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| Pale Corydalis, Rock Harlequin |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
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Pale Corydalis is a biennial which is wide ranging from Newfoundland west to British Columbia and south to Georgia and the mountains of the southeast where it grows on rocky outcrops and in dry, gravelly woods. Related to wild Bleeding Heart, Dutchman's Britches, and Squirrel Corn, it has similar glaucous blue green finely divided foliage and small dangling heart-shaped pink with yellow tipped flowers from mid-spring to early summer. It forms delicate sprawling clumps under 20 inches high. While not long-lived, Corydalis will find where it is happy and maintain itself by self-sowing. It will tolerate thin rocky soil and full sun in the north but would need some shade in the south. Richer soil would encourage more robust plants. Let this naturalize in an area with Columbine, Alumroot, Stonecrop, Beardtongue, and Lyre-Leaved Sage. Cat# 1337
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| Pale Purple Coneflower |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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A species at home in the Midwestern prairies, the Pale Purple Coneflower is rare east of the Mississippi River. Plants are 2 to 3 1/2 feet tall, with narrow elliptic leaves. Flowering begins in early summer and lasts about 4 weeks. The flower heads are daisy-like with narrow pale to deep pink rays (petals) 3 to 4 inches long that are reflexed downward like those of Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower). Give it full sun, average soil, and dryish conditions. Cat# 1083
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Hexastylis maximum 'Ling Ling' |
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| Panda Face Ginger |
Zones: 7, 8, 9
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Hailing from damp, mountainous coves of China, Hexastylis maximum is an evergreen wild ginger that forms 6 inch clumps of glossy, heart-shaped, bright green leaves with double blotches of lime green. Very showy. But 'Ling Ling' is a selection that has curious, beautiful, 1 to 2 inch round, velvety black flowers with huge white contrasting eyes. Hence the name Panda Face. This is a slow grower for rich, well-drained soil, and shade. Cat# 1411
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Passion Flower, Maypop |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Words cannot describe the beauty of the Passion Flower, a perennial vine climbing with tendrils. Flowers are heavily sweet-scented, 2- to 3-inches wide, combining white, green, blue, and purple. They have exotic floral appendages, protrusions, and frills. Given a dry, sunny location, and a fence or trellis to climb on, these vines will flourish and flower from July to October. In addition to the intricately structured flowers, Passion Flower also produces tasty lime-shaped fruits used in making ice cream and jelly. Although this plant is aggressive and tougher than nails once established, it is sometimes difficult to establish. We strongly recommend late spring planting. Cat# 1158
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| Passion Flower, Yellow |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Yellow Passionflower is a climbing or trailing vine to 15 feet that is widespread in thickets throughout the eastern US. It has small, intricately detailed, pale yellow-green flowers in summer, which are followed by small black berries. This little vine isn't going to win any "who's the showiest" contests but if you want a little "hey, that's neat" factor in your side woods or thicket, then try it. Cat# 1385
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| Stokesia laevis 'Peachies Pick' |
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| Peachies Pick Stokes Aster |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 9
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Discovered by Peachie Saxton of Mississippi, 'Peachie's Pick' is the latest and longest blooming Stokesia yet. It has large, 2 inch, lavender-blue flowers on upright 18 inch stems from mid-summer on. The deep green foliage forms a tidy 12 inch clump and is evergreen. Give this one full sun and average soil. It would look great with Ratibida, Russian Sage, and 'Prairie Skies' Switch Grass. Cat# 1427
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Pennsylvania Sedge |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Pennsylvania Sedge grows in dry to moist woods in the mountains from West Virginia to Alabama and Georgia. It forms soft, grass-like, 15 inch clumps of very narrow, bright green leaves. The clumps spread rather quickly and are very soft and curl gently turning pale brown for the winter. Use this in masses to soften and brighten a damp shady area. It would work very nicely with Blue Phlox, ferns, Labrador Violet, Alumroot, and White Wood Aster. Cat# 1045
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| Phlox divaricata 'London Grove' |
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| Phlox London Grove |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Wild blue phlox is a spring blooming woodland phlox that is evergreen and low growing with flowering stems usually 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 quite strongly and sweetly scented - the perfect lure for early spring butterflies. This variety, 'London Grove', is quite compact, growing 8 to 10 inches tall and wide. Its flowers are bright lavendar/blue, and its foliage turns a nice burgundy in the winter. 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# 1418
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Phlox divaricata 'Louisiana' |
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| Phlox Louisiana |
Zones: 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 usually 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 quite strongly and sweetly scented - the perfect lure for early spring butterflies. This variety, 'Louisiana', grows 12 to 15 inches tall and wide, and flowers are a light purplish-blue with violet eyes and very full petals. Its foliage turns a nice burgundy in the winter. 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! Sheer after flowering to reinvigorate. Cat# 1419
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Phlox divaricata 'Parksville Beach' |
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| Phlox Parksville Beach, Woodland Phlox |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Originally found in the mountains of Parksville Beach, Tennessee, by Tony Avent, this phlox is low-growing and vigorous growing only to about 6 inches tall with bright purple-pink fragrant flowers in mid to late spring. It makes a nice ground cover in good fertile soil in the shade and would look great with Dwarf Crested Iris, Foamflower, Sedges, and Celandine Poppy. Sheer after flowering to invigorate clumps. Cat# 1491
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Photo courtesy of North Creek Nurseries
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Phlox divaricata 'Plum Perfect' |
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| Phlox, Plum Perfect |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Here's a nice, fragrant, woodland phlox with light plum purple flowers with a darker eye. Evergreen. Cat# 1386
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| Phlox glaberrima 'Morris Berd' |
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| Phlox, Smooth Morris Berd |
Zones: 6, 7, 8, 9
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'Morris Berd' has bright, rose pink flowers with white eyes for nearly 2 months in early summer. It grows 18 to 24 inches tall, is densely mounded, and is evergreen. It is very resistant to mildew and doesn't sulk in heat and humidity. Give it full sun or part shade, and average soil. Cat# 1387
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| Phlox, Summer David |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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The Perennial Plant Association's 2002 Plant of the Year, 'David' is a very mildew resistant pure white flowering phlox found as a chance seedling by FM Mooberry at the Brandywine Conservancy in Pennsylvania. Grows 3 to 4 feet tall in full sun and average soil. Blooms in early to mid-summer but will keep flowering if spent flowers are cut off. A great cut flower, very fragrant, and butterflies love it. Cat# 1355
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Phlox paniculata 'Eva Cullum' |
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| Phlox, Summer Eva Cullum |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Mildew resistant and growing to around 3 feet tall, 'Eva Cullum' has pink flowers with a red eye. Blooms in early to mid-summer but will keep flowering if spent flowers are cut off. A great cut flower, very fragrant, and butterflies love it. Cat# 1357
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| Piedmont Azalea |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Perhaps the most common of the azaleas native to the southeast, Piedmont Azalea inhabits moist to dry areas in light shade. It is stoloniferous and an erect grower to 9 feet. Mid-spring flowers range from white to deep pink and are very sweetly fragrant. In addition to its wonderful smell, Piedmont Azalea is particularly useful because it tolerates drier conditions and because it naturalizes fairly readily eventually forming small colonies. Cat# 1277
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Available: 2009 or later
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| $12.00 each
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| Boltonia asteroides 'Pink Beauty' |
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| Pink Boltonia |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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The Boltonias are great plants for adding color to the fall garden. Related to Asters, they cover themselves with 3/4 inch aster-like flowers so thickly, you can hardly see into the plant. 'Pink Beauty' has soft pink flower heads on plants that grow up to 4 feet tall in ordinary to dry soil. It is very easy in full sun but will grow in light shade. Staking may be necessary in shade. Imagine this with Ironweed, Joe Pye Weed, and Blue Love Grass. Cat# 1038
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| Tiarella cordifolia 'Pink Brushes' |
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| Pink Brushes Foamflower |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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This is another Primrose Path introduction selected for its new good flower color, extended bloom time, and vigor. Individual flowers, densely born on 18-inch stalks, are a beautiful light pink fading to white over time. Flowering persists from mid-spring on into early summer. Deeply lobed, 4-inch leaves are attractively quilted and marked with a seasonally variable dark central blotch over shiny green. 'Pink Brushes' is a very vigorous selection and plants should make a dense clump in a short time. While most Foamflowers prefer shade and good, moisture retentive soil, this one seems to tolerate dry shade once established. 'Pink Brushes' will form 10 inch by 12 inch evergreen clumps. Would be pretty in front of any of the ferns. Cat# 1457
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Photo courtesy of The Primrose Path
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Muhlenbergia capillaris |
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| Pink Muhly Grass |
Zones: 6, 7, 8, 9
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Pink Muhly Grass's native range extends from New York to Texas where it occurs in dry, gravely open woods, pine barrens, prairies, and savannahs. Inspite of its toughness though, it is a highly ornamental grass for a dry place in full sun or light shade. Sage green, glossy, very narrow leaves that are semi erect are topped at 3 feet with masses of bright pink, delicate, flower panicles that create a pink haze above the foliage. Blooming starts in early fall and continues on into late fall, the color changing to beige. Pink Muhly is attractive individually but really makes a big show when used in masses and drifts. Perfect companions would be Sumac, Tennessee Aster, Aster Snow Flurry, and late flowering Black-eyed Susan. Cat# 1489
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Photo courtesy of North Creek Nurseries
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| Phlox stolonifera 'Pink Ridge' |
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| Pink Ridge Creeping Phlox |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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'Pink Ridge' Creeping Phlox is a ground covering phlox for shade and good soil. The very sweetly fragrant flowers are a bright pink on 6 inch stems. Flowering begins in early to mid spring and lasts for several weeks. It is a moderately fast spreader in good soil. Cat# 1172
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| Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. palustris |
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| Pink Rose Mallow |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Flowers of this Hibiscus are a clear bright pink or white without a red center. This one is beautiful with Gateway Joe Pye Weed and River Oats. Give it full sun and average to wet conditions. Cat# 1114
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| Pink Swamp Milkweed |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Pink Swamp Milkweed looks a lot like Butterfly Weed except that the mid-summer flowers are rosy pink and plants have a succulent texture. Growing about 3 feet tall, this perennial needs full sun and can take, but does not require, boggy conditions. It is a butterfly magnet. Cat# 1018
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| Rhododendron nudiflorum (periclymenoides) |
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| Pinxterbloom Azalea |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Pinxterbloom occurs naturally along streams and in bogs in light woods. It is well adapted, though, to drier, rocky soils. Mid to late spring flowers are 1 1/2 to 2 inches wide, are borne in trusses of 6 to 12, and appear just before the leaves emerge. The delicate petals curl back exposing long stamens and styles. Flowers range from soft pink to dark pink and are sweetly scented and very beautiful. Growing to about 6 feet tall, it is more densely branched than other deciduous azaleas and spreads by stolons or underground runners. It is a terrific choice for naturalizing in moister areas. Cat# 1312
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Ceratostigma plumbaginoides |
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| Plumbago, Leadwort |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Plumbago makes a great ground cover for sunny to partly sunny places. Electric blue flowers come in late summer and fall, above 1 inch shiny green leaves which turn red and yellow in the fall. Plumbago, which is late to break dormancy in the spring, makes a moderately thick ground cover, but once established, it is very tough and tolerates abuse such as drought and hot weather. Try it with shrubs or taller, strong perennials like Rudbeckia and Feather Reed Grass. Cat# 1046
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| Plumleaf Azalea |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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How about an azalea that blooms in mid summer? This one has rich orange-red flowers and has a rounded full shape to 8 feet or so. It grows naturally in sandy soil areas in the southeast so drainage is important! No fragrance or fall color, but what other azalea blooms so late? Use this one as an accent shrub in light shade. Cat# 1278
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Ilex decidua 'Warren's Red' |
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| Possum Haw |
Zones: 'Warren's Red' is an exce
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'Warren's Red' is an excellent, heavily berried selection of the wide ranging Possum Haw, a deciduous holly. Upright, rounded shrubs growing 7 to 14 feet tall and not quite as wide, bear dense clusters of orange-red berries from early fall into spring or until birds eat them all off. All 'Warren's Red' plants are females and therefore need a male pollinator. A male Ilex decidua or any male Ilex opaca (ours are wild occurring in the woods) should do. Give this easy shrub full sun or light shade and average to moist, good soil. Leaves turn a nice yellow before falling off later in the fall. Cat# 1412
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Prairie Coneflower, Glade Coneflower, Wavyleaf Pur |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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The Prairie Coneflower is limited in range to limey glades and barrens in a few central states where it happily basks in sunny, dry, gravely sparsely grassy areas. It is virtually identical to Echinacea pallida but it has yellow pollen whereas that of E. pallida is white. This is a good meadow plant for neutral to basic soil. Cat# 1440
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| Prairie Phlox, Downy Phlox |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Prairie Phlox, which is native basically in woods and meadows from the Rocky Mountains east to New York and Connecticut, has shiny narrow leaves and forms sprawling clumps 1 foot or more in height/length. Flowers are pinkish-lavender from mid-spring into summer. Seems to grow equally well in moist well-drained soil as in quite dry places. Full sun or light shade is best. Spreads fairly quickly by stolons and by seed. Cat# 1453
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Gelsemium sempervirens 'Pride of Augusta' |
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| Pride Of Augusta Jessamine |
Zones: 6, 7, 8, 9
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'Pride of Augusta' is the double-flowered form of Carolina Jessamine. Its only difference is the fully double, ruffled flowers. Cat# 1098
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| Heuchera villosa 'purple form' |
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| Purple Alumroot |
Zones: 6, 7, 8
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Our Heuchera villosa is a purplish selection of the normally green species. Unlike common Alumroot with its mottled silver-green foliage, Purple Alumroot has lightly fuzzy, burgundy-green leaves. The effect is subtle and rich. Clouds of tiny whitish-green flowers 12 inches above the foliage come in late summer and fall, a slow time for flowers in the woods. In its natural habitat, Purple Alumroot grows on shaded cliffs and ledges. The 6-inch, evergreen, sharply lobed leaves stand out beautifully against the light gray rocks. For us it grows lushly, forming 18-inch clumps in rich woodland soil in light shade, provided it is well-drained and a little on the dry side. We love Purple Alumroot in combination with the finely cut blue-green foliage of Bleeding Heart and the deep green of Log Fern. Cat# 1112
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| Purple Coneflower |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Striking, large flower heads rise above neat clumps of foliage 2 to 3 1/2 feet tall. The flower heads have light rose rays (petals) and contrasting orange-red centers. At maturity, the rays angle downward and the center assumes a distinct cone shape. Plants are perennial and bloom June through August. In our opinion, no sunny perennial garden should be without Purple Coneflowers. They are easy to grow, the foliage is attractive, and the colors and form of the flowers are unique and beautiful. Coneflowers attract butterflies and its seed is good for birds, too. Cat# 1085
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| Salvia lyrata 'Purple Knockout' |
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| Purple Knockout Sage |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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'Purple Knockout' is a great selection of the Lyre-leaved Sage that has wide, decorataive, deep burgundy leaves. It is low growing, evergreen, and pretty fast growing making it a good plant for planting along pathways. Although its flowers are inconspicuous, its burgundy leaves would look very handsome with the flowers of Blue Phlox, 'Pink Ridge' Phlox, or Blue-eyed Grass. Give it full sun to mostly shade and dry to good soil. Cat# 1314
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| Purple Love Grass |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Native on sandy, disturbed, or infertile soils in the east from Maine to Minnesota down to Florida and Mexico, Purple Love Grass forms 2 foot tall, spreading clumps of coarse blades which transform in late summer into a fine textured haze of purplish flowers. Short-lived but naturalizing by seed, use Purple Love Grass liberally on bad soil in full sun where it might establish a low maintenance colony. Black-eyed Susan, Sumac, and Aromatic Asters might be good companions. Cat# 1366
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| Baptisia x 'Purple Smoke' |
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| Purple Smoke Indigo |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Discovered as a chance seedling at the North Carolina Botanical Garden, 'Purple Smoke' Indigo combines the dusky violet blue flowers of Baptisia australis with the charcoal gray stems of Baptisia alba, resulting in a beautiful color combination. 'Purple Smoke' is like its parents in every other way. It is a good one for the sunny perennial border or wood's edge where soils are not very acidic. The late spring flower spikes are 4 to 15 inches long and are followed by attractive pods. Plants grow in bushy, branched clumps 2 to 5 feet tall and have clover-shaped leaves. This is an easy and low maintenance choice. Cat# 1035
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| Pussytoes |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Pussytoes is widely occurring throughout the eastern United States on open, dry, wooded slopes where it forms scattered mats of dark green or silver, 2 to 3 inch long, spoon shaped leaves. In spring, solitary, silvery white, pussy toe shaped fower heads appear on stalks 4 to 5 inches tall. This little plant is useful as a groundcover in shady dry places where is can form beautiful silvery mats which spread by white runners. New growth tends to be white and changes to dark green over time. Give it some shade, dry well drained (poor) soil, and NO mulch. Alumroot, Firepink, and Columbine would be natural companions. Cat# 1225
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| Antennaria plantaginifolia |
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| Pussytoes |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Pussytoes is widely occurring throughout the eastern United States on open, dry, wooded slopes where it forms scattered mats of dark green or silver, 2 to 3 inch long, spoon shaped leaves. In spring, silvery-white, pussy toe shaped clusters of fuzzy flower heads appear on stalks up to 8 inches tall. This little plant is useful as an evergreen groundcover in shady dry places (maybe a wood's edge) where is can form beautiful silvery mats which spread by white runners. New growth tends to be white and changes to dark green over time. Give it some shade, dry, well drained (poor) soil, and NO mulch. Alumroot, Firepink, and Columbine would be natural companions. Cat# 1401
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Pussytoes, Shale Barrens |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7
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The Shale Barrens Pussytoes is restricted to dry, shaly barrens of the mountains of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Delaware where it roots into rock crevices and forms thick mats of small silver leaves. Spreading slowly by runners, over time it will form beautiful silvery mats in dry, partly shady, poor soil. In spring, silvery white, pussy toe shaped clusters of fuzzy flowers appear on stalks up to 15 inches tall. Alumroot, Firepink, and Columbine would be natural companions. Cat# 1267
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Available: Currently
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