Perennials & Biennials
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Uvularia grandiflora Largeflower bellwort, Fairybells Z 4-9
Graceful, hanging pale yellow bells, like a gypsy’s skirt, in spring
Graceful, hanging pale yellow bells, like a gypsy’s skirt, in spring
Size: 10-20” x 6” spread slowly
Care: part shade to shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: Quebec to Ontario, NH to ND, Louisiana to Georgia, Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: Attracts bees
Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of MeritMenominee reduced swelling with this plant. Ojibwa cured stomach pains and Potawatomi mixed it with lard to cure sore muscles & backaches. Collected for gardens by 1802. Wm. Robinson considered this a “graceful perennial … the finest of the species.”
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Uvularia sessilifolia Merrybells Z 4-8
Elongated cream colored bells dangle under lily-like leaves in April-May
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Elongated cream colored bells dangle under lily-like leaves in April-May
Size: 6-10” X 8”
Care: Sun to shade in moist, well-drained acidic soil
Native: Eastern & central North America, Wisconsin native.
Wildlife Value: attracts bees & other pollinatorsCherokee made a tea from the roots to treat diarrhea; made a poltice for boils and cooked and ate the leaves. Iroquois made a tea from roots to purify blood and a poltice to mend broken bones. It is taken internally to aid in healing broken bones. Ojibwa used root in hunting to bring deer closer. Collected before 1753.
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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
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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.
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.”
