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Cerastium biebersteinii Mouse ear Z 4-7
White felt-like foliage, covered with white flowers
White felt-like foliage, covered with white flowers in spring. Makes a wonderful groundcover.
Size: 6" x spreading
Care: Sun in well-drained soil
Native: TauriaCerastium is from the Greek keras meaning horn because of the shape of the seed capsule. Six inch tall, spreading, small chalky-velvet leaves. Rarely offered but should be. Used as a groundcover for its frosted, felt-like foliage under tropical plants in Victorian gardens. American gardens since 1860.
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Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Plumbago, Leadwort Z 5-9
Cobalt blue flower clusters with contrasting, showy red stems
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Cobalt blue flower clusters with contrasting, showy red stems and calyces in late summer and fall. Foliage turns crimson in fall – excellent groundcover. One of the most award winning plants.
Size: 9-12” x 18”
Care: Sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil
Native: China
Awards: Five (5) of them! Georgia Gold Medal 2006, Elisabeth Carey Miller Botanical Garden Great Plant Picks, Missouri Botanical Garden Plant of Merit, Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit, Oklahoma ProvenPlumbago is Latin meaning “lead” derived from use of the plant to treat lead poisoning. First collected by Russian botanist Alexander von Bunge in 1830 in Mongolia, then introduced by Robert Fortune who found it growing in Shanghi in 1846. “Bear a profusion of brilliant cobalt blue flowers (when) the leaves take on a distinct reddish tinge.” H.H. Thomas 1915.
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Cercis canadensis Red bud, Judas tree. Z 4-8
In spring when we need a Dionysian jolt from winter’s hibernation the Red bud’s flowers burst open. Shameless fuchsia buds appear along the tree’s stems, before the leaves unfurl. As spring turns to summer, glossy medium green hearts, the shape of each leaf, replace the buds. Vase shaped, fast growing and blooming as a young tree.
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In spring when we need a Dionysian jolt from winter’s hibernation shameless fuchsia buds appear along the tree’s stems, then Red bud’s flowers burst open before the glossy leaves unfurl.
Size: 20-30’ tall and 25-35’ wide
Care: sun to part shade and moist well drained soil.
Native: between NY northwest to Wisconsin, Florida and southwest to New Mexico. Oklahoma adopted it as its state tree.
Wildlife Value: Spring Azure, Henry’s Elfin & Great Purple Hairstreak butterflies drink flowers’ nectar. Immune to the toxin Juglone from Walnut trees.1st described by French explorer and botanist Joseph Pitton Tournefort in 1700 in Institutiones rei herbariae and he named it Siliquastrum canadense. The tree went through six different names until 1737 when Linnaeus renamed it Cercis canadensis. Collected by Colonial nurseryman John Bartram. (1699-1776) George Washington planted this at Mount Vernon. Cherokee and Delaware steeped Red bud roots and bark in water for cures of fever, stuffiness, whooping cough and vomiting. Cherokee children ate the flowers. French Canadians added them to salads.
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Chaenorhinum glareosum Dwarf snapdragon Z 5-9
Rare plant. Spires of tiny purple to blue trumpets with yellow throats spring, summer & fall. Love this itsy plant.
Rare plant. Spires of tiny purple to blue trumpets with yellow throats spring, summer & fall. Love this itsy plant.
Size: 4” x 9-12” semi-trailing cushion
Care: sun to part shade in well-drained soil
Native: Spain
Wildlife Value: Attracts bees, butterflies and birds.1st described in 1838. Chaenorhinum means “honey lotus” in Greek.
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Chaerophyllum hirsutum ‘Roseum’ Hairy chervil Z 5-7
Airy rose-pink umbels like a short, pink Queen Anne’s lace
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Airy rose-pink umbels like a short, pink Queen Anne’s lace, blooming in spring to early summer, compliment the fern-like apple-scented fragrant foliage.
Size: 24” x 12”
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil, cut back to refresh foliage and rebloom.
Native: Spain to Greece
Awards: Elisabeth Carey Miller Botanical Garden Great Plant PickNamed from Greek chairo meaning “to please” & phyllon meaning“leaf.” The species collected before 1770.
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Chasmanthium latifolium Northern Sea oats Z 5-9
Graceful, pendulous oat-like spikes
In August – December Northern sea oats bear pendulous panicles of oat-like spikelets, emerging green and turning bronze. They hang on all winter.
Size: 36" x 24"
Care: full sun to part shade in any soil
Native: Eastern U.S., New Jersey to Texas
Wildlife Value: attracts butterfliesIntroduced by Michaux (1746-1802) extraordinary French plant hunter, who searched much of eastern No. America for plants. Indians ate the seeds for food. Used ornamentally since Victorian times for fresh and dried arrangements.
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Chelone glabra White turtlehead Z 3-8
Spikes of pink over-tones on white, two-lipped, turtlehead shaped blooms in fall
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Spikes of pink over-tones on white, two-lipped, turtlehead shaped blooms in fall
Size: 2-3’ x 12”
Care: sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil, tolerates clay.
Native: eastern North America incl Wisconsin
Wildlife Value: Pollen for bumblebees. Breeding site for Baltimore Checkerspot butterflies. Deer resistant.The name Chelone originated with French colonial settlers in Nova Scotia before 1700. They called this “La Tortue,” meaning “turtle” in French. The word chelone is Greek for tortoise. A tea brewed from the leaves was said to increase the appetite.
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Chelone obliqua Rose turtlehead Z 5-9
Showy rich rosy turtleheads top 2-3' stems from late summer into autumn.
Rich pink turtlehead shaped blooms in fall
Size: 16-24" x 12"
Care: Part shade moist to moist well-drained soil, tolerates clay
Native: Central and southeastern America
Wildlife Value: Attracts Baltimore Checkerspot butterflies.The name Chelone originated with French colonial settlers in Nova Scotia before 1700. They called this plant’s white-flowered relative (Chelone glabra) “La Tortue,” meaning “turtle” in French. This pink one found in 1752 by Virginia plantsman John Clayton and sent to John Bartram in Philadelphia in 1765. Called the “red Chelone.” A tea brewed from the leaves was said to increase appetite.
