Perennials & Biennials

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• Convallaria majalis Lily of the Valley Z 2-7

  Classic - dainty alabaster white bells perfume the air

  

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  Convallaria majalis Lily of the Valley  Z 2-7
  Classic – dainty alabaster bells perfume the air in spring. Fragrance unmistakeable. Wonderful groundcover under trees.

  Size: 9" x Spreading.
  Care: part shade to shade in moist to well-drained soil. Drought tolerant
  Native: north temperate zones in the world.

  Cultivated since at least 1000 B.C. The Norse goddess of dawn adopted it as her special flower. One legend claims the plant first appeared on the spot where St. Leonard shed blood while slaying the dragons. 17th century herbalists used Lily of the Valley to improve memory and strengthen the heartbeat. Grown by Jefferson.

• Coreopsis rosea Pink tickseed Z 4-8

  pink daisies with yellow centers from summer through autumn

  

  $7.25/4" pot

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  Coreopsis rosea    Pink tickseed        Z  4-8
  Dainty (appearing but actually tough) pink daisies with yellow centers from summer through autumn, very long blooming. Wonderful for rock gardens,  groundcover or front of border.

  Size: 10” x 12”
  Care: full sun in moist well-drained soil. Slow to emerge in spring so don't forget where it is.
  Native: Eastern No. America
  Wildlife Value: Attracts butterflies

  Coreopsis is Greek meaning “buglike” referring to the seeds looking like little black bugs.  Thomas Nuttall 1^st collected this flower in 1815 about 20 miles NW of Savannah along the river.  He described its native habitat: “in open grassy swamps from New Jersey to Georgia…” William Robinson, father of the mixed perennial border called this “a neat and pretty plant.”  In 1913 Sanders wrote that it “make(s) a brilliant display of color (when) grown in masses in sunny borders.”

• Coreopsis verticillata Thread leafed tickseed Z 4-9

  All summer into fall, non-stop - yolk yellow daisies

  

  $10.25/bareroot

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  Coreopsis verticillata Thread leafed tickseed Z 4-9
  All summer into fall, free-blooming non-stop – yolk yellow daisies atop wirey stems.

  Size: 24" x 18" spreading
  Care: Sun to part shade well-drained soil, drought tolerant
  Native: S.E. U.S.
  Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies

  Exported from its native America to England in 1759. Used to dye cloth red.

• Cornus canadensis Bunchberry, Creeping dogwood Z 2-7

  white, pointed bracts in spring and showy scarlet berries

  

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  Cornus canadensis syn. Chamaepericlymenum canadensis syn Cornella canadensis   Bunchberry, Creeping dogwood    Z 2-7
  Four white, pointed bracts in spring and showy scarlet berries in fall

  Size: 6” x Indefinite but slow growing
  Care: part shade in moist, acidic soil. Needs moisture to establish
  Native: Northern areas from the east to the west coasts of No. America, Wisconsin native.
  Wildlife Value: Host for the caterpillar of the Spring azure butterfly.

  Abnaki Indians used this to cure side pains.  Algonquin made a cathartic tea, cured colds and stomach aches and Delaware reduced body pains. Chippewa, Cree and Eskimo smoked the berries. Probably 1^st collected for gardens by John Bartram.  Offered for sale in Bartram Garden’s 1783 Broadside, America’s 1^st plant catalog.   “One of the prettiest plants for the bog garden or the cool parts of the rock garden.”  William Robinson, 1899. Pressed specimen in Emily Dickinson’s herbarium.