Black Walnut Tolerant
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Polemonium reptans Greek valerian, Jacobs ladder Z 4-8
Cluster of light blue bell shaped blooms in May and June
Clusters of light blue bell shaped blooms in May and June
Size: 8-12” x 10”
Care: part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil, immune to Walnut toxins
Native: Ontario & Quebec to Alabama, west to MN & KS, Wisconsin nativeCollected for gardens before 1750. Meskwaki made a compound of roots as a physic and for urinary ailments.
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Polygonatum multiflorum Solomon’s seal Z 4-10
Dainty white flowers dangle from arching stems
Gracefully arching stems without branches with leaflets on both sides of the stem, nearly parallel and dangling ivory bells. Flowering in spring, each flower turns into a glaucous blue berry. The leaves “make a fine mass of elegant foliage,” Sanders, 1913.
Size: 5' x 10"
Care: shade in fertile, humusy, well-drained soil. Good dry shade plant, drought tolerant.
Native: Europe and Asia
Wildlife Value: Birds eat the fruit. Pollen and nectar feed a number of bee species.Greek physician Dioscorides named Polygonatum in the 1st century, which means “many jointed” referring to scars on the rhizome. Medieval herbalists opined that Biblical figure Solomon put scars on the rhizome to demonstrate the plant’s curative powers. P. multiflorum cultivated in English gardens by 1450. In 1596 English herbalist Gerard (1545-1612) endorsed its use to repair broken bones – mix the pulverized root and drink it with ale to “gleweth together the bones in very short space.” He also claimed fresh stamped root would cure cuts and bruises for “women’s willfulness in stumbling on their hasty husband’s fists.” According to Culpepper, Italian wives “much used” this remedy.
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Polystichum acrostichoides Christmas fern Z 3-10
Leathery, lance-shaped evergreen fronds.
OUT OF STOCK
Leathery, lance-shaped evergreen fronds.
Size: H 18” S 18”
Care: part shade to full shade in most any soil, nearly indestructable
Native: Every state east of the Rockies
Awards: Kentucky's Theodore Klein Plant AwardEvergreen fronds last all winter. Called “Christmas” because in the past florist used the evergreen fronds in holiday arrangements. Collected by Michaux before 1800.
**LISTED AS OUT OF STOCK BECAUSE WE DO NOT SHIP THIS ITEM. IT IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT OUR RETAIL LOCATION.
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Primula elatior Oxlip Z 4-9
Nodding trumpets of soft yellow flowers with a dark yellow center atop upright stems
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Nodding trumpets of soft yellow flowers with a dark yellow center atop upright stems
Size: 10” x 10”
Care: part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: Europe
Wildlife Value: deer and rabbit resistant
Awards: Plant Select® Central Rocky Mountain region; Royal Botanical Society Award of Garden MeritPrimula is from Italian “primavera” meaning first spring. Elatior means “tall”, all things being relative it’s taller than some Primulas but not very tall. In gardens since at least 1765. According to Philip Miller, Gardener’s Dictionary 1768, “they are much used in medicine.” Grown at America’s 1st botanic garden, Elgin Botanic Garden 1811.
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Primula veris Cowslip Z 3-8
Sunniest of yellow trumpet flowers announce the beginning of spring
Sunniest of yellow trumpet flowers announce the beginning of spring.
Size: 8" x 8"
Care: part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil.
Native: Europe
Awards: England’s Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit and Elisabeth Carey Miller Botanical Garden Great Plant PicksPrimula is Italian “primavera” meaning first spring. Veris is redundant, meaning flowers in spring. According to legend, Cowslip decorated the entrance to Norse goddess Fryda’s palace. The blossoms were used to make wine; a recipe from the 1700’s called for water, sugar, lemon juice, egg whites and a “peck of cowslips.” According to Culpepper, a 1500’s herbalist, cowslip extract made women more beautiful. Cowslip was a favorite Shakespearean plant. Grown at America’s 1st botanic garden, Elgin Botanic Garden 1811. Jefferson received cowslip seeds in 1824. Pressed specimen in Emily Dickinson’s herbarium.
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Pulmonaria angustifolia Narrow-leaf lungwort, Blue cowslip Z 4-8
One of the earliest to flower - Pink turning azure blue, trumpet-shaped flowers in April- May. Fuzzy foliage.
One of the earliest to flower – Pink turning azure blue, trumpet-shaped flowers in April- May. Fuzzy foliage.
Size: 12”x 18”
Care: full to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil.
Native: Austria & Hungary.
Wildlife Value: walnut tolerant and deer resistant. Early source of nectar for bees.
Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden MeritAngustifolia means “narrow leaves.” But its leaves are only narrow compared to the leaves of other Pulmonarias.
Grown in gardens before 1590’s.
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Pulmonaria saccharata ‘Mrs. Moon’ Greater lungwort, Bethlehem sage Z 3-8
In early spring funnel form pink flowers turn to blue above bristly, white mottled green foliage. Leaves attractive through fall
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In earliest spring funnel form pink flowers turn to blue above bristly, white mottled green foliage. Leaves attractive through fall
Size: 8-18” x 18-24”
Care: full to part shade in moist well-drained soil
Native: species France & Italy
Wildlife Value: walnut and deer tolerant. Early source of nectar for bees.The species originally described by English botanist and gardener to Queen Mary, Leonard Plukenet (1641-1706) .Described by Philip Miller (1768) as having “spotted leaves as if they were incrusted with sugar.” ‘Mrs. Moon’ cultivar offered for sale in 1938 by Gardenside Nurseries in Shelburne VT. Name Pulmonaria from Latin pulmo or lung (e.g.today’s pulmonary) because the blotched leaves were considered to resemble lung disease. Saccharata comes from Latin word for sugar because the white bristly leaves resembled sugar coating.
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Ranunculus repens var. pleniflorus Creeping buttercup Z 3-9
Small bright yellow nearly ball-shaped flowers May - June
Small bright yellow nearly ball-shaped flowers May – June
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Size: 8-12" x 10" spreading
Care: Part sun to shade in moist soil
Native: Europe, Siberia, from Newfoundland to VirginiaRanunculus is Latin for little frog, so named by Pliny in Roman times referring to the wet conditions required by some ranunculus. In 1629 John Parkinson, apothecary to James I and royal botanist to Charles I, called this Ranunculus protensis flore multiplici. The root was supposed to break persistent sores by “drawing the venome to the place.” Jefferson planted Creeping buttercup at Monticello in 1782; it may or may not have been this double.
