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Papaver rupifragum Spanish poppy Z 5-9
Small crinkled, crepe-paper like apricot petals all summer & fall except for a recess in the heat of July. If you let them go to seed they will make more plants and you’ll be glad for it.
Small crinkled, crepe-paper like apricot petals all summer & fall except for a recess in the heat of July. If you let them go to seed they will make more plants and you’ll be glad for it.
Size: 12-18" x 8"
Care: sun in well-drained to moist well-drained soil. Deer resistant, drought tolerant
Native: Spain, Asia Minor & CaucasusFirst described in Journal of Botany in 1873. Louise Beebe Wilder considered this among her favorite perennials. (1918). One of our favorites too! Gertrude Jekyll, mother of the mixed perennial border planted this for its “rich apricot color.” (1908).
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Parthenium integrifolium Wild Quinine Z 3-8
Work-horse white cymes July through October
Work-horse white cymes July through October
Size: 2-3’ x 12”
Care: sun in moist well-drained soil
Native: Mass. To Georgia & Minn. To Arkansas, incl. WI
Wildlife Value: provides nectar and pollen to native bees.Seeds are fragrant when crushed. Named “quinine” because it was used to treat fevers similar to malaria. Catawabe Indians used the leaves to treat burns and the flowers to treat fever. 1st described in literature in 1732.
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Pennisetum orientale Oriental fountain grass Z 5-10
Showy, white to pinkish inflorescences summer thru fall.
Showy, white to pinkish inflorescences summer thru fall. Richard Darke, grass guru, describes this as “One of the most striking hardy fountain grasses. Low growing, compact and exceptionally floriferous … Blooms over an unusually long period from late June through October”
Size: 2' x 2'
Care: sun in well-drained soil or moist well-drained soil. Deer resistant and drought tolerant.
Native: central & SW Asia
Awards: Elisabeth Carey Miller Botanical Garden Great Plant PicksThe plant is named for its soft inflorescences; Latin penna and seta mean feather-bristle. This species collected before 1821.
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Penstemon digitalis Foxglove beardtongue Z 2-8
Palest of pink tubular bells in June - deadhead for rebloom. More vigorous and longer blooming than its well-known cultivar ‘Husker Red.’
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Palest of pink tubular bells in June – deadhead for rebloom. More vigorous and longer blooming than its well-known cultivar ‘Husker Red.’
Size: 24-48” x 18”
Care: sun or part shade in fertile, well-drained soil
Native: Nebraska, Wisconsin
Wildlife Value: host for caterpillar of Baltimore Checkerspot butterfly.Penstemon is named for its five stamens, penta meaning “five” in Greek. Used medicinally by the Dakota and Pawnee – to remedy chest pains, chills and fevers. P. digitalis first sent to Europe when the son of the royal Spanish gardener sent it to Kew Botanic Garden in England, 1793.
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Penstemon grandiflorus Large beard tongue Z 3-9 short-lived perennial that reseeds
Large pink to lavender trumpets along the 3’ stem in early summer
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Large pink to lavender trumpets along the 3’ stem in early summer
Size: 3’ x 10”
Care: full sun in well-drained soil
Native: IL to N. Dakota, south to TX, Wisconsin
Wildlife Value: attracts Baltimore butterflyDiscovered by Thomas Nuttall, (1786-1859) who searched entire No. American continent, describing this Penstemon as “splendid and beautiful,” on his trip up the Missouri River in 1811. Cured chest pains and stomach aches for the Dakota and chills and fever for the Pawnee. Sioux made decoctions of this to remedy chills and fever and chest pain.
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Penstemon hirsutus Downy penstemon Z. 3-9
Lavender-Pink outside and white inside funnels in June
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Lavender-Pink outside and white inside funnels in June
Size: 20” x 12-24”
Care: sun in well-drained soil
Native: northeast North America
Wildlife Value: attracts Baltimore butterfly and feeds the Rusty patched Bumble BeePenstemon is named for its five stamens, penta meaning “five” and stemon meaning “stamen” in Greek. Penstemons are “handsome and deserving,” Bailey. P. hirsutus sent from America to England in 1758.
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Penstemon ovatus Beardtongue Z 4-9
Cornflower blue trumpets encircle spike in June, one of our favorites.
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Cornflower blue trumpets encircle spike in June, one of our favorites.
Size: 2’ x 8”
Care: Full sun in well-drained soil
Native: Pacific Northwest
Wildlife Value: attracts Baltimore butterfly, bees, bumblebees, flies, wasps and hummingbirds.Penstemon is named for its five stamens, penta meaning five in Greek. Penstemons. Ovatus means oval, shaped like an egg, with the narrower end up, referring to the foliage. This species first collected by Scottish plant hunter David Douglas (1799-1834) and introduced in 1826.
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Penstemon strictus Rocky Mountain penstemon Z 3-8
Spikes of deep purplish-red bells in summer
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Spikes of deep purplish-red bells in summer.
Size: 30" x 24"
Care: Full sun in well-drained soil. Drought tolerant
Native: Wyoming to Arizona
Wildlife Value: feeds bees, hummingbirds and butterfliesPenstemon is named for its five stamens, penta meaning five and stemon meaning stamen in Greek. Strictus means “erect.” This species collected by explorer, military officer and politician John C Fremont (1813-1890) and described in 1846.
