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Plant Name & Description
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Baptisia Zone 3
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australis
(Blue False Indigo)
Blue-green foliage and dark blue flowers. 3-5’, Early-midsummer. |
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australis 'Purple Smoke'
Darker purple flowers than australis and charcoal-gray stems. 3', Late spring to early summer.
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'Carolina Moonlight' Zone 4-9
This long blooming, heat and drought tolerant hybrid
of B. Sphaerocarpa and B. alba produces 18",
soft-yellow flower spikes above blue-green foliage.
Early summer. 4 1/2' x 3'. |
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minor (Dwarf Wild Indigo)
Blue flowers the same in size and color as
australis, but on foliage that is compact and half
the size. |
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sphaerocarpa 'Screaming Yellow'
Bright yellow, pea-like flowers are borne in
great profusion and cover the compact deep green
foliage in late spring. 36". Late
spring. |
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'Starlite Prairieblues' PP19971
Bicolored, light lavender-blue blooms are white
at the base borne upon blue-green foliage.
Another exciting hybrid from Dr. Jim Ault at the
Chicago Botanical Gardens. 4-6".
Midspring-early summer. |
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'Twilite Prairieblues' PP19011
From the breeding program of Dr. Jim Ault, at
the Chicago Botanical Garden, comes this new color
breakthrough in Baptisias. Abundant
violet-purple pea-like flowers with yellow keels.
4-5'. Summer. |
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Boltonia Zone 4
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asteroides 'Snowbank'
Stiff stems ending in an explosive mass of
small, white, daisy-like flowers. 5-6'.
Autumn. |
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Buddleia (Butterfly Bush) See Woody
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Brunnera macrophylla Zone 3 - 8
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macrophylla
Attractive baby blue, forge-me-not flowers
resting above heart shaped green leaves.
Wonderful for woodland planting. 12-18", Mid -
Late summer. |
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m. 'Jack Frost' PP13859
Very metallic-silver heart shaped leaves
prominently set off by green veining and edges.
Clusters of small baby-blue flowers. 12-15".
Mid-late spring.
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m. 'Variegata'
Baby blue flowers borne above green heart shaped
leaves with creamy-white irregular leaf margins.
A knock-out in a shady corner of the garden with
some leaves becoming almost white. 12-15", Mid-late
spring. |
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Buddleia (Butterfly Bush) See Woody
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Campanula (Bellflower) Zone 3 - 8
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carpatica ‘Blue Clips’
Profuse amounts of upward facing, cup shaped, blue flowers over compact foliage. A favorite among landscape designers for its long bloom and clean look. 6 - 8”, Summer.
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c. ‘Deep Blue Clips’
Deep blue flowers with same attributes as 'Blue Clips'. 6 -8”, Summer.
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c. ‘White Clips'
White flowers with the same attributes as 'Blue
Clips' 6-8". Summer. |
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poscharskyana ‘Blue Waterfall’
PPAF
Deep-blue bellshaped flowers with white centers that are larger than the species. 8-10", Summer. |
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punctata ‘Cherry Bells’
Light-cherry-red, bell shaped flowers laced with white edges hang in multitudinous clusters on strong arching stems. 18-24”. Late spring - early summer. |
| Campsis radicans (Trumpet Vine) See woody plants |
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Ceratostigma plumbaginoides (Plumbago) Zone
4-9
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Dark blue flowers over rich green foliage that turns red in fall and winter. 12”, late summer.
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| Chelone (Turtlehead) Zone 3
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lyonii ‘Hot Lips’
Deep pink, turtle head-shaped flowers.
Prefers moist conditions. Long blooming. 2 - 3’,
Midsummer – early autumn. |
| Chrysanthemum max. See Leucanthemum |
| Cimicifuga
(Actea, Bugbane) Zone 4-8
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racemosa (Black Cohosh) Slender white bottlebrush-like plumes on large Astilbe-like foliage. 4 - 7’, Summer mid autumn. |
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ramosa ‘Atropurpurea’
White flushed with pink bottle brush-like flowers above purple-bronze Astilbe-like foliage. 5-7’, Autumn. |
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s. ‘Black
Negligee'
Fragrant, purple tinted white flowers above
near black Astilbe-like foliage. Vigorous
grower for a dark foliage cultivar. 60".
Late spring - summer. |
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s. ‘Brunette’
Long white flowers with hint of purple on dark purple foliage. 2 - 3’, Autumn. |
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s. ‘Carbonella'
During this summers visit to Marco Van Noort,
Netherlands, I was presented with this yummy dark
chocolate colored, stately beauty. Very dark
foliage below pink to white bottlebrush-like flowers
that point straight up. Probably the darkest
Cimicifuga available. 54". Late summer
to autumn. |
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‘Pink Spike’ Pale-pink bottlebrush-like flowers on purple stems and foliage. 4’. Late summer to autumn. |
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simplex ‘White Pearl’
Very long, dense, white flower spikes on Astilbe-like foliage. 3 - 4’, Late autumn. |
| Clematis - call for brochure 1-888-467-8271 |
| Convallaria (Lily of the Valley) Zone 4
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majalis
Short stems produce fragrant, white, bell-shaped flowers. 6-8”, Early summer. |
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majalis
'Bordaux'
White flowers are larger and bloom is more
profuse than regular majalis. 8". Early
summer. |
| Coreopsis (Tickseed) Zone 4
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‘Creme Brulee' PP16096
Exciting new hybrid from Blooms of
Bressingham. Similar to 'Moonbeam' except with
an abundance of larger cream-yellow flowers.
Improved mildew resistance. 16 - 20". Early -
late summer. |
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‘Full Moon' PPAF Zone 5-9
Very large, bright yellow flowers are up
to 3 inches across on foliage that is between
thread-leaf and grandiflora types. 24-30".
Midsummer-early autumn. |
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grandiflora 'Heliot' Zone 4-9
Single, bright golden yellow flowers with crimson
eyes and yellow centers. Compact and easy to
grow. A fleuroselect Gold Medal Winner.
10-147". Summer-autumn. |
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‘Jethro Tull' PPAF
Large, deep yellow flowers with fluted
petals. 3 - 4". Late spring - early
summer. Very Hardy. |
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‘Limerock Ruby’
PPAF Blooms
Profuse amounts of ruby-red flowers with yellow centers for a very long bloom period over thread-leaf type foliage. 16-20", Summer to frost. |
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'Red Shift' PPAF
Yes, there is actually a cold hardy red
coreopsis now. Not only is it cold hardy, and
very long blooming, but it produces large 2"
flowers, flowers that alos have varying amounts of
yellow depending on the time of year and
temperature. In fact, at certain times
there will be no two flowers that are the same, a
veritable cornucopia of color and bloom! Part
of the Big Bang series from Darrel Probst.
Although physics, related to the Big Bang, shifted
to red means that something is moving away from us,
you will only want to move closer to see all the
wonderfully diffences in the flowers. 30-36"
Late summer - early autumn. |
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rosea 'American Dream'
Short compact pink variety with threadleaf type foliage. 12 -15”, Early summer - frost. |
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r. ‘Sweet Dreams’ PPAF
Abundant, relatively large, light pink to white flowers that suffuse to a vibrant magenta-red center over thread-leaf type foliage. Destined for huge popularity. 16-20", Summer to frost. |
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r. 'Heaven's Gate' PP16016
Vibrant deep pink flowers with rose-red
centers. Very hardy sport of C. 'Sweet
Dreams'. 18". Summer to frost. |
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tripteris
'Flower Tower' (Giant Tickseed)
Thick stems with dark green,
leathery leaves that rise eight plus feet and end in
large bouquets of golden-yellow flowers. Vast
improvement over the species with stems that are 2
to 3 times thicker, a more profuse longer bloom, and
is overall more robust. Good winter interest
and natural Finch feeder. Excellent Midwest
native that is superb for use as a privacy screen,
natural fence or specimen plant. A Van Hoorn
Nurseries introduction. 5' wide x 8' tall.
Late summer - early fall. |
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verticillata ‘Moonbeam’
A scattered mass of small yellow flowers borne on fine threadleaf foliage. 16-20”, Summer – frost. 1992 PPA. “Perennial Plant of the Year” |
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v. 'Route 66' PPAF
New threadleaf coreopsis that
displays yellow flowers with a ring of burgundy-red
around the crown that bleeds outward to the tips of
each petal. Very cold hardy. 24-28".
Early summer-autumn. |
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v. ‘Zagreb’
Golden flowers on dense threadleaf-type foliage. 14-18”, Early summer.
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Corydalis Zone 5-9
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'Black Berry Wine'
Showy, fragrant, purple-blackberry
wine colored flowers upon blue-green, fern-like
foliage. Great for woodland gardens.
10". Late spring-autumn. |
| Crocosmia Zone 5
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‘Emily McKenzie' Zone 6
Vibrant orange flowers with stunning
contrasting crimson throat. 28", Mid - late
summer. |
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‘Lucifer'
Sword-like leaves below scarlet-red,
funnel shaped flowers. 3-3 1/2". Mid-late
summer. |
