Wisconsin Native
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Solidago graminifolia Grass-leaved goldenrod Z 3-9
Golden flat-topped inflorescences August to October, loved by butterflies for its nectar.
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Golden flat-topped inflorescences August to October, loved by butterflies for its nectar.
Size: 2-3' x 1-2'
Care: sun in moist to moist well-drained soil, Deer resistant.
Native: Nova Scotia across Canada, S. to FL., Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: Attracts praying mantises and butterflies.The name Solidago from solidus and ago meaning to “bring together.” Gramnifolia means “grass-leaved.” Since 1750’s.
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Solidago riddellii syn. Oligoneuron riddellii Riddell’s goldenrod, Stiff goldenrod Z. 3-7
Golden dome-topped flowers Sept.- Oct.
Golden dome-topped flowers Sept.- Oct.- loved by butterflies for its nectar – Small copper, Monarch, Giant swallowtail, Gray hairstreak, Clouded Sulphur, Fritillary, Pearl crescent, & Cloudless sulphur. Attracts praying mantises.
Size: 3’x2’
Care: sun in moist to moist well-drained soil.
Native: swath down middle of No. Am. From Hudson Bay to AK, incl. WI
Wildlife Value: Attracts butterflies and praying mantis. Deer resistant.The name Solidago from solidus and ago meaning to bring together. Collected by 1835.
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Spiraea alba Meadowsweet, Du Roi Z 3-7
This short shrub sports white flower spikes 4” long blooming from June to August, deadhead for rebloom.
This short shrub sports white flower spikes 4” long blooming from June to August, deadhead for rebloom.
Size: 3-4’ x 3-4’
Care: sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: Northeastern 2/3 of North America, WI native
Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies & hosts caterpillars of Spring azure butterflies1st described in literature in 1772. Algonquin made a medicinal tea with Meadowsweet’s leaves and stems. Iroquois administered a decoction of mashed and powdered dry roots to remedy pain in the sides.
**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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Sporobolus heterolepsis Prairie dropseed Zone 3 – 9
Mound of graceful thinnest of grass blades
The description in the Chiltern Seeds catalog cannot be improved: “This is the most elegant and refined of the North American prairie grasses …the finest texture composed of the thinnest of thin, thread-like, glossy green blades,.. in autumn turning deep orange before fading to a light copper for the winter. In late summer the plants bear, on very slender stalks high above the foliage, unbelievably delicate, graceful flower panicles, excellent for cutting.”
Size: 2’ x 2’
Care: Full sun in well-drained soil
Native: from Canada in the north to Texas in the south, Wisconsin nativeSporobolos is Greek from sporo meaning seed and ballein meaning to cast forth because the seed readily falls from the flower (or dropseed, the common name). Ojibwa “Medicine Society” used roots to cure sores & “remove bile.”
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Stylophorum diphyllum Celandine poppy Z 4-9
Sunny yellow cups in May-June
Sunny yellow cups bloom in late spring, reblooming sporatically, atop this 12-18″ tall native. Ornamental foliage – scalloped and deeply lobed.
Size: 12-18" x 12"
Care: Part shade, but tolerates sun, in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: PA west to WI, south to MO & AK. Wisconsin native.1st collected by French plant hunter extraodinaire André Michaux, who spent 11 years in North America. (1746-1802) William Robinson, father of the mixed perennial border, described this as “a handsome Poppywort … (with) large bright yellow flowers freely produced in early summer.” Self-seeds and likely you’ll be happy for it.
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Thalictrum dasycarpum Purple meadowrue Z 4-9
Panicles of delicate dangling ivory flowers May to July, purple stems
Panicles of delicate dangling ivory flowers May to July, purple stems.
Size: 4-5’ x 2’
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained to moist soil
Native: All North America except Atlantic & Pacific coasts and northern Canada, Wisconsin nativeCollected for gardens by 1842. Used by Native Americans to enliven horses by giving them seeds or rubbing a poltice on their muzzles. (Pawnee & Lakota) Meskwaki, Ponca & Potawatomi used as an aphrodisiac. Potawatomi smoked a mixture of this and tobacco before meeting their woman. HoChunk used it to perfume smoke. For Potawatomi smoking dried seeds brought luck in hunting. Ponca boys made flutes from the hollow stems.
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Thalictrum dioicum Early meadowrue Z 5-9
Chartreuse blooms in spring
Hanging chartreuse blooms dangle from the stems in spring
Size: 30" x 24"
Care: shade to part shade in moist or moist well-drained soil. Deer resistant.
Native: Quebec west to No. Dakota, south to Georgia, Wisconsin nativeCherokee made an infusion of the root to cure nausea and diarrhea. Iroquois used it to remedy sore eyes and heart palpitations. The plant also would “make you crazy.” 1st collected by Rev. John Banister who moved to colonial Virginia in 1678. A gunman mistakenly shot and killed him while he collected plants. Thomas Drummond collected this on the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains before 1800.
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Thymus serpyllum ssp. arcticus syn. T. praecox Lemon thyme Z 2-9
Purple flowers May – August with evergreen foliage on this tiny leaved plant. Good for groundcover or rock garden.
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Purple flowers May – August with evergreen foliage on this tiny leaved plant. Good for groundcover or rock garden.
Can not ship to: Maryland
Size: 4” x 12” and spreading
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
Native: Greenland, Norway, Iceland, the Arctic, much of the US incl WI.Thymus from the Greek word for “odor” due to the plant’s fragrance. Ancient Greeks made incense with thyme. This species collected on an exhibition in the Arctic before 1855. Parkinson describes lemon thyme in 1640 but it may be different than this.
