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Phlox stolonifera syn. P. reptans Creeping phlox Z. 5-9
Carpet of purple tube-shaped flowers at the stem, opening to flat petals, each with a notch on the end. It blooms from mid-spring into early summer.
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Carpet of purple tube-shaped flowers at the stem, opening to flat petals, each with a notch on the end. It blooms from mid-spring into early summer.
Size: 6-10” x spreads by stolons (stems that root on soil surface, hence the name "stolonifera.")
Care: shade to part-shade in moist well-drained, mildly acidic soil
Native: Appalachian Mountains’s Appalachian foothills. Maine to Georgia, west to Ohio
Wildlife Value: Deer and rabbit resistant. Attracts butterflies and bees.Discovered by Scottish botanist John Fraser (1750-1811) in Georgia 1786 and sent to Curtis’s Botanical Magazine in 1801. Also collected by French botanist Andre Michaux about same time.
(Do not confuse this Phlox stolonifera with Phlox subulata – with the same common name of Creeping phlox- that blooms earlier in spring, is about 4” taller and grows in sun, not shade.) -
Phyteuma scheuchzeri Horned rampion Z 5-8
Clusters of globe-shaped, blue-purple flowers with petals resembling tiny horns or curved spikes bloom in June-July. “…(W)hen exposed only to the morning sun, will keep long in bloom.” Curtis’ Botanical Magazine 1815-6.
Clusters of globe-shaped, blue-purple flowers with petals resembling tiny horns or curved spikes bloom in June-July. “…(W)hen exposed only to the morning sun, will keep long in bloom.” Curtis’ Botanical Magazine 1815-6.
Size: 8-12” x 12”
Care: sun in well-drained soil
Native: Mountains of Switzerland and “Piemont.”Collected in late 1700’s. The name Phyteuma is from Greek meaning “a plant.”
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Polemonium reptans Greek valerian, Jacobs ladder Z 3-8
Opposite leaves grow up the foot-tall stems forming a ladder to the tops where sprays of five-petaled lavender-blue bells with bright yellow stamens, bloom in spring. Repeats if deadheaded and may self-sow if not cut back.
Opposite leaves grow up the foot-tall stems forming a ladder to the tops where sprays of five-petaled lavender-blue bells with bright yellow stamens, bloom in spring. Repeats if deadheaded and may self-sow if not cut back.
Size: 8-12” x 10”
Care: part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: Ontario & Quebec to Alabama, west to MN & KS, Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: attracts bees, butterflies and wasps. Tolerates walnut, resists deer.Polemonium is Greek meaning “to wage war,” “on account of the contests, which arose betwixt two princes, each assuming the honour of the discovery of it to himself.” Gardeners Dictionary, 1768. Meskwaki made a compound of roots of this plant as a physic and urinary problem remedy. Collected for gardens before 1750.
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Potentilla porphyrantha Z 3-8
Bun of gray-green foliage sets off 7-petal pink blooms, medium pink in the center fading to light pink on the ends, surrounding a boss of stamens. Blooms in spring. One of our favorites.
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Bun of gray-green foliage sets off 7-petal pink blooms, medium pink in the center fading to light pink on the ends, surrounding a boss of stamens. Blooms in spring. One of our favorites.
Size: 6” x 15”
Care: sun in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
Native: Caucasus Mountains in Armenia1st described for botany in 1940. Seems to be controversy among taxonomists about the plant’s name. Regardless, both the foliage and flowers make a beautiful little plant.
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Potentilla tridentata syn. Sibbaldiopsis tridentate Three-toothed cinquefoil Z 2-7
Clusters of white, single rose-like saucer flowers spring and early summer on this dainty-appearing perennial. Its glossy evergreen leaves tinge red in fall and winter.
Clusters of white, single rose-like saucer flowers spring and early summer on this dainty-appearing perennial. Its glossy evergreen leaves tinge red in fall and winter.
Size: 6" x 12" spreading by runners-can become a groundcover.
Care: sun in well-drained to moist well-drained acidic soil.
Native: New England to Upper Great Lakes, north to the Arctic, Appalachian Mountains of Georgia, Wisconsin native.
Awards: Cary Award Distinctive Plants for New EnglandDescribed by Kew’ Botanic Garden’s 1st botanist William Aiton (1731-1793) Hortus Kewensis vol 2 p. 216 (1789), who wrote that it came from Benjamin Bewick’s “curious botanic garden” in Clapham. Introduced it in 1776.
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Potentilla x tonguei Staghorn cinquefoil Z. 5-8
Apricot-yellow flowers with red centers bloom June-September
Apricot-yellow flowers with red centers bloom June-September.
Size: 6” x 12”
Care: Sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil
Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit.This is a cross of P. anglica and P. nepalensis which took place naturally in a garden. This Cinquefoil has been in gardens since at least 1839. Potentilla is Latin meaning “powerful” referring to historic medicinal properties since Hippocrates. We love its long, colorful blooms and neat habit.
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Primula elatior Oxlip Z 4-9
Nodding trumpets of soft yellow flowers with a dark yellow center atop upright stems
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Nodding trumpets of soft yellow flowers with a dark yellow center atop upright stems
Size: 10” x 10”
Care: part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: Europe
Wildlife Value: Deer and rabbit resistant. Attracts bees, butterflies, some moths and hummingbirds.
Awards: Plant Select® Central Rocky Mountain region; Royal Botanical Society Award of Garden MeritPrimula is from Italian “primavera” meaning first spring. Elatior means “tall”, all things being relative it’s taller than some Primulas but not very tall. In gardens since at least 1765. According to Philip Miller, Gardener’s Dictionary 1768, “they are much used in medicine.” Grown at America’s 1st botanic garden, Elgin Botanic Garden 1811.
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Sagina subulata Pearlwort, Irish moss Z 4-7
Tiny white flowers in summer on extra-miniature grass-like leaves
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Tiniest of white flowers in summer on mound of extra-miniature grass-like leaves.
Size: ½” x 8”
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil
Native: CorsicaSagina subulata was discussed in Revue Horticole in 1896. The variety aurea extensively used for carpet bedding. H.H. Thomas, 1915. Perfect for rock gardens, between stepping stones on a path or as a groundcover.
