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• Aquilegia flabellata v. pumila syn. Aquilegia flabellata ‘Nana’, Aquilegia fauriei Dwarf Fan columbine Z 4-9

  April-May lilac blooms of nodding lilac-blue to purple sepals with white petals on compact mound of blue-green foliage

  

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  Aquilegia flabellata v. pumila syn. Aquilegia flabellata ‘Nana’, Aquilegia fauriei Dwarf Fan columbine Z 4-9
  April-May lilac blooms of nodding lilac-blue to purple sepals with white petals on compact mound of blue-green foliage

  Size: 6-9” x 9-12”
  Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil, Deadhead for rebloom
  Native: Japan
  Wildlife Value: deer and rabbit resistant. Attracts butterflies

  Latin word flabellatus mean fanlike referring to leaflet shape. First published as Aquilegia buergeriana var. pumila in Swiss journal Bulletin de l’Herbier Boissier 5: 1090. 1897.

• Aquilegia vulgaris Columbine, Granny’s bonnet Z 3-10

  May to June purple, blue, pink or white columbines  

  

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  May to June purple, blue, pink or white columbines

   

  Size: 36”x 18”
  Care: Sun or part shade fertile moist well-drained soil
  Native: Europe

  Very ancient plant. Used medicinally in Middle Ages to cure pestilence, measles, small pox and jaundice and remove obstructions of the liver but large doses are poisonous. Aquilegia was mentioned in the literature of Chaucer and Shakespeare. It was a popular Elizabethan (Elizabeth I in the late 1500’s) cottage garden flower. French botanist Tournefort reported that women used the seeds to “drive out the Measles and Small Pox.” John Winthrop introduced this plant to the New World in the 1630’s. White form by 1600’s. Cultivated in America since 1700’s.

• Aster azureus syn. Symphyotricum oolentangiense var. oolentangiense Sky blue aster Z 3-9

  Showy true cornflower-blue daisies in August-October

  

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  Showy true cornflower-blue daisies in August-October

  Size: 2-3’ x 2’
  Care: full sun to part shade in any soil
  Native: NY to SD, FL to TX incl. WI
  Wildlife Value: Aster species are nectar sources for many butterflies – Checkered white and Checkered skippers, Spring azure, Pearl crescent, Buckeye, Painted lady, Fiery skipper, Sachem, Sleepy orange, Silver-spotted skipper and Monarch.

  Collected before 1889.

• Athyrium filix-femina Lady fern Z 3-8

  Grown for its fern fronds, one of the easiest ferns to grow

  

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  Grown for its fern fronds, one of the easiest ferns to grow

  Size: 4’ x 2-4’
  Care: moist to well-drained soil in full to part shade
  Native: temperate No. America including Wisconsin
  Awards: England’s Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit.

  Collected before 1780’s. Mentioned by H.H. Thomas 1915 for gardens.