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Thermopsis montana syn. T. rhombifolia Golden banner, False lupin Z 4-9
Yellow spikes of pea-like flowers May-June and longer in cool climates.
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Yellow spikes of pea-like flowers May-June and longer in cool climates.

Size: 24-36” x 18-24” & spreading by rhizomes
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
Native: Rocky Mountains
Thermopsis is Greek meaning “lupin” and “like;” because the flower looks like a yellow lupine. Collected in 1834 by plant hunter extraordinaire Thomas Nuttall (1786-1859) on the trip to California, the Wyeth Expedition.
Thymus serpyllum ssp. arcticus syn. T. praecox Lemon thyme Z 2-9
Purple flowers May – August with evergreen foliage on this tiny leaved plant. Good for groundcover or rock garden.
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Purple flowers May – June with evergreen foliage on this tiny leaved plant. Good for groundcover or rock garden.

Can not ship to: Maryland

Size: 4” x 12” and spreading
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
Native: Greenland, Norway, Iceland, the Arctic, much of the US incl WI.
This species collected on an expedition in the Arctic before 1855.
Trillium grandiflorum Large flowered Trillium, Wake robin Z 4-8
Pure white trio of petals atop whorl of leaves in May. Ephemeral.
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Pure white trio of petals atop whorl of leaves in May. Ephemeral.

Size: 12-18” x slowly spreading
Care: shade to part shade in moist soil
Native: Quebec to Georgia, west to Minnesota Wisconsin native
Awards: Elisabeth Carey Miller Botanical Garden Great Plant Picks
Chippewa made decoctions of Trillium for aching joints & sore ears. Menominee cured many ailments with this Trillium: irregular menstrual periods, cramps, diuretic, swollen eyes and “sore nipples and teats pierced with a dog whisker.” Collected by Frenchman André Michaux (1746-1802) who spent 11 years in America collecting hundreds of new plants.
Trillium luteum Yellow Trillium Ephemeral Z 4-8
Sometimes mottled, hosta-like leaves support a lemon-scented, three-petaled yellow blossom in April-May
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Sometimes mottled, hosta-like leaves support a lemon-scented, three-petaled yellow blossom in April-May

Size: 15” x 8”
Care: Shade to part shade in moist, well-drained soil
Native: Southeastern US
Wildlife Value: Attracts bees
Awards: Elisabeth Carey Miller Great Plant Pick, recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit
First published description by Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815) American botanist Lutheran minister and college president.
Tulipa linifolia Flax-leaf tulip Z 3-8
Striking scarlet species tulip
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Striking scarlet species tulip with target black centers, flowering in mid to late spring. Unlike today’s hybrids these come back year after year and multiply in happy locations.

Size: 6" x 4"
Care: sun in well-drained to moist well-drained soil
Native: Uzbekistan, northern Iran and Afghanistan.
In late 1500’s herbalist Gerard detailed tulips’ culinary qualities,” The roots preserued with sugar, or otherwise dressed, may be eaten, and are no vnpleasant nor any way offensiue meat, but rather good and nourishing.” (This is not a suggestion that you eat the bulbs, rather, they are for planting adding spring beauty to your garden.) This species 1^st described in 1884 by German botanist Eduard August von Regel (1815-1892) who served as the Director of the Imperial Botanical Garden of St. Petersburg Russia.
Uvularia grandiflora Largeflower bellwort, Fairybells Z 4-9
Graceful, hanging pale yellow bells, like a full skirt, in spring
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Graceful, hanging pale yellow bells, like a full skirt, in spring

Size: 10-20” x 6” spread slowly
Care: part shade to shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: Quebec to Ontario, NH to ND, Louisiana to Georgia, Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: Attracts bees
Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit
Menominee reduced swelling with this plant. Ojibwa cured stomach pains and Potawatomi mixed it with lard to cure sore muscles & backaches. Collected for gardens by 1802. Wm. Robinson considered this a “graceful perennial … the finest of the species.”
Uvularia sessilifolia Merrybells Z 4-8
Elongated cream colored bells dangle under lily-like leaves in April-May
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Elongated cream colored bells dangle under lily-like leaves in April-May

Size: 6-10” X 8”
Care: Sun to shade in moist, well-drained acidic soil
Native: Eastern & central North America, Wisconsin native.
Wildlife Value: attracts bees & other pollinators
Grown at Elgin Botanic Garden, America’s 1^st botanic garden, 1811. Cherokee made a tea from the roots to treat diarrhea; made a poultice for boils and cooked and ate the leaves. Iroquois made a tea from roots to purify blood and a poultice to mend broken bones. It is taken internally to aid in healing broken bones. Ojibwa used root in hunting to bring deer closer. Collected before 1753.
Vaccinium angustifolium Lowbush Blueberry Z 2-6
Urn-shaped white flowers in May and June turn to glossy blue berries. Foliage turns fiery red in fall. This is the true native bearing small, intensely flavored blueberries.
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Urn-shaped white flowers in May & June turn to glossy blue berries. Foliage turns fiery red in fall. The true native, bearing small, intensely flavored blueberries.

Size: 2-12” x 3’ spreading by runners
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained, very acidic soil. Mulch, roots shallow & wide spreading.
Native: entire NE of No. America as far west as Minnesota & South to N. Carolina, Wisconsin native.
Wildlife Value: nectar source for butterflies esp. Zebra swallowtail Food source for moth caterpillars, terrestrial turtles, numerous birds (Turkey, Blue Jay, Bluebird, Wood thrush & Robin) and numerous mammals. Deer & rabbits like the branches & leaves. Habitat for ground nesting birds.
Awards: Cary Award Distinctive Plants for New England
Described in literature, 1789. Many Native Americans ate the berries (fresh or dried) or mixed berries with other ingredients for food: Algonquin, Iroquois, Ojibwa & Menominee. A few ate the flowers. Algonquin made medicine from the leaves and roots for colic, miscarriages & inducing labor. Ojibwa put dried flowers on hot stones to inhale the fumes for “craziness.” stated that the fruit, leaves, and root bark were useful in the treatment of mouth sores, diarrhea, and other bowel complaints. Winnebago dried the berries to and added them to flavor medicine including stimulate appetite https://nativeplants.ku.edu/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Kindscher-1998-Huron-Smiths-Ethnobotany.pdf Rafinesque (1828-1830) discussed this taxon as a diarrhea cure. Berries were formerly rendered into a syrup-like beverage that was consumed for chronic dysentery. The leaves and root bark were made into a tea that was administered as a treatment forsore throats and diarrhea (Angier 1978; Krochmal and Krochmal 1973).”