Perennials & Biennials

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  • Zauschneria garetii syn Epilobium canum ssp. garrettii Hummingbird trumpet, California fuchsia, Garrett’s Firechalice Z 5-9

    Vibrant orange-red tubes in late summer, spreading by root, form a colorful groundcover.

    $13.25/bareroot

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    Vibrant orange-red tubes in late summer, spreading by root, form a colorful groundcover.

    Size: 12” x 18-24”
    Care: sun to part shade in well-drained soil
    Native: Kingston Mountains in CA, Utah, Idaho & Wyoming
    Wildlife Value: Attracts hummingbirds, birds and butterflies, Deer and rabbit resistant

    Collected in Utah’s Big Cottonweed Canyon in 1906 by A.O. Garrett (1870-1948), prolific Utah planthunter.

  • Zizia aurea Golden alexanders Z 4-9

    In spring, golden umbels

    $13.25/bareroot

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    Tiny chartreuse-golden flowers, grouped in umbels, spring.  Good cut flower.

    Size: 30"x 24"
    Care: full sun in moist to moist well-drained soil
    Native: from New Brunswick south to Florida - west to Texas, Wisconsin native
    Wildlife Value: Primary host for the Missouri Woodland and Black swallowtail butterfly caterpillars. Supports over 70 bee species.

    Meskwaki used the root to reduce fevers and the flower stalks to ease headaches.  Collected by late 1700’s.  Good cut flower.