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  • Lupinus perennis Sun-dial lupin, Old maid’s bonnet, wild pea Z. 4-9

    Many flowered blue, pea flowered raceme May-June

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    Many flowered blue, pea flowered raceme May-June

    Size: 1-2' x 12"
    Care: full sun in well drained soil. A legume, so it enriches the soil by adding nitrogen.
    Native: Maine to FL, Ontario to MN to Louisiana, Wisconsin native.
    Wildlife Value: Attracts both hummingbirds and butterflies. The only food for larvae of endangered species, Karner Blue butterfly.

    Lupinus is Latin from Lupus meaning “wolf.” Cherokee used this to stop bleeding.  The Menominee fattened their horses with this Lupin and made them spirited.  They rubbed the plant on themselves to give power to control the horses. Likely sent from its native Virginia to England by Tradescant the Younger in 1637. Collected by André Michaux(1746-1802)  in late 1700’s.  Grown by Jefferson.  Grown at America’s 1st botanic garden, Elgin Botanic Garden 1811.

  • Anemone canadensis Meadow anemone Z 3-8

    Pristine pure white petal-like sepals frame many golden anthers in early summer

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    Pristine pure white petal-like sepals frame many golden anthers in early summer

    Size: 12-24" x 12” spreading
    Care: full sun to part shade in moist soil
    Native: North America as far south as Missouri, Wisconsin native
    Wildlife Value: pollen for small bees
    Size: Good groundcover under trees where soil is moist, naturalized garden.

    Used medicinally by many Native American groups.  The roots cleared up sores and leaves stopped nose bleeds for the Chippewa.  It relieved the Iroquois of worms and counteracted witch medicine.  For the Meskwaki this plant uncrossed crossed eyes.  Ojibwa singers used it to clear their throats and remedy lower back pain.   Sioux used the root to remedy several ailments – staunch bleeding, reduce lower back pain, sore eyes, crossed eyes and twitching of eyes.  They also ate the root to clear the throat to boost good singing.  Collected by Meriwether Lewis August 17, 1804 on the 1st leg of the Expedition.

  • Anemone multifida Cutleaf anemone, Pacific anemone Z 2-6

    Blooming in early summer small six petal-like sepals, watermelon pink, each with a center boss of sunny stamens with deep palmately divided basal leaves underneath.

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    Blooming in early summer small six petal-like sepals, watermelon pink, each with a center boss of sunny stamens with deep palmately divided basal leaves underneath.

    Size: 9” x 6”
    Care: part shade in humusy moist well-drained soil
    Native: North America except the Arctic
    Wildlife Value: hummingbirds build nests from seedheads

    Collected by Drummond & Douglas west of the Rocky Mountains Blackfoot Indians called this “Looks-like-a-plume.” The burned seed-head inhaled to stop a headache. British Columbia’s Thompson Indians used this to stop nose-bleeds, calling it “Bleeding Nose Plant.”  This red/pink one collected by C.C. Parry before 1860.  Parry (1832-1890) tagged as the king of Colorado botany.

  • Xerophyllum tenax  Turkey beard, Indian basket grass    Z 5-8

    OUT OF STOCK Plume of fragrant white flowers May-August on naked stalks rising from mound of grassy foliage, actually a lily....

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    Plume of fragrant white flowers May-August on naked stalks rising from mound of grassy foliage, actually a lily.

    Size: 3-5’ x 24-30”
    Care: sun to part shade in well-drained soil
    Native: British Columbia, to Montana & WY

    Several western Indian tribes wove baskets & hats from the leaves & roasted the roots for food.  Blackfoot applied the plant to wounds to stop bleeding and repair breaks & sprains.  Collected by Meriwether Lewis June 15, 1806 just east of Weippe Prairie and west of Bitterroot Mountains in Idaho.

  • Achillea nana Dwarf yarrow Z 4-7

    ARCHIVED Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use. White flowers over grey-green foliage blooms for nearly 2 months in...

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    White flowers over grey-green foliage blooms for nearly 2 months in summer.

    Size: 2-4” x spreading
    Care: sun in well-drained to moist well-drained soil
    Native: mountains of central Europe

    Collected before 1753. Philip Miller’s The Gardener’s Dictionary (1768) wrote that it is a “native of the Alps…very hardy … will thrive in any soil (and) deserve(s) a place in gardens.” Achillea named for Achilles, hero of Homer’s Illiad, used Achillea millefolium to stop bleeding of his wounded soldiers at the siege of Troy. Achilles learned about the uses of Achillea from Chiron, the Centaur. Nana means “dwarf.”

  • Adiantum pedatum Maidenhair fern Z 4-9

    Grown for its delicate-appearing leaflets arranged in rows. One of internationally known garden designer Piet Oudolf’s 100 “MUST HAVE” plants, Gardens Illustrated 94 (2013)...

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    Grown for its delicate-appearing leaflets arranged in rows. One of internationally known garden designer Piet Oudolf’s 100 “MUST HAVE” plants, Gardens Illustrated 94 (2013)

    Size: 12-24”x 12”
    Care: Shade in moist soil
    Native: all parts of No. America including Wisconsin
    Awards: England’s Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit.

    Cherokee made a tea from this for flu, fever, and rheumatism, paralysis and asthma.  Native Americans used stem to make a hair wash and applied a topical poultice of masticated fronds to wounds to stop bleeding.  1st described by French botanist Cornut in 1635.  Introduced to gardens in 1635 from Canada where it grew in “such quantities that the French sent it from thence in package for other goods and the apothecaries at Paris use it for (another Maidenhair) in all their compositions in which that is ordered.” Philip Miller (1768).  Tradescant the Younger introduced it to English gardens in 1638 when he sent it from Virginia Colony to London.  English herbalist Nicholas Culpepper claimed it as “a good remedy for coughs, asthmas, pleurisy, etc., and on account of being a gentle diuretic, also in jaundice, gravel and other impurities of the kidneys.”  Father of mixed perennial gardens, William Robinson, called this “elegant…unquestionably one of the most distinct and beautiful of the hardy ferns.” The Garden 1876.

  • 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 Can not ship to: Connecticut and New York...

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    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 Merit

    Sap 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.  Lakota Sioux: “Children sometimes use the resin as chewing gum. An infusion of the whole plant is used to rid horses and humans of intestinal worms. An infusion of the leaves is used to loosen phlegm in the lungs. Described and classified in 1753.

  • Solidago speciosa Showy goldenrod Z 3-8

    Broad spikes of erect panicles of mustard yellow welcome late summer into autumn

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    Broad spikes of erect panicles of mustard yellow welcome late summer into autumn

    Size: 3-5’ x 12-18”
    Care: Sun, any soil, stands up to wind, no staking needed
    Native: Central & eastern US, Wisconsin native
    Wildlife Value: Loved by butterflies for its nectar – Small copper, Monarch, Giant swallowtail, Gray hairstreak, Clouded Sulfur, Fritillary, Pearl crescent & Cloudless sulfur. Attracts praying mantises.

    Meskwaki applied an infusion made of roots to burns.  Chippewa used this plant for many things – to stop bleeding in the mouth and lungs, reduce pain from strains and sprains, as a stimulant and tonic and, mixed with bear grease, for a hair ointment. HoChunk and Winnebago made a blood purifier and remedied incontinence.  Collected by Thomas Nuttall, English planthunter (1786-1859) who wandered over all of No. America searching for plants, animals, birds and rocks from 1809 to 1842.

  • Achillea tomentosa Woolly yarrow Z 4-8

    Lemony colored platter-like flower heads from June to July atop a spray of wooly foliage. LIMITED QUANTITES AVAILABLE, LIMIT OF 1 PER CUSTOMER PLEASE....

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    Lemony colored platter-like flower heads from June to July atop a spray of wooly foliage.

    LIMITED QUANTITES AVAILABLE, LIMIT OF 1 PER CUSTOMER PLEASE.

    Size: 8” x 12”
    Care: Full sun in moist to dry soil
    Native: Southern to Eastern Europe
    Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit.

    Grown in garden of Tradescant the Elder’s (1570-1638) in 1630. ”A splendid plant with fern like foliage and rich golden-yellow flower heads.” H.H. Thomas, 1915.  Philip Miller’s The Gardener’s Dictionary, describes this as having “finely cut” leaves with flowers “of a bright yellow colour, and continue long in beauty.” (1768)
    Achillea named for Achilles, hero of Homer’s Iliad, who used a different  Achillea to stop his soldiers’ bleeding at the siege of Troy.  Tomentosa means “furry” or “covered in hairs”,  referring to the leaves of this plant.

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  • Achillea ageratifolia Greek yarrow Z 4-8

    ARCHIVED Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use. Silvery foliage smothered with porcelain white flowers June-August, fragrant...

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    Silvery foliage smothered with porcelain white flowers June-August, fragrant

    Size: 6”x 18”
    Care: sun in dry to moist well-drained soil
    Native: Balkans, Greece & Yugoslavia
    Wildlife Value: Attracts butterflies, deer resistant.
    Size: Good in rock garden & troughs.

    Achillea named for Achilles who used Achillea millefolium to bandage bleeding wounds for his soldiers. According to Philip Miller (1768) Achillea’s common name is “Nosebleed.” Ageratifloia means leaves like an Ageratum.
    Collected before 1796.