Hemerocallis ‘Orange Taffy’

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  Size: 24” x 30”
  Care: Light to Part shade in well drained, alkaline soil. Do not crowd with other plants, roots prefer no competition. Fertilize regularly for dramatic growth. Prune in early spring. Unlike English boxwood this can be pruned back hard. One of a few shade tolerant evergreens and deer resistant too. Also the most hardy Boxwood.

  Introduced from Asia to American and European gardens around 1900 by Ernest Henry “Chinese” Wilson (1876-1930) who scoured Asia for plants.

• Onopordum acanthium Scotch thistle, Woolly thistle Biennial Z 5-9

  Soft, majestic purple-magenta thistles on prickly silver foliage and stems.  

  

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  Soft, majestic purple-magenta thistles on prickly silver foliage and stems.

  Can not ship to: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

  Size: 4-6’ x 2”
  Care: full sun in moist, well-drained soil
  Native: Europe and western Asia
  Wildlife Value: Bees, butterflies and birds

  Identified by Dioscorides in De Materia Medica for medicinal use around 70 A.D.  Chosen as the symbol of Scotland by King James V. According to legend the Scotch thistle helped Scotland fend off a night-time Viking invasion by preventing a sneak attack.  It caused the Vikings to scream in pain waking the Scots.  Introduced to American gardens in late 1800’s.

• 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

  

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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 to moist well-drained 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 it to stop lung hemorrhaging, menstrual bleeding, and cure chest pain. 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  chewed  resin like 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.

• Silene dioica Red Campion Z 5-8

  Dark pink-purple flowers from late spring to mid-summer

  

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  Dark pink-purple flowers from late spring to mid-summer

  Size: 32” x 18”
  Care: full sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil
  Native: Europe
  Wildlife Value: a favorite of Bumblebees

  In Greek mythology Silene was a companion of Bacchus who was covered with foam. Dioicus means that male and female plants are separate. Described by 1750’s.  Grown in American gardens since 1800’s