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| Yarrow |
Zones: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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This is a low-growing perennial with beautiful fernlike foliage. Flat-topped clusters of white flowers rise 6 inches to 21/2 feet above the foliage sporadically from late May to frost. These flowers are excellent cut, either fresh or dry. Because of its graceful and nearly evergreen foliage, Yarrow makes a good texture plant for the front of the perennial garden, and it is a staple in meadows. It requires full sun and tolerates drought well. Given fertile soil, Yarrow will spread rapidly. Keep it in check by annually spading out the wanderers. Cat# 1000 -more info-
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Available: Currently
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| $5.00 each
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| Achillea millefolium 'Apple Blossom' |
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| Yarrow, Apple Blossom |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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'Apple Blossom' Yarrow has blooms that open white and mature to a soft pink. It will grow a little over 2 feet tall in full sun and average soil. Cat# 1073 -more info-
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Available: Sept 2008
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| $5.00 each
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| Achillea millefolium 'Paprika' |
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| Yarrow, Paprika |
Zones: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Paprika Yarrow is an easy to grow perennial with fern-like foliage and a long bloom time. It likes full sun and average soil conditons. Flowers shaped like pie plates are bright red with yellow centers and are on stalks 18 to 24 inches tall. You can prolong flowering by cutting back the plants after the first flowering flush in early summer. The flowers are good for cutting and are attractive to butterflies. Cat# 1001 -more info-
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Available: Sept 2008
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| $5.00 each
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| Achillea millefolium 'Summer Pastels' |
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| Yarrow, Summer Pastels |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Summer Pastels has a beautiful mix of soft colored flowers throughout the summer - salmon, butter yellow, pink, and cream. It won an All-America Selections Award in 1990 for its overall ease of culture and dependability. It grows to about 16 inches in full sun and average soil. It makes a good cut flower. Cat# 1002 -more info-
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Available: 2009 or later
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| $5.00 each
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| Achillea millefolium 'Terra Cotta' |
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| Terra Cotta Yarrow |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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'Terra Cotta' is a selection of our native yarrow that has multicolored flower heads ranging from salmon-peach to pale yellow-orange to terra cotta all appearing at the same time. Flowering is all summer if dead-headed often. About 30 inches tall, foliage silvery. Wants full sun, average to dry soil. Cat# 1431 -more info-
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Anthea Yellow Yarrow |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Achillea Anthea has beautiful clusters of flat-topped soft yellow flowers in early summer. It is a repeat bloomer when dead-headed. It's silvery foliage has very good mildew resistance making this the best choice for gardens where summer heat and humidity are high. Dense clumps grow about 28 inches tall and a little wider. Give it full sun, average soil, and dryish conditions. Cat# 1398 -more info-
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Available: 2009 or later
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| Dolls Eyes, White Baneberry |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Common throughout the eastern US in rich soil on north facing wooded slopes and ravines, Doll's Eyes is best known when it is in fruit displaying its white berries with dark spots resembling old porcelain doll's eyes. Plants grow about 2 feet tall and a little wider forming clumps of astilbe-like leaves. In late spring, small, puffy, fragrant, white flowers appear on stalks well above the foliage. These are later followed by the white berries, which incidentally, are very poisonous. Grow Doll's Eyes in good, organic, well drained soil in full to part shade. They will disappear and go dormant by early fall, sometimes earlier if it's been very hot. Ferns, Blue Sedge, Poppies, and Goldenseal would make good partners. Cat# 1432 -more info-
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Available: 2009 or later
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| $10.00 each
in quart pots
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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 -more info-
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Available: 2009 or later
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| $10.00 each
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| Maidenhair Fern |
Zones: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Maidenhair Fern has to be the most beautiful of all the eastern native ferns. Fronds (leaves) grow to about 2 feet in height with shiny black stems. The stems fork near the top into 2 semi-circles holding numerous soft green leaflets. The aspect of Maidenhair Fern is delicate and airy. Use it for its wonderful texture. The leaflets flutter in the slightest breeze thus suggesting coolness. Maidenhair Fern needs shade and rich, moist, but well-drained soil. It can take calcareous conditions and spreads moderately by creeping rhizomes. Cat# 1003 -more info-
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Available: 2009 or later
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| $5.00 each
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| Dwarf Red Buckeye |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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The Dwarf Red Buckeye is a clump forming, deciduous shrub or small tree growing in a rounded form 10 to 20 feet tall and wide. It is easily spotted in moist forests and low open areas in April and May when its brilliant scarlet 6 inch by 9 inch flower clusters shine like beacons. The foliage which has five parted leaflets is a rich green in the summer. Leaves fall early in the fall with no notable color. Although this species normally occurs in light shade, it can be a stunning specimen plant in a sunny location with good soil moisture. Cat# 1004 -more info-
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Photo courtesy of Missouri Botanical PlantFinder
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Available: 2009 or later
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| $12.00 each
in quart pots
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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 -more info-
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Available: Currently
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| $5.00 each
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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 -more info-
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Available: Currently
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| $5.00 each
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| Stiff Blue Star |
Zones: 6, 7, 8, 9
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Stiff Blue Star is a rare plant in moist open woods of the lower south. It grows to about 2 feet tall by 3 feet wide and has closely spaced lance shaped leaves giving a compact appearance. Late spring, soft blue-gray flowers, average to moist soil, and more sun than shade. Easy, simple. Cat# 1400 -more info-
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Available: 2009 or later
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| $5.00 each
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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 -more info-
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Available: Currently
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| $5.00 each
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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 -more info-
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Available: 2009 or later
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| $5.00 each
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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 -more info-
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Available: Sept 2008
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| $5.00 each
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| Snowdrop Anemone |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Picture your woods in spring with drifts of pink Phlox, blue Phlox, yellow Poppies, and white fragrant Snowdrop Anemones. The dainty 11/2 inch nodding Buttercup shaped flowers are solitary on 10 to 18 inch stems over clumps of deeply lobed leaves. Flowers are then followed by interesting white woolly fruits. This Anemone loves partial shade and good rich soil where it will spread strongly. It is great for naturalizing. Cat# 1011 -more info-
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Available: Currently
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| Arisaema sikokianum |
 New this Year!
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| Japanese Cobra Lily |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Japanese Cobra Lily is a very elegant cousin of our Jack in the Pulpit. The flower is composed of a pure white spadix or Jack that looks like a big puffy marshmellow surrounded by a pitcher that is glowing white inside and dark purple/black on the outside with a dark striped hood. Single flower stalks come up in mid-spring with a pair of 5-lobed glossy green leaves reaching about 12 to 20 inches tall. Unlike many other Arisaemas, the foliage stays up all summer. If you are lucky and the flowers were pollinated (you need at least 2 plants), you may see bright red berried fruits in late summer.;;Japanese Cobra Lily wants partial to full shade and moderate to moist soil during the growing season. Excessive winter moisture is death to these plants.;;It is truly a gem for the shaded garden. These plants may come potted or bare root depending on their stage of growth but they are of blooming age. They are shipped only when NOT actively growing. Generally this means no shipping between April first and August. Cat# 1496 -more info-
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Available: Currently
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| Arisaema urashima |
New this Year!
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| Cobra Lily |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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Cobra Lily is a very cool, exotic looking cousin of our Jack in the Pulpit. From a large horseshoe shaped leaf with 11 to 17 leaflets, a single flower (Jack) emerges on a glaucous, dusty, blue/purple stem. The outside of the Jack is light beige with purple and brown spots while the inside is dark purple/brown. Jack himself, the spadix, is dark purple and ends up with a long snaky, whip-llike tail sometimes reaching 18" in length. Very exotic looking! The hood or spathe is also dark purple/brown. Successful pollination (requires at least 2 plants) may result in bright red fruits in late summer. Otherwise, Cobra Lily will go completely dormant by mid-summer. ;;Give this one shade and average to good soil but NO excessive winter moisture which will cause it to rot away in a second. It is very common in the trade in Japan because it is easy to grow and because of its very attractive leaves.;;These plants may come potted or bare root depending on their stage of growth but they are of blooming age. They are shipped only when NOT actively growing. Generally this means no shipping between April first and August. Cat# 1497 -more info-
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| Chokeberry |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Chokeberry, a member of the Rose family, is a lovely and useful small tree or suckering shrub for wet or dry places in sun or light shade. In late spring, it has fragrant, 1/2 inch white flowers resembling wild roses. Summer foliage is a lustrous dark green and is followed by spectacular fall color ranging from fluorescent crimson to deep reddish purple. The colorful leaves hold on well into the winter. But Chokeberry is also endowed with bright red berries that may be so plentiful as to weight down the branches. These, too, are long-lasting and persist through the winter as they are apparently distasteful to birds. Chokeberry is a very easy to grow shrub/tree with 3-plus seasons of interest. It looks especially outstanding when massed. Cat# 1017 -more info-
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Available: Sept 2008
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| $10.00 each
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| Ginger, Deciduous Wild |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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There are just under a dozen species of wild gingers or Little Brown Jugs, which are native to the eastern United States. They grow in rich organic soil shaded by tall trees and shrubs. The evergreen species are in the genus Hexastylis, and the only non-evergreen one is Asarum. All have interesting, brown, jug-shaped flowers that are attached at soil level. The leaves of Deciduous Wild Ginger are bright green, heart-shaped, slightly fuzzy, and large (up to 6 inches across), and it is the only native ginger that loses its leaves in the winter. However, it is also the fastest spreader and makes a great groundcover in good soil in the shade. It grows to about 6 inches tall. Cat# 1249 -more info-
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Available: 2009 or later
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| $10.00 each
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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 -more info-
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Available: Sept 2008
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| $5.00 each
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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 -more info-
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| Asclepias tuberosus 'Hello Yellow' |
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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 -more info-
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| Sweet Woodruff |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Sweet Woodruff is a 4 to 6 inch deciduous groundcover for good soil in shade. Bright green narrow leaves are whorled around the stems looking like spokes of a wagon wheel. Clusters of star-shaped white flowers appear in late spring but the soft green foliage of this good groundcover is the primary merit. Great with Bellwort, Gingers, Lenten Rose, and acid loving shrubs. Cat# 1020 -more info-
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Available: Sept 2008
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