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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 '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: 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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Available: Not available
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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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| 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: Not Available
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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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| 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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| 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: May 2010
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| Thimbleweed |
Zones: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Throughout the eastern United States, in open woods and meadows with good soil, Thimbleweed forms colonies whose size seems determined by available soil moisture and richness. Good soil means large colonies - drier means smaller. Individual clumps of deeply cut leaved plants grow 2 to 3 feet tall. One inch, white-with-green-centered, buttercup like flowers on 10 to 12 inch stalks, flutter above the leaves in early to mid summer. The effect is cheerful and light. Tan fruits, which look like thimbles follow in late summer. Grow Thimbleweed along a wood's edge or in light shade. It is a rapid spreader in good and moist soil, but will be much slower to spread in drier sites. Cat# 1213 -more info-
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Available: Currently
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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 -more info-
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Available: Not available
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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 -more info-
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Available: Not available
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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 -more info-
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Available: Not Available
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| Columbine |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Columbine is a beautiful wildflower that is frequently found on rock cliffs and road cuts in the southeast in partial shade and sharp drainage. It is equally at home though in full shade to full sun. Plants grow 1 to 4 feet tall with delicate orange-red flowers with long spurs. They flower in spring to early summer and except when really cold, keep a small rosette of evergreen foliage. Columbine tends to self-sow prolifically so it would be great for naturalizing in a woodland garden, or if you are lucky enough to have some rock cliffs, ledges, or walls, let it go wild there. Cat# 1012 -more info-
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Available: Currently
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| Aquilegia canadensis 'Corbett' |
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| Columbine, Corbett , Dwarf Yellow |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Introduced by Richard Simon of Bluemont Nurseries, Corbett Columbine is just like the wild red Columbine except that is rarely grows over 18 inches tall and its flowers are a pale yellow with short spurs. I prefers partial sun and good soil with good drainage but will tolerate full shade to full sun as long as the soil is not too dry and it drains well. Flowering is in mid to late spring. Good companions would include Bluestar, Blue Phlox, Firepink, Dwarf Crested Iris, and Alumroot. Cat# 1013 -more info-
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Available: Currently
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| Aquilegia canadensis 'Little Lanterns' |
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| Columbine, Little Lanterns , dwarf red |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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'Little Lanterns' is a great selection of wild Columbine which grows less than 1 foot tall. It has the same lovely green/blue glaucous leaves and deep red and yellow flowers. Give it sun or shade and very well drained, lean soil. Due to it's shorter stature, 'Little Lanterns' might be better suited for the right next to the path or wall, or the middle of the rock garden. Collect its seeds and sow them where you want more or let it naturalize at will. Cat# 1326 -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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| 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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| 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 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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| 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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| Aster, Bristly |
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 -more info-
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Available: Not available
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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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