"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

  

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  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 bumblebees

  Named for John Adium (1759-1836), surveyor, judge and planter on 200 acre farm in Georgetown.
  1^st described in 1789 (Aiton, Vol. 3 Hortus Kewensis).

• Artemisia frigida Prairie sagewort, Silky wormwood, Z 3-10

  Erect stems bear silvery-white, finely-divided foliage. Leaves smell like camphor. Small yellow flowers bloom in summer. 

  

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  Erect stems bear silvery-white, finely-divided foliage. Leaves smell like camphor. Small yellow flowers bloom in summer. 

  Size: 6-18” x 12-18”
  Care: sun in well-drained soil
  Native: all North America except the SE, CA and OR, Wisconsin native
  Wildlife Value: deer resistant, source of nesting material for native bees, food for caterpillars of several butterflies & moths
  Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit
  Size: Native Americans used this Artemisia to preserve meat, feed horses, repel insects, to remedy toothache, headache, coughing, lung ailments, heartburn, and colds. Indians in Great Basin used it in ceremonies .Chippewa made a decoction of root for convulsions.

  Meriwether Lewis collected this in early September 1804  along the Missouri River in South Dakota on October 3 1804.

• Artemisia lactiflora White mugwort Z 3-8

  Blooms in plumes of creamy white, resembling an astilbe, above blackish green leaves with silver undersides, August to October

  

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  Blooms in plumes of creamy white, resembling an astilbe, above blackish green leaves with silver undersides, August to October

  Size: 4-5’ x 1.5-2’
  Care: full sun to part shade in moist, well-drained soil. Drought tolerant.
  Native: East asia-China
  Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies & bees. Rabbit and Deer tolerant
  Awards: Recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit

  Genus is named for Artemis, Greek goddess of the moon, wild animals, and hunting. Lactiflora means “milk-white flowers”

  The leaves and flowering stems were used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat menstrual & liver disorders, and anti-inflammatory medicines. In East and Southeast Asia the leaves and tender stems are eaten boiled or stir fried, or in soups.

• 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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  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 natives

  Collected by 1753. Grown at America’s 1^st botanic garden, Elgin Botanic Garden 1811.