"New" Heirloom Plants
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Hydrangea petiolaris syn. Hydrangea anomala petiolaris Climbing hydrangea Z 4-8
Big white lacecap flowers blanket this climbing vine in early summer.
Big white lacecap flowers blanket this climbing vine in early summer.
Size: 40’ x 5-10’
Care: sun or shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: Japan & Korea
Wildlife Value: attracts bees, butterflies
Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden MeritCollected by German physician and botanist Philipp Franz von Siebold in Japan during his residency on Nagaski working for the Dutch trading post there, 1823-1829. He introduced more then 2000 Japanese plants to Europe. 1st described in Flora Japonica 1839
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Iris domestica syn. Belamcanda chinensis Blackberry lily Z 5-10
Orange spotted flowers in summer followed by black seed clusters
Orange spotted flowers in summer followed by black seed clusters
Size: 18-36”x 10”
Care: sun, moist well drained soil
Native: China and JapanThe Blackberry lily was cultivated in China as a medicinal plant as long ago as 120 B.C. It was introduced to England from China in 1823. Jefferson grew this at Monticello.
The root of the Blackberry Lily, Belamcanda chinensis, a member of the Iris family which produces attractive lily-like flowers, is known as the Chinese herb She-gan. Seeds of the plant were collected by Jesuit missionaries in China and sent to Europe by the 1730s. It was cultivated in Linnaeus’ botanical garden in Uppsala by 1748, and in English gardens by at least 1759. The plant was known in American gardens as early as 1825. -
Iris graminea Grass-leaved iris, Plum-scented iris Z 4-8
Charming beardless spuria iris of purple styles, violet falls and ivory hafts with purple veins, blooming in June below the gras-like foliage
Charming beardless spuria iris of purple styles, violet falls and ivory hafts with purple veins, blooming in June below the gras-like foliage
Size: 9-16” x 9-16”
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil
Native: from Spain to Russia & Caucasus in Asia. But now endangered in Czechoslovakia and extinct in Germany.
Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit.Graminea means grass. Common name of Plum-scented for its fruity, plum fragrance. In gardens since at least 1568. Planted at Cambridge Botanic Garden in 1733.
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Lilium canadense, Z 2-6
Showy, drooping bell-shaped flowers from lemon to dark orange in color with conspicuous red spots on the inside
Showy, drooping bell-shaped flowers from lemon to dark orange in color with conspicuous red spots on the inside
Size: 3-8' X 2-3'
Care: part shade in moist well-drained, slightly acidic soil
Native: Upper Great Lakes & southern Canada
Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies and hummingbirdsIntroduced to gardens from its native North America by Jacques Cartier, 1535. Also collected by Pehr Kalm who sent it to Linnaeus. Listed in the 1873 catalog of Leichtlin’schen Gartens in Baden-Baden.
