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  • Dalea purpurea syn. Petalostemon purpurea Violet prairie clover Z 4-9

    Vase shaped clump with wands of violet to purple encircling tall coneheads mid-summer

    $12.75/bareroot

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    Vase shaped clump with wands of violet to purple encircling tall coneheads mid-summer

    Size: 2’ x 18”
    Care: full sun in well-drained to moist well-drained soil.
    Native: Canada to Texas, Wisconsin native
    Wildlife Value: Host for caterpillars of Dogface Sulphur, Striped blue & Mexican blue butterflies. Supports over 80 bee species including endangered Rusty patched Bumble Bees

    Dalea named to honor English botanist Dr. Samuel Dale (1659- 1739.)  Chippewa, Meskwaki and Navajo used medicinally – as remedies for heart ailments, pneumonia, diarrhea and measles.  Comanche and Lakota chewed the root like gum, for its sweet taste. Sioux combined it with Amorpha canescens, Leadplant to ambush bison. Sioux also treated fevers and stomach disorders with an infusion made from the plant. Pawnee made brooms from the flexible stems.  1st collected by French botanist André Michaux (1746-1802) who spent 11 years in America collecting hundreds of new plants.

  • Thalictrum dioicum Early meadowrue Z 5-9

    OUT OF STOCK Hanging chartreuse blooms dangle from the stems in spring...

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    Hanging chartreuse blooms dangle from the stems in spring

    Size: 20" x 24"
    Care: shade to part shade in moist or moist well-drained soil.
    Native: Quebec west to No. Dakota, south to Georgia, Wisconsin native
    Wildlife Value: Attracts Black swallowtail butterfly. Deer resistant.

    Thalictrum is from Greek meaning “to flourish” or “look green.”  Cherokee made an infusion of the root to cure nausea and diarrhea.  Iroquois used it to remedy sore eyes and heart palpitations.  The plant also would “make you crazy.”  One of 1st No. American plants sent to Europe – grew in Tradescant the Elder’s South Lambeth nursery in 1634.  Collected again by Rev. John Banister who moved to colonial Virginia in 1678.  A gunman mistakenly shot and killed him while he collected plants.  Scotsman Thomas Drummond collected this on the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains. Grown at America’s 1st botanic garden, Elgin Botanic Garden 1811.

  • Liatris spicata Blazing star, Gayfeather, Button snakeroot Z 3-8

    Rosy purple spikes in July and August, a flower arranger’s dream

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    Rosy purple spikes in July and August, a flower arranger’s dream

    Size: 2-3' x 18"
    Care: Full sun in moist to well-drained soil.
    Native: Eastern and southern U. S., Wisconsin native
    Wildlife Value: favorite nectar source for Buckeye butterflies & host for caterpillars of Painted lady, Fritillaries, Skippers, Sulphurs, Coppers & Checkerspot butterflies.

    Native Americans used roots medicinally for backaches, colic, dropsy and to strengthen a weak heart. The Dakota recognized this as an indication “when the flower is blue-red that corn is good to eat.”  Nicollet Diary, August 13, 1838. The dried root reputedly repelled moths from stored clothes. First collected by English naturalist Mark Catesby and cultivated since 1732. Grown at America’s 1st botanic garden, Elgin Botanic Garden 1811.

  • Iris ‘Monsignor’ syn. Anne’s Iris Z 3-9

    Classic purple iris with sunny throat and white stripes on the beard, blossoms in late May to early June...

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    Classic purple iris with sunny throat and white stripes on the beard,  blossoms in late May to early June

    Size: 15" x 8"
    Care: moist well-drained soil in sun to part shade
    Wildlife Value: Welcomes bees with easy access to pollen

    Iris is named after the Greek goddess who accompanied the souls of women to the Elysian fields by way of the rainbow.  Her footprints left flowers the colors of the rainbow.   Iris means “eye of heaven.” The iris is the flower of chivalry, having “a sword for its leaf and a lily for its heart.” Ruskin.   This Iris was growing in the gardens when we moved here in 1992. The property has been owned continuously by the Patterson family from 1880 until 1992.  Anne Patterson began gardening here in 1927 as a young bride, so I call these “Anne’s Iris.”  In June, 2003 Anne turned 104 years old.  She passed away on August 1. Hybridized by French nursery Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie, a legendary seed house started in late 1700’s.  Some firm members specialized in Irises from the 1880’s. The firm introduced ‘Monsignor’ in 1907, one of its earlier hybrids.

  • Delphinium tricorne Dwarf larkspur, Spring larkspur Z 4-8

    OUT OF STOCK – Available to order in Spring only Spring ephemeral of blue delphinium elf-cap spikes. Substitute these for tulips, a favorite food of deer and rabbits...

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    OUT OF STOCK – Available to order in Spring only

    Spring ephemeral of blue delphinium elf-cap spikes. Substitute these for tulips, a favorite food of deer and rabbits

    Size: 18-24” – 6-9”
    Care: sun to shade in moist well-drained to moist soil
    Native: Pennsylvania to Iowa, south to Alabama and Oklahoma and states in between
    Wildlife Value: food for hummingbirds and butterflies; deer & rabbit resistant.

    Collected by André Michaux c. 1800. Cherokee used this for heart ailments and reported that it makes cows intoxicated and they die. The name tricorne comes from the 3-cornered shape of its seeds, like the shape of colonial hats with brims turned up on three sides. This is breathtakingly beautiful but slow to grow.  It is also an ephemeral and dies back after going to seed so mark it or have a good memory where it is so you don’t dig into it planting something else. It comes back in spring.

  • Iris ‘Wabash’ Z 5-8

    Pure white standards with deep violet falls edged in white in late May-early June.

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    Pure white standards with deep violet falls edged in white in late May-early June.

    Size: 39" x 8"
    Care: sun in moist well-drained soil.
    Awards: Dykes award (best iris) winner 1940.

    Iris is named after the Greek goddess who accompanied the souls of women to the Elysian Fields by way of the rainbow.  Her footprints left flowers the colors of the rainbow.   Iris means the eye of heaven. The iris is the flower of chivalry, having “a sword for its leaf and a lily for its heart.” Hybridized by Williamson in 1936

  • Galium odoratum Sweet woodruff, Bedstraw Z 4-8

    Whorls of fine textured leaves, like spokes of a wheel, with white blooms in spring lighting up the shade

    $9.75/pot

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    Whorls of fine textured leaves, like spokes of a wheel, with white blooms in spring lighting up the shade

    Size: 6-12" x 18" spreading
    Care: shade to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil.
    Native: Europe and Mediterranean area

    Called “Bedstraw” because, according to legend, Mary rested on hay of Bedstraw on Christmas.  May wine made an ancient herbal remedy: handful of dried and crushed leaves plus fresh lemon juice steeped in wine for 3-4 hours “makes a man merry and (is) good for the heart and liver.”  Garlands hanging in houses in summer “coole and make fresh the place, to the delight and comfort of such as are therein.” per English herbalist Gerard, 1633.  Dried branches give a grassy vanilla fragrance, used in sachets and potpourris, as an insect repellant and to make grey-green dyes.

  • Iris florentina Florentine iris, White flag Z 3-9

    Sweetly fragrant, tall, icy blue-white iris with pale yellow signal on the fall, flowering in June

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    Sweetly fragrant, tall, icy blue-white iris with pale yellow signal on the fall, flowering in June

    Size: 24-30” x 18-24”
    Care: sun in moist well-drained soil. Plant with rhizome tops above soil.
    Native: Italy and southern France
    Wildlife Value: welcomes bees with easy access to pollen

    Iris is named after the Greek goddess who accompanied the souls of women to the Elysian fields by way of the rainbow.  Her footprints left flowers the colors of the rainbow.   Iris means “eye of heaven.” The iris is the flower of chivalry, having “a sword for its leaf and a lily for its heart.” Ruskin.   At least 2000 years old, this was identified by Dioscorides in De Materica Medica for medicinal use around 70 A.D.  English herbalist John Gerard grew it by 1596.  Grown in the Eichstätt Garden, the garden of Johann Konrad von Gemmingen, prince bishop of Eichstätt in Bavaria, c. 1600.  Grown at America’s 1st botanic garden, Elgin Botanic Garden 1811. Its rhizome is the source of dried orris root. Dig in late summer, peel, chop, dry, age, and then grind into a powder which is a scent fixative for perfumes and potpourris and flavoring for Chianti wine. Orris root has a violet-like aroma. Add powder directly to potpourris. Mix with oil prior to adding to perfumes.

  • Iris ‘Polar King’ Z 4-9

    Pure white with yellow falls, vigorous reblooming iris. Blooms in spring and again, sporadically, in fall....

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    Pure white with yellow falls, vigorous reblooming iris.  Blooms in spring and again, sporadically, in fall.

    Size: 34”x8” Vigorous & spreads by rhizomes.
    Care: Sun in moist well-drained to well-drained soil. Plant with rhizome tops above soil.
    Awards: American Iris Society Award of Merit

    Iris is named after the Greek goddess who accompanied the souls of women to the Elysian fields by way of the rainbow.  Her footprints left flowers the colors of the rainbow.   Iris means “eye of heaven.” The iris is the flower of chivalry, having “a sword for its leaf and a lily for its heart.” Ruskin.   This hybrid bred by Thomas Donahue of Newton Lower Falls, Massachusetts. He 1st showed it at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society flower show in October of 1931 where it won several awards.  Registered in 1939.

  • Asarum canadense syn. Hexastylis canadense Wild ginger Z 3-7

    Concealed brown bell-shaped flowers with flared tips hide under this groundcover’s crinkled, lacquered leaves....

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    Concealed brown bell-shaped flowers with flared tips hide under this groundcover’s crinkled, lacquered leaves.

    Size: 6" x 6" spreading
    Care: part shade to shade, moist well-drained to well-drained soil
    Native: Canada to So. Carolina, Wisconsin native

    Native Americans used Wild ginger for such diverse purposes as flavoring food, curing heart palpitations, induce menstrual cycles, cure “the bite of the serpent,” mend broken bones, as a general tonic, a tea and lure catfish.  Winnebago tenderized raccoon meat with this. Colonists used the plant to break fever and stimulate the appetite.