Perennials & Biennials
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Bergenia cordifolia Pigsqueak Z 4-8
Pink balls of blossoms in late winter to early spring above paddle-like leathery leaves.
Pink balls of blossoms in late winter to early spring above paddle-like leathery leaves.
Size: 12-24" x 30"
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil
Native: SiberiaNamed for Karl August von Bergen, an 18th century botanist from Frankfurt, Germany. Pigsqueak refers to the sound made by fingers rubbing against the leaves. Recommended by William Robinson for its vivid rosy flowers in spring and its large, fleshy red-tinged leaves in fall and winter. Grown by Gertrude Jekyll extensively as a “setting of solid leaves,” for edging and grouping in pots. American garden cultivation since 1800’s.
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Bigelowia nuttallii Nuttall’s rayless goldenrod Z 4-10
Clouds of soft yellow flower clusters rise above evergreen foliage from mid-summer through fall on this short plant.
Clouds of soft yellow flower clusters rise above evergreen foliage from mid-summer through fall on this short plant.
Size: 10-12” x 5”
Care: sun in well-drained soil, perfect rock garden plant
Native: Southern US; TX, LA, AL, GA, FL
Wildlife Value: attracts honeybeesPossibly collected by Thomas Nuttall, for whom it is named, before 1818. Collected again on banks of Ohoopee River in Tattnall County GA before 1970.
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Bistorta officinalis syn. Persicaria bistorta; Polygonum bistorta Snakeroot Z 3-7
Erect rose-pink bottle brush spikes made of many tiny flowers bloom atop straight-up, leafless stems, one flower spike per stem, all growing out of a basal clump of leaves in June – July and sometimes later.
Erect rose-pink bottle brush spikes made of many tiny flowers bloom atop straight-up, leafless stems, one flower spike per stem, all growing out of a basal clump of leaves in June – July and sometimes later.
Size: 24” x spreading
Care: full sun to part shade in moist or moist well-drained
Native: Europe, Siberia and Japan
Wildlife Value: Attracts Bronze copper butterflyFresh, young shoots food, a vegetable and ingredient in spring pudding. Roots, technically rhizomes which are underground stems, were used to tan leather, as well as medicine to remedy mouth sores and diarrhea. Grown in the Eichstätt Garden, the garden of Johann Konrad in 1634. Also grown by Tradescant the Elder (1570’s-1638) near London c. 1630. Tradescant collected plants and was employed as the gardener of King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria. Grown at America’s 1st botanic garden, Elgin Botanic Garden 1811.
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Bletilla striata syn. B. hyacinthina Chinese ground orchid Z 5-9
Racemes of pinkish-purple flowers on scapes above dark green, upright, lance-shaped leaves, April-May
Racemes of pinkish-purple flowers on scapes above dark green, upright, lance-shaped leaves, April-May
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Size: 12-18” x 12”
Care: Part shade in moist, well-drained soil.
Native: China, Japan
Wildlife Value: Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Deer & Rabbit resistant.
Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden MeritProtect with thick winter mulch, may not reliably survive Zone 5 winters.
Spreads slowly by rhizomes and seeds in optimal conditions.
‘Bletilla’ honors Louis Blet, a Spanish apothecary in Algeciras who also had a botanic garden at the end of the 18th century. Collected before 1784 by Thunberg. -
Boltonia asteroides False starwort, Bolton’s aster Z 4-9
“Bloom profusely” majestic, white daisies cover imposing, cheerful plant, August – September
“Bloom profusely” majestic, white daisies cover imposing, cheerful plant, August – September
Size: 5-6' x 3'
Care: full sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil.
Native: Maine to Florida, west to Texas and north to North Dakota and all areas in between
Wildlife Value: Supports over 40 bee species, moths, butterflies, and wasps.Named in honor of 18th century English botanist, James Bolton. Asteroides means resembling as aster. Species introduced in 1758. Recommended for fall blooms in Wisconsin State Horticultural Society Annual Report, 1911.
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Bouteloua curtipendula Sideoats grama Z 4-8
Narrow, blue-green leaves tinged purple or red in fall when golden oat-like seeds hang down one side of each leaf, eye-catching.
Narrow, blue-green leaves tinged purple or red in fall when golden oat-like seeds hang down one side of each leaf, eye-catching.
Size: 2-3' x 1'
Care: Sun in well-drained to moist well-drained soil, drought tolerant
Native: most of US, incl. Wisconsin
Wildlife Value: nesting material for butterflies and bees; larval host for some Skipper butterflies,
Awards: state grass of TexasKiowa natives who had killed an enemy in battle with a lance wore this. Collected and described by French planthunter André Michaux (1786-1802) who scoured Eastern North America west to the Mississippi over 11 years.
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Brunnera macrophyllum syn. Anchusa myosotidiflora syn. Myosotis macrophylla Siberian bugloss Z 3-7
Panicles of robin’s egg blue forget-me-not- type flowers in May and June, contrasts with its bold, heart-shaped foliage. One of the best spring flowers.
Panicles of robin’s egg blue forget-me-not- type flowers in May and June, contrasts with its bold, heart-shaped foliage. One of the best spring flowers.
Size: 12" x 12"
Care: part shade to shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: Caucasus & Siberia
Wildlife Value: deer resistant
Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden MeritNamed for Swiss botanist Samuel Brunner (1790-1844). Collected by Russian botanist Johann Friedrich Adam (1780-1838) in Siberia c. 1806.
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Calamintha nepeta ssp. nepeta syn. Clinopodium nepeta ssp. nepeta Lesser calamint Z 4-9
Profuse violet blooms on mint-scented, gray-green foliage gives frosty image, June-October
Profuse violet blooms on mint-scented, gray-green foliage gives frosty image, June-October
Size: 18-24” x 8-12”
Native: Europe and Mediterranean
Wildlife Value: attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirdsThis subspecies 1st described by Linnaeus in 1753. Genus name comes from Greek kalos meaning beautiful and minthe meaning mint. It is not, however, a mint and is not invasive.
