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  • Iliamna remota Kankakee mallow Z 4-7

    Five petaled, shell pink mallow flowers surround darker pink anthers in the center blooming up and down the upper half of 4’ stems for months in summer.

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    Five petaled, shell pink mallow flowers surround darker pink anthers in the center blooming up and down the upper half of 4’ stems for months in summer.

    Size: 4-5' x 18"
    Care: sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
    Native: Endemic to Langham Island in Kankakee River, Illinois.

    Collected by Rev. E.J. Hill, minister and teacher, on June 29, 1872.  Botanist Edward Lee Greene (1843-1915) described and named it. Greene collected this on Langham Island in August 1, 1899 after Rev. E.J. Hill “brought this plant to knowledge.” Vol 1, 1905 pp. 206-207. Later threated with extinction by invasive plants the Friends of Langham Island rescued this special plant after years of work. Now listed “endangered” in Illinois.

  • Imperata cylindrica ‘Rubra’ Japanese blood grass Z 4-9

    Green grass blades tinged with red turn blood red in late summer and fall.

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    Green grass blades tinged with red turn blood red in late summer and fall.

    Can not ship to : Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah & West Virginia

    Size: 16-20" x 12" gradually spreading
    Care: sun to light shade in moist well-drained soil.
    Native: Japan
    Wildlife Value: resistant to deer and rabbits

    Cultivated in Japanese gardens since 1800’s.  First described in literature in 1812.  Introduced to the US in 1911 near Mobile, AL as packing material in a shipment of plants from Japan and introduced to Mississippi as a forage crop from the Philippines before 1920.

  • Ipomopsis aggregata Standing cypress, Skyrocket, Scarlet gilia Z 4-11 Reseeding biennial

    Showy red trumpets along leafless stem brighten summer-fall garden

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    Many attention-grabbing red-carrot trumpets march up a leafless spike to brighten the late summer-fall garden

    Size: 3-5’ x 12”
    Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
    Native: west from ND, south to TX to the Pacific.
    Wildlife Value: attracts bees, Swallowtail butterflies and flocks of hummingbirds. Deer resistant.
    Size: Hopi made it into decorations and dye. Klamath children sucked nectar from the flowers. Navajo remedied many ailments with this – spider bites. stomach ailments, and induce purging. And they grew it for its beauty. Canada’s Salish washed face and hair and eyes with this. Shoshone remedied pains of rheumatism by crushing the plants and applying it to the aches, sexually transmitted diseases, itches, a tonic for blood and used it to induce vomiting.

    Collected by Meriwether Lewis on the Lewis and Clark Expedition along the Lolo Trail crossing the Bitterroot Range of the Rockies, June 26 1806. Named and described initially by Frederick Pursh in Flora Americae Septronalis Vol1 p. 147 (1813) from the plant collected by Lewis on the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

  • Ipomopsis rubra Standing Cypress, Scarlet Gilia Z 5-9 Biennial

    Red-orange trumpet-shaped blooms encircle 3-5’ tall spike from May-July

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    Note: This is a plant not currently for sale.  This is an archive page preserved for informational use.

    Red-orange trumpet-shaped blooms encircle 3-5’ tall spike from May-July

    Size: 3-5’ x 3-6’
    Care: sun in dry to moist, well-drained soil
    Native: Oklahoma-South Carolina, Florida to Texas
    Wildlife Value: attracts bees, Swallowtail butterflies and hummingbirds. Deer resistant.

    Described by Linnaeus in Species Plantarum 1: 163. 1753

  • Iris ‘Honorabile’ Z 4-9

    Clear yellow standards with maroon striped-dashed falls

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    Note: This is a plant not currently for sale.  This is an archive page preserved for informational use.

    Clear yellow standards with maroon striped-dashed falls, blooms in mid-season

    Size: 18-24" x 12"
    Care: sun in moist well-drained soil

    French hybrid by Nicolas Lemon in 1840’s.

  • Iris ‘Monsignor’ syn. Anne’s Iris Z 3-9

    Classic purple iris with sunny throat and white stripes on the beard, blossoms in late May to early June

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    Classic purple iris with sunny throat and white stripes on the beard,  blossoms in late May to early June

    Size: 15" x 8"
    Care: moist well-drained soil in sun to part shade
    Wildlife Value: Welcomes bees with easy access to pollen

    Iris is named after the Greek goddess who accompanied the souls of women to the Elysian fields by way of the rainbow.  Her footprints left flowers the colors of the rainbow.   Iris means “eye of heaven.” The iris is the flower of chivalry, having “a sword for its leaf and a lily for its heart.” Ruskin.   This Iris was growing in the gardens when we moved here in 1992. The property has been owned continuously by the Patterson family from 1880 until 1992.  Anne Patterson began gardening here in 1927 as a young bride, so I call these “Anne’s Iris.”  In June, 2003 Anne turned 104 years old.  She passed away on August 1. Hybridized by French nursery Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie, a legendary seed house started in late 1700’s.  Some firm members specialized in Irises from the 1880’s. The firm introduced ‘Monsignor’ in 1907, one of its earlier hybrids.

  • Iris ‘Spark’ Z 4-8

    Early blooming, intermediate bearded iris of brick-red standards and burgundy falls with a bright spark of a beard in the middle.

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    Early blooming, intermediate bearded iris of brick-red standards and burgundy falls with a bright spark of a beard in the middle.

    Size: 23” x 12”
    Care: sun in moist well-drained soil.
    Wildlife Value: Welcomes bees with easy access to pollen.

    Iris is named after the Greek goddess who accompanied the souls of women to the Elysian Fields by way of the rainbow.  Her footprints left flowers the colors of the rainbow. Iris means the eye of heaven. The iris is the flower of chivalry, having “a sword for its leaf and a lily for its heart.” Ruskin.   Spark hybridized and introduced by Col. J. C. Nicholls in 1931,

  • Iris ‘Wabash’ Z 5-8

    Pure white standards with deep violet falls edged in white in late May-early June

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    Pure white standards with deep violet falls edged in white in late May-early June.

    Size: 39" x 8"
    Care: sun in moist well-drained soil.
    Awards: Dykes award (best iris) winner 1940.

    Iris is named after the Greek goddess who accompanied the souls of women to the Elysian Fields by way of the rainbow.  Her footprints left flowers the colors of the rainbow.   Iris means the eye of heaven. The iris is the flower of chivalry, having “a sword for its leaf and a lily for its heart.” Hybridized by Williamson in 1936