Perennials & Biennials
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Hesperaloe parviflora Red Yucca Z 6-9
Cerise scarlet trumpets up and down the flower spike in summer
OUT OF STOCK
Cerise scarlet trumpets up and down the flower spike in summer
Size: 3’ x 5’
Care: sun moist well-drained to dry soil
Native: Europe, west & central Asia
Wildlife Value: Attracts butterflies & hummingbirds. Deer and rabbit tolerant,Named by Dr. George Engelmann, a German physician and plant fanatic who emigrated to America in the early 1800’s, settling in St. Louis.
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Heuchera sanguinea Coral bells, Alumroot Z 3-8
Coral red flowers in late spring through early summer. “One of the finest hardy perennials recently introduced …bright crimson flowers…very graceful,” Farquhar Catalog, 1893.
Coral red flowers in late spring through early summer. “One of the finest hardy perennials recently introduced …bright crimson flowers…very graceful,” Farquhar Catalog, 1893.
Size: 12" x 12"
Care: sun to part shade moist well-drained soil.
Native: Western U.S.- Rocky MountainsHeuchera named for Johann Heinrich von Heucher (1677-1747) professor of medicine at Wittenburg University. Named by Dr. George Englemann, Geman physician and avid botanist emmigrated from Germany and settled in St. Louis. Popular in the 1880’s.
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Heuchera versicolor syn. H. rubescens var. versicolor Pink alumroot Z 4-10
Tiny pink bells on narrow inflorescence blooming mid to late summer
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Tiny pink bells on narrow inflorescence blooming mid to late summer
Size: 8-12” x 12"
Care: prefers part shade in moist well-drained to well drained soil, can grow in sun with moist soil. Deer resistant.
Native: southwestern US
Wildlife Value: attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirdsFirst collected in 1904 on damp, shady bluffs of the Black Range in New Mexico, accd. to Edward Lee Greene.
The roots are astringent and can also be used as an alum substitute, used in fixing dyes. Was also used medicinally for fever, diarrhea, venereal disease, liver ailments, eyewash, colic and animal care. Heuchera is named for Johann Heinrich von Heucher (1677-1747), while rubescens means becoming red or reddish, and versicolor means variously colored.
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Heuchera x brixoides ‘Caldwell’ Z 4-8
Small pink bells surround top 6” of the wiry, erect stems in late spring-mid-summer.
Small pink bells surround top 6” of the wiry, erect stems in late spring-mid-summer.
Size: 12-18” x 6-8”
Care: part shade in moist to moist well-drained soilI do not know which Heuchera this is. This was growing here when I moved here around 1995. We bought the property from spry 93 year old Anne Patterson, “for sale by owner.” I cannot imagine that she was buying new plants in her 90’s so I’m making an educated guess that it is at least 40 years old. It does not set seed, not unusual for a hybrid. But we like it so much that we’ve divided it several times over the last couple of years to make enough to sell. Try as I might I cannot identify it but I’ve narrowed it down to a hybrid called brixoides, of which there are innumerable different selections. I’ve named it ‘Caldwell” for the crossroads where our nursery is located, originally named for the 1st settlers, Joseph and Sara Caldwell c. 1860.
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Hibiscus moscheutos Rose mallow Z 5-10
Decadent platters of crimson, rose or white
Decadent platters of crimson, rose or white with cerise centers in August and September on 6′ tall, very sturdy stalks. Look tropical, but they’re hardy.
Size: 8' x 3'
Care: Sun, moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: Southern U.S.
Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies and hummingbirdsOne Native American tribe used this plant to cure inflammed bladders. 1st collected by English planthunter Rev. John Banister in colonial Virginia c. 1680. A gunman mistakenly shot and killed him while he collected plants. Bloomed for Jefferson at Monticello in July, 1767.
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Holodiscus discolor Creambush, Ocean spray Z 5-10
Multistemmed shrub with dense, elegant pyramidal clusters of arching cream-colored flowers in early to mid summer. Leaves tint red in fall.
Multi-stemmed shrub with dense, elegant pyramidal clusters of arching cream-colored flowers in early to mid summer. Leaves tint red in fall.
Size: 4-8’ x 8’
Care: sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: Montana to Colorado west to the Pacific.
Wildlife Value: nectar for hummingbirds, food for butterfly caterpillars, bird habitat.Hard and durable wood was used to make digging sticks, spears, harpoon shafts, bows, and arrows by nearly all coastal Native groups. A few used the wood to make sticks to barbeque salmon, fish hooks, needles for weaving and knitting, Pegs were made to use like nails. Others made wood intoarmor plating and canoe paddles.
A few Natives made an infusion of boiled fruit to cure diarrhea, measles, chickenpox and as a blood tonic. Collected by Meriwether Lewis in today’s Idaho on the Clearwater River, May 29, 1806 en route back east on the Lewis and Clark Expedition.**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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Horminum pyrenaicum Dragonmouth, Pyrenean Dead-nettle Z 5-9
Deep purple salvia-like blooms in April to May above rosettes of wide, flat leaves
Deep purple salvia-like blooms late spring to early summer above rosettes of wide, flat leaves
Size: 8-16” x 12”
Care: Sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil. Drought tolerant.
Native: Pyrenees & Alps
Wildlife Value: Attracts bees, butterflies and birds. Deer and rabbit resistant.Before 1753, Linnaeus.
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Hosta ‘Blue Cadet’
Lavender flowers late in season
Lavender flowers late in season
Size: 35-40” x 36”
Care: part to full shade in moist well-drained soil
Awards: Nancy Minks Award in 1986Hosta was named for Dr. Nicholas Host (1761 – 1834) the physician to the emperor of Austria and an expert on grasses. This cultivar ranked as one of the top 7 hostas and one of the top 2 hostas with blue foliage. Hybridized by Aden in 1974.
