"New" Heirloom Plants
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Symphoricarpos albus Snowberry Z 3-7
Clustered spikes of tiny, bell-shaped, watermelon-pink buds open to blush-toned flowers in the leaf axils of arching stems in early to mid-summer. Flowers are followed by clustered spikes of round berries (drupes) that start pale green, ripen to clean snow white with a waxy skin by late summer looking like big pearls. Fruits remain on the leafless winter stems showing off until spring.
OUT OF STOCK
Clustered spikes of tiny, bell-shaped, watermelon-pink buds open to blush-toned flowers in the leaf axils of arching stems in early to mid-summer. Flowers are followed by clustered spikes of round berries (drupes) that start pale green, ripen to clean snow white with a waxy skin by late summer looking like big pearls. Fruits remain on the leafless winter stems showing off until spring.
Size: 3-6’ x 3-6’
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
Native: Novia Scotia to British Columbia south to New Mexico on the west, Virginia on the east, Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: Deer resistant, flowers attract hummingbirds, numerous bee species and moths. The shrub is habitat for several bird species. The drupes provide food for Grouse, Pheasant, Prairie chicken, Quail, Robins, Cedar waxwing, and Grosbeak.Many Native Americans put the Snowberry to numerous uses. The largest number of tribes made preparations of different plant parts for skin such as a wash for injuries, burns, chapped skin, cuts, sores, “truthfulness” (Nitinaht of British Columbia), deodorant, itch, rash, sores and antiseptic. Next most common use, Natives remedied sore eyes. Several groups used it to counteract difficulty urinating for people and horses. Uses for Snowberry contradict one another. Several tribes considered eating the drupes as poison while others ate the drupes as food, an antidote to poisoning, and to “clean out” a new mother after giving birth.
**LISTED AS OUT OF STOCK BECAUSE WE DO NOT SHIP THIS ITEM. IT IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT OUR RETAIL LOCATION.
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Symphyandra zanzegur Rock bellflower Z 5-10
Flared lilac bells hang from wiry stems all summer. Self-sows.
Flared lilac bells hang from wiry stems all summer. Self-sows.
Size: 10” x 15”
Care: part shade in moist well drained soil
Native: Mountains of ArmeniaGenus Symphyandra named before 1841. This species so rare that I can’t find historic info. about it.
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Verbena hastata Blue vervain, Simpler’s joy Z 3-9
Bright purplish-blue candelabra-like spikes from July to September
Bright purplish-blue candelabra-like spikes from July to September
Size: 2-4’ x 2’
Care: sun to part shade in moist or moist well-drained soil
Native: eastern 2/3rds of No. America, Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: Cardinals & Sparrows eat the seeds. Food for larvae of Buckeye butterfly.Native Americans used plant as remedy for coughs, colds and fever. Mahuna Indians of So. California used the root to cure complicated stomach fevers. Sioux fed the seeds to their horses to give them energy. The Sioux also used it as an insect repellant. Pressed specimen in Emily Dickinson’s herbarium.
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Veronica armena Armenian speedwell Z 4-9
A peewee plant that packs a punch. In spring to early summer terminal clusters of cup-shaped Vermeer blue flowers made of 4 obovate, smooth-edged petals set off snow white eyes with matching white stamens. Below the floral crown forest-green, soft, needle-sized leaves frame the blue and detail texture for the rest of the season.
A peewee plant that packs a punch. In spring to early summer terminal clusters of cup-shaped Vermeer blue flowers made of 4 obovate, smooth-edged petals set off snow white eyes with matching white stamens. Below the floral crown forest-green, soft, needle-sized leaves frame the blue and detail texture for the rest of the season.
Size: 4” x 6” and spreading
Care: sun in well-drained soil
Native: Armenia, Georgia and TurkeyDiscovered before 1856 when it was named and described by Swiss explorer and botanist Pierre Edmond Boissier.
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Zauschneria garetii syn Epilobium canum ssp. garrettii Hummingbird trumpet, California fuchsia, Garrett’s Firechalice Z 5-9
Fiery orange trumpets float above a loose mat of green foliage, evergreen in warm climates. Blooms July-first frost
Fiery orange trumpets float above a loose mat of green foliage, evergreen in warm climates. Blooms July-first frost
Size: 4-6” x 15-18”
Care: Sun to shade in well-drained soil. Prefers afternoon shade in hot climates
Native: CA, UT, WY, ID, AZ
Wildlife Value: Attracts hummingbirds, birds and butterflies, Deer and rabbit resistantNamed for Johann Baptista Josef Zauschner (1737-1799) botanist and professor of medicine at the University of Prague. Beautiful planted with Nepeta, Agastache and Perovskia atriplicifolia. Published by Aven Nelson (1859-1952) Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 20(7): 36–37. 1907. Collected by A. O. Garrett (1870-1948), August 28, 1906 in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake City, UT.
