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  • Lavandula angustifolia ‘Munstead’ Z 5-9

    Very fragrant, compact form of Lavender

    $10.25/bareroot

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    June and rebloom in late summer, very fragrant lavender spikes

    Size: 12-18” x 12-18”
    Care: Sun, well drained moderately fertile soil
    Native: Selection of Western Mediterranean native

    This selection introduced to gardens in 1916. Name is Latin from “lavare” meaning to wash because Romans used lavender to scent their baths. Ancient Phoenicians used lavender to make perfume.  Cultivated in Islamic gardens by 1050 A.D.  Queen Elizabeth, I ate lavender conserve, made by adding sugar to the flowers while Charles VI of France stuffed pillows with lavender and sat on them.   Culpepper, a 16th century English herbalist, wrote that lavender grew in almost every garden and cured headache, apoplexy, dropsy, fainting, toothaches, and “passions of the heart.” Jefferson grew it with herbs at his farm, 1794.

  • Lavandula angustifolia Lavender Z 5-9

    June and rebloom in late summer, lavender spikes, fragrant

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    June and rebloom in late summer, lavender spikes, fragrant

    Size: 2’ x 2’
    Care: Sun, well drained moderately fertile soil
    Native: Western Mediterranean
    Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies

    Name is Latin from “lavare” meaning to wash because Romans used lavender to scent their baths. Ancient Phoenicians used lavender to make perfume.  Cultivated in Islamic gardens by 1050 A.D.  Queen Elizabeth, I ate lavender conserve, made by adding sugar to the flowers while Charles VI of France stuffed pillows with lavender and sat on them.   Culpepper, 16th century English herbalist, wrote that lavender grew in almost every garden and cured headaches, apoplexy, dropsy, fainting, toothaches, and “passions of the heart.” Jefferson grew it with herbs at his farm, 1794.

  • Lavandula angustifolia var. rosea syn. L. spica var. rosea Lavender Z 4

    Pink colored lavender flowers, and still fragrant.

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    Pink colored lavender flowers, and still fragrant.  We especially like this for its compact habit.

    Size: 12” x 12”
    Care: sun in moist well-drained soil

    Pink variety in gardens by 1800.

  • Leptodermis oblonga Dwarf lilac Z 5-8

    fragrant lavender, lilac-like trumpets blooming in June – October.

    $16.95/bareroot

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    Low mounding shrub with fragrant lavender, lilac-like trumpets blooming in June – October.  Leaves slow to leaf-out in spring but then blooms its heart out.

    Size: 12-18” x 18-24” spreads by suckers
    Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
    Native: No. & W. China & Himalayas.
    Wildlife Value: Attracts hummingbirds

    Leptodermis means “thin skin” and oblonga refers to the oblong leaves.
    Introduced by E.H. Wilson in 1905.

  • Leucanthemum x superbum syn. Chrysanthemum x superbum Shasta Daisy

    June – July classic white daisy hybridized by Luther Burbank.

    $12.75/bareroot

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    June – July classic white daisy hybridized by Luther Burbank.

    Size: 36” x 24”
    Care: Sun - part shade in moist well-drained moderately fertile soil

    Hybridized by Luther Burbank, the “plant wizard” during 17 years of intermittent work from 1884 – 1901.  Quadruple hybrid made from the oxeye daisy, 2 European daisies and 1 Japanese daisy.  Burbank introduced more than 800 plants.   Named “Shasta” because the white petals reminded Burbank of the snow on top of California’s Mount Shasta.

  • Leucothoë fontanesia Fetterbush, Doghobble Z 5-8 POISON

    Suckering evergreen shrub with graceful, arching branches, in May-June fragrant, dangling clusters of waxy, milky white, urn shaped flowers. Burgundy-purple foliage in fall.

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    Suckering evergreen shrub with graceful, arching branches, in May-June fragrant, dangling clusters of waxy, milky white, urn shaped flowers. Burgundy-purple foliage in fall.

    Size: 3-5’ x3-5’ slow
    Care: part shade to shade, moist acidic soil (mulch important). Protect from winter wind
    Native: Mass. To Georgia.

    Leucothoë was a sea goddess in Greek mythology. Fontanesia honors French botanist René Louiches Desfontaines (1750-1833). Named Doghobble because the branches can grow into impenetrable thickets to hinder (hobble) dogs & horses. This species collected before 1788.

  • Liatris aspera Rough blazing star Z 4-9

    Feathery purple buttons along tall spike

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    Feathery purple buttons along tall spike in late summer: August-October, after all other Liatris are done flowering.

    Size: 24”-30” x 12”-18”
    Care: Sun in well-drained soil
    Native: So. Canada, much of eastern 3/4th of U.S.
    Wildlife Value: attract butterflies (favorite nectar for Monarchs and Buckeyes) & hummingbirds.

    Aspera is Latin meaning rough.  1st collected by Frenchman André Michaux (1746-1802) who spent 11 years in America collecting hundreds of new plants.

  • Liatris pycnostachya Prairie blazing star Z 3-9

    Tall, erect, purplish- pink spike in August-September

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    Tall, erect, purplish- pink spike in August-September

    Size: 4’ x 1-2’
    Care: well-drained soil in full sun
    Native: central & SE US
    Wildlife Value: deer resistant, attracts birds,& butterflies.

    Collected by French planthunter Andre Michaux in 1795 on the prairies of Illinois.