Wisconsin Native
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Clematis virginiana Virgin’s bower, Devil’s darning needles Z 4-8
July-September star-like white blossoms
July-September star-like white blossoms cover this vine – good for clambering up small trees.
Size: 12-20’ x 4’
Care: Sun to shade moist well-drained soil. Flowers on new stems so cut back in late winter or early spring to 6-8” above the ground.
Native: Nova Scotia to Georgia and as far west as Kansas, Wisconsin nativeThe genus Clematis was named by Dioscordes, physician in Nero’s army, from “klema” meaning climbing plant. One of 1st No. American plants sent to Europe – grew in Tradescant the Elder’s South Lambeth nursery in 1634. Grown by Jefferson at Monticello in 1807. Described by Breck in his 1851 book The Flower Garden: “The flowers are white borne upon cymes, and make a handsome appearance.” Cherokee mixed this plant with milkweed to remedy backaches. A root extract cured stomach aches, nervous conditions and kidney ailments. For the Iroquois powdered root fixed venereal disease sores and an extract of the stem brought on strange dreams. Pressed specimen in Emily Dickinson’s herbarium.
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Cornus canadensis Bunchberry, Creeping dogwood Z 2-7Cornus canadensis syn. Chamaepericlymenum canadensis Bunchberry, Creeping dogwood Z 2-7
white, pointed petal-like bracts in spring and showy scarlet berries
Four white, pointed petal-like bracts in spring and showy scarlet berries in fall
Size: 6” x spreading slowly
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.Flowers open faster than any other flower, in less than ½ millesecond. Probably 1st collected for gardens by John Bartram (1699-1776). Offered for sale at his nursery near Philadelphia. Sent to Dr. Fothergill in London in 1774. Abnaki Indians used it to cure side pains. Algonquin made a cathartic tea, cured colds, and stomach aches with this. Delaware reduced body pains with it. Chippewa, Cree and Eskimo smoked the berries. “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.
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Corydalis sempervirens syn. Capnoides sempervirens Fumitory RESEEDING SHORT-LIVED PERENNIAL
Pink and yellow bicolor from spring to summer
RESEEDING SHORT-LIVED PERENNIAL
Pink and yellow bicolor from spring to summer
Size: 10-12” x 10-12”
Care: Sun to part shade in moist well drained soil
Native: from Nova Scotia west to Alaska, south to North Carolina, Wisconsin nativeCorydalis is Greek for “lark” korydalos, referring to the shape of flower resembling a lark’s spur. Cultivated in American gardens before 1900. Pressed specimen in Emily Dickinson’s herbarium.
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Corylus americana American Hazelnut, Filbert Z 4-9
In spring, showy male flowers on 2-3" long catkins. Female flowers appear in small, reddish catkins grow into half inch long, egg-shaped edible nuts. Fall color ranges from orange, rose, purplish red, yellow and green.
In spring, showy male flowers on 2-3″ long catkins. Female flowers appear in small, reddish catkins grow into half inch long, egg-shaped edible nuts. Fall color ranges from orange, rose, purplish red, yellow and green.
Size: 10-16’ x 8-1’
Care: sun in any soil
Native: E. North America including Wisconsin
Wildlife Value: Exceptionally high value to wildlife. Pheasant, Quail, Turkey, Grouse, Turkey & Blue Jay and small animals eat the nuts. Pollen source for bees, host to many caterpillars both butterflies and moths. Branches make good nesting sites for songbirds. Black walnut tolerant.Described by Thomas Walter in 1788. Food for several Native American tribes. Medicinal for Cherokee, Iroquois, Menominee, Meskwaki and Ojibwa, to remedy hives, fever, headaches, pain of baby’s teething, hay fever and induce vomiting.
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Dalea aurea syn Parosela aurea Golden prairie clover Z 5-9
Cone-shaped fuzzy yellow flower spikes rise above sparse foliage in April-June
OUT OF STOCK
Cone-shaped fuzzy yellow flower spikes rise above sparse foliage in April-June
Size: 1-3’ x 1’
Care: sun in dry soil
Native: West US from TX to WY
Wildlife Value: Attracts bees, butterflies
Size: Native Americans used Golden Prairie-clover to treat diarrhea and colicCollected and described by Thomas Nuttall, 1813.
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Dalea purpurea syn. Petalostemon purpurea Violet prairie clover
Vase shaped clump with wands of violet to purple encircling tall coneheads
Vase shaped clump with wands of violet to purple encircling tall coneheads.
Size: 2’ x 18”
Care: full sun in well-drained to moist well-drained soil. Drought tolerant.
Native: Canada to Texas, Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: Host for caterpillars of Dogface Sulphur, Striped blue & Mexican blue butterflies.Dalea named to honor English botanist Dr. Samuel Dale (1659- 1739.) Chippewa, Meskwaki and Navajo used medicinally – as remedies for heart ailments, pneumonia, diarrhea and measles. Comanche and Lakota chewed the root like gum, for its sweet taste. Pawnee made brooms from the flexible stems. 1st collected by Frenchman André Michaux (1746-1802) who spent 11 years in America collecting hundreds of new plants. Bailey described the flowers: “a constant succession of showy spikes of flowers…”(1933)
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Delphinium exaltatum Tall Larkspur, American larkspur Z 4-8
Fabulous, lavender or purple spikes of trumpets on tall stems in July to August.
Fabulous, lavender or purple spikes of trumpets on tall stems in July to August.
Size: 3-4' x 9"
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil. Withstands winds, no staking needed. Not fussy like fancy hybrids. Tougher and much longer living than modern hybrids. Let the seeds drop & you’ll get some babies.
Native: Pennsylvania to No. Carolina west to Ohio & Alabama, Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: attract hummingbirdsDelphinium, named by Dioscorides, is Greek for “dolphin” due to the resemblance of the flower shape. Colonial nurseryman John Bartram sent it to England. London’s Chelsea Physic gardener Philip Miller grew it in 1758. Jefferson planted this at Monticello in the NW quarter of the outer border in March 1811.
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Delphinium tricorne Dwarf larkspur, Spring larkspur Z 4-8
Spring ephemeral of blue delphinium elf-cap spikes. Substitute these for tulips, a favorite food of deer and rabbits
Available to order in Spring only
Spring ephemeral of blue delphinium elf-cap spikes. Substitute these for tulips, a favorite food of deer and rabbits
Size: 18-24” – 6-9”
Care: sun to shade in moist well-drained to moist soil
Native: Pennsylvania to Iowa, south to Alabama and Oklahoma and states in between
Wildlife Value: food for hummingbirds and butterflies; deer & rabbit resistant.Collected by André Michaux c. 1800. Cherokee used this for heart ailments and reported that it makes cows intoxicated and they die. The name tricorne comes from the 3-cornered shape of its seeds, like the shape of colonial hats with brims turned up on three sides. This is breathtakingly beautiful but slow to grow. It is also an ephemeral and dies back after going to seed so mark it or have a good memory where it is so you don’t dig into it planting something else. It comes back in spring.
