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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: Fall 2010
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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: Currently
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| Achillea millefolium 'Ortel's Rose' |
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| Yarrow, Ortel's Rose |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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'Ortel's Rose' Yarrow has beautiful rose pink flowers. It will grow a little over 18 inches tall in full sun and average soil. Compared to 'Apple Blossom', it is shorter, has deeper pink flowers, and is a stronger grower. It is lovely. Cat# 1552 -more info-
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Available: Currently
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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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| 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: Not Available
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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: Not Available
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| Voodoo Lily |
Zones: 7, 8, 9
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Here is a real curiosity that hails from the moist forests of India. In early summer, a beautifully mottled thick leaf stalk emerges and opens into a big hand shaped leaf to 2 or 3 feet wide. Then a white phallic shaped flower protrudes from a pinkish sheathing cone, the whole thing getting up to 18 inches or so. The "treat" is the organic scent of decaying meat which effectively attracts fly pollinators. The smell doesn't stay around for long though, and the leaves and stems are quite ornamental. All goes dormant by the end of the summer or early fall.;;Plant this one in shade and good soil - maybe in a shadey spot to deter a peeping Tom? It does not want extra moisture in the winter. It is easily propagated by snapping off the baby bulblets that grow like warts in the leaf and leaflet axils. We ship only dormant bulbs which should be planted several times their width deep. Cat# 1498 -more info-
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Available: Currently
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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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Photo courtesy of Walters Gardens
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Available: Currently
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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: Currently
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| Purple Milkweed |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Occurring widely in the northeast in thickets, open woods, and fields, Purple Milkweed is similar to common Milkweed except that it has much deeper rose pink flowers and more pointed leaves. Plants form clumps 2 to 3 feet tall and wide and have stout straight stems topped by beautiful mid-summer rosy purple flower balls. Of course, butterflies LOVE their nectar and monarch butterfly caterpillars love their leaves. Easy to grow in dry, poor to average soil, in full sun. Plants may seed in and form colonies. Cat# 1433 -more info-
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Available: Currently
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| Asclepias tuberosa '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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Available: Not Available
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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: Not Available
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| Aster, Blue Wood |
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 upright and up to 3 feet tall. In our sunny fall garden, it forms clouds of soft lavendar/blue flowers intermediate in height between bright yellow fall sunflowers and the short blue/purple Wild Ageratum. It's a beautiful combination. Cat# 1022 -more info-
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Available: Not available
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| Aster cordifolius 'Avondale' |
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| Aster, Avondale Wood |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 3
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Avondale Wood Aster is a selection of the wild type which is common in the woods of the southeastern mountains and surrounding areas. It is a lovely fall blooming aster for shade or sun, and 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. Avondale is more compact and a more prolific bloomer than the species. Give it good soil and bright light. Use it in masses for a beautiful fall display Cat# 1509 -more info-
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Available: Not Available
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| White Wood Aster |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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White Wood Aster is fairly common throughout the woods of the eastern United States, where it forms very loose sprawling clumps. It is, however, an excellent choice for the difficult shady corner or border for late summer and fall flowers. Fragrant, starry, white-fading-to-pink, one inch flowers are borne very prolifically along black, wiry, drooping stems to 3 feet in length. These flowers look terrific growing and poking through other plants. Or let the stems cascade over a shady wall. Cat# 1023 -more info-
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Available: Currently
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| Aster ericoides 'Snow Flurry' |
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| Aster Snow Flurry |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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Heath Asters love dry, well-drained soils, in sun to part shade. They form evergreen clumps of needle shaped foliage and literally cover themselves with thousands of 1/2 inch white with yellow centers, many-petaled, daisy-like flowers from early to late fall. This one, 'Snow Flurry', is really neat because it only grows 12 to 18 inches tall and 3 feet wide, forming low, dense, spreading mounds. A natural for the front of the dry garden or to drape over a wall or to spread out onto a walkway, Heath Aster also feeds the fall butterflies. A real winner all the way around. Cat# 1328 -more info-
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Available: Currently
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| Smooth Aster |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Smooth Aster is a favorite of ours because of its soft blue flowers and attractive glaucous, blue-green foliage. It forms stiffly arching stems to 4 feet tall that are covered with loose open heads of 1 inch, violet-blue-with-yellow flowers from late summer into fall. The foliage is smooth, low clumping, and is very disease resistant. This is a very easy aster for average soil in full sun. It would be a knock-out with Boltonia, Little Bluestem, Seashore Mallow, and Hairy Sunflower. Cat# 1024 -more info-
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| Aster, Aromatic |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Aromatic Aster is stiff, and bushy (up to 4 feet) with light violet flower rays. Pale green leaves when crushed have a spicy smell. Grows naturally in dry, open areas with somewhat alkaline soil but would be suitable for a dry spot in the middle of the garden border, in a natural setting, or you could use it as a flowering hedge. Flowering persists from early fall until hard frosts. This one is an absolute knock-out in flower. Try it where it could drape over a wall or bank. Reduce its height by half in early summer and it will be even denser and shorter. One of our all-time favorites. Cat# 1029 -more info-
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Available: Currently
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| Aster oblongifolius 'October Skies' |
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| Aster, October Skies |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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Aromatic Aster is one of our all-time favorites. It just cannot be beat for long lasting fall color or ease of culture. Its dwarf variety, 'October Skies' is just as good but only half as high. So use this one when you want a low spreading dense mound instead of a medium height mound. Cat# 1329 -more info-
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Available: Not Available
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| Aster oblongifolius 'Raydon's Favorite' |
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| Raydon's Favorite Aromatic Aster |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Raydon's Favorite is a selection of our great Aromatic Aster that was discovered in Texas. It has all the wonderful characteristics of the species but this one is even more densely and darker flowering. A mass planting in full sun, would be spectacular in the early fall.
Raydon's Favorite is stiff, and bushy (up to 4 feet) with dark violet flower rays. Pale green leaves when crushed have a spicy smell. Grows naturally in dry, open areas with somewhat alkaline soil but would be suitable for a dry spot in the middle of the garden border, in a natural setting, or you could use it as a flowering hedge. Flowering persists from early fall until hard frosts. This one is an absolute knock-out in flower. Try it where it could drape over a wall or bank. Cat# 1511 -more info-
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Available: Not Available
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| Aster paludosus ssp. hemisphericus |
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| Tennessee Aster |
Zones: 6, 7, 8
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Found in open woods, savannas, and sandhills of the southeast, this aster is a good one for full sun or light shade in dryish well-drained soil. Forming a 3 foot rounded clump, Tennessee Aster has shiny dark green narrow leaves and is covered with bright lavender-blue, 1 1/2 inch flower heads in late summer and early fall. The ornamental aspect of the leaves and the tighter clumping habit of this aster (especially if pruned once in early summer) make it useful in close quarters. Cat# 1322 -more info-
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| Boltonia asteroides 'Jim Crockett' |
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| Jim Crockett Boltonia |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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A University of Massachusetts introduction, Boltonia 'Jim Crockett' was named after the author and original tv host of "The Victory Garden". 'Jim Crockett' is a more compact or dwarf form of our native Boltonia. In late summer and early fall, it will be loaded with literally hundreds of 1" light lavendar/blue daisy flowers with yellow centers. Given full sun and average to moist soil, it is sturdy, mildew resistant, and a butterfly magnet. It would be great with Turtlehead, Star Sedge, Gentians, Rose Mallow, Lobelia, Culvers Root,and many more moisture lovers. Cat# 1510 -more info-
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Available: Not available
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| Glade Savory |
Zones: 6, 7, 8
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The Glade Savory is a rare plant found in rock depressions and gravely soil in full sun in middle Tennessee along with the Tennessee Coneflower, Aromatic Sumac, and Little Bluestem. It has bright green, 1/4 inch , oval, succulent leaves and forms dense mats 3 to 4 inches tall and a foot or so wide. Small pale lavender blue, mint-like flowers occur in full sun or a little shade. So you might try it in a rock garden or in a seepage area. We grow it between paving stones in our front walkway where it is great in full sun but gets a little powdery mildew in shade. Cat# 1194 -more info-
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| Sweetshrub |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Native to mixed deciduous forests and stream banks from Virginia to Florida, Sweetshrub is a 6 to 9 foot tall and wide shrub that has fruity-fragrant, maroon, many-petaled, tulip-like flowers in late spring. The flowers mature into hard brown capsules whose seeds rattle inside in fall. Sweetshrub is a good shrub for the border, or house or fence corner. It is easy in full sun or part shade in average to moist soil. Fall color is a nice bright yellow and looks great with Fothergilla, Aromatic Aster, White Wood Aster, Sumac, and Itea. Cat# 1298 -more info-
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Photo courtesy of Missouri Botanical PlantFinder
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| White Turtlehead |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Flowering in late summer and early fall, this turtlehead has white snapdragon-like flowers on 2 to 4 foot tall stems. It occurs in moist, partly shaded places throughout the eastern US. In the garden, plant it in full sun to light shade, in moist soil. An early summer pinching will keep it shorter and fuller. Cat# 1463 -more info-
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Photo courtesy of Tom Barnes
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