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| Baneberry, Red |
Zones: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Native to rich woods across Canada and the northern half of the United States, Red Baneberry is the red-fruited counterpart of Doll's Eyes, Actaea pachypoda. Plants are long lived and trouble free, forming 2 foot clumps of twice or thrice cut leaves like very coarse fern leaves. One half inch, puffy, creamy white spring flowers mature into clusters of bright red, poisonous, bitter berries, unlikely to be eaten by birds or humans, which persist into late summer. For deep to partial shade and good soil, companion plants might include Blue Sedge, gingers, and Purple Alumroot. Cat# 1131
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Barbara's Buttons |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Barbara's Buttons, a member of the daisy family and an endangered plant in Tennessee, is fairly rare throughout its range in the floodplains of the southeast where it grows on sunny stream banks and in bogs. The plants form 10 inch clumps of evergreen, glossy, bright green leaves. In early to mid summer, 18 inch flower stalks support solitary 11/4 inch flower heads of tubular pinkish mauve daisy florets which last for a couple of weeks. They should be grown in sun or light shade in moist places with good soil. When happy, they will naturalize readily by seed. Good companions could include Bee Balm, Blue Flag, Cardinal Flower, Gentian, Turtlehead, and Turk's Cap Lily. Cat# 1142
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| Beard-Tongue |
Zones: 6, 7, 8
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The Beard-tongues that are native to the eastern United States, are primarily rock outcrop species. They seem to thrive on thin soil, good drainage, and open shade or full sun. While technically classified as perennials, we've found that excessive soil richness may result in a short life for a Penstemon. They receive their common name of Beard-tongue because of the tuft of yellow hairs just outside of the throats of the flowers which resemble delicate Snapdragons. The flowering display of Penstemon smallii is perhaps the showiest of our four Penstemons. Lavender flowers are produced in profusion and for a good month or more in late spring and early summer. Flowering stalks may grow from 11/2- to 3- feet tall. And this one will grow reasonably well under maple trees! Cat# 1163
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| Fothergilla gardenii 'Beaver Creek' |
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| Beaver Creek Fothergilla |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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Fothergilla is an attractive deciduous shrub with leaves and aspect resembling Witchazel. Flowers are borne in spring on slightly zigzag stems before the leaves emerge. They are puffy, creamy-white, and resemble 2-inch-long bottle brushes. They are also strongly scented like honey. Fall foliage color is outstanding-yellow, orange, scarlet, and purple. The plant grows best in mostly sunny spots with good drainage, acid soil, and even moisture. This form, 'Beaver Creek', is slow growing and grows to around 2 feet in full sun. Fothergilla is our favorite shrub. We use it in foundation plantings, at the woods' edge, and massed for a brilliant display. Its open growth makes it very suitable for underplanting with low wildflowers. More than one of our landscapes has featured an entrance planting of Fothergilla, Green-and-Gold, and spring bulbs-simple, beautiful, effective. Fothergilla is uncommon and choice. Cat# 1094
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Bee Balm, Oswego Tea |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Monardas are plants belonging to the mint family. As such, they have square stems, aromatic foliage and characteristic, showy, unusual flower heads which often form tiers of more or less globose (rounded) flower clusters around the stems. They are widely spreading clump formers - meaning that in good soil, expect your clump to take off! They all prefer full sun and average to moist soil. Bee Balm has deep blood red flowers with reddish bracts from July to September. It grows to three feet tall with rich green leaves. A standard in the perennial garden, Bee Balm will also thrive in wet natural areas. Attracts hummingbirds. Colors available are rich red, rose pink, or burgundy. All colors EXCEPT RED are available now. Cat# 1147
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| Bellwort, Merry-bells |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Bellwort forms large colonies in good woods throughout eastern North America, and at first glance resembles Solomon's Seal with its arching stems and alternate lance-shaped leaves. But the late spring, early summer flowers are creamy yellow, drooping, 1 inch bells, borne at the tips of branched stems up to 18 inches tall. It is common in the woods and would be a good plant for naturalizing in shaded areas. Cat# 1289
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| Bewitched Clove Pink |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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Old timey Clove Pinks love sun and good drainage. They are perfect for a rock garden or a sunny bank. The silvery green foliage forms low, spreading, evergreen mats and their Carnation-like flowers are strongly and sweetly scented. 'Bewitched' has 1 inch light pink flowers with a magenta ring. These cover 6 inch mounds of silvery needle-shaped leaves in late spring and early summer. Excellent with blue Baptisia. Cat# 1259
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| Big Bluestem, Turkeyfoot |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Big Bluestem is a beauty from the prairies that once was the major component of our Midwestern landscape. It grows 3 to 8 feet tall and has deep green and blue leaves that turn partially fiery red with cold weather. Flowering begins in mid summer and is followed by narrow elongated seed heads resembling the feet of turkeys, hence its common name. Big Bluestem, like our other native grasses is tolerant of a wide range of soil and moisture conditions but does best in full sun and average soil. Use it in masses and with other tall plants. Try situating it where it's backlit by the evening sun. Cat# 1009
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Birdsfoot Violet |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Birdsfoot Violet is a little gem for the rock garden or other prominent spot with excellent drainage and full sun or light shade. It can be grown successfully in sand or pea gravel with a little compost. The flowers of this desirable species are 1 to 2 inches wide and shaped like fully opened violet flowers. The two upper petals are violet or lavender and the three lower ones are slightly paler. From March to May, a happy plant may display two dozen or more open flowers at once when the entire plant is no more than 6 to 8 inches around and tall! The leaves (evergreen here) are very dissected or finely cut resembling bird's feet with many toes. Other plants to grow with Birdsfoot Violet are Fire Pink, Alumroot, Beardtongue, Arkansas Bluestar, and Cumberland Rosemary. Cat# 1231
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Bishop's Cap, Miterwort |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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In rich, moist woods, Bishop's Cap forms low, evergreen mounds of bright green, heart-shaped, hairy leaves much like those of Foamflower. Flowers are tiny, white, delicate, and with 5 fringed petals looking like little snowflakes. There are many borne on slender racemes 6- to 12-inches long. Flowering is from late spring to early summer. A generous planting of Bishop's Cap has the same effect as Baby's Breath in a flower arrangement. Try it in masses with Columbine, Blue Phlox, Celandine Poppy, or Bleeding Heart. Cat# 1145
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| Black Inkberry |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Like the related Dwarf Inkberry, Black Inkberry is a very hardy, evergreen, spineless native holly. It grows 3 to 4 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide. It has very dark green leaves which turn purplish during the winter, and it holds a heavy crop of black berries through out the winter. Black Inkberry also stays full right down to the ground making this an excellent choice for massing, hedging, or foundation plantings. Give Black Inkberry full sun or light shade and average to moist soil. Cat# 1305
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| Blackberry Lily |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Originally from China, Blackberry Lily has naturalized here and makes a showy addition to our flower gardens. Flowers are star-shaped, orange with red spots, 2 to 3 inches wide, and are borne on loosely arranged 2 to 3 foot candelabras in summer. Flowers are followed by showy seed pods that split open when ripe revealing clusters of shiny black seeds resembling blackberries. Foliage looks like that of Iris. Give Blackberry Lily well-drained, average soil and full sun. Butterfly Weed, Stokes' Aster, Coreopsis, Coneflowers, Sundrops, and Fire Pinks are excellent companions. Cat# 1037
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| Blazing Star, Ontario |
Zones: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
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Native to the central United States and north on sandy soils and in open limestone glades and barrens, the Ontario Blazing Star has very narrow grass-like leaves and grows to 2 feet tall with stalks of 1/2 inch light rose pink mid-summer flowers. Not as delicate in aspect as L. microcephala, but not as coarse, either, as L. spicata. It's a good one for dry, very well drained, poor soil and full sun. Cat# 1374
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| Bloodroot |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Bloodroot is a "must have" for the spring woodland garden. In early spring, solitary flower stems emerge through tightly folded, clasping leaves nestled among the previous year's litter. Flowers are snow white or rarely tinged with pink, 1 to 2 inches wide, and resemble fragile daisies with soft petals and bright yellow tufts of stamens in their centers. They stand a few inches or so, tall, erect, and quiver in the spring breezes. But in a day's time, the petals drop, and the large, rounded, deeply lobed, blue-green leaves start to unfurl and expand. Leaves may enlarge to a foot around until they disappear in the summer. Bloodroot has a thick, brittle root or rhizome that exudes a red-orange juice when broken. It is because of the root that Bloodroot can tolerate dry conditions in summer, but otherwise it likes even moisture and shade. Our favorite combination is Bloodroot, Foamflower, Blue Phlox, and Celandine Poppy. These are sold bare root, dormant only. They are not available from April through August. Cat# 1193
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| Blue Love Grass, Elliot's Love Grass |
Zones: 7, 8, 9
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Native to the sand hills, prairies, and savannahs of the SE US, Blue Love Grass thrives in sunny, dry waste places. In your garden, however, it will form clumps of very gently arching, fine, powdery blue leaves to about 2 ' tall. In early summer, a pale, puffy haze of light beige-blue-olive flowers sprouts up 6" higher, and by late summer, it has formed a tan cloud above the neat clumps. Really cool and quite well-behaved in dry sun. Cut back to a couple of inches in late fall. Blue Love Grass would be absolutely smashing with any of the Coneflowers, or Baptisias, or Asters. Cat# 1464
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| Leymus arenarius 'Blue Dune' |
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| Blue Lyme Grass |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Blue Lyme Grass is a tough, drought tolerant grass for naturalizing in sunny areas. It has bright blue-gray, _" wide, stiff leaves that form expanding clumps 2 to 3' tall. In good soil this plant can become aggressive so use it either where you want good cover or in poorer soil where its spread will be checked. The foliage color is outstanding with pale yellows, pinks, blues, etc. It stays evergreen until temperatures drop into the teens. Narrow, flower spikes start out bluish white in early summer and change to beige by fall. Cat# 1470
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Fothergilla gardenii 'Blue Mist' |
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| Blue Mist Fothergilla |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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A selection of Fothergilla gardenii, 'Blue Mist' has glaucous blue foliage, grows a bit shorter, and has a more wispy aspect. While the fall coloring is not spectacular, the cool bluish summer leaves are very appealing. Cat# 1095
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| Phlox divaricata 'Blue Perfume' |
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| Blue Perfume Phlox |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Wild blue phlox is a spring blooming woodland phlox that is evergreen and low growing with flowering stems up to 15 inches tall holding beautiful, soft blue flowers in mid-spring. The 1 inch flowers are held in 5 inch clusters and are very strongly and sweetly scented - the perfect lure for early spring butterflies. This variety, 'Blue Perfume', is the MOST fragrant of all and its petals are a little narrower and a soft lilac-blue. It is a must for the woodland wild garden in light shade and good, moisture retentive soil. They should naturalize by seed. Combines beautifully with every color of spring! Cat# 1417
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| Phlox divaricata 'Blue Moon' |
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| Blue Phlox, Wild Sweet William |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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A new introduction from the Garden in the Woods in Massachusetts, 'Blue Moon' has fragrant, very full, darker blue flowers. Cat# 1354
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| Phlox stolonifera 'Blue Ridge' |
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| Blue Ridge Creeping Phlox |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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'Blue Ridge' has soft blue flowers on 6-inch stems. It has a mild sweet fragrance. Cat# 1309
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| Amsonia tabernaemontana 'Blue Ice' |
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| Blue Star, Blue Ice |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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'Blue Ice' is a shorter and more compact form of Blue Star. Growing just 12 to 15 inches tall, it has darker blue buds and flowers which start later and last longer. It has a dense growth form and very nice yellow fall color. And like the others, it does best in full sun or light shade and average soil. Long lived, easy, and pretty, this one would be the perfect choice where short and bushy is what you need. Cat# 1325
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Blue Star, Dogbane, Willow Amsonia |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Blue Star is a beautiful plant for spring flowers, summer foliage, and fall color. Its dense terminal clusters of pale, steel blue, star-shaped flowers appear in late spring and resemble very fine garden phlox heads. Grown in sun, Blue Star forms a full clump 3 or more feet in height but when grown in the shade, plants are taller and less dense. Summer foliage is willowy and medium green, and fall color is a good rich gold. Give this perennial average to good soil. Blue Star is effective as a background plant. It is long-lived, trouble-free, and should be used more often. Good companions for part shade are Columbine, Beard-tongue, and Alumroot. Cat# 1007
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| Blue Star, Dwarf |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Dwarf Blue Star is a beautiful plant for spring flowers, summer foliage, and fall color. Its dense terminal clusters of pale, steel blue, star-shaped flowers appear in late spring and resemble very fine garden phlox heads. Grown in full sun, Dwarf Blue Star forms a full clump to 2 feet in height but when grown in the shade, plants are taller and less dense. Summer foliage is willowy and medium green, and fall color is a good rich gold. Give this perennial average to good soil. It is long-lived, trouble-free, and should be used more often. Good companions include Columbine, Alumroot, Beardtongue, Firepink, Green and Gold, Wood Asters, Indigos, and Glade Savory. Cat# 1008
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| Blue Star, Threadleaf |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Threadleaf Blue Star has very narrow needle-like leaves 3 to 4 inches long and only a matchstick in width giving a fine and brushy look. The plants grow 3 to 4 feet tall, the flowers are a medium dark steel blue in late spring. It prefers a dryish site. Fall color is a good deep gold before the plants die back for the winter. Blue Stars are very attractive and dependable plants. Plus, they are deerproof. Cat# 1006
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| Blue Wild Indigo |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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A very showy plant of open woods and streamsides, Blue Wild Indigo is a good one for the sunny perennial border or wood's edge where soils are not very acidic. Four- to fifteen-inch long spikes of deep blue-purple pea-shaped flowers appear in late spring followed by attractive pods. Plants grow in bushy, branched clumps 2 to 5 feet tall and have clover-shaped leaves. This is an easy, low maintenance species especially attractive with Amsonia, Coreopsis, Penstemon, Coneflowers, grasses, and Peonies. Cat# 1034
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| Baptisia australis 'minor' |
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| Blue Wild Indigo, Dwarf |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Dwarf Blue Indigo is like its taller counterpart in every way except that it grows generally stays under 3 feet tall. Maybe a little better for the smaller garden. Cat# 1324
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| Blue Wood Aster |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Common in the woods of the southeastern mountains and surrounding areas, Blue Wood Aster is a lovely fall blooming aster for shade or sun. Like the White Wood Aster, it can help bring fall color to the wood's edge with its many branched inflorescences of 3/4 inch pale lavender-blue and yellow flower heads. Give it good soil and let it naturalize with Indian Pink, Alumroot, native Azaleas, and Green and Gold. In shade, it will sprawl somewhat to 3 feet in length, and in sun it will be fairly stiffly upright and up to 3 feet tall. In our sunny fall garden, it forms clouds of soft blue flowers intermediate in height between the bright yellow Tall Narrow Leaved Sunflower and the short deeper blue Wild Ageratum. It's a beautiful combination. Cat# 1022
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| Blue Wood Sedge |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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Blue Wood Sedge ranges from the central-eastern and mid-states down to the gulf coast in low woods and moist meadow edges. But in your garden, it is quite at home in a shady place with moist soil. Once established, it tolerates drought well. This is an evergreen sedge that would make a great replacement for liriope. It makes strong, slowly spreading clumps of fine-textured, glaucous, quilted, _" wide leaves. So use it as a border or mixed in with just about any shade loving wildflower. As with all Carex, a late winter hair cut will keep it tidy. Cat# 1461
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| Carex flacca 'Blue Zinger' |
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| Blue Zinger Sedge |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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'Blue Zinger' is a dense, grass-like sedge with softly, cascading, blue-green leaves. Plants form slowly spreading clumps up to 16 inches tall. Grow it as a ground cover in light shade, in dry to moist soil. The effect is soft and fine but once established, 'Blue Zinger' is drought tolerant and tough. In the south it is evergreen. As with all Carex, a late winter hair cut will keep it tidy. Cat# 1459
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| Sisyrinchium angustifolium |
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| Blue-Eyed Grass |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Blue-eyed Grass, a perennial remaining under 1 foot high, has small star-shaped flowers with soft blue petals and yellow centers on long, narrow leaves resembling grass. In the wild, the plants grow in open woody areas and clumps are small. When grown without competition and given better soil and more moisture, they thrive. This is a good wildflower alternative to Monkey Grass. Several plants can spread to form a border providing pretty blue flowers from March into June. Grow in full sun to partial shade. Cat# 1201
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| Bluets, Quaker Ladies |
Zones: 5, 6, 7
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Bluets occur throughout the eastern United States in deciduous woods, old fields, and roadsides but are noticeable only when they flower in late spring. From tiny 1 inch tufts of foliage, 4 petaled pale blue flowers with yellow eyes, tower on slender stalks to 3 inches high! A single clump may have a dozen or so flowering stalks. Bluets are challenging to get established. They seem to need lean soil and because of their diminutive size, freedom from competition. They also tend to be short-lived, although we've found that as long as they receive regular water, they stay up and visible. First drought which is around July 1 here, and they're going underground. But once established, Bluets selfsow and can form cheerful colonies coming up in unlikely places. Locally they grow in open shade and well-drained acidic poor soil always with moss, but generally they want spring moisture and a little sun. They will find where they're comfortable after a few generations. A natural with Crested Iris, Dwarf Eared Coreopsis, and Blue-eyed Grass, they're worth a try. Cat# 1265
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| Bottlebrush Buckeye |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Though rarely found in the wild, Bottlebrush Buckeye is a large suckering shrub native to moist woodlands of the southeastern coastal plain. In cultivation, given average to moist soil and full sun to part shade, Bottlebrush Buckeye forms a handsome dense suckering shrub colony 10 feet by 10 feet. Typical buckeye leaves are topped in early to mid summer with masses of creamy white flower spikes, each one10 inches long and 4 inches wide. The flower display is outstanding and fall color is often a good yellow. Give this shrub plenty of room as a specimen planting or locate it at a moist wood's edge. When grown in more shade, its aspect will be more open and wispy, and flowering will be quite subtle, but still the effect is beautiful. Cat# 1005
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| Bowman's Root, Indian Physic |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Bowman's Root is an attractive, unassuming wildflower that is common in rich, moist, acidic woods of eastern North America. In the wild, it modestly flowers on its sprawling stems. But give Bowman's Root good soil and a tad more sun, and it will form well-branched 4 by 3 foot clumps in a couple years time. One inch, narrow, five-petaled, star-shaped flowers appear in clouds in late spring and early summer. Flowers, resembling very narrow-petaled apple blossoms, are white with red sepals and flutter in the slightest breeze. They are especially enhanced by the dark reddish, wiry, stems and dark green, 3-parted leaves. Bowman's Root is useful for giving color in the partly shaded garden after most of the spring wildflowers have finished. The red in Columbine flowers looks great with the reddish stems of Bowman's Root. It would also look great with Blue Star, Purple Alumroot, Beard-tongues, and Bleeding Heart. Cat# 1177
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Available: Currently
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| Bristly Aster |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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This tough little Aster is often found in open sandy woods and rocky stream beds where it withstands seasonal flooding and drought. Its natural range is from southern Ontario and New Brunswick to Texas and Florida. It would be a good candidate for dry, exposed places with good drainage. It forms stiff, rounded clumps 9 to 18 inches tall topped by clusters of one inch, blue to violet aster flowers with yellow centers in the fall. The dark green shiny leaves look like Yew leaves. Bristly Aster never fails to attract attention because it looks like a flowering Yew. We recommend pinching Bristly Aster in early June to keep it extra bushy. Just shear the top half off like a clump of grass. Cat# 1026
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Carex laxiculmis 'Bunny Blue' |
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| Bunny blue Sedge |
Zones: 6, 7, 8, 9
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Carex laxiculmis, native to much of the eastern United States, grows in rich, moist woods, and it has dark green, narrow, evergreen leaves. This variety, 'Bunny Blue', has silver-blue leaves just under 1/2" wide, and forms rounded clumps around a foot tall and wide. Use it as a clumping ground cover or border plant in shade and good, moist soil. As with all Carex, a late winter hair cut will keep it tidy. Cat# 1460
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Available: 2009 or later
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in quart pots
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| Butterfly Weed |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Butterfly Weed has striking brilliant orange flowers which color our fields in early to mid summer. The flower clusters may be up to 11/2 feet wide, and established plants may form clumps 3 feet wide and 2 feet tall. This perennial does best in full sun and a dry, well-drained location. It would make a good accent plant in a dry spot in the perennial border, natural area, or meadow. Butterfly Weed with its long tap root resents being moved and it is late to break dormancy; so give it a permanent spot and be patient in the spring. Butterfly Weed flowers are excellent as fresh cut flowers. And of course, they are magnets for butterflies. Cat# 1019
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Available: Currently
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| Butterfly Weed, Hello Yellow |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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If you do not love the color orange (dare I suggest that in the midst of University of Tennessee Volunteers country?), then maybe the yellow Butterfly Weed, 'Hello Yellow', would appeal to you. Its flower colors range from lemony yellow to tangerine/yellow. Since these plants are seed grown, we don't know until they flower just exactly which shade of yellow they'll be. In all other respects, 'Hello Yellow' is just like orange Butterfly Weed - great for a sunny, dry, well drained spot. Cat# 1327
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We welcome your suggestions and comments. Please tell us how we can improve, or if there are other plants you wish we carried.
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