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Penstemon tubaeflorus Great Plains Beardtongue 4-8
Spikes of swan white trumpets with flared ends blooms in early summer. One of most reliable, long lived penstemons.
Spikes of swan white trumpets with flared ends blooms in early summer. One of most reliable, long lived penstemons.
Size: 2-3’x 15”
Care: Sun in well-drained to moist well-drained soil
Native: Central Plains N., S. to TX & NE to Maine, Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: feeds Baltimore butterfly, other butterflies, bees and hummingbirdsPenstemon is named for its five stamens, penta meaning five and stemon meaning stamen in Greek. Collected by English botanist Thomas Nuttall (1786-1859) who searched entire No. American continent – parts of Canada, from New England west to Oregon, parts of the South, Midwest, the Plains, the S.E., California & Hawaii, finding hundreds of new plants.
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Persicaria affinis syn. Bistorta affinis Dwarf fleeceflower, Himalayan Knotweed Z 4-9
A spreading, mat-forming perennial bearing pink to red flower spikes, blooming late summer and autumn. Foliage turns red in autumn and winter. Good groundcover
A spreading, mat-forming perennial bearing pink to red flower spikes, blooming late summer and autumn. Foliage turns red in autumn and winter. Good groundcover,
Size: 8-12” x 3’ spreading
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil
Native: high mountains of Nepal in rocky areas and open slopesCollected by plant hunter Nathaniel Wallich (1786-1854) and described by botanist David Don (1799-1841) in Prodromus Florae Nepalensis in 1825.
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Persicaria amplexicaulis var. speciosum syn. Bistorta amplexicaulis Mountain fleeceflower Z 4-7
queen of flowers with red spikes lasting from June to October
A naming mess. Even experts cannot agree on the name. Flora of China calls this Polygonum amplexicaule var. amplexicaule and lists 7 synonyms. The Missouri Botanic Garden says this is the same as Persicaria amplexicaule ‘Firetail.’ Regardless of the name it’s a queen of flowers with magenta spikes lasting from late June to October. One of internationally known garden designer Piet Oudolf’s “MUST HAVE” plants. Gardens Illustrated 94 (2013)
Size: 3’-4’ x 3’-4’
Care: sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: Pakistan, Hubei, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan in China.
Wildlife Value: deer & rabbit resistant; feeds bees and butterflies
Awards: Silver Banksian Medal from England’s Royal Horticultural Society in 1922. The Royal Horticultural Society also granted an Award of Garden Merit and the Elisabeth Cary Miller Garden named it a Great Plant PickCollected for western gardens by 1825 when described by botanist David Don in Prodromus Florae Nepalensis. Nathaniel Kider exhibited this at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1872.
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Persicaria bistorta syn. Bistorta officinalis syn. Polygonum bistorta Snakeweed Z 4-8
Erect bubblegum pink bottlebrush spikes stand above ground-covering foliage early to mid-summer.
Erect bubblegum pink bottlebrush spikes stand above ground-covering foliage early to mid-summer.
Size: 12-18" x 2', spreading
Care: part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: Europe
Wildlife Value: Attracts Bronze copper butterfly other butterflies and beesMany years past in Europe fresh, young shoots used as vegetable and ingredient in spring pudding. Roots used to tan leather, as well as medicinally as remedy for mouth sores and diarrhea. Grown in the Eichstätt Garden, the garden of Johann Konrad von Gemmingen, prince bishop of Eichstätt in Bavaria, c. 1600. Grown in England by Tradescant the Elder, 1634. Grown at America’s 1st botanic garden, Elgin Botanic Garden 1811.
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Persicaria polymorpha syn.Persicaria alpina, Koenigia alpina Giant fleeceflower Z 4-9
Giant white blizzard of plumes June-September tower atop its 5-6’ stems
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Giant white blizzard of plumes June-September tower atop its 5-6’ stems
Size: 5' x 5' (big but not invasive)
Care: sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: China, Korean peninsula & Himalayas
Wildlife Value: Deer and rabbit resistant
Awards: Great Plant Pick Award from Elisabeth Carey Miller Botanical Garden. Rated “Excellent” by Chicago Botanic GardenOne of the hot “new” plants promoted by landscape designer Wolfgang Oehme. In fact, this plant was collected before 1872 (it flowered in London in 1872, per The Garden) and was described more than 120 years ago by premier Japanese botanist Takenoshin Nakai (1882-1952.) Nakai, professor, author, scholar and appointed official botanist for Korea in 1910 after Japan annexed Korea following the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese wars. There he explored botanically unknown mountains and forests introducing its plants to the world through his international contacts and authoring Flora Koreana. (1909-1910)
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Petrophytum caespitosum Mat rock Spiraea Z 4-9
Tight cushions bearing white spikes August-September.
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Tight cushions bearing white spikes August-September. Its roots penetrate rock crevices and cracks
Size: 4” x 4-6’
Care: sun to part shade in well-drained soil. Drought tolerant. Do not allow leaf litter to cover it.
Native: Sierras to Rocky MountainsCollected by premier plant hunter Thomas Nuttall 1834-1837 on his exploration across the continent to the Pacific “on high shelving rocks in the Rocky Mountains, towards the sources of the Platte.”
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Philadelphus lewisii Lewis’ Mock Orange Z 4-9
A triple delight. From late spring to early summer clusters of 2” wide, four-petaled, snow-white flowers with a center boss of sunny stamens smother this vase-shaped shrub. The flowers perfume the air with a delicious, orange scent. Then in fall the foliage turns citrus-yellow. Idaho adopted this as the state flower.
A triple delight. From late spring to early summer clusters of 2” wide, four-petaled, snow-white flowers with a center boss of sunny stamens smother this vase-shaped shrub. The flowers perfume the air with a delicious, orange scent. Then in fall the foliage turns citrus-yellow. Idaho adopted this as the state flower.
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Size: 5-10’ x 5-7’
Care: sun to part-shade in moist to well-drained soil
Native: from British Columbia to California, east to Montana.
Wildlife Value: Nectar and pollen attract bumble bees, moths, butterflies and hoverflies. It hosts caterpillars and chrysalises. Many birds eat the seeds.Natives used its strong and hard wood to make arrows, bows, combs, pipes for smoking, snowshoes, clubs, armor to protect chests, fishing spears, harpoon shafts, sticks for digging, knitting needles and baskets. Meriwether Lewis collected this plant in two places, in early May 1806 in Nez Perce County Idaho and two months later in Missoula County, Montana.
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Philadelphus microphyllus syn. Philadelphus occidentalis Littleleaf mockorange, Western Mock Orange Z. 4-9
Four swan-white, undulating-edged petals on each flower circle around canary-colored stamens in early summer. Its flowers give off a strong fragrance of oranges with a hint of pineapple blooming from its multi-branch ends of these variable shrubs with yellow foliage in fall.
Four swan-white, undulating-edged petals on each flower circle around canary-colored stamens in early summer. Its flowers give off a strong fragrance of oranges with a hint of pineapple blooming from its multi-branch ends of these variable shrubs with yellow foliage in fall.
Size: 3-8’x 3-5’ big variations in size
Care: Sun in well-drained soil, drought tolerant
Native: West and southwest: CA, AZ, CO, NM, TX & UTIsleta Pueblo Indians ate the berries. Sanders, The Flower Garden (1913): “Forms a dense bush, 3 ft. high …flowers in summer, a pretty kind. A native of Colorado.”
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