Description
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Dainty mauvish, dusty pink columbine-like blossoms, without the tail, dangle above foliage in May-June.
Semiaquilegia ecalcarata Spurless columbine, Z 5-9
Dainty mauvish, dusty pink columbine-like blossoms, without the tail, dangle above foliage in May-June.
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Giant profusion of white flowers from late May to June
Size: 7-8’ x 5’
Care: full sun in well-drained soil
Native: CaucasusFirst collected before 1863. ”This is a stately and noble plant, with large heart shaped leaves. The loose flower-heads, which are often 6 feet in height, and nearly as much through, are composed of myriads of small white flowers, which at a distance may be likened to a giant specimen of Gypsophila; it blooms during June and July.” H.H. Thomas 1915.
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Pulsatilla vulgaris var. rubra syn. Anemone pulsatilla var. rubra Pasqueflower
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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
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Silphium perfoliatum Cup plant Z 3-9
Golden daisies waive at the sun from July to September, its cup shaped leaves hold water where butterflies drink & bathe
Golden daisies waive at the sun from July to September, its cup shaped leaves hold water where butterflies drink & bathe
Can not ship to: Connecticut and New York
Size: 7’ x 3’
Care: full sun to part shade in moist soil
Native: Central North America, native to Wisconsin.
Awards: England’s Royal Horticultural Society Award of MeritSap used by Native Americans to chew and freshen breath. Also used to cure colds, neuralgia, fever, and liver disorders. The Chippewa used to stop lung hemorrhaging, menstrual bleeding and cure chest pain. The Winnebago drank a potion from the plant to purify themselves before a buffalo hunt. For the Iroquois it cured paralysis, prevented children from seeing ghosts and illness caused by the dead. Goldfinches feast on the seeds in fall.
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Clematis texensis ‘Gravetye Beauty’ Z 5-9
Small crimson-red bells dangle from July to September
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Small crimson-red bells dangle from July to September
Size: 8’ x 3’
Care: Full sun in humusy, fertile, moist well-drained soil. Mulch around the base. Flowers on current year’s stems so cut back to 6-8” in late winter or early spring.The genus Clematis was named by Dioscordes, physician in Nero’s army, from klema meaning “climbing plant.” The species 1st collected by the “Father of Texas Botany” Ferdinand Lindheimer in 1830’s. Max Leichtlin of the Baden Botanic Garden sent C. texensis to Kew Botanic Garden in London in 1880. French nurseryman Francisque Morel sent this selection to William Robinson. Robinson named it for his English nursery at Gravetye Manor in 1914
