Description
Fragrant red-purple or bright rose flowers on this evergreen subshrub, July-September
Teucrium chamaedrys Wall Germander Z 5-9
$12.25/barerootFragrant red-purple or bright rose flowers
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White-lavender flowers in May atop wiry stems look like fantastical birds with too many wings, or a four-cornered bishop’s hat. Ornamental heart-shaped leaves and red stems.
Size: 6-12” x 18” slow spreader
Care: shade to part shade in well-drained to moist well-drained soil. Once roots established, valuable in dry shade
Native: China, Japan & KoreaIts Chinese name is “Yin Yang Ho” meaning “Licentious goat herb, “ because allegedly an aphrodisiac for goats! In China & Japan thought to remedy impotence, liver ailments & all age related maladies. In Western gardens since 1834.
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Silene dioica Red Campion Z 5-8
Dark pink-purple flowers from late spring to mid-summer
Dark pink-purple flowers from late spring to mid-summer
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Care: full sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil
Native: EuropeIn Greek mythology Silene was a companion of Bacchus who was covered with foam. Dioicus means that male and female plants are separate. Grown in American gardens since 1800’s.
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Centranthus ruber Jupiter’s beard, red valerian, Pretty Betsy Z 5-8
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Size: 24-36”x 12”
Care: Sun in well-drained alkaline soil, drought tolerant
Native: Mediterranean
Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies, bees and hover flies.Centranthus is from the Greek meaning “spurred flower.” According to Culpepper, an English herbalist from the early 1600’s, this plant comforts the heart and stirs up lust. Parkinson, in 1629 describes it “of a fine red colour, very pleasant to behold.”
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Limonium minutum Dwarf statice Z 5-9
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All summer long, droves of lavender blossoms above a mini pillow of spoon-shaped, glossy foliage.
Size: 6-8” x 6-8”
Care: sun in well-drained soil
Native: southeast France on limestone seacliffs
Wildlife Value: deer resistant, salt tolerantDescribed by Linnaeus, 1753. The name Limoniuim comes from the Greek word for meadow.
