Plants for Butterflies and Other Pollinators
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Achillea ageratifolia Greek yarrow Z. 4-8
Silvery foliage smothered with porcelain white flowers June-August, fragrant
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Achillea ageratifolia Greek yarrow Z. 4-8
Silvery foliage smothered with porcelain white flowers June-August, fragrantSize: 6”x 18”
Care: sun in dry to moist well-drained soil
Native: Balkans, Greece & Yugoslavia
Wildlife Value: Attracts butterflies, deer resistant.
Size: Good in rock garden & troughs.Achillea named for Achilles who used Achillea millefolium to bandage bleeding wounds for his soldiers. According to Philip Miller (1768) Achillea’s common name is “Nosebleed.” Ageratifloia means leaves like an Ageratum.
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Achillea clypeolata Balkan yarrow
Erect, fern-like clumps of striking silver foliage. Mustard yellow platter flowers in summer.
Achillea clypeolata Balkan yarrow Z 3-9
Erect, fern-like, thick clumps of striking silver foliage. Mustard yellow platter flowers in summer. I first saw this plant at the harbor garden in Port Washington about 6 AM one fall morning. The foliage was so arresting it stopped me in my tracks.Size: 18" x 24"
Care: sun in well-drained to moist well-drained soil. Deer and drought tolerant
Native: BalkansCollected before 1804. The Balkan yarrow is known to attract butterflies with its Yellow Flowers.
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Achillea filipendulina Fernleaf Yarrow
Mustardy-gold saucers
Achillea filipendulina Fernleaf yarrow Z 4-8
Mustardy-gold saucers top 3′ tall erect stems from early through late summer. One of the best dried flowers.
Size: 3’-4’ x 30”
Care: Full sun in well-drained to moist well-drained soil, drought tolerant & deer resistant.
Native: CaucasusIntroduced to gardens in 1804 when it was sent from the Caucasus Mountains to Europe. 1800’s in America.
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Achillea ptarmica ‘The Pearl’ Sneezewort
Frilly ivory pearls flower all summer and fall
Achillea ptarmica var. ‘The Pearl’ Sneezewort, Shirtbuttons Z 3-9
Frilly ivory pearls flower all summer and fall on this cottage garden classic.Size: 12-36”x 24”
Care: Full sun, well-drained to moist well-drained soil. Deer resistant
Native: North temperate regionsNamed “sneezewort” because its flowers reputedly caused sneezing. English brides carried A. ptarmica at their weddings and called the plant “Seven years’ love.” (After that, you could use Lobelia cardinalis to cure the 7 years’ itch.) Cultivated in Europe since the Middle Ages and in America since the 1700’s. The double form ‘The Pearl’ described as “‘The Pearl’ is a pearl indeed,” May 1905, The Garden.
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Achillea tomentosa Woolly yarrow Z 4-8
Lemony colored flower heads from June to September, wooly foliage
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Achillea tomentosa Woolly yarrow Z 4-8
Lemony colored flower heads from June to September, wonderful, wooly foliage. Good in front of the border or on rock gardens.Size: 8” x 12”
Care: Full sun in moist to dry soil, will rebloom if deadheaded. Drought tolerant & deer resistant
Native: Southern to Eastern Europe
Awards: England’s Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit.Grown in English gardener Tradescant the Elder’s garden 1630. “A splendid plant with fern like foliage and rich golden-yellow flower heads.” H.H. Thomas, 1915.
**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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Aconitum fischeri Fischer’s monkshood syn. A. carmichaelii
Spikes of cobalt blue hooded blooms September – October
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Spikes of cobalt blue hooded blooms September – October POISON
Size: 24-36”x 10”
Care: part shade in moist soil
Native: No. Japan, E. Russia, Korea, China
Wildlife Value: Deer resistant. Attracts butterflies.The name Aconitum is from the mythical hill Aconitus in Pontica where Hercules fought with Cerberus. Philip Miller in The Gardener’s Dictionary (1768) wrote that the name Aconitum comes from Greek word for dart “because the Barbarians used to daub their darts therewith.” The Monkshood reputedly sprang from the jaws of Cerberus, the guard dog of the underworld. In China called “bao ye wo tou.” Wm. Robinson considered this one of the best monkshoods. Collected before 1820.
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Adlumia fungosa Allegheny vine, Climbong fumitory, Bleeding heart vine Biennial Z 4-8
Dangling pink to white Bleeding heart-like flowers bloom all summer,June-September. Fern-like foliage on twining stems
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Dangling pink to white Bleeding heart-like flowers bloom all summer,June-September. Fern-like foliage on twining stems
Size: 6-10’ x 12”
Care: part shade to shade in moist to moist well-drained, acidic soil
Native: Nova Scotia to No. Carolina west to Minnesota Wisconsin native status-special concern
Wildlife Value: attracts bumblebeesNamed for John Adium (1759-1836), surveyor, judge and planter on 200 acre farm in Georgetown.
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Aesculus pavia
Spectacular raspberry colored upright panicles in spring
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Aesculus pavia Red buckeye Z 5-8
Spectacular raspberry colored upright panicles in springSize: 15’ x 10’
Care: sun to part shade in moist well drained soil- understory tree
Native: eastern US
Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies & feeds hummingbirds
Awards: England’s Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit; Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Gold Medal Plant Award & Missouri Botanic Garden Award of MeritAesculus is a Latin name for a nut bearing tree. Pavia comes from Peter Pav, a Dutch professor at University of Leyden. This plant collected by John Bartram and sent to England by 1711. Jefferson grew this at Monticello, planted in 1798. Nuts from the tree were used by Native Americans to stupefy fish. Chickasaws pulverized the root, placed it in baskets and violently churned the baskets in the river to poison fish. Cherokee Indians carried the nuts in their pockets for good luck, as well as for curing piles and rheumatism. Pounded nuts also cured swelling, sprains, tumors and infections.
