Catalog: Native Plant Seed & Book Catalog | |
| pachypoda doll s eyes conditions light bloomtime |color size soil part sun shade ... evenly moist part sun aug-sept deep blue 3-4 ft moist shade may white 2 ft ... moist to dry sun part sun may light blue 3-4 ft moist to dry sun part sun ... and rare wild monkshood is at its best when planted where the lax stems can ... trail or wind through azaleas or blueberries the beautiful flowers emerge from the ... in the season rarely offered excellent background foliage plant for the shade garden ... the name fruits a month later than red baneberry and this one has more finely divided ... to purplish/red-fruited form that may be a hybrid with a rubra the fruits mature ... same distinctive grape juice pedicel biennial vine like a climbing bleeding heart ... do not deadhead rare in massachusetts a big bold and easy perennial with bushy ... | |
| flower society name conditions light bloomtime |color size soil sun part sun june ... beige/white/p ink 14-36 in moist sun part ... clusters that arch out from the base of the large upper leaves the first ... milkweed to bloom in our gardens beautiful clumping species grows in average to ... wet soils and boasts delicious rounded clusters of bi- ... plants in summer a favorite of monarch butterflies and us as well rare in new england ... is a must for every wildflower gardener best in a well-drained but moderately ... and full sun food for monarch and queen butterflies a robust dramatic aster found growing ... in moist thickets and borders of swamps large flat heads of white ... daisylike flowers tends to lean over a bit in flower familiar woodland aster and ... the heart-leaved plant growing at the base of the tree outside the garden gift ... | |
| flower society name conditions light bloomtime |color size soil sun part sun may- ... june brown 1630 in moist to dry part sun shade ... aprilmay brown 8-12 in moist sun to shade august ... fernald s sedge given to us by sedge guru dr tony reznicek who told us ... we had to grow this one a big stiff sedge of dry woods and openings ... with dense bristly clusters of fruits on taller stems ... every year i become more enamored with this species its ... beautiful pleated gray-green leaves look good in ... all but the deepest dregs of winter excellent ... fern among many others one of our best native ornamental grasse s clumps of ... broad dark green leaves give rise to elegant ... dangling seed heads that resemble schools of fish these ... as it s the primary food source for the baltimore checkerspot butterfly wonderful plant ... | |
| flower society name conditions light bloomtime |color size soil shade july white ... appalachian mountains wonderful large bold foliage looks like paired wings and ... woodlands each nearly round leaf can be up to 18 inches across cymes flattened ... of 1-inch white flowers are followed by blue fruits on bright red stems in ... is most common in the pacific northwest but it s also disjunct in michigan around ... lake superior it erects zig-zaggedy branching stems from a narrow base small twisting ... sprouts in moist cold storage so don t be surprised if you see roots growing out ... immediately transfer the seed into pots being careful not to break the root and place ... them in a bright roomtemperature location the seedlings ... rosettes forms nice ground cover d d c b b a h narrow glossy foliage and rich ... | |
| flower society name conditions light bloomtime |color size soil sun late july ... difficult to obtain the true species b 86 87 tough clumping grass that erupts ... an evocative haze of misty purple seed heads turning into little tumbleweeds in fall ... and fields think of it as an aster that blooms in late spring a common spring ... plants that we can t guarantee will all be white but nevertheless a towering ... -pye weed eupatorium perfoliatum common boneset eupatorium eupatoriadelphus purpureum ... sweet joe-pye weed b 90 sun aug purple 4-8 ft moist one ... most dramatic meadow wildflowers huge broccoli-shaped heads above tall stems of whorled ... leaves wonderful butterfly plant new genus eupatoriadelphus b 91 ... sets of leaves are connected at their base and stem appears to pierce them through ... | |
| flower society name conditions light bloomtime |color size soil shade aprilmay ... twinleaf 107 lathyrus japonicus beach pea 108 liatris aspera rough blazing ... star liatris ligulistylis meadow blazing star liatris pilosa shaggy blazing star ... liatris punctata dwarf blazing star liatris pycnostachya prairie ... blazing star liatris scariosa novae-angliae ... semi-alba new england blazing star liatris scariosa v novae-angliae ... new england blazing star liatris scariosa white spires ... devil s bite liatris squarrulosa v earlei late ... blazing star lilium superbum turk s-cap lily ... thomas jefferson early flowers like bloodroot attractive leaves and interesting seed ... -sows a cosmopolitan resident of cool beaches around the northern hemisphere the ... perennial beach pea is a characteristic part of our ... | |
| flower society name conditions light bloomtime |color size soil shade may white 1 ... spread into large patches which can be dug and divided in august another ... sprawling stems of open flowers cut back hard after seed has shed moderately ... arching stems ideal for underplanting blue fruits in fall may be a natural ... tetraploid b 142 143 mayapple polemonium reptans sun ... to shade may bluejacob s ladder violet 1-2 ft moist ... polygonatum shade may biflorum v white 4 ft commutatum moist giant ... ipecac porteranthus trifoliatus bowman s root potentilla sibbaldiopsis ... cinquefoil pycnanthemum clinopodioides basil mountain mint ratibida pinnata prairie ... coneflower b c 144 part sun shade august yellow 2 ... to dry a large woodlander with paired big up to 12 inches long by 6 inches wide ... | |
| flower society name conditions light bloomtime |color size soil sun part sun july- ... to dry sun part sun june-july true blue 68 in moist to dry sun part sun june ... blue 6-8 in moist to dry part sun shade ... ft moist to dry sun augsept yellow/bronz e 2-4 ft moist wildflower seeds ... dramatic perennial with compound leaves b i clothing thick stems that erupt into ... bloom near their tips for a few weeks in ... summer excellent screening and background plant unequaled beauty from the ... shiny evergreen leaves and delicate bellflowers needs a humusy spot that is carefully ... lithe rosinweed from the southeast that begins the spring with a flush of large stiff ... fall a tall and easy meadow perennial best for naturalizing as it can be a bit ... heavily in late summer not a grass but an iris relative starry blue flowers ... | |
| flower society name conditions light bloomtime |color size soil sun julyaug tan 3 ... long wide leaves that curve over and back to give it a cascading look spreads ... with 1-inch rose pink five-petaled blooms like mini hibiscus in short spikes ... is finished indian pink is one of the best-kept secrets among our native flora neat ... a fertile partly sunny location admired by all who see it a very ornamental clump- ... forming grass from the prairies becomes a dense 3-foot mound of gray-green ... foliage crowned in mid-summer with bottlebrush seed heads that catch the morning sun ... and send it back to you invaluable bunchgrass for meadow gardens but with a tousled ... mop head look that softens more formal plantings ... form of species celandine and virginia bluebells are a proven combination in our spring ... | |
| flower society name conditions light bloomtime |color size soil part sun shade may ... uvularia grandiflora large-flowered bellwort uvularia sessilifolia wild oats a.k.a t ... clumping foamflower is one of our best natives for shade gardens having semi- ... flowers easy and adaptable a or b 186 heavily mottled foliage in shades ... is a rare plant in new england being restricted to wet limestone areas in ... if given adequate moisture c 187 c 188 b 189 190 the bloom pattern of this ... species is truly dynamic the twisted bell-shaped flowers emerge with foliage and remain ... the woodland understory airy foliage on branched stems from a spreading rhizome c c 192 ... over a long season easy wingstem is a big very tough meadow perennial yellow ... common name from the color of the seed heads their height makes them well suited for ... | |
| flower society name conditions light bloomtime |color size soil sun part sun may- ... red stem outstanding small tree upright branches lustrous dark green summer foliage and ... fragrant camelliashaped flowers brilliant orange-red fall color extinct in the ... wild protect in winter first 3 years d b 243 gaylussacia baccata black ... most of new england right you ll find black huckleberries in the forest understory ... or barren looks similar to lowbush blueberry but the leaves are dark versu s bluish ... green and the plants are 50 taller black edible fruits durable native species ... with large heads of flowers followed by attractive seed heads small fertile ... flowers are surrounded by a border of showy infertile ones four-season ... | |
