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Thymus serpyllum ssp. arcticus syn. T. praecox Lemon thyme Z 2-9
Purple flowers May – August with evergreen foliage on this tiny leaved plant. Good for groundcover or rock garden.
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Purple flowers May – August with evergreen foliage on this tiny leaved plant. Good for groundcover or rock garden.
Can not ship to: Maryland
Size: 4” x 12” and spreading
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
Native: Greenland, Norway, Iceland, the Arctic, much of the US incl WI.Thymus from the Greek word for “odor” due to the plant’s fragrance. Ancient Greeks made incense with thyme. This species collected on an exhibition in the Arctic before 1855. Parkinson describes lemon thyme in 1640 but it may be different than this.
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Trillium luteum Yellow Trillium Ephemeral Z 4-8
Sometimes mottled, hosta-like leaves support a lemon-scented, three-petaled yellow blossom in April-May
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Sometimes mottled, hosta-like leaves support a lemon-scented, three-petaled yellow blossom in April-May
Size: 15” x 8”
Care: Shade to part shade in moist, well-drained soil
Native: Southeastern US
Wildlife Value: Attracts bees
Awards: Elisabeth Carey Miller Great Plant Pick, recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden MeritFirst published description by Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815) American botanist Lutheran minister and college president.
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Tulipa linifolia Flax-leaf tulip Z 3-8
Striking scarlet species tulip
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Striking scarlet species tulip with target black centers, flowering in mid to late spring. Unlike today’s hybrids these come back year after year and multiply if happy.
Size: 6" x 4"
Care: sun in well-drained to moist well-drained soil
Native: Uzbekistan, northern Iran and Afghanistan.1st described in 1884 by German botanist Eduard August von Regel.
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Uvularia sessilifolia Merrybells Z 4-8
Elongated cream colored bells dangle under lily-like leaves in April-May
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Elongated cream colored bells dangle under lily-like leaves in April-May
Size: 6-10” X 8”
Care: Sun to shade in moist, well-drained acidic soil
Native: Eastern & central North America, Wisconsin native.
Wildlife Value: attracts bees & other pollinatorsCherokee made a tea from the roots to treat diarrhea; made a poltice for boils and cooked and ate the leaves. Iroquois made a tea from roots to purify blood and a poltice to mend broken bones. It is taken internally to aid in healing broken bones. Ojibwa used root in hunting to bring deer closer. Collected before 1753.
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Vaccinium angustifolium Lowbush Blueberry Z 2-6
The true native bearing small, intensely flavored blueberries
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Urn-shaped white flowers in May & June turn to glossy blue berries. Foliage turns fiery red in fall. The true native, bearing small, intensely flavored blueberries.
Size: 2-12” x 3’ spreading by runners
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained, very acidic soil. Mulch, roots shallow & wide spreading.
Native: entire NE of No. America as far west as Minnesota & South to N. Carolina, Wisconsin native.
Wildlife Value: Food source for moth caterpillars, terrestrial turtles & numerous birds (Turkey, Blue Jay, Bluebird, Wood thrush & Robins.)
Awards: Cary Award Distinctive Plants for New EnglandDescribed in literature, 1789. Many Native Americans ate the berries (fresh or dried) or mixed berries with other ingredients for food: Algonquin, Chippewa, Iroquois, Ojibwa & Menominee. A few ate the flowers. Algonquin made medicine from the leaves and roots for colic, miscarriages & inducing labor. Chippewa put dried flowers on hot stones to inhale the fumes for “craziness.”
Blueberries are our native superfood, high in antioxidants, fiber & Vitamin C, while low in calories. -
Verbascum chaixii Nettleleaved mullein Z 5-8
Spikes covered in white flowers with pink eyes from mid to late summer
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Spikes covered in white flowers with pink eyes from mid to late summer
Size: 36” x 18”
Care: Full sun in well drained, poor soil
Native: EuropeVerbascum was named by the Roman Pliny who said they attracted moths, calling them Moth mulleins. Described by Parkinson in 1629: “a stalk, the flowers hereof are pure white with the like purple threads in the middle.”
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Veronica allionii Alpine speedwell Z 2-9
Purple-blue spikes bloom from early to late summer
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Purple-blue spikes bloom from early to late summer
Size: 4-6” x 8-12”
Care: sun, moist well-drained to well-drained soil
Native: AlpsDescribed in 1779 in Prosp. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné
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Veronica incana syn. V. spicata subsp. incana Silver speedwell, Hoary Veronica Z 4-9
Erect blue racemes June – September atop gray foliage give a serene effect
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Erect blue racemes June – September atop gray foliage give a serene effect
Size: 12-18” x 12”
Care: sun to part shade in well-drained to moist well-drained soil
Native: mountains & fields of UkraineIntroduced from Russia by 1759. LH Bailey declared it “has a good appearance both in and out of bloom; useful in the rockery, border or geometrical garden.” (1933)
