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Kolkwitzia amabilis syn Linnaea amabilis Beautybush Z. 5-9 SHRUB
Profuse pale to dark pink bell flowers with yellow throats grace this arching shrub in early summer
Profuse pale to dark pink bell flowers with yellow throats grace this arching shrub in early summer
Size: 10’ x 12’
Care: Full sun in well-drained soil. Flowers on last season’s wood so prune just after blooms fade.
Native: China
Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies, and beesNamed for Richard Kolkwitz, (1873-19560 botany professor in Berlin. First introduced to the West by Ernest Henry “Chinese” Wilson who found it in the mountains near Ichang and sent its seeds to the Veitch Nursery in England in 1901. Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum received the shrub in 1907. It was one of Wilson’s favorite plants out of his hundreds of finds. Wilson wrote, “(a)mong the deciduous-leaved shrubs that central and western China has given to American gardens Kolkwitzia stands in the front rank.” Arnoldia 68/2.
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Lathyrus japonicus v. maritimus Beach pea Z 3-6
Magenta pea flowers June through August on its trailing stems. A legume, it puts nitrogen in the soil fertilizing plants growing nearby.
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Magenta pea flowers June through August on its trailing stems. A legume, it puts nitrogen in the soil fertilizing plants growing nearby.
Size: 18-24” tall but lays on ground, not upright
Care: sun in well-drained soil. Drought tolerant.
Native: all northern states from the Atlantic to the Pacific, Wisconsin native. (It seems strange that a variety of a plant native to Japan grows as a native in North America. The species, although named “Japonica” is circumpolar, native in the entire northern hemisphere.)
Wildlife Value: pollinated by bees, primarily bumblebeesIroquois cooked the stalks and leaves to remedy rheumatism. Taxonomic mess. First described and named in 1735 then another name in 1824, now changed again to its current name.
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Lathyrus vernus Spring vetchling, Spring pea, Spring vetch Z 4-9
Bushy plants bear showy, red-purple pea-like blooms age to rich purple in March-June. Spring gem.
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Bushy plants bear showy, red-purple pea-like blooms age to rich purple in March-June. Spring gem.
Size: 10” x 10”
Care: sun in north to shade in south, moist well-drained soil. Drought tolerant once established
Native: No. Europe - Siberia
Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit, Elisabeth Carey Miller Botanical Garden Great Plant PicksIntroduced to gardens before 1629 when herbalist John Parkinson (1567-1650) called it “Blew Everlasting Pease.”
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Lavandula angustifolia ‘Munstead’ Z 5-9
Very fragrant, compact form of Lavender blooms in wands July-September.
Very fragrant, compact form of Lavender blooms in wands July-September.
Size: 12-18” x 12-18”
Care: Sun, well-drained, soil. Prune to 8” in spring every 2 years to control plant size and promote new growth.
Native: species native to Western Mediterranean
Wildlife Value: Attracts many different bee species and butterflies. Resistant to rabbits and deerThis selection introduced to gardens in 1916. Named for Munstead Woods in England, the home of the extraordinary garden designer Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) Lavandula is Latin from lavare meaning “to wash” because it was thrown into baths for the scent, “or because used in lye to give a fragrancy to linen; and because it is very good to wash the face with, and give it both beauty and a grateful scent.”
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Leptodermis oblonga Dwarf lilac Z 5-8
fragrant lavender, lilac-like trumpets blooming in June – October.
Low mounding shrub with fragrant lavender, lilac-like trumpets blooming in June – October. Leaves slow to leaf-out in spring but then blooms its heart out.
Size: 12-18” x 18-24” spreads by suckers
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
Native: No. & W. China & Himalayas.
Wildlife Value: Attracts hummingbirdsLeptodermis means “thin skin” and oblonga refers to the oblong leaves.
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Leucanthemum x superbum syn. Chrysanthemum x superbum Shasta Daisy
June – July classic white daisy hybridized by Luther Burbank.
June – July classic white daisy hybridized by Luther Burbank.
Size: 36” x 24”
Care: Sun - part shade in moist well-drained moderately fertile soilHybridized by Luther Burbank, the “plant wizard” during 17 years of intermittent work from 1884 – 1901. Quadruple hybrid made from the oxeye daisy, 2 European daisies and 1 Japanese daisy. Burbank introduced more than 800 plants. Named “Shasta” because the white petals reminded Burbank of the snow on top of California’s Mount Shasta.
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Liatris aspera Rough blazing star Z 4-9
Feathery purple buttons along tall spikes August-October
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Feathery purple buttons along tall spike in late summer: August-October
Size: 24”-30” x 12”-18”
Care: Sun in well-drained soil
Native: So. Canada, much of eastern 3/4th of U.S., Wisconsin Native
Wildlife Value: attract butterflies (favorite nectar for Monarchs and Buckeyes) & hummingbirds.Aspera is Latin meaning rough. 1st collected by Frenchman André Michaux (1746-1802) who spent 11 years in America collecting hundreds of new plants.
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Liatris pycnostachya Prairie blazing star Z 3-9
Tall, erect, purplish- pink spike in August-September
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Tall, erect, purplish- pink spike in August-September
Size: 4’ x 1-2’
Care: well-drained soil in full sun
Native: central & SE US
Wildlife Value: deer resistant, attracts birds, butterflies, and beesCollected by French planthunter Andre Michaux in 1795 on the prairies of Illinois. About 9 years later collected on the Lewis & Clark Expedition in South Dakota September 1804
