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Antirrhinum hispanicum ‘Roseum’ syn. A. glutinosum Perennial snapdragon, Spanish snapdragon Z 5-8
Rose pink, with yellow above the lower lip, snapdragon-shaped blooms in spring, repeats in fall. Fuzzy, silver-grey foliage
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Rose pink, with yellow above the lower lip, snapdragon-shaped blooms in spring and repeats in fall. Fuzzy, glaucous, silver-grey foliage. Excellent for places you want low-growing, drought tolerant flowers.
Size: 12” x 2’
Care: sun in well-drained soil
Native: Spain & Morocco
Wildlife Value: deer resistant, attracts hummingbirdsDescribed in 1852 in Pugillus Plantarum Novarum Africae Borealis Hispaniaeque Australis
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Asclepias verticillata Whorled milkweed Z 4-10 POISON
Fragrant flat-topped clusters of many small white flowers atop single stem surrounded by narrow, grass-like leaves. Blooms July through October.
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Fragrant flat-topped clusters of many small white flowers atop single stem surrounded by narrow, grass-like leaves. Blooms July through October.
Size: 12-30” x 12-24” spreading
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
Native: all US, Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: deer & rabbit resistant. Bees & butterflies eat nectar. Host for Monarch caterpillars.
Size: root used to induce sweating for Choctaw, Chickasaw and Creek nativesCollected by 1753. Grown at America’s 1st botanic garden, Elgin Botanic Garden 1811.
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Aster azureus syn. Symphyotricum oolentangiense var. oolentangiense Sky blue aster Z 3-9
Showy true cornflower-blue daisies in August-October
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Showy true cornflower-blue daisies in August-October
Size: 2-3’ x 2’
Care: full sun to part shade in any soil
Native: NY to SD, FL to TX incl. WI
Wildlife Value: Aster species are nectar sources for many butterflies – Checkered white and Checkered skippers, Spring azure, Pearl crescent, Buckeye, Painted lady, Fiery skipper, Sachem, Sleepy orange, Silver-spotted skipper and Monarch.Collected before 1889.
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Aster sibiricus syn. Eurybia sibirica Siberian aster, Arctic aster Z 3-9
Lavender daisies from late-summer into fall
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Lavender daisies from late-summer into fall, valuable for long-blooming and short size
Size: 6-10” x 15-24” Care: sun in well-drained, to moist well-drained, acidic soil
Native: NW US, Alaska, Canada, Arctic & Siberia
Wildlife Value: attracts butterfliesCollected by German plant hunter Johann Gmelin in Siberia before 1753
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Asteromoea mongolica syn. Aster mongolicus or Kalimeris pinnatafida ‘Hortensis’ Japanese aster, Mongolian aster Z 3-9
Covered with petite double white daisies, blooming for months –late summer-fall
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Covered with petite double white daisies with golden stamens blooming for months –late summer-fall.
Size: 2-3’ x 1-2’
Care: sun to part shade in well-drained to moist well-drained soil
Native: Japan
Awards: Georgia Gold Medal 1998 Taxonomists had trouble naming this one. First described in French Journal Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. in 1882. A favorite flower of the late garden writer Elizabeth Lawrence who traced it to the grounds of the old Oxford Orphanage in Oxford NC. (1942) -
Baptisia tinctoria Wild indigo, Horsefly Z. 3-9
Sweet saffron yellow pea-like flowers, July to September
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Sweet saffron yellow pea-like flowers, July to September
Size: 2-3’ x 2-3’
Care: sun to part shade in dry to moist well-drained soil
Native: Ontario, Maine to MN S to GA, Wisconsin
Wildlife Value: Attracts butterflies.Baptisia is Greek meaning “to dye” referring to use of Baptisia australis as a substitute for indigo dye. Tinctoria means used in dying. For Cherokee it induced vomiting. They made a poultice to “stop mortification.” The root, held against teeth, remedied toothache. Iroquois used it to cure rheumatism and cramps in the stomach or legs. The Cherokee & Ojibwa used it for dye. Collected by John Banister in Virginia by 1692. Pressed specimen in Emily Dickinson’s herbarium.
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Buddleja davidii var. alba White butterfly bush Z 5-9
Fragrant, honey-scented, large, white, arching spikes
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Fragrant, honey-scented, large, white, arching spikes from summer through fall.
Size: 6’ x 4’
Care: Sun in well-drained soil
Native: Central & Western China
Wildlife Value: flowers very fragrant, attracts many butterflies, excellent cut flowerBuddleja named to honor Reverend Adam Buddle, Vicar of Farmbridge in Essex and botanist. (1662-1715) Davidii honors Fr. Armand David a French missionary who noticed it. White flowered variety was described by Ernest Henry “Chinese” Wilson in 1913.
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Camassia quamash Wild Hyacinth, Leichtlin’s Camass Z 4-8
Mid-spring spikes of 2” pale blue star-shaped flowers rise over grass-like foliage
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Mid-spring spikes of 2” pale blue star-shaped flowers rise over grass-like foliage
Size: 15” x 12"
Care: sun to part shade in moist, well-drained soil
Native: Pacific Northwest
Wildlife Value: Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Deer & rabbit resistantFirst documented by Lewis & Clark near the Nez Perce village in the Cascade Mountains. Nez Perce hunters gave Clark a cake made with Camassia. Important food crop for First Americans. Recommended by Gertrude Jekyll 1908.
