A triple delight. From late spring to early summer clusters of 2” wide, four-petaled, snow-white flowers with a center boss of sunny stamens smother stem ends on this vase-shaped shrub. The flowers perfume the air with a delicious, orange scent. Then in fall the foliage turns citrus-yellow. Idaho adopted this as the state flower.
A triple delight. From late spring to early summer clusters of 2” wide, four-petaled, snow-white flowers with a center boss of sunny stamens smother stem ends on this vase-shaped shrub. The flowers perfume the air with a delicious, orange scent. Then in fall the foliage turns citrus-yellow. Idaho adopted this as the state flower.
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Perfectly round, white flowers perfume the air in Aug. & Sept. Red leaf stems contrast with green foliage. Ships only in spring
Size: 6' x 8'
Care: Full sun to part shade in wet to moist well-drained soil
Native: New Brunswick S. to Fla. W. to CA.
Wildlife Value: Important shrub to maintain water quality and for wildlife habitat. Its roots absorb nutrients in water and reduce erosion along water's edges. Flowers attract butterflies. Birds nest in branches.
Many medicinal uses for several tribes – Chickasaw, Choctaw, Kiowa, Meskwaki and Seminole, believed to remedy sore eyes, toothaches, dysentery, hemorrhages, headaches, nausea, fevers, constipation, ailments in horses and “wolf ghost sickness.” Rand 1866: “Valuable for blooming at a season when the shrubbery is bare of flowers.” Offered for sale in Bartram Garden’s 1783 Broadside, America’s 1st plant catalog.
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Lemon yellow flowers on this short shrub June to August. In fall its foliage turns dark red for the final fireworks’ display.
Size: 3’ x 3’ spreading
Care: sun to part shade in well-drained soil, drought tolerant
Native: Eastern half of US & Canada, Wisconsin native.
Wildlife Value: nectar source for Bumblebees. Birds make nests from the branches and eat the fruits
Used medicinally by numerous Native Americans – Algonquin, Chippewa, Cree, Iroquois, Menominee, Meskwaki, Ojibwa and Potawatomi. Used as remedy for sore eyes, diuretic, “old men who cannot retain urine,” constipation, stomach pain, increase breast milk, to “spoiled babies with adulterous mother,” STD’s and vertigo. Dr. N. Dierville, a surgeon, carried this to France from Canada (then Acadia) in 1699. Botanist to France’s king, Louis XIV, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708) named this to honor Dierville
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White flowers in May turning to dense clusters of lurid red berries lasting from fall into winter on female plants. One male needed to fertilize 3 or 4 4 female plants. Female plants have a plump round ovary at the center and vestigial stamens – sticks up; male flowers have a greatly reduced and lower center-and prominent stamens with ample pollen.
Size: 6-16’ x 6-10’
Care: sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained, acidic soil
Native: Canada to FL, West to WI and MO. Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: Berries are important winter food for Robin, Bluejay, Catbird, Cedar waxwing, Chickadee, Finch, Flicker, Mockingbird, Mourning dove, Nuthatch, Sparrow, Tanager, Thrasher, Towhee, Warbler, Woodpecker.
Natives Americans used bark to induce vomiting, to remedy craziness and a decoction of roots to cure hay fever. Ojibwa used roots as remedy for diarrhea. Collected before 1753 by John Bartram (1699-1776) who called it “Prinos.” Jefferson described the Winterberry in Virginia, “the swamps in this neighborhood are now red with this berry… (it is) peculiar to America and is a real treasure.” Grown at America’s 1st botanic garden, Elgin Botanic Garden 1811. L H Bailey (1933) called it, “one of the best hardy shrubs with ornamental fruits.”
Require a male and female plant for cross pollination. This is the female plant that will produce the berries. Generally, only 1 male shrub should be needed to pollinate 3-4 female shrubs.
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“Dwarf ornamental shrub, ornamental in foliage, flowers and berry.” Rand 1866. In spring fragrant, pinkish-white bell-shaped flowers, evergreen, glossy foliage and Marlboro red berries in fall. Great for cascading over edge of wall or groundcover.
Size: 4” x 20” forms dense groundcover over time. Stems root to spread.
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained to dry, acidic soil. Needs watering until established. Best grown with protection from wind.
Native: No. America, Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: Host for several butterfly species including Hoary Elfin, Brown Elfin and Freija Fritillary.
Awards: Cary Award Distinctive Plants for New England
Kinnikinnick is Algonquin meaning “mixture.” Used as an ingredient in Native American smoke mixtures. For centuries leaves used to make medicinal tea as a tonic and diuretic in many parts of the world. Cheyenne drank the tea to cure back sprains. Some Native Americans used it to cure venereal disease, others to cure pimples and itching, peeling skin. Both Indians and colonists mixed leaves with tobacco for smoking. Collected by Meriwether Lewis on the Expedition.
