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  • Passiflora caerulea Blue passion flower Z 6-9

    Exotic, large blossoms with an outer ruffle of petals and sepals

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    Exotic, large blossoms with an outer ruffle of petals and sepals; an inner disc of concentric rings of blue, white and purple filaments; and a central “antenna.” From mid-summer through fall.

    Size: 15’ x 4’
    Care: sun in well-drained soil
    Native: So. America
    Wildlife Value: Host for several butterfly caterpillars
    Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit

    Since at least 1753

  • Passiflora incarnata Maypop Z. 5 (with protection)-9

    Abundant, extremely showy lavender and white flowers all summer then egg size yellow fruit that you can eat. Most hardy of the passionflowers.

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    Abundant, extremely showy lavender and white flowers all summer then egg size yellow fruit that you can eat. Most hardy of the passionflowers.

    Size: 10-15’ x 18”
    Care: sun in moist soil
    Native: Eastern US
    Wildlife Value: Attracts butterflies

    Collected by Rev. John Banister who moved to colonial Virginia in 1678. A gunman mistakenly shot and killed him while he collected plants. Pressed specimen in Emily Dickinson’s herbarium. Dies back to ground in winter only to pop out of the ground in May, hence “Maypop.”

  • Pennisetum orientale Oriental fountain grass Z 5-10

    Showy, white to pinkish inflorescences summer thru fall.

    $13.25/bareroot

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    Showy, white to pinkish inflorescences summer thru fall.  Richard Darke, grass guru, describes this as “One of the most striking hardy fountain grasses.  Low growing, compact and exceptionally floriferous … Blooms over an unusually long period from late June through October”

    Size: 2' x 2'
    Care: sun in well-drained soil or moist well-drained soil. Deer resistant and drought tolerant.
    Native: central & SW Asia
    Awards: Elisabeth Carey Miller Botanical Garden Great Plant Picks

    The plant is named for its soft inflorescences; Latin penna and seta mean feather-bristle. This species collected before 1821.

  • Penstemon digitalis Foxglove beardtongue Z 2-8

    Palest of pink tubular bells in June - deadhead for rebloom. More vigorous and longer blooming than its well-known cultivar ‘Husker Red.’

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    Palest of pink tubular bells in June – deadhead for rebloom.  More vigorous and longer blooming than its well-known cultivar ‘Husker Red.’

    Size: 24-48” x 18”
    Care: sun or part shade in fertile, well-drained soil
    Native: Nebraska, Wisconsin
    Wildlife Value: host for caterpillar of Baltimore Checkerspot butterfly.

    Penstemon is named for its five stamens, penta meaning “five” in Greek.  Used medicinally by the Dakota and Pawnee – to remedy chest pains, chills and fevers.  P. digitalis first sent to Europe when the son of the royal Spanish gardener sent it to Kew Botanic Garden in England, 1793.

  • Penstemon grandiflorus Large beard tongue Z 3-9 short-lived perennial that reseeds

    Large pink to lavender trumpets along the 3’ stem in early summer

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    Large pink to lavender trumpets along the 3’ stem in early summer

    Size: 3’ x 10”
    Care: full sun in well-drained soil
    Native: IL to N. Dakota, south to TX, Wisconsin
    Wildlife Value: attracts Baltimore butterfly

    Discovered by Thomas Nuttall, (1786-1859) who searched entire No. American continent, describing this Penstemon as “splendid and beautiful,” on his trip up the Missouri River in 1811. Cured chest pains and stomach aches for the Dakota and chills and fever for the Pawnee. Sioux made decoctions of this to remedy chills and fever and chest pain.

  • Penstemon hirsutus Downy penstemon Z. 3-9

    Lavender-Pink outside and white inside funnels in June

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    Lavender-Pink outside and white inside funnels in June

    Size: 20” x 12-24”
    Care: sun in well-drained soil
    Native: northeast North America
    Wildlife Value: attracts Baltimore butterfly and feeds the Rusty patched Bumble Bee

    Penstemon is named for its five stamens, penta meaning “five” and stemon meaning “stamen” in Greek.  Penstemons are “handsome and deserving,” Bailey.  P. hirsutus sent from America to England in 1758.

  • Penstemon ovatus Beardtongue Z 4-9

    Cornflower blue trumpets encircle spike in June, one of our favorites.

    $14.25/bareroot

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    Cornflower blue trumpets encircle spike in June, one of our favorites.

    Size: 2’ x 8”
    Care: Full sun in well-drained soil
    Native: Pacific Northwest
    Wildlife Value: attracts Baltimore butterfly, bees, bumblebees, flies, wasps and hummingbirds.

    Penstemon is named for its five stamens, penta meaning five in Greek. Penstemons.  Ovatus means oval, shaped like an egg, with the narrower end up, referring to the foliage.  This species first collected by Scottish plant hunter David Douglas (1799-1834) and introduced in 1826.

  • Penstemon strictus Rocky Mountain penstemon Z 3-8

    Spikes of deep purplish-red bells in summer

    $10.25/bareroot

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    Spikes of deep purplish-red bells in summer.

    Size: 30" x 24"
    Care: Full sun in well-drained soil. Drought tolerant
    Native: Wyoming to Arizona
    Wildlife Value: feeds bees, hummingbirds and butterflies

    Penstemon is named for its five stamens, penta meaning five and stemon meaning stamen in Greek. Strictus means “erect.”  This species collected by explorer, military officer and politician John C Fremont (1813-1890) and described in 1846.