Description
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Yellow spikes of pea-like flowers May-June and longer in cool climates.
Thermopsis montana syn. T. rhombifolia Golden banner, False lupin Z 4-9
Yellow spikes of pea-like flowers May-June and longer in cool climates.
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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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Koeleria glauca Blue hair grass Z 5-9
Erect spike-like panicles June thru August
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Erect spike-like panicles June thru August, poke above a neat mound of erect, blue grass blades.
Size: 16" x 12”
Care: Sun in well-drained soil
Native: Siberia & Central EuropeCollected before 1800.
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Aconitum fischeri Fischer’s monkshood syn. A. carmichaelii
Spikes of cobalt blue hooded blooms September – October
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Spikes of cobalt blue hooded blooms September – October POISON
Size: 24-36”x 10”
Care: part shade in moist soil
Native: No. Japan, E. Russia, Korea, China
Wildlife Value: Deer resistant. Attracts butterflies.The name Aconitum is from the mythical hill Aconitus in Pontica where Hercules fought with Cerberus. Philip Miller in The Gardener’s Dictionary (1768) wrote that the name Aconitum comes from Greek word for dart “because the Barbarians used to daub their darts therewith.” The Monkshood reputedly sprang from the jaws of Cerberus, the guard dog of the underworld. In China called “bao ye wo tou.” Wm. Robinson considered this one of the best monkshoods. Collected before 1820.
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Veronica allionii Alpine speedwell Z 2-9
Purple-blue spikes bloom from early to late summer
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Purple-blue spikes bloom from early to late summer
Size: 4-6” x 8-12”
Care: sun, moist well-drained to well-drained soil
Native: AlpsDescribed in 1779 in Prosp. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné
