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Plant Name & Description
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| Ferns, Hardy Zone 3 |
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Adiantum pedatum
(Northern Maidenhair’) Single stems rise to feathery circular fronds. 12”. |
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Adiantum
pedatum 'Miss Sharples' (Golden Maidenhair)
Feathery circular gold fronds on
wonderfully contrasting black stems. 12" |
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Athyrium
‘Branford Beauty'
This slowly spreading hybrid, of common
Lady fern and Japanese Painted Fern, has the good
form of Lady Fern along with the multi-coloring of
Japanese Painted Fern. 16". |
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Athyrium ‘Branford Rambler’
Vigorous spreading, fern with soft feathery fronds. Our best fern for use as a groundcover. 15 - 20”. |
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Athyrium filix-femina
(Lady Fern)
Attractive feathery fronds, vigorous and
adaptable. Still a top seller. 18-24". |
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Athyrium filix-femina
'Frizelliae'
12 to 18" long fronds with small, round
lacy leaflets. Very different and attractive.
16". |
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Athyrium
'Lady in Red'
Feathery green fronds on red stems. The color develops with age. 30-36”. |
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Athyrium niponicum ‘Ghost’
Silvery white fronds that change to green. 18 - 24”. |
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Athyrium niponicum ‘Pictum’ (Japanese Painted Fern)
Multicolored silvery fronds with red
stems. 2004 PPA Perennial Plant of the Year.
16". |
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Athyrium niponicum
‘Silver Falls' PP12803
Very silver, lacy fronds with amazingly
contrasting red veins. A real knock out!
15". |
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Dryopteris
filix-mas (Robust Male Fern)
A large, lustrous, fast growing fern
reaching 3-5 feet in height. Good for
naturalizing. |
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Dryopteris erythrosora
'Brilliance' (Autumn Fern)
Fronds that emerge reddish-bronze and mature
to dark, glossy green. 18-24". Zone 5-9.
Partial shade. |
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Matteuccia struthiopteris 'Ostrich Fern'
Tall stately fronds and vigor make this one of the
most popular ferns. Good for naturalizing.
40-60". |
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Matteuccia struthiopteris ‘The King’ (Jumbo Ostrich Fern) Larger and more vigorous than common Ostrich fern. Fronds tower to 7 feet plus. 5-7’.2
1/2” X 3” plug (40’s) |
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Polystichum acrostichoides
(Christmas Fern)
Dark green evergreen fronds. 9 - 18”. |
| Filipendula Zone 3 - 9 |
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'Kahome' Airy clusters of tiny
rosy-pink blooms above fern-like foliage.
12-1q5". Summer. |
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rubra 'Venusta' Stately native with
bright-pink, billowy plumes on tall Astilbe-like
foliage. 7'. Summer. |
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vulgaris Creamy-white thick plumes above Astilbe-like dark green foliage. |
| Fragaria
(Ornamental Strawberry) Zone 3 - 8 |
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'Tristar'
Produces a thick mat of dark green foliage
with white flowers and very delicious sweet
strawberries from June Until a deep freeze.
Ornamental disease free groundcover. 8". |
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Gaillardia (Blanket Flower) Zone 3 -
10 |
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‘Arizona
Sun'
Large 4-5", bicolored, red and yellow
flowers over compact foliage. More uniform
growth and earlier blooming than 'Goblin'.
Multiple award winner. 12". Summer. |
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‘Burgundy’
Burgundy wine-red flowers. 20 - 24”, Summer. |
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‘Fanfare'
PP15892
Large flowers with red fluted petals and yellow
tips that flare out at the ends to resemble tiny
trumpets. Good compact form. Very
unique and spectacular. Blooms all season.
18-24". |
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‘Goblin’
Burgundy and yellow flowers on a bushy plant. 12”. |
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'Oranges and Lemons'
Large, 4 to 6", peachy orange flowers with lemon
yellow edges and a gold center. A new
color combo for Blanket Flowers. Profuse
bloomer with as much as 75 blooms per plant.
Taller and more upright than most. 26".
Summer. Zone 6. |
| Galium odoratum (Sweet Woodruff) Zone 5 |
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White, star-shaped, fragrant flowers. 18”, Late spring - midsummer.
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| Gaura
lindheimeri (Wand flower) Zone 5 |
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l. ‘Crimson Butterflies’ PPAF
Deep pink flowers over dark red compact foliage. 12-18", Summer to fall. |
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l. 'Passionate Rainbow'
Bicolored deep pin and light pink flowers
over multicolored green foliage with white to cream
variegation and burgundy to pink highlights.
24". Spring to summer. Zone 6. |
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l. ‘Sunny Butterflies’ PP14815
Bright pink flowers over creamy white variegated foliage. 18-24", Summer to fall. |
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l. ‘Whirling Butterflies’
Aptly named as this beauty resembles a mass of white butterflies hovering above gray-green foliage. 3 to 4’, Summer - autumn. |
| Geranium (Cranesbill) Zone 3 |
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Geranium
Trial Collection -See Collections |
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‘Brookside’
Royal blue flowers with red veining and a white eye over deeply cut leaves. 12-18", Early summer. |
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cantabrigiensis ‘Biokova’
Compact Geranium with pink-tinged white
flowers. 10”, Summer.
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cinereum 'Purple Pillow'
Cup shaped, red-purple flowers just above
dark gray-green foliage. 6-8". Early summer -
autumn. |
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'Dily's'
Reddish-purple flowers over finely dissected
foliage. Long blooming virgorous groundcover.
10-14". Early summer-frost. |
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himalayense ‘Birch’s Double’ Zone 4
Fully double purplish-pink flowers with
darker veining on creeping foliage. 10”, Summer -
autumn. |
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‘Johnson’s Blue’
2” violet-blue flowers. Foliage
has a sprawling habit. 12 - 24”, Early -
midsummer.
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macrorrhizum ‘Bevan’s Variety’ Zone 3
Profuse amounts of bright magenta-purple
flowers on pine scented foliage. Superb groundcover.
8 - 12”, Early -midsummer. |
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‘Patricia’
Vibrant pink flowers with a vividly
contrasting black eye. 2-3', Summer. |
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'Rozanne' PP12175 2008 PPA Plant of the Year
Long blooming, large violet-blue flowers
over deep green foliage. 20". Summer. |
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sanguineum
Creeping Geranium with purple-red
flowers. 8-12”, Early summer - autumn. |
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s. ‘Lancastriense’aka striatum
Light pink flowers with crimson veins. 6
- 8”, Early summer - autumn. |
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s. ‘Max Frei’
Deep magenta-purple flowers on very low,
compact, rich green foliage. 10”, Early summer -
autumn. |
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s. ‘New Hampshire Purple’
A bit darker color, larger and more
substance to the flowers than sanguinea. 10 - 12”,
Early summer - autumn. |
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'Splish Splash'
Low growing dark leaf mounds sprout white,
purple splashed flowers. 24 - 36". Summer. |
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'Tiny Monster'
1" lavender flowers appearing above green
cutleaf foliage. Good groundcover. 10".
Late spring - late summer. |
