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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 butterflyDiscovered 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.
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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: feeds native bees, Baltimore butterfly and endangered Rusty patched Bumble BeePenstemon 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.
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Penstemon ovatus Beardtongue Z 4-9
Cornflower blue trumpets encircle spike in June, one of our favorites.
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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.
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Penstemon strictus Rocky Mountain penstemon Z 3-8
Spikes of deep purplish-red bells in summer
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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 butterfliesPenstemon 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.
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Penstemon tubaeflorus Great Plains Beardtongue 4-8
Spikes of swan white trumpets with flared ends blooms in early summer. One of most reliable, long lived penstemons.
Spikes of swan white trumpets with flared ends blooms in early summer. One of most reliable, long lived penstemons.
Size: 2-3’x 15”
Care: Sun in well-drained to moist well-drained soil
Native: Central Plains N., S. to TX & NE to Maine, Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: feeds Baltimore butterfly, other butterflies, bees and hummingbirdsPenstemon is named for its five stamens, penta meaning five and stemon meaning stamen in Greek. Collected by English botanist Thomas Nuttall (1786-1859) who searched entire No. American continent – parts of Canada, from New England west to Oregon, parts of the South, Midwest, the Plains, the S.E., California & Hawaii, finding hundreds of new plants.
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Persicaria affinis syn. Bistorta affinis Dwarf fleeceflower, Himalayan Knotweed Z 4-9
A spreading, mat-forming perennial bearing pink to red flower spikes, blooming late summer and autumn. Foliage turns red in autumn and winter. Good groundcover
A spreading, mat-forming perennial bearing pink to red flower spikes, blooming late summer and autumn. Foliage turns red in autumn and winter. Good groundcover,
Size: 8-12” x 3’ spreading
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil
Native: high mountains of Nepal in rocky areas and open slopesCollected by plant hunter Nathaniel Wallich (1786-1854) and described by botanist David Don (1799-1841) in Prodromus Florae Nepalensis in 1825.
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Persicaria amplexicaulis var. speciosum syn. Bistorta amplexicaulis Mountain fleeceflower Z 4-7
queen of flowers with red spikes lasting from June to October
A naming mess. Even experts cannot agree on the name. Flora of China calls this Polygonum amplexicaule var. amplexicaule and lists 7 synonyms. The Missouri Botanic Garden says this is the same as Persicaria amplexicaule ‘Firetail.’ Regardless of the name it’s a queen of flowers with magenta spikes lasting from late June to October. One of internationally known garden designer Piet Oudolf’s “MUST HAVE” plants. Gardens Illustrated 94 (2013)
Size: 3’-4’ x 3’-4’
Care: sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: Pakistan, Hubei, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan in China.
Wildlife Value: deer & rabbit resistant; feeds bees and butterflies
Awards: Silver Banksian Medal from England’s Royal Horticultural Society in 1922. The Royal Horticultural Society also granted an Award of Garden Merit and the Elisabeth Cary Miller Garden named it a Great Plant PickCollected for western gardens by 1825 when described by botanist David Don in Prodromus Florae Nepalensis. Nathaniel Kider exhibited this at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1872.
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Persicaria bistorta syn. Bistorta officinalis syn. Polygonum bistorta Snakeweed Z 4-8
Erect bubblegum pink bottlebrush spikes stand above ground-covering foliage early to mid-summer.
Erect bubblegum pink bottlebrush spikes stand above ground-covering foliage early to mid-summer.
Size: 12-18" x 2', spreading
Care: part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: Europe
Wildlife Value: Attracts Bronze copper butterfly other butterflies and beesMany years past in Europe fresh, young shoots used as vegetable and ingredient in spring pudding. Roots used to tan leather, as well as medicinally as remedy for mouth sores and diarrhea. Grown in the Eichstätt Garden, the garden of Johann Konrad von Gemmingen, prince bishop of Eichstätt in Bavaria, c. 1600. Grown in England by Tradescant the Elder, 1634. Grown at America’s 1st botanic garden, Elgin Botanic Garden 1811.
