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Campanula portenschlagiana Dalmatian bellflower Z 4-8
Purple, upfacing bells for months in mid to late summer
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Purple, upfacing bells for months in mid to late summer
Size: 4-6” x 20”
Care: full sun-part shade in moist well-drained soil
Native: Northern Yugoslavia
Awards: England’s Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit. Top rated for ornamental traits and landscape performance by the Chicago Botanic Garden & Elisabeth Carey Miller Botanical Garden Great Plant Pick.Campanula is Latin meaning “little bell.” This species named for one of its discoverers, Franz Edler von Portenschlag-Ledermayer (1772-1822). 1st described in Systema Vegetabilium 5: 93 in 1819
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Campanula poscharskyana Adriatic bellflower Z 4-8
Riot of lilac colored star-shaped blooms May - June
Riot of lilac colored star-shaped blooms May – June
Size: 6" X 24" spreading
Care: Sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil.
Native: Mountains of Eastern Europe
Awards: Top rated by the Chicago Botanic Garden. Elisabeth Carey Miller Botanical Garden Great Plant PickCampanula is Latin meaning “little bell.” Collected before 1822. Named for 19th century German plantsman, Gustav Poscharsky.
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Campanula punctata var. rubriflora Z 4-9
Dangling rosy purple bells hide their red spots inside the petals
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Dangling rosy purple bells hide their red spots inside the petals – early summer
Size: 12”x16” & spreading
Care: Sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil
Native: Japan
Awards: Top rated for ornamental traits and landscape performance by the Chicago Botanic Garden.Campanula is Latin meaning little bell. Punctata means spotted. In 1629 Parkinson described campanulas as “cherished for the beautie of their flowers.” This variety collected in Japan before 1950.
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Campanula rotundifolia Harebell, Bluebell of Scotland Z 3-8
Its delicate appearance conceals its hardy constitution. Dainty bluish-lilac bells to 12” stems on bushy round ground-hugging foliage. Blooms from June to October. Perfect for rock gardens and borders.
Its delicate appearance conceals its hardy constitution. Dainty bluish-lilac bells to 12” stems on bushy round ground-hugging foliage. Blooms from June to October. Perfect for rock gardens and borders.
Size: 9-12" x 12"
Care: Sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil
Native: Europe, Siberia and North America, Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: Walnut tolerantLakota ate the leaves raw and cooked and made an infusion of the roots to remedy earaches. Sir Walter Scott immortalized the Bluebell of Scotland in Lady of the Lake. Also a subject of Emily Dickinson’s poetry.
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Campsis radicans Trumpet vine Z 5-9
Huge, gorgeous orange trumpets on vigorous vine
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Mid summer into autumn – huge, gorgeous orange trumpets on vigorous vine
Size: 30’ x 3’ at base
Care: sun moist well-drained soil
Native: PA to IL & south as far as Florida
Wildlife Value: Hummingbird magnet.In garden cultivation in America since 1600’s. Collected in 1640’s by English gardener Tradescant the Younger. John Bartram grew it in his Philadelphia nursery nearly 300 years ago. Campsis is derived from the Greek word kampsis referring to the flower’s curved stamens. Radicans from radicant meaning “having rooted stems.” The bloom is “a most splendid sight,” according to Breck in 1851. Per Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1912: “The native trumpet creeper is very common in the southern woodlands and fields (with) a great variety in brilliancy of the blossoms. This is an excellent plant for covering the bare trunks of palmettos.” Pressed specimen in Emily Dickinson’s herbarium.
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Canna edulis Indian shot, Arrowroot Z 7-10, Tender Perennial
Several shoots of red, tube-like flowers atop a tall stalk , taller than its banana plant-like, broad, waxy, oval foliage, green with purple toward the top. Flower all summer.
Several shoots of red, tube-like flowers atop a tall stalk , taller than its banana plant-like, broad, waxy, oval foliage, green with purple toward the top. Flower all summer.
Size: 8’ x 3’ spreading
Care: sun in moist to moist well-drained
Native: Andes of South America, and the West Indies
Wildlife Value: attracts bees, hummingbirds and butterflies.
Size: Primarily grown as a root crop to eat, Roast or boil root like a potato. Root is source of arrowroot used as thickener.Edulis means edible.
Carbon dating of tubers shown grown more than 3500 years ago.In colder Zones, lift and overwinter indoors.
**LISTED AS OUT OF STOCK BECAUSE WE DO NOT SHIP THIS ITEM. IT IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT OUR RETAIL LOCATION.
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Caragana rosea Pink peashrub Z 3-8
Rose-pink , pea like flowers May-June on prior years wood. Flowers give way to slender yellowish-green seed pods that mature to brown in late summer. Yellowish fall color.
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Rose-pink , pea like flowers May-June on prior years wood. Flowers give way to slender yellowish-green seed pods that mature to brown in late summer. Yellowish fall color.
Size: 3-4’ x 3-4’
Care: full sun to light shade in dry to medium, well-drained soil. Perfom well in areas with hot summers and cold winters.
Native: Slopes and valleys in central and NE China, Japan and Russia
Wildlife Value: Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Deer resistantPlants are considered to be xerophilous (capable of thriving in dry, hot locations). Described by Nicolai Stepanowitsch Turczaninow in Primitiae Florae Amurensis 470. 1859
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Carex comosa Longhair sedge, Bristly sedge Z 4-10
Ornamental dangling bottle brush spikes from May to August
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Ornamental dangling bottle brush spikes from May to August
Size: 2-4’ x 2’
Care: Sun to part shade in wet to moist soil
Native: all of sub-Arctic No. America except western intermountain states and provinces and except Alaska.
Wildlife Value: food for caterpillars of several butterflies. Seeds provide food for wetland birdsRhizomes stabilize shorelines while plants give ducks cover and the seeds provide food. Good rain garden plant.
