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Echinops ritro Globe thistle Z 3-9
Mid to late summer, round, steel blue flower heads at 1st prickly then turning soft and fuzzy. Great cut flower, fresh or dried.
Mid to late summer, round, steel blue flower heads at 1st prickly then turning soft and fuzzy. Great cut flower, fresh or dried.
Size: 3-4' x 18"
Care: Sun in well-drained soil, drought tolerant
Native: Southern Europe
Wildlife Value: attracts American painted lady butterflies, deer resistantThe 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.
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Echium russicum Vipers bugloss Z 2-9
Striking spikes of wine red from May to July
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Striking spikes of watermelon, wine red from May to July – exceptional and rare.
Size: 20" x 16"
Care: Sun in moist well-drained soil. Deer resistant
Native: Russia & eastern EuropeBristly hairs on stems can cause skin irritation. Collected by Johann Gmelin, German botanist, before 1791 who spent 10 years in Russia searching for plants, nearly dying in the process.
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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.”
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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 MeritDescribed in 1819 and named as a Campanula. Name changed in 1839.
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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.”
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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.
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, ChinaNaemd for name Prussian horticultulurist and doctor Johann Sigismund Elsholtz (1623-1688). This species described in 1833.
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Emily Dickinson Garden for sun
Emily Dickinson Garden for sun.
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Emily Dickinson Garden for Sun Size : Height x width* Bloom color
1 Alcea rosea – Hollyhock 2-3’ x 2’ varies
3 Aquilegia canadensis – Canada columbine 24-36”x 12” red
1 Aster novae angliae – New England aster 3-4’ x 24” pink or purple
3 Campanula rotundifolia – Harebell 9-12” x 8” blue
1 Clematis virginiana – Virgin’s bower (vine) 12-20’ x 4’ white
3 Geranium pratense – Meadow Cranesbill 24-36” x 24” bluish-violet
1 Iris siberica – Siberian iris 3-4’ x 12” purple
3 Lilium lancifoliuim – Tiger lily 3-4’ x 12” orange
1 Peony ‘Sarah Bernhardt’ 36” x 36” pink
3 Zizia aurea – Golden alexander 30″ x 24″ yellowAll plants are perennials except the Hollyhock which is a reseeding biennial.
If planted together in one garden these make a 30 square foot garden. **Most of these plants get wider over time by spreading roots or by self-seeding . -
Engelmannia peristenia syn. E. pinnatafida Engelmann’s Daisy Z 4-8
Clusters of golden-yellow daisy-like flowers, May-August, over an evergreen rosette
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Clusters of golden-yellow daisy-like flowers, May-August, over an evergreen rosette
Size: 18-36” x 15-18”
Care: full sun in well-drained soil. Drought tolerant.
Native: South central US
Wildlife Value: Attracts birds for the seeds, Bees & butterflies for nectar/pollen. Rabbit resistant.First published in 1840 by Nuttal/Gray. Named for George Engelmann (1809-1884) who was born in Germany and settled in St. Louis, Missouri, as a young man. He was a physician and botanist. When he died much of his collection went to Missouri Botanical Garden.
