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  • Dryopteris filix-mas ‘Parsley’ Male fern Z 4-8

    Spring fiddleheads are followed by crinkled ferny leaves resembling parsley on arching stems on this small fern.

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    Spring fiddleheads are followed by crinkled ferny leaves resembling parsley on arching stems on this small fern.

    Size: 2’ x 2’
    Care: shade to part sun in moist well-drained soil, tolerates clay
    Native: Europe and North America
    Wildlife Value: provides shelter and habitat for birds and bees, Deer & rabbit Resistant

    Dryopteris filix-mas collected before 1834, Victorian cultivar.

  • Echinacea purpurea Purple coneflower Z 3-8

    Iconic dark pink rays with orange-rust cones from mid-summer to fall  

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    Iconic dark pink rays with orange-rust cones from mid-summer to fall

     

    Size: 3’ x 18”
    Care: sun in well-drained humusy soil
    Native: GA west to TX, north to NC, west to OH, IL & IA
    Wildlife Value: Attracts many species of butterflies and bees; food for some moth and butterfly caterpillars; In fall Gold finches eat the seeds. Deer resistant.

    American Natives used Purple coneflower as a remedy for more ailments than any other plant, e.g. smoke treatment to cure headaches and sexually transmitted diseases, applied topically to toothaches and mumps and juice used for burns.  The Winnebagos used the plant in advance to protect against burns. Also used to cure distemper in horses.   Echinos is Greek for edgehog referring to the spiny cone.  Introduced into garden cultivation by British John Tradescant the Younger from colonial Virginia in 1640.

  • Echium russicum Vipers bugloss Z 2-9

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

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

    Size: 20" x 16"
    Care: Sun in moist well-drained soil or well-drained soil. Deer resistant
    Native: Russia & eastern Europe

    Bristly hairs on stems can cause skin irritation.   Echium is Greek for Viper’s bugloss because a concoction of the root and wine supposedly cured snake bites or acc’d to Gardeners’ Dictionary 1768 “because the ripe seed of this plant resembles the head of a viper.”.  Collected before 1791 by Johann Gmelin, German botanist, who spent 10 years in Russia searching for plants, nearly dying in the process.

  • Echium vulgare Vipers bugloss Self-sowing biennial Z 3-8

    Spikes of true blue blossoms touched with a hint of pink, May through September

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    Spikes of true blue blossoms touched with a hint of pink, May through September. Self-seeds readily, considered noxious weed in Washington.  Bristly hairs on stems can cause skin irritation

    Can not ship to: Idaho, Maryland and Montana

    Size: 2-3’ x 12”
    Care: sun in most any soil
    Native: Europe.
    Wildlife Value: Important pollinator for bees.

    In past leaves boiled for a tea to remedy headaches and fevers.  In mid-1700’s grew on chalky lands over most of England.  Echium is Greek for Viper’s bugloss because a concoction of the root and wine supposedly cured snake bites or acc’d to Gardeners’ Dictionary 1768 “because the ripe seed of this plant resembles the head of a viper.”

  • Edraianthus pumelo Dwarf grassybells Z 5-8

    June to July cushion of up-facing purple bells atop silvery leaves

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    June to July cushion of up-facing purple bells atop silvery leaves

    Size: 1” x 3”
    Care: sun in very well-drained soil
    Native: Balkins
    Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit

    Described in 1819 and named as a Campanula. Name changed in 1839.

  • Emily Dickinson Garden for sun

    Emily Dickinson Garden for sun.

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    Emily Dickinson Garden for Sun               Size : Height x width*          Bloom color
    1 Alcea rosea – Hollyhock                                                      2-3’ x 2’                           varies
    3 Aquilegia canadensis – Canada columbine                    24-36”x 12”                     red
    1 Aster novae angliae – New England aster                       3-4’ x 24”                         pink or purple
    3 Campanula rotundifolia – Harebell                                 9-12” x 8”                         blue
    1 Clematis virginiana – Virgin’s bower (vine)                   12-20’ x 4’                        white
    3 Geranium pratense – Meadow Cranesbill                      24-36” x 24”                    bluish-violet
    1 Iris siberica – Siberian iris                                                 3-4’ x 12”                          purple
    3 Lilium lancifoliuim – Tiger lily                                         3-4’ x 12”                          orange
    1 Peony ‘Sarah Bernhardt’                                                    36” x 36”                          pink
    3 Zizia aurea – Golden alexander                                        30″ x 24″                          yellow

    All plants are perennials except the Hollyhock which is a reseeding biennial.
    If planted together in one garden these make a 30 square foot garden. **Most of these plants get wider over time by spreading roots or by self-seeding .

  • Engelmannia peristenia syn. E. pinnatafida Engelmann’s Daisy Z 4-8

    Clusters of golden-yellow daisy-like flowers, May-August, over an evergreen rosette

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    Clusters of golden-yellow daisy-like flowers, May-August, over an evergreen rosette

    Size: 18-36” x 15-18”
    Care: full sun in well-drained soil. Drought tolerant.
    Native: South central US
    Wildlife Value: Attracts birds for the seeds, Bees & butterflies for nectar/pollen. Rabbit resistant.

    First published in 1840 by Nuttal/Gray.  Named for George Engelmann (1809-1884) who was born in Germany and settled in St. Louis, Missouri, as a young man. He was a physician and botanist.  When he died much of his collection went to Missouri Botanical Garden.

  • Eryngium amethystinum Amethyst sea holly Z. 3-8

    Metallic amethyst stems, spiny bracts and cone-shaped flower in July and August

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    Metallic amethyst stems, spiny bracts and cone-shaped flower in July and August

    Size: 28” x 28”
    Care: Full sun in well-drained soil, drought tolerant
    Native: Italy & southern Alps
    Wildlife Value: attracts bees & butterflies, birds eat seeds. Deer & rabbit resistant
    Awards: Great Plant Pick Award from Elizabeth Carey Miller Botanical Garden.

    Garden cultivation since 1648. Long prized for its metallic luster.