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• Potentilla argyrophylla Cinquefoil Z 5-8

  Sunshine colored saucers with orange centers in early summer

  

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  Sunshine colored saucers with orange centers in early summer

  Size: 24” x 24”
  Care: sun in well-drained soil
  Native: Nepal, China, Pakistan & Afghanastan

  Potentilla is Latin meaning powerful referring to medicinal properties.  Argyrophylla means silver leaved.  Potentillas used by dentists in the 16^th century to reduce pain according to Gerard, English herbalist.  Per Culpepper, 17^th century English herbalist potentilla is to be used if Jupiter is ascending and the moon is “applying to him.”  This species collected by 1831.

• 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.

• 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.

• Emily Dickinson Garden for sun

  Emily Dickinson Garden for sun.

  

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  Emily Dickinson Garden for Sun               Size : Height x width*          Bloom color
  1 Alcea rosea – Hollyhock                                                      2-3’ x 2’                           varies
  3 Aquilegia canadensis – Canada columbine                    24-36”x 12”                     red
  1 Aster novae angliae – New England aster                       3-4’ x 24”                         pink or purple
  3 Campanula rotundifolia – Harebell                                 9-12” x 8”                         blue
  1 Clematis virginiana – Virgin’s bower (vine)                   12-20’ x 4’                        white
  3 Geranium pratense – Meadow Cranesbill                      24-36” x 24”                    bluish-violet
  1 Iris siberica – Siberian iris                                                 3-4’ x 12”                          purple
  3 Lilium lancifoliuim – Tiger lily                                         3-4’ x 12”                          orange
  1 Peony ‘Sarah Bernhardt’                                                    36” x 36”                          pink
  3 Zizia aurea – Golden alexander                                        30″ x 24″                          yellow

  All plants are perennials except the Hollyhock which is a reseeding biennial.
  If planted together in one garden these make a 30 square foot garden. **Most of these plants get wider over time by spreading roots or by self-seeding .