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Up-facing blue-violet bells in early spring emerge from foliage decorated with silky hairs.
Pulsatilla patens syn. Anemone patens Eastern pasque flower Z 3-7
Very hard to find, native Pasque flower.
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Baptisia australis False Indigo Z 3-9
Indigo blue racemes in June followed by ornamental pods
In early summer loose spikes bear big blue blossoms which turn to large black seed pods. Four foot tall foliage resembles a shrub.
Size: 3-5' x 24"
Care: Full sun sandy soil. Drought tolerant
Native: Eastern United States, Wisconsin native.
Wildlife Value: Attracts butterflies
Awards: Perennial Plant Association Plant of Year 2010As its common name describes, this plant was used as a substitute for indigo dye. Horticultural greats Bailey, Breck and Robinson considered Baptisia handsome. Introduced in 1758.
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Alcea rosea Hollyhock BIENNIAL
Early to late summer spikes of single platters - mixed colors. The classic cottage garden flower.
Alcea rosea Hollyhock BIENNIAL reseeds Z 4-9
Early to late summer spikes of single platters – mixed colors. The classic cottage garden flower.Size: 5-8' x 24"
Care: Sun in moist well-drained to well-drained soil. Drought tolerant
Native: West Asia
Wildlife Value: Butterfly plant, host for Painted Lady butterfliesCultivated in China for thousands of years where it symbolized the passing of time. They cooked the leaves for a vegetable and also ate the buds. Transported from Middle East to Europe by the Crusaders and introduced to England by the 1400’s. Culpepper, a 17th century English herbalist, claimed the plant could be used to cure ailments of the “belly, Stone, Reins, Kidneys, Bladder, Coughs, Shortness of Breath, Wheesing, … the King’s Evil,, Kernels, Chin-cough, Wounds, Bruises, Falls. . . (and) Sun-burning.” Both single and double forms grew in England by the time of Parkinson (1629). Parkinson said they came “in many and sundry colours.” John Winthrop Jr. introduced the 1st hollyhock to the New World in the 1630’s.
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Andropogon scoparium Little bluestem Z 5-9
Blue gray foliage turns plum orange in fall
Andropogon scoparium Little bluestem Z 5-9
Blue gray foliage turns plum orange in fall with wispy, feather-like seed headsSize: 18" x 12"
Care: full sun in well-drained soil. Drought tolerant.
Native: all No. America, Wisconsin nativeDiscovered by French plant hunter André Michaux (1746-1802) in America’s prairies. Comanche used it to relieve syphilitic sores. Lakota made soft wispy seed heads into liners for moccasins.
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Tanacetum niveum Silver tansy, Snow tansy Z 5-9
Profusion of small classic daisies May-July atop fragrant silver foliage
Profusion of small classic daisies May-July atop fragrant silver foliage
Size: 2’ x 3’
Care: sun in moist well drained soilNamed by Carl Heinrich Schultz (1805-1867)
