Liatris pycnostachya Prairie blazing star Z 3-9

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  Umbels of arching stems with nodding bells of lilac shading to pink or occasionally white.  May to June.

  

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  Umbels of arching stems with nodding bells of lilac shading to pink or occasionally white.  May to June.

  We are very sorry, but due to state agricultural restrictions, we are not permitted to ship Allium bulbs to Idaho, or to the following five counties in the State of Washington: Adams, Benton, Franklin, Grant and Klickitat.

  Size: 12”-18”x 3-6”
  Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil
  Native: Canada to Mexico
  Wildlife Value: nectar source for Hairstreak butterfly, Attracts hummingbirds. Alliums resist critters including deer, rabbits, squirrels, mice, and moles and voles. They cannot stand the onion-like smell of Alliums protecting near-by plants too.

  Cernuum is Latin meaning “nodding.”  Many groups of 1^st Americans ate the bulbs raw, roasted or dried for winter storage or as flavoring for soups and gravies. Cherokee used this plant medicinally to cure colds, hives, colic, “gravel & dropsy,” liver ailments, sore throats, “phthisic,” and feet in “nervous fever.”  Those in the Isleta Pueblo were not quite as creative as the Cherokee and used this only for sore throats and infections.  Meriwether Lewis collected this in Montana and wrote, “I met with great quantities of a small onion about the size of a musquit ball … They were crisp, white and well-flavoured.   I gathered about a half a bushel of them before the crew arrivd.”  Chicago is believed to be named for the Algonquin word for this plant chigagou.

• Aster novae angliae syn. Symphyotrichum New England Aster Z 4-8

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  Size: 3-4' x 24"
  Care: Full sun dry to moist soil. Heat and drought tolerant.
  Native: Vt to Alabama, west to N. M., Wisconsin native
  Wildlife Value: Nectar source for many butterflies - Checkered white and Checkered skippers, Spring azure, Pearl crescent, Buckeye, Painted lady, Fiery skip butterfly, Sachem, Sleepy orange, Silver-spotted skipper and Monarch. Host for caterpillars Wavy-lined emerald moth.

  Aster means star, referring to the flower’s form.  For the Cherokee New England aster tea cured fevers and diarrhea.  Roots remedied pain and inflammation of the nose and throat. Introduced to garden cultivation by John Tradescant the Younger (1608-1662) in 1637 when he sent it to England where upon borders of New England aster became common.  Washington grew New England Aster at Mount Vernon.

• Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly weed, Pleurisy-root Z 4-9

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  Size: 2-3' x 12"
  Care: Sun in well-drained to moist well-drained soil
  Native: East and south North America, Wisconsin native
  Wildlife Value: Host for Monarch caterpillars and its nectar is a favorite for 13 different butterflies: 4 Swallowtails, 2 Fritillaries, Checkered white, Spring azure, Small copper, Sachem, Monarch, and Coral and Gray hairstreaks. Attracts Ladybugs that eat many insect pests.
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• Silphium perfoliatum Cup plant Z 3-9

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  Golden daisies waive at the sun from July to September, its cup shaped leaves hold water where butterflies drink & bathe

  Can not ship to: Connecticut and New York

  Size: 7’ x 3’
  Care: full sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
  Native: Central North America, native to Wisconsin.
  Awards: England’s Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit

  Sap used by Native Americans to chew and freshen breath.  Also used to cure colds, neuralgia, fever, and liver disorders.  The Chippewa used it to stop lung hemorrhaging, menstrual bleeding, and cure chest pain. Winnebago drank a potion from the plant to purify themselves before a buffalo hunt. For the Iroquois it cured paralysis, prevented children from seeing ghosts and illness caused by the dead.  Lakota Sioux children sometimes  chewed  resin like chewing gum. An infusion of the whole plant is used to rid horses and humans of intestinal worms. An infusion of the leaves is used to loosen phlegm in the lungs. Described and classified in 1753.