Papaver orientale ‘Beauty of Livermere’ Z 3-9

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  In early spring, about the time Robins appear, spike-like panicles of white turn purple atop mounds of gray-blue blades

  Size: 24”x16”
  Care: sun to part shade in most any soil
  Native: central and southern Italy

  Collected before 1861.

• Hosta plantaginea ‘Grandiflora’ syn. H. plantaginea var. japonica, Funkia grandiflora Z 3-9

  Fragrant white trumpets in late summer and early autumn

  

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  Fragrant white trumpets in late summer and early autumn

  Size: 24” x 36”
  Care: part sun, moist well-drained soil
  Native: China
  Wildlife Value: attracts hummingbirds
  Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit.

  Hosta was named for Dr. Nicholas Host (1761 – 1834) physician to the emperor of Austria and expert on grasses.  H. plantaginea was a popular Chinese plant as long ago as the Han Dynasty (202 B.C. – 220 A.D.)  Chinese used an ointment made from H. plantaginea to reduce inflammation and fever.  M. de Guines introduced H. plantaginea to Europe when he sent it to the king of France in 1789. Gertrude Jekyll, (1848-1931) mother of the mixed perennial border, recommended H. plantaginea ‘Grandiflora’ to keep border gardens looking “full and beautiful.”

• Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Plumbago, Leadwort Z 5-9

  Cobalt blue flower clusters with contrasting, showy red stems

  

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  Cobalt blue flower clusters with contrasting, showy red stems and calyces  in late summer and fall.   Foliage turns crimson in fall – excellent groundcover. One of the most award winning plants.

  Size: 9-12” x 18”
  Care: Sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil
  Native: China
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  Plumbago is Latin meaning “lead” derived from use of the plant to treat lead poisoning. First collected by Russian botanist Alexander von Bunge in 1830 in Mongolia, then introduced by Robert Fortune who found it growing in Shanghi in 1846.  “Bear a profusion of brilliant cobalt blue flowers (when) the leaves take on a distinct reddish tinge.”  H.H. Thomas 1915.

• Campanula punctata var. rubriflora Z 4-9

  Dangling rosy purple bells hide their red spots inside the petals

  

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  Dangling rosy purple bells hide their red spots inside the petals – early summer

  Size: 12”x16” & spreading
  Care: Sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil
  Native: Japan
  Awards: Top rated for ornamental traits and landscape performance by the Chicago Botanic Garden.

  Campanula is Latin meaning little bell. Punctata means spotted. In 1629 Parkinson described campanulas as “cherished for the beautie of their flowers.”  This variety collected in Japan before 1950.