"New" Heirloom Plants

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• Veronica oltensis Turkish-leaf speedwell, Thyme-leaf speedwell Z 4-9

  Tiny azure flowers smother the ground in spring-early summer on this groundcover or rock garden plant, or grow in walkway crevices.

  

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  Tiny azure flowers smother the ground in spring-early summer on this groundcover or rock garden plant, or grow in walkway crevices.

  Size: 1" x 24" slow spreader
  Care: sun to part shade in well-drained soil
  Native: Mountain valleys of Oltu and Coruh inTurkey.

  Described in literature in 1914.

• Xanthorhiza simplicissima Yellowroot Z 4-9

  Short, spreading shrub, blooms sprays of plum-colored flowers in spring, then forming berries.  For dessert its leaves turn yellow, purple and maroon in fall. Excellent groundcover under trees and for erosion control. Will suppress weeds.

  

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  Short, spreading shrub, blooms sprays of plum-colored flowers in spring, then forming berries.  For dessert its leaves turn yellow, purple and maroon in fall. Excellent groundcover under trees and for erosion control. Will suppress weeds.

  Size: 2-3” x spreading
  Care: filtered sun to shade in moist to moist well-drained, slightly acidic soil
  Native: Maine to FL and west to Ohio
  Wildlife Value: food and habitat for several birds.

  Colonial horticulturist William Bartram found it near Buffalo Lick GA in 1773.  He wrote: “This evening I discovered a very curious Little Shrub, growing on the bottoms of these Hills & on the steep banks of the Creek. . . the root affording strong Yellow Tincture. . . It has long slender branching Roots which run & spread about . . . filling large patches of ground . . . it is in my opinion a very valuable Shrub . .”

  Native Americans dyed fibers with the yellow root.