Description
Yellow spring flowers – early summer, followed by small, oval “silver dollars.”
Fibigia clypeata Roman shields Z 5-
$8.75/barerootYellow spring flowers – early summer, followed by small, oval “silver dollars.”
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Rosettes of succulent leaves
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Size: 4” x 4”
Care: sun in well-drained to moist well-drained soil
Native: Alps & Pyrenees MountainsGrown in gardens for thousands of years. Sempervivum means “live forever.” Romans planted Hens and chicks on their roofs to ward off lightning. As a succulent it holds water and is probably more difficult to catch fire. “This practice was preserved for historians when Charlemagne (720-814), first Holy Roman Emperor and unifier of a large part of northern Europe, ordered that all villagers within his crown lands plant houseleeks on their roofs, presumably as a safety measure. He decreed: Et ille hortulanus habeat super domum suam Iovis barbam. (And the gardener shall have house-leeks growing on his house. Capitulare de villis, about 795, LXX.)”
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Centranthus ruber Jupiter’s beard, red valerian Z 5-8
Cluster of crimson, star-shaped florets atop 2’ stems bloom their heads of ALL summer.
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Size: 24-36”x 36”
Care: Sun in well-drained alkaline soil
Native: Mediterranean
Wildlife Value: attracts butterfliesCentranthus is from the Greek meaning “spurred flower.” According to Culpepper, an English herbalist from the early 1600’s, this plant comforts the heart and stirs up lust. Parkinson, in 1629 describes it “of a fine red colour, very pleasant to behold.”
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Platycodon grandiflorus albus Balloon flower Z 4-9
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Size: 24" x 12"
Care: Full sun to part shade in moist well-drained to well-drained soil.
Native: Eastern Asia
Awards: England's Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit.
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Pulsatilla vulgaris var. rubra syn. Anemone pulsatilla var. rubra Pasqueflower
Wine-red petals of bell-shape with yellow centers flowers in early spring. Fun, furry foliage
Wine-red petals of bell-shape with yellow centers flowers in early spring. Fun, furry foliage and Medusa-like seed heads.
Size: 12-20” x 4-8”
Care: sun in well-drained to moist well-drained soil
Native: Europe
Wildlife Value: Deer resistantCalled Pasque flower because it blooms at Easter time. William Robinson 1933
