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  • Phlomis tuberosa syn. Phlomoides tuberosa Jerusalem sage Z 5-8

    Whorls of bubblegum pink, beak-shaped flowers encircle the stem in July.

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    Whorls of bubblegum pink, beak-shaped flowers encircle the stem in July. One of internationally known garden designer Piet Oudolf’s 100 “MUST HAVE” plants, Gardens Illustrated 94 (2013)

    Size: 4' x 12"
    Care: Sun well-drained soil
    Native: central and S.E. Europe to central Asia.
    Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies, deer resistant.
    Awards: Chicago Botanic Garden rates this 4-stars for health, robust growth, hardiness and flower production.

    In garden of English plant enthusiast Peter Collinson, 1736. The name Phlomis is Greek meaning “to burn” “because in old time the peasants used to burn these plants to enlighten their chambers.” Gardeners Dictionary, 1768.  This species 1st collected for description and naming in Siberia in 1759.

  • Phlox buckleyi Sword leaf Phlox Z 4-8

    Sprays of mauve, pink or purple in May-June

    $12.75/bareroot

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    Sprays of mauve, pink or purple in May-June

    Size: 8- 18” x 12”
    Care: sun to part shade in any soil
    Native: Virginia & West Virginia

    Described and named by Edgar Theodore Wherry (1885-1982), unflagging naturalist in the finest tradition of wide interests in the natural world.  After getting his Ph.D in 1909 in geology-mineralogy he became Asst. Curator of Minerals for the Smithsonian.  In 8 years he transferred to the USDA Bureau of Chemistry, becoming its principal chemist.  He left in 1930 to accept an appointment as botany professor at U. Penn., where he taught botany and ecology for 25 years.

    **LISTED AS OUT OF STOCK BECAUSE WE DO NOT SHIP THIS ITEM.  IT IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT OUR RETAIL LOCATION.

  • Phlox carolina ‘Miss Lingard’ Wedding phlox Z 5-8

    bridal white blossoms with pink eyes

    $13.25/bareroot

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    True to its common name, this 3′ tall selection bears bridal white blossoms with pink eyes from June into August

    Size: 4' x 18"
    Care: full sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil, resistant to powdery mildew
    Native: Cultivar of native in eastern and central U.S.
    Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies and hummingbirds

    Phlox is Greek meaning “flame.” The species carolina in gardens before 1889 and cultivar ‘Miss Lingard’ before 1905.

  • Phlox divaricata Wild sweet William Z 3-8

    Bright lavender flowers, tubes with flat lobes, welcome spring. One of internationally known garden designer Piet Oudolf’s 100 “MUST HAVE” plants, Gardens Illustrated 94 (2013)

    $9.95/bareroot

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    Bright lavender flowers, tubes with flat lobes, welcome spring. One of internationally known garden designer Piet Oudolf’s 100 “MUST HAVE” plants, Gardens Illustrated 94 (2013)

    Size: 12" x 10"
    Care: part shade in moist, well-drained soil.
    Native: Quebec to Wisconsin south to North Carolina & Alabama
    Wildlife Value: attracts hummingbirds
    Awards: Received England’s Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit.

    Phlox is Greek meaning “flame.” 1st introduced to gardens by Quaker explorer and nurseryman John Bartram (1699-1777) around 1746. Recommended by Gertrude Jekyll, mother of mixed perennial borders, in 1908.

  • Phlox paniculata Garden phlox Z 4-8

    Magenta, fragrant flowers from July to September – the classic farm garden flower. Deadhead for rebloom.

    $12.75/bareroot

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    Magenta, fragrant flowers from July to September – the classic farm garden flower. Deadhead for rebloom.

    Size: 4' x 2' spreader and self-seeder
    Care: full sun, part shade in moist or moist well-drained soil.
    Native: Pennsylvania west to Arkansas and Missouri. South to Alabama.
    Wildlife Value: numerous butterflies relish Phlox’s nectar.

    Phlox is Greek meaning flame.  A farmyard plant in North America.  One of the 1st plants collected in No. America – grown in Tradescant the Elder’s (1570-1638) South Lambeth nursery in 1634. Offered for sale in Bartram Garden’s 1783 Broadside, America’s 1st plant catalog.

  • Phlox stolonifera syn. P. reptans Creeping phlox Z. 4-9

    Flowers white to pink to purple in spring

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    Flowers white to pink to purple in spring

    Size: 6-12” x spreads by stolons (stems that root on soil surface
    Care: sun to shade in most any soil
    Native: Appalachian Mountains
    Size: Very useful groundcover due to its willingness to grow anywhere

    Curtis’s Botanical Magazine 1801: discovered by John Fraser in Georgia 1786 and sent to Sims in 1801. ALSO COLLECTED BY Michaux about same time but Sims described 1st ans so received priority. Sims’ described a form with violet corolla from Blue Ridge Mtns. A purple colored form which is more wide-spread named P. stolonifera crassifolia by Don. A “showy-flowered Phlox which has long been in cultivation combines the characters of P. subulata and P. stolonifera in such a striking way as to clearly indicate its origin as a hybrid between these two species.” Given various names incl/ P. procumbens, P verna and P. amoena. P. 76

  • Physotegia virginiana Obedient plant Z 3-9

    Purplish red to rosy pink spikes of hooded snapdragons

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    Purplish red to rosy pink spikes of hooded snapdragons July to September

    Size: 3' x 3' and spreading
    Care: sun in moist to moist well-drained soil. Deer resistant and tolerates Walnut toxins
    Native: Quebec to Manitoba, TX to GA, Wisconsin native
    Wildlife Value: attracts hummingbirds

    Collected before 1750. Called Obedient plant because if you push a flower it will remain in place temporarily – like a child who stays in the corner until you’re not looking.

  • Phyteuma scheuchzeri Horned rampion Z 5-8

    globe-shaped, blue-purple flowers with petals resembling horns

    $9.75/pot

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    Clusters of globe-shaped, blue-purple flowers with petals resembling 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.”