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Celastrus scandens Bittersweet, Staff vine VINE Z 4-8
Conspicuous orange fruit in autumn, persisting into winter on the females of this vigorous, native vine
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.
Conspicuous orange fruit in autumn, persisting into winter on the females of this vigorous native vine.
Size: 20-30' x 6'
Care: full sun to part shade in any soil except wet. Prune by cutting back fruiting branches in late winter and pinch back branches throughout summer.
Native: Eastern half of North America west to South Dakota and south to New Mexico, Wisconsin nativeName Celastrus derived from Greek “kelastros”. In the mid-1800’s an ointment made from a half pound of Bittersweet root bark simmered with one pound of lard remedied “swelled breasts, discuss or drive away tumors or swellings and also for piles.” Cherokee drank a tea for stomach ailments, chewed the root to cure coughs and washed away bad smells with Bittersweet. HoChunk included the root in a compound to cure colds. 1st collected by Rev. John Banister who moved to colonial Virginia in 1678. A gunman mistakenly shot and killed him while he collected plants. For sale in Bartram Garden’s 1783 Broadside, America’s 1st plant catalog.
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Centaurea atropurpurea Red knapweed Z 5-9
Ruby-red to merlot, soft thistle-like blooms June-August
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Centaurea atropurpurea Red knapweed Z 5-9
Ruby-red to merlot, soft thistle-like blooms June-August, repeating if deadheaded, atop silvery, deep cut foliage, rare.Size: 4’ x 2’
Care: sun in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
Native: meadows of Carpathian mountains
Wildlife Value: Deer resistantCentaurea named for the Centaur, half-horse and half-man who was a mythical healer. Red knapweed described by French entomologist Guillaume Antoine Olivier (1756-1814).
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Centaurea dealbata Persian cornflower Z 3-8
Rosy dome shaped blossoms with fringed petals May-June, deadhead for rebloom
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Rosy dome shaped blossoms with fringed petals May-June, deadhead for rebloom
Size: 2-3' x 2'
Care: sun in moist well-drained soil
Native: Caucasus
Wildlife Value: attracts butterfliesNamed for the Centaur, half-horse and half-man who was a mythical famous healer. This species collected before 1803.
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Centaurea macrocephala Armenian basketflower Z 3-9
Bold cheerful yellow flower head
Picture a Canada thistle at its peak -this looks like a magnificent, cheerful yellow version – but it’s not a thistle. Blooms July-August
Can not ship to: Maryland and Washington
Size: 3-4' x 18-24"
Care: sun in well-drained to moist well-drained soil
Native: CaucasusCentaurea is named after the Greek mythological figure a Centaur named Chiron, half-horse, half-man. Macrocephala means “big-head” referring to the big flowers. McMahon sent this to Jefferson in 1812.
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Centaurea montana Mountain bluet, Blue bottle, Bachelor’s button Z 3-8
True blue, with a touch of pink near the center, spidery flowerheads in May-June and sporadically thereafter or all summer if you deadhead.
True blue, with a touch of pink near the center, spidery flowerheads in May-June and sporatically thereafter or all summer if you deadhead.
Size: 18" x 24"
Care: Sun - part shade, moist well-drained soil.
Native: Mountains of EuropeCentaurea is named after the Greek mythological figure, a Centaur named Chiron, half-horse, half-man. Ovid claimed that the plant cured a wound in Chiron’s foot from an arrow hurled by Hercules. Introduced from the Pyrenees and grown in English cottage gardens since the 1500’s.
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Centaurium scilloides Carpet tulip, Perennial centaury Z 5-9
Sweetest plant ever - tiny pink tulip-like flowers in constant bloom mid-summer to frost, close at night and open in daytime
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Sweetest plant ever – tiny pink tulip-like flowers in constant bloom mid-summer to frost, close at night and open in daytime
Size: 2” x 4”
Care: sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: Atlantic Ocean coasts of Europe, AzoresNamed by Carl Linnaeas the Younger in the supplement to his father’s legendary book Species Plantarum, 1782
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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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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.
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.”
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Cephalanthus occidentalis Button bush, Honey balls Z 4-10
Perfectly round, white flowers perfume the air in Aug. & Sept. Red leaf stems contrast with green foliage.
Perfectly round, white flowers perfume the air in Aug. & Sept. Red leaf stems contrast with green foliage. Ships only in spring
Size: 6' x 8'
Care: Full sun to part shade in wet to moist well-drained soil
Native: New Brunswick S. to Fla. W. to CA.
Wildlife Value: Important shrub to maintain water quality and for wildlife habitat. Its roots absorb nutrients in water and reduce erosion along water's edges. Flowers attract butterflies. Birds nest in branches.Many medicinal uses for several tribes – Chickasaw, Choctaw, Kiowa, Meskwaki and Seminole, believed to remedy sore eyes, toothaches, dysentery, hemorrhages, headaches, nausea, fevers, constipation, ailments in horses and “wolf ghost sickness.” Rand 1866: “Valuable for blooming at a season when the shrubbery is bare of flowers.” Offered for sale in Bartram Garden’s 1783 Broadside, America’s 1st plant catalog.
**LISTED AS OUT OF STOCK BECAUSE WE DO NOT SHIP THIS ITEM. IT IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT OUR RETAIL LOCATION.
