"New" Heirloom Plants

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  • Dianthus cruentus Blood pink  Z 5-9

    Small but eye-catching carmine flowers held high on a leafless stem above basal foliage.  Blooms in late spring-early summer

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    Small but eye-catching carmine flowers held high on a leafless stem above basal foliage.  Blooms in late spring-early summer

    Size: 2-3’ x 6-9”
    Care: sun in moist well-drained soil
    Native: Balkans
    Wildlife Value: Attracts bees & butterflies

    First described in Spic. Fl. Rumel. 1: 186 1843.

  • Digitalis parviflora Chocolate foxglove Z 3-9

    Spikes densely encircled with small, red-brown bells for weeks in summer, prune back after flowering to encourage reflowering.

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    $12.25/bareroot

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    Spikes densely encircled with small, red-brown bells for weeks in summer, prune back after flowering to encourage reflowering.

    Size: 24- 60” x 12”
    Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
    Native: Picos de Europa Mountains of Northern Spain
    Wildlife Value: attracts bees and butterflies for its pollen and nectar, deer and rabbit resistant.
    Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit

    Grown by Tradescant the Elder, 1634.

  • Dracocephalum rupestre in China mao jian cao Z 4-8

    True deep blue, hooded flowers rise above heart-shaped, crinkled foliage in the heat of mid-summer

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    True deep blue, hooded flowers rise above heart-shaped, crinkled foliage in the heat of mid-summer

    Size: 12’ X 12”
    Care: sun to part shade in well-drained to moist well-drained soil
    Native: Western China in alpine meadows and grassy slopes

    First named in the West in Journal of Botany, British and Foreign, 1867 Vol7 p. 166.  Dracocephalum means “dragonhead” in Greek.  Chinese made a teal from this.

  • Erythronium americanum Yellow trout lily, Dog’s tooth violet Z 3-9

    Downfacing yellow lily-like recurved flowers in spring above mottled foliage.  Tops of petals slightly tan Grows from deep rootstock or corm, 3-5” deep.  In time it spreads from offshoots of the corm, resulting in colonies of trout lilies. Ephemeral – dies back in summer.

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    Downfacing yellow lily-like recurved flowers in spring above mottled foliage.  Tops of petals slightly tan Grows from deep rootstock or corm, 3-5” deep.  In time it spreads from offshoots of the corm, resulting in colonies of trout lilies. Ephemeral – dies back in summer.

    Size: 3-6” x 4”
    Care: part to full shade in moist soil
    Native: Eastern No. America, Wisconsin

    Cherokee warmed crushed leaves & poured the juice over wounds.  According to Cherokee Yellow trout lily also remedied fever, fainting & removed slivers.  Used by Iroquois as birth control for young women and to make fish bite (by chewing the root & spitting into the river.)  In garden cultivation since 1665. Named Dog’s tooth because the white, oblong, fleshy root is shaped like a dog’s tooth.

  • Hemerocallis ‘Baby Cheeks’

    Ruffled margins encircle its broad recurve petals, the color of baby’s cheeks setting off a primrose yellow throat.

    $9.95/bareroot

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    Tetraploid daylily. Our own hybrid. Flowers in July.
    Ruffled margins encircle its broad recurve petals, the color of baby’s cheeks setting off a primrose yellow throat.

    Size: 20-30” tall
    Care: Full sun

    Our own hybrid

  • Hemerocallis ‘Orange Taffy’

    Broad coral petals with sunshine throat and ruffled petal edges.

    $9.95/bareroot

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    Tetraploid daylily. Our own hybrid. Flowers in July.
    Broad coral petals with sunshine throat and ruffled petal edges.

    Size: 20-30” tall
    Care: Full sun

    Our own hybrid

  • Hemerocallis ‘Pretty Woman’

    Ruffled edges frame its broad, recurved medium pink-purple petals that surround a sunshine throat.

    $9.95/bareroot

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    Tetraploid daylily.  Our own hybrid. It flowers in July.
    Ruffled edges frame its broad, recurved medium pink-purple petals that surround a sunshine throat.

    Size: 20-30" tall
    Care: Full sun

    Our own hybrid

  • Hemerocallis ‘Tangerine Dreams’

    Profuse blooms. Ruffled edges frame its broad, recurved, vibrant tangerine-peachy petals with a stop-light yellow throat.

    $9.95/bareroot

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    Tetraploid daylily. Our own hybrid. Flowers in July.
    Profuse blooms. Ruffled edges frame its broad, recurved, vibrant tangerine-peachy petals with a stop-light yellow throat.

    Size: 20-30" tall
    Care: Full sun

    Our own hybrid