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• Myosotis palustris syn. M. scorpioides Forget-me-not Z. 5-9

  Small gentian flowers with golden eyes, spring into fall

  

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  Small gentian flowers with golden eyes, spring into fall.

  Can not ship to: New Hampshire

  Size: 9-12” x 12”
  Care: sun to part shade in moist soil
  Native: temperate areas world wide

  “Myosotis” is Greek meaning mouse ear for the leaf shape.  Around 1390 Henry IV adopted soveigne vous de moy, Forget-me-not, as a symbol not to forget his reign.  A German legend attributes the common name to a lover who, gathering the flower, cried out “forget-me-not” as he fell into the river and died. Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote: “The sweet forget-me-nots; That grow for happy lovers.” Persian poet Shiraz told another folk tale: an angel fell from heaven by falling in love with a “daughter of earth,”when they sat by a river twining Forget-me-not flowers in her hair.  The angel was not allowed to return until the lovers planted Forget-me-nots in every corner of the earth, which they did, hand in hand.  She then became immortal “without tasting the bitterness of death” and joined the angel in Paradise.

• Centranthus ruber Jupiter’s beard, red valerian, Pretty Betsy Z 5-8

  Cluster of crimson, star-shaped florets atop 2’ stems bloom their heads of ALL summer into fall.

  

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  Cluster of crimson, star-shaped florets atop 2’ stems bloom their heads of ALL summer into fall.

  Size: 24-36”x 12”
  Care: Sun in well-drained alkaline soil, drought tolerant
  Native: Mediterranean
  Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies, bees and hover flies.

  Centranthus is from the Greek meaning “spurred flower.”  According to Culpepper, an English herbalist from the early 1600’s, this plant comforts the heart and stirs up lust.  Parkinson, in 1629 describes it “of a fine red colour, very pleasant to behold.”

• Butterfly Garden for sun

  Butterfly Garden for sun

  

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  Butterfly Garden for Sun                                          Size : Height x width*          Bloom color
  3 Agastache foeniculum – Anise hyssop                                          2-3’ x 12”                            purple
  1 Asclepias incarnata – Swamp milkweed                                       3’-4’ x  2-3’                         pink
  1 Aster novae angliae – New England aster                                    3-4’ x  24”                           pink or purple
  3 Chasmanthium latifolium                                                              36” x 24”                             green
  1 Liatris spicata – Blazing star                                                           2-3’ x 18”                            purple
  1 Lobelia siphilitica – Cardinal flower                                            3’ x 12”                                 blue
  1 Phlox paniculata – Garden phlox                                                 4’ x 2’ spreading                magenta
  1 Monarda fistulosa – Beebalm                                                         3-4’  x 2’                              purple
  3 Rudbeckia fulgida – Black-eyed susan                                         30”x 18”                             yellow
  1 Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’                                                                        30” x 12”                            pink
  3 Verbena bonariensis  (reseeding annual)                                   3-4’ x 6”                             purple
  3 Zizia aurea – Golden alexander                                                      30″x 24″                            yellow

  All plants are perennials except Verbena bonariensis which is an annual that reseeds.
  If planted together in one garden these make a 31 square foot garden.
  *Most of these plants get wider over time by spreading roots or by self-seeding .
  22 plants for $201.28.  Would be $236.80 if purchased separately. You save $35.52.
  If you plan on coming to the Nursery to purchase this collection, please give us at least 24 hours notice to prepare the collection for you.

• Cynara cardunculus Cardoon Z 7-9

  Spectacular basal foliage - arching, silvery, deeply incised leaves, Late summer-fall spiny buds open to rich purple feathery flowers.

  

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  In colder areas grow as annual
  Spectacular basal foliage – arching, silvery, deeply incised leaves. Late summer-fall spiny buds open to rich purple feathery flowers.

  Size: 3-4’ x 3-4’
  Care: sun in moist well-drained to well-drained soil. Cut off flowers immediately after flowering to bring on new foliage, gorgeous into late fall.
  Native: Southern Europe

  The leaf stems, blanched, are also edible. Bridgemen, The Young Gardeners Assistant (1847)
  Described by Linneaus 1753.