"New" Heirloom Plants
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Adlumia fungosa Allegheny vine, Climbong fumitory, Bleeding heart vine Biennial Z 4-8
Dangling pink to white Bleeding heart-like flowers bloom all summer,June-September. Fern-like foliage on twining stems
OUT OF STOCK
Dangling pink to white Bleeding heart-like flowers bloom all summer,June-September. Fern-like foliage on twining stems
Size: 6-10’ x 12”
Care: part shade to shade in moist to moist well-drained, acidic soil
Native: Nova Scotia to No. Carolina west to Minnesota Wisconsin native status-special concern
Wildlife Value: attracts bumblebeesNamed for John Adium (1759-1836), surveyor, judge and planter on 200 acre farm in Georgetown.
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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.
OUT OF STOCK
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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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
OUT OF STOCK – Available for purchase in Spring only
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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Caulophyllum thalictroides Blue cohosh Z 3-8
Glaucous blue-green leaves can be mistaken for meadowrue. Inconspicuous yellow flowers from April-May followed by blue-berried seeds in fall.
Glaucous blue-green leaves can be mistaken for meadowrue. Inconspicuous yellow flowers from April-May followed by blue-berried seeds in fall.
Size: 1-3’ x 1’ slow spreading to form colonies
Care: shade in moist well-drained soil, deer and rabbit resistant
Native: Eastern and Central North America, WI Native
Wildlife Value: attracts bees and moths, mice and birds eat the berriesCollected by Michaux c. 1800.