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Chiastophyllum oppositifolium Syn. Umbilicus oppositifolius Lamb’s tail Z 5-9
For shady gardens, a low mound of thick, succulent green leaves, bearing arching, upright stems with dangling chains of sulphur yellow flowers in May-June.
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For shady gardens, a low mound of thick, succulent green leaves, bearing arching, upright stems with dangling chains of sulphur yellow flowers in May-June.
Size: 6-8” x 10-12”
Care: part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: Caucasus Mountains
Awards: Recipient Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit1st described and named as Cotyledon oppostitfoilum in Bulletin scientifique (publié par l’) Académie Imperiale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 2: 813. 1837.
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Chrysanthemum alpinum syn. Luecanthemopsis alpina Alpine daisy Z 5-
Short white daisies blooming June-August atop basal foliage, spreads to form small mat.
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Short white daisies blooming June-August atop basal foliage, spreads to form small mat.
Size: 4” x spreading
Care: full sun in well-drained soil
Native: mountains of Europe1st described by French botanist Tournefort, early 1700’s. Wm. Robinson (1883): “A very dwarf plant. The leaves are small, and the abundant flowers are supported on hoary little stems 1 to 3 inches long, are pure white with yellow centres, and are more than 1” across… well deserves cultivation in bare level places, on poor sandy or gravely soil in the rock garden.”
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Chrysanthemum parthenium syn. Tanacetum parthenium Feverfew Z 5-9
Cheerful, small white daisies flower all summer and autumn
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Cheerful, small white daisies flower all summer and autumn.
Size: 18-24” x 12”
Care: Full sun moist well-drained soil
Native: Europe and CaucasusCommon name “Feverfew” speaks for itself, referring to the plant’s medicinal qualities. The species’ name parthenium comes from Plutarch who claimed that the plant saved the life of a construction worker who fell from the Parthenon. Feverfew was prescribed to remedy coughs, indigestion, congestion, melancholy, hysteria, vertigo, freckles, opium overdoses and for “them that are giddie in the head.” Parkinson. A favorite early cottage garden flower. Pressed specimen in Emily Dickinson’s herbarium.
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Chrysanthemum serotinum syn. Leucanthemella serotina Autumn oxeye, Giant daisy Z 4-8
Pure white daisies with golden centers, 2-3” across, aren’t just for summer. This one celebrates the fall.
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Pure white daisies with golden centers, 2-3” across, aren’t just for summer. This one celebrates the fall.
Size: 4-7’ x 12-24”
Care: sun in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: SE Europe & Balkans
Wildlife Value: Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds
Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden MeritDescribed by Linnaeus 1753. The Gardeners Dictionary (1783): “This grows naturally in North America but hath long been preserved in English gardens. …each(stalk) being terminated by a large, white, radiated flower; these appear in September. It multiplies very fast by its creeping roots.”
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Chrysanthemum x rubellum ‘Clara Curtis’ Z 4-9
mid-summer through fall, sprays of large, single blush pink daisies
From mid-summer through fall, sprays of large, single blush pink daisies, each with a yellow eye.
Care: Sun to part shade in any soil. Pinch back half way early and again in late June to keep plants bushy and compact, or let them grow taller.One of the Korean hybrids. A. Cumming created this in 1937 by crossing an early flowering mum with Chrysanthemum coreanum.
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Chrysanthemum x rubellum ‘Mary Stoker’ Z 4-9
Sprays of large, single warming yellow daisies, blushed with apricot top a bushy mound of light green leaves, Blooms late-summer to late-fall
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Sprays of large, single warming yellow daisies, blushed with apricot top a bushy mound of light green leaves, blooms late-summer to late-fall
Size: 1-2’ x 2-3’ and spreading
Care: Full sun to part shade, tolerates normal, sandy or clay soil
Wildlife Value: Attracts bees, butterflies and birds. Deer resistant.One of the rubellum hybrids, Hybridized in the 1930’s
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Cimicifuga racemosa syn. Actaea racemosa Snakeroot, Black Cohosh or Bugbane Z 3-8
Majestic milky white candles covered with buds like pearls that open to frilly balls in August
Majestic milky white candles covered with buds like pearls that open to frilly balls in August
Size: 4-6' x 2-4'
Care: sun to shade in any soil
Native: east N. America, Wisconsin native
Awards: England’s Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit.Cimicifuga is from cimex (Latin) meaning bug and fugere meaning to drive away. The common name “bugbane” also refers to the plant’s odor which repels insects. The common name “cohosh” came from an Algonquin Indian word for rough referring to the feeling of the root. American Indians used its roots medicinally as an astringent, an antidote to poison and snakebites and to stop coughing. Roots infused in alcohol reduced pain from rheumatism (Cherokee.) Root considered an aphrodisiac, reputedly increased estrogen and reduced hot flashes. “Like most folk remedies, it was used to treat a wide variety of multiple complaints: bronchitis, cholera, fevers, nervous disorders, lumbago, rheumatism, snakebites. It was also used in childbirth and for menstrual irregularities.” Monticello.org Collected by John Bartram, c. 1750. Philip Miller (1768) reported this “deserves a place in the shady borders.” Thomas Jefferson listed this in his book Notes on the State of Virginia, 1787.
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Clematis ‘Madame Julia Correvon,’ Z 4-9
Rich-red petal-like tepals 3-4” across bloom from June to September, encircling yellow stamens, on this vigorous, climbing vine
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Rich-red petal-like tepals 3-4” across bloom from June to September, encircling yellow stamens, on this vigorous, climbing vine
Size: 12’ x 3-6’
Care: Sun to part shade in moist, well-drained soil. Cut back in early spring about 1’ above the soil level and just above a a pair of buds.
Wildlife Value: deer and rabbit resistant. Walnut tolerant. Attracts bees and butterflies.
Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden MeritFrancisque Morel, Clematis breeder in Lyon France, grew this Clematis in 1900 from a cross of Clematis viticella ‘Rubra grandiflora’ and Clematis ‘Ville de Lyon,’ Named for the wife of the award-winning Geneva Switzerland nurseryman and author specializing in alpine plants, Henri Correvon (1855-1935). Nurseries at at 2 Chemin Dancet, 2 Plainpalais and Chêne-Bourg. Obituary https://www.nature.com/articles/144183b0.
