Engelmannia peristenia syn. E. pinnatafida Engelmann’s Daisy Z 4-8

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  Rose pink, with yellow above the lower lip, snapdragon-shaped blooms in spring, repeats in fall. Fuzzy, silver-grey foliage

  

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  Rose pink, with yellow above the lower lip, snapdragon-shaped blooms in spring and repeats in fall. Fuzzy, glaucous, silver-grey foliage. Excellent for places you want low-growing, drought tolerant flowers.

  Size: 12” x 2’
  Care: sun in well-drained soil
  Native: Spain & Morocco
  Wildlife Value: deer resistant, attracts hummingbirds

  Described in 1852 in Pugillus Plantarum Novarum Africae Borealis Hispaniaeque Australis

• Chaerophyllum hirsutum ‘Roseum’ Hairy chervil Z 5-7

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  Airy rose-pink umbels like a short, pink Queen Anne’s lace, blooming in spring to early summer, compliment the fern-like apple-scented fragrant foliage.

  Size: 24” x 12”
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  Native: Spain to Greece
  Awards: Elisabeth Carey Miller Botanical Garden Great Plant Pick

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• Passiflora caerulea Blue passion flower Z 6-9

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  Exotic, large blossoms with an outer ruffle of petals and sepals; an inner disc of concentric rings of blue, white and purple filaments; and a central “antenna.” From mid-summer through fall.

  Size: 15’ x 4’
  Care: sun in well-drained soil
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• Campanula punctata var. rubriflora Z 4-9

  Dangling rosy purple bells hide their red spots inside the petals

  

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  Dangling rosy purple bells hide their red spots inside the petals – early summer

  Size: 12”x16” & spreading
  Care: Sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil
  Native: Japan
  Awards: Top rated for ornamental traits and landscape performance by the Chicago Botanic Garden.

  Campanula is Latin meaning little bell. Punctata means spotted. In 1629 Parkinson described campanulas as “cherished for the beautie of their flowers.”  This variety collected in Japan before 1950.