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Alchemilla erythropoda Dwarf lady’s mantle Z 3-7
A miniature Lady’s Mantle for edging borders or growing in the rock garden. Short sprays of chartreuse flowers appear over a dense mound of scalloped light-green leaves that catch and hold rain or dewdrops
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A miniature Lady’s Mantle for edging borders or growing in the rock garden. Short sprays of chartreuse flowers appear over a dense mound of scalloped light-green leaves that catch and hold rain or dewdrops
Size: 6-10” x 9-12”
Care: Sun to shade in moist well-drained soil
Native: Eastern Europe
Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of MeritYou might not transmute gold with Alchemilla, but foamy clusters of tiny, starlike flowers in yellow-green chartreuse bloom above scalloped, tooth-edged foliage. A contrast of forms and greens Alchemilla was used to collect dewdrops in the medieval preparation of the Philosopher’s Stone. We find the way moisture collects and moves like mercury on the pale green leaves always magical.
Described in Flora Kavkaza Flora Kavkaza in 1928.
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Alchemilla mollis Lady’s mantle
Petite chartreuse flowers cover foot long sprays
Petite chartreuse flowers cover foot long sprays in early to midsummer. Mounds of fan-like blue-grey foliage. Wonderful groundcover.
Size: 24"x S 30"
Care: Sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: East Carpathians, CaucasusNamed for alchemists, medieval chemists who believed they could transmute ordinary substances into gold. Dew drops beading on the fan shaped leaves were added to gold-making recipes. 16th century English medicinal uses included: cures for inflammation from wounds, bruises and flu, clot blood, aid conception and discourage miscarriages. Reputedly the plant also returned women to their former beauty of youth. Cultivated in U.S. since 1800’s.
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Allium cernuum Nodding onion Z 4-8
Umbels of arching stems with nodding bells of lilac shading to pink
Allium cernuum Nodding onion Z 4-8
Umbels of arching stems with nodding bells of lilac shading to pink, June – July.Size: 12”-18”x 3-6”
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil, Deer resistant
Native: Canada to Mexico, Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: attracts butterfliesCernuum is Latin meaning “nodding.” Many groups of 1st Americans ate the bulbs raw, roasted or dried for winter storage or as flavoring for soups and gravies. Cherokee used this plant medicinally to cure colds, hives, colic, “gravel & dropsy,” liver ailments, sore throats, “phthisic,” and feet in “nervous fever.” Those in the Isleta Pueblo were not quite as creative as the Cherokee and used this only for sore throats and infections. Collected for garden cultivation by 1834.
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Allium christophii syn. Allium albopilosum Star of Persia, Persian onion Z 4-8
Awesome purple globe-shaped flowers nearly a foot across in late spring to early summer. Ephemeral. Flowerhead make stunning years long dried arrangements
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Awesome purple globe-shaped flowers nearly a foot across in late spring to early summer. Ephemeral. Flowerhead make stunning years long dried arrangements
Size: 1-2’ x 1’
Care: sun in well-drained to moist well-drained soil
Native: Iran and Turkey
Wildlife Value: Deer resistant. Walnut tolerant
Awards: Royal Horticultural Society award of Garden MeritNamed Star of Persia for the 100 star shaped flowers that make up each flower head.
Described by German botanist and plant explorer Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter (1809-1889) in 1884. He worked at botanic gardens and universities in Kiev and St. Petersburg for 40 years. -
Allium cyathophorum var. farreri Z 5-8
Clusters of nodding deep purple tubes flowering in late spring to early summer
Clusters of nodding deep purple tubes flowering in late spring to early summer
Size: 6-12” x 9-12"
Care: sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: mountains of China.1st described in 1930.
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Allium flavum var. minus Yellow flowered garlic
Umbels of shatter-shot yellow florets on blue-green stems in July
Umbels of shatter-shot yellow florets, a bit like fireworks, on blue-green stems in July
Size: 10” x 3”
Care: sun in moist well-drained soil
Native: Northern Turkey
Wildlife Value: resistant to rabbits & deer. Attracts bees and butterflies
Awards: species received Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden MeritDescribed by Swiss botanist Pierre Edmond Boissier before 1885
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Allium karataviense Turkestan onion, Kara Tau garlic Z 5-9
Basal rosette of wide, glaucous, arching leaves from which a soft-ball sized soft pink to white flower emerges in early summer, ephemeral
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Basal rosette of wide, glaucous, arching leaves from which a soft-ball sized soft pink to white flower emerges in early summer, ephemeral
Size: 9” x 6”
Care: sun in well-drained soil
Native: central Asia – the Stans (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan).
Wildlife Value: value: resistant to rabbits & deer. Attracts bees and butterflies
Awards: Elisabeth Carey Miller Botanic Garden Great Plant Pick, Royal Botanic Garden Award of Garden Merit1st described in 1875 by German botanist Eduard August von Regel (1815-1892) who served as the Director of the Imperial Botanical Garden of St. Petersburg Russia
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Allium rosenbachianum Z 5-9
Decadent, huge purple balls in June
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Decadent, huge purple balls in June
Size: 36”x 6”
Care: full to part sun in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
Native: TurkestanCollected from the wild about 1894.
1st described by German botanist Eduard August von Regel (1815-1892) who served as the Director of the Imperial Botanical Garden of St. Petersburg Russia
