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Asclepias verticillata Whorled milkweed Z 4-10 POISON
Fragrant flat-topped clusters of many small white flowers atop single stem surrounded by narrow, grass-like leaves. Blooms July through October.
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Fragrant flat-topped clusters of many small white flowers atop single stem surrounded by narrow, grass-like leaves. Blooms July through October.
Size: 12-30” x 12-24” spreading
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
Native: all US, Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: deer & rabbit resistant. Bees & butterflies eat nectar. Host for Monarch caterpillars.
Size: root used to induce sweating for Choctaw, Chickasaw and Creek nativesCollected by 1753. Grown at America’s 1st botanic garden, Elgin Botanic Garden 1811.
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Aster azureus syn. Symphyotricum oolentangiense var. oolentangiense Sky blue aster Z 3-9
Showy true cornflower-blue daisies in August-October
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Showy true cornflower-blue daisies in August-October
Size: 2-3’ x 2’
Care: full sun to part shade in any soil
Native: NY to SD, FL to TX incl. WI
Wildlife Value: Aster species are nectar sources for many butterflies – Checkered white and Checkered skippers, Spring azure, Pearl crescent, Buckeye, Painted lady, Fiery skipper, Sachem, Sleepy orange, Silver-spotted skipper and Monarch.Collected before 1889.
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Aster sibiricus syn. Eurybia sibirica Siberian aster, Arctic aster Z 3-9
Lavender daisies from late-summer into fall
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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 butterfliesCollected by German plant hunter Johann Gmelin in Siberia before 1753
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Asteromoea mongolica syn. Aster mongolicus or Kalimeris pinnatafida ‘Hortensis’ Japanese aster, Mongolian aster Z 3-9
Covered with petite double white daisies, blooming for months –late summer-fall
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Covered with petite double white daisies with golden stamens blooming for months –late summer-fall.
Size: 2-3’ x 1-2’
Care: sun to part shade in well-drained to moist well-drained soil
Native: Japan
Awards: Georgia Gold Medal 1998 Taxonomists had trouble naming this one. First described in French Journal Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. in 1882. A favorite flower of the late garden writer Elizabeth Lawrence who traced it to the grounds of the old Oxford Orphanage in Oxford NC. (1942) -
Baptisia tinctoria Wild indigo, Horsefly Z. 3-9
Sweet saffron yellow pea-like flowers, July to September
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Sweet saffron yellow pea-like flowers, July to September
Size: 2-3’ x 2-3’
Care: sun to part shade in dry to moist well-drained soil
Native: Ontario, Maine to MN S to GA, Wisconsin
Wildlife Value: Attracts butterflies.Baptisia is Greek meaning “to dye” referring to use of Baptisia australis as a substitute for indigo dye. Tinctoria means used in dying. For Cherokee it induced vomiting. They made a poultice to “stop mortification.” The root, held against teeth, remedied toothache. Iroquois used it to cure rheumatism and cramps in the stomach or legs. The Cherokee & Ojibwa used it for dye. Collected by John Banister in Virginia by 1692. Pressed specimen in Emily Dickinson’s herbarium.
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Buddleja davidii var. alba White butterfly bush Z 5-9
Fragrant, honey-scented, large, white, arching spikes
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Fragrant, honey-scented, large, white, arching spikes from summer through fall.
Size: 6’ x 4’
Care: Sun in well-drained soil
Native: Central & Western China
Wildlife Value: flowers very fragrant, attracts many butterflies, excellent cut flowerBuddleja named to honor Reverend Adam Buddle, Vicar of Farmbridge in Essex and botanist. (1662-1715) Davidii honors Fr. Armand David a French missionary who noticed it. White flowered variety was described by Ernest Henry “Chinese” Wilson in 1913.
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Butterfly Garden for sun
Butterfly Garden for sun
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Butterfly Garden for Sun Size : Height x width* Bloom color
3 Agastache foeniculum – Anise hyssop 2-3’ x 12” purple
1 Asclepias incarnata – Swamp milkweed 3’-4’ x 2-3’ pink
1 Aster novae angliae – New England aster 3-4’ x 24” pink or purple
3 Chasmanthium latifolium 36” x 24” green
1 Liatris spicata – Blazing star 2-3’ x 18” purple
1 Lobelia siphilitica – Cardinal flower 3’ x 12” blue
1 Phlox paniculata – Garden phlox 4’ x 2’ spreading magenta
1 Monarda fistulosa – Beebalm 3-4’ x 2’ purple
3 Rudbeckia fulgida – Black-eyed susan 30”x 18” yellow
1 Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ 30” x 12” pink
3 Verbena bonariensis (reseeding annual) 3-4’ x 6” purple
3 Zizia aurea – Golden alexander 30″x 24″ yellowAll plants are perennials except Verbena bonariensis which is an annual that reseeds.
If planted together in one garden these make a 31 square foot garden.
*Most of these plants get wider over time by spreading roots or by self-seeding .
22 plants for $201.28. Would be $236.80 if purchased separately. You save $35.52.
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Camassia quamash Wild Hyacinth, Leichtlin’s Camass Z 4-8
Mid-spring spikes of 2” tall, 6 petaled, blue, star-shaped flowers, set off with yellow anthers, rise over grass-like foliage, then die-back in summer, ephemeral.
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Mid-spring spikes of 2” tall, 6 petaled, blue, star-shaped flowers, set off with yellow anthers, rise over grass-like foliage, then die-back in summer, ephemeral.
Size: 12-20” x 12"
Care: sun to part shade in moist soil
Native: Pacific Northwest
Wildlife Value: Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Deer & rabbit resistantThese roots made an important food crop for First Americans. Every fall Nez Perce families went to the Weippe prairie, near present-day Moscoe Idaho, to collect this for winter food. Plots were handed down from prior generations to dig the roots. Women were in charge and dug the roots. When the starving Corps of Discovery crossed the mountains, Nez Perce generously gave them cake made with Camassia. The change in diet made them sick. Lewis & Clark first documented this plant near the Nez Perce village west of the Cascade Mountains. The party nicknamed Weippe Prairie “quawmash flatts.” They also discovered that, if fermented, Camassia made tolerable beer. One hundred years later English garden-designer Gertrude Jekyll recommended these flowers for flower gardens.
