Echium russicum Vipers bugloss Z 2-9

Echium russicum Vipers bugloss Z 2-9

Striking spikes of wine red in early summer, deadhead to rebloom. Short lived.

SKU: ECHIUR101 Category:

Description

ARCHIVED

Note: This is a plant not currently for sale.  This is an archive page preserved for informational use.

Striking spikes of wine red in early summer, deadhead to rebloom. Short lived.

Related products

  • Veronica allionii Alpine speedwell Z 2-9

    Purple-blue spikes bloom from early to late summer

    Placeholder

    Buy

    ARCHIVED

    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: Alps

    Described in 1779 in Prosp. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné

  • Aster sibiricus syn. Eurybia sibirica Siberian aster, Arctic aster Z 3-9

    Lavender daisies from late-summer into fall

    Buy

    ARCHIVED

    Note: This is a plant not currently for sale.  This is an archive page preserved for informational use.

    Lavender daisies from late-summer into fall, valuable for long-blooming and short size

    Size: 6-10” x 15-24” Care: sun in well-drained, to moist well-drained, acidic soil
    Native: NW US, Alaska, Canada, Arctic & Siberia
    Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies

    Collected by German plant hunter Johann Gmelin in Siberia before 1753

  • Centranthus ruber Jupiter’s beard, Red Valerian, Pretty Betsy Z 5-8

    Clusters of crimson, star-shaped florets atop 2’ stems bloom their heads off ALL summer into fall.

    Buy

    ARCHIVED

    Note: This is a plant not currently for sale.  This is an archive page preserved for informational use.

    Clusters of crimson, star-shaped florets atop 2’ stems bloom their heads off ALL summer into fall.

    Size: 24-36”x 12”
    Care: Sun in well-drained alkaline soil, drought tolerant
    Native: Mediterranean
    Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies, bees and hover flies.

    Centranthus is from the Greek meaning “spurred flower.”  According to Culpepper, an English herbalist from the early 1600’s, this plant comforts the heart and stirs up lust.  Parkinson, in 1629 describes it “of a fine red colour, very pleasant to behold.”

  • Chrysanthemum parthenium syn. Tanacetum parthenium Feverfew Z 5-9

    Cheerful, small white daisies flower all summer and autumn

    Buy

    ARCHIVED

    Note: This is a plant not currently for sale.  This is an archive page preserved for informational use.

    Cheerful, small white daisies flower all summer and autumn.

    Size: 18-24” x 12”
    Care: Full sun moist well-drained soil
    Native: Europe and Caucasus

    Common name “Feverfew” speaks for itself, referring to the plant’s medicinal qualities. The species’ name parthenium comes from Plutarch who claimed that the plant saved the life of a construction worker who fell from the Parthenon.   Feverfew was prescribed to remedy coughs, indigestion, congestion, melancholy, hysteria, vertigo, freckles, opium overdoses and for “them that are giddie in the head.” Parkinson.  A favorite early cottage garden flower.   Pressed specimen in Emily Dickinson’s herbarium.