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Marshallia caespitosa Barbara’s Buttons Z 5-8
Dainty balls of white, fragrant flowers are borne on slender, leafless stalks, April to June
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Dainty balls of white, fragrant flowers are borne on slender, leafless stalks, April to June
Size: 12-18” x 6-12”
Care: full sun to part shade in moist, well-drained soil
Native: KS to AR, LA & TX
Wildlife Value: Attracts bees and butterfliesMarshallia grows wild in prairies with Little bluestem and Coreopsis lanceolata. Nuttall, 1836
Genus name honors Humphry Marshall (1722-1801) and his nephew Moses Marshall (1758-1813), American botanists. -
Matteuccia struthiopteris Ostrich fern Z 3-7
Dissected, feathery fronds resemble ostrich plumes form vase-shaped clumps.
Dissected, feathery fronds resemble ostrich plumes form vase-shaped clumps.
Size: 3-4’ x 5-8’ spreading by rhizomes.
Care: part to full shade in moist well-drained to moist soil
Native: eastern No. America, Wisconsin nativeIn gardens since before 1790. Matteuccia is named to honor Italian scientist Carlo Matteucci (1811-1866.) Struthiopteris comes from struthio meaning “ostrich” and pteris meaning “fern.”The fronds are edible – Vermont adopted this as its state vegetable.
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Melampodium leucanthum Blackfoot daisy Z 5-10
No fail low mounds of up to 50 small white daisies spring-fall, atop narrow, hairy, grey-green leaves
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No fail low mounds of up to 50 small white daisies spring-fall, atop narrow, hairy, grey-green leaves
Size: 6-10” x 12-20”
Care: sun to part-shade in well-drained soil. Its tap root reaches down for moisture and hair on foliage protects if from desiccating winds and sun - xeric plant
Native: Colorado, Oklahoma, TX &AZ (no wonder it likes well drained soil) but perfectly happy as far north as 20° below zero in winter.
Wildlife Value: birds eat seeds –pollen and nectar attract bees and butterflies. Deer resistantBotany professor John Riddell found this in Texas, Described in Flora of North America, 1842.
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Melica ciliata Silky spike melic grass Z 5-9
Ornamental arching white spikes, a fountain, from June through mid-summer.
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Ornamental arching white spikes, a fountain, from June through mid-summer.
Size: 2' x 12"
Care: full sun in moist well-drained to moist soil.
Native: Eurasia to North Africa
Wildlife Value: Deer resistantMelica is Greek for “sweet grass.” Collected before late 1700’s.
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Mertensia virginica Virginia bluebells Z 3-7
Clusters of pink buds turn to sky blue trumpets in May. Ephemeral, disappearing in summer to return next spring.
Available for purchase in Spring only
Clusters of pink buds turn to sky blue trumpets in May. Ephemeral, disappearing in summer to return next spring.
Size: 18" x 10" spreads slowly
Care: Moist well-drained soil in part shade.
Native: N.Y. to Tennessee, west to Kansas, Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: Provides nectar and pollen to honeybees, bumble and mason bees, as well as Skipper butterflies and Sphynx moths. Deer resistant.
Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit.
Size: Cherokee cured whooping cough and consumption with Virginia bluebells. Other Natives treated whooping cough, venereal disease, and plain poor health with this.First collected by Rev. Banister (1649-1692) in colonial Virginia C. 1690. Named Mertensia after Franz Karl Mertens (1764-1831), a German botanist who never set foot in America. Grown by both Washington and Jefferson.
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Metasequoia glyptostroboides Dawn redwood Z 4-8
Fast-growing, pyramidal-shaped deciduous conifer.
Fast-growing, pyramidal-shaped deciduous conifer. The orange to brown trunk base tapers and thickens with up to a dozen large buttress-like root flares extending several feet up the trunk. Feathery, fern-like, soft foliage emerges light green in spring, and turns red-bronze in fall before dropping. Its branches are well-attached and make excellent climbing.
Size: 70-90’ x 15-25’
Care: sun in moist to moist well-drained, slightly acid soil
Native: Szechuan China
Awards: Royal Botanic Garden Award of Garden Merit, Yew Dell Botanical Gardens’ Theodore Klein Plant Awards & Pennsylvania Horticultural Society GoldFrom fossil records, dawn redwood is known to have existed as many as 50,000,000 years ago. However, it was not until 1941 that dawn redwood was first discovered growing in the wild near the town of Modaoqi China by Chinese forester, T. Kan. Seeds collected from the original site were made available to the Missouri Botanical Garden in 1947. Seedlings grown therefrom were planted in front of the Lehmann Building at MBG in 1952 where they have now developed into large mature trees (70’+ tall). Dawn redwood is a deciduous, coniferous tree that grows in a conical shape to 100’ tall. It is related to and closely resembles bald cypress (Taxodium) and redwood (Sequoia).
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Mimulus lewisii syn. Erythyranthe lewisii Lewis’ Monkeyflower Z 5-9
Bright rose trumpets with hairy yellow throats, flowers all summer
Bright rose trumpets with hairy yellow throats, flowers summer
Size: 2-3’ x 12"
Care: sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: Alaska to California and as far west as Colorado
Wildlife Value: Nectar for hummingbirds and bees
Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of MeritFirst collected by Meriwether Lewis on the Lewis & Clark Expedition “on the head springs of the Missouri, at the foot of Portage hill,” in August 1805.
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Minuartia larcifolia Larch leaf sandwort Z 5-8
White blooms May-June over needle-shaped foliage
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White blooms May-June over needle-shaped foliage
Size: 4-5” x 12-15”
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
Native: Mountains from Austria to SpainCollected before 1753.
