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Rosy racemes May- June emerge from a mound of grass-like leaves. Short-lived but reseeds.
Silene suecica syn. Lychnis alpina Arctic campion Z 4-8
Rosy racemes May- June emerge from a mound of grass-like leaves
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Agave parryi Mescal agave, Parry’s agave, Century plant Z 5 (with care) – 10
Rosette of thick silver-grey leaves with an inch-long terminal tip of each spine
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Rosette of thick silver-grey leaves with an inch-long terminal tip of each spine and offshoots, knowns as “pups” emerge near the base, even of young plants. Flowers only once & takes +10 years. In Z 5-6 plant in spring to get established.
Size: 18” x 18-28”
Care: sun in well-drained soil. We grow this in Z 5A on the south-facing side of a mound of well-drained soil, with a few large rocks nearby and gravel mulch.
Native: mountains of Arizona and New Mexico.First Americans in the SW traded baked leaves and buds hundreds of years ago. Roasted stalks,baked buds & water mixed & fermented make pulque, further distilled to make mescal or tequila.
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Punica granatum var. nana Dwarf pomegranate Z 7-11
Adorable dwarf shrub bearing orange-red blooms in July and August then tiny, edible pomegranates. Where not hardy makes good container plant and bonsai.
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Adorable dwarf shrub bearing orange-red blooms in July and August then tiny, edible pomegranates. Where not hardy makes good container plant and bonsai.
Size: 2-4’ x 2-4’
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
Native: Europe to Himalayas“The plants will bear miniature fruit if grown in areas with year-round temperatures that rarely fall below 40° F. To grow indoors, moderate night-time temperatures should be given (50° to 60° F). Keep at 40° to 45° F in winter until new growth appears. In the growing period, keep moderately moist. Water sparingly from August on. This plant requires good drainage. Plants will bear fruit indoors if grown in a sunny exposure.” Issour Botanic Garden. It is deciduous and may lose its leaves.
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Myosotis palustris syn. M. scorpioides Forget-me-not Z. 5-9
Small gentian flowers with golden eyes, spring into fall
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Small gentian flowers with golden eyes, spring into fall.
Can not ship to: New Hampshire
Size: 9-12” x 12”
Care: sun to part shade in moist soil
Native: temperate areas world wide“Myosotis” is Greek meaning mouse ear for the leaf shape. Around 1390 Henry IV adopted soveigne vous de moy, Forget-me-not, as a symbol not to forget his reign. A German legend attributes the common name to a lover who, gathering the flower, cried out “forget-me-not” as he fell into the river and died. Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote: “The sweet forget-me-nots; That grow for happy lovers.” Persian poet Shiraz told another folk tale: an angel fell from heaven by falling in love with a “daughter of earth,”when they sat by a river twining Forget-me-not flowers in her hair. The angel was not allowed to return until the lovers planted Forget-me-nots in every corner of the earth, which they did, hand in hand. She then became immortal “without tasting the bitterness of death” and joined the angel in Paradise.
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Cynara cardunculus Cardoon Z 7-9
Spectacular basal foliage - arching, silvery, deeply incised leaves, Late summer-fall spiny buds open to rich purple feathery flowers.
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In colder areas grow as annual
Spectacular basal foliage – arching, silvery, deeply incised leaves. Late summer-fall spiny buds open to rich purple feathery flowers.Size: 3-4’ x 3-4’
Care: sun in moist well-drained to well-drained soil. Cut off flowers immediately after flowering to bring on new foliage, gorgeous into late fall.
Native: Southern EuropeThe leaf stems, blanched, are also edible. Bridgemen, The Young Gardeners Assistant (1847)
Described by Linneaus 1753.
