Black Walnut Tolerant

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  • Astilbe andresii ‘Amethyst’ Z 5-8

    pink plumes flowering in July, with oxblood tinged foliage

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    Three foot tall pink plumes flowering in July, with oxblood tinged foliage

    Size: 36"x 24"
    Care: sun to part shade, moist soil essential. Immune walnut toxicity
    Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies

    Astilbe is Greek from a meaning “without” and stilbe meaning “lustre” referring to the fact that the leaves are not shiny.  Early hybrid by George Arends, nurseryman from Ronsdorf, Gemany (1862-1952).

  • Astilbe andresii ‘Fanal’ Z 4-8

    Marlboro red plumes in June

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    Striking Marlboro red plumes in June

    Size: 24"x 18"
    Care: sun to part shade, moist soil. Immune walnut toxicity
    Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies
    Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit

    Astilbe is Greek from a meaning “without” and stilbe meaning “lustre” referring to the fact that the leaves are not shiny.  Cross of A. japonica and A. davidii made by Arends, nurseryman from Ronsdorf, Gemany (1862-1952), in 1930.

  • Astilbe chinensis luo xin fu in China Z 4-9

    Pink plumes in mid-summer atop fern-like foliage.  More tolerant of sun and well-drained soil than the hybrids.

    $12.95/bareroot

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    Pink plumes in mid-summer atop fern-like foliage.  More tolerant of sun and well-drained soil than the hybrids.

    Size: 24” x 24” spreads
    Care: Sun to shade in moist or moist well-drained soil
    Native: Siberia, China, Korea

    Astilbe from “the Greek word for without” and stilbe meaning “lustre” referring to the fact that the leaves are not shiny.  1st described for the West by botanist Carl Johann Maximowicz in 1859 and then named Hoteia chinensis.  Liberty Hyde Bailey termed this plant “graceful” in the early 1900’s.

  • Bouteloua gracilis Blue grama Z 4-9

    One sided, horizontal, purple tinged spikelets looking like a row of eyelashes, July-October

    $12.75/bareroot

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    One sided, horizontal, purple tinged spikelets looking like a row of eyelashes, July-October.

    Size: 2' x 12"
    Care: sun in dry to moist well-drained soil
    Native: all US except SE & NW, Wisconsin native
    Wildlife Value: Host for caterpillars of Green skipper butterfly. Deer resistant
    Awards: Great Plants for Great Plains Grass of the Year 2008

    For the Navajo this was a “life medicine” and an antidote to an overdose of “life medicine.”  Also used to cure sore throats and cuts – chew on the root and blow on the cut.  Navajo girls carried it in the Squaw Dance.  Hopi made baskets from this grass.  Zuni made brooms & hairbrushes from it.  Several tribes ate this & made bedding for their animals from this. Lakota children played a game using this grass: Most of the stems have two flowers on them. Children competed to see who could find the stems with three flowers, like finding a four-leaf clover. First collected for horticulture by Humboldt & Bonpland who scoured Latin America from 1799-1804.

  • Calamagrostis brachytricha Diamond grass, Feather reed grass

    Arching foliage with gorgeous upright plumes

    $12.95/bareroot

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    Arching foliage with gorgeous upright pale pink plumes September to November

    Size: 4' x 2'
    Care: sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil. Deer resistant.
    Native: East Asia

    Collected before 1856.

  • Calamagrostis x acutiflora”Karl Forester” Feather reed grass

    Completely, reliably erect grass - winner perennial plant of year award 2001.

    $12.95/bareroot

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    Completely, reliably erect grass.

    Size: 3-5' x 2'
    Care: sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil. Cut back in late winter.
    Awards: Perennial Plant Association Plant of the Year 2001

    This is a natural cross of Calamagrostis epigeos and Calamagrostis arundinacea, natives of Asia and Europe.  German nurseryman Karl Forester’s (1874-1970) keen eye spotted this in the Hamburg Botanic Garden.   He listed this in his nursery catalog in 1939.  Under Nazi domination he risked it all by keeping Jewish friends & workers. After WW II his nursery was the only perennial supplier in East Germany.  This grass sent from Denmark to the US in 1964.

  • Campanula carpatica Tussock bellflower, Carpathian bellflower Z 3-8

    In summer blue, violet or white bells

    $10.25/bareroot

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    In summer blue, violet or white bells, excellent at front of border.

    Size: 12” x 12-24”
    Care: Sun moist well-drained soil, tolerant of Walnut toxicity
    Native: Carpathian mountains in central Europe
    Awards: England’s Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit.

    Campanula is Latin meaning little bell.  In 1629 Parkinson described campanulas as “cherished for the beautie of their flowers…”  Young roots were eaten in “sallets.”   Introduced to European gardens from the Carpathian Mountains in 1774. Sold by McMahon’s Philadelphia nursery in the early 1800’s.  Probably cultivated by Jefferson at Monticello.

  • Campanula persicifolia Peach-leafed bellflower Z 3-8

    In May and June outfacing bells blossom along the 2-3' stems in white or clear, sky blue.

    $12.95/bareroot

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    In May and June outfacing bells blossom along the 2-3′ stems in white or clear, sky blue.

    Size: 24-36" x 12"
    Care: Sun in moist well-drained soil, tolerant of Walnut toxicity.
    Native: So. Europe and north and west Asia

    Both white and blue varieties grew in English gardens before 1580. Cultivated in America since the 1700’s.