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  • Echinacea paradoxa Bush’s coneflower Z 3-9

    Sulfur yellow petals droop down below the bristly, brown central cone- Blooms in early summer

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    Sulfur yellow petals droop down below the bristly, brown central cone- Blooms in early summer

    Size: 2-4' x 14"
    Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil
    Native: Ozark Mountains of Arkansas and Missouri
    Wildlife Value: attracts bees and butterflies. In fall finches eat the seeds. Deer resistant

    Echinacea is Greek meaning hedgehog referring to the bristly conehead.  Paradoxa because yellow petals on a Purple coneflower is a paradox.  The first description of this is based on plants collected by B.F. Bush in Swan, Nichols Junction and Eagle Rock Missouri in 1878 and 1898 as well as one collected by German planthunter “Father of Texas Botany” Ferdinand Lindheimer in Texas in 1843.  Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, Vol XII January to December, “Notes on Some Plants of the Southwestern United States” J.B.S. Norton 1902, p. 40.

  • Echinacea purpurea Purple coneflower Z 3-8

    Iconic dark pink rays with orange-rust cones from mid-summer to fall  

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    Iconic dark pink rays with orange-rust cones from mid-summer to fall

     

    Size: 3’ x 18”
    Care: sun in well-drained humusy soil
    Native: GA west to TX, north to NC, west to OH, IL & IA
    Wildlife Value: Attracts many species of butterflies and bees; food for some moth and butterfly caterpillars; In fall Gold finches eat the seeds. Deer resistant.

    American Natives used Purple coneflower as a remedy for more ailments than any other plant, e.g. smoke treatment to cure headaches and sexually transmitted diseases, applied topically to toothaches and mumps and juice used for burns.  The Winnebagos used the plant in advance to protect against burns. Also used to cure distemper in horses.   Echinos is Greek for edgehog referring to the spiny cone.  Introduced into garden cultivation by British John Tradescant the Younger from colonial Virginia in 1640.

  • Echinops ritro Globe thistle Z 3-9

    Mid to late summer, round, steel blue flower heads at 1st prickly then turning soft and fuzzy.

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    Mid to late summer, round, steel blue flower heads at 1st prickly then turning soft and fuzzy.

    Size: 3-4' x 18"
    Care: Sun in well-drained soil, drought tolerant
    Native: Southern Europe
    Wildlife Value: attracts American painted lady butterflies, deer resistant

    The name Echinops is Greek meaning “like a hedgehog” describing the circular spiny thistles.   Introduced to England by 1570.  Popular Victorian flower. Cultivated by Washington at Mount Vernon.

  • Echium russicum Vipers bugloss Z 2-9

    Striking spikes of wine red in early summer, deadhead to rebloom. Short lived.

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    Striking spikes of wine red in early summer, deadhead to rebloom. Short lived.

    Size: 20" x 16"
    Care: Sun in moist well-drained soil or well-drained soil. Deer resistant
    Native: Russia & eastern Europe

    Bristly hairs on stems can cause skin irritation.   Echium is Greek for Viper’s bugloss because a concoction of the root and wine supposedly cured snake bites or acc’d to Gardeners’ Dictionary 1768 “because the ripe seed of this plant resembles the head of a viper.”.  Collected before 1791 by Johann Gmelin, German botanist, who spent 10 years in Russia searching for plants, nearly dying in the process.

  • Echium vulgare Vipers bugloss Self-sowing biennial Z 3-8

    Spikes of true blue blossoms touched with a hint of pink, May through September

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    Spikes of true blue blossoms touched with a hint of pink, May through September. Self-seeds readily, considered noxious weed in Washington.  Bristly hairs on stems can cause skin irritation

    Can not ship to: Idaho, Maryland and Montana

    Size: 2-3’ x 12”
    Care: sun in most any soil
    Native: Europe.
    Wildlife Value: Important pollinator for bees.

    In past leaves boiled for a tea to remedy headaches and fevers.  In mid-1700’s grew on chalky lands over most of England.  Echium is Greek for Viper’s bugloss because a concoction of the root and wine supposedly cured snake bites or acc’d to Gardeners’ Dictionary 1768 “because the ripe seed of this plant resembles the head of a viper.”

  • Edraianthus pumelo Dwarf grassybells Z 5-8

    June to July cushion of up-facing purple bells atop silvery leaves

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    June to July cushion of up-facing purple bells atop silvery leaves

    Size: 1” x 3”
    Care: sun in very well-drained soil
    Native: Balkins
    Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit

    Described in 1819 and named as a Campanula. Name changed in 1839.

  • Edraianthus tenuifolius syn. Wahlenbergia tenuifolius Grassy bells Z 5-8

    Clusters of upfacing blue-purple bells in June, with a base of grassy foliage.

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    Clusters of upfacing blue-purple bells in June, with a base of grassy foliage.

    Size: 4” x 8”
    Care: sun to part shade in well-drained soil
    Native: Dalmatia in southern Austria (Balkans)

    Introduced to gardens by M. Fröbel of Zurich who sent it to Kew Botanical Garden where it flowered in 1819. The name Edraianthus comes from Greek meaning “without a stalk.” Tenuifolius means “slender leaved.”

  • Elsholtzia stauntonii mu xiang ru in China, Chinese mint Z 4-8

    Tube-shaped purple flowers ascend in spires in fall on this subshrub that dies back in colder areas to regrow from the roots in spring. Valuable for its late bloom and fragrant foliage.

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    Tube-shaped purple flowers ascend in spires in fall on this subshrub that dies back in colder areas to regrow from the roots in spring. Valuable for its late bloom and fragrant foliage.

    Size: 3-5’ x 3-5'
    Care: sun in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
    Native: hills, mountainsides and river banks in Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, China
    Wildlife Value: nectar for bees late in season

    Chinese mint shrub was collected in 1790’s during England’s Macartney expedition to China. Named for Prussian horticulturist, author, and Doctor Johann Sigismund Elsholtz (1623-1688) and Sir George Staunton, baronet (1737 – 1801), secretary of the expedition. He authored the three-volume report of the expedition and collected plants including this. An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China.