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  • Pulsatilla patens syn. Anemone patens Eastern pasque flower Z 3-7

    Up-facing blue-violet bells in early spring emerge from foliage decorated with silky hairs.

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    Up-facing blue-violet bells in early spring emerge from foliage decorated with silky hairs.

    Size: 8-12” x 4-6" slow to grow, so be patient
    Care: sun in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
    Native: northern Great Plains including WI, Siberia, Alaska

    The name Pasque is Old French for Easter referring to the spring bloom time. Patens means “spreading.”  South Dakota honors this as its state flower.
    Collected for gardens prior to 1753.  The Blackfoot made a decoction of this plant to speed a baby’s delivery and applied crushed leaves to skin to remedy irritation.  Omaha applied fresh, crushed leaves as a poltice for rheumatism.

  • Pulsatilla vulgaris var. ‘Alba’ Z 4-8

    Pure white petals of open bell-shape with yellow centers flowers in early spring. Fun, furry foliage and Medusa-like seed heads.

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    Pure white petals of open bell-shape with yellow centers flowers in early spring. Fun, furry foliage and Medusa-like seed heads.

    Size: 8-12” x 8-12”
    Care: sun to part shade in well-drained to moist well-drained soil
    Native: Europe
    Wildlife Value: Deer resistant, early pollen source for bees
    Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit

    “There is a variety of (Pulsatilla vulgaris) with white flowers…” Gardeners Dictionary, 1768.

  • Pulsatilla vulgaris var. rubra syn. Anemone pulsatilla var. rubra Pasqueflower

    Wine-red petals of bell-shape with yellow centers flowers in early spring. Fun, furry foliage

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    Wine-red petals of bell-shape with yellow centers flowers in early spring. Fun, furry foliage and Medusa-like seed heads.

    Size: 12-20” x 4-8”
    Care: sun in well-drained to moist well-drained soil
    Native: Europe
    Wildlife Value: Deer resistant, early pollen source for bees.

    Called Pasqueflower because it blooms at Easter time. Variety rubra considered a separate species, not a variety, by Caspar Bauhin in Theatri botanici, 1671. Illustrated in Gerard’s Herball, 1636.

  • Punica granatum var. nana Dwarf pomegranate Z 7-11

    Adorable dwarf shrub bearing orange-red blooms in July and August then tiny, edible pomegranates. Where not hardy makes good container plant and bonsai.

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    Adorable dwarf shrub bearing orange-red blooms in July and August then tiny, edible pomegranates.  Where not hardy makes good container plant and bonsai.

    Size: 2-4’ x 2-4’
    Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
    Native: Europe to Himalayas

    “The plants will bear miniature fruit if grown in areas with year-round temperatures that rarely fall below 40° F. To grow indoors, moderate night-time temperatures should be given (50° to 60° F). Keep at 40° to 45° F in winter until new growth appears. In the growing period, keep moderately moist. Water sparingly from August on. This plant requires good drainage. Plants will bear fruit indoors if grown in a sunny exposure.”  Issour Botanic Garden.  It is deciduous and may lose its leaves.
    This dwarf described in 1803.

  • Pycanthemum muticum Clustered Mountain Mint, Blunt Mountain Mint Z 4-8

    Silvery bracts underlying silvery-pink pincushion flowers blooming from June to September. Flowers and leaves emit a minty fragrance.

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    Silvery bracts underlying silvery-pink pincushion flowers blooming from June to September. Flowers and leaves emit a minty fragrance.

    Size: 12-36” x 12-36” spreading.
    Care: sun to part shade in moist to well-drained soil, drought tolerant
    Native: Maine to Michigan, south and angling southwest from Wisconsin to Texas
    Wildlife Value: Deer resistant. One of highest nectar and pollen producing flowers, attracting copious numbers and kinds of bees, butterflies, wasps, and other insects.
    Awards: Georgia Native Plant Society Plant of the Year 2022, Perennial Plant Society of the Year.

    Collected and described by French botanist André Michaux (1746-1802) who spent 11 years exploring the North America for plants. c. 1795.

  • Pycanthemum virginianum Mountain mint Z 4-8

    Corymbs of numerous pinkish-white blossoms, leaves fragrant.

    $12.75/bareroot

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    Corymbs of numerous pinkish-white blossoms in August, leaves fragrant.

    Size: 3' x 18"
    Care: full sun to part shade in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
    Native: Wisconsin native, Eastern U.S.
    Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies, supports over 50 bee species.

    Named by Linnaeus in 1753.  Pycanthemum is Greek meaning “dense blossom.”  Chippewa used it to stop menstrual flow, cure chills and fever and to season meat.  The plant gave the Meskwaki energy and lured minks into their traps. Lakota Sioux: “The leaves make a very pleasant tea. An infusion of the plant is taken for coughs.” Grown at America’s 1st botanic garden, Elgin Botanic Garden 1811

  • Ranunculus acris ‘Flora-pleno’ Meadow buttercup  Z 4-8 POISON

    Scads of cheerful yellow balls made from many petals, bloom in early spring. Excellent cut flower

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    Scads of cheerful yellow balls made from many petals, bloom in early spring. Excellent cut flower

    Size: 18-24” x 12” slowly spreading
    Care: Sun to part sun in moist soil
    Native: Europe
    Wildlife Value: deer resistant, attract butterflies
    Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit

    Ranunculus is Latin for little frog, so named by Roman Pliny  referring to the wet conditions required by some ranunculus.  William Robinson considered this “pretty.” The English Flower Garden 1899.

  • Ranunculus repens var. pleniflorus Creeping buttercup Z 3-9

    Small bright yellow nearly ball-shaped flowers blooming in May - June on this short groundcover.  

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    Small bright yellow nearly ball-shaped flowers blooming in May – June on this short groundcover.

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    Size: 10" x spreading
    Care: part sun to shade in moist soil
    Native: Europe, Siberia, from Newfoundland to Virginia

    Ranunculus is Latin for little frog, so named by Roman naturalist Pliny (23-79) referring to the wet conditions required by some ranunculus.  In 1629 John Parkinson (1567-1650) apothecary to James I and royal botanist to Charles I, called this Ranunculus protensis flore multiplici. The root was supposed to break persistent sores by “drawing the venome to the place.”  Jefferson planted Creeping buttercup at Monticello in 1782; it may or may not have been this double.