Size : Height x width*          Bloom color
    3 Aster cordifolius – Blue wood aster                                                2-3’ x 2-3’                         blue
    1 Boltonia asteroides – Bolton’s aster                                                5-6’ x 3’                             white
    1 Chrysanthemum ‘Clara Curtis’                                                        2’ x 2’                                 pink
    1 Imperata cylindrical  – Japanese bloodgrass                                16-20” x 12”                      red leaves
    1 Miscanthus purpurascens – Flame grass                                       4-5’ x 3-4’                     orange-red leaves
    1 Nipponanthemum nipponicum – Nippon daisy                           2-3’ x 2-3’                        white
    1 Pennisetum orientale   – Oriental fountaingrass                          2′ x 2′                               pink
    1 Persicaria affinis – Dwarf fleeceflower                                            8-12” x 3’                         red
    3 Sedum sieboldii – October daphne                                                  4” x 8”                              pink
    3 Sedum spurium ‘Coccineum’   – Dragon’s blood                          6” x 24”                           red

    All plants are perennials.
    If planted together in one garden these make a 36 square foot garden. **Most of these plants get wider over time by spreading roots or by self-seeding .
    16 plants for $148.92. Would be $175.20 if purchased separately. You save $26.28.
    If you plan on coming to the Nursery to purchase this collection, please give us at least 24 hours notice to prepare the collection for you