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| Baptisia alba (pendula, leucantha) |
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| White Wild Indigo |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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As a summertime hedge or a group of plants toward the rear of the garden, White Wild Indigo is sure to be a show stopper. Spikes of rich white pea-like flowers rise above bluish-green foliage in early summer. The upper parts of the spikes and the bracts holding the flowers are charcoal gray, so the color combination is beautiful. This perennial needs full sun and average moisture conditions. It resents being disturbed so plant it where it can remain for years. Try using the flowers as fresh cut flowers for something really unusual. Cat# 1033
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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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| Yellow Baptisia |
Zones: 6, 7, 8
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Growing just under 3 feet tall and wide, Yellow Baptisia forms neat tight mounded clumps with short terminal spikes of bright, bright, strong, clear yellow, pea-shaped flowers in early summer. These are followed by decorative rounded pea pods. the leaves are shaped like clover. It likes full sun and average to dry soil. Cat# 1253
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| Baptisia x 'Carolina Moonlight' |
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| Carolina Moonlight Baptisia |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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A fantastic hybrid between Yellow Baptisia (Baptisia sphaerocarpa) and White Wild Indigo (Baptisia alba), 'Carolina Moonlight' combines the best of the two. It forms big clumps of 3-4 foot tall charcoal gray stems whose upper thirds bear gorgeous, soft, creamy yellow Baptisia flowers in early summer. Drought tolerant, long-lived, and pest free, 'Carolina Moonlight' is a must for the sunny garden. Cat# 1435
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Photo courtesy of North Creek Nursery
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| Baptisia x 'Midnight' |
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| Midnight False Indigo |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 8, 7
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Dr. Ault at the Chicago Botanical Gardens has introduced yet another outstanding wild blue indigo in the Prairieblues series. This one, 'Midnight', has late spring/early summer, deep violet-blue, 2' inflorescences that are then followed by more flowers lower down on the plant effectively extending the bloom time to more than a month. Like our other baptisias, give 'Midnight' full sun and average to dry soil. It is very long lived and drought tolerant and will be a large, major player in your garden. Picture it with smooth phlox, stokesia 'Peachies Pick', and a white or yellow coneflower... Cat# 1590
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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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| Baptisia x 'Twilite Prairieblues' |
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| Twilite Prairieblues False Indigo |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Dr. Jim Ault at the Chicago Botanic Garden recently released the Meadowbrite series of coneflowers, and now he has introduced an outstanding Baptisia hybrid between B. australis (blue wild indigo) and B. sphaerocarpa (yellow baptisia), called 'Twilite Prairieblues'. This one has 3 to 4 foot tall spikes of dark mahogany/violet flowers with yellow keels or bases. When in flower in late spring and early summer, it will be absolutely loaded with flowers. As with the other baptisias, give this one full sun and average to dry soil. It is long lived, drought tolerant, pest free, and the colors are way cool! Cat# 1458
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| Baptisia x bicolor 'Starlite' |
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| Starlite Prairieblues, False Indigo |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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This is a new selection from the cross of Baptisia australis and B. bracteata by Jim Ault at the Chicago Botanic Garden, and is the second in his Prairieblues series. A medium sized densely mounded plant growing to around 3 feet tall, this selection has 24 inch flower stems bearing a profusion of bicolored blooms. Deep violet-lavendar buds unfurl into lovely periwinkle-blue blooms with contrasting butter-cream keels. Like the other Baptisias, it is an easy keeper in full sun and average to dry soil. Flowering in early summer, it would look great with Achillea Apple Blossom, all of the Bluestars, Dianthus 'Firewitch', Blue Love Grass, Geranium 'Rozanne', Smooth Phlox, or Hairy Phlox. Early summer is such an exploding time in the garden! Cat# 1479
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Cat# 1236
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| Hardy Begonia |
Zones: 6, 7, 8, 9
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The Hardy Begonia looks like a 2 foot tall Angel Wing Begonia and has showy pink clusters of flowers in late summer and fall. Grow in good soil in shade. It spreads rapidly when happy by bulblets that fall off the stems. While the Hardy Begonia is fully hardy here in Zone 6B, it may need some protection from cold in the north. Cat# 1036
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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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| Bignonia capreolata 'Tangerine Beauty' |
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| Cross Vine |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Cross Vine is a woody vine growing to 50 feet or so with compound, semi-evergreen leaves and very showy summer flowers. It is common throughout the east. It winds its way up trees and telephone poles, and over rocks, and holds on by twining and by tendrils that can dig into tree bark. The wild type has red and yellow flowers, but 'Tangerine Beauty' has clusters of 2 inch, tubular, flaring, bright orange ones. Flowering occurs along the stems on older growth so any pruning should be done right after flowering. Grow Cross Vine in sun or part shade and average soil and give it a reasonably strong support. Hummingbirds will love you. Cat# 1335
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| Bignonia capreolata var. atrosanguinea |
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| Red Cross Vine |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Cross Vine is a woody vine that grows to 50 feet or so with compound, semi-evergreen leaves and very showy summer flowers. It is common throughout the east. It winds its way up trees and telephone poles, and over rocks, and holds on by twining and by tendrils that can dig into tree bark. The typical wild type has clusters of 2 inch, red, tubular flowers with widely flaring lobes or lips that are yellow inside. They are very showy and fragrant and hummingbirds love them. This form has entirely reddish maroon flowers - no yellow. Leaves turn reddish purple in the fall. In the south, they are evergreen, otherwise they will loose some leaves when it gets very cold. Grow in full sun and average to moist soil. Plants do not generally get overbearing so a super strength support is not necessary. Flowering is on old wood, thus any pruning is best done shortly after flowering. Cat# 1436
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| Hardy Orchid, Chinese Ground Orchid |
Zones: 6, 7, 8, 9
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Bletilla or hardy orchid is an easy to grow, clump forming orchid that is native to south east Asia where it grows on sandy, grassy slopes. In cultivation, it forms slowly spreading clumps of 1' long, pale green, pleated leaves. Very showy purple-mauve flowers appear on 1' racemes in mid to late spring. Individual 1 1/2" flowers resemble miniature cattleya orchids. In time, clumps may become large and there may be dozens of showy flower spikes that last a month or so. Give Bletilla, mostly sun (afternoon shade), and good organic soil that drains well. It wants regular water throughout its growing season but not much during winter when it is dormant and underground. Other plants that would look good and grow well with Bletilla are Blue Ice bluestar, Phlox Minnie Pearl, and Suwannee blue-eyed grass. Cat# 1565
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| Bletilla striata var. alba |
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| White Hardy Orchid, Chinese Ground Orchid |
Zones: 6, 7, 8, 9
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This is a white flowering form of the typically mauve-pink hardy orchid. Flowers are clean white with a yellow lip that has streaks of purple. Cat# 1566
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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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| Boltonia asteroides 'Snowbank' |
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| White 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. 'Snowbank' is perhaps the most widely grown kind. It is an improved form of the normally white flowering species, having more and larger flowers. 'Snowbank' has blue-green foliage, oblong 5 inch leaves, and strong erect stems growing to 4 feet that seldom need staking. It likes average to moist soil and full sun. 'Snowbank' makes a bold addition to the fall garden, and clumps enlarge quickly in good conditions. Cat# 1039
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| Sideoats Grama |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Sideoats Grama forms neat 2 foot tufts of grass that gradually spread by means of underground rhizomes. The mid-summer flowers are truly beautiful-small spots of bright purple and orange, one-sided along stiff stems. Native to central and southern states, Sideoats Grama likes dry sunny places and would look great with Asters, Coneflowers, Baptisias, Achillea, Butterfly Weed, Sunflowers, and Sumac. Clumps turn an attractive beige for the winter. Cat# 1040
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| Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost' |
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| Siberian Bugloss, Brunnera |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Siberian bugloss is a very slowly spreading perennial that is grown primarily for its attractive foliage. 'Jack Frost', which is the Perennial Plant Association Perennial of the Year for 2012, has drop-dead gorgeous, silver and green heart shaped leaves that form 1 1/2 foot hosta-like clumps. In addition, in the spring, there are tiny, light blue, forget-me-not flowers on delicate 18" stems. The effect is beautiful and soft. Grow 'Jack Frost' in evenly moist, neutral soil in mostly shade where it will spread slowly and brighten a dark spot. Bleeding hearts, maidenhair ferns, shooting stars, and 'Misty Blue' doll's eyes would be excellent companions. Cat# 1591
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