Description
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Scarlet, tissue-thin petals surround a purple blotch at the base highlighted with purple stamens
Papaver orientale ‘Beauty of Livermere’ Z 3-9
Glossy fire engine red petals with black heart in June.
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Sesleria nitida Nest Moor grass Z 5-8
Spike-like panicles of white turn purple atop mounds of gray-blue blades
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.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 ItalyCollected before 1861.
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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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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.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 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.” Missouri Botanic Garden. This dwarf described in 1803.
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Carex davalliana Bath’s sedge, Davall’s sedge Z 4-8
Short hedge-hog like clump with white flowers
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Short hedge-hog like clump with white flowers turning to bronzy spiked seedheads May-June. Best for rock, railroad or fairy gardens – anyplace for a miniature, clumping grass.
Size: 6” x 12”
Care: sun to light shade in moist soil
Native: wet places in Europe and western No. AmericaCollected before 1798 by Edmund Davall who botanized in Switzerland.
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Echium vulgare Vipers bugloss Self-sowing biennial Z 3-8
Spikes of true blue blossoms touched with a hint of pink, May through September
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Spikes of true blue blossoms touched with a hint of pink, May through September. Self-seeds readily, considered noxious weed in Washington. Bristly hairs on stems can cause skin irritation
Can not ship to: Idaho, Maryland and Montana
Size: 2-3’ x 12”
Care: sun in most any soil
Native: Europe.
Wildlife Value: Important pollinator for bees.In past leaves boiled for a tea to remedy headaches and fevers. In mid-1700’s grew on chalky lands over most of England. Echium is Greek for Viper’s bugloss because a concoction of the root and wine supposedly cured snake bites or acc’d to Gardeners’ Dictionary 1768 “because the ripe seed of this plant resembles the head of a viper.”
