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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.
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Campanula collina Dark blue bellflower Z. 5-8
In summer dark blue-purple bells on upright stems on clumps of this bellflower.
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.In summer dark blue-purple bells on upright stems on clumps of this bellflower.
Size: 6-12” x 8”
Care: sun to part shade in well-drained to moist well-drained
Native: western Asia, Turkey, Caucasus MountainsCampanula is Latin meaning “little bell.” Collina means “on hills.” Collected before 1826.
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Campanula punctata var. rubriflora Z 4-9
Dangling rosy purple bells hide their red spots inside the petals
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Dangling rosy purple bells hide their red spots inside the petals – early summer
Size: 12”x16” & spreading
Care: Sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil
Native: Japan
Awards: Top rated for ornamental traits and landscape performance by the Chicago Botanic Garden.Campanula is Latin meaning little bell. Punctata means spotted. In 1629 Parkinson described campanulas as “cherished for the beautie of their flowers.” This variety collected in Japan before 1950.
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Caragana rosea Pink peashrub Z 3-8
Rose-pink , pea like flowers May-June on prior years wood. Flowers give way to slender yellowish-green seed pods that mature to brown in late summer. Yellowish fall color.
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Rose-pink , pea like flowers May-June on prior years wood. Flowers give way to slender yellowish-green seed pods that mature to brown in late summer. Yellowish fall color.
Size: 3-4’ x 3-4’
Care: full sun to light shade in dry to medium, well-drained soil. Perfom well in areas with hot summers and cold winters.
Native: Slopes and valleys in central and NE China, Japan and Russia
Wildlife Value: Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Deer resistantPlants are considered to be xerophilous (capable of thriving in dry, hot locations). Described by Nicolai Stepanowitsch Turczaninow in Primitiae Florae Amurensis 470. 1859
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Carex davalliana Bath’s sedge, Davall’s sedge Z 4-8
Short hedge-hog like clump with white flowers
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Short hedge-hog like clump with white flowers turning to bronzy spiked seedheads May-June. Best for rock, railroad or fairy gardens – anyplace for a miniature, clumping grass.
Size: 6” x 12”
Care: sun to light shade in moist soil
Native: wet places in Europe and western No. AmericaCollected before 1798 by Edmund Davall who botanized in Switzerland.
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Carex montana Soft-leaved Sedge Z 4-10
Soft mounding grass with small brown flower spikes March-April
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Soft mounding grass with small brown flower spikes March-April
Size: 10” X 10”
Care: Part sun to shade in well-drained soil
Native: Europe, Caucasas, West SiberiaLinnaeus 1753
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Catanache caerulea Cupid’s dart Z 4-8
July – September violet cornflower-like flowers with rectangular petals fringed at the ends with deep purple centers.
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.July – September violet cornflower-like flowers with rectangular petals fringed at the ends with deep purple centers.
Size: 16-18” x 8-12”
Care: sun in moist well-drained soil
Native: MediterraneanAn aphrodisiac in ancient Greece. The genus name is adapted from the Greek name for this plant, Katananke which means “forced down against choice” or “compulsion,” as it was believed to be the date rape drug of its day. It is called Cupid’s dart even now because Greeks & Romans used the plant into food of an object of affection. However, it has no actual effect, except perhaps belief in a myth.
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Ceanothus americanus New Jersey tea, Ping-pong tea Z 4-8
Compact, dense shrub bearing bright green leaves and billowing clusters of fragrant white flowers above the foliage in late spring and early summer.
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Compact, dense shrub bearing bright green leaves and billowing clusters of fragrant white flowers above the foliage in late spring and early summer.
Size: 3-4’ x 3-5’
Care: full sun in fertile, well-drained soil
Native: eastern North America, Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: Host for Spring Azure, Summer Azure, Mottled Duskywing butterflies. Birds eat the Seeds. Supports over 30 bee species.Native Americans used Ceanothus americanus to wash injured feet and to cure toothaches, constipation and short breath. Sent to England around 1715 by Mark Catesby, English naturalist. Leaves used extensively to make tea during the American Revolution. Twigs made a cinnamon-colored dye. Cherokee cooked a medicinal tea from the roots to cure toothaches and stomach ailments. Jefferson grew this as part of a shrubbery west of the house at Monticello in 1771.
