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Vaccinium macrocarpon syn. Oxycoccus macrocarpus Cranberry Z 3-7
Creeping shrub, with tiny glossy leaves, pink flowers, and bright red berries
Creeping shrub, with tiny glossy leaves, pink flowers, and bright red berries
Size: 6" x spreading
Care: sun in moist well-drained acidic soil
Native: Northern east coast to northern central US & Canada, Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: attracts bees, butterflies, and birds for nectar; small animals eat the fruits and nest in itSwedish botanist Peter Kalm, Swedish botanist , described this in 23 February 1749 entry in Travels in North Americ.a. Important food for Native Americans (Algonquin, Iroquois, Chippewa& Ojubwa). Pilgrims ate the wild berries. American and Canadian sailors on long voyages ate cranberries to prevent scurvy.
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Vaccinium vitis-idaea Lingonberry, Mountain cranberry, Cowberry, Foxberry Z 2-7
Evergreen foliage on this shrub, In spring down facing, pink urn-shaped flowers bloom. Then in late summer bright red berries appear and persist into winter. Spreads to form colony.
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Evergreen foliage on this shrub, In spring down facing, pink urn-shaped flowers bloom. Then in late summer bright red berries appear and persist into winter. Spreads to form colony.
Size: 6-12” x 3’ spreading
Care: sun to part shade in moist, very acidic soil
Native: Boreal forest and Arctic tundra in Northern Hemisphere from Eurasia to North America
Size: Often made into jam, juice, syrup and relish. The berries contain high amounts of vitamin C, A and B1, B2, B3, as well as phytochemicals and omega-3 fatty acids. Historically used in folk medicine as an astringent, antihemorrhagic, anti-debilitive, depurative, antiseptic, diuretic, tonic for the nervous system, as well as treatment for breast cancer, diabetes, rheumatism, infections, gastrointestinal tract, kidneys, urinary tract ailments and fever.The common name Lingonberry comes from the Norse word for heather, lyngr. Vitis- idaea comes from vitis which is Latin for vine and idaea meaning “from Mount Ida.” According to L.H. Bailey, “Throughout the whole of N. Canada, hunters and trappers, as well as the native Indians, have frequently depend on it for food. It is valuable for the shrubbery border, where the strong contrast of the dark green foliage and the bright colored persistent fruit is very striking.”
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Verbascum nigrum Dark mullein Z 4-9
Canary yellow flowers cover erect 3' spikes
Canary yellow flowers cover erect 3′ spikes from June through October.
Size: 36" x 24"
Care: Sun in moist well-drained to well-drained soil - self-seeder. Cut flower stalk off to prevent reseeding & for reblooming. Drought tolerant.
Native: Europe to SiberiaVerbascum was named by the Roman Pliny who said they attracted moths, calling them Moth mulleins. Cultivated in gardens as long ago as Medieval times. Favorite plant in Elizabethan cottage gardens in the 1500’s. Described by Parkinson in 1629 as: “a stalke whereon stand many golden flowers with the like purple threads in the middle.”
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Verbena bonariensis Perennial Z 7-10, colder zones-reseeding annual
Small purple flowers atop tall leafless stems from July to October. Great see-through blooms for growing in back, middle or front of the garden.
Small purple flowers atop tall leafless stems from July to October. Great see-through blooms for growing in back, middle or front of the garden.
Size: 3-4’ x 8”
Care: full sun in moist, well-drained, fertile soil - self-seeder
Native: South America
Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit & Missouri Botanic Garden Plant of Merit.Introduced to garden cultivation from its native Buenos Aires in 1726 by the Sherard brothers.
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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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Vernonia fasciculata Prairie Ironweed Z 3-7
Dense clusters of true royal purple August-September
Dense clusters of true royal purple August-September
Size: 3-4’ x 2-3’
Care: sun to part shade in moist to moist well drained soil
Native: so central Canada to central & eastern US
Wildlife Value: Attracts butterflies. Deer resistantCollected by André Michau (1746-1802) by 1803. Named to honor Wm. Vernon, an English botanist who collected plants in late 1600’s.
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Vernonia lettermannii Threadleaf ironweed Z 4-9
Deep purple inch-wide flower heads top unbranched stems forming a dome in late summer-early fall
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Deep purple inch-wide flower heads top unbranched stems forming a dome in late summer-early fall
Size: 24” x 36”
Care: sun in well-drained to moist well-drained soil
Native: Arkansas and OK
Wildlife Value: attracts numerous butterflies and pollen source for bees, deer resistant
Awards: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Gold Medal 2023Collected on “Cooper’s Creek by Dr. J.M. Bigelow and on the sandbars of the Washita,.” Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts xvi. (1881) 78. 78 1880. “Notes on Some Compositae” The species named to honor George Lettermann (1840-1913) who was primarily interested in trees and, while working for the US Census he collected tree specimens in forests of Missouri, Arkansas, western Louisiana and eastern Texas.
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Vernonia noveboracensis Ironweed Z 4-8
numerous deep crimson- purple daisies
Heads of numerous deep royal purple daisies, August to September
Size: 5' x 2'
Care: Sun in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: from Massachusetts to Florida
Wildlife Value: attracts butterfliesNamed for English botanist William Vernon. Infusions of the plant used by Cherokee to relieve pain after childbirth, for loose teeth and for stomach ulcers.
