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  • Horminum pyrenaicum   Dragonmouth, Pyrenean Dead-nettle   Z 5-9

    Deep purple salvia-like blooms in April to May above rosettes of wide, flat leaves

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    Deep purple salvia-like blooms late spring to early summer above rosettes of wide, flat leaves

     

     

    Size: 8-16” x 12” 
    Care: Sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil.  Drought tolerant.
    Native: Pyrenees & Alps
    Wildlife Value: Attracts bees, butterflies and birds. Deer and rabbit resistant.

    Before 1753, Linnaeus.

  • Hosta ‘Blue Cadet’

    Lavender flowers late in season

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    Lavender flowers late in season

    Size: 35-40” x 36”
    Care: part to full shade in moist well-drained soil
    Awards: Nancy Minks Award in 1986

    Hosta was named for Dr. Nicholas Host (1761 – 1834) the physician to the emperor of Austria and an expert on grasses. This cultivar ranked as one of the top 7 hostas and one of the top 2 hostas with blue foliage. Hybridized by Aden in 1974.

  • Hosta ‘fortunei ‘Aureomarginata’ Z 3-9

    One of the most popular Hosta varieties.  Handsome, broad, ribbed, wavy, green foliage with yellow margins.  Lavender, trumpet-shaped flowers rise on scapes above the leaves in summer.

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    One of the most popular Hosta varieties.  Handsome, broad, ribbed, wavy, green foliage with yellow margins.  Lavender, trumpet-shaped flowers rise on scapes above the leaves in summer.

    Size: 12-16” x 18-24” 
    Care: shade to part-shade in moist well-drained soil.  Tolerant Black walnut toxins

    Hosta named for Austrian botanist Nicholas Thomas Host (1761-1834) in 1812. This variety registered in 1987.

  • Hosta lancifolia Lanceleaf Hosta Z 3-8

    Lavender flowers in late summer to early autumn

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    Lavender flowers in late summer to early autumn

    Size: 18" x 30"
    Care: sun to shade in moist well-drained soil.
    Native: Japan
    Wildlife Value: attracts hummingbirds

    Japanese called Hostas Giboshi and ate young leaves in spring as a vegetable. Hosta was named for Dr. Nicholas Host (1761-1834) the physician to the emperor of Austria. Hostas, cultivated since at least the 12th century in Asia, were first described for Europeans by Englebert Kaempfer in 1712, doctor for the Dutch East Indian Company on Dechima Island. . He taught Japanese interpreters astronomy and math and plied them with liquor in exchange for plants.  H. lancifolia drawings date to 1690.  Cultivated in the U.S. since the late 1800’s.

  • Hosta ventricosa Z 3-8

    rich lavender bells periscope over heart-shaped leaves

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    In late summer rich lavender bells periscope over heart-shaped, prominently veined foliage.

    Can not ship to: Maryland

    Size: 20" x 36"
    Care: Part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil. Tolerate Walnut toxicity
    Native: China
    Wildlife Value: attracts hummingbirds
    Awards: Received England's Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit.

    Japanese called Hostas  Giboshi and ate young leaves in spring as a vegetable Hosta was named for Dr. Nicholas Host (1761-1834) the physician to the emperor of Austria.   Hostas, cultivated since at least the 12th century in East Asia.  Empress Josephine grew this at Malmaison. Redoute, Josephine’s botanical illustrator, painted H. ventricosa in 1805.

  • Humulus lupulus Hops Z 4-8

    climber bearing papery cones, green turning straw colored

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    Vigorous 20′ tall climber bearing papery cones, green turning straw colored from August to October.

    Size: 20' x 3'
    Care: Sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
    Native: Europe
    Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies

    Transported from continental Europe to England in 1524.  Flowers used for brewing since ancient times. Added to ale to add flavor and as a preservative.  In the late 1500’s Gerard claimed that hops seasoned ale and”make it a physical drinke to keep the body in health, rather than an ordinary drinke for the quenching of our thirst.”  Russians crowned the heads of brides with its foliage to bring “joy, abundance and intoxication.”  Others put dried hops into pillows to relieve insomnia.  Imported to America by the mid 1600’s where it was used for its ornamental qualities, to provide shade and to make beer.   Cherokee adopted hops to relieve pain caused by rheumatism. Grown by Jefferson at Monticello.

  • Hunnemannia fumariifolia Goldencup, Mexican Tulip Poppy Z 9-11, Annual in colder areas

    All summer and fall sunny, crepe-papery petals with jagged edges center around orange anthers all carried above thin-leaved blue-grey foliage.

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    All summer and fall sunny, crepe-papery petals with jagged edges center around orange anthers all carried above thin-leaved blue-grey foliage.

    Size: 6-12" x 6-12"
    Care: sun in moist, well-drained to well-drained soil
    Native: highlands of Mexico, TX, NM & AZ

    Described and named by English botanist Robert Sweet (1783-1835) in The British Flower Garden vol. 3 (1828). Named for John Hunnemannia

  • Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’, Annabelle hydrangea, Snowball hydrangea Z 4-9

    Flowering from late June to October, softball sized or bigger ivory heads fade to pale green. Toughest, easiest hydrangea to grow.

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    Flowering from late June to October, softball sized or bigger ivory heads fade to pale green. Toughest, easiest hydrangea to grow.

    Size: 3-5’ x 3-5’
    Care: Shade to sun in clay to well-drained soil. Prune back in early spring to 12-16” above the soil level.
    Native: Southeastern US
    Awards: Received England’s Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit & Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Gold Medal Plant Award.

    Hydrangea is Greek from hydor meaning water and aggeion meaning vessel referring to the cup shaped fruit.  The dried root was used as medicine – as a cathartic and diuretic.  ‘Annabelle,’ the showy form, first collected around 1900 near Anna Illinois.  The story of the ‘Annabelle’ hydrangea begins in southern Illinois near the town of Anna.  In 1910, Harriet Kirkpatrick, went on a horseback ride along a wooded trail in Union County and noticed a beautiful native hydrangea with abnormally large, snowball-like blooms.  Together with her sister-in-law, Amy Kirkpatrick, she went back to dig up the native shrub and transplant it into her yard in Anna.  Neighbors and friends noticed the showy plant and the Kirkpatrick family shared specimens of the easily transplantable shrub, spreading its progeny throughout Anna and other towns in Illinois.

    Given its wide local popularity, easy transplanting and culture, Mrs. Kirkpatrick contacted the Burpee Seed Company to see if there was interest in developing the new variety commercially.  Unbeknownst to the Kirkpatrick’s, a recent improved cultivar of Hydrangea arborescens had been released in 1906.  E. G. Hill brought the ‘Snowhill’ hydrangea into production from a wild specimen found near Yellow Springs, Ohio with similar abnormally large, snowball-like flowers, but an earlier bloom time.

    So, for the next 50 years, ‘Annabelle would be an unnamed, but locally poplar cultivar, that was distributed by word of mouth throughout southern Illinois, finally reaching Urbana around 1935, based on the first recorded account.

    It wasn’t until the 1960’s that the Kirkpatrick’s find gained the attention of University of Illinois professor and renowned plantsman, Dr. Joseph C. McDaniel.  In 1960, McDaniel rediscovered ‘Annabelle’ by noticing it in cultivation in Urbana, IL.  He traced it back to Anna, IL, collected samples for propagation, named the cultivar and released it for commercial production in 1962.

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