Draba aizoides Yellow Whitlow grass Z 3-8
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Penstemon hirsutus Downy penstemon Z. 3-9
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Lavender-Pink outside and white inside funnels in June
Size: 20” x 12-24”
Care: sun in well-drained soil
Native: northeast North America
Wildlife Value: feeds native bees, Baltimore butterfly and endangered Rusty patched Bumble BeePenstemon is named for its five stamens, penta meaning “five” and stemon meaning “stamen” in Greek. Penstemons are “handsome and deserving,” Bailey. P. hirsutus sent from America to England in 1758.
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Epimedium grandiflorum Barrenwort, Bishop’s hat Z 5-8
White-lavender flowers in May atop wiry stems look like fantastical birds with too many wings, or a four-cornered bishop’s hat.
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White-lavender flowers in May atop wiry stems look like fantastical birds with too many wings, or a four-cornered bishop’s hat. Ornamental heart-shaped leaves and red stems.
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Care: shade to part shade in well-drained to moist well-drained soil. Once roots established, valuable in dry shade
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Clematis texensis ‘Gravetye Beauty’ Z 5-9
Small crimson-red bells dangle from July to September
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Care: Full sun in humusy, fertile, moist well-drained soil. Mulch around the base. Flowers on current year’s stems so cut back to 6-8” in late winter or early spring.The genus Clematis was named by Dioscordes, physician in Nero’s army, from klema meaning “climbing plant.” The species 1st collected by the “Father of Texas Botany” Ferdinand Lindheimer in 1830’s. Max Leichtlin of the Baden Botanic Garden sent C. texensis to Kew Botanic Garden in London in 1880. French nurseryman Francisque Morel sent this selection to William Robinson. Robinson named it for his English nursery at Gravetye Manor in 1914
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Limonium minutum Dwarf statice Z 5-9
All summer long, droves of lavender blossoms above a mini pillow of spoon-shaped, glossy foliage.
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Size: 6-8” x 6-8”
Care: sun in well-drained soil
Native: southeast France on limestone seacliffs
Wildlife Value: deer resistant, salt tolerantDescribed by Linnaeus, 1753. The name Limoniuim comes from the Greek word for meadow.